I LOVE LUCY (1951 - 1957)

Starring: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Richard Keith, Abdullah Abbas, Harry Ackerman, Claude Akins, Jack Albertson, Fred Aldrich, Betty Allen, Elvia Allman, Harry Antrim, Desi Arnaz Jr, Pilar Arcos, Eve Arden, Phil Arnold, Gertrude Astor, Eleanor Audley, Hy Averback, Irving Bacon, Parley Baer, Benjie Bancroft, Joan Banks, Rosa Barbato, Virginia Barbour, Lita Baron, Harry Bartell, Florence Bates, Brandon Beach, Leon Belasco, Bea Benaderet, Marjorie Bennett, Pepin Betancourt, Audrey Betz, Robert Bice, Laurie Blaine, Madge Blake, Oliver Blake, John Bleifer, Gloria Blondell, Fortunio Bonanova, Gail Bonney, Marilyn Borden, Rosalyn Borden, Charles Boyer, Hazel Boyne, Ruth Brady, Bart Braverman, John Breen, Virginia Brissac, Peter Brocco, Don Brodie, Sheila Bromley, Hillary Brooke, Jimmy Brooks, John Brown, Robert Brubaker, George Bruggeman, Arthur Q. Bryan, James Burke, Terry Burnham, Alberto Calderone, Charles Cane, Kathryn Card, Mona Carlson, Sue Carol, Steve Carruthers, Chick Chandler, Jack Chefe, Dick Cherney, Harry Cheshire, Ken Christy, Eduardo Ciannelli, Gordon B. Clarke, Tristram Coffin, James Conaty, Rita Conde, Onna Conners, Hans Conried, Ellen Corby, Sally Corner, Franco Corsaro, Joseph Crehan, Richard Crenna, Paul Cristo, Mary Jane Croft, Henry Dar Boggia, Beppie De Vries, Amapola Del Vando, Jimmy Demaret, Vernon Dent, Helen Dickson, Lawrence Dobkin, James Dobson, Dolores Donlon, Lester Dorr, Jody Drew, Paul Dubov, Ralph Dumke, Barbara Eden, Sam Edwards, John Eldredge, Dick Elliott, Ross Elliott, Juney Ellis, Robert Ellis, John Emery, Mary Emery, Bill Erwin, Douglas Evans, Stanley Farrar, Jesslyn Fax, Fritz Feld, Verna Felton, Ray Ferrell, James Flavin, Bess Flowers, June Foray, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, Aldo Formica, Byron Foulger, Robert Foulk, Abel Franco, John Frank, Milton Frome, Nacho Galindo, John Gallaudet, James John Ganzer, Don Garner, Hal Gerard, Frank Gerstle, Kenneth Gibson, Alan J. Gilbert, Joe Gilbert, Larry Gleason, Pat Goldin, Gale Gordon, Sandra Gould, Herschel Graham, A. Cameron Grant, Harvey Grant, Gary Gray, Marion Gray, Bennett Green, Stuart Hall, Florence Halop, William Hamel, Sam Harris, John Hart, Paul Harvey, Jerry Hausner, Jim Hayward, Sam Hearn, John Henson, Gil Herman, Maurice Hill, Ramsay Hill, Howard Hoffman, Mary Alan Hokanson, William Holden, Georgia Holt, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, Edward Everett Horton, Art Howard, Olin Howland, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr, Hal Hudson, Rock Hudson, Gladys Hurlbut, Alvin Hurwitz, Erze Ivan, Johnny Jacobs, Tom Jacobs, Vivi Janiss, Frank Jaquet, Jil Jarmyn, Betty Jaynes, Bob Jellison, Allen Jenkins, Marilyn Johnson, Susan Johnson, Van Johnson, Byron Kane, Mary Ellen Kay, Steven Kay, Richard Kean, Joseph Kearns, Ray Kellogg, Walter Kingsford, Jess Kirkpatrick, Helen Kleeb, Lou Krugman, Nancy Kulp, Joseph La