Episodes:
Pilot Episode
("I Love Lucy: The Very First Show")
Filmed 3/2/51 (Kinescope)
Story: Ricky tries to keep Lucy away while he does a TV
audition, but when a clown has an accident and can't make it,
Lucy shows up in his place.
10/15/51: "The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub"
I Love Lucy Episode 2 - Filmed 9/15/51
Story: The Ricardos and the Mertzes agree to celebrate
the Mertzes' wedding anniversary together. The girls decide on
a night club. The men opt for the prize fights. Guess who wins?
10/22/51: "Be a Pal"
I Love Lucy Episode 3 - Filmed 9/21/51
Story: Lucy thinks Ricky is losing interest in her, but
finds a book full of advice on how to rekindle the flame.
10/29/51: "The Diet"
I Love Lucy Episode 4 - Filmed 9/28/51
Story: Ricky provides an incentive for Lucy's diet by telling
her she can appear in his show if she can fit into a size 12.
11/5/51: "Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her"
I Love Lucy Episode 1 - Filmed 9/8/51
Story: After reading a murder mystery and listening to
Ethel's fortune-telling, Lucy concludes that Ricky is trying to
kill her.
11/12/51: "The Quiz Show"
I Love Lucy Episode 5 - Filmed 10/5/51
Story: Trying to win a $1000 jackpot to balance her household
accounts, Lucy agrees to a quiz show stunt in which she has to
introduce a stranger to Ricky as her "long lost husband."
11/19/51: "The Audition"
I Love Lucy Episode 6 - Filmed 10/12/51
Story: Ricky tries to keep Lucy away from the club while
he does a TV audition, but when a clown has an accident and can't
make it, Lucy shows up in his place.
11/26/51: "The Seance"
I Love Lucy Episode 7 - Filmed 10/19/51
Story: Lucy and Ethel are obsessed with an Ouija Board.
12/3/51: "Men Are Messy"
I Love Lucy Episode 8 - Filmed 10/25/51
Story: Tired of Ricky being a pig, Lucy divides the apartment
in half -- he can be a hog in his half, but not hers.
12/10/51: "The Fur Coat"
I Love Lucy Episode 10 - Filmed 11/9/51
Story: Ricky borrows a mink coat for an act at the club,
but Lucy insists that it's hers, and won't take it off.
12/17/51: "Lucy is Jealous of Girl Dancer"
I Love Lucy Episode 11 - Filmed 11/16/51
Story: Lucy, upset by a gossip column item that links Ricky's
name with a girl at the club, dons a disguise and heads for the
Tropicana.
12/24/51: "Drafted"
I Love Lucy Episode 9 - Filmed 11/2/51
Story: Lucy and Ethel, convinced their husbands are about
to be drafted, start knitting them going away presents.
12/31/51: "The Adagio"
I Love Lucy Episode 12 - Filmed 11/23/51
Story: Lucy hears that Ricky needs a dancer for the Parisian
Apache dance number at the club, and thinks she can fill the spot.
1/7/52: "The Benefit"
I Love Lucy Episode 13 - Filmed 11/30/51
Story: Ethel wants Ricky for the club's benefit show, but
Lucy thinks different.
1/14/52: "The Amateur Hour"
I Love Lucy Episode 14 - Filmed 12/7/51
Story: Lucy makes an unexpected leap into show business
when she takes care of twins who are to appear in an amateur hour.
1/21/52: "Lucy Plays Cupid"
I Love Lucy Episode 15 - Filmed 12/13/51
Story: Lucy's neighbor, Miss Lewis, has designs on Mr.
Ritter and wants Lucy to invite the two of them to dinner at the
Ricardo's apartment.
1/28/52: "Lucy Fakes Illness"
I Love Lucy Episode 16 - Filmed 12/18/51
Story: Lucy is afraid that if Ricky keeps refusing to hire
her as part of his night club act, she may just have a nervous
breakdown.
2/4/52: "Lucy Writes a Play"
I Love Lucy Episode 17 - Filmed 12/22/51
Story: Playwright Lucy pens a drama with a Cuban locale.
She figures Ricky for the star; however, he refuses the part.
Guests: Myra Marsh, Maury Thompson
2/11/52: "Breaking the Lease"
I Love Lucy Episode 18 - Filmed 1/5/52
Story: Everyone is having fun at an "at home"
evening with the Ricardos and Mertzes. But when the Ricardos continue
singing after Fred and Ethel go back downstairs to their apartment,
the Mertzes get irritated, and as landlords, decide that the Ricardos'
'noise' has gone too far.
2/18/52: "The Ballet"
I Love Lucy Episode 19 - Filmed 1/11/52
Story: Lucy performs as a ballerina.
2/25/52: "Young Fans"
I Love Lucy Episode 20 - Filmed 1/18/52
Story: A teenager has a crush on Ricky.
Guests: Richard Crenna (REAL McCOYS, OUR MISS BROOKS),
Janet Waldo
3/3/52: "New Neighbors"
I Love Lucy Episode 21 - Filmed 1/25/52
Story: Lucy and Ethel are certain that the new tenants
are planning to destroy the apartment complex.
