| 1. | I Love Lucy: Season 1 | 1951 |
| 2. | I Love Lucy: Season 2 | 1952 |
| 3. | I Love Lucy: Season 3 | 1953 |
| 4. | I Love Lucy: Season 4 | 1954 |
| 5. | I Love Lucy: Season 5 | 1955 |
| 6. | I Love Lucy: Season 6 | 1956 |
| 7. | I Love Lucy: Season 7 | 1951 |
| 8. | I Love Lucy: Season 8 | 1951 |
| 9. | I Love Lucy: Season 9 | 1951 |
I Love Lucy
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.
Lucy is upset because a 'Life' magazine feature on Ricky's home life didn't include a picture of her.
With dreams of making a fortune, Lucy and Ethel buy their own dress shop.
Lucy and Ethel unknowingly buy identical gowns for their appearance on a televised revue for their women's club. They both agree to return them to the store and buy different ones, but during their performance, each is wearing the original gown.
Lucy and Ethel demand to be treated as if they were men, so Ricky and Fred do just that.
Lucy and Ricky agree that they will not be the kind of parents that force everyone to look at their baby pictures. They find it hard to do when their friends the Applebys come over bragging about their son Little Stevie.
When Ricky and the Mertzes wager that Lucy can't go a full day without telling a lie, her husband and friends feel more than a bit stung by her unabashed honesty.
After being embarrassed in a restaurant, Lucy takes French lessons. Then she does everything she can to get into Ricky's new French-themed show.
Lucy decides that she and Ricky are going to redecorate the Mertzes' apartment.
Lucy is suspected of being the mysterious woman burglar, Madame X.
The girls decide they are tired of Ricky and Fred wearing the same old worn out clothes at home and decide to make some changes.
Lucy gets a part dancing in Ricky's show, but then goes to the Optometrist for an eye test. He gives her some eye drops that make her nearly blind.
The Ricardos and Mertzes take a marriage quiz. One question involves past romances, and Ricky makes up a story about an old girlfriend from Cuba, Carlotta Romero. When a real Cuban entertainer of the same name is performing in town, Ricky is in trouble.
Lucy and Ethel go into business making salad dressing based on Lucy's Aunt Martha's recipe. Their advertising on a local TV show looks like a success, but when Ricky finds that they're losing money on each jar, the girls have to find a way to get their customers to cancel their orders.
While the Tropicana is closed for repainting, Ricky offers to give Lucy a week's break and take total responsibility for the care of Little Ricky.
Ethel and Lucy are upset that Ricky and Fred don't seem interested in them. After seeing how they react to a friend's beautiful and poised date, they enroll in charm school.
Lucy and Ricky want to celebrate their anniversary themselves, with a quiet dinner at home. The Mertzes plan a big surprise party for them.
Lucy and Ricky put on a big act for a magazine writer who wants to do an article on the 'real' Ricardos. The writer spends the day with Lucy and plants seeds of doubt about Ricky's fidelity. A stunt by Ricky's publicity agent makes it looks like he is cheating on her.
The gang buys oil stock from new neighbors who claim to be Texas oil tycoons.
Ricky gets fed up with Lucy buying so many new hats. They decide to see who can hold out the longest: she has to stop buying hats and he can't lose his temper.
When an advertiser agrees to make a pilot for a potential music TV show starring Ricky only, Lucy, Ethel, and Fred make a movie of their own.
Lucy and Ethel clash over who owns a dollar worth $300.
Ricky gets a gig in Hawaii and Lucy goes on a TV game show to win tickets so she and the Mertzes can go along.
A former classmate of Lucy Ricardo has done very well for herself, and now heads up a charitable drive for their alma mater. She contacts Lucy for a donation, and Lucy attempts to impress her old classmate by exaggerating her wealth and status. Soon Lucy and Ethel both find themselves in debt to this woman by five hundred dollars each, and in their desperation, they take stunt jobs as "women from Mars" to promote a new movie.
Lucy's novel - a thinly disguised story of her life and the people in it - upsets Ricky, Fred, and Ethel.
Lucy asks for Ricky's help with her inept all-girl orchestra.
Lucy thinks Ricky is not paying enough attention to her and might be tempted to see other women. Lucy puts on a black wig to pretend to be someone else that can tempt Ricky. Her plan does not work out the way she wants.
The Ricardos and Mertzes decide to go into business together and open a diner.
Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos and won't leave. Lucy gets creative trying to find a way to get him to go home.
Lucy pretends she and Ricky have gone broke to get Tennessee Ernie Ford to leave.
After Lucy buys Ricky a set of golf clubs for their anniversary, the girls regret it when he and Fred become obsessed with the game.
When Ricky gets a long-term gig in Maine, the Ricardos sublease their apartment for two months. When the gig is canceled, the new tenant refuses to give up the sublease. Lucy and Ethel try to force the new tenant to leave.
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Lucille Ball | Lucy Ricardo |
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William Frawley | Fred Mertz |
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Vivian Vance | Ethel Mertz |
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Desi Arnaz | Ricky Ricardo |
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Joseph A. Mayer | Little Ricky Ricardo |
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Michael Mayer | Little Ricky Ricardo |
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Bennett Green | Laundry Deliveryman |
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Louis Nicoletti | First arresting officer |
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Johnny Jacobs | Announcer |
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Hazel Pierce | Tropicana Audience |
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Doris Singleton | Caroline Appleby |
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Jerry Hausner | Jerry |
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Richard Reeves | Policeman |
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Shirley Mitchell | Marion Strong |
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Fred Aldrich | Cop |
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Frank Nelson | Freddie Fillmore |
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Dayton Lummis | Bill Parker |
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Barbara Pepper | Party Guest |
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Tennessee Ernie Ford | Cousin Ernie |
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Don Garner | Grocery Boy |
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Kay Wiley | Martha |
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Jimmy Demaret | Jimmy Demaret |
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George Pierrone | Caddy |
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Charles Lane | Casting Director |
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Madge Blake | Mrs. Mulford |
| Director | William Asher |
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| Writer | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll Jr. | |
| Producer | Desi Arnaz, Jess Oppenheimer, Lucille Ball | |
| Musician | Eliot Daniel, Wilbur Hatch | |
| Photography | Karl Freund, Nicholas Musuraca | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Index | 7667 |
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| Added Date | Nov 10, 2020 12:26:40 |
| Modified Date | Mar 03, 2025 21:41:53 |