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The following is a list of episodes from the CBS television series I Love Lucy.

Episodes

Season 1

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Season 2

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Season 3

67-Ricky's Life Story

• LIFE magazine has done a home picture layout on the Ricardos. The pictures include Ricky, Little Ricky, and a view of Lucy's left elbow. Therefore, Lucy needles her husband into getting her into show business so her photos will be in demand. She rigs herself out in a Spanish costume and tries to augment a Cuban number sung by Ricky.

First aired: Monday, October 5th, 1953.

68-The Girls Go Into Business

• It's touch-and-go for Lucy and Ethel as they buy a dress shop on a shoestring and promptly go into the red. With typical beginner's luck, they unwittingly unload the losing venture on their husbands, Ricky and Fred. Listen and learn the Spanish phrase for "the check is good" in this episode.

First aired: Monday, October 12th, 1953.

69-Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress

• Lucy wangles the star role in a revue staged by her women's club by promising that she will deliver her husband, Ricky, as the show's emcee. The fly in the theatrical ointment comes as Ethel Mertz, Lucy's archrival for show honors, turns up in the same gown as Lucy's. In this episode, Lucy and Ethel sing the Cole Porter classic, Friendship. Actress Shirley Mitchell takes over the recurring role of the "cackling" Marion Strong in this episode.

First aired: Monday, October 19th, 1953.

70-Equal Rights

• After a heated argument about equal rights, during which the girls insist they want to be treated exactly as if they were men, the Ricardos and the Mertzes go off to an Italian restaurant for dinner. When the waiter, on Ricky's insistence, presents four separate checks, the girls discover they have no money. Lawrence Dobkin played the role of the waiter.

First aired: Monday, October 26th, 1953.

71-Baby Pictures

• A resolution by the Ricardos not to show snapshots of their youngster to their friends goes by the boards as two proud visitors, Charlie and Carolyn Appleby, gleefully exhibit pictures of their infant in a baseball suit resembling Little Ricky's. Listen for the classic Lucy quote: "Where do you keep your baby's cage?"

First aired: Monday, November 2nd, 1953.

72-Lucy Tells the Truth

• Lucy vows to tell the truth for twenty-four hours in order to win a bet. This lands her in a knife-throwing act on television. Her predicament stems from a little white lie during her round-the-clock truth test -- namely, that she can understand a talent agent who can't speak English. When he hires her, Lucy has a choice of facing the knife-thrower's blades or losing the bet. This is the episode where Lucy "unwittingly" reveals her true age, weight, and original hair color. Character actor Charles Lane makes another appearance.

First aired: Monday, November 9th, 1953.

73-The French Revue

• Ricky plans a French revue at the Tropicana. Lucy hires DuBois, a waiter at a French bistro, to teach Ethel and herself some conversational French. In exchange for the free lessons, Lucy promises to get DuBois into Ricky's show. At first Ricky is mad, but he finally agrees to hire the waiter on the basis of his excellent "Louise" rendition. However, much to Lucy's consternation, Ricky forbids her to come near the club. She does her best to get into the Tropicana in various disguises. Maurice Chevalier impersonations abound in this tribute to France.

First aired: Monday, November 16th, 1953.

74-Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment

• The Ricardos nearly wreck the apartment of their landlord friends, the Mertzes, when they try to help decorate their apartment and Lucy proves herself an inferior decorator. Watch for a rare dialogue mistake of Lucy's and Desi's ad-lib to cover it up!

First aired: Monday, November 23, 1953.

75-Too Many Crooks

• Fred's birthday is approaching, and the Ricardos decide to buy him a custom-made tweed suit as a surprise. Lucy sneaks into the Mertz apartment to borrow one of Fred's old suits as a model. But Mrs. Trumbull, unaware of Lucy's intentions, sees her and tells Ethel. Because of a robbery scare in the neighborhood involving a "Madame X," Ethel immediately jumps to the conclusion that Lucy is she.

First aired: Monday, November 30th, 1953.

76-Changing the Boys' Wardrobe

• Lucy and Ethel hatch an ingenious plot to make their husbands stop wearing disreputable clothes in public. Ricky proudly displays his sweatshirt from his alma mater, Havana U.

First aired: Monday, December 7th, 1953.

77-Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined

• Lucy winds up with drops in her eyes when Ricky visits an oculist, but it takes more than impaired vision to quell her latest attempts to crash the show at Ricky's nightclub -- this time with a sizzling jitterbug dance. In this episode, Fred and Ethel don raccoon coats for a classic rendition of "The Varsity Drag."

First aired: Monday, December 14th, 1953.

78-Ricky's Old Girlfriend

• Ricky creates a fictitious old flame (Carlota Romero) to make Lucy fly into a jealous rage. By coincidence, a singer by the same name is actually appearing in New York. The next evening, a press agent arranges for Carlota Romero (with whom Ricky did work many years ago) to see Ricky again.

First aired: Monday, December 21st, 1953.

79-The Million-Dollar Idea

• Lucy and Ethel have visions of making a million dollars by bottling and selling old-fashioned salad dressing -- until their operations reach the point of diminishing returns, largely because of their bizarre views on how to run a business. Watch as Lucy and Ethel, a.k.a. Isabella Klump and Mary Margaret McMertz, invent the infomercial.

First aired: Monday, January 11th, 1954.

80-Ricky Minds the Baby

• Ricky changes his vacation plans so he can spend all his time with Little Ricky. Lucy uses her free time to go shopping, but when she returns she finds Little Ricky wandering the hallway by himself. Ricky and Fred have been so involved in a TV football game, they hadn't seen him wander off. To teach Ricky a lesson, Lucy phones her husband and nonchalantly asks about Little Ricky. Panic sets in when the father realizes his son is missing. A classic father-and-son moment occurs when Ricky recites Little Red Riding Hood in Spanish.

