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finds Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) making an
international mess out of husband Ricky's
globe-trotting tour as an entertainer. Beginning
with "Lucy Visits Grauman's" and "Lucy and John
Wayne," the impulsive redhead risks Ricky's
sanity in Hollywood by stealing a cement slab,
from the famous entrance to Grauman's Chinese
Theater, that contains the imprint of John
Wayne's footprints and signature. In the
tradition of superstars playing themselves on
I Love Lucy, an exasperated (and very funny)
Wayne gets into the act over and over and over
again, making new imprints on multiple slabs
because Lucy keeps messing up the results. After
more shenanigans in Los Angeles (Lucy attends a
ritzy party with a dummy substituting for her
unavailable husband) and a disastrous train ride
home, it's time to jeopardize Ricky's success
during an interview show that ends disastrously.
Lucy's fifth season travel theme
continues when Ricky and his band are booked on
a European tour that does not include his wife
or the Mertzes. Of course, that doesn't stop the
determined Lucy (or Ethel), who schemes her way
into Ricky's plans, only to have a number of
snafus arise as she tries to leave the country.
In the I Love Lucy tradition, entire
episodes are written around such simple matters
as trying to get a passport, or helping with
Fred's fear of getting seasick while traveling.
All this show's stars really need is a
ridiculous, open-ended situation to exploit, and
the comedy flows from there. "Bon Voyage" is a
particularly funny episode in which Lucy gets
left behind by the European-bound ship carrying
Ricky and the others, and she has to find a way
to get back aboard. The hilarious "Lucy and the
Queen" finds her angling in London for a way to
meet the Royal Family after Ricky is invited to
say hello at the Palladium. From there, Lucy
creates chaos in Scotland (this episode includes
a memorable dream sequence in which Ricky
appears as Scotty MacTavish MacDougal MacCardo),
Paris (where she and Ethel plot to meet guest
star and good sport Charles Boyer at an outdoor
café), Rome (the outstanding "Lucy's Italian
Movie" finds her dispatched to a vineyard, where
she has to crush grapes--brilliantly--with her
feet). Lots of special features, including a
behind-the-scenes peek and bloopers. --Tom
Keogh
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No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: I LOVE LUCY Title: SEASON 5 Street Release Date: 08/16/2005 Domestic Genre: TELEVISION
Season 5
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Title
Film Date
Original airdate
128
Lucy Visits Grauman's
September 9, 1955
October 3, 1955
Lucy
discovers that the cement slab with
John Wayne's footprints in front of
Grauman's Chinese Theater has come
loose.Then Lucy keeps getting stuck in a
bucket of cement.
129
Lucy and John Wayne
September 15, 1955
October 10, 1955
Lucy and
Ethel have made off with the cement slab of
John Wayne's footprints. Now the police
are called in to investigate.
130
Lucy and the Dummy
September 22, 1955
October 17, 1955
MGM
asks Ricky to help entertain executives at a
studio party. Ricky has plans to go deep sea
fishing, but as far as Lucy is concerned,
"the show must go on."
131
Ricky Sells the Car
September 29, 1955
October 24, 1955
Ricky sells
the car and buys train tickets for the trip
back East, but he forgets about Fred and
Ethel.
132
The Great Train Robbery
October 6, 1955
October 31, 1955
On the train
trip back East, Lucy gets entangled with a
jewel thief.
133
Homecoming
October 20, 1955
November 7, 1955
Back in New
York City, Ricky is surrounded by excited
friends wanting to know about his picture.
Soon all the attention goes to his head.
134
Face to Face
October 20, 1955
November 14, 1955
Lucy and
Ricky are scheduled to appear on
Ed Warren's TV interview show, "Face to
Face," at their home. But the network agent
suggests that the apartment is a "dump" and
urges them to move into ritzier quarters.
Ricky is
dismayed to learn that he signed not for a
radio show, but a rodeo show.
136
Nursery School
November 3, 1955
December 5, 1955, reruned
August 27, 2007 on
The CW
Lucy is not
happy about being separated from Little
Ricky, but Ricky Sr. insists the lad must
start
Nursery School.
137
Ricky's European Booking
November 10, 1955
December 12, 1955
Ricky's band
gets booked in Europe, and the girls can
only go if they can come up with enough
money to pay their own way.
138
The Passports
November 17, 1955
December 19, 1955
Lucy needs
her birth certificate in order to get her
passport, but Jamestown has no record of her
being born.
139
Staten Island Ferry
November 24, 1955
January 2, 1956
The Ricardos
and Mertzes are all ready to leave for
Europe, until Fred announces that he gets
seasick easily.
140
Bon Voyage
December 1, 1955
January 16, 1956
After
boarding the ocean liner, Lucy goes ashore
just one more time to kiss Little Ricky
goodbye, and misses the boat.
141
Second Honeymoon
December 8, 1955
January 23, 1956
Lucy plans to
make the ocean voyage a second honeymoon,
but Ricky has previous shipboard engagements
with his band.
142
Lucy Meets the Queen
December 15, 1955
January 30, 1956
Lucy and
Ethel go looking for the Queen on their
first day in London, but no luck. When they
arrive back at the hotel, Ricky tells her
she's going to be presented to the Queen the
next evening.
143
The Fox Hunt
December 22, 1955
February 6, 1956
Lucy wants to
spend a weekend on a British estate, but
Ricky makes her promise not to try to wangle
an invitation out of Sir Clive Richardson,
with whom Ricky is scheduled to talk
business.
144
Lucy Goes to Scotland
January 6, 1956
February 20, 1956
Lucy dreams
of visiting her relatives in Scotland.
145
Paris at Last
January 12, 1956
February 27, 1956
The Ricardos
and the Mertzes arrive in Paris only to find
themselves locked up in jail for passing
counterfeit francs.
1466
Lucy Mets Charles Boyer
January 19, 1956
March 5, 1956
Ricky has a
luncheon engagement with
Charles Boyer, and he wants to keep Lucy
away from him.
147
Lucy Gets a Paris Gown
February 16, 1956
March 19, 1956
After much
begging, Ricky buys Lucy a Paris "original."
Lucy gets
homesick for Little Ricky on his birthday.
150
Lucy's Italian Movie
March 8, 1956
April 16, 1956
On route to
Italy, an Italian producer offers Lucy a
role in a film called "Bitter Grapes." So
she decides to take a job in a vineyard to
absorb a little "local color." This episode
contains the famous scene in which Lucy
stomps grapes and picks a fight with her
fellow stomper.
151
Lucy's Bicycle Trip
March 22, 1956
April 23, 1956
Lucy
organizes the Ricardos and the Mertzes for a
bicycle trip from Italy to the
French Riviera. But she doesn't know
about the rough terrain, the aches and pains
-- or where she put her passport.
152
Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo
March 29, 1956
May 7, 1956
Ricky has
declared the casino at
Monte Carlo out-of-bounds for Lucy, but
she and Ethel "just happen" to eat dinner
there.
153
Return Home from Europe
April 5, 1956
May 14, 1956
Homeward
bound from Europe, Lucy tries to get out of
paying overweight charges on the plane by
disguising a big piece of Italian cheese as
a baby--much to the consternation of the new
mother seated next to her.
