Season 1 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 35
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

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I Love Lucy Season 1 (1951-1952)

I Love Lucy The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub 1x01 The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub
Fred and Ethel can't agree on where to go for their 18th wedding anniversary celebration. Fred and Ricky want to go to the fights, but Ethel and Lucy want to go to the Copacabana. They ...
Oct. 15, 1951
I Love Lucy Be a Pal 1x02 Be a Pal
Lucy tries to be Ricky's pal to improve their marriage.
Oct. 22, 1951
I Love Lucy The Diet 1x03 The Diet
Lucy starves herself in order to lose 22 pounds so that she can fit in a dress and be in Ricky's show.
Oct. 29, 1951
I Love Lucy Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her 1x04 Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her
Lucy gets so obsessed with a murder mystery book that it carries her mind away into thinking that Ricky is trying to kill her.
Nov. 05, 1951
I Love Lucy The Quiz Show 1x05 The Quiz Show
Lucy will win a radio show prize if she can manage to convince Ricky that she was once married to a radio station hired actor. However, when a bum comes to her door, Lucy thinks it's ...
Nov. 12, 1951
I Love Lucy The Audition 1x06 The Audition
Lucy decides that she wants to "get in on the act" when Ricky's band auditions for television, so she fills in for Buffo the clown. Trouble ensues when Lucy gets offered the job, but ...
Nov. 19, 1951
I Love Lucy The Séance 1x07 The Séance
After suddenly becoming interested in superstitions, Lucy reads Ricky's horoscope and it says that today is not a good day for Ricky to make business deals. So when a call comes through ...
Nov. 26, 1951
I Love Lucy Men are Messy 1x08 Men are Messy
Lucy decides to teach Ricky a lesson about his being messy when his press agent lines up a spread in Halfbeat Magazine by trashing the house. Little does Lucy know though that the reporter ...
Dec. 03, 1951
I Love Lucy The Fur Coat 1x09 The Fur Coat
Ricky has to resort to hiring Fred to pretend to burglarize Ricky's house and steal a fur coat that Lucy will not take off and believes is her anniversary present, but it really is ...
Dec. 10, 1951
I Love Lucy Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer 1x10 Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer
Lucy sneaks into Ricky's "Jezebel" chorus line to try and find out if Ricky is seeing another woman.
Dec. 17, 1951
I Love Lucy Drafted 1x11 Drafted
Lucy and Ethel mistakenly believe that Ricky and Fred have been drafted when they receive a telegram for Ricky telling him to report to Army's Fort Dix. Their suspicions are further ...
Dec. 24, 1951
I Love Lucy The Adagio 1x12 The Adagio
While practicing for a number in one of Ricky's shows, Lucy gets a dance instructor that has more than dance lessons on his mind making Ricky furious.
Dec. 31, 1951
I Love Lucy The Benefit 1x13 The Benefit
Ethel desperately wants Ricky to perform st the women's club benefit, but the only way that Lucy will ask is if she gets to be in the show too. Ethel finally agrees just because she ...
Jan. 07, 1952
I Love Lucy The Amatuer Hour 1x14 The Amatuer Hour
Lucy has to babysit two spoiled rambunctious twins to make money to pay for a dress that she spent too much money on. She doesn't realize though what she's getting herself into, but ...
Jan. 14, 1952
I Love Lucy Lucy Plays Cupid 1x15 Lucy Plays Cupid
Lucy tries to play matchmaker for her elderly neighbor and the milkman, even though Ricky strongly disapproves. But things don't go the way Lucy planned and the milkman begins to believe ...
Jan. 21, 1952
I Love Lucy Lucy Fakes Illness 1x16 Lucy Fakes Illness
Lucy finally believes that she has come up with the perfect scheme to get into show business, she's going to fake having multiple mental illnesses as the results of not being in show ...
Jan. 28, 1952
I Love Lucy Lucy Writes a Play 1x17 Lucy Writes a Play
Lucy is writing a play for the women's club called, A Little Tree Grows In Havana, and she needs Ricky to star in it. But as soon as Ricky takes one look at the script, he refuses. ...
