My favorite I Love Lucy episodes!
This show was a pioneer for it's time and Lucy, Ethel, Ricky and Fred paved the way for comedy for decades to come. There are many memorable episodes, here is a list of my favorites!
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- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen the Ricardos and the Mertzes arrive in Hollywood, Lucy goes to the Brown Derby restaurant where her sighting of William Holden turns catastrophic.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy is determined to get a new designer dress while in Paris.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceIn Rome, a film producer asks Lucy if she'd be interested in auditioning for his new film entitled "Bitter Grapes." Thinking that the film has something to do with the production of wine, she goes to the only non-automated winery left in the area.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and the gang have adventures on the streets of Paris.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy and Ethel demand to be treated as if they were men, so Ricky and Fred do just that.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceIn Miami Beach, Lucy and Ethel make a bet with Ricky and Fred as to who can catch the biggest fish. To ensure winning, the day before the contest, each pair buys a 100 lb. tuna and stores it in ice in the hotel bathtub. Laughter ensues when the guys and the girls switch fish and bathtubs to hide them from one another. They all get caught when they decide to drop the charade and get rid of the fish. The next day they go out on the boat and Lucy's and Ricky's lines get tangled and Ricky goes overboard. Lucy hauls him in with her line.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen Lucy learns that Cornel Wilde is staying in the penthouse upstairs, she poses as the bellboy to try and get in to meet him.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy has angled her way onto Ricky's special as the show's pitch girl. She advertises a medicine called "Vitameatavegamin." Believing it contains vitamins, minerals, meat, and vegetables, Lucy does not know is that it also contains twenty-three percent of alcohol.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceTo avoid bad publicity for the upcoming opening of his Don Juan movie Ricky calls Grauman's Chinese Theater to explain how John Wayne's footprints went missing. The manager of Grauman's promised not to call the police if the footprints were returned by that evening's opening of John Wayne's film Blood Alley (1955). Having broken them, that is obviously impossible, so Ricky convinces John Wayne to provide a new set of footprints.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter Ricky and Fred get upset about the girls' spending, Lucy and Ethel go to work in a candy factory while the boys do the housework.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe gang goes on a long bike ride. When they get to the French/Italian border, Lucy doesn't have her passport.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter getting lost and ending up south in Tennessee, the Ricardos and Mertzes get arrested for speeding and Tennessee Ernie Ford helped them escape, to continue their trip west, to California.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen Ricky and the Mertzes wager that Lucy can't go a full day without telling a lie, her husband and friends feel more than a bit stung by her unabashed honesty.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter having a fight with Ricky and Fred, Lucy and Ethel go to Palm Springs. They meet Rock Hudson there, who helps get everyone back together.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy gets stranded in Richard Widmark's house after trying to steal a grapefruit from a tree in his backyard.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter being embarrassed in a restaurant, Lucy takes French lessons. Then she does everything she can to get into Ricky's new French-themed show.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy gets a bit part in a movie, but has a problem with the costume.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceMurphy's Law is in full force when the Ricardos and the Mertzes leave their new Connecticut home for an evening of dinner and theater in New York City.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhere's the fire in pastoral Connecticut? Look no further than the country club and the sexy siren, whose presence sets off all manner of alarms.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy competes with her friend Carolyn Appleby over invitations and scheduling for Little Ricky's birthday party. When her husband Ricky mentions that Superman is in town, Lucy tries to get Superman to come to Little Ricky's party, sure that this will make it a much bigger draw than the one Carolyn is hosting. Ricky tries, but Superman can't make the party. So Lucy disguises herself as Superman, but gets herself into great peril. Fortunately, the real Superman does show up to save the day.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy models fashions with other celebrities' wives.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter years of living side by side, the Ricardos leave the Mertzes, after a bittersweet departure, and begin their new life in the suburbs.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy is suspected of being the mysterious woman burglar, Madame X.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy is worried that their unborn child will someday ask a lot of difficult questions, so she hires a tutor to teach her, Ricky, and the Mertzes.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter reading a newspaper article planted by Ricky's press agent, Ethel convinces Lucy that Ricky is fooling around with the lead dancer in his nightclub act.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceAfter Lucy buys Ricky a set of golf clubs for their anniversary, the girls regret it when he and Fred become obsessed with the game.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe gang arrives in Ethel's hometown of Albequerque, New Mexico, where the locals are under the impression that she, and not Ricky, has been hired to star in a Hollywood movie.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy blackmails Ricky to get a role on a national TV show, but the part isn't exactly what she expected.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy gets to dance with Van Johnson.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe gang's invited on a fox hunt, but Lucy's jealousy may ruin the whole weekend.
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy decides to fake a meeting with Charles Boyer.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceWhen Lucy tries to warm Ethel to an aloof Betty Ramsey, Lucy is left out in the cold.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceLucy appears in Hedda Hopper's gossip column.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe gang meets Harpo Marx and Lucy does the famous 'mirror' routine with him.