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I Love Lucy (1951-57)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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Desilu Production
for
CBS (Mondays 9:00 pm EST)
Produced by Jess Oppenheimer (seasons 1-5)
Written by Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll (seasons 1-4)
Written by Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf)(season 5 ...)
Directed by James V Kern (season 5 on ..)

US Comedy series 1951-57
179 episodes (+ 1957 Xmas Special) x 30 min bw film
Starring:
Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo 
Co-Starring:
Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz
William Frawley as Fred Mertz

The Lost "I Love Lucy" Pilot ~ P1

The Lost "I Love Lucy" Pilot ~ P2

The Lost "I Love Lucy" Pilot ~ P3

The Lost "I Love Lucy" Pilot ~ P4

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Monday Nights 9:00 ET, CBS

1.1 [--] I Love Lucy: THE GIRLS WANT TO GO TO A NIGHT CLUB
Prod. no.2  / 15-Oct-51 CBS           
To celebrate the Mertzes' wedding anniversary, Fred and Ricky want to go to
a prize fight, but the girls want to get dressed up and go to a nightclub.
Lucy threatens to find two other escorts if their husbands won't take them.
This is just fine with Fred, but Ricky worries. So he and Fred find two
other girls and go to the same nightclub to spy on their wives.

1.2 [--] I Love Lucy: BE A PAL
                                        Prod. no.3   / 22-Oct-51 CBS                                                               
Lucy decides Ricky's love is growing cold, so she takes Ethel's
suggestions: that she join her spouse in his weekly poker game and that she
turn the apartment into a Cuban hacienda to appeal to Ricky's native
tastes. Look for Lucy's wacky Carmen Miranda impression in this episode.

1.3 [--] I Love Lucy: THE DIET
                                             Prod. no.4    / 29-Oct-51 CBS                                              
One of the girls in Ricky's show quits, making a vacancy for a singer who
can wear a size 12 costume. Lucy tricks Ricky into saying that if she loses
enough weight she can sing in the show. She then starves, exercises, and
steams, finally losing five pounds. . .but there are further obstacles to
her "big break." In this episode, Lucy and Desi reprise one of the
highlights of their 1950 vaudeville tour, "Cuban Pete."

1.4 [--] I Love Lucy:   LUCY THINKS RICKY IS TRYING TO MURDER HER
Prod. no. 1 /    05-Nov-51 CBS             
A misunderstood conversation between Ricky and his agent leads Lucy to the
conclusion that he is trying to kill her. Ricky pours a sedative for Lucy
so she can relax, but she thinks it's poison. With what she believes is her
last burst of energy, she drags herself to Ricky's club to shoot him. The
Classic TV sitcom is born with this, the very first Lucy episode.
(Note: Though this was the fourth episode aired, it was actually the first one
filmed. Technical difficulties affecting the film quality were behind the
decision not to use this episode for the series' premiere.)

                                      1.5 [--] I Love Lucy: THE QUIZ SHOW                                                    
Prod. no.5  / 12-Nov-51 CBS
Finding herself short of funds, Lucy wangles her way into a contestant spot
on a wild and woolly quiz show. The show is called "Females are Fabulous,"
a title that Lucy justifies elaborately. In this episode, Frank Nelson
makes the first of many cameos as Freddy Fillmore.

1.6 [--] I Love Lucy: THE AUDITION
                                                     Prod. no.6   /   19- Nov-51 CBS                                                       
Ricky's band is to be auditioned for television, and Lucy is trying to "get
into the act." When Lucy substitutes for Buffo the clown, the producers
want to sign her, not Ricky, and Lucy is confronted with problems. Ricky
sings his trademark "Babalu" for the first time in this episode.
(Note: This episode was essentially a reworking of the series pilot, which
was filmed in March 1951.)

1.7 [--] I Love Lucy : THE SEANCE
Prod. no.7  /   26-Nov-51 CBS

I Love Lucy-"The Séance"

I Love Lucy-"The Séance" Part 2

I Love Lucy-"The Séance" Part 3
Lucy suddenly becomes interested in numerology and superstitions. After
advising Ricky that it's a good day for him to make deals, she realizes
that she read yesterday's horoscopes and that today is actually a bad day
for Ricky. She thus says "no" to a very important business call for Ricky
from Mr. Meriweather. In the process of putting things right, Lucy conducts
a seance. Classic Ethel quote: "Ethel to Tillie, Ethel to Tillie, come in Tillie."

1.8 [--] I Love Lucy: MEN ARE MESSY
                                              Prod. no.8   /   03-Dec-51 CBS                                                  
When Ricky leaves his clothes around the living room, Lucy gets angry and
divides the living room in half so Ricky can be as messy as he likes on his
side. Ricky gets the Tropicana jumping with the "Straw Hat Song" in this episode.

1.9 [--] I Love Lucy: THE FUR COAT
                                                 Prod. no.10  / 10-Dec-51  CBS                                                             
I Love Lucy "The Fur Coat"    (clip)
Ricky brings home a mink coat that is to be used in his nightclub act, but
Lucy takes it for granted it's for her. Trying to get the coat away from
her is a problem for Ricky: Lucy not only sleeps in it, she even wears it
while she is doing the housework. Finally, Ricky tells Fred to dress up
like a robber and steal it back for him.

1.10 [--] I Love Lucy:  LUCY IS JEALOUS OF GIRL SINGER
Prod. no. 11  / 17-Dec-51 CBS
Ethel Mertz misinterprets a gossip column item and decides Ricky is
interested in a chorus girl. To keep an eye on Ricky, Lucy manages to
wangle her way into the chorus line, where she upstages the dancer during
the number and makes a mess of the show. Arroz con pollo, Desi Arnaz's
actual favorite dish, is served up in this episode.

1.11 [--] I Love Lucy: DRAFTED
Prod. no.9  /  25-Dec-51 CBS
When Lucy opens a telegram addressed to Ricky ordering him to appear at the
Army's Fort Dix, she assumes he has been drafted. Both Lucy and Ethel are
convinced their husbands have been drafted when they see them drilling in
the living room with brooms. They don't realize that Ricky and Fred are
practicing a dance routine for the servicemen's show.

1.12 [--] I Love Lucy: THE ADAGIO 
Prod. no.12 / 31-Dec-51 CBS
Lucy learns that Ricky is looking for an Apache dancer for his nightclub
act. Convinced that someday she will break into show business, Lucy grabs
at this opportunity. She dreams up a wild American Indian war dance routine
and goes after the job at Ricky's club. As a result, Ricky is challenged to
a duel behind Radio City Music Hall.

1.13 [--] I Love Lucy: THE BENEFIT
Prod. no. 13 / 07-Jan-52 CBS
Lucy resorts to womanly wiles to get Ricky to sing at a women's club
benefit. Ricky is reluctant at first, but Lucy tricks him into agreeing to
sing and dance with her at the function. In this episode Lucy and Ricky
reprise a classic vaudeville routine, "Underneath the Bamboo Tree."

1.14 [--] I Love Lucy: THE AMATEUR HOUR
Prod. no.14  / 14-Jan-52 CBS
Lucy buys a very expensive dress. When Ricky tells her to take it back or
pay for it herself, she decides to get a babysitting job -- but gets more
than she bargained for with the Hudson twins.

1.15 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY PLAYS CUPID
Prod. no.15   / 21-Jan-52 CBS
(Guest Stars: Bea Benaderet and Edward Everett Horton)
Lucy tries to arrange a match between a love-starved old lady and a giddy
grocery man. In her efforts to play Cupid, Lucy gives the grocer the idea
that she has a crush on him.

1.16 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S FAKE ILLNESS
Prod. no.16    / 28-Jan-52 CBS
Ricky won't hire Lucy for his new act, so Lucy consults a book on abnormal
psychology for a solution. When Ricky arrives home and finds out that Lucy
is faking a nasty case of the "gobloots," he calls in an actor to play a physician.

1.17 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY WRITES A PLAY
Prod. no.17   / 04-Feb-52 CBS
Lucy writes a tender, heartwarming story of a Cuban tobacco picker in "A
Tree Grows in Havana." She tries to get Ricky to star in it. When he
refuses, Lucy settles for Fred. However, Fred's Spanish accent is so
terrible that she changes the play's setting to England. Ricky wants back
in, but doesn't realize that the play has been revamped until he's on stage.

1.18 [--] I Love Lucy: BREAKING THE LEASE
Prod. no.18  / 11-Feb-52 CBS
After a fun evening around the piano singing favorite songs, the Mertzes
retire to bed, leaving Lucy and Ricky alone to pursue a short encore. Ethel
telephones demanding quiet. When Lucy points out that the Mertzes were just
down there making noise themselves, the Ricardos and the Mertzes have the
first of many classic feuds.

1.19 [--] I Love Lucy: THE BALLET
Prod. no. 19  / 18-Feb-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "The Ballet" 1/3
I Love Lucy "The Ballet" 2/3
I Love Lucy "The Ballet" 3/3
Synopsis:
Ricky is searching for both a ballet dancer and a burlesque comic for his
new act. Lucy wants the ballet job desperately and enrols in a dance class
run by the strict Madame Lamond. After failing at ballet, she decides to
hire a burlesque comic teacher in hopes that she can at least be the comic
in the show. When Lucy is summoned to the club to replace a sick performer,
she assumes it's the comic they need, but it is actually the ballet dancer.
Look for Lucy's "Slowly I Turned" burlesque comedy routine in this episode.

1.20 [--] I Love Lucy: THE YOUNG FANS
Prod. no.20 / 25-Feb-52 CBS
Guest Cast:
Richard Crenna
Janet Waldo (the voice of Judy Jetson)
When a teenage girl named Peggy drops her steady, Arthur, for suave Ricky
Ricardo, Lucy tries to teach the clumsy schoolboy how to dance so he can
impress Peggy. Unfortunately, Arthur gets carried away and proclaims his love for Lucy.

1.21 [--] I Love Lucy: NEW NEIGHBORS
Prod. no.21  / 03-Mar-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "New Neighbors" 1/3 

I Love Lucy "New Neighbors" 2/3

I Love Lucy "New Neighbors" 3/3

Lucy and Ethel can't wait to get a closer look at the belongings of their
new neighbors, the O'Briens. Ricky makes Lucy promise not to set foot in
their apartment. Lucy and Ethel decide to snoop anyway, but when the
O'Briens come home suddenly, Lucy and Ethel hide in a closet. There they
overhear the O'Briens discussing what sounds like a plot to murder Ricky
and Lucy. The neighbors are actually television actors rehearsing a scene.
Hayden Rorke, who played Dr. Bellows on "I Dream of Jeannie," guest-stars in this episode.

1.22 [--] I Love Lucy: FRED AND ETHEL FIGHT
Prod. no.22   / 10-Mar-52 CBS
Lucy and Ricky try to patch up the Mertzes' quarrel by inviting each to
dinner without the other's knowledge. "I Love Lucy" sponsor Phillip Morris
is prominently plugged in this episode.

