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- DirectorRalph LevyStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazJerry HausnerRicky tries to keep Lucy away from auditioning for a TV show, but when a clown becomes unavailable, Lucy takes his place.complete series
- 1951–195730mTV-Y7.8 (601)TV EpisodeDirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceTo 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWorried 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy can be in Ricky's act, but only if she can lose 12 pounds in four days.
- 1951–195730mTV-Y8.1 (619)TV EpisodeDirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter becoming too involved in a murder mystery book, Lucy believes that Ricky is trying to murder her.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen 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'.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky finally lands an audition for a television show. After the clown in Ricky's act gets injured, Lucy fills in for him.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAnnoyed at Ricky's messiness, Lucy divides the apartment into two halves: one for each of them to live in.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy gets Ricky to perform with her at a benefit for Ethel's club.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceTo 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy'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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe Ricardos try to break their lease after a fight with the Mertzes.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ricky try to deal with youthful admirers.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy thinks the new neighbors are plotting a murder.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy tries to reunite the separated Mertzes after they had a big fight.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe boys and girls bet each other breakfast in bed for a month that they can't stop gossiping.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen Lucy finds a misspelling on her marriage license, she believes her marriage to Ricky isn't legal.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy tries to emulate Ricky's former dance partner from Cuba.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky's publicity goes bad, so Lucy creates a stunt that includes her posing as the "Maharincess of Franistan."
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter Lucy causes them to be late for dinner with Ricky's new boss, he puts her on a tight schedule.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy tries to convince Ricky that he is not losing his hair.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceFor 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.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy attaches herself to Ricky using old handcuffs from Fred. She doesn't know he never had a key for them.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe Ricardos and Mertzes perform in an operetta for a club benefit.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ethel are both sick of their furniture, so they enter a contest where the grand prize is five rooms of new furniture.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky gets a sore throat just before a show for the new owner of the Tropicana.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen Lucy learns that she's going to have a baby, she tries to find the right way to tell this to Ricky.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky does his best to deal with pregnant Lucy's emotional needs.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VancePregnant Lucy insists on being in a barbershop quartet skit at the club with Ricky and the Mertzes.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky develops psychosomatic labor pains.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy decides to explore her artistic side and takes up sculpting.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy has her baby.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy seems to be unable to resist buying junk from fast-talking salesmen.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky and the Mertzes try to pull Lucy out of an emotional slump.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ethel run against each other for President of their women's club.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky and the Mertzes recall when Ricky accidentally gave Lucy a black eye.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen Lucy needs to help with the baby and housekeeping, but she hires a maid who turns out to be more than a little domineering.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy is depressed when she thinks everyone forgot her birthday and wanders off while her surprise party waits at the club.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy tries everything to convince Ricky to let them move to a bigger apartment.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ethel play matchmaker for one of Fred's friends who is visiting from out of town, but things get complicated.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky insists that Lucy use her allowance to pay for new furniture she bought without his approval.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ethel want to go with Ricky and Fred on their camping trip.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy is upset because a 'Life' magazine feature on Ricky's home life didn't include a picture of her.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWith dreams of making a fortune, Lucy and Ethel buy their own dress shop.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ethel demand to be treated as if they were men, so Ricky and Fred do just that.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter being embarrassed in a restaurant, Lucy takes French lessons. Then she does everything she can to get into Ricky's new French-themed show.
- 1951–195730mTV-Y8.2 (337)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy decides that she and Ricky are going to redecorate the Mertzes' apartment.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy is suspected of being the mysterious woman burglar, Madame X.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe girls decide they are tired of Ricky and Fred wearing the same old worn out clothes at home and decide to make some changes.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhile 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceEthel 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ricky want to celebrate their anniversary themselves, with a quiet dinner at home. The Mertzes plan a big surprise party for them.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe gang buys oil stock from new neighbors who claim to be Texas oil tycoons.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceRicky 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen 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.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ethel clash over who owns a dollar worth $300.
- DirectorWalter HartStarsEli MintzLarry RobinsonArlene McQuadeThe Goldbergs, just back from their vacation in the Catskills, invite a new acquaintance to dinner and Jake considers entering into a partnership with their distinguished guest.
- StarsGertrude BergArlene McQuadeFredi WashingtonDaughter Rosalie is finishing up a composition for school entitled, My family. She refuses to let everyone else read it so naturally Molly, Jake and Uncle David fear the worst, fearing that she has written awful things about her family. So, Molly, Jake and Uncle David vow to change their ways and be model parents. However, their ideas on "model parenting" (being more lenient, becoming friends with their children, etc.) do not set well with Rosalie. She resolves to rewrite her essay. However, she soon decides that the first one will do and lets everyone read it. Of course, she has written glowing things about everyone and the family is happy once again.
- DirectorMartin MagnerStarsGertrude BergRobert H. HarrisEli MintzJealous of the attention given to Jake's visiting relative, Uncle David is less than cordial to their guest.
- DirectorPaul NickellStarsMarie PowersLois HuntLeo ColemanMadame Flora conducts bogus seances to bilk grieving parents, but during one seance she feels hands around her neck and panics.
- DirectorWalter HartStarsGlenda FarrellJoshua ShelleyEdward AndrewsA naive Schenectady shipping clerk comes to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a lyricist, befriends a one-hit wonder composer and meets the girl of his dreams.
- DirectorYul BrynnerStarsMarsha HuntJohn RodneyDean HarensDuring a stormy night, a woman alone in a country house discovers a dead body in her basement and is terrorized by an intruder.
- DirectorPaul NickellStarsCharlton HestonMary SinclairRichard WaringMistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeraldine FitzgeraldCyril RitchardFrancis L. SullivanThe story, set 15 years after the Crucifixion, of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who is depicted as a victim of circumstances.
- DirectorPaul NickellStarsEddie AlbertLorne GreeneNorma CraneIn a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
- DirectorPaul NickellStarsGeorge AxelrodArt CarneyJerome KiltyOn opening night, a playwright sits in a bar interacting with well-wishers and remembering the problems of getting a play ready for Broadway while anxiously awaiting the verdicts of the eight newspaper reviewers.
- DirectorPaul NickellStarsJohn C. BecherFrances FullerBetty FurnessA group of school children perform what appears to be a play, but it progresses into a trial when the school janitor is accused of murder.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeraldine FitzgeraldBarbara O'NeilLeslie NielsenA woman is accused by a poison-pen letter of murdering her husband.