“Here’s Lucy” ~ Season 4

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“Lucy and Flip Go Legit” (S4;E1) ~ September 13, 1971

“Lucy and the Mountain Climber” (S4;E2) ~ September 20, 1971

“Lucy and Harry’s Italian Bombshell” (S4;E3) ~ September 27, 1971

“Lucy and Mannix Are Held Hostage” (S4;E4) ~ October 4, 1971

“Lucy and the Astronauts” (S4;E5) ~ October 11, 1971

“Lucy Makes a Few Extra Dollars” (S4;E6) ~ October 18, 1971

“Someone’s On the Ski Lift with Dinah” (S4;E7) ~ October 25, 1971

“Lucy and Her All-Nun Band” (S4;E8) ~ November 1, 1971

“Won’t You Calm Down, Dan Dailey?” (S4;E9) ~ November 8, 1971

“Lucy and the Celebrities” (S4;E10) ~ November 15, 1971

“Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea” (S4;E11) ~ November 22, 1971

“Lucy Helps David Frost Go Night-Night” (S4;E12) ~ November 29, 1971

“Lucy in the Jungle” (S4;E13) ~ December 6, 1971

“Lucy and Candid Camera” (S4;E14) ~ December 13, 1971

“Lucy’s Lucky Day” (S4;E15) ~ December 20, 1971

“Lucy’s Bonus Bounces” (S4;E16) ~ December 27, 1971

“Lucy and the Little Old Lady” (S4;E17) ~ January 3, 1972

“Lucy and the Chinese Curse” (S4;E18) ~ January 10, 1972

“Lucy’s Replacement” (S4;E19) ~ January 17, 1972

“Kim Moves Out” (S4;E20) ~ January 24, 1972

“Lucy Sublets the Office” (S4;E21) ~ January 31, 1972

“Lucy’s Punctured Romance” (S4;E22) ~ February 7, 1972

“With Viv As a Friend, Who Needs an Enemy?” (S4;E23) ~ February 21, 1972

“Kim Finally Cuts You-Know-Whose Apron String"
(S4;E24) ~ February 28, 1972

SEASON SUMMARY

• Regular Cast: Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter)
• Recurring Characters: Vivian Vance (as Vivian Jones), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis)
• Celebrity Cast playing Characters: Tony Randall (Rudy Springer III), Kaye Ballard (Donna), Mike Connors (Joe Mannix), Helen Hayes (Kathleen Brady), Keye Luke (Quon Fong), Tim Matheson (Peter Sullivan), Wally Cox (Tommy Tucker), Robert Cummings (Bob Collins)  
• Celebrity Cast playing Themselves: Flip Wilson, Dinah Shore, Freddy Martin, The Remnants, Dan Dailey, Jack Benny, Rich Little, Ginger Rogers, David Frost, Allen Funt
• Guest Cast playing Characters: Sid Gould, Vanda Barra, Herbie Faye,

  Gary Morton, Roy Roberts, Mary Wickes, Dick Patterson, Parley Baer, Paul Picerni, Tommy Farrell, Phil Vandervort, Richard Deacon, Susan Tolksy, Alan Oppenheimer

• Live Animal Cast: Parrot (Polly), Chimps (Fido & Rover), Donkey, Lion in “Lucy in the Jungle”; Chimp (Jackie) in “Lucy’s Lucky Day” 
• There were 24 new episodes
• Episodes Written by: Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Davis, Larry Rhine, Lou Derman, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs,

  Phil Leslie, Ralph Goodman, Martin Ragaway 

• Episodes Directed by: Coby Ruskin 
• Total Binge Hours: 12 hours (with commercials)
• Desi Arnaz Jr. left the series at the end of season 3, but would return for a single episode in season 5. 
• “Lucy Meets the Astronauts” (E5) inspired a set of ViewMaster slides sold in stores. 
• “Kim Finally Cuts You-Know-Whose Apron String" (E24) was a pilot for a proposed spin-off starring Lucie Arnaz as Kim Carter. The pilot did not sell. 
• Papermoon’s Full Moon Pick: “Lucy and the Little Old Lady” (E17)
• Papermoon’s Half Moon Pick: “Lucy in the Jungle” (E13)
• Season 4 was #10 in the ratings (down from #3) with a 23.7 share, tied with “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
• Season 4 was released on DVD on March 29, 2011