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- 1950– 1h6.2 (10)TV EpisodeBob Hope is reunited with several of his screen leading ladies.
- Ann-Margret starts her journey to Hollywood from the countryside, traversing the Freeway until she gets to Hollywood. The first segment is titled "The Game Called Hollywood" which follows a young star-to-be (Ann-Margret) from nobody to star using a giant board game metaphor. Dean Martin joins Ann-Margret for a song medley sequence that is part country and part pop music. A comedy sequence has Larry Storch reporting on the two sides of the marriage of Dean Martin and Ann-Margret. Lucille Ball plays both herself and an autograph hound in a show business song and dance sequence. The finale finds Ann-Margret doing an on-location tribute to the USO with the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.
- Panelists Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf are joined by Buddy Hackett. When Hackett is introduced, Joey Bishop comes out instead, but quickly leaves. A female dog catcher, a woman who makes diet bread, and the ride inspector at Coney Island are the contestants. The mystery guests are Lucille Ball and Bob Hope.
- Dinah presents a tribute to Bob Hope to promote his new book "The Road to Hollywood." She is joined by his former co-stars Rosemary Clooney, Jane Russell, Lucille Ball, Rhonda Fleming, and Dorothy Lamour. Rosemary Clooney and Dinah sing to Bob, while Jane Russell does in impromptu duet with Hope.
- Curtis wants to retire so he sells his half of the store to Lucy. Lucy's extravagant spending threatens the store with bankruptcy while Curtis gets bored with making birdhouses at home. When Lucy interviews prospective new partners, Curtis swallows his pride and asks her to take him back again.
- Jack Benny presents a variety hour with a carnival theme that stars Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Ben Blue, and Paul Revere and The Raiders. Cameos by The Smothers Brothers (as Joe-Joe, the two-headed boy), George Burns (as Martine, the Bearded Lady), and Dean Martin (as Rip Van Rinkle, the sleeping man). Songs include Lucille Ball singing "It's So Nice To Have a Man Around the House" and "Cleo" (to the tune of "Mame"), "Too Much Talk" and "Him or Me" sung by Paul Revere and The Raiders.
- 1950–19678.1 (23)TV EpisodePanelists Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf are joined for the first time by Mike Douglas. Contestants include a man who sells sauna baths, and a young man who makes fudge at the New York World's Fair. Mystery Guests Carol Channing and Ginger Rodgers promote the fact that Ginger will soon assume the title role in Broadway's "Hello, Dolly" while Channing takes the show on tour. In a second Mystery Guest segment, Lucille Ball says she was in town to do "The Steve Lawrence Show."
- Cher finds herself trapped in a strange building, where various fantasies await her behind each door.
- 1952–1967TV-G8.5 (13)TV EpisodeLucille Ball sits on the panel, replacing the vacationing Faye Emerson. The first contestant is a woman who built the chairs that the panel is sitting on. The next player is a 96 year-old man who was at Fords Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was shot. His memory is of John Wilkes Booth falling to the stage after jumping from Lincoln's box. Stumping the panel, he wins a can of pipe tobacco as he doesn't smoke cigarettes. Desi Arnaz is the guest, and his secret is "I love Lucy."
- Donny and Marie's guests are Lucille Ball, Paul Williams, Paul Lynde, and Ray Bolger. Sketches include parodies of "60 Minutes" and "The Wizard of Oz." Lucille Ball sings "There's No Business Like Show Business," Paul Williams sings "Waking Up Alone" and Marie and Bolger do a song and dance medley. The show includes Donny Osmond's music video "Fly Into The Wind."
- Irv Kucinet interviews guests actress Lucille Ball, director Otto Preminger, actress Elizabeth Ashley, and Chicago playwright David Mamet. The conversation talks about a wide array of issues, including violence on television, philosophy, and the changing societal norms.
- Dinah tributes Lucille Ball with guests Valerie Harper, Carol Burnett, and surprise guest Gale Gordon. Dinah convinces Lucy to sing "Hey, Look Me Over" from "Wildcat." Gordon attempts to get revenge for all those years of getting wet for the sake of comedy.
- Steve Allen and the panel welcome Marlon Brando's female movie stand-in and four military men from four different branches of the service who all won gold medals at the Olympics. Guest Lucille Ball is asked questions posed by the audience while the panel (including her husband Gary Morton) must answer as Lucy would.
- 19711h8.6 (24)TV SpecialThis special spoofs portions of Benny's career.
- Johnny Slate (Jack Palance) is trying to decide which act to send to Russia for a cultural exchange program with the Moscow Circus. Horse trainer Kate Reynolds (Lucille Ball) wants the coveted spot. Menagerie feeder Charles is mauled by one of Kirov's trained bears and dies, leaving his young son Jeff alone in the circus. Coldy ambitious Kate takes care of the boy until Slate locates his Aunt Agatha, a spinster living near Washington DC. Jeff wants to stay with Kate and their separation is surprisingly difficult for her. Kate reveals to Slate that she was a 17 year-old widow with a child on the way, but that she lost the baby. Unhappy, Jeff runs away from his Aunt and returns to the circus in hides with the help of Kirov. Kate and Agatha agree that Jeff belongs with the circus and Kate will be his guardian.
