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Here's how it all began-the classic episodes that started
America's long-running love affair with everyone's favorite
madcap redhead Lucille Ball. Plus the rarely seen pilot
episode that sold the I Love Lucy series. By the end of its
initial season I Love Lucy was TV's first bona fide
smash-hit-the very first program seen in more than 10
million homes. America just couldn't get enough of this
stunning new comedy talent-Lucy as a less-than-poised
would-be ballerina in "The Ballet" Lucy battling the world's
longest loaf of bread in "Pioneer Women" and Lucy in her
greatest performance as the health tonic-guzzling TV
pitchwoman for "Vitameatavegamin" in "Lucy Does a TV
Commercial." ("And it's so tasty too!") Fall in love all
over again with the wild and wacky series that changed TV
forever!DVD Special Features:Full Screen FormatDolby
Digital: English Mono Spanish MonoSpanish Subtitles7-disc
setIncludes 36 episodes from Season OneOriginal Series
OpeningsLost ScenesProduction NotesDeleted FootageGuest Cast
InformationBehind-The-Scenes Audio FeaturettePhoto
GalleriesScript ExcerptsRestored MusicSystem
Requirements:Starring: Desi Arnaz Lucille Ball William
Frawley Vivian Vance Running Time: 907 Min. Copyright
Paramount Pictures 2005Format: DVD MOVIE
Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSICS Rating: NR UPC: 097360274547
Manufacturer No: 027454
The Ricardos and the Mertzes
agree to celebrate the Mertzes' wedding anniversary
together. The girls decide on a night club. The men opt for
the prize fights. An old friend helps the girls play a trick
on their husbands, but the men see through the ruse and turn
the tables.
3
Be A Pal
September 21, 1951
October 22, 1951
Lucy thinks Ricky is losing
interest in her. Ethel finds a book full of advice on how to
rekindle the flame, and insists that Lucy take up Ricky's
interests. Her attachment quickly becomes very annoying.
4
The Diet
September 28, 1951
October 29, 1951
Ricky provides an incentive
for Lucy's diet by telling her she can appear in his show if
she can fit into a size 12. Can Lucy resist the
temptations of eating?
5
The Quiz Show
October 5, 1951
November 12, 1951
Desperate to win a $1000
jackpot to balance her household accounts, Lucy agrees to a
quiz show stunt in which she has to introduce a stranger to
Ricky as her "long lost husband."
6
The Audition (The Lost Pilot)
October 12, 1951
November 19, 1951
Ricky tries to keep Lucy away
from the club while he does a TV audition, but when a clown
has an accident and can't make it, Lucy shows up in his
place. (This is a remake of an original pilot that was lost
until 1990)
7
The Séance
October 19, 1951
November 26, 1951
Lucy and Ethel have taken up
the art of
Numerology. When Ricky and Fred scoff, Lucy arranges for
a "spirit" to show up at a séance that evening. Problems
arise when Ricky and Fred have the same idea!
8
Men Are Messy
October 25, 1951
December 3, 1951
Tired of Ricky's messy
habits, Lucy divides the apartment in half -- he can be a
slob in his half, but not hers. Lucy gets the door and
kitchen, while Ricky gets the bathroom and bedrooms.
Unfortunately, Ricky-and his apartment-are going to appear
in a magazine spread, and the photographer comes to the
apartment!
9
The Fur Coat
November 9, 1951
December 10, 1951
Ricky borrows a mink coat for
an act at the club, but Lucy thinks it's for her, and won't
take it off. He arranges for Fred to pose as a burglar and
"steal", it, but when a real thief comes in, Lucy manages to
hang on to it!
10
Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer
November 16, 1951
December 17, 1951
Lucy, upset by a gossip
column item that links Ricky's name with a girl at the club,
dons a disguise and heads for the Tropicana.
11
Drafted
November 2, 1951
December 24, 1951
Lucy intercepts a letter for
Ricky that asks him to appear at a local Army station. She
becomes convinced that he has been drafted. When Ricky asks
Fred to join him, Ethel thinks the same, and they start
knitting them going away presents.
12
The Adagio
November 23, 1951
December 31, 1951
Lucy hears that Ricky needs a
dancer for the Parisian Apache dance number at the club, and
thinks she can fill the bill. But her Parisian dance teacher
has more than dancing in mind.
13
The Benefit
November 30, 1951
January 7, 1952
Ethel wants Ricky for the
club's benefit show, but Lucy thinks a husband and wife team
would be more appropriate.
14
The Amateur Hour
December 7, 1951
January 14, 1952
Lucy makes an unexpected leap
into show business when she takes care of a young boy who is
to appear in an amateur hour. His desperate mother drops off
his twin brother without telling Lucy, leaving her to take
care of both rambunctiously rude children.