1.23 [--] I Love Lucy: THE MOUSTACHE
Prod. no. 23  / 17-Mar-52 CBS
When Ricky refuses to shave off his new moustache, Lucy glues a white beard
and moustache on her own face. Ricky concedes defeat, but Lucy is unable to
remove her false whiskers because the glue remover is no longer available.
It's "Bulldog Cement" that seals Lucy's fate in this episode.

1.24 [--] I Love Lucy: THE GOSSIP
Prod. no.24  / 24-Mar-52 CBS
Ricky and Fred bet Lucy and Ethel that they can keep from gossiping longer
than their wives. The winners are to be served breakfast in bed for a
month. Ricky tells Lucy some gossip while pretending to be asleep, so that
Lucy will spill the news to Ethel and make the girls lose the bet. Watch
for the classic moment when Lucy does charades in this episode.

1.25 [--] I Love Lucy: PIONEER WOMEN
Prod. no.25   / 31-Mar-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "Pioneer Women" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Pioneer Women" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Pioneer Women" 3/3
Determining that they have washed 219,000 dishes since being married, Lucy
and Ethel demand dishwashers. The men insist that the women have it too
"soft" and bet them fifty dollars that they can't live without modern
conveniences. See the classic moment when Lucy battles a loaf of bread.

1.26 [--] I Love Lucy: THE MARRIAGE LICENSE
Prod. no.26   / 07-Apr-52 CBS
A close inspection of her marriage license convinces Lucy that she and
Ricky are not legally married. Because his name is misspelled on the
certificate, Lucy insists that Ricky go through the entire courtship and marriage
ceremony a second time. This episode is based on Lucy and Desi's actual wedding.

1.27 [--] I Love Lucy: THE KLEPTOMANIAC
Prod. no.27    / 14-Apr-52 CBS
Ricky discovers a large amount of cash in Lucy's purse and a cache of
silverware and other valuables in a closet. Unaware that Lucy is collecting
items for a club bazaar, he immediately jumps to the conclusion that she's
a kleptomaniac. Joseph Kearns, Mr. Wilson in "Dennis the Menace,"
guest-stars in this episode.

1.28 [--] I Love Lucy: CUBAN PALS
Prod. no.28   / 21-Apr-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "Cuban Pals" 1/3 

I Love Lucy "Cuban Pals" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Cuban Pals" 3/3
Annoyed by Ricky's accounts of the lovely Cuban entertainer Renita, who was
his partner in the old days, Lucy rigs herself out as a seductive Latin
dancer and devises a plan to replace Renita in the show.

1.29 [--] I Love Lucy: THE FREEZER
Prod. no.29    / 28-Apr-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "The Freezer" 1/3

I Love Lucy "The Freezer" 2/3

I Love Lucy "The Freezer" 3/3

  Lucy gets a walk-in meat freezer, orders two sides of beef, and runs a
business with Ethel until the neighborhood butcher gets wise to their
competitive tricks. While trying to move the beef from the basement freezer
into the unlit furnace before Ricky sees the $483 meat bill, Lucy
accidentally gets locked inside the freezer. This is the "human popsicle" episode.

1.30 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY DOES A TV COMMERCIAL
Prod. no.30   / 05-May-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" 3/3

Lucy tricks Ricky into letting her do a commercial during a television
variety show. The commercial is for Vitameatavegamin Vitamins, and Lucy is
the Vitameatavegamin girl. Don't miss this classic episode.
(Note: This is the classic "Vitameatavegamin" episode.)

1.31 [--] I Love Lucy: THE PUBLICITY AGENT
Prod. no.31 /  12-May-52 CBS

I Love Lucy "The Publicity Agent" 1/3

I Love Lucy "The Publicity Agent" 2/3

I Love Lucy "The Publicity Agent" 3/3
To increase business at the Tropicana, Lucy concocts a publicity scheme
based on a newspaper item claiming that the Shah of Persia owns all of
Benny Goodman's records. Lucy decides to pose as the Maharincess of Franistan,
who has traveled halfway around the globe to see her singing idol, Ricky Ricardo.

1.32 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY GETS RICKY ON THE RADIO
Prod. no. 32 / 19-May-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "Lucy Gets Ricky On The Radio" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Gets Ricky On The Radio" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Gets Ricky On The Radio" 3/3

Convinced that Ricky is a mental giant, Lucy makes secret arrangements to
get him on a radio quiz show. Frank Nelson returns once again as quiz show
host Freddie Fillmore.

1.33 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S SCHEDULE
Prod. no. 33 / 26-May-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "Lucy's Schedule" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy's Schedule" 2/3 

I Love Lucy "Lucy's Schedule" 3/3
After Lucy is late for a dinner appointment with Ricky's boss Alvin
Littlefield, Ricky puts his wife on a rigid time schedule. Ricky tells his
boss about this new schedule, adding that he has Lucy jumping around like a
trained seal and that Littlefield should come over to see her perform. When
Lucy gets wind of the plot, she schemes with Ethel and Mrs. Littlefield to
teach their time-conscious hubbies a well-deserved lesson. Gale Gordon
makes his first guest-star appearance as Alvin Littlefield, Ricky's boss.

1.34 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY THINKS HE'S GETTING BALD
Prod. no.34  / 02-Jun-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald" 3/3

Haunted by the thought that he is growing bald, Ricky appeals to Lucy, who
comes up with an unorthodox treatment.

1.35 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY ASKS FOR A RAISE
Prod. no. 35  / 09-Jun-52 CBS        
35-Ricky Asks for a Raise
Lucy convinces Ricky that he should pressure his boss into giving him a
raise. When Ricky follows Lucy's advice literally, he gets a big "no" from
the nightclub owner. Insult is added to injury when Ricky's nightclub
launches an explosive campaign announcing the debut of his replacement. You
can't miss Fred Mertz in drag in this episode. Gale Gordon returns as guest star.

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Monday Nights 9:00 ET, CBS

2.1 [36] I Love Lucy: JOB SWITCHING
Prod. no.39 / 15Sep52

I Love Lucy "Job Switching" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Job Switching" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Job Switching" 3/3
Convinced that they need to do something more lucrative than keep house,
Lucy and Ethel get jobs in a candy factory. The girls are forced to work at
a conveyer belt that brings the sweets to them faster than their unskilled
hands can pack them. This episode is a classic among classics.
(Note: This is the classic chocolate factory episode and the first episode directed by William Asher.)

2.2 [--] I Love Lucy: THE SAXOPHONE
Prod. no. 40   / 22-Sep-52 CBS
Determined to accompany her husband on a tour with his band, Lucy represents
herself as a skilled performer on the saxophone. Unfortunately, Lucy blows
another chance to be in the show with an off-key rendition of "Glow Worm."

2.3 [--] I Love Lucy: THE ANNIVERSARY PRESENT
Prod. no.36  / 29-Sep-52 CBS
Believing that Ricky has forgotten their anniversary, Lucy fears his
attentions are wandering. Her suspicions are further aroused when she sees
him fastening a pearl necklace around the neck of one of their neighbors.

  2.4 [--] I Love Lucy: THE HANDCUFFS
Prod. no.37  / 06-Oct-52 CBS
Inspired by a magic trick she saw, Lucy handcuffs herself to her sleeping
husband. To their mutual horror, they discover that the handcuffs are of
Civil War vintage and a key cannot be found to unlock them.

2.5 [--] I Love Lucy: THE OPERETTA
Prod. no. 38  / 13-Oct-52 CBS
I Love Lucy "The Operetta" 1/3

I Love Lucy "The Operetta" 2/3

I Love Lucy "The Operetta" 3/3
Lucy persuades members of her women's club to stage her original operetta
with "John Charles Ricardo" as the leading man. Lucy plays a witchlike
gypsy in the show, and Ricky plays the hero "good Prince Lancelot." In the
midst of the performance, men from the costume and scenery rental company
arrive and proceed to repossess the items.
(Note: This was the last episode directed by Marc Daniels.)

2.6 [--] I Love Lucy: VACATION FROM MARRIAGE
Prod. no.41  /  27-Oct-52 CBS
The Ricardos and Mertzes decide that their marriages are in a rut. A library
book suggests a "week's vacation from marriage" as the solution. Lucy moves
in with Ethel, and Fred with Ricky. Their newfound freedom creates a  difficult situation.

2.7 [--] I Love Lucy: THE COURTROOM
Prod. no. 42  /  10-Nov-52 CBS

I Love Lucy "The Courtroom" 2/3

I Love Lucy "The Courtroom" 3/3

On the occasion of the Mertzes' 25th wedding anniversary, Lucy and Ricky
present them with a television set that doesn't work. This generates a
feud between the two families -- and an explosive courtroom scene. Watch
the landmark case of Mertz vs. Ricardo in this episode.

2.8 [--] I Love Lucy: REDECORATING
Prod. no. 43  / 24-Nov-52 CBS
A visit to the "Home Show" prompts
Lucy and Ethel to enter a contest where the winner gets five rooms of new
furnishings. All the wives have to do is sit by the phone and wait to see
if they won. Fred makes a phony phone call to Lucy and tells her that
she's won so she won't sit by the phone anymore. This causes Lucy to sell
all her furniture and then demonstrate how not to put up wallpaper.

2.9 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY LOSES HIS VOICE
Prod. no. 44 /  01-Dec-52 CBS
When Ricky arrives home with a bad case of laryngitis, Lucy banishes him
to bed. However, Ricky is concerned about the imminent reopening of the
Tropicana; Mr. Chambers, his new boss, is counting on him to stage a good
show. Lucy decides to stage the show herself and let Ricky rest. This
episode finds Fred and Ethel in harmony for once, singing "Carolina in the Morning."

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2.10 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY IS "ENCEINTE"
Prod. no. 50  /  08-Dec-52 CBS
Constant interruptions -- the telephone, neighbors, and Ricky's nightclub
co-workers -- frustrate Lucy's every attempt to talk quietly with her husband.
Finally she is forced to go to the nightclub to tell him she's going to have
a baby. This episode is a Classic TV milestone.

2.11 [--] I Love Lucy: PREGNANT WOMAN ARE UNPREDICTABLE
Prod. no. 51  /  15-Dec-52 CBS
Expectant Lucy creates a pandemonium in the Ricardo household with the
unpredictable demands she makes on her adoring husband. Lucy is overwhelmed
by Ricky's considerate treatment of her, but confuses him when she becomes
suspicious of his attentions.

2.12 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S SHOWBIZ SWAN SONG
Prod. no. 52 / 22-Dec-52 CBS
Despite her "condition," Lucy is determined to participate in a Gay Nineties
Revue. Enlisting Ethel's aid, Lucy tries to contrive an appropriate costume
and finally comes up with a barrel. Pepito the Spanish Clown, a longtime
Arnaz family friend, makes a special appearance.