3/10/52: "Fred and Ethel Fight"
I Love Lucy Episode 22 - Filmed 1/30/52
Story: To gain Ricky's sympathy after a fight, Lucy pretends
to have been hit by a bus.
3/17/52: "The Moustache"
I Love Lucy Episode 23 - Filmed 2/8/52
Story: When Ricky grows a moustache, Lucy hates it, and
she wears a fake white beard.
3/24/52: "The Gossip"
I Love Lucy Episode 24 - Filmed 2/15/52
Story: The men try to prove that women are bigger gossips
than men.
3/31/52: "Pioneer Women"
I Love Lucy Episode 25 - Filmed 2/22/52
Story: The Mertzes and the Ricardos bet they can live the
same pioneer existence as their ancestors.
4/7/52: "The Marriage License"
I Love Lucy Episode 26 - Filmed 2/28/52
Story: After taking another look at her marriage license,
and noticing a 'flaw', Lucy is not sure that she and Ricky are
legally married.
4/14/52: "The Kleptomaniac"
I Love Lucy Episode 27 - Filmed 3/7/52
Story: Ricky finds extra money and silverware in the apartment
and jumps to the conclusion that Lucy is a kleptomaniac.
4/21/52: "Cuban Pals"
I Love Lucy Episode 28 - Filmed 3/14/52
Story: A visiting Cuban dance troupe asks Ricky to do a
number with "Little Renita Perez" -- a little girl he
used to dance with in Havana. Lucy's all for it -- until she finds
out that "Little Renita" is all grown up.
4/28/52: "The Freezer"
Episode 29 - Filmed 3/21/52
Story: Lucy and Ethel install a battered meat locker in
the basement, and Lucy learns the hard way how cold it is - by
getting accidentially locked inside.
5/5/52: "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"
Episode 30 - Filmed 3/28/52
Story: Lucy is hired to do a TV commercial for "Vitameatavegamin"
health tonic. After four takes she's plastered, and slurs her
way through the commercial.
Guests: Ross Elliott, Jerry Hausner, Maury Thompson
5/12/52: "The Publicity Agent"
Episode 31 - Filmed 4/4/52
Story: Feeling that Ricky's publicity is waining, Lucy
conjures up a stunt which involves her posing as the "Maharincess
of Franistan."
5/19/52: "Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio"
Episode 32 - Filmed 4/11/52
Story: - Lucy, amazed by Ricky's correct answers to a radio
quiz show decides that she should get him on the show as a contestant.
5/26/52: "Lucy's Schedule"
Episode 33 - Filmed 4/18/52
Story: Ricky is determined to teach Lucy the importance
of punctuality, so he puts her on a strict time schedule.
6/2/52: "Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald"
Episode 34 - Filmed 4/25/52
Story: Ricky is paranoid about losing his hair, and has
Lucy conjure up some 'anti-hair-loss' potion.
6/9/52: "Ricky Asks for a Raise"
Episode 35 - Filmed 5/2/52
Story: Ricky tries to pressure his boss into giving him
a raise.
9/15/52: "Job Switching"
I Love Lucy Episode 39 - Filmed 5/30/52
Story: Ricky and Fred think doing housework is easier than
earning money. Lucy and Ethel feel the opposite. So they swap
roles... the girls attempt to hold down a job at a candy factory-with
disatrous results.
9/22/52: "The Saxophone"
I Love Lucy Episode 40 - Filmed 6/6/52
Story: Lucy plans to join Ricky's band for a series of
one-night engagements.
9/29/52: "The Anniversary Present"
I Love Lucy Episode 36 - Filmed 5/9/52
Story: Ricky asks a neighbor, Grace Foster, to help him
surprise Lucy with an anniversary present, but Lucy gets the wrong
idea and thinks Ricky is messing around.
10/6/52: "The Handcuffs"
I Love Lucy Episode 37 - Filmed 5/16/52
Story: One of Lucy's practical jokes backfires when she
and Ricky are trapped together in a pair of vintage handcuffs.
10/13/52: "The Operetta"
I Love Lucy Episode 38 - Filmed 5/23/52
Story: Lucy and Ethel decide to write an operetta.
10/27/52: "Vacation from Marriage"
I Love Lucy Episode 41 - Filmed 8/1/52
Story: Lucy and Ethel decide that some time away from their
husbands would be a welcome change.
11/10/52: "The Courtroom"
I Love Lucy Episode 42 - Filmed 8/8/52
Story: The Ricardos buy the Mertzes a new TV set for their
wedding anniversary.
11/24/52: "Redecorating"
I Love Lucy Episode 43 - Filmed 8/15/52
Story: Ricky decides to fool Lucy into thinking she's won
a new home furnishings contest;Lucy in turn sells all their furniture.
12/1/52: "Ricky Loses His Voice"
I Love Lucy Episode 44 - Filmed 8/22/52
Story: Ricky catches a cold and loses his voice during
rehearsals for a new show- Lucy secretly stages the show herself.
12/8/52: "Lucy is Enceinte"
I Love Lucy Episode 50 - Filmed 10/3/52
Story: Lucy waits for the "right" moment to tell
Ricky the news that she's expecting.