Feb. 04, 1952
I Love Lucy Breaking the Lease 1x18 Breaking the Lease
The Ricardos and the Mertzes get into a huge fight, and Lucy and Ricky decide that they're leaving. There's only one catch to their plan though, they signed a lease. Son now Lucy and ...
Feb. 11, 1952
I Love Lucy The Ballet 1x19 The Ballet
When Lucy learns of two openings in Ricky's show, one for a ballet dancer, and one for a burlesque comic, Lucy decides to take ballet lessons because she has some past experience in ...
Feb. 18, 1952
I Love Lucy The Young Fans 1x20 The Young Fans
When Lucy and Ricky acquire two young fans, they'll stop at nothing to get them off of their backs.
Feb. 25, 1952
I Love Lucy New Neighbors 1x21 New Neighbors
Lucy wrongly believes that the new neighbors are out to kill her, but in reality they were just rehearsing for a play.
Mar. 03, 1952
I Love Lucy Fred and Ethel Fight 1x22 Fred and Ethel Fight
Ethel and Fred have been arguing with each other nonstop for the past few days, and Lucy decides to put an end to it. So Lucy invites Ethel to dinner, and Ricky invites Fred to dinner, ...
Mar. 10, 1952
I Love Lucy The Moustache 1x23 The Moustache
Lucy doesn't like Ricky's mustache and wants him to shave it off. But Ricky refuses, so Lucy decides to show him what it's like by gluing a fake beard on her face. Ricky eventually ...
Mar. 17, 1952
I Love Lucy The Gossip 1x24 The Gossip
The boys place a bet with the girls that they can go longer than the girls without gossiping, and the winner gets breakfast in bed for a month. Everything is going fine until Ricky's ...
Mar. 24, 1952
I Love Lucy Pioneer Women 1x25 Pioneer Women
Lucy and Ethel accept a bet from Ricky and Fred that they can't go a day without modern appliances, but what will the boys do when the girls insist that they do the same?
Mar. 31, 1952
I Love Lucy The Marriage License 1x26 The Marriage License
When Lucy discovers that Ricky's name is misspelled on their marriage license, she believes that they're not legally married and insists that they get married in the same place they ...
Apr. 07, 1952
I Love Lucy The Kleptomaniac 1x27 The Kleptomaniac
When Lucy is hosting an auction, Ricky thinks she has stolen the goods she is hiding in the closet. It worsens when Fred and Ricky witness Lucy taking a cuckoo clock out of the Mertzes ...
Apr. 14, 1952
I Love Lucy Cuban Pals 1x28 Cuban Pals
Lucy tries to keep Ricky from dancing with his old dance partner from Cuba who used to be a little girl, but definitely isn't anymore.
Apr. 21, 1952
I Love Lucy The Freezer 1x29 The Freezer
Lucy accidentally gets locked in a freezer that her and Ethel paid $483 for while trying to hide a ton of meat they purchased from Ricky and Fred.
Apr. 28, 1952
I Love Lucy Lucy Does a TV Commercial 1x30 Lucy Does a TV Commercial
Lucy's one chance at a commercial flops when she is forced to taste the product over and over again which is 25% alcohol.
May. 05, 1952
I Love Lucy The Publicity Agent 1x31 The Publicity Agent
When Ricky's publicity agent isn't doing a good job to get Ricky any publicity, Lucy poses as a princess from a foreign land for a publicity stunt.
May. 12, 1952
I Love Lucy Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio 1x32 Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio
Unknown to Ricky, Lucy secretly books him on a radio quiz show.
May. 19, 1952
I Love Lucy Lucy's Schedule 1x33 Lucy's Schedule
Lucy is put on a strict time schedule by Ricky.
May. 26, 1952
I Love Lucy Ricky Thinks He is Going Bald 1x34 Ricky Thinks He is Going Bald
When Ricky begins to believe he's going bald, Lucy performs an outrageous treatment on him that she made up to make him believe his hair is growing back.
Jun. 02, 1952
I Love Lucy Ricky Asks for a Raise 1x35 Ricky Asks for a Raise
After Ricky asks for a raise, and is then fired, Lucy, Fred, and Ethel go into the club in numerous disguises, and pretend that once they discover that Ricky doesn't perform there anymore, ...
Jun. 09, 1952
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Season 1 Characters

