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“Lucy and Bob Hope” (S6;E1) ~ October 1, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on June 5, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 48.7/71
“Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums” (S6;E2) ~ October 8, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed June 28, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 47.8/65
“Lucy Meets Orson Welles” (S6;E3) ~ October 15, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed June 14, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 43.8/62
“Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright” (S6;E4) ~ October 22, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed June 21, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating N/A
“Visitor From Italy” (S6;E5) ~ October 29, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed September 24, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 45.5/62
“Off to Florida” (S6;E6) ~ November 12, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed September 13, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 34.7/45
“Deep-Sea Fishing” (S6;E7) ~ November 19, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed September 27, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios.
Rating: 47.1/65
“Desert Island” (S6;E8) ~ November 26, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed October 4, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 46.7/63
“The Ricardos Visit Cuba” (S6;E9) ~ December 3, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed October 18, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 45.9/64
“Little Ricky’s School Pageant” (S6;E10) ~ December 17, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed October 25, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studio. Rating: 43.4/63
“The ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas Show” (S6;E11) ~ December 24, 1956
Directed by James V. Kern and William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf.
Filmed on November 22, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: N/A
“Lucy and the Loving Cup” (S6;E12) ~ January 7, 1957
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on November 1, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. It was the 165th episode to be filmed. Rating: 50.9/68
“Lucy and Superman” (S6;E13) ~ January 14, 1957
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed November 15, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 48.1/65
“Little Ricky Gets a Dog” (S6;E14) ~ January 21, 1957
Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed November 8, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. It was the 167th episode filmed. Rating: 45.1/61
“Lucy Wants to Move to the Country” (S6;E15) ~ January 28, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed December 6, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 42.1/56
“Lucy Hates to Leave” (S6;E16) ~ February 4, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed December 13, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. It was the 169th episode of 179. Rating: 42.5/57
“Lucy Misses the Mertzes” (S6;E17) ~ February 11, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on December 20, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 38.8/50
“Lucy Gets Chummy with the Neighbors” (S6;E18) ~ February 18, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on January 10, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 38.0/49
“Lucy Raises Chickens” (S6;E19) ~ March 4, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on January 17, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 51.2/68
“Lucy Does the Tango” (S6;E20) ~ March 11, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed February 5, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 35.4/47
“Ragtime Band” (S6;E21) ~ March 18, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on February 14, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 40.2/52
“Lucy’s Night in Town” (S6;E22) ~ March 25, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on February 21, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 38.4/51
“Housewarming” (S6;E23) ~ April 1, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on February 28, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 45.1/62
“Building a Bar-B-Q” (S6;E24) ~ April 8, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed March 14, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 42.1/56
“Country Club Dance” (S6;E25) ~ April 22, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on March 21, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: N/A
“Lucy Raises Tulips” (S6;E26) ~ April 29, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on March 28, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 41.2/65
“The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue” (S6;E27) ~ May 6, 1957
Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed April 4, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studio. Rating: 35.6/56
SEASON SUMMARY
- The season ended #1 in the ratings with an average 43.7 share.
- The highest rated episode was “Lucy Raises Chickens” (E18) with a
51.2/68
- The lowest rated episode was “Off To Florida” (E6) with a 34.7/45
- There were 27 new episodes including “The ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas Special.”
- During the season, the setting of the series was shifted from New York City, to Westport, Connecticut. The series ‘traveled’ to Miami Beach and Havana, Cuba.
- At the start of this season the name of Ricky’s nightclub has been changed from the Tropicana to Club Babalu.
- Mrs. Trumbull (Elizabeth Patterson) made her last appearance in “Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums” (E2).
- Recurring Characters introduced: Fred the Dog (Danny), The Ramsey Family (Frank Nelson, Mary Jane Croft, and Ray Ferrell), Harry Munson (Tristram Coffin), Paul the Club Manager (Lou Krugman)
- Guest Stars Playing Themselves: Bob Hope, Orson Welles, Claude Akins, Johnny & Hazel Longden, George Reeves (aka Superman), Jill Jarmyn, Joi Lansing
- Guest Actors Playing Characters: Barbara Eden, Elsa Lanchester, Howard McNear, Ellen Corby, Madge Blake, Parley Baer, Strother Martin, Sandra Gould, Joseph Kearns, Desi Arnaz Jr.
- The series introduced a new actor (the eighth) to play Ricky Ricardo Jr. – Keith Thibodeaux aka Richard Keith.
- An average of 7,500 feet of film was shot per episode, for a total of 202,500 feet of film for season six.
- “Lucy Does the Tango” (E2) holds the record for the longest laugh from the studio audience during any “I Love Lucy” episode: 65 seconds.
- Papermoon’s Prime Pick: “Lucy’s Night In Town” (E22)
- Papermoon’s Poor Pick: “Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright” (E4)
- Total Binge Hours for Season Six: 13 ½ hours (with commercials); 10.8 hours (without commercials)
- For the first time a full Christmas-themed episode was aired, expanding upon the Christmas tag developed in season 1. It was comprised of clips from several season 2 episodes and may be television’s first ‘clips show’. It did not enter syndication and was not seen by the public until 1999.
- Colorized episodes: “The ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas Special” (E11) and “Lucy and Superman (E13)
- This season contains the final half-hour episode of “I Love Lucy,” although the characters will continue until April 1960 in hour-long specials now known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours”.
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