Tag: Ethel Mertz
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“Ragtime Band”
(S6;E21 ~ March 18, 1957) Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on February 14, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 40.2/52 Synopsis ~ Lucy volunteers Ricky to perform at the Westport Historical Society’s annual show. When he refuses, Lucy is determined to form her own ragtime band, starring…
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“Lucy Hates to Leave”
(S6;E16 ~ February 4, 1957) Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed December 13, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. It was the 169th episode of 179. Rating: 42.5/57 Synopsis ~ While waiting to close on their new home in Connecticut, the Ricardos must move in with the Mertzes, something…
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“Off to Florida”
(S6;E6 ~ November 12,1956) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed September 13, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 34.7/45 Synopsis ~ When Lucy misplaces their train tickets to Miami Beach, she and Ethel must share a car ride to Florida with Edna Grundy, a woman…
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“Ricky Sells the Car”
“Lots can happen in thirty minutes!” – Lucy Ricardo, Vice-President in Charge of Sneaky Swishes (S5;E4 ~ October 24, 1955) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed September 29, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: N/A Synopsis ~ Ricky sells the car and then forgets…
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“In Palm Springs”
(S4;E26 ~ April 25, 1955) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed March 17, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 44.0/62 Synopsis ~ Upset by a quarrel with their husbands, Lucy and Ethel leave for a weekend in Palm Springs, where they encounter Rock Hudson. The day this episode first…
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“The Star Upstairs”
(S4;E25 ~ April 18, 1955) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed March 3, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 47.5/67 Synopsis ~ Lucy figures out that she has seen 99 movie stars since arriving in Hollywood, and when she hears that Cornel Wilde is staying in the…
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“That’s All”
June 19, 2015 – A few hours after Hallmark Channel USA re-ran the very first episode of I Love Lucy, “The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub” (1951), Decades TV Network showed “Lucy Meets the Mustache” (1960), the very last time the Ricardos and the Mertzes would be together. Guest star Edie Adams sang…