2.13 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY HIRES AN ENGLISH TUTOR
Prod. no. 53  / 29-Dec-52 CBS
Determined to have a well-spoken offspring -- though its arrival is several
months away -- Lucy hires a tutor, Mr. Livermore. In return for his services,
she lets him sing a song of his own writing at Ricky's nightclub.
This is the episode with the ridiculous "Tippy Tippy Toe" song.

2.14 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY HAS LABOR PAINS
Prod. no. 54  / 05-Jan-53 CBS
When Ricky feels jealous of all the attention Lucy is getting, she decides
to throw Ricky a "daddy shower" -- but Fred turns it into a stag party.
A little apprehensive about the turn of events, Lucy decides to crash the
daddy shower disguised as a newspaper reporter with Ethel posing as her
photographer-partner.

2.15 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY BECOMES A SCULPTRESS
 Prod. no. 55 / 12-Jan-53 CBS
Lucy decides that their unborn child should have artistic leanings. Salesmen
in an art supply store put her to work on a lump of clay, and she uses the
Mertzes as models for a modernistic creation. Art critics laud her weird
effort as a masterpiece.

2.16 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY GOES TO THE HOSPITAL
Prod. no. 56 /  19-Jan-53 CBS
Lucy approaches the zero hour and is rushed to the hospital to have her
baby. Ricky carefully works out an elaborate plan with his neighbors, Ethel
and Fred, whereby each is supposed to know exactly what to do "at the
psychological moment." When the big moment arrives, bedlam breaks loose.
Little Ricky and Classic TV history are born in this episode.

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2.17 [--] I Love Lucy: SALES RESISTANCE
Prod. no. 45 /    26-Jan-53 CBS
Guest star: Sheldon Leonard.
Lucy buys a tricky kitchen gadget in response to a TV pitch. Ricky accuses
all women of having no sales resistance. Lucy retaliates by demanding to
know why Ricky bought a 20-foot rubber life raft.
The song "There's a Brand New Baby at Our House," from this episode, was
originally written by Desi Arnaz for daughter Lucie's birth.

2.18 [--] I Love Lucy: THE INFERIORITY COMPLEX
Prod. no. 46 /  2-Feb-53 CBS
The Inferiority Complex Lucy pulls one faux pas after
another, with the result that she develops a devastating inferiority complex.
Ricky tries to flatter his wife out of her complex, but he must finally
consult a "physio-chiatrist."

2.19 [--] I Love Lucy: THE CLUB ELECTION
Prod. no. 47 /   16-Feb-53 CBS
Pitted against each other in the race for the presidency of their women's
club, Lucy and Ethel try to wangle the deciding vote by devious means.
Meanwhile, their husbands map a campaign to have them both defeated.
In this episode Lillian Appleby, later Carolyn Appleby, appears for the
first time as Lucy's rival.

2.20 [--] I Love Lucy: THE BLACK EYE
Prod. no. 48  /  9-Mar-53 CBS
When a book accidentally tossed by Ricky hits Lucy in the eye, she winds
up with a shiner. Neighbors Fred and Ethel jump to the conclusion that
the Ricardos are having a family tiff. They intercede -- with black-eyed results.

2.21 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY CHANGES HER MIND
Prod. no. 49 /  30-Mar-53 CBS
When Ricky complains that Lucy is constantly changing her mind and never
completing things, she decides to complete an old high-school romance by
finishing a love letter she started when she was in high school. Rather
than being jealous, Ricky offers to mail it for her. Lucy must intercept
the letter, or her ex-boyfriend will think she's out of her mind.
"I Love Lucy" regular Frank Nelson returns, this time as a myopic waiter.

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2.22 [--] I Love Lucy: NO CHILDREN ALLOWED
Prod. no. 57  /  20-Apr-53 CBS
The Ricardos' infant prompts the neighbors to point out that there is a
clause in the lease saying "no children." The Ricardos' landlords are
also their friends the Mertzes, who loyally stand by them and refuse
to evict them. Ethel Mertz takes such pride in her generous action that
she brags about it at a bridge luncheon. Hearing Ethel's story for the
umpteenth time, Lucy blows her top. Mrs. Trumbull, the Ricardos' reliable
babysitter, makes her first appearance in this episode.

2.23 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY HIRES A MAID
Prod. no. 58  / 27-Apr-53 CBS
Lucy Hires a Maid Part 1

Lucy Hires  a Maid Part 2

Lucy Hires a Maid Part3

Exhausted from walking the baby all night, Lucy and Ricky hire a maid.
Lucy has never had anyone work for her before. She practices interviewing
Ethel, using a businesslike, tough attitude as Ricky has instructed.
But the woman she hires, Mrs. Porter, completely overpowers Lucy. Ethel
talks Lucy into firing Mrs. Porter, but this is easier said than done.
Classic character actress Verna Felton guest-stars and cleans house in this episode.

2.24 [--] I Love Lucy: THE INDIAN SHOW
Prod. no. 59  / 4-May-53 CBS 
Lucy wants to get into the act when Ricky is producing an Indian show and
boning up on Indian lore. Trying to avoid a renewal of Lucy's desire to
get into show business, Ricky doesn't tell her he is producing an Indian
show. Lucy reads Ricky's book, "Bloodcurdling Indian Tales," and is
horrified by the stories. When two Indians in full regalia turn up for
an audition, Lucy stages an ambush for them. Eventually Lucy steals the
show with her classic rendition of "By the Waters of the Minnetonka."

2.25 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S LAST BIRTHDAY
Prod. no. 60 /  11-May-53 CBS
Ricky has planned a surprise party for Lucy's birthday. He swears the
Mertzes and all their friends to secrecy. Lucy, however, only knows that
everyone has forgotten her birthday and works very hard at being gay,
denying that she wanted anyone to remember. Taking a walk to forget
her troubles, Lucy runs across a rescue mission band called "Friends
of the Friendless," tearfully tells them her troubles, and marches off
with them. Meanwhile the party guests are assembled at Ricky's nightclub,
waiting for the guest of honor. Ricky sings the lyrics to "I Love Lucy"
for the first and only time in this Classic TV episode.

2.26 [--] I Love Lucy: THE RICARDOS CHANGE APARTMENTS
Prod.no. 61 /  18-May-53 CBS
Lucy thinks the Ricardos need a larger apartment now that they have the baby.
She tries all her tricks to cajole Ricky into switching apartments with Mr.
and Mrs. Benson, who have recently married off their daughter and don't
need the extra bedroom. Lucy fills her apartment with junk, including a
sliding pond and teeter-totter, to give it a "cramped" appearance. This is
the episode when the Ricardos move up in the world. . .to apartment 3-B.

2.27 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY IS MATCHMAKER
Prod. no. 62  /  25-May-53 CBS
When Eddie Grant, a friend of the Mertzes, stops by for an unexpected visit
and finds they are not at home, he leaves them a message with Lucy. When
Lucy learns that the lingerie salesman is an eligible bachelor, she
immediately begins brewing plans to fix him up with her girlfriend Sylvia Collins.

2.28 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY WANTS NEW FURNITURE
Prod. no.63  / 01-Jun-53 CBS
 I Love Lucy "Lucy Wants New Furniture" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Wants New Furniture" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Wants New Furniture" 3/3

A frantic economy wave engulfs the Ricardo household. Lucy buys some
furniture against Ricky's orders and is forced to pay for it out of her
own allowance. Ricky confiscates the furniture and takes it to the club
until it's paid off. Lucy also needs a new dress and a new hairstyle for
the Carrolls' party at the Tropicana on Saturday night. She tries to
make her own dress and then does some "permanent damage" in this episode.

2.29 [--] I Love Lucy: THE CAMPING TRIP
Prod. no. 64  /   8-Jun-53 CBS
When Lucy and Ethel come to the conclusion that good marriages are based on
mutual interests, they invite themselves on a rugged camping trip with their
spouses. Ricky submits to the proposal, assuming that the sound of the first
coyote's howl will send the girls dashing back to the city. Watch as Lucy
conquers the great outdoors (with a little help from Ethel).

2.30 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY AND FRED ARE TV FANS
Prod. no. 66  /  22-Jun-53 CBS
Ricky and Fred are TV Fans
When Lucy and Ethel become TV boxing-match widows, they decide to go out for
a bite to eat, leaving their husbands in front of the Ricardo TV set.
Everyone at the local cafe is also glued to the TV set, so Lucy decides to
help herself and gets caught with her hand in the cash register. She manages
to escape the cop's clutches by yelling, "Look -- a knockout!" With Ethel,
she takes refuge on the roof of their apartment building. Guest star Frank
Nelson is back and in uniform as Sergeant Nelson in episode 66.

2.31 [--] I Love Lucy: NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH FRIENDS
Prod. no.67 / 29-Jun-53 CBS
I LOVE LUCY Never do Business with Friends Pt 1

I LOVE LUCY Never do Business with Friends Pt 2

I LOVE LUCY Never do Business with Friends Pt 3

I LOVE LUCY Never do Business with Friends Pt 4

The Ricardos get a new washing machine. Despite Ricky's apprehensions, they
sell their old one to the Mertzes for thirty-five dollars. The next day,
the old machine erupts like a volcano. The Mertzes call the machine a
"lemon" and take the stance that since no money has changed hands yet, the
deal is invalid. This causes a tremendous fight between the couples.
This episode offers a rare glimpse of the back of the Mertzes' apartment building.

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A. C. Nielsen Rank: #1
Monday Nights 9:00 ET, CBS

3.1 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY'S "LIFE" STORY
Prod. no. 65  (delayed from season 2)  / 05-Oct-53 CBS  
LIFE magazine has done a home picture layout on the Ricardos. The pictures
include Ricky, Little Ricky, and a view of Lucy's left elbow. Therefore,
Lucy needles her husband into getting her into show business so her photos
will be in demand. She rigs herself out in a Spanish costume and tries to
augment a Cuban number sung by Ricky.

3.2 [--] I Love Lucy: THE GIRLS GO INTO BUSINESS
Prod. no. 68 / 12-Oct-53 CBS
It's touch-and-go for Lucy and Ethel as they buy a dress shop on a shoestring
and promptly go into the red. With typical beginner's luck, they unwittingly
unload the losing venture on their husbands, Ricky and Fred. Listen and
learn the Spanish phrase for "the check is good" in this episode.

3.3 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY AND ETHEL BUY THE SAME DRESS
Prod. no. 69 / 19-Oct-53 CBS
Lucy wangles the star role in a revue staged by her women's club by promising
that she will deliver her husband, Ricky, as the show's emcee. The fly in the
theatrical ointment comes as Ethel Mertz, Lucy's arch rival for show honors,
turns up in the same gown as Lucy's. In this episode, Lucy and Ethel sing the
Cole Porter classic, "Friendship."

3.4 [--] I Love Lucy: EQUAL RIGHTS
Prod. no.  70 / 26-Oct-53
After a heated argument about equal rights, during which the girls insist they
want to be treated exactly as if they were men, the Ricardos and the Mertzes
go off to an Italian restaurant for dinner. When the waiter, on Ricky's
insistence, presents four separate checks, the girls discover they have no money.

