The Lucy Show 

The wacky misadventures of a forever scheming woman, her reluctant best friend and her cantankerous boss.

Creators:

Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Davis, Bob Schiller

Stars:

Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Vivian Vance

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Lucille Ball	...	Lucy Carmichael / ... (156 episodes, 1962-1968)
Gale Gordon	...	Mr. Theodore J. Mooney / ... (111 episodes, 1963-1968)
Vivian Vance	...	Vivian Bagley / ... (81 episodes, 1962-1968)

Storyline

After the death of her husband, Lucy Carmichael and her friend, the recently divorced Vivian Bagley, move into a house together with their children. The series follows the adventures of the widow Lucy as she grapples with the comic complications of life on her own, and with her job working as the personal secretary to the impatient and grumpy banker Mr. Mooney.

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Plot Keywords:

secretary | widow | children | female protagonist | actress shares first name with character | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 1962 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Lucille Ball Show

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Desilu Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (156 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

The breakfast cereal eaten by the cast was apple sauce, which tended to photograph like oatmeal, but held up better under the hot studio lights.

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Quotes

Vivian Bagley: Don't you remember your children? Mr. Mooney?
Lucy Carmichael: [With amnesia] I have a child named Mr. Mooney?

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Connections

Referenced in Password All-Stars: Lucille Ball & Gary Morton vs. Luci Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. (1964)

User Reviews

Always HATED this show

Lucille Ball was a headstrong actress.

When she was doing "I Love Lucy" she always yielded to Desi Arnaz because of her love for him and her respect for his management of the show.

When she did "Lucy Show" everything changed: she was divorced, her voice had changed because of doing the Broadway show "Wildcat" (it wrecked her vocal chords), she got Desilu Studios as part of the divorce settlement and she became a big time b!tch.

Her on screen technique changed changed as a result.

Her presence became totally mechanized: mugging and groaning through every scene.

Her insecurity at not having Desi meant she ruled the set, firing one actor when he stood up to her, using salty language to make people cringe and, finally, making uber-b!tch guest star Joan Crawford cry.

I think the real nadir of the series (and of all of Broadcast TV, really) came when she did that horribly, awful show where she gets drafted because a letter arrives for "Lou C. Carmichael" and her name in the series is "Lucy Carmichael".

The Army insists she be drafted nevertheless, and she gets her hair dutifully buzzed off while sporting a private uniform. Then they put her through boot camp.

STOOOOPID and actually UNCOMFORTABLE TO WATCH.

But it was "Lucy" - so I did.

Thus was the currency of Lucille Ball: even if they were pennies, they were pennies from Heaven.

I LOVE/MISS LUCY RICARDO!!!