List of The Lucy Show episodes
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The following is a list of episodes of The Lucy Show, an American sitcom television series that ran on CBS from October 1, 1962 to March 11, 1968. The 30 half-hour season one episodes were all shot in black-and-white; all the remaining 126 half-hour episodes (from season two onwards) were shot in color.
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | Households (millions) | ||
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| 1 | 30 | October 1, 1962 | April 29, 1963 | 4 | 29.8[a] | 14.99[1] | |
| 2 | 28 | September 30, 1963 | April 27, 1964 | 6 | 28.1 | 15.00[2] | |
| 3 | 26 | September 21, 1964 | April 12, 1965 | 8 | 26.6 | 14.02[3] | |
| 4 | 26 | September 13, 1965 | March 21, 1966 | 3 | 27.7 | 14.92[4] | |
| 5 | 22 | September 12, 1966 | March 6, 1967 | 4 | 26.2 | 14.44[5] | |
| 6 | 24 | September 11, 1967 | March 11, 1968 | 2 | 27.0 | 15.30[6] | |
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (1962–63)
[edit]All episodes in black-and-white
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Lucy Waits Up for Chris" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | October 1, 1962 | |
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Lucy promises her daughter, Chris, that she won't wait for her, but when she inadvertently breaks her promise, she has to get upstairs from the outside of the house. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Lucy Digs Up a Date" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | October 8, 1962 | |
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Lucy tries to get a date with her son Jerry's new teacher, so she looks at his driver license—and doesn't put it back. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Lucy Is a Referee" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | October 15, 1962 | |
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Lucy becomes a referee at a football game. After her incompetence gets both teams disqualified, she scrambles to make it up to them. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Lucy Misplaces $2,000" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | October 22, 1962 | |
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After her banker, Mr. Barnsdahl, says his bank never makes a mistake and Lucy ends up with $2,000 after a mistake, she tries to keep it to play a joke, but the kids unknowingly take it to the park. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Lucy Buys a Sheep" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | October 29, 1962 | |
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After Viv's son, Sherman, gives Lucy an idea, she buys a sheep to keep the lawn tidy, and has to keep it in the house when it starts snowing. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Lucy Becomes an Astronaut" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | November 5, 1962 | |
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Lucy and Viv go into a space simulator for 24 hours and Lucy says she's ready for NASA to call her to go to space, so Viv plays a prank on her. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Lucy Is a Kangaroo for a Day" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | November 12, 1962 | |
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In order to get Jerry a bike for his birthday, Lucy takes a temporary job as a secretary. However, when her dress is destroyed, she is forced to deliver papers in a kangaroo costume. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Lucy the Music Lover" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | November 19, 1962 | |
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Lucy goes on a date to the opera with a man interested in music. Problems arise when Viv takes a liking to him. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | November 26, 1962 | |
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After a boring night without TV (because the antenna fell down), Lucy tries to save a little money by putting up a new antenna with Viv. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Vivian Sues Lucy" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 3, 1962 | |
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Vivian falls and twists her ankle when the kids leave a mess in the house. Lucy is afraid she'll sue, so she tries to trick Viv into signing a paper that says she won't sue. When Viv finds out, Lucy must contend to her every need. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Lucy Builds a Rumpus Room" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 10, 1962 | |
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Lucy and Viv decide to build a rumpus room after having conflicting dates at the house. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Lucy and Her Electric Mattress" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 17, 1962 | |
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Lucy buys Viv an electric mattress, but when Viv comes home early, the two must sleep in Jerry and Sherman's bunk beds. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Together for Christmas" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 24, 1962 | |
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Lucy and Viv decide to celebrate Christmas together. However, problems arise when they realize each other's traditions are different. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Chris's New Year's Eve Party" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 31, 1962 | |
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Chris throws a New Year's Eve party and doesn't want Lucy and Viv there, but needs them to come to the rescue when the party becomes a flop. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Lucy's Sister Pays a Visit" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | January 7, 1963 | |