3.5 [--] I Love Lucy: BABYPICTURES
Prod no. 71: / 2-Nov-53 CBS
A resolution by the Ricardos not to show snapshots of their youngster to their
friends goes by the boards as two proud visitors, Charlie and Carolyn Appleby,
gleefully exhibit pictures of their infant in a baseball suit resembling Little
Ricky's. Listen for the classic Lucy quote: "Where do you keep your baby's cage?"

3.6 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY TELLS THE TRUTH
Prod. no.72  /   09-Nov-53 CBS
 I Love Lucy "Lucy Tells The Truth" 1/4

I Love Lucy "Lucy Tells The Truth" 2/4

I Love Lucy "Lucy Tells The Truth" 3/4

I Love Lucy "Lucy Tells The Truth" 4/4
Lucy vows to tell the truth for twenty-four hours in order to win a bet. This
lands her in a knife-throwing act on television. Her predicament stems from a
little white lie during her round-the-clock truth test -- namely, that she
can understand a talent agent who can't speak English. When he hires her,
Lucy has a choice of facing the knife-thrower's blades or losing the bet.
This is the episode where Lucy unwittingly reveals her true age, weight, and original hair color.

3.7 [--] I Love Lucy: THE FRENCH REVUE
Prod. no. 73 / 16-Nov-53
Ricky plans a French revue at the Tropicana. Lucy hires DuBois, a waiter at
a French bistro, to teach Ethel and herself some conversational French.
In exchange for the free lessons, Lucy promises to get DuBois into Ricky's
show. At first Ricky is mad, but he finally agrees to hire the waiter on
the basis of his excellent "Louise" rendition. However, much to Lucy's
consternation, Ricky forbids her to come near the club. She does her best
to get into the Tropicana in various disguises. Maurice Chevalier
impersonations abound in this tribute to France.

3.8 [--] I Love Lucy: REDECORATING THE MERTZES' APARTMENT
Episode #74
Prod. no. 74 /  23-Nov-53 CBS
The Ricardos nearly wreck the apartment of their landlord friends, the
Mertzes, when they try to help decorate their apartment and Lucy proves
herself an inferior decorator.

3.9 [--] I Love Lucy: TOO MANY CROOKS
Prod. no. 75 / 30-Nov-53 CBS

I Love Lucy "Too Many Crooks" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Too Many Crooks" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Too Many Crooks" 3/3

Fred's birthday is approaching, and the Ricardos decide to buy him a
custom-made tweed suit as a surprise. Lucy sneaks into the Mertz
apartment to borrow one of Fred's old suits as a model. But Mrs. Trumbull,
unaware of Lucy's intentions, sees her and tells Ethel. Because of a
robbery scare in the neighborhood involving a "Madame X," Ethel
immediately jumps to the conclusion that Lucy is she.

3.10 [--] I Love Lucy: CHANGING THE BOYS' WARDROBE
Prod. no. 76 / 07-Dec-53 CBS

I Love Lucy "Changing The Boys' Wardrobe" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Changing The Boys' Wardrobe" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Changing The Boys' Wardrobe" 3/3
Lucy and Ethel hatch an ingenious plot to make their husbands stop
wearing disreputable clothes in public. Ricky proudly displays his
sweatshirt from his alma mater, Havana U.

3.11 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY HAS HER EYES EXAMINED
Prod. no. 77  / 14-Dec-53 CBS
Lucy winds up with drops in her eyes when Ricky visits an oculist, but
it takes more than impaired vision to quell her latest attempts to
crash the show at Ricky's nightclub -- this time with a sizzling
jitterbug dance. In this episode, Fred and Ethel don raccoon coats
for a classic rendition of "The Varsity Drag."

3.12 [--] I Love Lucy:  RICKY'S OLD GIRLFRIEND
Prod. no. 78  / 21-Dec-53 CBS
Ricky creates a fictitious old flame (Carlota Romero) to make Lucy fly
into a jealous rage. By coincidence, a singer by the same name is
actually appearing in New York. The next evening, a press agent
arranges for Carlota Romero (with whom Ricky did work many years ago)
to see Ricky again.

3.13 [--] I Love Lucy: THE MILLION-DOLLAR IDEA
Prod. no. 79  /    11-Jan-54 CBS
Lucy and Ethel have visions of making a million dollars by bottling and
selling old-fashioned salad dressing -- until their operations reach
the point of diminishing returns, largely because of their bizarre views
on how to run a business. Watch as Lucy and Ethel, a.k.a. Isabella
Klump and Margaret McMertz, invent the infomercial.

3.14 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY MINDS THE BABY
Prod. no. 80 / 18-Jan-54 CBS
Ricky changes his vacation plans so he can spend all his time with Little
Ricky. Lucy uses her free time to go shopping, but when she returns she
finds Little Ricky wandering the hallway by himself. Ricky and Fred have
been so involved in a TV football game, they hadn't seen him wander off.
To teach Ricky a lesson, Lucy phones her husband and nonchalantly asks
about Little Ricky. Panic sets in when the father realizes his son is
missing. A classic father-and-son moment occurs when Ricky recites
"Little Red Riding Hood" in Spanish.

3.15 [--] I Love Lucy: THE CHARM SCHOOL
Prod. no. 81 / 25-Jan-54 CBS
Lucy and Ethel enroll in a charm school to cope with their husbands'
interest in a sweet young thing who exudes personality-plus.
Natalie Schafer, who played Lovey Howell on "Gilligan's Island,"
guest-stars in this episode.

3.16 [--] I Love Lucy: SENTIMENTAL ANNIVERSARY
Prod. no. 82 / 01-Feb-54 CBS
Lucy and Ricky want to spend their thirteenth anniversary at home, but
the Mertzes have arranged a surprise party for them. When Ethel asks
Lucy where they'll be that night, Lucy quickly concocts some story that
they'll be out. As the party guests start arriving, Lucy and Ricky
move their champagne dinner into the hall closet. Finally they manage
to divert the guests' attention so they can slip out the front door
and make a properly "surprised" entrance.

3.17 [--] I Love Lucy: FAN MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
Prod. no. 83   /   08-Feb-54  CBS
Lucy and Ricky madly prepare for a visit from a fan magazine writer who
is doing a series on happily married couples. But their frayed nerves
and a family quarrel make for a touch-and-go situation before the scribe
arrives. Kathryn Card plays Ricky Ricardo fan Minnie Finch in this
episode. (She later plays Lucy's mother in the series.)

3.18 [--] I Love Lucy: OIL WELLS
Prod. no. 84 / 15-Feb-54 CBS
Oil Wells
When a fast-talking petroleum "tycoon" from Texas tries to foist some
phony stock off on the Ricardos and the Mertzes, they discover the ruse
just in time to avoid being fleeced. Listen for the classic Ricky quote:
"Don't cross their chickens before their bridges are hatched."

3.19 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY LOSES HIS TEMPER
Prod. no. 85 / 22-Feb-54 CBS
Ricky tries his hand at a little psychology to overcome Lucy's mania for
buying hats. Madge Blake, who played Aunt Harriet in the TV series "Batman,"
guest-stars as Mrs. Mulford.

3.20 [--] I Love Lucy: HOME MOVIES
 Prod. no. 86  /   01-Mar-54  CBS

I Love Lucy "Home Movies" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Home Movies" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Home Movies" 3/3
When Ricky makes a film and succeeds in selling it to a producer, Lucy
decides to get into the act by producing her own western. When TV producer
Bennett Green arrives to see Ricky's pilot, "Ricky Ricardo Presents
Tropical Rhythms," he is treated to a spliced-in sampling of Lucy's
theatrical travesty. In this episode, Lucy and Ethel surprise Ricky with
their rendition of "I'm an Old Cowhand."

3.21 [--] I Love Lucy: BONUS CHECKS
Prod. no. 87 /  08-Mar-54 CBS
Lucy and Ethel engage in a not-too-neighborly tiff over the ownership
of a "bonus buck" when its serial number turns up in a newspaper.
Watch Lucy jump into a vat of starch for a half-dollar in this episode.

3.22 [--] I Love Lucy: RICKY'S HAWAIIAN VACATION
Prod. no. 88 / 22-Mar-54 CBS
When Ricky makes no provision for Lucy to accompany him on a trip to
Hawaii, Lucy sets out to win a free trip to the ukulele capital for
herself and the Mertzes. Frank Nelson returns as everyone's favorite
game show host, Freddie Fillmore.

3.23 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY IS ENVIOUS
Prod. no. 89  /   29-Mar-54
I Love Lucy "Lucy Is Envious" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Is Envious" 2/3

A wealthy ex-schoolmate of Lucy's is collecting for a charity. Lucy
tells her friend to put her down for "five." But when the uppity
friend arrives to collect the pledged funds, Lucy is shocked to learn
that her "five" meant five hundred dollars. In order to raise the
money, Lucy and Ethel get a job dressed as two maids from Mars in
a stunt to publicize a science fiction movie. They "invade" the top
of the Empire State Building and scare the daylights out of a group
of hotel patrons.

3.24 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY WRITES A NOVEL
Prod. no. 90 / 5-Apr-54 CBS
Lucy decides to become an author after reading about a woman who won
$10,000 for her book. Ricky, Fred, and Ethel find themselves the
central characters in Lucy's first novel, "Real Gone With the Wind."

3.25 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S CLUB DANCE
Prod. no. 91 / 12-Apr-54 CBS
Lucy organizes an orchestra among her girl friends and books them for
a club dance. But the orchestra plays so horribly that she asks Ricky
to come to a rehearsal and give them some advice. Determined to get
publicity for the dance, Lucy announces the premiere performance of
"Ricky Ricardo and His All-Girl Orchestra."

3.26 [--] I Love Lucy: THE BLACK WIG
Prod. no. 93 / 19-Apr-54 CBS
Ricky forbids Lucy to get "one
of those new Italian haircuts." She rebels by borrowing a wig from her
hairdresser Roberta, who insists Lucy looks like a different person
with it on. Lucy plans to wear the wig so she can test Ricky's fidelity,
but the salon manager tips off Ricky to the scheme. When Lucy puts on
the wig and starts flirting, Ricky flirts back.

 3.27 [--] I Love Lucy: THE DINER
Prod. no. 92  / 26-Apr-54 CBS
I Love Lucy "The Diner" 1/3

I Love Lucy "The Diner" 2/3

I Love Lucy "The Diner" 3/3
Ricky becomes interested in a diner that is for sale, so the Ricardos
and the Mertzes all buy it together. Right away, Ethel and Fred decide
that they are doing all the work while Lucy and Ricky have all the fun.
The couples decide to split the diner down the middle. The Ricardos'
side says "A Little Bit of Cuba," and the Mertzes' side says "A Big Hunk of America."

