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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957•1h 0m•8.6/10
Comedy

Ratings

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8.6/10(14)

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. It was the successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, and featured the same major cast members. The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series. Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran the show under the "Lucy-Desi" title during the summers of 1962-1967, after which it went into syndication.

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Production

Desilu Productions

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 6, 1957

Last Aired

April 1, 1960

Networks

CBS

Created By

Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Pugh

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana
E1
Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana
Air date: 1957-11-06
This episode takes us back to the night that Lucy and Ricky first met and fell in Love. Lucy was going to Cuba with her friend Susie on a vacation. When they arrive, Lucy meets Ricky and Susie meets Carlos Garcia. The two double date and everyone falls in love. In this episode we also meet Fred Mertz (When he had hair that is) and Ethel on the cruise. Also, Lucy and Susie get arrested and hope that they can get out before the cruise goes back to the states. Of course that will be a little hard when they discover that the water the guard has been giving them is spiked.
The Celebrity Next Door
E2
The Celebrity Next Door
Air date: 1957-12-03
When Tallulah Bankhead moves in next door Lucy reacts in typical fashion and continuous chaos ensues.
Lucy Hunts Uranium
E3
Lucy Hunts Uranium
Air date: 1958-01-03
Ricky brings the gang to Las Vegas where he is performing. Lucy wants to hunt Uranium in the desert and Ricky doesn't want her to. Anyway, they meet Fred Mac Murray on the train to Las Vegas and he loses a lot of money gambling, so he wants to get on Lucy's scheme too before his wife finds out. To help her Uranium hunting scheme, Lucy has it printed in a fake newspaper and everyone starts looking for Uranium. Everyone is so involved that even Lucy thinks it's true. Anyway, Lucy throws the "Uranium sample" away and they later find it not knowing that it's a sample, so they all, not trusting each other try and race to the claims office. Who will get their first? Lucy? The Mertzes? Fred Mac Murray? Now I am not going to spoil that.
Lucy Wins a Racehorse
E4
Lucy Wins a Racehorse
Air date: 1958-02-03
Lucy bugs Ricky about getting a horse for Little Ricky and he says "no". Lucy then wins a racehorse from sending in breakfast cereal box tops. When the horse appears at the house, Ricky comes home early and Lucy, Ethel, and Fred try getting the horse up the stairs. When he finds out, he blows his top. Ricky still says no and Betty Grable comes up with a plan of getting him in a race so that Little Ricky can get the horse. Well when Lucy finds out that the horse will do anything for her only, Lucy dresses up as a jockey and rides the horse until they win the race. But will the breaking of so many rules stop them?
Lucy Goes to Sun Valley
E5
Lucy Goes to Sun Valley
Air date: 1958-04-14
Lucy and Ricky are about to go on a "2nd Honeymoon", but it falls through when Ricky has to do a TV show. Lucy and Ethel go by themselves and Lucy is upset. Lucy and Ethel meet Fernando Lamas at a ski lodge and they make friends. Lucy learns that Ricky and Fred are going after all and Lucy tries to teach Ricky a lesson for bailing out on her. She makes it look like there is something romantic between her and Fernando which causes pain and some black eyes.

Cast

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Lucy Ricardo

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Ricky Ricardo

Vivian Vance

Vivian Vance

Ethel Mertz

William Frawley

William Frawley

Fred Mertz

Keith Thibodeaux

Keith Thibodeaux

Little Ricky

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