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Episode Guide  compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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THE LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR
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Desilu Productions, Inc.
for CBS

US Comedy Series 1957-60 13 episodes x 60 min
Staring:
Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo
Co-Starring:
Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz
William Frawley as Fred Mertz
Richard Keith as Little Ricky

Note: Richard Keith is a.k.a. Keith Thibodeaux.

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CBS

1.1 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.1 LUCY TAKES A CRUISE TO HAVANA
06Nov57 CBS Wed (copyright date 28Jun57)
 Guest Stars:
Ann Sothern
Cesar Romero
Rudee Vallee
Hedda Hopper
Synopsis:
Vacationing Lucy McGillicuddy meets Ricky Ricardo in Havana; Fred and Ethel Mertz are honeymooners.

1.2 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.2 THE CELEBRITY NEXT DOOR
03Dec57 CBS Tue (copyright date 27 Sep57)
 Guest Star:
Tallulah Bankhead - herself
Lucy gets neighbor Tallulah Bankhead to appear in a PTA show.

1.3 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.3 LUCY HUNTS URANIUM
03Jan58 CBS Fri ? (copyright date 15Nov57)(Rerun 9Mar1959 CBS Mon)
 Guest Stars:
Fred MacMurray
June Havoc
Lucy and a new pal who wants to recoup gambling losses head for the LasVegas hills in search of uranium.

1.4 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.4 LUCY WINS A RACEHORSE
03Feb58 CBS Mon (copyright date 3Feb58)
 Guest Stars:
Betty Grable
Harry James
Ricky thinks horses are too expensive to keep as pets, so Lucy tries to hide her newly won thoroughbred.

1.5 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.5 LUCY GOES TO SUN VALLEY
14Apr58 CBS Mon (copyright date 14Feb58)(Rerun 22Dec1958  CBS Mon)
 Guest Star:
Fernando Lamas
Ricky cancels plans for a second honeymoon in Sun Valley, Idaho; Lucy goes anyway, with Ethel.

1.6 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.6 LUCY GOES TO MEXICO
06Oct58 CBS Mon (copyright date 16 June 1958 Mon) (Rerun 4Mar1960 CBS Fri)
 Guest Star:
Maurice Chevalier
Lucy gets in trouble with customs when a young Mexican stows away in her car trunk.

1.7 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No. 7 THE RICARDOS RENT THEIR HOUSE TO DANNY THOMAS
a.k.a., Lucy Makes Room for Danny
01Dec58 CBS Mon (copyright 19Sep58 Friday) (Rerun 8Jan1960  CBS Fri)
 Guest Star:
Danny Thomas 
With:
Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hamer, Angela Cartwright
After a movie deal falls through, Lucy wants her house back from the Williams family, to whom they've rented.

  [--] 22Dec1958  CBS Mon - Rerun of Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour #5 "Lucy Goes to Sun Valley" (first aired 14Apr58)

1.8 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No. 8 LUCY GOES TO ALASKA
09Feb59 CBS Mon (copyright 19Dec58 Friday)(Rerun 18Dec1959 CBS Fri)
 Guest Star:
Red Skelton as himself
The Ricardos and Mertzes visit Alaska to inspect land they bought.

[--] 9Mar1959 CBS Mon - Rerun of Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour  #3 "Lucy Hunts Uranium" (first aired 03Jan58)

1.9 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.9 LUCY WANTS A CAREER
13Apr59 CBS Mon (copyright 6Mar59 Friday)
 Guest Star:
Paul Douglas
Successful morning-show co-host Lucy hates getting up at 4 A.M.

1.10 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No. 10 LUCY'S SUMMER VACATION
08Jun59 CBS Mon (copyright 5May59 Tuesday) (Rerun 29Apr60 CBS Fri)
 Guest Stars:
Ida Lupino as herself
Howard Duff as himself
The Ricardos' belongings disappear from a borrowed Vermont cabin.

1.11 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No. 11 MILTON BERLE HIDES OUT AT THE RICARDO'S
25Sep59 CBS Fri (30Jun59 Tuesday) (Rerun 03Jun60 CBS Fri)
 Guest Star:
Milton Berle  as himself
Furious Ricky tries to catch a man (Milton Berle) who visits Lucy daily.

1.12 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.12 THE RICARDOS GO TO JAPAN
27Nov59 CBS Fri (copyright 19Oct59)
 Guest Star:
Robert Cummings
Ricky tours Ricky Ricardo-crazy Japan and is also on the lookout for new
talent. Geisha Lucy needs money for a string of pearls.

[--] 18-Dec-1959 CBS Fri  - Rerun of Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: #8: Lucy & Desi in Alaska, with Red Skelton
(first aired  9Feb59 CBS)

[--] 08-Jan-1960  CBS Fri  - Rerun of Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: #7  Lucy and Danny Thomas
(first aired 1Dec58 CBS)

[--] 05-Feb-1960  CBS Fri   - Rerun of Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: #1  Lucy Goes to Havana
(first aired 06Nov57 CBS)

1.13 [--] Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: No.13 THE REDHEAD MEETS THE MUSTACHE
(final episode)
01Apr60 CBS Fri (copyright 18Jan60 Mon)
 Guest Stars:
Ernie Kovaks
Edie Adams
Lucy poses as a chauffeur to meet Ernie Kovacs.

[--] 04Mar60 CBS Fri - Rerun of Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour:#6  Lucy Goes to Mexico
(first aired  6 Oct58 CBS )

[--]  29Apr60 CBS Fri  - Rerun  of  Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour #10: Lucy's Summer Vacation
(first aired 8Jun59 CBS Mon)

[--] 03Jun60 CBS Fri  - Rerun of Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour #11 : Lucy Meets Milton Berle
   (first aired 25Sep59 CBS Fri)

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