Cava, Mike Lally, Elsa Lanchester, Charles Lane, Joi Lansing, Mary Lansing, Mildred Law, Charlotte Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence, Roy Lazarus, Eddie Le Baron, Bob LeMond, Peter Leeds, Sheldon Leonard, Margie Liszt, John Litel, Dorothy Lloyd, Saverio LoMedico, Barbara Logan, Shorty Long, Hazel Longden, Johnny Longden, Adele Longmire, Don Loper, Dayton Lummis, Art Lund, Herbert Lytton, Sheila MacRae, Maggie Magennis, Hal March, Maurice Marsac, Myra Marsh, Brenda Marshall, Jeanne Martin, Strother Martin, Harpo Marx, Monte Masters, Eva June Mayer, Joseph A. Mayer, Michael Mayer, Kathleen Mazalo, Sam McDaniel, Howard McNear, Eve McVeagh, Tyler McVey, Edith Meiser, Shepard Menken, Louis Merrill, Torben Meyer, Tony Michaels, Lee Millar, Harold Miller, Joe Miller, Amanda Milligan, Shirley Mitchell, Hans Moebus, Gerald Mohr, Lillian Molieri, Ernesto Molinari, Ralph Montgomery, Ida Moore, Pat Moran, Alberto Morin, Kenny Morgan, Forbes Murray, John Mylong, George Nardelli, Frances E. Neal, Frank Nelson, Patti Nestor, Louis Nicoletti, Ben Niems, Buddy Noble, Danni Sue Nolan, Robert Norman, Jay Novello, Betty Noyes, William H. O'Brien, Doye O'Dell, Monty O'Grady, George O'Hanlon, Philip Ober, Sammy Ogg, Moroni Olsen, Jess Oppenheimer, Larry Orenstein, Doris Packer, Vicente Padula, Mabel Paige, Manuel París, Emory Parnell, Flower Parry, Milton Parsons, Elizabeth Patterson, GeGe Pearson, Barbara Pepper, Pepito Perez, Gil Perkins, Ruth Perrott, Barney Phillips, The Pied Pipers, Hazel Pierce, George Pierrone, Murray Pollack, Paul Power, Fred Rapport, Francis Ravel, Allan Ray, Peggy Rea, George Reeves, Richard Reeves, Elliott Reid, Jack Reitzen, Waclaw Rekwart, Gene Reynolds, Jack Rice, Carol Richards, Leoda Richards, Marco Rizo, Earl Robie, Edwin Rochelle, Candy Rogers Schoenberger, Felix Romano, Hayden Rorke, Roy Rowan, Benny Rubin, David Saber, Ralph Sanford, Frank J. Scannell, Natalie Schafer, Roy Schallert, Betty Scott, Rolfe Sedan, Sarah Selby, Maxine Semon, Florence Shaen, Robert Shafto, Harry Shannon, Iva Shepard, Fred Sherman, Ransom M. Sherman, Mario Siletti, Helen Silvers, Richard Lee Simmons, Ronald Lee Simmons, Doris Singleton, Ida Smeraldo, Olan Soule, Aaron Spelling, John Stephenson, Bert Stevens, K.T. Stevens, Robert Stevenson, David Stollery, Clarence Straight, Amzie Strickland, Frank Sully, Clinton Sundberg, Dub Taylor, Shirley Tegge, Max Terhune, Tony Terran, Beverly Thompson, Maury Thompson, Teresa Tirelli, Jorge Treviño, Rosa Turich, Lurene Tuttle, Diana Van Fossen, Norma Varden, Charles Victor, Herb Vigran, Ralph Volkie, Veola Vonn, Janet Waldo, Arthur Walsh, Trevor Ward, Jody Warner, Pierre Watkin, John Wayne, Ben Welden, Orson Welles, June Whitley Taylor, Eve Whitney, Mary Wickes, Richard Widmark, Frank Wilcox, Cornel Wilde, Kay Wiley, Robert B. Williams, Alice Wills, Charles Winninger, Paula Winslowe, Dorothea Wolbert, Jeffrey Woodruff, Stephen Wootton, Will Wright, Norma Zimmer

