“Here’s Lucy” ~ Season 2

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“Lucy Goes to the Air Force Academy: Part 1” (S2;E1) ~ September 22, 1969

“Lucy Goes to the Air Force Academy: Part 2” (S2;E2) ~ September 29, 1969

“Lucy and the Indian Chief” (S2;E3) ~ October 6, 1969

“Lucy Runs the Rapids” (S2;E4) ~ October 13, 1969

“Lucy and Harry’s Tonsils” (S2;E5) ~ October 20, 1969

“Lucy and the Andrews Sisters” (S2;E6) ~ October 27, 1969

“Lucy’s Burglar Alarm” (S2;E7) ~ November 3, 1969

“Lucy at the Drive-In Movie” (S2;E8) ~ November 10, 1969

“Lucy and the Used Car Dealer” (S2;E9) ~ November 17, 1969

“Lucy, the Cement Worker” (S2;E10) ~ November 24, 1969

“Lucy and Johnny Carson” (S2;E11) ~ December 2, 1969

“Lucy and the Generation Gap” (S2;E12) ~ December 8, 1969

“Lucy and the Bogie Affair” (S2;E13) ~ December 15, 1969

“Lucy Protects Her Job” (S2;E14) ~ December 22, 1969

“Lucy the Helpful Mother” (S2;E15) ~ December 29, 1969

“Lucy and Liberace” (S2;E16) ~ January 5, 1970

“Lucy the Laundress” (S2;E17) ~ January 12, 1970

“Lucy and Lawrence Welk” (S2;E18) ~ January 19, 1970

“Lucy and Viv Visit Tijuana” (S2;E19) ~ January 26, 1970

“Lucy and Ann-Margret” (S2;E20) ~ February 2, 1970

“Lucy and Wally Cox” (S2;E21) ~ February 9, 1970

“Lucy and Wayne Newton” (S2;E22) ~ February 16, 1970

“Lucy Takes Over” (S2;E23) ~ February 23, 1970

“Lucy Competes with Carol Burnett” (S2;E24) ~ March 2, 1970

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 Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis), Vivian Vance (Vivian Jones)
• Celebrity Cast playing Characters: Milton Berle (Cheerful Charlie), Paul Winchell (Jeweler/Knife Thrower, Carlo), Wally Cox (Wally Manley), Alan Hale Jr. (Moose Manley), Carol Burnett (Carol Krausmeyer) 
• Celebrity Cast playing Themselves: Patty Andrews, Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Jack LaLanne, Liberace, Lawrence Welk, Ann-Margret, 

  Wayne Newton, Jerry Newton, Robert Alda 

• Guest Cast playing Characters: Roy Roberts, Iron Eyes Cody, Paula Stewart, Mary Wickes, Gary Morton, Sid Gould, James Hong, Lyle Talbot, Vanda Barra
• Live Animal Cast: Lord Nelson (Bogie), Happy & Puppies in “The Bogie Affair”; Dog in “Lucy at the Drive-In Movie”; Myna Bird (Bruce), Chimp (Irving), Parrot (Radish), Leopard, Ring-Tailed Cat, Skunk (Breath of Spring),

  Hamsters, Canaries, Doves,

  & Bunnies in “Lucy, the Helpful Mother”; Miniature Horse (Tiny Tim), Cow & Horses in ”Lucy and Wayne Newton”; Sheep in ”Lucy and the Indian Chief” 

• There were 24 new episodes 
• The season opened with four episodes shot on location at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, the Colorado River, and in Arizona. One episode was shot on location at Wayne Newton’s Casa Shenandoah outside Las Vegas (”Lucy Meets Wayne Newton”).
• Written by: Milt Josefsberg, Ray Singer, Gene Thompson, 

  David Ketchum, Bruce Shelly, George Balzer, Sam Perrin,

  Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Pat McCormick, Jim McGinn, Ralph Goodman, Al Schwartz, Larry Rhine, Lou Derman, Martin A. Ragaway, William Raynor,  Myles Wilder

• Directed by George Marshall (E1-11), Jack Baker (E12 & 16), Herbert Kenwith (E13, 15, 17-20), Danny Dayton (E14 & 22), Jay Sandrich (E21, 23, 24)
• Total Binge Hours: 12 hours (with commercials)
• Papermoon’s Full Moon Pick: “Lucy and the Used Car Dealer” (E9)
• Season 2 was #6 (up from #9) in the ratings with a 23.9 share (up one tenth of a point)
• Season 2 was released on DVD on November 3, 2009