First aired: Monday, January 18th, 1954.

81-Charm School

• Lucy and Ethel enroll in a charm school to cope with their husbands' interest in a sweet young thing who exudes personality-plus. Veteran actress Natalie Schafer, who later played "Lovey Howell" on Gilligan's Island, guest-stars in this episode.

First aired: Monday, January 25th, 1954.

82-Sentimental Anniversary

• Lucy and Ricky want to spend their thirteenth anniversary at home, but the Mertzes have arranged a surprise party for them. When Ethel asks Lucy where they'll be that night, Lucy quickly concocts some story that they'll be out. As the party guests start arriving, Lucy and Ricky move their champagne dinner into the hall closet. Finally they manage to divert the guests' attention so they can slip out the front door and make a properly "surprised" entrance.

First aired: Monday, February 1st, 1954.

83-Fan Magazine Interview

• Lucy and Ricky madly prepare for a visit from a fan magazine writer who is doing a series on happily married couples. But their frayed nerves and a family quarrel make for a touch-and-go situation before the scribe arrives. Veteran actress Kathryn Card plays Ricky Ricardo fan "Minnie Finch" in this episode. She would later play recurringly as Lucy's mother "Mrs. McGillicuddy" in the series and on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

First aired: Monday, February 8th, 1954.

84-Oil Wells

• When a fast-talking petroleum "tycoon" from Texas tries to foist some phony stock off on the Ricardos and the Mertzes, they discover the ruse just in time to avoid being fleeced. Listen for the classic Ricky quote: "Don't cross their chickens before their bridges are hatched."

First aired: Monday, February 15th, 1954.

85-Ricky Loses His Temper

• Ricky tries his hand at a little psychology to overcome Lucy's mania for buying hats. Character actress Madge Blake, who played "Aunt Harriet in the TV series "Batman," guest-stars as Mrs. Mulford. Ms. Blake would also appear with Lucy & Desi in their movie: The Long, Long Trailer in 1954.

First aired: Monday, February 22nd, 1954.

86-Home Movies

• When Ricky makes a film and succeeds in selling it to a producer, Lucy decides to get into the act by producing her own western. When TV producer Bennett Green arrives to see Ricky's pilot, "Ricky Ricardo Presents Tropical Rhythms," he is treated to a spliced-in sampling of Lucy's theatrical travesty. In this episode, Lucy and Ethel surprise Ricky with their rendition of I'm an Old Cowhand.

First aired: Monday, March 1st, 1954.

87-Bonus Bucks

• Lucy and Ethel engage in a not-too-neighborly tiff over the ownership of a "bonus buck" when its serial number turns up in a newspaper. Watch Lucy jump into a vat of starch for a half-dollar in this episode.

First aired: Monday, March 8th, 1954.

88-Ricky's Hawaiian Vacation

• When Ricky makes no provision for Lucy to accompany him on a trip to Hawaii, Lucy sets out to win a free trip to the ukulele capital for herself and the Mertzes. Frank Nelson returns as everyone's favorite game show host, Freddie Fillmore.

First aired: Monday, March 22, 1954.

89-Lucy Is Envious

• A wealthy ex-schoolmate of Lucy's is collecting for a charity. Lucy tells her friend to put her down for "five." But when the uppity friend arrives to collect the pledged funds, Lucy is shocked to learn that her "five" meant five hundred dollars. In order to raise the money, Lucy and Ethel get a job dressed as two maids from Mars in a stunt to publicize a science fiction movie. They "invade" the top of the Empire State Building and scare the daylights out of a group of hotel patrons. Long-time Lucy favorite, actress Mary Jane Croft appears as "Cynthia Harcourt".

First aired: Monday, March 29th, 1954.

90-Lucy Writes a Novel

• Lucy decides to become an author after reading about a woman who won $10,000 for her book. Ricky, Fred, and Ethel find themselves the central characters in Lucy's first novel, "Real Gone With the Wind."

First aired: Monday, April 5th, 1954.

91-Lucy's Club Dance

• Lucy organizes an orchestra among her girl friends and books them for a club dance. But the orchestra plays so horribly that she asks Ricky to come to a rehearsal and give them some advice. Determined to get publicity for the dance, Lucy announces the premiere performance of "Ricky Ricardo and His All-Girl Orchestra."

First aired: Monday, April 12th, 1954.

92-The Black Wig

• Ricky forbids Lucy to get "one of those new Italian haircuts." She rebels by borrowing a wig from her hairdresser Roberta, who insists Lucy looks like a different person with it on. Lucy plans to wear the wig so she can test Ricky's fidelity, but the salon manager tips off Ricky to the scheme. When Lucy puts on the wig and starts flirting, Ricky flirts back.

First aired: Monday, April 19th, 1954.

93-The Diner

• Ricky becomes interested in a diner that is for sale, so the Ricardos and the Mertzes all buy it together. Right away, Ethel and Fred decide that they are doing all the work while Lucy and Ricky have all the fun. The couples decide to split the diner down the middle. The Ricardos' side says "A Little Bit of Cuba," and the Mertzes' side says "A Big Hunk of America."

First aired: Monday, April 26th, 1954.

94-Tennessee Ernie Visits When country cousin Tennessee Ernie Ford -- a hillbilly's hillbilly -- wears out his welcome with the Ricardos, Lucy tries a vamp act to scare him back to the mountains. Guest star: Tennessee Ernie Ford. Quote: Fred Mertz said, "Tell Li'l Abner goodnight." First aired: Monday, May 3rd, 1954.