Lucy Ricardo played by Lucille Ball
Ricky Ricardo played by Desi Arnaz
Ethel Mertz played by Vivian Vance
Fred Mertz played by William Frawley
Announcer played by Lee Millar
Himself played by Pepito Pérez
Jerry played by Jerry Hausner
Mr. Ritter played by Edward Everett Horton
Miss Lewis played by Bea Benaderet
Jimmy Hudson played by Sammy Ogg
Jean Valijean Raymand played by Shepard Menken
Jim White played by Harry Shannon
Waitress played by Hazel Pierce
Mrs. Pettebone played by Florence Bates
Timmy Hudson played by David Stollery
Rosemary played by Helen Silvers
Mr. Alvin Littlefield played by Gale Gordon
Mr. Littlefield played by Gale Gordon
Thief played by Ben Welden
Mr. Murdoch played by John Brown
the photographer played by Harry Shannon
Mr. Thurlow played by Milton Parsons
Santa Claus played by Vernon Dent

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Season 1 Videos

01x09 Drafted
01x09 Drafted (23:32)

01x05 The Quiz Show
01x05 The Quiz Show (23:50)

01x12 The Adagio
01x12 The Adagio (25:12)

01x27 The Kleptomaniac
01x27 The Kleptomaniac (24:05)

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Season 1 Quotes

01x18 - Breaking the Lease Season 1 / Episode 18: - Breaking the Lease

Ricky Ricardo: How do you like that guy? [imitating Fred] 'Let's keep it down up there!' Well, nertz to the Mertz.
Lucy Ricardo: Yeah.
01x30 - Lucy Does a TV Commercial Season 1 / Episode 30: - Lucy Does a TV Commercial

Lucy Ricardo: Well, I'm your Vitavigavegivat Girl. Are you tired, run down, listless? Do you pop out at parties? Are you unpopular?


Lucy Ricardo: Well, are you? The answer to all your problems is in this little ol' bottle, Vitameatavegamin.


Lucy Ricardo: That's it. Vitameatavegamin contains vitamins, meat, megetables and vinerals. So why don't you join the thousands of happy peppy people and get a great big bottle of Vitaveatyvemeanyminimoe. I'll tell you what you have to do. You have to take a whole tablespoonful after every meal. It's so tasty too. It's just like candy.


Lucy Ricardo: [slurred speech] So everybody get a bottle of...


Lucy Ricardo: This stuff.
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Season 1 Trivia

  • Episode 30 - Ross Elliott, who played the director, said of this episode: "I chewed the inside of my mouth out to keep from laughing out loud. Lucy would do new stuff that wasn't rehearsed, like an extra-funny face. Then, at one point, she became 'drunk' and started making eyes
  • Episode 08 - The cover of LOOK magazine that Lucy appears on is the August 1951 issue. The three headliners on the right side of Pope Pius, the B-47 jet and of Gaylord Hauser are factual. Lucy's dubbed photo is covering the cover photo of the 3 Universal starlets of 1951.
  • Episode 30 - This was Lucille Ball's personal favorite episode.
  • Episode 04 - Goof (revealing mistake): When Ricky is trying to "slip Lucy a mickey" and they keep swapping the glasses as they dance around, he ends up with the drink that has the sleeping pill in it.
  • Episode 26 - Irving Bacon, who plays Mr. Willoughby, would later return in the role of Mr. Potter, the father of Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance).

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