15
Lucy Plays Cupid
December 13, 1951
January 21, 1952
Lucy's neighbor, Miss Lewis,
has her eye on Mr. Ritter, the grocer. Lucy tries her hand
at playing Cupid, but Mr. Ritter thinks that her dropped
hints mean that she is attracted to him! Lucy must make
herself a little less desirable to scare Mr. Ritter off.
16
Lucy Fakes Illness
December 18, 1951
January 28, 1952
Lucy fears that if Ricky
keeps refusing to hire her as part of his night club act,
she may just have a nervous breakdown. She suffers from the
"three stages" of one-amnesia, delusions of being a show
business star, and regression to childish behavior. Ricky
learns of the trick and quickly turns the tables by inviting
a "doctor" to the house to examine Lucy!
17
Lucy Writes a Play
December 22, 1951
February 4, 1952
Playwright Lucy pens a drama
with a Cuban locale. She figures Ricky for the star. The
hitch: he refuses the part.
18
Breaking the Lease
January 5, 1952
February 11, 1952
Everyone is having fun at a
mirth-filled "at home" evening with the Ricardos and Mertzes.
But when the Ricardos continue singing after Fred and Ethel
go back downstairs to their apartment, the Mertzes, as
landlords, decide that the Ricardos' merrymaking has gone
too far. (I Love Lucy was briefly a radio program, also, and
this episode, retitled "The Lease Breakers," was broadcast
on February 27, 1952.)
19
The Ballet
January 11, 1952
February 18, 1952
Lucy performs an unexpected
stint as a
ballerina, then has a lesson in
burlesque from a professional comic. Included is the
classic routine "Slowly
I Turned".
20
The Young Fans
January 18, 1952
February 25, 1952
A teenager (Janet
Waldo) has a crush on Ricky. Lucy tries pairing her up
with another teenager (Richard
Crenna) who quickly thinks that Lucy herself has
feelings for him! The "old" couple decide to make themselves
appear a bit longer in the tooth to fool their young
chargers.
21
New Neighbors
January 25, 1952
March 3, 1952
Lucy and Ethel are certain
that the new tenants are planning to blow up the building.
22
Fred and Ethel Fight
January 30, 1952
March 10, 1952
To gain Ricky's sympathy
after a fight, Lucy pretends to have been hit by a speeding
bus.
23
The Moustache
February 8, 1952
March 17, 1952
When Ricky grows a moustache,
Lucy decides to fight fire with fire -- she acquires a white
beard.
24
The Gossip
February 15, 1952
Monday, March 24, 1952
The boys try to prove that
women are bigger gossips than men.
25
Pioneer Women
February 22, 1952
March 31, 1952
The Mertzes and the Ricardos
bet they can live the same pioneer existence as their
ancestors. This episode contains the classic moment when
Lucy's loaf of bread explodes from the oven.
26
The Marriage License
February 28, 1952
April 7, 1952
After taking another look at
her marriage license, Lucy is not sure that she and Ricky
are man and wife.
27
The Kleptomaniac
March 7, 1952
April 14, 1952
Ricky finds some extra money
and silverware in the apartment and jumps to the conclusion
that Lucy is a
kleptomaniac.
28
Cuban Pals
March 14, 1952
April 21, 1952
A visiting Cuban dance troupe
asks Ricky to do a number with "Little Renita Perez" -- a
little girl he used to dance with in Havana. Lucy's all for
it -- until she finds out that "Little Renita" isn't so
"little" anymore. She takes Renita's place at the club-but
Ricky switches numbers, and Lucy is chased by a man in full
voodoo garb!
29
The Freezer
March 21, 1952
April 28, 1952
Lucy and Ethel buy two whole
sides of meat. After unsuccessfully trying to pawn it off,
the two install a battered meat locker in the basement. Lucy
learns the hard way how cold it is - she gets locked inside!
30
Lucy Does a TV Commercial
March 28, 1952
May 5, 1952
Ricky needs a girl to act in
a commercial for his television debut. Lucy immediately
volunteers, but Ricky denies her. Irrepressible Lucy goes to
the set anyway, and ends up in the "Vitametavegamin" health
tonic commercial. As the tonic is 23% alcohol, Lucy soon
ends up completely drunk.
31
The Publicity Agent
April 4, 1952
May 12, 1952
Feeling that Ricky's
publicity has fallen off, Lucy dreams up a stunt which
involves her posing as the "Maharincess of Franistan."
32
Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio
April 11, 1952
May 19, 1952
Lucy is so impressed at
Ricky's correct answers to a radio quiz show that she gets
him on the show as a contestant.
33
Lucy's Schedule
April 18, 1952
May 26, 1952
Ricky is determined to teach
Lucy the importance of punctuality, so he puts her on a
rigid time schedule.
34
Ricky Thinks He's Going Bald
April 25, 1952
June 2, 1952
Ricky's receding hairline is
giving him much concern, so Lucy decides to give him painful
scalp treatments.
35
Ricky Asks for a Raise
May 2, 1952
June 9, 1952
At Lucy's insistence, Ricky
tries to pressure his boss into giving him a raise.
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