# Weird Al Yankovic's "Ricky": Who sang the part of Lucy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2004, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603 "2004-05-11T10:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/1 "2004-05-11T10:54:18Z")
My 20 year old cassette doesn’t have any liner notes, Weird Al’s parody of Toni Basil’s “Mickey” was done as a duet. It was about the characters from _I Love Lucy_. It was called “Ricky”. Weird Al sang the part of Ricky, and an uncredited guest vocalist sang the part of Lucy. She did a pretty good impersonation of Lucy’s voice (while at the same time having to be able to sing), and, if the vocalist is the same woman who appeared in the Music Video, she managed a pretty good look alike as well. So, does anyone know who she was? Was it the same woman on the record and in the video? P.S. Toni Basil is really hot! ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/2 "2004-05-11T11:12:06Z")
According to the liner notes of _“Weird Al” Yankovic_ and _The TV Album_, it’s [Tress MacNeille](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534134/), who according to her IMDB page also played Lucy in the video. She’s also done a lot of cartoon voice work. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/3 "2004-05-11T11:44:05Z")
Wow, **Already in Use** chimes in with the goods in less than twenty minutes! I never would have thought to get music video information from imdb. I knew the name as soon as I read it in your post, I almost expected this to be someone who never had a credit beyond the Weird Al thing, when I saw the name Tress MacNeille I was pretty surprised! Thanks! P.S. “Hell-Oh, _Nurse_!” ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/4 "2004-05-11T11:54:32Z")
Didn’t she also do a line or two in “Pretty Fly for a Rabbi?” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/5 "2004-05-11T12:59:07Z")
“How ya doin’, Bernie?” ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/6 "2004-05-11T19:43:04Z")
She’s also Agnes Skinner (among others, most likely) in “The Simpsons”. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/7 "2004-05-11T19:47:00Z")
And Dot Warner from Animaniacs, and she did voices for Tiny Toon Adventures, too, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/8 "2004-05-11T19:47:27Z")
[Tress is a pretty busy gal.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534134/) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/9 "2004-05-12T00:06:15Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > And Dot Warner from Animaniacs, and she did voices for Tiny Toon Adventures, too, as I recall. No less than Babs Bunny, even. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovics-ricky-who-sang-the-part-of-lucy/244603/10 "2004-05-12T06:43:38Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > And Dot Warner from Animaniacs, and she did voices for Tiny Toon Adventures, too, as I recall. I _said_ “Hell-Oh _Nurse_!”