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Lucy's sister has eloped, but Lucy wants her to have a formal ceremony right in the house. Things get tipsy when the nervous groom spikes the punch with champagne and the girls drink it. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Lucy and Viv Are Volunteer Firemen" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | January 14, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv decide to become volunteer firemen. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Lucy Becomes a Reporter" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | January 21, 1963 | |
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Lucy becomes a reporter, but is fired, and must have Viv get her job back by interviewing an old flame of Viv's, and important businessman. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | January 28, 1963 | |
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Tired of Chris hogging the bathroom every morning, Lucy and Viv decide to trick Harry & Eddie into building a shower in the boys' room. When the plumber Harry and Eddie secretly hired quits (after Lucy insults him), Lucy & Viv must finish the shower- but they accidentally get trapped in the shower while it's filling up with water. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Lucy's Barbershop Quartet" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | February 4, 1963 | |
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Lucy tries to join Viv's Quartet and hires a singing tutor to teach her how to sing. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Lucy and Viv Become Tycoons" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | February 11, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv decide to market Viv's homemade Carmel Corn, but they break zoning laws. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "No More Double Dates" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | February 18, 1963 | |
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Viv and Lucy don't want to go on Double Dates anymore, but both of them secretly still want to. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Lucy and Viv Learn Judo" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | February 25, 1963 | |
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To protect themselves better, Lucy and Viv take judo lessons, but problems arise when Jerry and Sherman start fighting. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Lucy Is a Soda Jerk" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | March 4, 1963 | |
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Chris takes on a job of Soda Jerk to buy a uniform and Lucy takes over her shift during a parade. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Lucy Drives a Dump Truck" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | March 11, 1963 | |
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Lucy foolishly collects 34 tons (68,000 lbs.) of paper, but must deliver it to the next town. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Lucy Visits the White House" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | March 25, 1963 | |
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Lucy and her children's scout group build a sugar cube replica of the White House which they were going to present to President John F. Kennedy. However, the replica is crushed and Lucy scrambles at the various locations the train stops at to build another. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Lucy and Viv Take Up Chemistry" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | April 1, 1963 | |
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To freshen up their skills, Lucy and Viv take Chemistry classes at Night School, but Lucy tries to develop eternal youth and Viv decides to play a prank on her. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Lucy Is a Chaperone" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | April 8, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv chaperone Chris' school trip, but Chris becomes embarrassed by them. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Lucy and the Little League" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | April 15, 1963 | |
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Lucy coaches Jerry in little league, but is expelled from the game for mouthing off to the referee. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | April 22, 1963 | |
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Lucy lets go of Jerry's butterfly and tries to catch it. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "Lucy Buys a Boat" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | April 29, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv buy a boat and become stranded in the lake while riding it. | ||||||
Season 2 (1963–64)
[edit]All episodes (Season 2 and onwards) in color
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 31 | 1 | "Lucy Plays Cleopatra" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | September 30, 1963 | |
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The Danfield Volunteer firefighters put on a play of Cleopatra, but Lucy calls a firedrill and ditches and ends up getting the lead. | ||||||
| 32 | 2 | "Kiddie Parties Inc." | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | October 7, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv go into business planning and entertaining at children's birthday parties. | ||||||
| 33 | 3 | "Lucy and Viv Play Softball" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | October 14, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv join a charity softball tournament, but Lucy is not very good. | ||||||