95-Tennessee Ernie Hangs On

• Lucy gets sick of an extensive visit by Tennessee Ernie, who claims he is her cousin. She tries to get rid of the likable character by pleading poverty. The scheme backfires when Tennessee Ernie promotes a benefit hoedown to assist Lucy and Ricky. Look for "Ernie Ford and His Four Chicken Pickers", as they sing "Y'all Come" in this episode.

First aired: Monday, May 10th, 1954.

96-The Golf Game

• Championship golfer Jimmy Demaret visits the Ricardos when Lucy and Ethel arrive at a bizarre scheme for combating their "golf widowship." The girls install a basketball court in the Ricardo living room and pretend to be as deeply absorbed in the game as their husbands are in the fairways. Guest star: Jimmy Demaret.

First aired: Monday, May 17th, 1954.

97-The Sublease

• Hoping to spend the summer away, the Ricardos decide to sublet their apartment and split the profits with the Mertzes. Their tenant is a shy, timid soul who has been a witness in a murder trial and who wants nothing but peace and quiet. The deal is made when Ricky suddenly learns that his summer job has been canceled. Lucy stages a murder scene to frighten the tenant away so that she and Ricky can move back into the apartment. Jay Novello guest-stars as Mr. Beecher, the timid tenant.

First aired: Monday, May 24th, 1954.

Season 4

98-Business Manager Original Air Date: Monday, October 4th, 1954. After coming home from work and the bank, Ricky is upset at Lucy for her writing a note on a check that reads, "Dear Teller. Be a lamb and don't put this through 'til the end of the month." This prompts Ricky into hiring a business manager to help Lucy with her financial problems. When the manager shows up and tries to go over Lucy's books, he congratulates Lucy by saying, "This is the first set of books I can't figure out." They decide to wipe the slate clean and start over with everyone. After giving her an allowance and paying her bills, Lucy is only left with $5. She complaines to the business manager that she won't have any money left to buy groceries. The manager then arranges to setup some credit for her at the market.

The next day, Ethel needs to buy groceries and Lucy offers to charge them on her account. Lucy then figures out that she can keep the money Ethel has given her so she can make a little money for herself. This becomes a small business for Lucy as she buys groceries for all her neighbors in the apartment. On another day, Mrs. Trumbell picks up her groceries and asks Lucy to buy a can of "All Pet" for her cat. Lucy writes down on a notepad, "Tuesday buy can all pet".

After that, Ricky and Lucy are talking and Ricky says that he doesn't have any money to get a haircut. Lucy then produces a large wad of money from her purse which causes Ricky to bulge his eyes out. Ricky talks with Fred about where Lucy has gotten this money and he tells Ricky that he overheard Lucy talking about the market. Ricky suggests that Lucy could be playing the stock market and making money. Then he finds the notepad. He looks in the newspaper and sees that "Can all pet" is an abbreviation for "Canadian Allied Petroleum". Ricky then calls up the business manager and buys some of the stock.

Lucy then gets a phone call from the supermarket saying she owes over $400 in charges. She tells them that the business manager will take care of the bill. Then Ricky comes into the apartment with a lot of money saying he got the money through the market just like she did. Lucy is confused by this but still plays along. Ricky then announces that he fired the business manager and gives her half of what he earned from selling the stock at a high price. He then asks, "What are you going to do with the money? Put it back in the market?" Lucy replies, "That's what I'm going to do with it all right." Guest star: Charles Lane as "Andrew Hickox", the Business Manager.

99-Mertz and Kurtz Original Air Date: Monday, October 11th, 1954. Veteran character actor, Charles Winninger, appears as the often mentioned- "Barney (sometimes Ted) Kurtz".

100-Lucy Cries Wolf Original Air Date: Monday, October 18th, 1954.

101-The Matchmaker Original Air Date: Monday, October 25th, 1954.

102-Ricky's Movie Offer Original Movie Air Date: Monday, November 8th, 1954. Frank Nelson returns, this time as Ricky's recurring agent, "Ben Benjamin". Watch for Mrs. Trumbull's audition of Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life.

103-Ricky's Screen Test Original Air Date: Monday, November 15th, 1954.

104-Lucy's Mother-In-Law Original Air Date: Monday, November 22nd, 1954. This is the first appearance of Ricky's mother (played by actress Mary Emery).

105-Ethel's Birthday Lucy called Ethel a hippopotamus as an insult, and all four tempers flare! Original Air Date: Monday, Novermer 29th, 1954.

106-Ricky's Contract Original Air Date: Monday, December 6th, 1954.

107-Getting Ready Original Air Date: Monday, December 13th, 1954.

108-Lucy Learns To Drive Original Air Date: Monday, January 3rd, 1955.

109-California, Here We Come! Original Air Date: Monday, January 10th, 1955. This was the first of many appearances for Lucy's mother, "Mrs. McGilliccuddy", played briliiantly by Kathryn Card.

110-First Stop Original Air Date: Monday, January 17th, 1955. Watch for actual location footage in this episode.

111-Tennessee Bound

• After getting jailed, in Tennessee, Lucy gets Ricky to call Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tennessee Ernie Ford comes to the jail and help them escape by his singing, then as he sings, Ricky, Lucy, Fred and Ethel start square dancing and use a rope to tie up the sheriff that arrested them then continue their trip west, to California.

Guest-stars: Tennessee Ernie Ford and Aaron Spelling as the sheriff. Original Air Date: Monday, January 24th, 1955.

112-Ethel's Hometown Albuquerque, New Mexico As Ricky, Lucy, Fred and Ethel get closer to Los Angeles, California, Ricky stops the car in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Ethel's dad, school classmates and her friends, as a teenager, that still reside there, give Ethel publicity! And as the publicity sets in, Ethel causes her old flame's and dad to think that she is the star-to-be and is the main reason of the trip, to Los Angeles! Ethel Mertz sang Shortnin' Bread, as Fred, Ricky and Lucy quietly made scenes behind her, causing the audience to laugh, as she was about to start her second song. Ethel's second song was going to be an opera. Character actor, Irving Bacon, appears as Ethel's father, Will Potter. Original Air Date: Monday, January 31st, 1955.