12/15/52: "Pregnant Women Are Unpredictable"
I Love Lucy Episode 51 - Filmed 10/10/52
Story: With the baby coming, Ricky decides that Lucy should
stay in bed while he does the housework.
12/22/52: "Lucy's Show Biz Swan Song"
I Love Lucy Episode 52 - Filmed 10/17/52
Story: Even with motherhood fast approaching, Lucy still
wants to be in Ricky's "Gay 90's Revue."
12/29/52: "Lucy Hires an English Tutor"
I Love Lucy Episode 53 - Filmed 10/24/52
Story: Lucy wants her baby to be raised in the "proper
vocal environment," so she hires a tutor to teach Ricky proper
English.
1/5/53: "Ricky Has Labor Pains"
I Love Lucy Episode 54 - Filmed 10/31/53
Story: With all the attention that mother-to-be Lucy has
been getting, father-to-be Ricky feels left out.
1/12/53: "Lucy Becomes a Sculptress"
I Love Lucy Episode 55 - Filmed 11/7/53
Story: No child should grow up without artistic influence,
so Lucy takes up art/sculpting.
1/19/53: "Lucy Goes to the Hospital"
I Love Lucy Episode 56 - Filmed 11/14/52
Story: With the baby due at any moment, Ricky and the Mertzes
carefully rehearse the trip to the hospital.
Guests: Charles Lane, Adele Longmire, Peggy Rea (HAVE GUN WILL
TRAVEL), Bennett Green, Barbara Pepper, Ruth Perrott, Hazel Pierce
1/26/53: "Sales Resistance"
I Love Lucy Episode 45 - Filmed 8/29/52
Story: When Lucy buys yet another new gadget, Ricky complains
that she's "got no sales resistance."
2/2/53: "The Inferiority Complex"
I Love Lucy Episode 46 - Filmed 9/6/52
Story: A handsome psychiatrist might be the cure for Lucy's "inferiority
complex."
2/16/53: "The Club Election"
I Love Lucy Episode 47 - Filmed 9/12/52
Story: It's Lucy versus Ethel for President of the Wednesday Afternoon
Fine Arts League.
Guests: Doris Singleton, Peggy Rea
3/9/53: "The Black Eye"
I Love Lucy Episode 48 - Filmed 9/19/52
Story: The Mertzes won't accept Lucy's explanation of how
she got a black eye.
3/30/53: "Lucy Changes Her Mind"
I Love Lucy Episode 49 - Filmed 9/26/52
Story: Lucy seems unable to finish anything without changing
her mind.
4/20/53: "No Children Allowed"
I Love Lucy Episode 57 - Filmed 3/20/53
Story: The Ricardos' lease says no children allowed, and
the screaming new baby doesn't help the situation with the landlord.
Guests: Peggy Rea
4/27/53: "Lucy Hires a Maid"
I Love Lucy Episode 58 - Filmed 3/27/53
Story: Ricky hires a maid because Lucy keeps falling asleep
during the day from staying up all night with the baby.
5/4/53: "The Indian Show"
I Love Lucy Episode 59 - Filmed 4/3/53
Story: Ricky is planning an Indian number for his nightclub
act, and assumes that motherhood has ended Lucy's show business
ambitions.
5/11/53: "Lucy's Last Birthday"
I Love Lucy Episode 60 - Filmed 4/10/53
Story: Lucy tells everyone to forget all about her birthday,
then gets upset when they do.
5/18/53: "The Ricardos Change Apartments"
I Love Lucy Episode 61 - Filmed 4/16/53
Story: Lucy thinks they need a bigger apartment- Ricky
says they can't afford it.
5/25/53: "Lucy Is Matchmaker"
I Love Lucy Episode 62 - Filmed 4/25/53
Story: Lucy tries to fix up her girlfriend with a batchelor
friend of the Mertzes but ends up as an unwitting third party
in a love triangle.
Guests: Hal March, Doris Singleton,Peggy Rea
6/1/53: "Lucy Wants New Furniture"
I Love Lucy Episode 63 - Filmed 5/1/53
Story: When Lucy buys a new sofa and coffee table without
Ricky's permission, he says she'll have to pay for it out of her
allowance.
6/8/53: "The Camping Trip"
I Love Lucy Episode 64 - Filmed 5/8/53
Story: Ricky plans to end Lucy's new togetherness kick
by making her "rough it" with him on a camping trip.
6/22/53: "Ricky and Fred Are TV Fans"
I Love Lucy Episode 66 - Filmed 5/22/53
Story: Ricky and Fred never want to do anything except watch the
fights on TV.
Guests: Frank Nelson, Larry Dobkin, Allen Jenkins
6/29/53: "Never Do Business with
Friends"
I Love Lucy Episode 67 - Filmed 5/29/53
Story: Friendship is almost ruined when the Ricardos sell
their old washing machine to the Mertzes.
10/5/53: "Ricky's 'Life' Story"
I Love Lucy Episode 65 - Filmed 5/15/53
Story: A magazine does a picture story on Ricky's life,
but Lucy's not in it.
10/12/53: "The Girls Go Into Business"
I Love Lucy Episode 68 - Filmed 9/11/53
Story: Lucy and Ethel buy a dress shop.