| 34 | 4 | "Lucy Gets Locked in the Vault" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin and Bill O'Hallaren | October 21, 1963 | |
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While trying to make a good impression on the new banker, Mr. Mooney, Lucy gets the both of them locked in the bank vault. Part 1 of 2. NOTE: First appearance in the series of Gale Gordon as Mr. Mooney, Lucy's new banker. | ||||||
| 35 | 5 | "Lucy and the Safe Cracker" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin and Bill O'Hallaren | October 28, 1963 | |
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Lucy accidentally locks up Mr. Mooney in his vault again. Part 2 of 2. | ||||||
| 36 | 6 | "Lucy Goes Duck Hunting" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | November 4, 1963 | |
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Lucy lies to her boyfriend about being a skilled duck hunter, so her "skills" are put to the test on a duck hunting trip. | ||||||
| 37 | 7 | "Lucy and the Bank Scandal" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | November 11, 1963 | |
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Lucy suspects Mr. Mooney of embezzling money from the bank. | ||||||
| 38 | 8 | "Lucy Decides to Redecorate" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | November 18, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv decide to redecorate the house, but end up driving the car into the living room. | ||||||
| 39 | 9 | "Lucy Puts Out a Fire at the Bank" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 2, 1963 | |
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Lucy starts a fire at the bank to demonstrate her firefighting skills. | ||||||
| 40 | 10 | "Lucy and the Military Academy" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Iz Elinson and Fred S. Fox | December 9, 1963 | |
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Lucy sneaks into a military academy dressed as a cadet to see Jerry. | ||||||
| 41 | 11 | "Lucy's College Reunion" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin and Tom Koch | December 16, 1963 | |
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Lucy and Viv relive an old tradition at their college reunion - stealing the statue of the school's founder. | ||||||
| 42 | 12 | "The Loophole in the Lease" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 23, 1963 | |
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Viv tries to use a loophole in the lease to take possession of the house after Sherman causes a lot of damage by leaving the water running. | ||||||
| 43 | 13 | "Lucy Conducts the Symphony" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | December 30, 1963 | |
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Lucy fills in for Viv's cousin Harold in a symphony concert when Lucy's attempts to calm his nerves with hypnotism work too well. | ||||||
| 44 | 14 | "Lucy Plays Florence Nightingale" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Fred S. Fox and Iz Elinson | January 6, 1964 | |
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Lucy tries to get Mr. Mooney, who's in the hospital with a broken leg, to sign a check so she can buy Chris a dress for her first formal dance. | ||||||
| 45 | 15 | "Lucy Goes to Art Class" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | January 13, 1964 | |
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Lucy and Viv enroll in an art class when they fall for the same man in an art store. | ||||||
| 46 | 16 | "Chris Goes Steady" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Iz Elinson and Fred S. Fox | January 20, 1964 | |
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Chris announces that she's going steady with Mr. Mooney's son Ted. | ||||||
| 47 | 17 | "Lucy Takes Up Golf" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Fred S. Fox and Iz Elinson | January 27, 1964 | |
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Lucy's new boyfriend likes golf, so Lucy tries it herself. | ||||||
| 48 | 18 | "Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | February 3, 1964 | |
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When Lucy makes a promise to have Ethel Merman sing at Jerry's Cub Scout charity show, she has no idea that the Broadway legend is living in Danfield under a different name. Part 1 of 2. | ||||||
| 49 | 19 | "Ethel Merman and the Boy Scout Show" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | February 10, 1964 | |
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Ethel Merman, under the name Agnes Schmidlapp, comes up with act for Lucy, Viv and Mr. Mooney to perform in the Cub Scout charity show. Part 2 of 2. | ||||||
| 50 | 20 | "Lucy and Viv Open a Restaurant" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | February 17, 1964 | |
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Lucy talks Viv into buying a restaurant with her life savings. | ||||||
| 51 | 21 | "Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Martin | February 24, 1964 | |
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Lucy gets a job at the bank to buy Jerry a tuba. | ||||||
| 52 | 22 | "Viv Moves Out" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Iz Elinson and Fred S. Fox | March 2, 1964 | |
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Viv moves out following an argument with Lucy. | ||||||
| 53 | 23 | "Lucy Is Her Own Lawyer" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin and Howard Ostroff | March 9, 1964 | |
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Lucy takes Mr. Mooney to court to stop his dog's barking. | ||||||
| 54 | 24 | "Lucy Meets a Millionaire" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller | March 16, 1964 | |
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Lucy meets an Italian millionaire who doesn't speak English. | ||||||