113-L. A., At Last Lucy recognizes William Holden, as he comes into the Brown Derby restaurant. For a minute, Lucy continuously watched William Holden. Then after the waiter brings a menu page to William Holden, William Holden "returned the favor" by continuously watching Lucy. William Holden spoke to the waiter, he called Gus and said the catchphrase "If the shoe was on the other foot". William Holden stared Lucy out of the Brown Derby restaurant. Shortly after Lucy, Fred and Ethel leave, a waiter that carried a pie, accidentally stumbled, causing the pie to go into William Holden's face! The script for this episode was nominated for an Emmy award. Guest Stars: William Holden and Eve Arden Original Air Date: Monday, February 7th, 1955.

114-Don Juan and the Starlets Original Air Date: Monday, February 14th, 1955.

115-Lucy Gets Into Pictures Original Air Date: Monday, February 21st, 1955.

116-The Fashion Show Wives of seven major Hollywood actors; William Holden, Dean Martin, Gordon MacRae, Richard Carlson, Van Heflin, Alan Ladd and Forrest Tucker plus Lucy Ricardo appear in cameo, wearing their favorite or best-looking coats. Fashion designer, Don Loper also guest-starred, in this episode. Original Air Date: Monday, February 28th, 1955.

117-The Hedda Hopper Story

• Ricky is unhappy about the lack of publicity involving him in the Hollywood newspapers. Lucy attempts to call her mother and the baby who are still back in New York. However, after repeated unanswered calls, Lucy grows worrisome, fearing something terrible has happened to the two. A telegram arrives at the hotel room, informing Lucy and Ricky that they have left New York, however, the telegram is unclear. Soon after, Lucy's mother calls Lucy to inform them that they have arrived. Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel leave for the airport to pick up Mrs. McGillicuddy, yet after an hour of no success, they return to the hotel room where they find Lucy's mother, informing them that she had been in the lobby when they called. She talks about her flight to Los Angeles, specifically a journalist who is considering writing an article on Ricky. Ricky, unhappy by Hedda Hopper's virtual ignorance of Ricky's career, calls over his publicity agent, whom arrives and plans a scheme in which Ricky rescues a drowning Lucy at a women's benefit that she has attended annually for quite some time. They get ready and are prepared to depart from the hotel to the pool area when Lucy's mother informs them that her journalist friend is visiting today. Ricky and Lucy depart and Ricky's publicity agent, after seeing what seemed to be Hopper approaching, pushes Lucy into the pool and Ricky follows, rescuing her. However it wasn't Hopper but a waiter bringing a potted plant onto one of the vacant tables around the pool. The two return to the hotel room, only to discover that Mrs. McGillicuddy's journalist friend was, in fact, Hedda Hopper.

Listen to Ricky mis-pronounce Hedda Hopper's last name as "Hooper", at least twice. Guest Star:Hedda Hopper Original Air Date: Monday, March 14th, 1955.

118-Don Juan Is Shelved

• Lucy reads an article claiming that Ricky's motion picture "Don Juan" was going to be shelved. Ricky, despite the article's claims, is sure that the movie is still in production, considering that he has not been informed of the cancellation. However, after going down to the MGM studios, he learns that the picture is to be shelved. In order to foster a change of heart of the producers, Lucy and the gang write a swarm of fan mail. In addition, they search for an actor in the lobby of the hotel to act as a producer from Europe in order to pressure MGM producer Dore Schary into keeping Ricky. However, they end up paying Dore Schary himself to act as the European producer, since neither Lucy nor Ethel nor Fred know the physical attributes of Schary. After Ricky returns to meet Dore, the gang find out that their actor is in fact the Hollywood producer, but are relieved to discover that MGM is not planning on firing Ricky. Look for the husband (at that time) of Vivian Vance in this episode- Philip Ober as Dore Schary.

Original Air Date: Monday, March 21st, 1955.

119-Bull Fight Dance

• Ricky's publicist, Ross, has arranged for Lucy to write an article about being the wife of the very successful Ricky Ricardo. Provided with an opportunity to express what is one her mind, Lucy is ecstatic about the article. When learning of a television benefit Ricky has been cast to do, Lucy decides to make two copies of the article, one that paints Ricky as a considerate husband and one that depicts Ricky as an arrogant jerk. She, then, asks Ricky if she can be in the television benefit, however, his disapproval allows Lucy to blackmail Ricky by promising to submit the article depicting him as an arrogant jerk. Frightened by the negative publicity, he allows Lucy to be in the benefit, first in a musical bit of two singers performing two different songs concurrently. However, when Lucy fails to perform the bit successfully, she is cast unknowingly as a bull in a Bull Fight Dance. Lucy, angered by her new character, decides to surprise Ricky by adorning her costume with ornate flowers atop her head, lipstick on her bull lips, and unusually long eyelashes. In addition, instead of walking on all fours, she dances about on her two legs and, contrary to the original ending in which Ricky defeats the bull, Lucy defeats Ricky, the matador.

Original Air Date: Monday, March 28th, 1955.

120-Hollywood Anniversary Lucy realizes that her upcoming wedding anniversary will take place in Hollywood. Ricky totally forgets about it when Lucy asks him if he had remembered. Ricky tries to play around it, pretending that he knew all along and he had a big party planned for her. Lucy belives Ricky but she still has a bit of doubt in her mind. That night, Ricky calls western union and asks for the date of his wedding anniversary. He also calls his agent to put a story in the newspaper about the upcoming event.