10/19/53: "Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress"
I Love Lucy Episode 69 - Filmed 9/17/53
Story: The girls are going to appear on TV. Everything
is going well, until both of them buy the same dress for the occasion.
Guests: Doris Singleton, Shirley Mitchell, Ruth Perrott,
Hazel Pierce
10/26/53: "Equal Rights"
I Love Lucy Episode 70 - Filmed 9/24/53
Story: The girls demand "equal rights."
Guests: Larry Dobkin
11/2/53: "Baby Pictures"
I Love Lucy Episode 71 - Filmed 10/1/53
Story: The Ricardos have decided they're not going to brag
about their new baby.
Guests: Doris Singleton
11/9/53: "Lucy Tells the Truth"
I Love Lucy Episode 72 - Filmed 10/8/53
Story: Ricky makes a bet with Lucy that she can't go 24
hours without telling a "white" lie.
Guests: Doris Singleton, Shirley Mitchell, Charles
Lane
11/16/53: "The French Revue"
I Love Lucy Episode 73 - Filmed 10/15/53
Story: Ricky's going to stage a French Revue at his club,
and Lucy bets him $50 that she can get into the act no matter
what he does to stop her.
11/23/53: "Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment"
I Love Lucy Episode 74 - Filmed 10/22/53
Story: The Ricardos help the Mertzes redecorate their apartment.
11/30/53: "Too Many Crooks"
I Love Lucy Episode 75 - Filmed 10/29/53
Story: The police are looking for "Madame X,"
the mysterious cat burglar-Lucy looks like the guilty party.
12/7/53: "Changing the Boys' Wardrobe"
I Love Lucy Episode 76 - Filmed 11/5/53
Story: Ricky and Fred irritate the girls by wearing their
old clothes all the time, so Lucy and Ethel secretly sell their
husbands' clothes to a second-hand clothes dealer.
12/14/53: "Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined"
I Love Lucy Episode 77 - Filmed 11/12/53
Story: A visit to the eye doctor leaves Lucy's vision hopelessly
blurred for the rest of the day.
12/21/53: "Ricky's Old Girlfriend"
I Love Lucy Episode 78 - Filmed 11/19/53
Story: Lucy wants to know about Ricky's old girlfriends,
so he invents one named Carlotta Romero. Then a singer with that
name shows up in town.
1/11/54: "The Million-Dollar Idea"
I Love Lucy Episode 79 - Filmed 11/28/53
Story: Lucy concocts a delicious salad dressing.
1/18/54: "Ricky Minds the Baby"
I Love Lucy Episode 80 - Filmed 12/3/53
Story: Ricky decides that Lucy deserves a rest, so he takes
care of Little Ricky.
1/25/54: "The Charm School"
I Love Lucy Episode 81 - Filmed 12/10/53
Story: After seeing the boys give a pretty girl the eye,
Lucy and Ethel decide to go to charm school.
Guests: Tyler McVey, Eve Whitney Maxwell
2/1/54: "Sentimental Anniversary"
I Love Lucy Episode 82 - Filmed 12/17/53
Story: It's the Ricardos' wedding anniversary, and they
plan to spend it alone, together.
2/8/54: "Fan Magazine Interview"
I Love Lucy Episode 83 - Filmed 1/7/54
Story: The Ricardos prepare for an interview with a reporter
from a fan magazine by putting on their best appearance.
2/15/54: "Oil Wells"
I Love Lucy Episode 84 - Filmed 1/14/54
Story: By snooping around, Lucy and Ethel learn
that their new neighbors own stock in a Texas oil well.
Guests: Harry Cheshire, Sandra Gould
2/22/54: "Ricky Loses His Temper"
I Love Lucy Episode 85 - Filmed 1/21/54
Story: Lucy has a scheme that's sure to net her a new hat.
All she has to do is get Ricky to lose his temper.
2/29/54: "Home Movies"
I Love Lucy Episode 86 - Filmed 1/28/54
Story: Ricky's home movies inspire Lucy to become a professional
moviemaker.
3/8/54: "Bonus Bucks"
I Love Lucy Episode 87 - Filmed 2/4/54
Story: Lucy has the winning dollar bill in the newspaper's
"Bonus Buck" contest, but lets it slip through her fingers,
and desperately tries to get it back.
3/22/54: "Ricky's Hawaiian Vacation"
I Love Lucy Episode 88 - Filmed 2/11/54
Story: Ricky's band gets an offer to play in Hawaii.
3/29/54: "Lucy Is Envious"
I Love Lucy Episode 89 - Filmed 2/16/54
Story: Lucy is tired of just reading the society columns,
and decides that she's going to be part of the 'high society'.
4/5/54: "Lucy Writes a Novel"
I Love Lucy Episode 90 - Filmed 3/4/54
Story: Lucy reads about a housewife who makes a fortune
writing a novel in her spare time.
4/12/54: "Lucy's Club Dance"
I Love Lucy Episode 91 - Filmed 3/11/54
Story: The girls decide to raise money for their Wednesday
afternoon Fine Arts League by sponsoring a dance.
Guests: Doris Singleton,Shirley Mitchell
4/19/54: "The Black Wig"
I Love Lucy Episode 93 - Filmed 3/25/54
Story: Lucy wears a black wig to test Ricky's marital fidelity.