| 55 | 25 | "Lucy Goes Into Politics" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Fred S. Fox and Iz Elinson | March 23, 1964 | |
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Lucy and Viv help Mr. Mooney campaign for the position of city comptroller. | ||||||
| 56 | 26 | "Lucy and the Scout Trip" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Fred S. Fox, Iz Elinson and Howard Ostroff | March 30, 1964 | |
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Lucy, Viv and Mr. Mooney lead a scout trip in the woods. | ||||||
| 57 | 27 | "Lucy Is a Process Server" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Martin | April 20, 1964 | |
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Lucy is hired as a process server and Mr. Mooney is the first to get a subpoena from her. | ||||||
| 58 | 28 | "Lucy Enters a Baking Contest" | Jack Donohue | Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Martin | April 27, 1964 | |
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Lucy competes with Viv in a baking contest. | ||||||
Season 3 (1964–65)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 59 | 1 | "Lucy and the Good Skate" | Jack Donohue | Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall | September 21, 1964 | |
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After meeting a cute bachelor at a sporting goods store, Lucy buys a pair of skates too small for her feet. When her feet swell, she plans to keep a date by wearing the skates. | ||||||
| 60 | 2 | "Lucy and the Plumber" | Jack Donohue | Milt Josefsberg and Bob O'Brien | September 28, 1964 | |
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Lucy's plumber bears a striking resemblance to Jack Benny. She decides to enter him in a local talent contest. | ||||||
| 61 | 3 | "Lucy and the Winter Sports" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat | October 5, 1964 | |
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Lucy lies to her athletic boyfriend about being good at winter sports. | ||||||
| 62 | 4 | "Lucy Gets Amnesia" | Jack Donohue | Leonard Gershe | October 12, 1964 | |
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Lucy takes a blow to the head while trying to get her childhood sweetheart to reveal her pet name for him. | ||||||
| 63 | 5 | "Lucy and the Great Bank Robbery" | Jack Donohue | Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | October 19, 1964 | |
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Lucy rents Viv's room to a pair of bank robbers. | ||||||
| 64 | 6 | "Lucy, the Camp Cook" | Jack Donohue | Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | October 24, 1964 | |
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Lucy and Viv volunteer as cooks for their sons' camping trip. | ||||||
| 65 | 7 | "Lucy, the Meter Maid" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien and Vic McLeod | November 2, 1964 | |
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Lucy becomes a meter maid and gives Viv the first parking ticket, which leads them both to court. | ||||||
| 66 | 8 | "Lucy Makes a Pinch" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien and Vic McLeod | November 9, 1964 | |
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Lucy accompanies a detective on a stakeout to catch a lovers-lane bandit. | ||||||
| 67 | 9 | "Lucy Becomes a Father" | Jack Donohue | Fred S. Fox and Iz Elinson | November 16, 1964 | |
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Lucy joins Jerry on a father-and-son camping trip. | ||||||
| 68 | 10 | "Lucy's Contact Lenses" | Jack Donohue | Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | November 23, 1964 | |
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Lucy loses a contact lens in a cake for the bank's bake sale. | ||||||
| 69 | 11 | "Lucy Gets Her Maid" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | November 30, 1964 | |
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Lucy works as a maid in order to afford one of her own. Guest starring Kathleen Freeman as Miss Putnam | ||||||
| 70 | 12 | "Lucy Gets the Bird" | Jack Donohue | Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall | December 7, 1964 | |
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Lucy and Viv take care of Mooney's beloved pet parakeet which they, of course, lose. | ||||||
| 71 | 13 | "Lucy, the Coin Collector" | Jack Donohue | David Braverman and Bob Marcus | December 14, 1964 | |
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Lucy and Viv start collecting coins when Jerry finds a penny worth 50 cents. When they finally find a valuable coin, they promptly drop it down the sewer. | ||||||
| 72 | 14 | "Lucy and the Missing Stamp" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat | December 21, 1964 | |
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Mooney's rare postage stamp goes missing while Lucy tries to sell him a vacuum cleaner. | ||||||
| 73 | 15 | "Lucy Meets Danny Kaye" | Jack Donohue | Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | December 28, 1964 | |
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Lucy tries to get tickets to The Danny Kaye Show. | ||||||
| 74 | 16 | "Lucy and the Ceramic Cat" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat | January 11, 1965 | |
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Lucy accidentally breaks the ceramic cat Mooney bought for his wife's birthday. | ||||||
| 75 | 17 | "Lucy Goes to Vegas" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | January 18, 1965 | |
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Lucy and Viv win a trip to Las Vegas, but they're low on spending money. | ||||||
| 76 | 18 | "Lucy and the Monsters" | Jack Donohue | Story by : Maury Thompson and Art Thompson Teleplay by : Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | January 25, 1965 | |
