Tag: 1962
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Lucy Becomes a Reporter
S1;E17 ~ January 21, 1963 Synopsis After just three days as the fill-in society reporter for the Danfield newspaper, Lucy’s job is hanging by a thread. The only thing that will save it is an interview with a press-shy financier visiting town. Once she learns he had been Viv’s high school sweetheart, Lucy heads down…
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Chris’s New Year’s Eve Party
S1;E14 ~ December 31, 1962 Synopsis Chris doesn’t want her mother to chaperon her New Year’s Eve party, so Lucy, Viv and the boys go out for the night and leave the chaperoning to Harry. When Harry calls Lucy at the restaurant in a panic, Lucy rushes to save the party with a silent movie…
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Together for Christmas
S1;E13 ~ December 24, 1962 Executive Producer Desi ArnazDirected by Jack DonohueWritten by Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Weiskopf, and Bob Schiller. Synopsis The Carmichaels and Bagleys are spending their first Christmas together in Danfield and Lucy and Viv do nothing but argue over their family’s special traditions. In the end, however, the kids show…
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Vivian Sues Lucy
S1;E10 ~ December 3, 1962 Synopsis Viv trips over one of Jerry’s toys and suffers a minor ankle injury. Upset that Lucy thinks she’d sue over this little mishap, she decides to teach the Lucy a lesson. Exaggerating her injury and threatening to call her lawyer, Viv lounges in bed for a week, running Lucy…
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Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna
S1;E9 ~ November 26, 1962 Synopsis When Lucy’s TV set doesn’t work, she discovers that the antenna has blown off the roof. Refusing to spend extra money to have one professionally installed, she talks Viv into helping her replace it. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Ralph…
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Lucy Becomes an Astronaut
S1;E6 ~ November 5, 1962 Synopsis Lucy and Viv successfully spend 24 hours in a simulated space ship as part of a “Women in Space” experiment. Lucy’s ego swells from the publicity so Viv and Harry decide to deflate it by convincing Lucy that she’s been chosen to be the first woman astronaut. Regular Cast…
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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 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…