When Lucille Ball re-formatted “The Lucy Show” to create “Here’s Lucy,” she cast her own children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., to play her kids, Kim and Craig Carter. They were allowed to chose their own character names and the scripts would often highlight their individual talents. Here’s a look at their escapades on the series.
FAMILY ALBUM
Enjoying free tea and sandwiches at an afternoon auction.
Craig’s 18th birthday party!
A visit to the Air Force Academy. Reviewing the troops!
Rainy day picnic moved to the living room!
Hello? Hello. Hello! Telephone hour!
Undercover at an embassy ball; a mission impossible!
BROTHER & SISTER ACT
Wondering what to do about Mom….
Still wondering what to do about Mom!
Uncle Harry won’t give Mom a raise – not cool! [These signs were actually the show’s cue cards!]
Craig gets mischievous with a trolley full of pies at LAX! [The first, but not the last, episode shot fully on location.]
Their record collection isn’t jiving with Mom’s!
Varsity football hero and head cheerleader!
Kimea and Craigius: playing dress-up in one of Mom’s charity shows.
Craig goes in for Scuba and Kim rides motorbikes. To teach them a lesson, a disapproving Mom takes up skydiving!
Garage sale treasures! Yes! [One of the items for sale was Lucy Ricardo’s Vitameatavegamin dress!]
CRAIG’S ADVENTURES
Craig’s first big gig! [The first episode of the series.]
Mom explains contract law to her son.
Trying to act cool before meeting starlet Ann-Margret! Fail!
Mom and Craig on maneuvers at the Air Force Academy!
Soldier boy! Oh, my little soldier boy! [A doting mother’s vivid imagination!]
Uncle Harry and Craig play frat boy gridiron rivals!
Selling a song to get Angeles High a new gymnasium!
“When I was seventeen…It was a very good year!” Frank Sinatra – eat your heart out!
Blowing up the air mattresses while camping on the banks of the Colorado River.
On a cruise to Hawaii, Craig finds a pretty girlfriend named Wendy! [Wendy was actually played by the episode’s choreographer, Anita Mann!]
Craig meets his hero, Joe Namath! [This was Desi Arnaz Jr.’s final appearance on the series.]
KIM’S SNAPSHOTS
Kim’s first apartment! With a photo of the family nearby to remind her of home. [This episode was a ‘back-door pilot’ for a spin-off of the Kim character. For a variety of reasons, it was not picked up for series.]
Bunking with Mom in the office on Uncle Harry’s army cot. Mom looking for burglars!
“I’ve Got You Babe”! Kim and Frankie Avalon as Sonny and Cher. [Kim’s earrings and wig belonging to the real Cher!]
Cheerleader Kim and the boys raise money for a new gym.
Kim takes a part-time job waiting tables in an attempt to convince Uncle Harry that Mom needs a raise!
Kim went undercover as secretary Shirley Shopenhauer to get Mom her job back!
Kim pretends to be the domestic help to convince a banker the Carters are rich.
Mom took Kim and Craig on a cruise to Hawaii!
Kim ends up part of the cruise ship’s farewell show, doing a hula act.
Kim as Melanie Wilkes in “Gone With the Wind.” She don’t know nothin’ about birthin’ babies! Mom was Scarlet, Uncle Harry played Rhett, and Flip Wilson was Prissy!
Shopping tips from Mom! Getting the most for her money by looking for eggs that are full to the top!
Kim and her boyfriend act as carpenters! [Behind the false beard is Lucie Arnaz’s first husband, Phil Vandervort.]
Kim thinks she looks like Lucille Ball so she enters a contest and loses to Lucy Carter, her own mother!
Lucy stares lovingly at her family!
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