“Here’s Lucy” ~ Season 6

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“Lucy and Danny Thomas” (S6;E1) ~ September 10, 1973

“The Big Game” (S6;E2) ~ September 17, 1973

“Lucy, the Peacemaker” (S6;E3) ~ September 24, 1973

“Lucy, the Wealthy Widow” (S6;E4) ~ October 1, 1973

“The Bow-Wow Boutique” (S6;E5) ~ October 8, 1973

“Lucy Gives Eddie Albert the Old Song and Dance” (S6;E6) ~ October 15, 1973

“Lucy’s Tenant” (S6;E7) ~ October 22, 1973

“Lucy and Andy Griffith” (S6;E8) ~ October 28, 1973

“Lucy and Joan Rivers Do Jury Duty” (S6;E9) ~ November 5, 1973

“Tipsy Through the Tulips” (S6;E10) ~ November 12, 1973

“The Carters Meet Frankie Avalon” (S6;E11) ~ November 19, 1973

“Harry Catches Gold Fever” (S6;E12) ~ December 3, 1973

“Lucy and Chuck Connors Have a Surprise Slumber Party" (S6;E13) ~ December 17, 1973

“Lucy Plays Cops and Robbers” (S6;E14) ~ December 31, 1973

“Lucy Is a Bird-Sitter” (S6;E15) ~ January 7, 1974

“Meanwhile, Back at the Office” (S6;E16) ~ January 14, 1974

“Lucy Is N.G. as an R.N.” (S6;E17) ~ January 21, 1974

“Lucy, the Sheriff” (S6;E18) ~ January 28, 1974

“Milton Berle Is the Life of the Party” (S6;E19) ~ February 11, 1974

“Mary Jane’s Boyfriend” (S6;E20) ~ February 18, 1974

“Lucy and Phil Harris Strikes Up the Band” (S6;E21) ~ February 25, 1974

“Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball” (S6;E22) ~ March 4, 1974

“Where Is My Wandering Mother Tonight?” (S6;E23) ~ March 11, 1974

“Lucy Fights the System” (S6;E24) ~ March 18, 1974

SEASON SUMMARY

• Regular Cast: Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter)
• Recurring Characters: Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis), Vanda Barra (Vanda and others), Sid Gould (Sid and others)
• Celebrity Cast playing Characters: Danny Thomas (Danny Gallupi), Hans Conried (William Barkley), Ed McMahon (Ed McAllister), Jackie Coogan (Kermit Bosworth), Andy Griffith (Andy Johnson), Joan Rivers (Joan Reynolds), Foster Brooks (David Benton Miller), Arte Johnson (Sir Osmond Beechman Place) 
• Celebrity Cast playing Themselves: O.J. Simson, Tom Kelly, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Bob Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Chuck Connors, Milton Berle, Phil Harris 
• Guest Cast playing Characters: Tommy Farrell, Jerry Hausner, Doris Singleton,

  Reta Shaw, Rhodes Reason, Bert Mustin, J. Pat O’Malley, Mary Wickes, Al Lewis, Gino Conforti, Dick Sargent, Gary Crosby, Don Porter, Roy Roberts, Florence Halop, Ross Elliot, Elliott Reid, Gary Morton,

  Carole Cook, Mary Treen, Barbara Morrison

• Live Animal Cast: Dogs (Louie, Winston, Teddy, Tiger, Tinkerbell,
  dachshund) in “The Bow Wow Boutique”;  Lion (Neil) in “Meanwhile,
  Back at the Office”; Pigeons (Floyd & a dozen others) in “Lucy
  Is A Bird-Sitter” 
• Episodes Directed by: Coby Ruskin (E1-18), Jack Donohue (E19-24)
• Episodes Written by: Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Davis, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Bob O’Brien
• There were 24 new episodes
• Total Binge Hours: 12 hours (with commercials)
• Papermoon’s Full Moon Pick: “Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball” (E22)
• Papermoon’s Half Moon Pick: “Lucy is a Bird-Sitter” (E15)
• Season 6 was #29 in the ratings (down from #15) with a 20 share, the lowest rating to date of any Lucille Ball sitcom.
• “Meanwhile, Back at the Office” (E16) was the last episode filmed, but it was decided not to air it last. 
• Season 6 was released on DVD on December 18, 2012