1951
TV-Y
30m

Summary 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. View more details

1951
TV-Y
30m

I Love Lucy

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Lucille Ball William Frawley Desi Arnaz Vivian Vance

All cast & crew

8.5

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Genres : Comedy

Release date : Oct 14, 1951

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Spanish

Filming locations : General Service Studios - 6625 Romaine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Desilu Productions

Summary 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. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy

Release date : Oct 14, 1951

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Spanish

Filming locations : General Service Studios - 6625 Romaine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Desilu Productions

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Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

Lucille Ball and Harpo Marx in I Love Lucy (1951)

Episodes

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Dec 31, 1969

Pilot

Ricky tries to keep Lucy away from auditioning for a TV show, but when a clown becomes unavailable, Lucy takes his place.

Episode 1 • Oct 14, 1951

The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub

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.

Episode 2 • Oct 21, 1951

Be a Pal

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.

Episode 3 • Oct 28, 1951

The Diet

Lucy can be in Ricky's act, but only if she can lose 12 pounds in four days.

Episode 4 • Nov 04, 1951

Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her

After becoming too involved in a murder mystery book, Lucy believes that Ricky is trying to murder her.

Episode 5 • Nov 11, 1951

The Quiz Show

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'.

Episode 6 • Nov 18, 1951

The Audition

Ricky finally lands an audition for a television show. After the clown in Ricky's act gets injured, Lucy fills in for him.

Episode 7 • Nov 25, 1951

The Seance

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.

Episode 8 • Dec 02, 1951

Men Are Messy

Annoyed at Ricky's messiness, Lucy divides the apartment into two halves: one for each of them to live in.

Episode 9 • Dec 09, 1951

The Fur Coat

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.

Episode 10 • Dec 16, 1951

Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer

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.

Episode 11 • Dec 23, 1951

Drafted

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.

Episode 12 • Dec 30, 1951

The Adagio

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.

Episode 13 • Jan 06, 1952

The Benefit

Lucy gets Ricky to perform with her at a benefit for Ethel's club.

Episode 14 • Jan 13, 1952

The Amateur Hour

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.

Episode 15 • Jan 20, 1952

Lucy Plays Cupid

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.

Episode 16 • Jan 27, 1952

Lucy Fakes Illness

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.

Episode 17 • Feb 03, 1952

Lucy Writes a Play

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.

Episode 18 • Feb 10, 1952

Breaking the Lease

The Ricardos try to break their lease after a fight with the Mertzes.

Episode 19 • Feb 17, 1952

The Ballet

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.

Episode 20 • Feb 24, 1952

The Young Fans

Lucy and Ricky try to deal with youthful admirers.

Episode 21 • Mar 02, 1952

New Neighbors

Lucy thinks the new neighbors are plotting a murder.

Episode 22 • Mar 09, 1952

Fred and Ethel Fight

Lucy tries to reunite the separated Mertzes after they had a big fight.

Episode 23 • Mar 16, 1952

The Mustache

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.

Episode 24 • Mar 23, 1952

The Gossip

The boys and girls bet each other breakfast in bed for a month that they can't stop gossiping.

Episode 25 • Mar 30, 1952

Pioneer Women

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.

Episode 26 • Apr 06, 1952

The Marriage License

When Lucy finds a misspelling on her marriage license, she believes her marriage to Ricky isn't legal.

Episode 27 • Apr 13, 1952

The Kleptomaniac

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.

Episode 28 • Apr 20, 1952

Cuban Pals

Lucy tries to emulate Ricky's former dance partner from Cuba.

Episode 29 • Apr 27, 1952

The Freezer

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.

Episode 30 • May 04, 1952

Lucy Does a TV Commercial

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.

Episode 31 • May 11, 1952

The Publicity Agent

Ricky's publicity goes bad, so Lucy creates a stunt that includes her posing as the "Maharincess of Franistan."

Episode 32 • May 18, 1952

Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio

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.

Episode 33 • May 25, 1952

Lucy's Schedule

After Lucy causes them to be late for dinner with Ricky's new boss, he puts her on a tight schedule.

Episode 34 • Jun 01, 1952

Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald

Lucy tries to convince Ricky that he is not losing his hair.

Episode 35 • Jun 08, 1952

Ricky Asks for a Raise

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.

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