4/26/54: "The Diner"
I Love Lucy Episode 92 - Filmed 3/18/54
Story: Ricky decides to quit show business, and open up
a diner.
5/3/54: "Tennessee Ernie Visits"
I Love Lucy Episode 94 - Filmed 4/1/54
Story: Tennessee Ernie Ford shows up in the big city with
his guitar and a letter of introduction to the Ricardos.
5/10/54: "Tennessee Ernie Hangs On"
I Love Lucy Episode 95 - Filmed 4/8/54
Story: Ernie is still freeloading at the Ricardos.
5/17/54: "The Golf Game"
I Love Lucy Episode 96 - Filmed 4/15/54
Story: Ricky and Fred's obsession with golf is driving
the girls crazy.
5/24/54: "The Sublease"
I Love Lucy Episode 97 - Filmed 4/22/54
Story: The Ricardos have sublet their apartment. But Lucy,
deciding they were too hasty, decides to frighten away the new
tenant.
10/4/54: "The Business Manager"
I Love Lucy Episode 100 - Filmed 6/17/54
Story: Ricky hires a business manager, and Lucy finds him
tighter with money than Ricky.
10/11/54: "Mertz and Kurtz"
I Love Lucy Episode 102 - Filmed 7/1/54
Story: To help Fred impress his ex-vaudeville partner,
Barney Kurtz, Lucy agrees to pose as the Mertzes' maid.
10/18/54: "Lucy Cries Wolf"
I Love Lucy Episode 98 - Filmed 6/3/54
Story: To find out how much Ricky really loves her, Lucy
calls him during a rehearsal and says there's a prowler in the
apartment.
10/25/54: "The Matchmaker"
I Love Lucy Episode 99 - Filmed 6/10/54
Story: Matchmaker Lucy invites girlfriend Dorothy and her
boyfriend to a cozy dinner at the Ricardos' apartment, hoping
to present an example of marital bliss.
11/1/54: "Mr. & Mrs. TV Show"
I Love Lucy Episode 101 - Filmed 6/24/54
Story: Ricky has a chance to do an "at-home"
TV show, and Lucy wants to be in it.
11/8/54: "Ricky's Movie Offer"
I Love Lucy Episode 103 - Filmed 9/16/54
Story: A Hollywood talent scout wants Ricky to audition,
and everyone wants to get into the act.
11/15/54: "Ricky's Screen Test"
I Love Lucy Episode 104 - Filmed 9/23/54
Story: Ricky gets an unsolicited and unwanted assist from
Lucy when he appears as Don Juan in a screen test.
11/22/54: "Lucy's Mother-in-Law"
I Love Lucy Episode 105 - Filmed 9/30/54
Story: Lucy's trying desperately to perfect her Spanish-speaking
skills in preparation for meeting her Cuban mother-in-law for
the first time.
11/29/54: "Ethel's Birthday"
I Love Lucy Episode 106 - Filmed 10/7/54
Story: Fred asks Lucy to choose something special for him
to give Ethel for her birthday. Ethel opens the gift, an ugly
blouse, then complains that Fred's choice of presents is getting
worse every year.
12/6/54: "Ricky's Contract"
I Love Lucy Episode 107 - Filmed 10/14/54
Story: Ricky's still waiting for the results of his screen
test.
12/13/54: "Getting Ready"
I Love Lucy Episode 108 - Filmed 10/21/54
Story: The Ricardos and the Mertzes are all ready to leave
for California, until they see the car Fred has bought for the
trip.
1/3/55: "Lucy Learns to Drive"
I Love Lucy Episode 109 - Filmed 10/28/54
Story: Ricky makes the mistake of teaching Lucy to drive
his brand new car.
1/10/55: "California, Here We Come!"
I Love Lucy Episode 110 - Filmed 11/4/54
Story: Lucy and Ricky are all ready to start their trip
to California when complications develop: Lucy's mother decides
to join them.
1/17/55: "First Stop"
I Love Lucy Episode 111 - Filmed 11/11/54
Story: After a long day of non-stop driving, the Ricardos
and the Mertzes pull into a run-down dive somewhere near Cincinatti.
1/24/55: "Tennessee Bound"
I Love Lucy Episode 112 - Filmed 11/18/54
Story: Lucy's rush to get to California lands the Ricardos
and the Mertzes in jail in Bent Fork, Tennessee, the home town
of their favorite hick Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Roz & Marilyn Borden,
Aaron Spelling, Will Wright
1/31/55: "Ethel's Home Town"
I Love Lucy Episode 113 - Filmed 11/25/54
Story: The Ricardos and the Metzes arrive in Ethel's home
town: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lucy, Ricky, and Fred are jealous
when the townfolk give Ethel a big welcome.
2/7/55: "L.A. at Last!"
I Love Lucy Episode 114 - Filmed 12/2/54
Story: Arriving in Hollywood, Lucy goes star hunting at
the Brown Derby, and stares down William Holden in the next booth.
2/14/55: "Don Juan and the Starlets"
I Love Lucy Episode 115 - Filmed 12/9/54
Story: Ricky leaves Lucy at home and goes out for an evening
of publicity with five bombshells.
