Series synopsis
The Lucy Show is an American comedy television series that premiered on CBS on October 1, 1962. It ended on March 11, 1968. It was created by Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller, Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Pugh. It stars Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Gale Gordon and Candy Moore.
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star.
The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the ...
Premise
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star.
The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
Premise: Lucy's Back!!!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael
- Vivian Vance as Vivian Bagley
- Gale Gordon as Theodore J. Mooney
- Candy Moore as Chris Carmichael
- Ralph Hart as Sherman Bagley
- Jimmy Garrett as Jerry Carmichael
- William Schallert as Mr. Cresant
- Charles Lane as Mr. Barnsdahl
Supporting cast
- Keith Thibodeaux as Little Boy
- Hans Conried as Dr. Gitterman
- John 'Bubbles' Sublett as John Bubbles
- Clint Walker as Frank Winslow
- Richard Arlen as Richard
- Barry Livingston as Arnold Mooney
- Jackie Coogan as Lieutenant Ruggles
- Dennis Day as Cornelius Heatherington Jr.
- Dick Martin as Harry Conners
- Edie Adams as Nanette Johnson
- Jane Kean as Pussycat
- Arthur Godfrey as Arthur Godfrey
Guest cast
- William Schallert as Mr. Cresant
- Charles Lane as Mr. Barnsdahl
- Keith Thibodeaux as Little Boy
- Hans Conried as Dr. Gitterman
- John 'Bubbles' Sublett as John Bubbles
- Clint Walker as Frank Winslow
- Richard Arlen as Richard
- Barry Livingston as Arnold Mooney
- Jackie Coogan as Lieutenant Ruggles
- Dennis Day as Cornelius Heatherington Jr.
- Dick Martin as Harry Conners
- Edie Adams as Nanette Johnson
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 156 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 30 | October 1, 1962 | April 29, 1963 |
| Season 2 | 28 | September 30, 1963 | April 27, 1964 |
| Season 3 | 26 | September 21, 1964 | April 12, 1965 |
| Season 4 | 26 | September 13, 1965 | March 21, 1966 |
| Season 5 | 22 | September 12, 1966 | March 6, 1967 |
| Season 6 | 24 | September 11, 1967 | March 11, 1968 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lucy Waits Up for Chris When Lucy waits up for her daughter Chris to return from a date, the fourteen-year old girl is mightly embarrassed. Lucy promises never to do it again, but can't help herself. |
October 1, 1962 |
| 2 |
Lucy Digs Up a Date Eager to ask Jerry's handsome math teacher to take her to a dance, Lucy steals the teacher's driver's license to find out whether he's married. |
October 8, 1962 |
| 3 |
Lucy Is a Referee Lucy referees for a football game at Jerry's school. |
October 15, 1962 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lucy Plays Cleopatra The Danfield Womens Volunteer Fire Fighters do the play Cleopatra for their annual thearter group play. Lucy gets cast as Cleopatra and no man in town wants to be in the play, except for the director who plays Caesar, Viv ends up playing Anthony and the show is interupted by a fire in another part of town. |
September 30, 1963 |
| 2 |
Kiddie Parties, Inc. One of the kids needs money for a birthday party they're going to, but Lucy and Viv don't have it. To solve they're money problem they start up a birthday party, throwing business. At their fist party, everything bad that could happen, happens. |
October 7, 1963 |
| 3 |
Lucy and Viv Play Softball Lucy and Viv have an after season softball match for the womens volunteer fire department. Lucy is benched until another player gets dilusional and Lucy catches the winning ball in her huge and oversized pants!! |
October 14, 1963 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lucy and the Good Skate Wanting to spend more time with her daughter, Lucy & Chris go roller skating. But when Lucy gets home, she can't get the skates off because her feet had swollen, and she has to wear them to a dance that night. |
September 21, 1964 |
| 2 |
Lucy and the Plumber Mr. Mooney approves of Lucy hiring a plumber to fix her kitchen, and the one who shows up looks exactly like Jack Benny (and his assistant bears resemblance to Bob Hope). |
September 28, 1964 |
| 3 |
Lucy and the Winter Sports Lucy is participated in Winter Sports in Skiing, Ice Hockey, Curling & Ice Skating. Vivian coached her to do it when a true athlete to please help out in the forthcoming Olympics. She can win a decathlon for the bank. |
October 5, 1964 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lucy at Marineland Lucy and her son Jerry arrive in LA (her daughter has gone to bording school, and Vivian has gotten married, it is explained), where, coincidentally, Mr. Mooney has also relocated to. Lucy coerces Mr. Mooney into taking her and Jerry to Marine Land, where Lucy ultimately ends up in the pool with the dolphins. |
September 13, 1965 |
| 2 | Lucy and the Golden Greek | September 20, 1965 |
| 3 | Lucy in the Music World | September 27, 1965 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lucy and George Burns George Burns arrives at the bank to pick up his statement, but Mr. Mooney has problems locating it. While waiting for Lucy to return to work, Mooney and Burns chat, and Mr. Burns reveals that he's having trouble finding another girl to be in his act. Enter Lucy, who goes on to explain her rather unique filing system, impressing George so much that he asks her to be his new comedy partner. The two go on to do a hit show and are offered a gig in Las Vegas, but Lucy declines, saying that she could never leave Mr. Mooney behind. |
September 12, 1966 |
| 2 |
Lucy and the Submarine When Lucy accidentally gets Mr. Mooney stationed on a submarine by talking too much, she sneaks onto the submarine dressed as a sailor to get him to sign some important contracts, but the submarine takes off before Lucy can exit. |
September 19, 1966 |
| 3 |
Lucy, the Bean Queen Lucy finds a sale on beans that says ""The Best Beans You've Ever Eaten or Double Your Money Back"". Needing money for new furniture, Lucy & Mary Jane keep buying and returning more and more beans until they have collected $1,500.00! Little does Lucy know that Mr. Mooney is helping to sell them. |
September 26, 1966 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lucy Meets the Berles Needing some extra money, Lucy takes a part-time job as the secretary for Milton Berle. While Working for Mr. Berle, she suspects that he is having an affair and does the best she can to stop him in his tracks. (This synopsis is from the Front Row Features DVD.) |
September 11, 1967 |
| 2 |
Lucy Gets Trapped Lucy fakes sickness to go shopping at a one-day-only sale with Mary Jane. But when Lucy becomes the customer of the year and has her photo printed in the paper, Lucy must hide the paper from Mr. Mooney before he sees it. |
September 18, 1967 |
| 3 |
Lucy and the French Movie Star Whe famous French movie star Jacques DuPre expresses interest in opening an account at Mr. Mooney's bank, Lucy is asked to visit his apartment and dictate a formal letter of agreement confirming the account. While visiting, she drinks a little too much champagne and makes a complete fool of herself. But Monsieur DuPre gets a kick out of it, and gets the account anyway. |
September 25, 1967 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 1, 1962 |
| Last aired | March 11, 1968 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 20:30:00 |