The next morning the bellhop brings Ricky a telegram with the date but he doesn't get a chance to read it right away. When he does read it and tells Lucy the correct date, she is happy that Ricky remembered the date. She also sees the story in the paper and she runs off to share the news with Fred & Ethel.

When she returns, she announces that Fred & Ethel are upset that they weren't mentioned in the newspaper article and the truth comes out when Lucy finds the telegram that was sent. This angers Lucy and she doesn't speak with Ricky. Ricky tries desperately to ask for forgiveness and he still plans a night out with Lucy at the Mocambo nightclub. But Lucy won't budge. So Ricky goes to the club by himself.

Lucy's mother then suggests if Ricky went to the club to celebrate, she should do the same. Lucy reluctantly goes and sits at a seperate table. After Ricky finishes a song at the club, he announces to the audience that tonight is his wedding anniversary and he admits that he had forgotten. He then wishes that Lucy would join him on the dancefloor and he again asks for forgiveness. Lucy accepts his apology and they both dance to "The Anniversary Waltz" Original Air Date: Monday, April 4th, 1955.

121-Mr. and Mrs. T.V. Show Original Air Date: Monday, April 11th, 1955.

122-The Star Upstairs Guest Star: Cornel Wilde Original Air Date: Monday, April 18th, 1955. Look for the brilliant performance of Vivian Vance as Lucy is dangling from the balcony!

123-Lucy in Palm Springs Guest Star: Rock Hudson. While in Hollywodd, the group realizes that each of them have small annoying habits: Ricky taps his fingers, Lucy stirs her coffee too much, Ethel enjoys her food too much, and Fred jiggles his keys in his pocket. This angers everyone and they all agree that they need to spend some time away from each other. After a coin flip goes wrong, the guys agree that the girls should go to Palm Springs to relax.

The girls go off but it starts to rain and they are forced to stay in their hotel. Ethel's food enjoyment causes Lucy to go crazy and they both agree that they miss their annoying husbands. In Hollywood, the same thing happens with Fred & Ricky. Ricky then gets a phone call saying that he is ironically needed in Palm Springs. So the guys go to be their wives.

The rain finally stops in Palm Springs and Lucy and Ethel are sitting by the pool when Rock Hudson shows up. They tell him why they are in Palm Springs. He then tells them a story about someone who had a problem with a husband who always whistled, one constant whistle over and over. This makes Lucy realize that she the small argument with Ricky's habit was dumb and they reunite. It was also revealed that Lucy had called Ricky to be him with sooner. Original Air Date: Monday, April 25th, 1955.

124-The Dancing Star Guest Star: Van Johnson. While staying in Hollywood, Lucy writes to her friend, Carolyn Appleby, that she has been in company with many movie stars. This upsets Ricky as he finds out by reading one of Lucy's unmailed postcards. Carolyn writes back to Lucy that she will be visiting Hollywood and would just love to meet a real movie star. Oiginal Air Date: Monday, May 2nd, 1955.

125-Lucy and Harpo Marx Guest Star: Harpo Marx. Original Air Date: Monday, May 9th, 1955. Carolyn Appleby still wants to meet movie stars and Lucy asks Ricky for help, but he declines and decides to spend the day relaxing by the pool. Lucy and Ethel then figure out that they could fool Carolyn into losing her glasses and pretending to be movie stars by wearing costumes and rubber masks. Carolyn shows up and the plan backfires when Lucy realizes that Carolyn keeps her glasses around her neck so she wouldn't lose them. Lucy recovers by cutting the ribbon off her neck. She then disappears from her hotel room, and returns dressed as Gary Cooper. This fools Lillian into believing that Cary Grant is really there. Then Lucy returns dressed as Clark Gable, but she doesn't speak, saying that she has a bout of laryngitis. Meanwhile, back at the pool, Ricky is joined by Fred and he tells him that he feels a little guilty that he couldn't help Lucy, but Fred isn't paying attention. He's busy looking at the girls by the pool. The girls that walk by suddenly return by being chased by Harpo Marx. Harpo recognizes Ricky and explains that he is in town for a club benefit. Ricky then asks Harpo to pay a visit to the hotel room, and Harpo agrees.

Back in the hotel room, Lucy dresses as Jimmy Durante and again fools Carolyn. As soon as she leaves to change costumes, the doorbell rings and Harpo shows up. He entertains the girls, but Ethel thinks it's Lucy. Carolyn asks Harpo if he had brought his harp, Ethel quickly says that he didn't, Harpo says that he did and he leaves the room. Carolyn leaves to fix her makeup because she was laughing so hard. Then the doorbell rings again and Lucy enters the room dressed as Harpo. Ethel realizes her mistake and Harpo returns forcing Lucy to hide in the mini kitchen. Harpo then plays Take Me Out to the Ballgame for the girls and Carolyn decides that it's time to leave. Harpo helps her out and Ethel returns her glasses. Harpo then quietly re-enters the room and chases Ethel when he briefly sees Lucy behind the kitchen curtain. He then goes over to the curtain and they recreate the famous mirror image scene from the classic Marx Brothers movie, Duck Soup. Harpo catches Lucy with his hat being dropped and returned like a yo-yo and Lucy's hat falls to the ground. Harpo then explains that Ricky had asked him to visit the apartment. Finally Ricky and Fred enter the apartment dressed as Groucho and Chico Marx only to find out that Carolyn had already left. This episode features the classic pantomime routine that made this episode one of the best!

126-Ricky Needs an Agent Original Air Date: Monday, May 16th, 1955. Guest star: character actor Parley Baer

127-The Tour Guest Star: Richard Widmark. Original Air Date: Monday, May 30th, 1955. In this episode, look for location footage that features the real-life home of Lucy & Desi.

