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Lucy Buys a Sheep
S1;E5 ~ October 29, 1962 Synopsis Lucy solves the lawn mowing problem by buying a sheep to eat the grass. Then winter weather makes the sheep, Clementine, have to spend the night in the house with Lucy, Viv and the kids, and it keeps them all awake. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance…
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Lucy Misplaces $2,000
S1;E4 ~ October 22, 1962 Synopsis The bank gives Lucy a check for $2,000 instead of $20 just minutes after Mr. Barnsdahl had declared that his bank was perfect. To force him into admitting a mistake, she cashes the check and hides the money in a box of candy. When it comes time to return…
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Lucy is a Referee
S1;E3 ~ October 15, 1962 Synopsis Jerry and Sherman’s football game is going to be canceled due to the lack of a referee, so Lucy volunteers. She learns all the signals, but cannot help interfering on her son’s behalf and clumsily affecting the outcome of the game. To make up for it, she offers to…
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Lucy Digs Up a Date
S1;E2 ~ October 8, 1962 Synopsis Lucy and Viv are looking for dates to an upcoming dance when Jerry comes home from school and announces that he got a “D” from “Old Man Taylor.” When the “old man” turns out to be young and handsome, Lucy schemes to look at his driver’s license to find…
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Lucy Waits Up for Chris
S1;E1 ~ October 1, 1962 Synopsis Chris goes out on a date with Alan Harper, a prep school boy. Naturally, Lucy waits up for her and even runs out to the car when they return. Lucy promises she won’t wait up on their next date. Of course, she does and has to make a quick…
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A Black History Month shout out to SAM McDANIEL, who played played Sam the porter in 1955′s “The Great Train Robbery” (S5;E5). He was the brother of Oscar-winner Hattie McDaniel of Gone With The Wind fame. He had appeared with a young Lucille Ball in her second film, Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933) and Kid Millions (1934). McDaniel…
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The Mayer Twins, Michael and Joseph (Little Ricky Ricardo, 1953-1956)
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“We snuggle watchin’ Lucy, on our big, enormous twelve inch screen!” ~ “Somewhere That’s Green” from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
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RIP Mike Connors. Desilu produced “Mannix” from 1967 to 1968, although the show ran until 1974, making Connors a household name. In return, he appeared as Mannix on a 1971 episode of “Here’s Lucy.”
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On October 30, 1969, impressionist / actor Guy Marks (1923-1987), using his famous Humphrey Bogart voice, played an armed crook in an episode of ABC’s “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”. Four days later he played an armed crook on CBS’s “Here’s Lucy,” (without doing Bogart).