“The Lucy Show” ~ Season 6

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“Lucy Meets the Berles” (S6;E1) ~ September 11, 1967

“Lucy Gets Trapped” (S6;E2) ~ September 18, 1967

“Lucy and the French Movie Star” (S6;E3) ~ September 25, 1967

“Lucy and the Starmaker” (S6;E4) ~ October 2, 1967

“Lucy Gets Her Diploma” (S6;E5) ~ October 9, 1967

“Lucy Gets Jack Benny’s Account” (S6;E6) ~ October 16, 1967

“Little Old Lucy” (S6;E7) ~ October 23, 1967

“Lucy and Robert Goulet” (S6;E8) ~ October 30, 1967

“Lucy Gets Mooney Fired” (S6;E9) ~ November 6, 1967

“Lucy’s Mystery Guest” (S6;E10) ~ November 13, 1967

“Lucy, the Philanthropist” (S6;E11) ~ November 20, 1967

“Lucy Sues Mooney” (S6;E12) ~ November 27, 1967

“Lucy and the Pool Hustler” (S6;E13) ~ December 4, 1967

“Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 1″ (S6;E14) ~ December 11, 1967

“Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 2″ (S6;E15) ~ December 18, 1967

“Lucy and Viv Reminisce” (S6;E16) ~ January 1, 1968

“Lucy Gets Involved” (S6;E17) ~ January 15, 1968

“Mooney’s Other Wife” (S6;E18) ~ January 22, 1968

“Lucy and the Stolen Stole” (S6;E19) ~ January 29, 1968

“Lucy and Phil Harris” (S6;E20) ~ February 5, 1968

“Lucy Helps Ken Berry” (S6;E21) ~ February 19, 1968

“Lucy and the Lost Star” (S6;E22) ~ February 26, 1968

“Lucy and Sid Caesar” (S6;E23) ~ March 4, 1968

“Lucy and the ‘Boss of the Year’ Award” (S6;E24) ~ March 11, 1968

SEASON SUMMARY

• Regular Cast: Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis)
• Recurring Characters: Vivian Vance (Vivian Bunson), Roy Roberts (Mr. Cheever), Carol Burnett (Carol Tilford), Joan Swift (Joan Cosgrove), Kasey Rogers (Miss Cavanaugh)   
• Guest Cast playing Characters: Jack Bergerac, Sid Gould, Vanda Barra,  Lew Parker, Frankie Avalon, Lucie Arnaz, Barbara Babcock, Doris Singleton, Dennis Day, Mary Wickes, Robert Goulet, Frank McHugh, Jack Carter, Parley Baer, Dick Shawn, Herbie Faye, Phil Vandervort, Jackie Coogan, Edie Adams, Buddy Hackett, Phil Harris, Kasey Rogers, Ken Berry, 

  Carole Cook, Gary Morton

• Guest Cast playing Themselves: Milton Berle, Ruth Berle, Ruta Lee, Jack Benny, Robert Goulet, Richard Arlen, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Joan Crawford, Sid Caesar
• Live Animal Cast: Horse (”Lucy and Robert Goulet” E8), Goldfish
• There were 24 new episodes. This is the last season of the series. 
• Episodes Written by: 

  Bob O’Brien,

  Milt Josefsberg, Ray Singer, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Douglas Morrow, Sam Locke, Joe Rapp

• One episode Directed by Maury Thompson, all others by Jack Donohue
• All 24 episodes filmed and aired in color
• Total Binge Hours: 12 hours (with commercials)
• Papermoon’s Full Moon Pick: “Lucy and Carol Burnett” (E14 & E15)
• Papermoon’s Half Moon Pick: “Little Old Lucy” (E7)
• Season 6 was #2 in the ratings (up from #4) with a 27.0 share (up from 267.2). #2 was the highest the series ever rated. 
• “Lucy and Viv Reminisce” (E16) is the only clips show in the series, using five excerpts from season 1 (in black and white) and one from season 3. 
• Filmed at Stage 21, Desilu Studios, Hollywood. As of January 1, 1968, Ball sold Desilu to Gulf + Western, thereby relinquishing ownership of the series.  Desilu Studios was renamed Paramount. 
• Lucille Ball won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy Series, her second in a row. The series was nominated but lost to “Get Smart.”  Gale Gordon was nominated but lost to Werner Klemperer of “Hogan’s Heroes.”  “Lucy Gets Jack Benny’s Bank Account” (E6) was nominated for writing, but lost to “He & She.” 
• Somehow, seven episodes from season six (E1, E2, E3, E4, E6, E7,E8) fell out of copyright protection, allowing them to be reproduced on low-quality, inexpensive videos.
• Season 6 was released on DVD on October 9, 2012