2/21/55: "Lucy Gets in Pictures"
I Love Lucy Episode 116 - Filmed 12/16/54
Story: Lucy finally gets her chance - she lands a part
as a showgirl in a major MGM musical-and blows it.
2/28/55: "The Fashion Show"
I Love Lucy Episode 117 - Filmed 12/23/54
Story: Lucy is determined to have a beautiful Don Loper
gown for her very own.
3/14/55: "The Hedda Hopper Story"
I Love Lucy Episode 118 - Filmed 2/3/54
Story: Desi's agent concocts a publicity stunt designed
to land Ricky in Hedda Hopper's celebrity gossip column.
3/21/55: "'Don Juan' Is Shelved"
I Love Lucy Episode 119 - Filmed 2/10/55
Story: When producer Dore Schary decides to shelve Ricky's
film, "Don Juan," Lucy schemes to create public demand
for Ricky's talent.
3/28/55: "Bull Fight Dance"
I Love Lucy Episode 120 - Filmed 2/17/55
Story: Asked to appear in a Spanish dance number on Ricky's
"Heart Fund" show, Lucy envisions herself as an exotic
Senorita. But Ricky has something altogether different in mind-the
bull.
4/4/55: "Hollywood Anniversary"
I Love Lucy Episode 121 - Filmed 2/24/55
Story: Ricky has forgotten the date of their anniversary,
but he tries to convince Lucy that he knew it all along.
4/18/55: "The Star Upstairs"
I Love Lucy Episode 122 - Filmed 3/3/55
Story: Lucy poses as a bellboy to gain entrance to movie
star Cornell Wilde's hotel room.
4/25/55: "In Palm Springs"
I Love Lucy Episode 123 - Filmed 3/17/55
Story: Upset by a quarrel with their husbands, Lucy and
Ethel leave for a weekend in Palm Springs, where they meet Rock
Hudson.
5/2/55: "The Dancing Star"
I Love Lucy Episode 125 - Filmed 3/31/55
Story: Carolyn Appleby a friend of Lucy's visiting from
New York, wants to meet some of the stars that Lucy has befriended,
starting with Van Johnson, who is appearing at the Ricardos' hotel.
Guests: Van Johnson, Doris Singleton
5/9/55: "Harpo Marx"
I Love Lucy Episode 124 - Filmed 3/24/55
Story: Lucy promised Carolyn Appleby she'd produce some
real Hollywood celebrities.
Guests: Harpo Marx, Doris Singleton
5/16/55: "Ricky Needs an Agent"
I Love Lucy Episode 126 - Filmed 4/7/55
Story: Lucy pretends to be Ricky's agent and tries to bluff
a studio executive into casting Ricky in a film.
5/30/55: "The Tour"
I Love Lucy Episode 127 - Filmed 4/14/55
Story: Lucy and Ethel take a bus tour of movie stars' homes
in Beverly Hills, and Lucy winds up picking grapefruit in Richard
Widmark's yard.
10/3/55: "Lucy Visits Graumans"
I Love Lucy Episode 128 - Filmed 9/9/55
Story: Lucy discovers that the cement slab with John Wayne's
footprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater has come loose,
and lifts them.
10/10/55: "Lucy and John Wayne"
I Love Lucy Episode 129 - Filmed 9/15/55
Story: Lucy and Ethel have made off with the cement slab
of John Wayne's footprints. Now the police are called in to investigate.
10/17/55: "Lucy and the Dummy"
I Love Lucy Episode 130 - Filmed 9/22/55
Story: MGM asks Ricky to help entertain executives at a
studio party.
10/24/55: "Ricky Sells the Car"
I Love Lucy Episode 131 - Filmed 9/29/55
Story: Ricky sells the car and buys train tickets for the
trip back East, but forgets about Fred and Ethel.
10/31/55: "The Great Train Robbery"
I Love Lucy Episode 132 - Filmed 10/6/55
Story: On the train trip back East, Lucy gets tied up with
a jewel thief.
11/7/55: "Homecoming"
I Love Lucy Episode 133 - Filmed 10/13/55
Story: Back in New York City, Ricky is surrounded by excited
friends wanting to know about his picture.
11/14/55: "Face to Face"
("The Ricardos Are Interviewed")
I Love Lucy Episode 134 - Filmed 10/20/55
Story: Lucy and Ricky are scheduled to appear on Ed Warren's
TV interview show, "Face to Face," at their home. But
the network agent suggests that the apartment is a "dump"
and urges them to move into more snooty quarters.
Guest: Elliott Reid
11/28/55: "Lucy Goes to a Rodeo"
I Love Lucy Episode 135 - Filmed 10/27/55
Story: Ricky is dismayed to learn that he signed not for
a radio show, but a rodeo show.
12/5/55: "Nursery School"
I Love Lucy Episode 136 - Filmed 11/3/55
Story: Lucy is not happy about being separated from Little
Ricky, but Ricky Sr. insists he must start Nursery School.
12/12/55: "Ricky's European Booking"
I Love Lucy Episode 137 - Filmed 11/10/55
Story: Ricky's band gets booked in Europe, and the girls
can only go if they can come up with enough money to pay their
own way.
