1972 Part Two ~ AUGUST to DECEMBER
Season 5 of “Here’s Lucy” begins with Lucy in a cast due to Lucille Ball’s real-life broken leg! Guest stars include Eva Gabor, Lloyd Bridges, Joe Namath, Totie Fields, Petula Clark, Ricardo Montalban, Jim Bailey, Ruth Buzzi and Donny Osmond!
“Zenith Presents: A Salute
to Television’s 25th Anniversary” ~ September 10, 1972
This retrospective brought together many of the most popular names of early broadcasting and included classic film clips, kine-scopes, video tape segments, and the personal memories of those who were a vital part of entertainment history.
“Lucy’s Big Break” (HL S5;E1) ~ September 11, 1972
On a ski trip to her condo in Snowmass, Colorado, Lucille Ball broke her leg. Instead of canceling the series, Ball had the injury written into the scripts, so that Lucy Carter would also have a broken leg. Lloyd Bridges guest-starred as her doctor.
“Dinah’s
Place” ~ September 11, 1972
Lucy makes Irish coffee and tells Dinah Shore how she broke her leg.
“Lucy and Eva Gabor Are Hospital Roomies”
(HL S5;E2) ~ September 18, 1972
Still in the hospital, Lucy gets Eva Gabor (as herself) in the next bed. Mary Wickes is back as a nurse.
“Harrison Carter, Male Nurse”
(HL S5;E3) ~ September 25, 1972
Lucy finally comes home from the hospital to be cared for by her friends and family. But when everyone but Harry (Gale Gordon) has an excuse for canceling their shift, Harry ends up becoming her full time nursemaid!
“A Home Is Not an Office” (HL S5;E4) ~ October 2, 1972
Harry finds he can’t run the office efficiently with Lucy at home with a broken leg, so he brings the office to Lucy’s home causing Lucy to resort to some elaborate schemes to get him to leave.
This is the series’ 100th episode!
“Lucy and Joe Namath” (HL S5;E5) ~ October 9, 1972
‘Broadway Joe’ Namath guest-stars. Desi Arnaz Jr. returns for his final appearance on the series.
“The Case of the Reckless Wheelchair Driver”
(HL S5;E6) ~ October 16, 1972
This episode was supposed to star Ken Berry, who was replaced at the last minute by the show’s choreographer, Jim Bates. Jesse White plays a con man.
“Lucy, the Other Woman” (HL S5;E7) ~ October 23, 1972
The ‘other woman’ is comedienne Totie Fields, playing
Mrs. Poopsie Butkus, the milkman’s wife. Fields sings “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You.”
“Lucy and Petula Clark”
(HL S5;E8) ~ October 30, 1972
The British-born singer Petula Clark and her French-born husband Claude Wolff play themselves. Clark sings “People Get Ready” and “Goin’ Out of My Head.”
“Lucy and Jim Bailey”
(HL S5;E9) ~ November 6, 1972
When Phyllis Diller suddenly comes down with laryngitis, Kim recruits noted impressionist Jim Bailey to take her place at a big benefit. Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty makes a cameo appearance. Bailey (as himself) also sings “Fever” with Lucie Arnaz.
“Dirty Gertie” (HL S5;E10) ~ November 13, 1972
The script for this episode was finalized on April 3, 1972. It was inspired by the 1961 Frank Capra film Pocketful of Miracles in which Bette Davis played Apple Annie, a poor woman reduced to selling apples on the street.
“Lucy and Donny Osmond” (HL S5;E11) ~ November 20, 1972
Teen heartthrob Donny Osmond guest stars. Co-starring Eve Plumb (”The Brady Bunch”) as Lucy’s niece Patricia. Donny and Lucie sing “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.”
“Lucy and Her Prince Charming” (HL S5;E12) ~ November 27, 1972
Lucy is dating a handsome man (Ricardo Montalban) who turns out to be royalty. When Harry finds out that a wealthy Prince is in love with Lucy, he’ll stop at nothing to get the two married!
“My Fair Buzzi”
(HL S5;E13) ~ December 4, 1972
Ruth Buzzi (”Laugh-In”) guest stars as introvert Annie Whipple, who is coaxed out of her shell by Kim. The show’s second half is a musical segment set in a speakeasy.
“Lucy and the Group Encounter”
(HL S5;E14) ~ December 18, 1972
Lucy and Harry can’t stop bickering, so Mary Jane suggests they join her at her group therapy. The doctor in charge (Kurt Kaszner) asks Lucy and Harry to indulge in a day of role reversal at the office. This is the last new episode of calendar year 1972. The series resumes on New Year’s Day 1973.
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