180 episodes

(TV-G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

The wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.

season 1 - 

Ricky tries to keep Lucy away from auditioning for a TV show, but when a clown becomes unavailable, Lucy takes his place. 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. 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. Lucy can be in Ricky's act, but only if she can lose 12 pounds in four days. After becoming too involved in a murder mystery book, Lucy believes that Ricky is trying to murder her. 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'. Ricky finally lands an audition for a television show. After the clown in Ricky's act gets injured, Lucy fills in for him. 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. Annoyed at Ricky's messiness, Lucy divides the apartment into two halves: one for each of them to live in. 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. 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. 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. 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. Lucy gets Ricky to perform with her at a benefit for Ethel's club. 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. 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. 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. 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. The Ricardos try to break their lease after a fight with the Mertzes. 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. Lucy and Ricky try to deal with youthful admirers. Lucy thinks the new neighbors are plotting a murder. Lucy tries to reunite the separated Mertzes after they had a big fight. 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. The boys and girls bet each other breakfast in bed for a month that they can't stop gossiping. 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. When Lucy finds a misspelling on her marriage license, she believes her marriage to Ricky isn't legal. 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. Lucy tries to emulate Ricky's former dance partner from Cuba. 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. 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. Ricky's publicity goes bad, so Lucy creates a stunt that includes her posing as the "Maharincess of Franistan." 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. After Lucy causes them to be late for dinner with Ricky's new boss, he puts her on a tight schedule. Lucy tries to convince Ricky that he is not losing his hair. 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. 

season 2 - 

After Ricky and Fred get upset about the girls' spending, Lucy and Ethel go to work in a candy factory while the boys do the housework. Lucy doesn't want to be left home when Ricky goes on tour, so she tries to convince him that she is a talented saxophone player. When that doesn't work, she tries to make him so jealous that he won't leave her by herself. For their anniversary, Ricky secretly tries to buy some pearls for Lucy through a neighbor lady who works at a jewelry store. Lucy finds out just enough to think there's something going on between them. Lucy attaches herself to Ricky using old handcuffs from Fred. She doesn't know he never had a key for them. The Ricardos and Mertzes perform in an operetta for a club benefit. Lucy convinces Ethel that both of their marriages are in a rut. They decide to take some time away from their spouses. Lucy moves in with Ethel and Fred moves in with Ricky. By Saturday night they all get bored and both attempt to check the activity of the other pair at the same time. Lucy and Ethel almost get caught spying and end up getting locked on the roof in their night clothes. The Ricardos buy the Mertzes a television set for their 25th wedding anniversary. When Ricky accidentally breaks it, Fred breaks the Ricardo's TV and both couples end up suing each other. Lucy and Ethel are both sick of their furniture, so they enter a contest where the grand prize is five rooms of new furniture. Ricky gets a sore throat just before a show for the new owner of the Tropicana. When Lucy learns that she's going to have a baby, she tries to find the right way to tell this to Ricky. Ricky does his best to deal with pregnant Lucy's emotional needs. Pregnant Lucy insists on being in a barbershop quartet skit at the club with Ricky and the Mertzes. Lucy is worried that their unborn child will someday ask a lot of difficult questions, so she hires a tutor to teach her, Ricky, and the Mertzes. Ricky develops psychosomatic labor pains. Lucy decides to explore her artistic side and takes up sculpting. Lucy has her baby. Lucy seems to be unable to resist buying junk from fast-talking salesmen. Ricky and the Mertzes try to pull Lucy out of an emotional slump. Lucy and Ethel run against each other for President of their women's club. Ricky and the Mertzes recall when Ricky accidentally gave Lucy a black eye. When Ricky gets upset about Lucy constantly changing her mind and never finishing anything, he tells her she has to finished everything she starts. When she finds an old, incomplete love letter to a former boyfriend, she decides to finish it. Lucy has a difficult night with Little Ricky crying constantly. A neighbor, Mrs. Trumbull complains and says the lease does not allow children. Ethel says the lease does not matter because the Ricardos can stay. When Lucy needs to help with the baby and housekeeping, but she hires a maid who turns out to be more than a little domineering. Ricky plans a Native American show at the club and needs to find a few Native Americans. Lucy, Fred and Ethel want to be part of it. Ricky hires Fred and Ethel but not Lucy, so Lucy has to resort to trickery to be its inclusion. Lucy is depressed when she thinks everyone forgot her birthday and wanders off while her surprise party waits at the club. Lucy tries everything to convince Ricky to let them move to a bigger apartment. Lucy and Ethel play matchmaker for one of Fred's friends who is visiting from out of town, but things get complicated. Ricky insists that Lucy use her allowance to pay for new furniture she bought without his approval. Lucy and Ethel want to go with Ricky and Fred on their camping trip. The girls get fed up with the boys watching the fights on television. They try to do something to distract them and end up getting arrested. The Ricardos sell their old washing machine to the Mertzes after they buy a new one. It's the Ricardos vs. the Mertzes when it breaks down before the Mertzes pay for it. 