Season 5

128-Lucy Visits Grauman's

• After completing the motion picture, Ricky informs Lucy and the Mertzes that it is time to return to New York. However, an unwilling Lucy complains, stating that she hasn't gone sightseeing. Ricky promises to stay one more week, and Lucy decides to go to Grauman's Chinese Theatre to view the celebrity shoeprints and signatures. Lucy stands on John Wayne's footprints, however, after realizing the cement block is loose, Lucy is determined to take the block as the greatest souvenir of all time. Lucy, along with Ethel, sneak out of the hotel room and attempt to loosen the block and steal it. However, two pedestrians and two cops make the adventure more difficult. Lucy, Ethel, and Fred, who has caught on to their scheme, drag away the block to the hotel. There, Lucy feigns a sleep in the Mertzes hotel room to keep Ricky from learning her whereabouts. Ricky finds out about their robbery and orders Lucy to return the block but, in her attempt to return the block, it shatters, rendering it unrecognizable, and leaving a gaping hole where the old block once rested.

Original Air Date: Monday, October 3rd, 1955.

129-Lucy and John Wayne Guest Star: John Wayne. Continuing from the previous episode, the newspaper has the story that John Wayne's footprints had been stolen and Ricky is still upset over the whole incident. Lucy tries to hide the newspaper but Ricky sees it anyway. He then calls Graumann's chinese theatre and tells them the truth as to what happens. He then finds out that if the cement block is returned unharmed, no charges will be pressed. Fred then shows up with a cement block but it is easily recognized as a fake. Ricky then decides why not ask John Wayne himself. As he is doing that Lucy and Ethel decided to get their hair done.

John Wayne shows up and agrees to sign the cement block and put his boots in the cement. Ricky then suggests that John should get his boots shine at the shoe shine shop in the hotel lobby. Lucy and Ethel return to the hotel room to see the cement block and they think it's fake. So they smooth out the block and attempt to contact John Wayne themselves. Ricky and Fred return and they tell the girls that the cement block has been restored but the girls don't belive them. Fred even shows Ethel his autograph book. When Ricky goes to look at the cement block he gets angry to see the block has been smooth clean and he rushes to get John back to sign the block again. Lucy and Ethel then realize that they are about to meet John Wayne with their hair in curlers and John shows up to sign the block again. After that they thank John for all he has done and then turn around to see Little Ricky playing in the cement block.

Ricky then goes to the studio where John is filming a movie and another block is signed. Ricky thanks John again and tells Ricky to make sure this is the last one. Lucy and Ethel then show up and Lucy places another cement block just below the step to John's dressing room. She figures out when John steps out of his dressing room he has to step in the cement. After stepping in the cement he would then have no choice but to sign again. But Ricky comes out of the dressing room with the block of cement and he ruins the footprints and covers his face with wet cement. Lucy then realizes the the signature is still intact and all she has to due is make an imprint of the shoes. John then returns to his dressing room saying he needs a rubdown before he continues filming his movie. He lies down on the table and thinks he hears his trainer named George. Lucy pretends to be George and starts to give him a massage. She then gets scared and runs away.

Back at the hotel Lucy tells everyone her story and John Wayne returns with another block of cement and tells her not to worry about it anymore. John has provided Lucy with a six month supply of cement blocks.

Original Air Date: Monday, October 10th, 1955.

130-Lucy and the Dummy Ricky comes home with a mannequin head the studio has made for him and he playfully scares Lucy with it. The head is a perfect likeness of Ricky and it's a little hard to tell the difference with the two heads are side by side. Ricky then announces that he's planning a deep sea fishing trip to Catalina. While Ricky is taking a shower he gets a phone call asking to work a benefit show. Ricky declines saying he wants to go fishing, but Lucy seems interested to get into the act. She offers that she can be in the show, but they want Ricky. Lucy tells Ricky of the plan and Ricky again gets angry saying nothing is going to stop him from his fishing trip. Lucy then carries the mannequin head into the living room where The Mertzes are waiting and they get a playful scare as well.

Lucy then decides that puts a scheme together where she can perform at the show with Ricky. She puts the mannequin head on a body and dances with it. She then puts a plan together that the dummy will become sick so she can perform solo.

At the show, the plan goes off well until Lucy needs to release herself from the dummy. The dummy gets caught on Lucy's dress and causes her to struggle through the performance. Because of her performance the show offers her a contract.

Ricky returns from his fishing trip to hear the news of what had happened and decides to let Lucy sign the contract and start her much wanted career in show business. Lucy returns to the apartment really excited about her career, but quickly becomes sad when she finds out that Ricky, The Mertzes, and Little Ricky would return to New York and Lucy would stay in California. But Ricky assures Lucy that he would show Little Ricky her picture so he would know who Mommy is and she could visit them every Christmas.

That night Lucy serious thinks about her choice and she starts to hear voices, both telling her about her career and her family. She snaps out of her thoughts when she hears Little Ricky crying. Ricky then wakes up and sees the dummy sitting in a chair and he hits it saying it was all is fault. Lucy then comes back into the room and sees Ricky sitting in a chair and she hits it thinking it's the dummy. Ricky then pops back to life and Lucy chooses her family over her career. Original Air Date: Monday, October 17th, 1955.

131-Ricky Sells the Car Original Air Date: Monday, October 24th, 1955.

132-The Great Train Robbery Original Air Date: Monday, October 31st, 1955. Look for Frank Nelson as the train conductor.

133-Homecoming Original Air Date: Monday, November 7th, 1955.

134-The Ricardo's are Interviewed Original Air Date: Monday, November 14th, 1955.

135-Lucy Goes to a Rodeo Original Air Date: Monday, November 28th, 1955.

136-Nursery School Original Air Date: Monday, December 5th, 1955.

137-Ricky's European Booking Original Air Date: Monday, December 12th, 1955.