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Lucy has nightmares after watching a monster movie. | ||||||
| 77 | 19 | "Lucy and the Countess" | Jack Donohue | Leonard Gershe | February 1, 1965 | |
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Lucy's old school friend is now a countess, but she's poor. | ||||||
| 78 | 20 | "My Fair Lucy" | Jack Donohue | Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall | February 8, 1965 | |
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Lucy and the Countess hatch a scheme to finance a charm school. | ||||||
| 79 | 21 | "Lucy and the Countess Lose Weight" | Jack Donohue | Iz Elinson and Fred S. Fox | February 15, 1965 | |
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Mooney enlists Lucy and the Countess to publicize a fat farm by taking its reducing course. | ||||||
| 80 | 22 | "Lucy and the Old Mansion" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat | March 1, 1965 | |
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The Countess moves to an old mansion to entertain foreign visitors. | ||||||
| 81 | 23 | "Lucy and Arthur Godfrey" | Jack Donohue | Fred S. Fox and Iz Elinson | March 8, 1965 | |
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Lucy and Viv persuade Arthur Godfrey to appear in a musical presented by the Danfield Community Players. | ||||||
| 82 | 24 | "Lucy and the Beauty Doctor" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | March 22, 1965 | |
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A hidden TV camera catches Lucy's visit to a beauty shop. | ||||||
| 83 | 25 | "Lucy the Stockholder" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat | March 29, 1965 | |
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Lucy spends her tax refund on stock in the bank. | ||||||
| 84 | 26 | "Lucy the Disc Jockey" | Jack Donohue | Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | April 12, 1965 | |
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Lucy becomes a disc jockey after winning a local radio station's mystery-sound contest. | ||||||
Season 4 (1965–66)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 85 | 1 | "Lucy at Marineland" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | September 13, 1965 | |
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Lucy moves to Los Angeles. Hijinks ensue when she and Mr. Mooney, who has also moved, go to Marineland to see Jimmy Piersall. Note: This was the first episode to be televised in color. | ||||||
| 86 | 2 | "Lucy and the Golden Greek" | Maury Thompson | Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | September 20, 1965 | |
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Lucy is set up on a blind date with a shy fellow who becomes a dancing Lothario thanks to the music playing in the Greek restaurant where they're dining. | ||||||
| 87 | 3 | "Lucy in the Music World" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | September 27, 1965 | |
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Lucy gets a job at a record company. | ||||||
| 88 | 4 | "Lucy and Joan" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien, Iz Elinson and Fred S. Fox | October 11, 1965 | |
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Lucy and her neighbor Joan plan a surprise birthday party for a handsome neighbor. | ||||||
| 89 | 5 | "Lucy the Stunt Man" | Maury Thompson | Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson | October 18, 1965 | |
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Lucy substitutes for a stuntman in order to earn money for a new refrigerator. | ||||||
| 90 | 6 | "Lucy and the Countess Have a Horse Guest" | Maury Thompson | Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | October 25, 1965 | |
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The Countess is left with a race horse in her late husband's will. Note: I Love Lucy star William Frawley makes a cameo appearance, believed to be his last onscreen appearance before his death in 1966, as a horse trainer. [7] | ||||||
| 91 | 7 | "Lucy Helps Danny Thomas" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | November 1, 1965 | |
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Lucy takes a job as Mr. Mooney's secretary, and then creates chaos during rehearsals for a TV special starring Danny Thomas. | ||||||
| 92 | 8 | "Lucy Helps the Countess" | Maury Thompson | Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson | November 8, 1965 | |
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When the Countess gets a real-estate license, Lucy helps her sell a high-rise apartment to Mooney. Things take a turn when all three get locked in without a key. | ||||||
| 93 | 9 | "Lucy and the Sleeping Beauty" | Maury Thompson | Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | November 15, 1965 | |
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Lucy falls for a construction superintendent (guest star Clint Walker) who uses karate whenever he's awakened. | ||||||
| 94 | 10 | "Lucy and the Undercover Agent" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | November 22, 1965 | |
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Lucy and the Countess think they see an enemy spy in a restaurant, but he's actually an undercover agent. | ||||||
| 95 | 11 | "Lucy and the Return of Iron Man" | Maury Thompson | Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson | November 29, 1965 | |
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Lucy reprises her role of "Iron Man Carmichael" to pay Mooney his winnings in a horserace. | ||||||
| 96 | 12 | "Lucy Saves Milton Berle" | Maury Thompson | Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | December 6, 1965 | |
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Lucy is unaware that the drunk she's trying to rehabilitate is Milton Berle researching a movie role. | ||||||
