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I Love Lucy: Season 1

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy: Season 1

CBS (1951)
US - TV-G
TV Series | Comedy
USA | English | Black & White | 15:07

I Love Lucy (1951 - 1960) is an American sitcom that centers on an unforgettable showbiz-wannabe redhead, her Cuban bandleader husband, and their landlords, who also happen to be their best friends and co-conspirators.
Technically, I Love Lucy ended May 6, 1957 with the sixth-season episode "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue." This set, however, collects the 13 episodes of what can be considered the successor to I Love Lucy, known as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. First airing on November 6, 1957, the show was more an offering of hour-long specials rather than a regular series -- it was often months between shows. Picking up where I Love Lucy left off, Lucy (Lucille Ball), husband Ricky (Desi Arnaz), and best friends Ethel (Vivian Vance), and Fred (William Frawley) continue their popular comedy formula honed during the original series.


Episodes View details

0 Pilot 45 min | Apr 30, 1990

Ricky tries to keep Lucy away from auditioning for a TV show, but when a clown becomes unavailable, Lucy takes his place.

1 The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub 30 min | Oct 15, 1951

To celebrate Ethel and Fred's anniversary, Lucy and Ethel want to go to a nightclub while Ricky and Fred want to go to a boxing match instead. An argument ensues.

2 Be a Pal 30 min | Oct 22, 1951

Worried that Ricky is starting to lose interest in her, Lucy decides to remind Ricky of Cuba and his childhood. With Ethel's help she decorates the home and decides to impersonate a singer like Ricky's mom.

3 The Diet 30 min | Oct 29, 1951

Lucy can be in Ricky's act, but only if she can lose 12 pounds in four days.

4 Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her 30 min | Nov 05, 1951

After becoming too involved in a murder mystery book, Lucy believes that Ricky is trying to murder her.

5 The Quiz Show 30 min | Nov 12, 1951

When Lucy is months behind in paying the bills, she decides to go on a radio show to win $1,000. To win the money, she must introduce a stranger to Ricky as her 'first husband'.

6 The Audition 30 min | Nov 19, 1951

Ricky finally lands an audition for a television show. After the clown in Ricky's act gets injured, Lucy fills in for him.

7 The Seance 30 min | Nov 26, 1951

Lucy gets superstitious with the daily Horoscope. When she explains to theatre producer Mr. Merriweather that Ricky's horoscope is not Ricky's day and he should say no, Lucy once again convinces Ricky to invite Mr. Merriweather to contact his beloved Tilly. However, the Ricardos get a big surprise of who Tilly really is.

8 Men Are Messy 30 min | Dec 03, 1951

Annoyed at Ricky's messiness, Lucy divides the apartment into two halves: one for each of them to live in.

9 The Fur Coat 30 min | Dec 10, 1951

Lucy thinks a mink coat that Ricky rented for a dance number at the club is actually her anniversary gift. She's so thrilled that Ricky can't bring himself to tell her the truth. He plans to fake a burglary to get it away from her.

10 Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer 30 min | Dec 17, 1951

After reading a newspaper article planted by Ricky's press agent, Ethel convinces Lucy that Ricky is fooling around with the lead dancer in his nightclub act.

11 Drafted 30 min | Dec 24, 1951

Ricky and Fred are going to do a show for the Army troops at Fort Dix. To keep Lucy from wanting to be in it, they keep the reason they're going a secret. Lucy and Ethel think they've been drafted.

12 The Adagio 30 min | Dec 31, 1951

Lucy decides to try out for a job as an Apache dancer in Ricky's show. The man she rehearses with falls madly in love with her.

13 The Benefit 30 min | Jan 07, 1952

Lucy gets Ricky to perform with her at a benefit for Ethel's club.

14 The Amateur Hour 30 min | Jan 14, 1952

To earn some extra money to pay for a new dress, Lucy takes a job babysitting a little boy. She is amazed that she will be getting $5 an hour. She finds out why when the boy's mother sneaks a second, twin boy into the apartment.

15 Lucy Plays Cupid 30 min | Jan 21, 1952

Lucy's neighbor wants her to deliver an invitation to the grocer for a date. When she does, the grocer thinks the note is from Lucy rather than the neighbor. The grocer is delighted to think he will have dinner with Lucy.

16 Lucy Fakes Illness 30 min | Jan 28, 1952

Lucy is so frustrated that Ricky won't let her go into show business, she fakes being mentally ill. When Ricky finds out, he hires an actor to play a doctor and tell her she's really very sick and needs an operation.

