Season 1 |
| 1 :01x01 - The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub (Oct/15/1951) | | Fred and Ethel can't agree on where to go for their 18th wedding anniversary celebration. Fred and Ricky want to go to the fights, but Ethel and Lucy want to go to the Copacabana. They finally decide to do different things and bring dates. They all have problems getting dates, but when Lucy and Ethel find out that Ricky and Fred called a date service, Lucy has the operator set her and Ethel up as Ricky and Fred's dates. | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis | |
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| 5 :01x05 - The Quiz Show (Nov/12/1951) | | Lucy will win a radio show prize if she can manage to convince Ricky that she was once married to a radio station hired actor. However, when a bum comes to her door, Lucy thinks it's the actor, and causes a heap of confusion for everyone. | | Guest Stars: Hazel Pierce as Mrs. Peterson, Philip Ober as Arnold, Frank Nelson as Freddie Fillmore, Lee Millar (1) as Announcer, John Emery (2) as Harold | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2) | |
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| 9 :01x09 - Drafted (Dec/24/1951) | | Lucy and Ethel mistakenly believe that Ricky and Fred have been drafted when they receive a telegram for Ricky telling him to report to Army's Fort Dix. Their suspicions are further proved when Ricky and Fred come into the house practicing marching with brooms. So Lucy and Ethel decide to throw them a going away party, but Ricky and Fred believe that the girls are pregnant, and plan a party for them on the same night. Chaos ensues when Lucy and Ethel discover that when Ricky and Fred came into the house marching, they were really practicing for a routine at the club, and they're not really drafted. | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis | |
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| 13 :01x13 - The Benefit (Jan/07/1952) | | Ethel desperately wants Ricky to perform st the women's club benefit, but the only way that Lucy will ask is if she gets to be in the show too. Ethel finally agrees just because she wants Ricky there. After a lot of coaxing, Ricky says that he'll be in the benefit with Lucy, but when he brings home the act for Lucy to study, Lucy finds that Ricky has given himself all of the funny lines. So she then comes up with a way to teach Ricky a good lesson. | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis | |
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| 18 :01x18 - Breaking the Lease (Feb/11/1952) | | The Ricardos and the Mertzes get into a huge fight, and Lucy and Ricky decide that they're leaving. There's only one catch to their plan though, they signed a lease. Son now Lucy and Ricky decide to become the worst tenants ever and get kicked out. But as soon as the Mertzes do kick them out, they decide that they can't go through with it. In the end, they all apologize, and Ricky and Lucy get to stay. | | Guest Stars: Bennett Green as Bum, Hazel Pierce as Party Guest, Barbara Pepper as Party Guest | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2) | |
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| 19 :01x19 - The Ballet (Feb/18/1952) | | When Lucy learns of two openings in Ricky's show, one for a ballet dancer, and one for a burlesque comic, Lucy decides to take ballet lessons because she has some past experience in it. But once that goes horribly wrong, she then decides to hire someone to help her learn the art of burlesque comedy. Then Lucy learns that Ricky now has only one opening left in the show, and falsely assuming that it's the burlesque comic, she goes down to the club with disastrous results. | | Guest Stars: Frank J. Scannell as Burlesque Comic, Mary Wickes as Madame Lamond | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer | |
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| 22 :01x22 - Fred and Ethel Fight (Mar/10/1952) | | Ethel and Fred have been arguing with each other nonstop for the past few days, and Lucy decides to put an end to it. So Lucy invites Ethel to dinner, and Ricky invites Fred to dinner, neither of them knowing that the other is coming. But during dinner, Ricky and Lucy begin to argue, but Ethel and Fred have stopped fighting. Now Fred and Ethel have to figure out a way to patch things up between Ricky and Lucy. | | Guest Stars: Hazel Pierce as Soda Jerk | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2) | |
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| 23 :01x23 - The Moustache (Mar/17/1952) | | Lucy doesn't like Ricky's mustache and wants him to shave it off. But Ricky refuses, so Lucy decides to show him what it's like by gluing a fake beard on her face. Ricky eventually gives in and agrees to shave it, but only on the condition that Lucy gets rid of hers. But when Lucy tries to take it off, she finds out that the glue she attached it with's remover is not being made anymore. | | Guest Stars: John Brown (2) as Mr. Murdoch | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer | |
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| 27 :01x27 - The Kleptomaniac (Apr/14/1952) | | When Lucy is hosting an auction, Ricky thinks she has stolen the goods she is hiding in the closet. It worsens when Fred and Ricky witness Lucy taking a cuckoo clock out of the Mertzes apartment, unaware that Ethel had put her up to her. Thinking she's a kleptomaniac, they hire a psychiatrist. However, to get back at Fred and Ricky, Lucy and Ethel put on an act like they have just robbed a bank. | | Guest Stars: Joseph Kearns as Dr. Tom Robinson | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2) | |