138-The Passports Original Air Date: Monday, December 19th, 1955.

139-Staten Island Ferry Original Air Date: Monday, January 2nd, 1956. Look for Charles Lane as the passport clerk.

140-Bon Voyage Guest Star: Jack Albertson as helicopter dispatcher. Original Air Date: Monday, January 16th, 1956.

141-Second Honeymoon Original Air Date: Monday, January 23rd, 1956,

142-Lucy Meets the Queen

• The Ricardos and the Mertzes finally arrive in Europe, at their first stop in London. Lucy, completely awe-struck by the city and the Queen, is determined to see the Queen. Lucy and Ethel leave the hotel en route to Buckingham Palace, where they await an appearance by the Queen. Lucy asks a palace guard about the Queen's whereabouts, however, after learning that the guards must maintain an impassive face, Lucy attempts to crack a smile out of the guard by reciting jokes and hopping about in an nonsensical manner. Caught in her attempts to break the stoic face of the guard, Lucy misses the Queen's appearance. In another attempt to meet the Queen, Lucy and Ethel return to their hotel, where they have learned of a luncheon she is expected to attend that afternoon. The two enter the lobby, occupied by a huge crowd of people. Lucy rips a slip of paper to pass down to the queen for a signature, yet, when the paper returns, it is signed by Ricky Ricardo. After another failed attempt, she is allowed one more try after Ricky allows her to take part in his show. However, Lucy, after a long period of practicing her curtsey, develops a charley horse. Her performance is mistaken as a comedic act and pleases the queen. She personally asks for Lucy after her performance and Lucy meets the queen, despite being cramped in a fixed position: doing a curtsey.

Guest Star: Nancy Kulp who later played "Jane Hathaway" on the Beverly Hillbillies. Original Air Date: Monday, January 30th, 1956.

143-The Fox Hunt Original Air Date: Monday, February 6th, 1956.

144-Lucy Goes to Scotland Original Air Date: Monday, February 20th, 1956.

145-Paris at Last Original Air Date: Monday, February 27th, 1956. Look for the classic translation scene at the police station!

146-Lucy Mets Charles Boyer Guest Star: Charles Boyer Original Air Date: Monday, March 5th, 1956.

147-Lucy Gets a Paris Gown

• Ricky arranges for an invitation to a Parisian Fashion show for Lucy and Ethel under the conditions that Lucy goes just to look. However, captivated by the unusual but modern fashion created by Jacques Marcel, Lucy is determined to get a new dress. She commits herself to a hunger strike, which she promises never to deter from until Ricky meets her demands. Ricky succumbs to her strike, but after learning that her supposed hunger strike is a fallacy, Ricky and Fred pay a local tailor to make two fake dresses of potato sacks, a testament to the absurdity of the dresses in the fashion show. They wear the dress in public, unbeknownst to them that the dresses are just as fallacious as her "hunger strike." After discovering the truth behind the dresses, Lucy and Ethel force their spouses to purchase them Jacques Marcel original dresses, but are surprised to witness that the fashion designer has created dresses of exact likeness to the absurd dresses the tailor had made.

Original Air Date: Monday, March 19th, 1956.

148-Lucy in the Swiss Alps

• After Fred accidentally sent the Ricky's Bandmembers to Locarno, Switzerland, Lucy plans a hiking trip to the Swiss Alps in order to ease Ricky's anxiety. Lucy, along with Ricky, Fred, and Ethel, hike up to the peak summit of one of the mountain tops, where the four of them eat their lunch "on top of the world." After it begins to snow, the four decide to take shelter in a small cabin they discovered on their way up to the summit. Ricky realizes, however, that an unsturdy cliff of snow is hovering over the cabin and a strong vibration or loud noise could easily collapse the snow bank into a falling avalanche. Lucy, despite urging everyone to keep from sneezing, sneezes herself. Lucy goes outside to check on the snow bank and slams the door upon reentering the cabin, collapsing the snow bank and burrying the cabin under an unknown snow depth. The four are visibly freightened by their captivity and fear they may die of starvation. However, they are saved by concerned Swiss Bandmembers that Fred had secured for Ricky in the case that the displaced bandmembers failed to reach Lucerne, Switzerland in time.

Original Air Date: Monday, March 26th, 1956.

149-Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy

• Lucy and Ricky check into an antiquated but picturesque hotel in Florence, Italy in which they reside in a fourth floor suite with a dysfunctional elevator. A concerned Lucy is worried that Little Ricky may have not received his birthday presents. Ricky allows her to call New York to get in contact with Little Ricky. The first call is obstructed by the time difference, in which it is still only 5 a.m. in New York. The second call is obstructed by the fact that Little Ricky is in nursery school. A little neighborhood boy comes to shine Lucy's shoes and fibs, stating that coincidentally today was his birthday also. She gives him some chocolate, which prompts a wave of fictitious claims in which many neighborhood children claim to be celebrating their birthdays today. Lucy throws a birthday party in honor of Little Ricky in Italy and finally gets in contact with Little Ricky.

Original Air Date: Monday, April 9th, 1956.

150-Lucy's Italian Movie Original Air Date: Monday, April 16th, 1956. One of the all-time classics!

151-Lucy's Bicycle Trip Original Air Date: Monday, April 23rd, 1956.

152-Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo Original Air Date: Monday, May 7th, 1956

153-Return Home From Europe Original Air Date: Monday, May 14th, 1956. Look for Mary Jane Croft as "Evelyn Bigsby" and Frank Nelson as the customs officer.

Season 6

154-Lucy and Bob Hope Guest Star: Bob Hope. Original Air Date: Monday, October 1st, 1956. This episode marks Keith Thibideaux's first appearance as an "aged" Little Ricky.