17 Lucy Writes a Play 30 min | Feb 04, 1952

Lucy enters a playwriting competition, hoping to cast Ricky, but has to settle for Fred, and rewrites. But when Ricky learns a movie producer will be judging the plays, he takes over for Fred, not knowing the script's been changed.

18 Breaking the Lease 30 min | Feb 11, 1952

The Ricardos try to break their lease after a fight with the Mertzes.

19 The Ballet 30 min | Feb 18, 1952

Lucy claims to have been a ballerina, to get into Ricky's show. She goes to Madame Le Mond's class to hone her ballet skills.

20 The Young Fans 30 min | Feb 25, 1952

Lucy and Ricky try to deal with youthful admirers.

21 New Neighbors 30 min | Mar 03, 1952

Lucy thinks the new neighbors are plotting a murder.

22 Fred and Ethel Fight 30 min | Mar 10, 1952

Lucy tries to reunite the separated Mertzes after they had a big fight.

23 The Mustache 30 min | Mar 17, 1952

Ricky grows a mustache to get an acting job in a movie. Lucy doesn't like it, so she wears a fake beard and mustache she gets from Fred. The adhesive is so old, it won't come off.

24 The Gossip 30 min | Mar 24, 1952

The boys and girls bet each other breakfast in bed for a month that they can't stop gossiping.

25 Pioneer Women 30 min | Mar 31, 1952

The girls revolt over housework and want modern conveniences. The boys bet that they can survive longer than the girls without using anything invented after 1900, including electricity.

26 The Marriage License 30 min | Apr 07, 1952

When Lucy finds a misspelling on her marriage license, she believes her marriage to Ricky isn't legal.

27 The Kleptomaniac 30 min | Apr 14, 1952

Lucy is the chairman of a bazaar for her club, but doesn't tell Ricky. When he finds all the cash and donations hidden in the apartment, he accuses her of being a compulsive thief.

28 Cuban Pals 30 min | Apr 21, 1952

Lucy tries to emulate Ricky's former dance partner from Cuba.

29 The Freezer 30 min | Apr 28, 1952

Lucy and Ethel decide to make some money by buying a used walk-in freezer. When they unwittingly buy 700 pounds of beef, they try to sell it to customers at the butcher shop.

30 Lucy Does a TV Commercial 30 min | May 05, 1952

Lucy has angled her way onto Ricky's special as the show's pitch girl. She advertises a medicine called "Vitameatavegamin." Believing it contains vitamins, minerals, meat, and vegetables, Lucy does not know is that it also contains twenty-three percent of alcohol.

31 The Publicity Agent 30 min | May 12, 1952

Ricky's publicity goes bad, so Lucy creates a stunt that includes her posing as the "Maharincess of Franistan."

32 Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio 30 min | May 19, 1952

The gang listens to a quiz show on the radio and Ricky answers all of the questions right. This inspires Lucy to get Ricky and herself on the show.

33 Lucy's Schedule 30 min | May 26, 1952

After Lucy causes them to be late for dinner with Ricky's new boss, he puts her on a tight schedule.

34 Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald 30 min | Jun 02, 1952

Lucy tries to convince Ricky that he is not losing his hair.

35 Ricky Asks for a Raise 30 min | Jun 09, 1952

After Ricky loses his job when he asks for a raise, Lucy comes up with a plan to demonstrate to his boss how important he is.

Cast View all

Lucille Ball Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz Ricky Ricardo
William Frawley Fred Mertz
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz
Bennett Green Bum
Hazel Pierce Party Guest
Johnny Jacobs Announcer
Jerry Hausner Jerry
Richard Reeves Hank
John Stephenson Narrator (introductory comments)
Gale Gordon Mr. Alvin Littlefield
Frank Nelson Freddy Fillmore
Barbara Pepper Party Guest
Marco Rizo Pianist
Edith Meiser Mrs. Phoebe Littlefield
Richard Crenna Arthur Morton
Fred Aldrich Butcher
Mary Wickes Madame Lamond
Irving Bacon Mr. Willoughby
Bea Benaderet Miss Lewis
Gail Bonney Mrs. Hudson
Harry Shannon Jim White / the photographer
Hayden Rorke Tom O'Brien
Philip Ober Arnold - The First Husband
Janet Waldo Peggy Dawson

Trailer

Edition details

Nr Discs 1
Layers Single side, Single layer

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