3.28 [--] I Love Lucy: TENNESSEE ERNIE VISITS
Prod. no. 94 / 3-May-54 CBS
When country cousin Tennessee Ernie Ford -- a hillbilly's hillbilly --
wears out his welcome with the Ricardos, Lucy tries a vamp act to scare
him back to the mountains. Guest star: Tennessee Ernie Ford.

  3.29  [--] I Love Lucy:  TENNESSEE ERNIE HANGS ON                                    
Prod. no. 95  /  10-May-54  CBS
Lucy gets sick of an extensive visit by Tennessee Ernie, who claims he
is her cousin. She tries to get rid of the likable character by pleading
poverty. The scheme backfires when Tennessee Ernie promotes a benefit
hoedown to assist Lucy and Ricky. Look for "Ernie Ford and His Four
Hot Chicken Pickers" in this episode.

3.30 [--]  I Love Lucy: THE GOLF GAME
Prod. no. 96 /    17-May-54 CBS

I Love Lucy-"The Golf Game" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"The Golf Game" Part 2

I Love Lucy-"The Golf Game" Part 3
Championship golfer Jimmy Demaret visits the Ricardos when Lucy and Ethel
arrive at a bizarre scheme for combating their "golf widowship." The
girls install a basketball court in the Ricardo living room and pretend
to be as deeply absorbed in the game as their husbands are in the fairways.
Guest star: Jimmy Demaret.

3.31 [97] I Love Lucy: THE SUBLEASE
Prod. no. 97 / 24-May-54 CBS
Hoping to spend the summer away, the Ricardos decide to sublet their
apartment and split the profits with the Mertzes. Their tenant is a shy,
timid soul who has been a witness in a murder trial and who wants nothing
but peace and quiet. The deal is made when Ricky suddenly learns that his
summer job has been canceled. Lucy stages a murder scene to frighten the
tenant away so that she and Ricky can move back into the apartment.
Jay Novello guest-stars as Mr. Beecher, the timid tenant.

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A. C. Nielsen Rank: #1
CBS, Monday Nights 9:00 ET,

4.1 [098] I Love Lucy: THE BUSINESS MANAGER
Prod. no. 100  /  04-Oct-54 CBS
Ricky hires a business expert to solve the family budget problems. The expert
places Lucy on a strict allowance. Lucy manages to find a loophole in the new
restrictions, and in her inimitable way she not only adds to the financial
dilemma but ends up tossing the financial wizard out.

4.2 [099] I Love Lucy: MERTZ AND KURTZ
Prod. no. 102: 11-Oct-54 CBS
To help her neighbors, the Mertzes, impress a guest, Lucy goes into service
as a maid. As "Bessie the Domestic," Lucy dishes out large servings of faux
pas when she forgets her duties and enters into the conversation.

4.3 [100] I Love Lucy: LUCY CRIES WOLF
Prod. no. 98 / 18-Oct-54 CBS
Lucy decides to test Ricky's love for her by feigning a crisis that sends
her husband sailing down the city streets to the side of a scheming feminine
singer. Ricky becomes impatient with Lucy's false alarms and accuses her of "yelling tiger."

4.4 [101] I Love Lucy: THE MATCHMAKER
Prod. no. 99 / 25-Oct-54 CBS
Armed with Cupid's bow and arrow, Lucy tries to bag a bachelor for a husband
-hungry girlfriend. Unfortunately, the arrow Lucy shoots behaves like a boomerang.

4.5 [102] I Love Lucy: MR. AND MRS. TV SHOW
Prod. no. 101 / 01-Nov-54 CBS
Ricky is initially reluctant to host a new TV show when he learns that the sponsor prefers
a husband-and- wife format. Nonetheless, he agrees to do the show. But when Lucy learns
he hadn't wanted her in the show at all, she decides to get even by sabotaging
the "Breakfast with Lucy and Ricky" dress rehearsal. What Lucy doesn't know is
that the so-called rehearsal is actually being broadcast to the entire city of
New York in an effort to achieve an unrehearsed, spontaneous look. Classic
Lucy quote: "Phipps is a great big bunch of gyps."

4.6 [103] I Love Lucy: RICKY'S MOVIE OFFER
Episode #103
Prod. no. 103  /  8-Nov-54 CBS
Lucy mistakes a talent scout for a masher and nearly ruins Ricky's chance at a
film career. Then she realizes who the scout is, and tries to make amends. This
episode sets the stage for the Ricardos and Mertzes' trip to California.

4.7 [104] I Love Lucy: RICKY'S SCREEN TEST
Prod. no. 104: / 15-Nov-54 CBS
The term "helpmate" takes on a new meaning when Lucy appears on a Hollywood movie
lot. The cameras roll for Ricky's screen test -- but when the big moment arrives,
Lucy takes the cue. Classic Lucy quote: "Hark! Do I hear a football? Is it you, Don Juan?"

4.8 [105] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S MOTHER IN-LAW
Prod. no. 105 / 22-Nov-54 CBS
Lucy meets her Spanish-speaking mother-in-law for the first time. Lucy's inability
to cope with a foreign tongue, and her mother-in-law's inability to understand
Lucy's pantomime, build a wall of misunderstanding between the pair. Mary Emery
makes her first and only appearance as Ricky's mother in this episode.

4.9 [106] I Love Lucy:  ETHEL'S BIRTHDAY
Prod. no.106 /  29-Nov-54  CBS
I Love Lucy "Ethel's Birthday" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Ethel's Birthday" 2/3

Love Lucy "Ethel's Birthday" 3/3

Despite Ricky's qualms, Lucy decides to help Fred pick out a birthday present for
Ethel. The present turns out to be toreador pants, which Ethel decides are not
only unflattering but "unfitting." Relations between the two women become strained
almost to the shattering point. Classic Lucy quote: "Happy birthday, Mrs. Mertz,
and I hope you live another seventy-five years!"

4.10 [107] I Love Lucy: RICKY'S CONTRACT
Prod. no. 107: /    6-Dec-54 CBS
Ricky's Contract
As Ricky paces the floor awaiting word from Hollywood about his screen test,
Lucy enlists the Mertzes to distract him. The drastic steps taken by the trio
to alleviate Ricky's tension boomerang into a king-sized headache for them all.

4.11 [108] I Love Lucy: GETTING READY
Prod. no. 108  / 13-Dec-54 CBS

I Love Lucy "Getting Ready" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Getting Ready" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Getting Ready" 3/3

A movie contract for Ricky necessitates a change in scenery and the hanging of a
"for rent" sign on the Ricardos' New York home. Lucy plans the most effective way
for Ricky to make a "Hollywood entrance." She envisions their arrival in a royal
chariot. The Mertzes, willing to give up tenants but not friends, sign on for
the trip. This episode features a rare glimpse of the front of the Mertzes'
apartment building.

4.12 [109] I Love Lucy:  LUCY LEARNS TO DRIVE
Prod. no. 109  /  03-Jan-55 CBS
I Love Lucy - Lucy Learns to Drive  Part 1

I Love Lucy - Lucy Learns to Drive  Part2

I Love Lucy - Lucy Learns to Drive  Part3

Preparing for their trip West, the Ricardos buy a new car, and Lucy wants to drive
it around the block. After giving her one driving lesson Ricky is a beaten man,
but Lucy is so confident that she offers to teach Ethel Mertz how to drive. The
result is a complete fiasco. (The 1955 Pontiac convertible seen in this and
following episodes was part of a product placement deal with General Motors.)

 4.13 [110] I Love Lucy: CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME !
Prod. no. 110  /   10-Jan-55 CBS
California Here We Come Part 1

California Here We Come Part 2

California Here We Come Part 3

Lucy's mother wants to join the Ricardos on their driving trip out West. Ricky
blows his stack when he hears that his mother-in-law wants to go along, and he
rages about everyone's horning in on the trip -- the Mertzes included. Kathryn
Card makes her debut as Lucy's mother in this classic episode.

4.14 [111] I Love Lucy: FIRST STOP
Prod. no. 111  /   17-Jan-55  CBS
I Love Lucy - First Stop Part 1/3

I Love Lucy - First Stop Part 2/3

I Love Lucy - First Stop Part 3/3

The Ricardos and Mertzes have a hard time finding accommodations that will please
everyone on their trip to California. They finally hit a greasy restaurant where
stale cheese sandwiches cost them a dollar apiece. Hoping to find something better
elsewhere, Ricky pays the check. The couples leave -- only to return several
hours later, fooled by some purposely misleading road signs. This episode marks
the first time the "I Love Lucy" crew ventured out of the studio for a shoot.

4.15 [112] I Love Lucy: TENNESSEE BOUND
Prod. no.112   / 24-Jan-55 CBS
The Ricardos and the Mertzes are arrested
for speeding in Bent Fork, Tennessee. Ricky decides to pay the fifty-dollar fine
and leave, but Lucy feels they have been taken advantage of. When she rebels,
the sheriff imposes a twenty-four-hour sentence and throws them in jail.
Tennessee Ernie Ford guest-stars.

4.16 [113] I Love Lucy: ETHEL'S HOME TOWN
Prod. no. 113  /  31-Jan-55 CBS
The Ricardos and the Mertzes stop at Ethel's hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
(Vivian Vance's real-life hometown). Under the impression that Ethel has been
called to Hollywood and not Ricky, the townsfolk accord her a monumental ovation.
When Ethel refuses to disillusion them -- and even goes so far as to put on a
"celebrity act" -- Lucy takes matters into her own hands.

4.17 [114] I Love Lucy:  L.A. AT LAST -  aka - Hollywood at Last
Prod. no. 114  /   07-Feb-55 CBS
I Love Lucy "LA At Last" 1/3

I Love Lucy "LA At Last" 2/3

I Love Lucy "LA At Last" 3/3

Lucy arrives in Hollywood with stars in her eyes. She heads for The Brown Derby,
a celebrity hangout, where she encounters Eve Arden and William Holden -- and
inadvertently presents Holden with a custard pie in the face. Hollywood legends
William Holden and Eve Arden guest-star as themselves.
(Note: Many consider this episode to be the creme-de-la-creme of the series.
William Holden guest-starred and Eve Arden made a cameo appearance.)
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4.18 [115] I Love Lucy: DON JUAN AND THE STARLETS
Episode #115 / 14-Feb-55 CBS

4.19 [116] I Love Lucy: LUCY GETS IN PICTURES
Prod. no. 116  /  21-Feb-55 CBS
I Love Lucy-"Lucy Gets in Pictures" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"Lucy Gets in Pictures" Part 2

Part 3  - missing
Lucy finally gets her big break when she snares a bit part in an MGM motion picture.
Cast as a showgirl who meets death while parading down a long flight of stairs in
a glamorous nightclub setting, Lucy vows to make her death scene the most unforgettable
one ever recorded by Hollywood cameras.