| 97 | 13 | "Lucy the Choirmaster" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien, Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn | December 13, 1965 | |
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Lucy talks Mooney into letting the local boys' choir sing Christmas carols at the bank. | ||||||
| 98 | 14 | "Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | December 27, 1965 | |
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Mooney's dog runs away under Lucy's care and ends up at Wayne Newton's farm. Lucy decides to get him an audition. | ||||||
| 99 | 15 | "Lucy the Rain Goddess" | Maury Thompson | Brad Radnitz and Bruce Howard | January 3, 1966 | |
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A tribe of Indians near Mooney's dude ranch believes Lucy is a rain goddess. | ||||||
| 100 | 16 | "Lucy and Art Linkletter" | Maury Thompson | Iz Elinson and Fred S. Fox | January 10, 1966 | |
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Art Linkletter offers Lucy $200 if she can be quiet for a whole day. | ||||||
| 101 | 17 | "Lucy Bags a Bargain" | Maury Thompson | Henry Taylor and Howard Ostroff | January 17, 1966 | |
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Lucy doesn't have the money for a bargain she bagged at a department store, so she takes a job there to earn it. | ||||||
| 102 | 18 | "Lucy Meets Mickey Rooney" | Maury Thompson | Hugh Wedlock, Jr. and Allan Manings | January 24, 1966 | |
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Mickey Rooney requests a bank loan to finance his acting school. | ||||||
| 103 | 19 | "Lucy and the Soap Opera" | Maury Thompson | Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson | January 31, 1966 | |
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Lucy attempts to save her actor-neighbor from being written off her favorite soap opera. | ||||||
| 104 | 20 | "Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere" | Maury Thompson | Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson | February 7, 1966 | |
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Lucy fills in as a theater usher in order to attend a Hollywood premiere. | ||||||
| 105 | 21 | "Lucy Dates Dean Martin" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | February 14, 1966 | |
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Dean Martin's double invites Lucy to a celebrity ball. | ||||||
| 106 | 22 | "Lucy and Bob Crane" | Maury Thompson | Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson | February 21, 1966 | |
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Bob Crane asks Lucy on a date, but has no idea that she's performing stunts in his movie as Iron Man Carmichael. | ||||||
| 107 | 23 | "Lucy the Robot" | Maury Thompson | Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | February 28, 1966 | |
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Lucy takes the place of robot built to entertain Mooney's troublesome nephew (Jay North) that she accidentally breaks. | ||||||
| 108 | 24 | "Lucy and Clint Walker" | Maury Thompson | Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson | March 7, 1966 | |
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Lucy measures her burly friend (Clint Walker) to knit him a sweater, but tries to get rid of it when she sees how big it is and how much he hates the color red. | ||||||
| 109 | 25 | "Lucy the Gun Moll" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | March 14, 1966 | |
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An FBI agent asks Lucy to pose as a gangster's girlfriend, who just so happens to look exactly like Lucy. | ||||||
| 110 | 26 | "Lucy, the Superwoman" | Maury Thompson | Elroy Schwartz | March 21, 1966 | |
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After lifting a heavy machine off of Mr. Mooney's foot, Lucy's adrenal glands malfunction, giving her superstrength. | ||||||
Season 5 (1966–67)
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| 111 | 1 | "Lucy with George Burns" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | September 12, 1966 | |
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George Burns makes Lucy a part of his new nightclub act. | ||||||
| 112 | 2 | "Lucy and the Submarine" | Maury Thompson | Richard Bensfield and Perry Grant | September 19, 1966 | |
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Lucy gets stuck on a submarine with Mr. Mooney. | ||||||
| 113 | 3 | "Lucy the Bean Queen" | Maury Thompson | Phil Leslie | September 26, 1966 | |
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An upstart bean salesman (Ed Begley, Sr.) falls prey to his own "double your money back" guarantee when Lucy decides to exploit it for a get-rich-quick scheme. | ||||||
| 114 | 4 | "Lucy and Paul Winchell" | Maury Thompson | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | October 3, 1966 | |
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Lucy gets Paul Winchell to perform at the bank's annual dinner. When she goofs and misplaced his dummies, she takes their place. | ||||||
| 115 | 5 | "Lucy and the Ring-a-Ding Ring" | Maury Thompson | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | October 10, 1966 | |
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Lucy tries on a ring Mooney made for his wife, but it gets stuck. | ||||||
| 116 | 6 | "Lucy Flies to London" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien Special Material by: Madelyn Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr. | October 17, 1966 | |
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Lucy wins a trip to London in a dog food jingle contest. When she misses her initial flight, she takes a connecting flight, which Mr. Mooney happens to be on. | ||||||