season 3 - 

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. 

season 4 - 

After Lucy gets several months behind in all the bills, Ricky hires a no-nonsense business manager who puts her on a strict budget. Lucy comes up with a scheme to get some extra money that soon has her rolling in cash. Lucy pretends to be Fred and Ethel's maid to impress Fred's old vaudeville partner. Lucy fakes a crisis to test Ricky's love for her. Lucy tries to get her lonely friend's boyfriend to finally propose. When Ricky tries to save him from marriage, he and Lucy end up having a fight. Lucy unwittingly attacks the talent scout sent by a company that wants to cast Ricky in a movie. Lucy sees Ricky's screen test as an opportunity to get discovered as a new movie star. Lucy meets her mother-in-law from Cuba for the first time. Convinced that his wife never likes the presents he buys for her, Fred asks Lucy to secretly find a birthday present for Ethel on his behalf. Lucy agrees, and later is with Ethel when she happens to find the gift-wrapped package in a closet. Ethel is less than excited about it, complaining that Fred has a history of giving her horrible gifts. Lucy urges Ethel to sneak a peek at what's inside. Reluctantly unwrapping the gift, Ethel pulls out a pair of strange-looking pants, gives them a quizzical glance and exclaims, "Well, he's done it again." Lucy hides her dismay, speaking up for Fred, trying to explain that they are chic hostess pants, the kind you wear "when you give smart dinner parties." Ethel is unimpressed, saying, "Oh, I've been wondering what to wear to all those smart dinner parties I give." When Lucy reveals that it was she and not Fred who selected the gift, this leads to an argument and an estrangement. In Act II, Ricky and Fred scheme to get the girls together again by taking them both to the theater to see a new hit show, "Over the Teacups". Ethel and Lucy are forced to sit together as they watch the play. Their anger toward each other softens as they listen to the play, a drama in which the main character is presented with news of a friend's death. Everyone's on pins and needles waiting for the results of Ricky's screen test. The Ricados and Mertzes prepare for their trip to California where Ricky will be acting in a movie. Lucy insists in learning to drive the new car so she can help with the driving on the way to California. After one bad lesson, she tries teaching Ethel how to drive. Ethel ends up wrecking the car before it has insurance. The Ricardos and Mertzes begin their cross-country drive to California. When the gang is traveling through Ohio, they stop at a diner and motel run by a man who takes advantage of them. After getting lost and ending up south in Tennessee, the Ricardos and Mertzes get arrested for speeding and Tennessee Ernie Ford helped them escape, to continue their trip west, to California. The gang arrives in Ethel's hometown of Albequerque, New Mexico, where the locals are under the impression that she, and not Ricky, has been hired to star in a Hollywood movie. When the Ricardos and the Mertzes arrive in Hollywood, Lucy goes to the Brown Derby restaurant where her sighting of William Holden turns catastrophic. The studio makes Ricky do movie publicity with four starlets, leaving Lucy alone. Lucy gets a bit part in a movie, but has a problem with the costume. Lucy models fashions with other celebrities' wives. Lucy appears in Hedda Hopper's gossip column. When Variety reports that M-G-M has shelved its "Don Juan" movie, Lucy is afraid that she and the gang might have to leave Hollywood. She schemes to find a man to pretend to be a producer interested in Ricky, thinking this will convince studio head Dore Schary to put him in another film. Lucy blackmails Ricky to get a role on a national TV show, but the part isn't exactly what she expected. Ricky can't remember the date of their anniversary. He calls Western Union at 3am, sending a wire to the head of the license bureau in Greenwich, CT for the date. Phipps Department Store offers Ricky a job as a morning TV show host, but only if it includes Lucy as well. When Lucy learns that Cornel Wilde is staying in the penthouse upstairs, she poses as the bellboy to try and get in to meet him. After having a fight with Ricky and Fred, Lucy and Ethel go to Palm Springs. They meet Rock Hudson there, who helps get everyone back together. Lucy gets to dance with Van Johnson. The gang meets Harpo Marx and Lucy does the famous 'mirror' routine with him. Lucy is frustrated that Ricky is waiting in Hollywood while MGM tries to find a movie for him to star in. She pretends to be his new agent and confronts the MGM brass, saying he has an offer to do a big Broadway musical. Instead of putting him in a movie right away, MGM releases Ricky from his contract. Lucy gets stranded in Richard Widmark's house after trying to steal a grapefruit from a tree in his backyard. 