4.20 [117] I Love Lucy: THE FASHION SHOW
Prod. no. 117  /  28-Feb-55  CBS
I Love Lucy "The Fashion Show" 1/3

I Love Lucy "The Fashion Show" 2/3

I Love Lucy "The Fashion Show" 3/3
Mrs. William Holden, Mrs. Dean Martin, Mrs. Gordon MacRae, Mrs. Richard Carlson,
Mrs. Van Heflin, Mrs. Forrest Tucker, famed couturier Don Loper, and a scarlet-skinned
Lucy Ricardo are the contributors to a dazzling fashion show. The charity benefit,
hosted by Loper and featuring the wives of motion picture stars, is a sheer burst
of good fortune for Lucy, who is eager to perform before an audience.

4.21 [118] I Love Lucy: THE HEDDA HOPPER STORY
Prod. no.118 / 14-Mar-55 CBS
Lucy takes a dive in an effort to further Ricky's career by creating a big splash
in Hedda Hopper's Hollywood column. Her scheme turns out to be "all wet" in an
adventure that could only happen to Lucy and Ethel. Hedda Hopper, the renowned
Hollywood gossip columnist, guest-stars as herself.

4.22 [119] I Love Lucy: DON JUAN IS SHELVED
Prod no. 119 /  21-Mar-55 CBS
An item in "Variety" hints at the imminent cancellation of Ricky's picture "Don Juan,"
and proves to be correct. Lucy, the Mertzes, and Mrs. McGillicuddy take matters
into their own hands by penning five hundred fan letters to Ricky and dressing as
bobby-soxer members of the Ricky Ricardo Fan Club. Phil Ober, Vivian Vance's
first husband, makes a cameo as film producer George Spelvin in this episode.

4.23 [120] I Love Lucy: BULL FIGHT DANCE
Prod. no. 120 / 28-Mar-55 CBS
Lucy literally blackmails Ricky into getting her a part in one of his guest
appearances on television. He does get her a role -- as a bull. When Lucy is
displeased with the turn of events, she transforms the bull's image from that
of a snarling beast to a mincing creature resembling Elsie, the Borden Cow.
Look for the classic scene where Lucy upstages Ricky in this episode.

4.24 [121] I Love Lucy: HOLLYWOOD ANNIVERSARY
Prod. no. 121 / 4-Apr-55 CBS
Frantic over having forgotten the date of their wedding anniversary, Ricky
tells Lucy that he has a big party planned in a famous nightclub. He doesn't
tell her when it is, desperately wiring their marriage license bureau for
the correct date. This episode is based on an actual surprise anniversary
party that Desi Arnaz threw for Lucy.

4.25 [122] I Love Lucy: THE STAR UPSTAIRS
Prod. no. 122 / 18-Apr-55 CBS
Cornel Wilde becomes the one-hundredth movie star Lucy has seen in Hollywood;
he is living in the penthouse directly above the Ricardo suite. Determined
to get a glimpse of the handsome actor, Lucy disguises herself as a bellboy,
then hides under the star's luncheon cart to gain entry into Wilde's suite.
Things go smoothly until she finds herself locked out on Cornel's terrace
and must make her way down the side of the building using a few blankets as
rope. Swashbuckler Cornel Wilde guest-stars as himself in this episode.

4.26 [123] I Love Lucy: IN PALM SPRINGS
Prod. no. 123  /  25-Apr-55 CBS
Simultaneous marital tiffs in the Ricardo and Mertz households drive Lucy and
Ethel off on a mate less vacation to one of California's desert play lands,
where they encounter Hollywood legend Rock Hudson (guest-starring as himself).

4.27 [124] I Love Lucy: THE DANCING STAR
Prod. no. 125   /  2-May-55 CBS
Lucy begs Van Johnson to let her dance a number with him at the nightclub to
impress her rival Carolyn Appleby, who is visiting from New York. Van accepts
the challenge by waltzing her across the ballroom floor as his dance partner.
Movie star Van Johnson guest-stars as himself.

4.28 [125] I Love Lucy: HARPO MARX
Prod. no. 124  /  9-May-55 CBS
Lucy decides to impersonate some Hollywood notables to impress a nearsighted
girlfriend visiting from New York. A mix-up occurs when Lucy, having introduced
her friend to "Gary Cooper," "Clark Gable," "Marlon Brando," and "Jimmy Durante,"
decides to impersonate Harpo Marx just as the real Harpo arrives at the apartment
with Ricky.  Guest Starring Harpo Marx (as himself)

4.29 [126] I Love Lucy: RICKY NEED AN AGENT
Prod. no. 126 / 16-May-55 CBS
Lucy decides that Ricky needs an agent to negotiate more money and cut down on
his fruitless personal appearances. She appoints herself to the post. Her action
results in the studio canceling Ricky's contract, and Lucy's efforts to save
the situation only make matters worse. Don't miss a classic outburst of Cuban
temper in this episode.

4.30 [127] I Love Lucy: THE TOUR
Prod. no. 127 /  30-May-55 CBS

I Love Lucy-"The Tour" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"The Tour" Part 2

I Love Lucy-"The Tour" Part 3

Guest Star:
Richard Widmark (as himself)
Lucy and Ethel are abandoned by their sightseeing bus tour when they try to get
a grapefruit from Richard Widmark's garden. When Lucy is stranded inside the
garden wall, she and Ethel, who is outside, launch plans to get Lucy out
-- but without comparing notes on how.

################# I Love Lucy ################
############## season 5 1955-56 ##############
##############################################
A. C. Nielsen Rank: #2
CBS Monday Nights 9:00 ET, CBS

5.1 [128] I Love Lucy: LUCY VISITS GRAUMAN'S
Prod. no. 128 / 3-Oct-55 CBS
With only a week left in Hollywood, Lucy weeps about her lack of souvenirs.
Her collection already includes a tin can run over by Cary Grant's rear tire,
a napkin boasting Lana Turner's lip-prints, and a few other goodies. But
when Lucy discovers that John Wayne's concrete block at Grauman's Chinese
Theatre is loose, she decides to take home a souvenir to end all souvenirs.
(Note: This episode was the first written by Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf.)

5.2 [129] I Love Lucy: LUCY AND JOHN WAYNE
Prod. no 129 / 10-Oct-55 CBS
Lucy is spotted while attempting to "collect" a cement block with John Wayne's
footprints from Grauman's Chinese Theater. To avoid publicity and keep Lucy
out of jail, Ricky enlists John Wayne's help in replacing the block. One
mishap leads to another, and the plot thickens -- as does the cement.
John Wayne guest-stars.

5.3 [130] I Love Lucy: LUCY AND THE DUMMY
Prod. no. 130  / 17-Oct-55 CBS
When Ricky refuses to entertain at a studio party, Lucy accepts in his place,
planning to do a straight dramatic role with a dummy. The audience pans her
performance, but the studio is eager to sign her up as a comedienne. In this
episode, Lucy Ricardo is offered what Lucille Ball once had in real life: a
contract with MGM.

5.4 [131] I Love Lucy: RICKY SELLS THE CAR
Prod. no. 131 / 24-Oct-55  CBS
I Love Lucy-"Ricky Sells the Car" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"Ricky Sells the Car" Part 2

Part 3 - missing
Ricky sells his car, and the Mertzes think they are being stranded in California.
Ricky buys train tickets for everyone, but a reservations mixup puts Lucy in an
apparently compromising position with Fred Mertz. Watch for Fred and Ethel
decked out in motorcycle gear and riding on a Harley.

5.5 [132] I Love Lucy: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
Prod. no. 132 / 31-Oct-55 CBS
Unaccustomed to train travel, Lucy is sure her trip to New York will be filled with
intrigue and romance. When she hears that a jewel thief is on board, she sees
herself as the possible heroine of the situation. Lucy finds all the excitement
she was looking for, but not where she looked for it.

5.6 [133] I Love Lucy: THE HOMECOMING
Prod. no. 133 / 7-Nov-55 CBS
On their return from Hollywood, Lucy has her hands full with Ricky when he is
hailed as a major celebrity. The Ricardos' neighbors join in for a grand homecoming
celebration in Ricky's honor. Even the Mertzes begin to see Ricky through new eyes
as adulation is heaped on him. When Ricky begins to succumb to the nonsense and go
"Hollywood," Lucy begins to worry.

5.7 [134] I Love Lucy: THE RICARDOS ARE INTERVIEWED (copyright title)
aka FACE TO FACE
Prod. no.134 / 14-Nov-55 CBS
Ricky Ricardo's new fame leads to an invitation to appear on the popular interview
program "Face to Face," and Lucy and Ricky consider moving. Ricky's agent arranges
an appearance for him and suggests that they stage a fight so Lucy and Ricky won't
have to stay. In the end the scheme falls flat while "Face to Face" is on the air.

 5.8 [135] I Love Lucy: LUCY GOES TO RODEO
Prod. no. 135   /  28-Nov-55 CBS
Ricky, scheduled for a radio stint, reluctantly turns down Fred's offer to appear in an amateur radio show.
Lucy volunteers to help out, and she and Fred whip up a Western act. Ricky then discovers
it's the rodeo, not the radio show, that he's booked for. With no time to prepare,
Ricky has to give Lucy a moment in the spotlight. This episode features "Lucille
McGillicuddy and Her Western Bell Ringers" performing "Down by the Old Mill Stream."

5.9 [136] I Love Lucy: NURSERY SCHOOL
Prod. no.136 /  5-Dec-55 CBS
When Ricky finds Lucy exhausted after a trying day with Little Ricky, he insists
that it's time their son attend nursery school. Lucy's protests are overridden,
and Ricky takes young Ricky to nursery school. But after the first day, the boy comes
down with tonsillitis. Lucy promises Little Ricky that she'll spend the night with
him at the hospital, and when hospital regulations prevent this, Lucy hatches her
own plot to circumvent the rules.
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5.10 [137] I Love Lucy: RICKY'S EUROPEAN BOOKING
Prod. no.137 / 12-Dec-55 CBS
Ricky is offered a European booking which is too important to refuse, but he can't
afford to take Lucy with him. Lucy is furious at the prospect of being left behind.
When Ricky wants to take Fred Mertz along as the tour manager, Ethel, too, becomes
incensed. Finally Ricky tells the girls they can go if they can raise the money for
their passages.

5.11 [138] I Love Lucy: THE PASSPORTS
Prod. no. 138 / 19-Dec-55 CBS
Lucy and Fred are unable to produce their birth certificates to get passports for
the Ricardos and Mertzes' European jaunt. They both call their hometowns for their
birth certificates but discover that none exist for them. In order to get passports
to accompany Ricky on his European tour, they must find people who have know them
and their families for twenty years and can prove they were born. This proves to
be easier said than done, and Lucy decides to stowaway in a steamer trunk rather
than miss the boat.

5.12 [139] I Love Lucy: STATEN ISLAND FERRY
Prod. no. 139 / 02-Jan-56 CBS
I Love Lucy-"Staten Island Ferry" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"Staten Island Ferry" Part 2

Part 3 - missing
Fred's fear of becoming seasick threatens the Mertzes and Ricardos' plans for
Ricky's European band tour. To prove that Fred won't get seasick, Ricky takes
him down to the ship, which is anchored in the harbor. But Fred turns green and
becomes more firm about his not going. Lucy and Ethel test some new, improved
seasickness remedies on the Staten Island Ferry. The trial run leads to unexpected
complications when Lucy gets seasick.