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| 35 :01x35 - Ricky Asks for a Raise (Jun/09/1952) | | After Ricky asks for a raise, and is then fired, Lucy, Fred, and Ethel go into the club in numerous disguises, and pretend that once they discover that Ricky doesn't perform there anymore, they leave. | | Guest Stars: Maurice Marsac (1) as Maurice the Waiter, Gale Gordon as Alvin Littlefield | Director: Marc Daniels (1) Writer: Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer | |
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Season 2 |
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| 47 :02x12 - The Club Election (Feb/16/1953) | | Lucy and Ethel run against each other to become president of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League, testing their friendship. As it turns out, exactly half of the club votes for Lucy, and the other half for Ethel. But when a new member joins the women's club, who will cast the deciding vote, Ethel and Lucy go out of their way to earn her vote. | | Guest Stars: Peggy Rea as Club Woman, Lurene Tuttle as Club President, Margie Liszt as Marion Strong, Doris Singleton as Caroline Appleby, Ida Moore as Mrs. Knickerbocker, Hazel Pierce as Grace Munson, Jerry Hausner as Jerry | Director: William Asher Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2) | |
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| 57 :02x22 - No Children Allowed (Apr/20/1953) | | An angry tenant, Mrs. Trumbull, threatens that she will move out of her apartment if Little Ricky doesn't stop crying. | | Guest Stars: Margie Liszt as Clubwoman, Kay Wiley as Clubwoman, Vivi Janiss as Clubwoman, Peggy Rea as Clubwoman, Jerry Hausner as Baby Crying, Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Trumbull | Director: William Asher Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer | |
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Season 3 |
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| 72 :03x05 - Lucy Tells the Truth (Nov/09/1953) | | While under a bet from Ricky, Fred, and Ethel that she can't even go 24 hours without telling a lie, Lucy has to reveal her age, weight, and natural hair color to members of the women's club. | | Guest Stars: Mario Siletti as Professor Falconi, Dorothy Lloyd as Woman at Audition, Shirley Mitchell as Marion Strong, Charles Lane (1) as Casting Director, Doris Singleton as Caroline Appleby, Joseph Mayer as Little Ricky, Michael L. Mayer (1) as Little Ricky | Director: William Asher Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2) | |
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Season 4 |
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| 108 :04x11 - Getting Ready (Dec/13/1954) | | The Ricardos and Mertzes begin making preparations for their big California trip to film Ricky's movie. | |
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| 110 :04x13 - California, Here We Come! (Jan/10/1955) | | The Ricardos and Mertzes pack their bags for the move to California but getting started out of New York City proves to be nearly an impossible chore. | |
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| 117 :04x20 - The Fashion Show (Feb/28/1955) | | While severely sunburned, Lucy has to model a scratchy tweed suit in a fashion show. | | Guest Stars: Don Loper as Himself, Jeanne Biegger Martin as Herself, Mona Carlson as Herself, Amzie Strickland as Amzie, Sheila MacRae as Herself, Frances Heflin as Herself, Brenda Marshall as Herself, Marilyn Johnson (2) as Herself | Director: William Asher Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer | |
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| 123 :04x26 - In Palm Springs (Apr/25/1955) | | The Ricardos and the Mertzes head to Palm Springs for a weekend of relaxation and learn that Rock Hudson is staying at their hotel. | | Guest Stars: Rock Hudson as Himself | |
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Season 5 |
| 128 :05x01 - Lucy Visits Grauman's (Oct/03/1955) | | Lucy and Ethel attempt to steal John Wayne's block from Grauman's, but Lucy winds up with her foot stuck in cement while hiding from the police, and now must hide from Ricky. | |
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Season 6 |
| 154 :06x01 - Lucy and Bob Hope (Oct/01/1956) | | After Lucy overhears that Ricky will invite a celebrity to his new commercial, it leaves her curious to see his performance and introduce herself. | | Guest Stars: David Saber as Little Boy, Henry Kulky as Trainer, Ralph Sanford as Stadium Guard, Bennett Green as Hot Dog Vendor, Lou Krugman as Paul, Peter Leeds as Mr. Krausfeld, Bob Hope as Himself, Dick Elliott as Spectator | Director: James V. Kern (1) Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller (1), Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis | |
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| 169 :06x16 - Lucy Misses the Mertzes (Feb/11/1957) | | Having moved to a house in the Connecticut countryside, Lucy finds herself missing her old friends, the Mertzes, and tries to persuade them to make the move too. | |
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