season 5 - 

Lucy complains that she doesn't have nearly enough Hollywood souvenirs, a statement with which Ricky takes issue. When she and Ethel go to the Grauman's Chinese Theater, they notice that John Wayne's footprints are loose, so they pry the cement block out of the ground and take it back to the hotel. To avoid bad publicity for the upcoming opening of his Don Juan movie Ricky calls Grauman's Chinese Theater to explain how John Wayne's footprints went missing. The manager of Grauman's promised not to call the police if the footprints were returned by that evening's opening of John Wayne's film "Blood Alley" (1955). Having broken them, that is obviously impossible, so Ricky convinces John Wayne to provide a new set of footprints. Lucy receives a call from MGM asking Ricky if he wants to perform in a show for the executives. Lucy says he'll do it; if she can perform with him. Ricky won't perform in the show at all, so Lucy uses a dummy that the studio made of Ricky in the act. When Ricky sells the car, the Mertzes are afraid they're going to be stuck in California. On the trip back to New York, Lucy learns a jewel thief's on their train. The Ricardos arrive home in New York where Ricky enjoys fame and adulation. An interview on national TV brings up the subject of the Ricardos moving into a fancier apartment. Lucy works on a rodeo act to fill in for Ricky at the talent show for Fred's lodge. Little Ricky's first day at nursery school and he gets tonsillitis. Ricky can't take Lucy on his European tour, so Lucy and Ethel hold a raffle to earn money so they can go. Lucy won't be able to go to Europe if she can't find her birth certificate. The girls seek a cure for Fred's seasickness. Lucy gets left behind when the gang sets sail for Europe. Lucy thinks the trip to Europe will be her and Ricky's second honeymoon, but his schedule doesn't leave much time for her. She feels left out when even Fred and Ethel start feeling romantic. While in London, Lucy is determined to meet the Queen of England. The gang's invited on a fox hunt, but Lucy's jealousy may ruin the whole weekend. Lucy wants to investigate her family history in Scotland. Lucy and the gang have adventures on the streets of Paris. Lucy decides to fake a meeting with Charles Boyer. Lucy is determined to get a new designer dress while in Paris. The Ricardos and Mertzes get trapped in a cabin by an avalanche. In Italy, Lucy gets homesick and wants to call Little Ricky in New York on his third birthday. In Rome, a film producer asks Lucy if she'd be interested in auditioning for his new film entitled "Bitter Grapes." Thinking that the film has something to do with the production of wine, she goes to the only non-automated winery left in the area. The gang goes on a long bike ride. When they get to the French/Italian border, Lucy doesn't have her passport. Lucy and Ethel go to the casino and inadvertently win big. After Ricky finds the hidden money, he thinks Fred has been skimming Ricky's concert earnings. Lucy takes a huge block of cheese disguised as a baby on the flight home. 