12/19/55: "The Passports"
I Love Lucy Episode 138 - Filmed 11/17/55
Story: Lucy needs her birth certificate in order to get
her passport, but Jamestown has no record of her being born.
1/2/56: "Staten Island Ferry"
I Love Lucy Episode 139 - Filmed 11/24/55
Story: The Ricardos and Mertzes are all ready to leave
for Europe, until Fred announces that he gets seasick easily.
1/16/56: "Bon Voyage"
I Love Lucy Episode 140 - Filmed 12/1/55
Story: After boarding the ocean liner, Lucy goes ashore
just one more time to kiss Little Ricky goodbye, and misses the
boat.
Guests: Tyler McVey, Jack Albertson (MR. ED)
1/23/56: "Second Honeymoon"
I Love Lucy Episode 141 - Filmed 12/8/55
Story: Lucy plans to make the ocean voyage a second honeymoon,
but Ricky has previous shipboard engagements with his band.
Guest: Tyler McVey
1/30/56: "Lucy Meets the Queen"
I Love Lucy Episode 142 - Filmed 12/15/55
Story: Lucy and Ethel go looking for the Queen on their
first day in London, but no luck. When they arrive back at the
hotel, Ricky tells her she's going to be presented to the Queen
the next evening.
2/6/56: "The Fox Hunt"
I Love Lucy Episode 143 - Filmed 11/24/55
Story: Lucy wants to spend a weekend on a British estate,
but Ricky makes her promise not to try to sniff an invitation
out of Sir Clive, with whom Ricky is scheduled to talk business.
2/20/56: "Lucy Goes to Scotland"
I Love Lucy Episode 144 - Filmed 1/6/56
Story: Lucy dreams of visiting her relatives in Scotland.
2/27/56: "Paris at Last"
I Love Lucy Episode 145 - Filmed 1/12/56
Story: The Ricardos and the Mertzes arrive in Paris only
to find themselves locked up in jail for passing counterfeit francs.
Guests: Larry Dobkin, Shepard Menken, Maurice Marsac, Fritz Feld
3/5/56: "Lucy Meets Charles Boyer"
I Love Lucy Episode 146 - Filmed 1/19/56
Story: Ricky has a luncheon engagement with Charles Boyer,
and tries to keep Lucy away from him.
3/19/56: "Lucy Gets a Paris Gown"
I Love Lucy Episode 147 - Filmed 2/16/56
Story: After much begging, Ricky buys Lucy a Paris "original."
3/26/56: "Lucy in the Swiss Alps"
I Love Lucy Episode 148 - Filmed 2/23/56
Story: The Ricardos and the Mertzes go mountain climbing
in the Swiss Alps.
4/9/56: "Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy"
I Love Lucy Episode 149 - Filmed 3/1/56
Story: Lucy gets homesick for Little Ricky on his birthday.
4/16/56: "Lucy's Italian Movie"
I Love Lucy Episode 150 - Filmed 3/8/56
Story: On route to Italy, an Italian producer offers Lucy
a role in a film called "Bitter Grapes." So she decides
to take a job in a vineyard stamping grapes.
4/23/56: "Lucy's Bicycle Trip"
I Love Lucy Episode 151 - Filmed 3/22/56
Story: Lucy organizes the Ricardos and the Mertzes for
a bicycle trip from Italy to the French Riviera. Complications
arise when Lucy can't find her passport.
5/7/56: "Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo"
I Love Lucy Episode 152 - Filmed 3/29/56
Story: Ricky has declared the casino at Monte Carlo out-of-bounds
for Lucy, but she and Ethel "just happen" to eat dinner
there.
5/14/56: "Return Home from Europe"
I Love Lucy Episode 153 - Filmed 4/5/56
Story: Homeward bound from Europe, Lucy tries to get out
of paying overweight charges on the plane by disguising a big
hunk of Italian cheese as a baby.
Guests: Frank Nelson, Mary Jane Croft
10/1/56: "Lucy and Bob Hope"
I Love Lucy Episode 154 - Filmed 6/5/56
Story: Sighting Bob Hope at a baseball game, Lucy has hopes
to convince him to appear at Desi's club.
10/8/56: "Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums"
I Love Lucy Episode 157 - Filmed 6/28/56
Story: Little Ricky's non-stop drum playing irritates the
Mertzes.
10/15/56: "Lucy Meets Orson Welles"
I Love Lucy Episode 155 - Filmed 6/14/56
Story: Lucy wangles a job as Orson Welles's assistant when
he appears at Ricky's club.
10/22/56: "Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright"
I Love Lucy Episode 156 - Filmed 6/21/56
Story: Little Ricky gets stage fright before his first
school music recital.
10/29/56: "Visitor from Italy"
I Love Lucy Episode 158 - Filmed 9/20/56
Story: When the Venetian gondolier the Ricardos met in
Europe shows up in New York, a series of mishaps result in Lucy
working at a pizza parlor.
11/12/56: "Off to Florida"
I Love Lucy Episode 159 - Filmed 9/13/56
Story: Driving to Florida to meet their husbands, the girls
share the drive with a psychotic dame they mistakenly think is
an ax murderess.