- Faye Emerson joins regular panelists Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, and Shelley Berman due to Dorothy Kilgallen's shoulder injury. Emerson herself has a broken leg, so the panel does not enter, and remains seated throughout. Contestants include two girdle salesmen with presidential monikers, husband and wife judges, and a female house wrecker. Lucille Ball is the mystery guest.
- Panelists Arlene Francis and Dorothy Kilgallen are joined by Broadway musical stars Buddy Hackett and Martin Gabel. Contestants include a pizza maker named Pete Sa, a 19-year old pre-med student who makes fake snow in Van Courtland Park, and a US Passport Officer at Rockefeller Center. Lucille Ball is the mystery guest.
- 1969–197250mNot RatedTV EpisodeCampbell opens the show by singing "Don't Pull Your Love," and when Ball confesses that she has made a scheduling error and cannot appear on the show after all, she is annoyed by Campbell's lack of distress at her absence. Ball awaits her very delayed cab as Campbell and Murray sing "Love Story (You and Me)", and she barges in and ruins the illusion when Campbell and Johnson attempt to portray wartime fighter pilots in a sketch. The Mike Curb Congregation performs "It Was a Good Time" and Campbell sings "For All We Know," while Ball, still awaiting her cab on a park bench, is annoyed by an eccentric old man, portrayed by Johnson (as his "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" character Tyrone F. Horneigh), who fails to accurately recognize the famous redheaded star. Campbell performs "Help Me Make It Through the Night," and Dom DeLuise stops by with his attractive assistant "Bruce" to excitedly preview the following week's episode, which will feature a "star-studded" lineup of guests to celebrate the 50th Photoplay Awards. Banjo player Larry McNeeley performs a song, admired by a still-lingering Ball, and Campbell performs "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)". Campbell begins the "storytime" portion of the show with several children, but an odd Eastern European man (Johnson) interrupts and begins telling an elaborate story in his own native tongue, which Campbell attempts to interpret into English. Murray sings "Talk It Over in the Morning," and Ball joins Johnson for "Lovely to Look At," though they are interrupted by the impatient cab driver and Ball's annoyed manager. Campbell reads a few letters from some tough young critics, and then closes the show with "Love Story." Includes commercials.
- 1971TV EpisodeLucille Ball makes a grand entrance on a fur-lined litter carried by the Palace Theatre Pages. Later in the show, Lucy does a salute to marches with the Bob Sidney Dancers. George Kirby, and Sergio Mendes with Brasil '66 are also on the show.
- Curtis is building a tree house for Kevin and Lucy is buying Becky fancy new clothes. Ted and Margo come to the conclusion that their parents are spoiling the kids. When Kevin overhears his grandparents' solution is to move out, he removes the ladder to the tree house stranding them in a rain storm.
- Lucy's breakfast energy drink is so unpalatable that the entire family dumps it into a potted plant. When they come home, the plant has tripled in size. Realizing that Lucy might have invented a new miracle fertilizer, the pressure is on for her to recreate the concoction. But Curtis' dreams of fame and fortune wilt when Lucy can't recall the recipe.
- Lucille Ball and Bob Hope play themselves in a sketch about an expensive Christmas gift sent to the wrong person. Marie Osmond sings "Paper Roses" and "Silver Bells" with Hope. Other guests include Shirley Jones and the AP All American Football Team.
- This Dinah Shore special is actually more like "Laugh-In" with guests Lucille Ball and Diana Ross. Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, and Gary Owens are also on hand. Sketches include "The Story of the Singing Detective" featuring Dinah as the title role and Lucy as a songstress who murders with her voice; "The Fairy Godmother's Revenge," a spoof of fairy tales with Diana Ross as Snow White contending with dwarfs on strike at the gold mine and an angry Fairy Godmother (Lucy); and a sketch about how "The Whitebread Family" makes good in show business. Songs include: "Both Sides Now" (Dinah), "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In" (Diana), "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Dinah), and "Cryin' Time" (Dinah).
- Dr. Jules has an eccentric new patient (Lucille Ball) who claims to see visions of her own death. When she correctly predicts that a chandelier will fall, Dr. Jules starts to take her seriously. With the date of her predicted demise fast approaching, she is hospitalized, where she undergoes emergency brain surgery, saving her life.
- THREE FOR TWO presents Lucy with the Great One, Jackie Gleason, combining their comedic talents for the first time, in a trio of comedy-dramas centered on the various aspects of marriage.
- Episode: (1977)1950– 1h 30mTV EpisodeBob Hope takes a look at the tradition of vaudeville through sketches, songs, and tributes to vaudeville's many acts and personalities. Lucille Ball, Bernadette Peters, Vivian Reed, Jack Albertson, and Captain and Tennille appear. Jimmie Walker makes a cameo appearance. The sketches include "The Neglected Wife," "The Housecleaners," and "The Hospital." Lucille Ball sings as Sophie Tucker.