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Overview

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 full episode list
Release Date:
1 October 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Lucy Carmichael tries to get Mr. Arthur Godfrey to perform in a play that describes the history of Danfield, Connecticut. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations more
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I Actually LIKED THE LATER, California EPISODES BETTER more (21 total)

Cast

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Lucille Ball ... Lucille Carmichael / ... (156 episodes, 1962-1968)
Vivian Vance ... Vivian Bagley / ... (79 episodes, 1962-1968)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Lucille Ball Show (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
30 min | USA:30 min (156 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
New Zealand:G (season 1) | Australia:G

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Trivia:
Charles Lane appeared occasionally in the first season as Mr. Barnsdahl. But Lane had trouble remembering his lines and his character was written out of the show. more
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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Eegah! (#6.6)" (1993) more

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I Actually LIKED THE LATER, California EPISODES BETTER, 11 December 2005
Author: Jeffrey R. Dzik (zickie_2000@yahoo.com) from United States

I tend to disagree with many of the previous comments about how the show was not the same without Vivian Vance. I was just given a four CD box set of 28 episodes, some black and whites taking place in Connecticut, but most were the color ones taking place in California.

I found the early episodes unappealing, in many ways, especially coming off of I Love Lucy. Bear in mind, I was born in 1959, so I viewed all of the black and white Lucy's in re-runs. I did not like the setting in Danfield, CT. Lucy did not seem to fit in there well, the children did nothing for me and as far as Vivian Vance, I had already seen their best antics on I Love Lucy. I Love Lucy is a show that only comes about once in a lifetime and they were so good, I did not think this aging team, now getting into their 50's, were as good and many were just repeats. I just watched the Shower Installation episode, which is considered one of the funniest, and again, I didn't think it was that funny. I saw this comedy routine on Abbott and Costello and the Three Stooges. I did like the day they both went to a farm and William Frawley was there and Vance said to Lucy, "hey this guy looks familiar, doesn't he?" They did continue to get great guest stars and that was a saving grace. I may not be the best critic, because I rarely saw the black and white episodes in re-runs.

What I did get to see live and then in the early 70's in re-runs, were the color shows from 1965-68, when Lucy relocates to California. Here, the kids and Vance were gone and Lucy got to do her own antics and since she was so enormously funny and talented, I liked watching her solo with either famous actors and comedians or with some of the supporting cast from earlier Lucy's like Mary Jane Croft and Mary Wickes, to name a few. Gale Gordon was splendid as the straight man to Lucy's foils and the way he yelled MRS. CARMICHAEL!!! The show was sunny and colorful and the apartment stage set seem to fit her now 60's style much better as does Southern California. Yes, there were some marginal episodes, but many great ones as well. My favorite being Mary Wickes as Aunt Agatha. Bear in mind that the last two years of this show, 1967-68, it was number two in the ratings, higher than any of the ratings when it took place in Connecticut.

All in all the show had many funny moments and again, I liked seeing Lucy solo. When Here's Lucy came along in the fall of 1968, with Vance, Lucy Arnaz and Desi Jr. as well as Gale Gordon, the show was better and funnier with many good episodes both on CBS and NBC. All of her shows lasted six seasons, the norm for a good comedy.

I cherish all of the work she did throughout her 23 consecutive years on television. She and all of her cast will always be missed forever.....

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