“Here’s Lucy” ~ Season 1

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“Mod, Mod Lucy” (S1;E1) ~ September 23, 1968

“Lucy Visits Jack Benny” (S1;E2) ~ September 30, 1968

“Lucy the Process Server” (S1;E3) ~ October 7, 1968

“Lucy and Miss Shelley Winters” (S1;E4) ~ October 14, 1968

“Lucy, the Conclusion Jumper” (S1;E5) ~ October 21, 1968

“Lucy’s Impossible Mission” (S1;E6) ~ October 28, 1968

“Lucy and Eva Gabor” (HL S1;E7) ~ November 11, 1968

“Lucy’s Birthday” (S1;E8) ~ November 18, 1968

“Lucy Sells Craig to Wayne Newton” (S1;E9) ~ November 25, 1968

“Lucy’s Working Daughter” (S1;E10) ~ December 2, 1968

“Guess Who Owes Lucy $23.50” (S1;E11) ~ December 9, 1968

“Lucy the Matchmaker” (S1;E12) ~ December 16, 1968

“Lucy and the Gold Rush” (S1;E13) ~ December 30, 1968

“Lucy, the Fixer” (S1;E14) ~ January 6, 1969

“Lucy and the Ex-Con” (S1;E15) ~ January 13, 1969

“Lucy Goes on Strike” (S1;E16) ~ January 20, 1969

“Lucy and Carol Burnett” (S1;E17) ~ January 27, 1969

“Lucy and the Great Airport Chase” (S1;E18) ~ February 3, 1969

“A Date for Lucy” (S1;E19) ~ February 10, 1969

“Lucy the Shopping Expert” (S1;20) ~ February 17, 1969

“Lucy Gets Her Man” (S1;E21) ~ February 24, 1969

“Lucy’s Safari” (S1;E22) ~ March 3, 1969

“Lucy and Tennessee Ernie’s Fun Farm” (S1;E23) ~ March 10, 1969

“Lucy Helps Craig Get A Driver’s License” (S1;E24) ~ March 17, 1969

SEASON SUMMARY

• Regular Cast: Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter) 
• Recurring Characters: Mary Wickes (Isabel)
• Celebrity Cast playing Characters: Jackie Gleason (as Ralph Kramden),

  Shelley Winters (as Shelley Summers), Eva Gabor (as Eva Von Gruyitz),

  Vivian Vance (as Vivian Jones),
  Wally Cox (as Rock Barnett), Cesar Romero (as Tony Rivera), Victor Buono (as Mr. Vermillion), Howard Keel (as Stanley Livingston), Tennessee Ernie Ford (as Ernie Epperson), Jack Gilford (as Wilbur Harlow)

• Celebrity Cast playing Themselves: Jack Benny, Wayne Newton, Jerry Newton, Van Johnson, Carol Burnett, The Back Porch Majority
• Guest Cast playing Characters: Mary Jane Croft, Doris Singleton, Lew Parker, Sid Gould, Reta Shaw, Vanda Barra, Peggy Rea, Barbara Morrison, Joan Swift, Dick Patterson, Rhodes Reason, Bruce Gordon, Mary Wickes, Carole Cook, Dick Winslow 
• Live Animal Cast: Cow (Ethel), Horse, Donkey & Cow (”Lucy and Tennessee Ernie’s Fun Farm” E23), Kitten (“Lucy, the Fixer” E14) 
• There were 24 new episodes 
• The action is set in the Carter home in the suburbs of Los Angeles and in the offices of the Unique Employment Agency
• “Lucy and the Great Airport Chase” (E18) was the only episode filmed entirely on location at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
• Episodes Written by:  Milt Josefsberg, Ray Singer,  George Balzer, Phil Leslie, Bob O’Brien,  Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs,  Howard Harris, Ben

  Mel Diamond, Al Schwartz, Tommy Thompson

• All Episodes Directed by Jack Donohue
• Total Binge Hours: 12 hours (with commercials)
• Papermoon’s Full Moon Pick: “Lucy and the Great Airport Chase” (E18)
• Papermoon’s Half Moon Pick: “Lucy’s Safari” (E22)
• Season 1 was #9 in the ratings with a 23.8 share
• Season 1 was released on DVD on August 25, 2009