11/19/56: "Deep-Sea Fishing"
I Love Lucy Episode 160 - Filmed 9/27/56
Story: On a deep-sea fishing trip, the boys bet the girls
that they'll catch bigger fish.
11/26/56: "Desert Island"
I Love Lucy Episode 161 - Filmed 10/4/56
Story: Lucy and Ethel's scheme to prevent the boys from
judging a beauty contest leaves the Ricardos and the Mertzes marooned
on a desert island.
12/3/56: "The Ricardos Visit Cuba"
I Love Lucy Episode 162 - Filmed 10/18/56
Story: Lucy is bent on impressing Ricky's family when they
visit Havana, but she can't seem to say or do anything the right
way.
12/17/56: "Little Ricky's School Pageant"
I Love Lucy Episode 163 - Filmed 10/25/56
Story: The Ricardos and the Mertzes sign on as extra cast
members in Little Ricky's class play.
12/24/56: "'I Love Lucy' Christmas Show"
I Love Lucy Special - Filmed 11/22/56
Story: Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel reminisce (flashback)
as they trim the tree on Christmas Eve.
1/7/57: "Lucy and the Loving Cup"
I Love Lucy Episode 164 - Filmed 11/1/56
Story: Lucy jokingly wears a loving cup Ricky is supposed
to present to jockey Johnny Longden, but then she gets it stuck
on her head!
Guests: Johnny Longden, Sandra Gould
1/14/57: "Lucy and Superman"
I Love Lucy Episode 166 - Filmed 11/15/56
Story: Lucy promises to have Superman appear at Little
Ricky's fifth birthday party.
Guests: George Reeves, Doris Singleton
1/21/57: "Little Ricky Gets a Dog"
I Love Lucy Episode 165 - Filmed 11/8/56
Story: Little Ricky's new puppy prompts complaints by another
tenant.
1/28/57: "Lucy Wants to Move to the Country"
I Love Lucy Episode 167 - Filmed 12/6/56
Story: Lucy is fed up with the city, and wants to move
to the quiet country.
2/4/57: "Lucy Hates to Leave"
I Love Lucy Episode 168 - Filmed 12/13/56
Story: The Ricardos find themselves boarding with the Mertzes
while waiting to be able to move into their new Connecticut home.
2/11/57: "Lucy Misses the Mertzes"
I Love Lucy Episode 169 - Filmed 12/20/56
Story: Lucy and Ricky miss the Mertzes so much that they
take the train to New York to surprise them. Fred and Ethel have
the same idea, and are on their way to Connecticut!
2/18/57: "Lucy Gets Chummy with the Neighbors"
I Love Lucy Episode 170 - Filmed 1/10/57
Story: Lucy's new neighbor Betty Ramsey talks Lucy into
buying all new furniture.
Guests: Frank Nelson, Mary Jane Croft, Parley Baer
3/4/57: "Lucy Raises Chickens"
I Love Lucy Episode 171 - Filmed 1/17/57
Story: Lucy and Ricky decide to raise chickens to help
make ends meet.
Guests: Mary Jane Croft,Tyler McVey
3/11/57: "Lucy Does the Tango"
I Love Lucy Episode 172 - Filmed 2/7/57
Story: Lucy "boosts" egg production by buying
several dozen eggs.
3/18/57: "Ragtime Band"
I Love Lucy Episode 173 - Filmed 2/14/57
Story: Lucy promises that Ricky will play at a local benefit,
but he refuses. So she and the Mertzes put together their own
combo -- featuring Ricky Ricardo, Jr.
3/25/57: "Lucy's Night in Town"
I Love Lucy Episode 174 - Filmed 2/21/57
Story: In Manhattan for dinner and a hit broadway show
("The Most Happy Fella"), Lucy discovers that their
tickets were for the matinee performance.
4/1/57: "Housewarming"
I Love Lucy Episode 175 - Filmed 2/28/57
Story: Ethel is jealous of Lucy's friendship with Betty
Ramsey. But when Betty reveals that she's from Ethel's home town
of Albquerque, the two become fast friends, and now it's Lucy
who feels left out.
Guest: Mary Jane Croft
4/8/57: "Building a Bar-B-Q"
I Love Lucy Episode 176 - Filmed 3/14/57
Story: Lucy and Ethel decide that the only way to get Ricky
to build the backyard barbecue is to start the project themselves.
4/22/57: "Country Club Dance"
I Love Lucy Episode 177 - Filmed 3/21/57
Story: At a club dance, Ricky, Fred and Ralph Ramsey shower
attention on a sultry young blonde. So Lucy, Ethel, and Betty
fight back.
Guests: Frank Nelson, Barbara Eden (HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE,
I DREAM OF JEANNIE), Mary Jane Croft
4/29/57: "Lucy Raises Tulips"
I Love Lucy Episode 178 - Filmed 3/28/57
Story: Lucy is determined to beat Betty Ramsey in Westport's
"Best-looking Garden" contest.
Guests: Eleanor Audley, Mary Jane Croft
5/6/57: "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue"
I Love Lucy Episode 179 - Filmed 4/4/57
Story: Ricky's been chosen to dedicate a new Revolutionary
War statue in the Westport Town Square.