5.13 [140] I Love Lucy: BON VOYAGE
Prod. no. 140 / 16-Jan-56 CBS
Ricky, Ethel, and Fred are aboard their ship to Europe when Lucy rushes down the
gangplank for one last goodbye to Little Ricky, who will be in Lucy's mother's
care while she is in Europe. The ship heads out to sea, leaving Lucy frantically
trying to catch up with it. Jack Albertson, from "Chico and the Man," guest-stars.

5.14 [141] I Love Lucy: SECOND HONEYMOON
Prod. no. 141 /  23-Jan-56 CBS
 Lucy looks forward happily to romantic evenings and daytime deck games as the
Ricardos and the Mertzes sail for Europe. However, she ends up looking on
lonesomely as everyone else on shipboard pairs off; Ricky's band is scheduled
to play practically every minute of the day and night. Finally Lucy enlists
Ethel's aid in a plan to get some time alone with Ricky. Listen for the classic
Ethel quote, "The love bug has bitten my Freddie."

5.15 [142] I Love Lucy: LUCY MEETS THE QUEEN
Prod. no.142 / 30-Jan-56 CBS
guest-star:
Nancy Kulp (Miss Hathaway on "The Beverly Hillbillies,")
Lucy is thrilled at being in London and desperate to see the Queen. She misses
the Queen at Buckingham Palace, where she gets involved in the changing of
the guard. Ricky is invited to meet the Royal Family when they attend a special
performance at the London Palladium. Lucy is not included in the invitation, but
she has no intention of letting it go at that.

5.16 [143] I Love Lucy: THE FOX HUNT
Prod. no. 143 / 6-Feb-56 CBS
Lucy is torn between spending a weekend fox-hunting and her jealousy of a
beautiful blonde starlet. She plots to get Ricky out of London and away from
the blonde by persuading Sir Clive Richardson, a movie producer, to invite the
Ricardos and Mertzes to his estate in the English countryside for the weekend.
Lucy is shocked to discover that the blonde starlet is Sir Clive Richardson's daughter.

5.17 [144] I Love Lucy: LUCY GOES TO SCOTLAND
Prod. no. 144 / 20-Feb-56 CBS
The Ricardos and Mertzes are on their way to Paris, but first Lucy wants to
go to Scotland to seek members of the McGillicuddy family into which she was
born. In a classic dream sequence, Ricky appears as Scotty MacTavish MacDougal MacCardo.

5.18 [145] I Love Lucy: PARIS AT LAST
Prod. no. 145 / 27-Feb-56 CBS
I Love Lucy-Lucy Eats Snails  - excerpt from "Paris at Last"
Equipped with an English-French dictionary, Lucy sets out to see Paris and
"discover" an artist whose paintings will become very valuable -- she knows
she has "the eye." Lucy's first encounter is indeed with an artist -- a con
artist who changes her American money for French. Lucy's adventures land Lucy,
Ethel, and Fred in jail. Look for Lucy's classic first encounter with an escargot.

5.19 [146] I Love Lucy: LUCY MEETS CHARLES BOYER
Prod. no.146 / 5-Mar-56 CBS
While sightseeing in Paris, the Ricardos and Mertzes are sitting in a sidewalk
cafe that Charles Boyer is known to frequent. Lucy thinks she has spotted Boyer
and turns to jelly, but Ricky convinces her she's wrong. Lucy thinks that Ricky
is jealous. She enlists the help of "Pierre Smith," who looks enough like Boyer
to be him (and unknown to Lucy, actually is him). To convince Ricky that she
really loves him, not Boyer, Lucy intends to reject "Boyer's" advances.
Charles Boyer guest-stars as himself.

5.20 [147] I Love Lucy: LUCY GETS A PARIS GOWN
Prod. no. 147 / 19-Mar-56 CBS
Lucy decides to go on a hunger strike until Ricky agrees to buy her a designer
dress. The plan works perfectly (even though Ethel has been smuggling food
to Lucy) and Ricky finally gives in and buys her an expensive outfit. But when
Ricky discovers what Lucy has been up to, he puts together a crazy outfit made
of burlap and passes it off as a Paris original.

5.21 [148] I Love Lucy: LUCY IN THE SWISS ALPS
Prod. no. 148 /  26-Mar-56 CBS

I Love Lucy "Lucy In The Swiss Alps" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy In The Swiss Alps" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy In The Swiss Alps" 3/3

When band manager Fred fouls up by sending the orchestra to Locarno, Switzerland
instead of Lucerne, Lucy tries to appease Ricky by suggesting a healthy hike in
the Alps. All goes well until an unexpected snowstorm forces the Ricardos and
the Mertzes into a deserted mountaintop cabin. Lucy slams the cabin's door and
sets off an avalanche, trapping the two couples for five hours. They are saved
from certain death by a Bavarian band playing "La Cucaracha."

5.22 [149] I Love Lucy: LUCY GETS HOMESICK IN ITALY
Prod. no. 149 / 9-Apr-56 CBS
Fred is conscience-stricken about the expense involved when he misrouted Ricky's
band. He books second-class train passage for their overnight trip to Florence
and a fourth-class hotel for their stay. Lucy wants to call home to see if
Little Ricky has received the birthday presents she sent him from London, but
the difficulties of calling from a fourth-class room almost prove too much for
her. In the end, Lucy invites an Italian shoeshine boy and his friends to
celebrate Little Ricky's birthday.

5.23 [150] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S ITALIAN MOVIE
Prod. no. 150 / 16-Apr-56 CBS
En route to Rome by train, Lucy is spotted by a famous Italian cinema director and
chosen to play a part in his new movie "Bitter Grapes." Lucy sets out to immerse
herself in the role. When she nonchalantly wanders into a vineyard inhabited by
a motley assortment of Italian-speaking women, she is dispatched to the wine-making
area to crush grapes with her feet. This episode has the classic scene of Lucy in the wine vat.
(Note: This is the classic episode that features the famous grape stomping  routine.)

5.24 [151] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S BICYCLE TRIP
Prod. no. 151 / 23-Apr-56 CBS
The Ricardos and the Mertzes are bicycling from Italy toward the French Riviera.
When they get to the Italian/French border, everyone but Lucy is permitted to
cross. Lucy realizes that her passport has been left behind -- but even when
the passport is found, it looks as if Lucy will never get across the border.
Look for Fred and Ethel on a tandem bicycle in this episode.

5.25 [152] I Love Lucy: LUCY GOES TO MONTE CARLO
Prod. no. 152 / 7-May-56 CBS
Ricky is working in Monte Carlo, but Fred goofs and negotiates too little money
for the engagement. Lucy and Ethel go to the casino to watch, and Lucy finds
a chip that someone dropped. She picks it up and puts it on the table. The
chip wins, and continues to do so, all by accident. Since Ricky warned Lucy to
stay away from the casino, she hides the money in Ethel's trunk. Ricky finds it
and thinks Fred has been holding out on him. "I Love Lucy" writer and recurring
extra, Bob Carroll, Jr., appears in this episode as the gambler wearing the fez.

5.26 [153]  I Love Lucy: RETURN HOME FROM EUROPE
Prod. no. 153 /  14-May-56 CBS

I Love Lucy-"Return Home From Europe" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"Return Home From Europe" Part 2

Part 3 - missing

The Ricardos and Mertzes need to return to the U.S. by plane instead of ship.
The 60-pound-per-person baggage limit taxes Lucy's ingenuity: she has bought
lots of clothes and souvenirs, including a 30-pound cheese. She boards the
plane wearing all the clothes at once and carrying the cheese as a "baby."

(Note: This almost became the final episode of the series. Desi, who was
very busy with Desilu Productions, wanted to end the weekly series but CBS,
offering a huge financial incentive, talked him out of it. Head writer/producer
Jess Oppenheimer left the show after this episode.)

################# I Love Lucy ################
############## season 6 1956-57 ##############
############### (final season) ###############
A. C. Nielsen Rank: #1
Monday Nights 9:00 ET, CBS

6.1 [154] I Love Lucy: LUCY AND BOB HOPE
Prod. no. 154 / 01-Oct-56 CBS
Ricky is opening a new club, and he wants Bob Hope to appear at the grand opening.
Lucy fears Hope won't appear because of her widespread reputation for monkey-
wrench throwing, and wants to reassure him that this time she's butting out.

6.2 [155] I Love Lucy: LITTLE RICKY LEARNS TO PLAY THE DRUMS
Prod. no.157 / 08-Oct-56 CBS
Lucy suddenly decides her son is going to be a doctor, but Ricky wants him to be
a band leader like himself. They agree to resolve the question by giving him a toy
doctor's uniform and a drum and seeing which he prefers. The fact that the boy
chooses the drum changes nothing as far as Lucy is concerned.
(Historical note: Before taking on the acting role of Little Ricky, Keith
Thibodeaux was known as "The World's Tiniest Professional Drummer.")

6.3 [156] I Love Lucy: LUCY MEETS ORSON WELLES
Prod. no. 155  /   15-Oct-56 CBS 
guest-star: Orson Welles as himself,
with Ellen Corby (from "The Waltons.")
Synopsis:
Orson Welles is going to
perform his magic act in Ricky's club. He asks Ricky if Lucy will help him.
Ricky has had one too many of Lucy's screwball antics and is only too happy
to push her off to Florida. When Lucy meets Welles and accidentally learns of
the chance she is missing, she cancels her trip and gets a drama class to come
and watch her do Shakespeare with Welles.

6.4 [157] I Love Lucy: LITTLE RICKY GETS STAGE FRIGHT
Prod. no. 156  / 22-Oct-66 CBS
guest-star: Howard McNear (Floyd the barber in "The Andy Griffith Show")
Synopsis:
Little Ricky is scheduled to play the drums in a children's orchestra. Although
his parents and their friends the Mertzes are overcome with nervousness, Little
Ricky seems calm until his big moment arrives; then he goes to pieces. His next
performance is six months away, but Lucy feels she must do something about his
stage fright now.

6.5 [158] I Love Lucy: VISITOR FROM ITALY
Prod. no. 158 /  29-Oct-56  CBS
I Love Lucy-"Visitor From Italy" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"Visitor From Italy" Part 2

I Love Lucy-"Visitor From Italy' Part 3
Mario, the Ricardos and Mertzes' gondolier in Venice, comes to New York to
surprise his brother Dominic, but turns up at the Ricardos' apartment when
he can't find him. Lucy is sure Dominic is in San Francisco and sets out to
help Mario raise the bus fare. Her earnest efforts pay off in a surprising way.
Look for Lucy's classic pizza-making scene in this episode.

