"The Lucy Show" (1962) TV series 1962-1968

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

1 October 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Children | Situational Comedy | Performer Name In Title | Actor Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Lucille Ball	...	Lucy Carmichael (156 episodes, 1962-1968)
Gale Gordon	...	Mr. Theodore J. Mooney (110 episodes, 1963-1968)
Vivian Vance	...	Vivian Bagley / ... (81 episodes, 1962-1968)

Series Directed by
Jack Donohue		(93 episodes, 1962-1968)
Maury Thompson		(46 episodes, 1965-1967)

Series Writing credits
Irene Kampton		(156 episodes, 1962-1968)
Bob Carroll Jr.		(59 episodes, 1962-1966)
Madelyn Davis		(59 episodes, 1962-1966)
Bob Schiller		(48 episodes, 1962-1964)
Bob Weiskopf		(48 episodes, 1962-1964)
Robert O'Brien		(47 episodes, 1964-1968)
Ray Singer		(15 episodes, 1964-1968)
Fred S. Fox		(13 episodes, 1963-1967)
Irving Elinson		(12 episodes, 1963-1966)
Milt Josefsberg		(11 episodes, 1964-1968)
Jerry Belson		(11 episodes, 1964-1966)
Garry Marshall		(11 episodes, 1964-1966)
Edmund Beloin		(6 episodes, 1965-1966)
Henry Garson		(6 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dick Chevillat		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Victor McLeod		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Howard Ostroff		(3 episodes, 1964-1966)
Elroy Schwartz		(3 episodes, 1966)
Bill O'Hallaren		(2 episodes, 1963)
Leonard Gershe		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Produced by
Tommy Thompson	....	producer / associate producer (77 episodes, 1964-1968)
Elliott Lewis	....	producer (30 episodes, 1962-1963)
Gary Morton	....	executive producer (23 episodes, 1966-1968)
Lucille Ball	....	executive producer (9 episodes, 1966)
Jack Donohue	....	producer (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jack Aldworth	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 1962)
Desi Arnaz	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 1962)

Series Original Music by
Wilbur Hatch		(42 episodes, 1962-1968)
Julian Davidson		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Maury Gertsman		(41 episodes, 1962-1968)
Nicholas Musuraca		(2 episodes, 1962)

Series Film Editing by
John M. Foley		(40 episodes, 1962-1968)
Argyle Nelson Jr.		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Casting by
Joseph D'Agosta		(30 episodes, 1966-1968)
Kerwin Coughlin		(12 episodes, 1962-1966)

Series Art Direction by
Rolland M. Brooks		(42 episodes, 1962-1968)
Carl Braunger		(33 episodes, 1965-1968)
Pato Guzman		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Claudio Guzmán		(3 episodes, 1962)

Series Set Decoration by
Arthur Jeph Parker		(33 episodes, 1965-1968)
Ross Dowd		(10 episodes, 1962-1965)

Series Costume Design by
Edward Stevenson		(42 episodes, 1962-1968)

Series Makeup Department
Irma Kusely	....	hairstylist / hair stylist (155 episodes, 1962-1968)
Hal King	....	makeup artist (39 episodes, 1962-1968)
Lee Greenway	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 1964-1967)
Charles Blackman	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1966)
Larry Butterworth	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Webster Philips	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Production Management
James Paisley	....	production supervisor (22 episodes, 1962-1966)
Lucille Ball	....	executive in charge of production (21 episodes, 1966-1968)
Leo Pepin	....	production supervisor (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Bill Heath	....	post-production executive / post-production supervisor (2 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis Nicoletti	....	assistant director (30 episodes, 1966-1968)
Tommy Thompson	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1962-1965)
Gregg Peters	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Art Department
Kenneth L. Westcott	....	property master (42 episodes, 1962-1968)
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator (2 episodes, 1967)
Lloyd R. Apperson	....	construction foreman (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
John Speak	....	boom operator (28 episodes, 1962-1963)
Eldon Campbell	....	sound engineer / sound (23 episodes, 1964-1967)
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	sound editor (18 episodes, 1965-1968)
Cam McCulloch	....	sound engineer (14 episodes, 1962-1968)
Charles David Forrest	....	sound engineer (4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Terrance Emerson	....	sound cable man (4 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Special Effects by
Les Warburton	....	special effects (20 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
James Niver	....	camera coordinator (32 episodes, 1965-1968)
Earl C. Williman	....	lamp operator (22 episodes, 1963-1964)
Maury Thompson	....	camera coordinator (9 episodes, 1962-1965)
Robert F. Sparks	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frank Cardinale	....	costumer (30 episodes, 1966-1968)
Renita Reachi	....	costumer (30 episodes, 1966-1968)
Della Fox	....	costumer (11 episodes, 1962-1965)

Series Editorial Department
Bill Heath	....	post-production executive / editorial supervisor / ... (33 episodes, 1962-1967)

Series Music Department
Jack Hunsaker	....	music editor (41 episodes, 1962-1968)
Julian Davidson	....	music coordinator (40 episodes, 1962-1968)
Marl Young	....	composer: original square dance music / special musical arrangements (2 episodes, 1967)

Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (1 episode, 1968)

Series Other crew
Milt Josefsberg	....	script consultant / script advisor (36 episodes, 1964-1968)
Frances Steens	....	script supervisor (18 episodes, 1966-1968)
Gary Morton	....	production consultant (10 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jack Baker	....	choreographer (5 episodes, 1966-1967)

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions (1962-1967)
• Paramount Television (1968)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1962-1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Television (1972-2006) (USA) (TV) (original syndication release)
• CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006-2007) (USA) (TV) (all media)
• CBS Television Distribution (2007-) (USA) (all media)
• CBS Paramount International Television (2004) (non-USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Madacy Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Madacy Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Delta Expedition (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Genius Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Delta Expedition (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Madacy Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Critics' Choice Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Fiction Pictures (2008) (Greece) (TV)
• Laserlight Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Maxam (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• St. Clair Entertainment Group (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Super Channel (2001) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Howard Anderson Company, The (photographic effects)

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound Company  sound
• Unilever Brands  original sponsor

Also Known As:

"The Lucille Ball Show" - USA (alternative title)

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (156 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | New Zealand:G (season 1)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

Frustrated with Joan Crawford's lack of memorizing her lines, Lucille Ball was said to have asked fellow producers if Gloria Swanson was available to film the episode instead (Ms. Swanson was not available).

Quotes:

Lucy Carmichael:Weren't you ever a teenager?
Theodore J. Mooney:Well, of course, what do you think?
Lucy Carmichael:I thought one day they opened the bank vault and out you popped, full grown and stingy!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Eegah! (#6.6)" (1993)

I Actually LIKED THE LATER, California EPISODES BETTER

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.....