season 6 - 

Lucy tries to convince Bob Hope that she's not a jinx. When Little Ricky shows a natural talent for the drums, Lucy and Ricky clash over whether he should be a professional drummer when he grows up. Orson Welles asks Lucy to assist in his magic act. Little Ricky develops a case of stage fright. A gondolier from Vienna shows up at Lucy & Ricky's home. They had met him when they were on their European vacation and casually invited him to visit. The gondolier decided to visit and mishaps occur. Lucy loses her and Ethel's train tickets to Florida (Ricky and Fred went ahead of them), so they take a ride with a woman whom they think might be an escaped hatchet murderer. In Miami Beach, Lucy and Ethel make a bet with Ricky and Fred as to who can catch the biggest fish. To ensure winning, the day before the contest, each pair buys a 100 lb. tuna and stores it in ice in the hotel bathtub. Laughter ensues when the guys and the girls switch fish and bathtubs to hide them from one another. They all get caught when they decide to drop the charade and get rid of the fish. The next day they go out on the boat and Lucy's and Ricky's lines get tangled and Ricky goes overboard. Lucy hauls him in with her line. While filming a movie, actor Claude Akins, dressed in wild native costume, meets with Ricky and agrees to scare Lucy and Ethel for playing a trick that got them stranded on the island earlier. The Ricardo's and Mertz's visit Cuba to visit Ricky's family. Lucy is told to impress Uncle Alberto because he is the one that wanted Ricky to marry a Cuban woman. Lucy cannot seem to do anything right. Little Ricky's school pageant --"The Enchanted Forest" -- is coming up. Because there isn't enough children for the parts, so the Ricardos and Mertzes end up taking part. On Christmas Eve, the Ricardos and the Mertzes recall past events in their lives, as seen in clips from past episodes. After Ricky makes fun of Lucy's new hat, she puts on a trophy that Ricky is supposed to present at a ceremony. She finds out it goes on a lot easier than it comes off. Lucy competes with her friend Carolyn Appleby over invitations and scheduling for Little Ricky's birthday party. When her husband Ricky mentions that Superman is in town, Lucy tries to get Superman to come to Little Ricky's party, sure that this will make it a much bigger draw than the one Carolyn is hosting. Ricky tries, but Superman can't make the party. So Lucy disguises herself as Superman, but gets herself into great peril. Fortunately, the real Superman does show up to save the day. When Little Ricky brings home a puppy, his parents try to tell him to take it back, but they can't bring themselves to do it when they see how cute it is. After spending an idyllic weekend in Connecticut with friends, Lucy decides she wants to change her surroundings entirely. Habitual tenants, Lucy and Ricky have second thoughts about the purchase of their new Connecticut home. After years of living side by side, the Ricardos leave the Mertzes, after a bittersweet departure, and begin their new life in the suburbs. Life is anything but serene in cupcake Connecticut, when Lucy becomes fast friends with her new neighbor, Betty Ramsey. Life in the country is very costly, but the Ricardos devise a plan to offset expenses. Lucy finds herself with egg on her face and elsewhere, when she and Ethel try to forestall Ricky's pulling out of the heretofore money losing egg business. Lucy puts together her own band for a fund-raiser, consisting of herself, Little Ricky, Fred and Ethel. Murphy's Law is in full force when the Ricardos and the Mertzes leave their new Connecticut home for an evening of dinner and theater in New York City. When Lucy tries to warm Ethel to an aloof Betty Ramsey, Lucy is left out in the cold. Ricky is on vacation from work and is always in Lucy's way. Lucy & Ethel decide to start building a BBQ in order to trick Ricky & Fred into taking over a man's job. Unfortunately, Lucy loses her wedding ring during the process. Where's the fire in pastoral Connecticut? Look no further than the country club and the sexy siren, whose presence sets off all manner of alarms. Lucy vies to beat Betty Ramsey when the two compete in a local gardening contest. Lucy organizes a Revolutionary Day Celebration, including a statue dedication. Ricky is going to give the dedication speech. Lucy accidentally breaks the statue and decides to step in with stone makeup to take its place for the ceremony.