| 117 | 7 | "Lucy Gets a Roommate" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien and Elroy Schwartz | October 31, 1966 | |
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Lucy becomes roommates with a librarian. Guest starring Carol Burnett (who does her famous Tarzan yell a year before her own show begins). Part 1 of 2. | ||||||
| 118 | 8 | "Lucy and Carol in Palm Springs" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien and Elroy Schwartz | November 7, 1966 | |
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Lucy joins Carol's musical act in Palm Springs. Part 2 of 2. | ||||||
| 119 | 9 | "Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft" | Maury Thompson | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | November 14, 1966 | |
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Lucy receives a draft notice in the mail by mistake and ends up joining the USMC. Cameo by Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle. | ||||||
| 120 | 10 | "Lucy and John Wayne" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | November 21, 1966 | |
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Lucy causes trouble for John Wayne on the set of his new movie. | ||||||
| 121 | 11 | "Lucy and Pat Collins" | Maury Thompson | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | November 28, 1966 | |
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Lucy and Mooney appear in Pat Collins' hypnotist act. | ||||||
| 122 | 12 | "Lucy and the Monkey" | Maury Thompson | Sam Locke and Joe Rapp | December 5, 1966 | |
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A stressed out Lucy thinks Mooney has turned into a monkey. | ||||||
| 123 | 13 | "Lucy and Phil Silvers" | Maury Thompson | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | December 12, 1966 | |
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An efficiency expert (Phil Silvers) makes the bank inefficient. | ||||||
| 124 | 14 | "Lucy's Substitute Secretary" | Maury Thompson | Story by : Vic McLeod and Bob O'Brien Teleplay by : Bob O'Brien | January 2, 1967 | |
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Lucy spies on her substitute in various disguises. | ||||||
| 125 | 15 | "Viv Visits Lucy" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | January 9, 1967 | |
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Viv returns to California and enlists Lucy to help her find a young college student from her hometown. | ||||||
| 126 | 16 | "Lucy the Babysitter" | Maury Thompson | Ray Singer and Milt Josefsberg | January 16, 1967 | |
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Lucy babysits the Marquis Chimps to prove she can handle any job. | ||||||
| 127 | 17 | "Main Street U.S.A." | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | January 23, 1967 | |
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Lucy joins a protest against a proposed freeway on Main Street. Part 1 of 2. | ||||||
| 128 | 18 | "Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | January 30, 1967 | |
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Lucy rallies others to stop freeways from being built in small towns. Part 2 of 2. | ||||||
| 129 | 19 | "Lucy Meets the Law" | Maury Thompson | Alan J. Levitt | February 13, 1967 | |
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Lucy is mistaken for a notorious red-headed shoplifter. | ||||||
| 130 | 20 | "Lucy the Fight Manager" | Maury Thompson | Ronald Axe and Les Roberts | February 20, 1967 | |
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Lucy helps a retired boxer earn enough money to purchase a flower shop. | ||||||
| 131 | 21 | "Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | February 27, 1967 | |
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The bank hopes that a rich country-music star will make a deposit if he arrives at their hoedown. | ||||||
| 132 | 22 | "Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard" | Maury Thompson | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | March 6, 1967 | |
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Mooney gives Sheldon Leonard permission to shoot a hold-up scene in the bank, but Lucy and Mary Jane think it's for real. | ||||||
Season 6 (1967–68)
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| 133 | 1 | "Lucy Meets the Berles" | Maury Thompson | Bob O'Brien | September 11, 1967 | |
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Lucy takes a part-time job as Milton Berle's secretary. When she mistakes a script reading for the real thing, she believes he is cheating on his wife. | ||||||
| 134 | 2 | "Lucy Gets Trapped" | Jack Donohue | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | September 18, 1967 | |
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Lucy fakes illness to go shopping, but when she becomes the ten-millionth customer at the department store, she tries to prevent Mooney from seeing her picture in the paper. | ||||||
| 135 | 3 | "Lucy and the French Movie Star" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | September 25, 1967 | |
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Lucy gets drunk on a French movie star's champagne. Guest starring Jacques Bergerac. | ||||||
| 136 | 4 | "Lucy and the Starmaker" | Jack Donohue | Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs | October 2, 1967 | |
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When the bank owner's nephew starts working at the bank, Lucy discovers his talent for singing and stages an audition for him at the bank. Guest starring Frankie Avalon | ||||||
| 137 | 5 | "Lucy Gets Her Diploma" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Milt Josefsberg | October 9, 1967 | |
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When the bank institutes a new policy, Lucy goes back to high school to get her diploma to keep her job. | ||||||