155-Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drum Original Air Date: Monday, October 8th, 1956

156-Lucy Meets Orson Welles Guest Star: Orson Welles. Original Air Date: Monday, October 15th, 1956.

157- Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright Guest star: Howard McNear as "Mr. Crawford" (he would later play Floyd Lawson, the barber on Andy Griffith). Original Air Date: Monday, October 22nd, 1956.

158-Visitor From Italy Original Air Date: Monday, October 29th, 1956. Guest star: Jay Novello Look for Lucy's classic way of making a pizza!

159-Off to Florida Guest Stars: Elsa Lanchester andStrother Martin Original Air Date: Monday, November 12th, 1956.

160-Deep-Sea Fishing Original Air Date: Monday, November 19th, 1956.

161-Desert Island Original Air Date: Monday, November 26th, 1956. Guest star: Claude Akins

162-The Ricardos Visit Cuba Original Air Date: Monday, December 3rd, 1956. The Ricardo's and the Mertz's visit Ricky's family. Actress Mary Emery appears again as Ricky's mother.

163-Little Ricky's School Pageant Original Air Date: Monday, December 17th, 1956.

164-I Love Lucy Christmas Show (Special) After little Ricky goes to bed, Ricky, Lucy, Fred and Ethel bring back memories of the events when Lucy was nearing little Ricky's birth, three and four years earlier. Original Air Date: Monday, December 24th, 1956.

165-Lucy and the Loving Cup Original Air Date: Monday, January 7th, 1957. Guest star: Johnny Longden

166-Lucy and Superman Guest Star: George Reeves. Original Air Date: Monday, January 14th, 1957.

167-Little Ricky Gets a Dog Original Air Date: Monday, January 21st, 1957. The "voice" of the dog was portrayed by veteran voice actress- June Foray.

168-Lucy Wants to Move to the Country Original Air Date: Monday, January 28th, 1957.

169-Lucy Hates to Leave Original Air Date: Monday, February 4th, 1957.

170-Lucy Misses the Mertzes Original Air Date: Monday, February 11th, 1957.

171-Lucy Gets Chummy With the Neighbors This episode marks the first appearances of new recurring neighbors- "Ralph & Betty Ramsey" as played by Frank Nelson and Mary Jane Croft. Original Air Date: Monday, February 18th, 1957.

172-Lucy Raises Chickens Listen and watch as Lucy does sounds to call baby chicks that were unable to be reached and follow Lucy to the hen house. Original Air Date: Monday, March 4th, 1957.

173-Lucy Does the Tango As Ricky Ricado and Fred Mertz tempers start to flare, once again, this time is because the hens that have not started to laying eggs, in their new environment. This gives Lucy the idea of buying eggs and then, she and Ethyl were about to secretly put them under the hens. And stop the flared up tempers of Ricky and Fred. Just as they were to hide the eggs, Ricky decided to practice another tango dance, right then and spoil Lucy and Ethyl's plan. Fortunately, all was not lost. Because, two children, Little Ricky and Bruce Ramsey were hiding some of the hens at the Ramsey's house, because Little Ricky did not want the chickens to be sold back. When the number of hens is noticed to be lower, than what it should be, Little Ricky admits that he and Bruce Ramsey hid some chickens, not knowing that some are hens. As the episode concludes, Bruce Ramsey comes over to the Ricardo's house and brought a bucket of atleast eightteen eggs, that the hidden hens really did lay. Trivia: This episode reportedly has the longest, loudest and continuous studio audience laughter in Lucy history! The reason is that as Lucy and Ricky practice their tango number and the big finish, numerous eggs that were hidden inside Lucy's shirt broke and soaked through. While Ricky looked on in disbelief, Lucy ad-libbed by trying to cover up the mess with her arms without saying a word and by looking nonchalant. As Ethel looked on with a pained look from across the room, Fred entered the room and the door hit Ethel on her behind where she too had eggs "stashed" in her pants! Original Air Date: Monday, March 11th, 1957.

174-Ragtime Band Original Air Date: Monday, March 18th, 1957.

175-Lucy's Night In Town G S: Joseph Kearns as Theatre Manager Original Air Date: Monday, March 25th, 1957.

176-Housewarming Original Air Date: Monday, April 1st, 1957.

177-Building a B-B-Q Original Air Date: Monday, April 8th, 1957.

178-Country Club Dance Originl Air Date: Monday, April 22nd, 1957. Guest star: Barbara Eden

179-Lucy Raises Tulips Original Air Date: Monday, April 29th, 1957.

180-The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue Original Air Date: Monday, May 6th, 1957. Look quickly for Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. in the crowd scene where Ethel asks: "Are you having a good time, honey?"

• • • There are 181 episodes, altogether. What was to be the pilot episode of Season 1 was kept back or misplaced. Vaudeville clown Pepito Perez was in it and his wife returned it to the Lucie Arnaz or Desi Arnaz Jr., in 1990. That episode was originally shown on Monday, April 30, 1990 on CBS.

Trivia: What was to be the real pilot episode, is titled, "The Lost Pilot". Lucille Ball was pregnant with Lucie Arnaz, when it was filmed, in 1951. Lucille Ball or Desi Arnaz must have given it to Pepito Perez and let his family keep it for 38 years. The plot is very similar to that of episode six, of season one, titled "The Audition Show". It originally aired Monday, November 19, 1951. The Guest Star was Spanish clown, Pepito Perez showing his same acts, like in Season Two's episode, "Lucy's Show-Biz Swan Song", it originally aired on Monday,December 22, 1952.

Sources

• Andrews, Bart. The "I Love Lucy" Book. A Dolphin Book. DOUBLEDAY & CO., INC. NY, 1985 ISBN 0385190336

External links

• East 68th Street - Everything "I Love Lucy"