6.6 [159] I Love Lucy: OFF TO FLORIDA
Prod. no. 159 /  12-Nov-56 CBS
When Lucy misplaces two train tickets to Florida, she and Ethel consult the
classified section, hoping to share a ride with someone driving south. They
team up with a peculiar middle-aged woman, Mrs. Grundy, who's bent on
getting to Florida in record time. Elsa Lanchester, who played the original
"Bride of Frankenstein," guest-stars as Mrs. Grundy in this episode.

6.7 [160] I Love Lucy: DEEP-SEA FISHING
Prod. no.160  /   19-Nov-56 CBS

I Love Lucy-"Deep Sea Fishing" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"Deep Sea Fishing" Part 2

 I Love Lucy-"Deep Sea Fishing" Part 3
When the Mertzes and the Ricardos vacation in Florida, women's shopping habits
versus men's fishing prowess becomes an issue.

6.8 [161] I Love Lucy: DESERT ISLAND
Pros. no. 161 /  26-Nov-56 CBS
Guest Star: Claude Akins)
On a pleasure cruise, Lucy manages to have the boat run out of gas to keep
Fred and Ricky from judging a "Miss Miami Beach" beauty contest. The Ricardos
and the Mertzes find themselves adrift on the Atlantic. Eventually they land
on a desert island, where Lucy promptly runs into trouble. Claude Akins, who
later went on to play TV's Sheriff Lobo, guest-stars as himself in this episode.

6.9 [162] I Love Lucy: THE RICARDOS VISIT CUBA
Prod. no. 162  /  3-Dec-56 CBS
Still on their vacation, the Ricardos go to Cuba, where Ricky wants to introduce
his relatives to Lucy and Little Ricky.

6.10 [163]  I Love Lucy: LITTLE RICKY'S SCHOOL PAGEANT
Prod. no. 163  /  17-Dec-56 CBS
I Love Lucy-"Little Ricky's School Pageant"
Little Ricky makes his acting debut in a school play. This lavish children's pageant
in the Enchanted Forest is complete with elves, owls, bunnies, and Lucy as a broom
-riding witch. The episode includes a special cameo by Fred Mertz as Hippity Hoppity,
the friendly frog.

6.11 [---] THE  "I Love Lucy" CHRISTMAS SHOW
NO Prod number: 24Dec56 CBS
Lucy, Ricky, Ethel, and Fred reminisce about their time as friends while trimming the tree.
In the morning, miscommunication leads to five Santa Clauses, there's an extra one!

(Note: This episode is NOT included in the syndicated package. After its initial
airing, it was not broadcast again in full until CBS aired it in December 1989
and again in December 1990. It is now available for sale through CBS Video.)

6.12 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY AND THE LOVING CUP
Prod. no. 164  /    7-Jan-57 CBS
I Love Lucy-"Lucy and the Loving Cup" Part 1  

I Love Lucy-"Lucy and the Loving Cup" Part 2

Part 3 - missing
Ricky's disapproval of Lucy's new hat leads to her trying on a loving cup which
Ricky has planned to present to jockey Johnny Longden at a National Turf Association
dinner. The problem is that Lucy can't get the trophy off her head. Look for Lucy's
classic ride on the Lexington Avenue subway in this episode.

6.13 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY AND SUPERMAN
Prod. no 166 / 14-Jan-57 CBS
Guest Star: George Reeves (Superman)
When another boy has a birthday party the same day as Little Ricky's, Lucy looks for
unusual entertainment to lure the children. Ricky remembers that Superman is in town,
and he invites him. When Ricky is unable to corral Superman, Lucy is left with no
choice but to dress as the Man of Steel herself.

6.14 [--] I Love Lucy: LITTLE RICKY GETS A DOG
Prod. no. 165 / 21-Jan-57 CBS
The Ricardos' apartment begins to resemble a pet shop when Little Ricky gets a puppy.
Lucy and Ricky are both determined to get rid of the puppy after their son brings
it home -- as are their landlords, Fred and Ethel. They have a hard time overcoming
Little Ricky's arguments that a puppy would be a welcome addition to a home that
already boasts a canary, a frog, a lizard, a turtle, and some goldfish.

6.15 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY WANTS TO MOVE TO THE COUNTRY
Prod. no. 167  /   28-Jan-57 CBS

I Love Lucy "Lucy Want's To Move To The Country" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Want's To Move To The Country" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Want's To Move To The Country" 3/3
Lucy decides that it would be nice to move to the country and prevails on
Ricky to place a comfortable deposit on a big house. Ricky agrees and puts
a down payment on a house in Westport, Connecticut. It is not long before
Lucy changes her mind. Lucy, Ethel, and Fred put on disguises to try and
help poor Ricky get his deposit back.

6.16 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY HATES TO LEAVE
Prod. no.168 / 4-Feb-57 CBS
Lucy hates to leave behind her old friends Fred and Ethel, who also happen
to be her landlords. But Ricky has told her to sell all their furniture.
Lucy hates to part with her furniture almost as badly as she hates to part
with the Mertzes. She persuades them to keep the furniture in their
apartment, promising that it's "just until we can move."

6.17 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY MISSES THE MERTZES
Prod. no. 169 / 11-Feb-57 CBS
As the Ricardos get settled in their new country home, they immediately
wind up in a mix-up with their old friends Fred and Ethel Mertz. Missing
their old friends already, Lucy and Ricky decide to visit the Mertzes.
At the same time, the Mertzes decide to trek to the country to visit the
Ricardos, and what began simply becomes complicated.

6.18 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY GETS CHUMMY WITH THE NEIGHBORS
Prod. no. 170 / 18-Feb-57 CBS
With the best intentions in the world, Lucy somehow causes a misunderstanding with her
neighbors, the Ramseys. It all starts when Betty Ramsey offers Lucy some
advice and a wholesale deal on furniture. For a time, the Ricardos' whole
future at their Connecticut home seems threatened. In this episode, Frank
Nelson and Mary Jane Croft make their debut as the Ramseys.

6.19  [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY RAISES CHICKENS
Prod. no. 171  /    4-Mar-57  CBS
I Love Lucy-"Lucy Raises Chickens" Part 1

I Love Lucy-"Lucy Raises Chickens" Part 2

I Love Lucy "Lucy Raises Chickens" 3/3
The Mertzes find a way to stay with the Ricardos: chicken farming. But
the scheme puts Lucy over her head in chickens when she and Ethel bring
home 500 baby chicks before the hen house is ready.

6.20 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY DOES THE TANGO
Prod. no. 172 / 11-Mar-57 CBS
Chicken-raising and practicing a tango for Little Ricky's school PTA
meeting combine to get the Ricardos and the Mertzes in a verbal battle.
It's up to Ricky, Jr. and his neighborhood pal Bruce Ramsey to straighten
things out.
(The scene where Lucy and Ricky do the tango resulted in the longest
recorded studio audience laugh in the history of the show.)
(Note: This episode featured the longest continuous laugh ever recorded on "I
Love Lucy" -- 65 seconds in duration.)

6.21 [--] I Love Lucy: RAGTIME BAND
Prod. no. 173  /   18-Mar-57 CBS
I Love Lucy "Ragtime Band" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Ragtime Band" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Ragtime Band" 3/3
Lucy decides to take part in the fundraising campaign of the Westport
Historical Society, and offers to get her husband and his band to perform
for their kickoff function. There's only one hitch -- Ricky won't do it.
So Lucy decides to form her own band featuring herself, Little Ricky,
and Fred and Ethel Mertz. Look for the classic song, "Man Smart, Woman
Smarter," sung by Ricky.

6.22 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY'S NIGHT IN TOWN
Prod. no. 174 / 25-Mar-57 CBS
I Love Lucy "Lucy's Night In Town" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy's Night In Town" 2/3

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After spending six whole weeks in their new Connecticut home, Lucy dreams
of a night in New York City and it turns into a nightmare. Four carefully
hoarded tickets to the Broadway musical hit "The Most Happy Fella" are
supposed to get the Ricardos and the Mertzes in to see the sold-out show.
But difficulties arise when Fred Mertz gets nervous about pickpockets
because he's carrying $500 in cash in his pockets.

6.23 [--] I Love Lucy: HOUSEWARMING
Prod. no. 175 / 01-Apr-57 CBS
I Love Lucy "Housewarming" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Housewarming" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Housewarming" 3/3 

Fred Mertz installs an intercom system between the Mertz guest-house and
the Ricardo main house. The intercom causes some confusion when Lucy and
Ricky overhear what they believe to be plans for a housewarming party
given for them. Look for a classic bout of jealousy in this episode as
Lucy and Ethel make new friends.

6.24 [--] I Love Lucy: BUILDING A BAR-B-Q
Prod. no. 176  /  8-Apr-57 CBS
I Love Lucy "Building A Bar-BQ" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Building A Bar-BQ" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Building A Bar-BQ" 3/3

Lucy has a problem deciding what to do to get her vacationing husband,
Ricky, out of her hair so she can do her housework. She and Ethel solve
the problem by putting their husbands to work building a barbecue. In
this episode Lucy loses her wedding ring and Ricky tries to teach her a lesson.

6.25 [--]  I Love Lucy: COUNTRY CLUB DANCE
Prod. no. 177  /  22-Apr-57  CBS

I Love Lucy "Country Club Dance" 1/3

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I Love Lucy "Country Club Dance" 3/3

guest-star: Barbara Eden
Synopsis:
The Ricardos and the Mertzes go with their neighbors, Ralph and Betty Ramsey,
to the country club dance. A pretty visitor quickly convinces the men they
are Romeos in disguise. This development forces the women into glamorous
clothing and beauty treatments to prove that they, too, can be glamorous.

6.26 [--] I Love Lucy: LUCY RAISES TULIPS
Prod. no. 178 /   29-Apr-57 CBS
I Love Lucy "Lucy Raises Tulips" 1/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Raises Tulips" 2/3

I Love Lucy "Lucy Raises Tulips" 3/3

Suburban living gets Lucy into a flower-show competition, and she raises
tulips with a vengeance as she tries to beat out her neighbor, Betty Ramsey,
for first prize. Lucy asks Ricky to mow the lawn so that her garden will look
just right. But he only mows half before taking off for a baseball game,
leaving Lucy and Ethel to tiptoe through the tulips -- with the lawnmower.

6.27 [--] I Love Lucy: THE RICARDOS DEDICATE A STATUE   (final episode)
Prod. no 179   /   6-May-57 CBS
I Love Lucy "The Ricardos Dedicate A Statue" 1/3

I Love Lucy "The Ricardos Dedicate A Statue" 2/3

I Love Lucy "The Ricardos Dedicate A Statue" 3/3

Lucy joins a community effort to establish a Revolutionary War
monument. She manages to shatter any dreams she may have had of
becoming a community leader when the statue is broken. Her efforts
to undo the damage put her in a unique position when the time comes
to unveil the statue.
Note: This is the only episode where the Arnazes'
real children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr., make a cameo
appearance. They are seen at the beginning of the closing scene.)

The Christmas Special in this final season had no prod .no.
therefore the last prod. no. is #179 + the special = 180 episodes)

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