The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired from 1962 to 1968 on CBS, starring Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widow raising two children in a small town. For the first three seasons, she shares a home with her divorced friend Vivian Bagley, played by Vivian Vance. From season four onward, Lucy moves to Los Angeles and goes to work for the cantankerous banker Theodore J. Mooney, played by Gale Gordon. The series was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy and was produced by Desilu Productions. It ran for 156 episodes across six seasons and featured numerous celebrity guest stars including John Wayne, George Burns, and Jack Benny. Many episodes are in the public domain.
This series is:Lighthearted
Season 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.
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.
Lucy Is a Referee
Lucy referees for a football game at Jerry's school.
Lucy Misplaces $2,000
When the bank accidentally gives Lucy a check for $2,000 instead of $20, Lucy decides to hide the money in a candy box for a few days to give the persnickety banker a good scare.
Lucy Buys a Sheep
Left with no one to tend the lawn, Lucy buys a sheep named Clementine to take care of the grass. Unfortunately, weather and circumstances make Clementine an unwelcome house guest, and Lucy sneaks her back to the farm. Only then is she offered $200 for Clementine to appear in a blanket ad.
Lucy Becomes an Astronaut
After Lucy and Vivian successfully spend 24 hours in a simulated space ship, Vivian decides to deflate Lucy's ego by convincing the red-head that she has been selected as the first woman astronaut and must leave immediately for Cape Canaveral.
Lucy Is a Kangaroo for a Day
To make money to buy a bike for Jerry, Lucy takes a job as a kangaroo.
Lucy, the Music Lover
Lucy causes a doctor's hand to be injured so that he can't play the violin.
Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna
Lucy and Viv try to replace the TV antenna on the roof.
Vivian Sues Lucy
After tripping over one of Jerry's toys, Viv decides to sue Lucy.
Lucy Builds a Rumpus Room
Lucy and Viv decide they need an extra room where they can entertain visitors.
Lucy and Her Electric Mattress
Lucy plans to surprise Vivian with a new mattress and a redone room while she's on vacation, but the electric mattress Lucy bought her malfunctions (it moves around the room when the motor is on) and Lucy is forced to return it. However, Vivian returns home early and has no place to sleep, so she and Lucy have to share the boys' bunkbeds for a night.
Together for Christmas
Lucy and Viv argue about how best to spend Christmas together.
Chris's New Year's Eve Party
The women allows Chris for a New Year's Eve Party without begin annoyed.
Lucy's Sister Pays a Visit
Lucy tries to convince her siser to have a fancy second wedding.
Lucy and Viv Are Volunteer Firemen
Lucy and Viv organize the local women into a volunteer fire brigade.
Lucy Becomes a Reporter
Lucy get a temporary job as a society reporter.
Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower
Lucy and Vivian decide to install a shower themselves to save money, with predictably disastrous results as their do-it-yourself plumbing
Lucy's Barbershop Quartet
Lucy joins a barbershop quartet to help them win a competition, despite having no musical talent, and turns the performance into
Lucy and Viv Become Tycoons
Lucy convinces Viv to start selling her caramel popcorn.
No More Double Dates
Lucy and Viv quarrel about where to go for their double date.
Lucy and Viv Learn Judo
Lucy and Viv decide that they should take judo lessons for self-protection.
Lucy Is a Soda Jerk
In order to get the money for a parade uniform, Chris applies for a job as a soda jerk.
Lucy Drives a Dump Truck
Lucy joins a drive to gather newspapers to buy new uniforms for the local firefighters.
Lucy Visits the White House
The ladies escort a local cub scout troop on a trip to Washington.
Lucy and Viv Take Up Chemistry
Lucy and Viv join a chemistry class.
Lucy Is a Chaperone
Lucy is prepared to chaperone her daughter Chris and some of her school friends for a week at Sandy Cove. When Chris' school principle decides that one woman can't possibly chaperone all those girls Lucy recruits Viv to come along. While at the beach Lucy decides that the kids think that she and Viv are old foogys so they try to dress and act young, only to find out in the end that the kids would rather have their chaperones behave as adults.
Lucy and the Little League
Lucy and Viv become spectators at a Little League baseball game.
Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly
After Jerry's white butterfly escapes, Lucy tries to find him s new one.
Lucy Buys a Boat
Lucy invests in a boat.
Season 2
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.
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.
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!!
Lucy Gets Locked in the Vault
Lucy follows Mr. Mooney into the bank vault and then closes the door for privacy, causing them to be locked in until the next morning.
Lucy and the Safe Cracker
Lucy accidentally locks Mr. Mooney in the bank vault and finds a ""can opener"" turned candy store owner to open the vault. Once he opens the vault, he goes back to his old ways and steals several bags full of money and locks Viv and Lucy in his candy shop.
Lucy Goes Duck Hunting
Enamored with her handsome, wealthy blind date, Lucy agrees to go duck hunting. After frightening all the ducks away, Lucy creates her own duck call, luring swarms of ducks.
Lucy and the Bank Scandal
When Lucy finds a note in Mr. Mooney's office that reads ""ten thousand dollars buried in back yard,"" she and Viv spend the night digging up Mr. Mooney's backyard.
Lucy Decides to Redecorate
Lucy tries to wangle money out of Mr. Mooney to redecorate, but can only manage enough to do a few things herself. Things are going good until she decides to use fabric paint on her sofa and the sprayer malfunctions.
Lucy Puts Out a Fire at the Bank
When Mr. Mooney and the town finance commitee refuse to fund the incompetent Danfield women's volunteer fire department, Lucy sets off a smoke bomb in the bank so the volunteers can rush in and pretend to save the day.
Lucy and the Military
Lucy tries to sneak into a Military Academy disguised as a cadet to visit her son, Jerry, before visitor's day.
Lucy's College Reunion
Lucy goes to her college reunion. While she's there, she helps Chris and some of her friends steal the bell tower statue. She and Viv end up having to put it back or suffer the consiquences. They get locked on the top of the tower, until the dean discovers them.
The Loophole in the Lease
Sherman leaves the water in the bathtub running and it runs over, making the plaster in the ceiling below collapse. Mr. Mooney convinces Lucy that it's Viv's fault and they threaten to throw Viv out if she doesn't pay for the damages. They take out their lease and in it, it says that the rent will be considered down payment for the house, after five years, if the tenant desires. Viv has Mr. Mooney and Lucy thinking that she will and they end up trying to steal it from her, while she's sleeping.
Lucy Conducts the Symphony
Viv's cousin comes to New York to play percussion in Manhattan. When he arrives at the house, he's a nervous wreck and Lucy tries to relax him by telling jokes, but gets the hicups from laughing. Lucy tries to cure him by hypnotizing him, but she puts him in a heavy sleep and he won't wake up. Lucy ends up playing in the symphony in his place and makes the conductor mad and she takes his place.
Details
- Years
- 1962–1968
- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes
- 43
- Genres
- Comedy
- TMDB Rating
- 7.1/10 (53 votes)
- Maturity Rating
- TV-PG
- Quality
- SD
- Audio
- English
- Status
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Studio
- Desilu Productions