| 138 | 6 | "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account" | Jack Donohue | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | October 16, 1967 | |
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Lucy tries to talk Jack Benny into putting his fortune in the bank. She wins him over by getting the bank to install the most elaborate security system he's ever seen. | ||||||
| 139 | 7 | "Little Old Lucy" | Jack Donohue | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | October 23, 1967 | |
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Mooney has Lucy dress up as an old woman to take an elderly banker Cornelius Heatherington Jr. (Dennis Day) to a banquet. | ||||||
| 140 | 8 | "Lucy and Robert Goulet" | Jack Donohue | Douglas Morrow | October 30, 1967 | |
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Lucy convinces a truck driver to enter a Robert Goulet look-alike contest to earn some money. | ||||||
| 141 | 9 | "Lucy Gets Mooney Fired" | Jack Donohue | Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs | November 6, 1967 | |
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Mooney gets fired for Lucy's good intentions. To help him get his job back, she makes his replacement think he's going crazy. | ||||||
| 142 | 10 | "Lucy's Mystery Guest" | Jack Donohue | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | November 13, 1967 | |
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Lucy accidentally tears up a letter from a mystery guest who turns out to be her aunt Agatha. | ||||||
| 143 | 11 | "Lucy, the Philanthropist" | Jack Donohue | Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs | November 20, 1967 | |
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Mooney thinks the hobo Lucy took in is a philanthropist in disguise. | ||||||
| 144 | 12 | "Lucy Sues Mooney" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Milt Josefsberg | November 27, 1967 | |
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A lawyer talks Lucy into suing Mooney after she hurts her leg working at Mooney's house. | ||||||
| 145 | 13 | "Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 1" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | December 4, 1967 | |
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Lucy and Carol train to become flight attendants. | ||||||
| 146 | 14 | "Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 2" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | December 11, 1967 | |
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After earning their wings as flight attendants, Lucy and Carol do a musical saluting aviation. | ||||||
| 147 | 15 | "Lucy and Viv Reminisce" | Jack Donohue | Milt Josefsberg Based on an Idea by: Hilda Josefsberg | January 1, 1968 | |
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Lucy and Viv remember their past misadventures. | ||||||
| 148 | 16 | "Lucy and the Pool Hustler" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien, Sam Locke and Joe Rapp | January 8, 1968 | |
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A pool hustler (Dick Shawn) wears a disguise and takes on Lucy in a woman's tournament. | ||||||
| 149 | 17 | "Lucy Gets Involved" | Jack Donohue | Story by : Ernest D. Glucksman and Martin Grupsmith Teleplay by : Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | January 15, 1968 | |
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Lucy moonlights as a waitress at a drive-in restaurant to replace Mooney's broken TV and finds herself involved with a young motorcyclist accused of stealing and stripping cars. | ||||||
| 150 | 18 | "Mooney's Other Wife" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | January 22, 1968 | |
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Lucy poses as Mooney's wife to save him from an infatuated woman. | ||||||
| 151 | 19 | "Lucy and the Stolen Stole" | Jack Donohue | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | January 29, 1968 | |
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Lucy and Mooney are put in jail for possessing a stolen fur coat. Guest starring Buddy Hackett | ||||||
| 152 | 20 | "Lucy and Phil Harris" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | February 5, 1968 | |
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Lucy helps Phil Harris make a comeback. | ||||||
| 153 | 21 | "Lucy Helps Ken Berry" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | February 19, 1968 | |
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Lucy tries to help Ken Berry save his dancing school from bankruptcy. | ||||||
| 154 | 22 | "Lucy and the Lost Star" | Jack Donohue | Ray Singer and Milt Josefsberg | February 26, 1968 | |
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Lucy and Viv think Joan Crawford is down and out, so they get her cast in a comedy film set in the 1920s. | ||||||
| 155 | 23 | "Lucy and Sid Caesar" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | March 4, 1968 | |
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Lucy sets out to capture a crook who looks just like Sid Caesar. | ||||||
| 156 | 24 | "Lucy and the 'Boss of the Year' Award" | Jack Donohue | Bob O'Brien | March 11, 1968 | |
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Lucy enters Mooney in a "Boss of the Year" contest. | ||||||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "TV Ratings: 1962–1963". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "TV Ratings: 1963–1964". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "TV Ratings: 1964–1965". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "TV Ratings: 1965–1966". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "TV Ratings: 1966–1967". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "TV Ratings: 1967–1968". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Lucy and the Countess Have a Horse Guest". IMDb.