Season 6 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 27
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

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I Love Lucy Season 6 (1956-1957)

I Love Lucy Lucy and Bob Hope 6x01 Lucy and Bob Hope
After Lucy overhears that Ricky will invite a celebrity to his new commercial, it leaves her curious to see his performance and introduce herself.
Oct. 01, 1956
I Love Lucy Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums 6x02 Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums
When Little Ricky shows an interest in playing the drums, Lucy and Ricky decide to get him a set to play, but they don't realize the effects that it will have on the entire apartment ...
Oct. 08, 1956
I Love Lucy Lucy Meets Orson Welles 6x03 Lucy Meets Orson Welles
Lucy calls up her old drama teacher when she believes that she will be in a play with Orson Welles, and her teacher ends up bringing the whole class down to watch. But what Lucy didn't ...
Oct. 15, 1956
I Love Lucy Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright 6x04 Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright
Lucy must help Little Ricky overcome his stage fright when he is scheduled to play the drums with a children's orchestra.
Oct. 22, 1956
I Love Lucy Visitor from Italy 6x05 Visitor from Italy
Mario, the Ricardos and Mertzes' gondolier in Venice, comes to New York to surprise his brother Dominic, but turns up at the Ricardos' apartment when he can't find him. Lucy is sure ...
Oct. 29, 1956
I Love Lucy Off to Florida 6x06 Off to Florida
Having lost their tickets to Florida, Lucy and Ethel catch a ride to the "Sunshine State" with an eccentric woman whom they come to believe is a murderess.
Nov. 12, 1956
I Love Lucy Deep Sea Fishing 6x07 Deep Sea Fishing
It's Lucy and Ethel vs. Ricky and Fred in a fishing contest while they're on a Florida vacation. The wager: $150 (about what Lucy and Ethel had spent in hotel boutiques), so both sides ...
Nov. 19, 1956
I Love Lucy Desert Island 6x08 Desert Island
Lucy and Ethel will do anything to keep Ricky and Fred from judging a Miami Beach beauty contest (and end up being menaced on a seemingly deserted island as a result).
Nov. 26, 1956
I Love Lucy The Ricardos Visit Cuba 6x09 The Ricardos Visit Cuba
Still on their vacation, the Ricardos go to Cuba, where Ricky wants to introduce his relatives to Lucy and Little Ricky.
Dec. 03, 1956
I Love Lucy Little Ricky's School Pageant 6x10 Little Ricky's School Pageant
Little Ricky's school pageant — ""The Enchanted Forest"" — is coming up and it's coming up short on cast members, so the Ricardos and Mertzes volunteer. Ricky's a hollow ...
Dec. 17, 1956
I Love Lucy The "I Love Lucy" Christmas Episode 6x11 The "I Love Lucy" Christmas Episode
It's Christmas Eve and Ricky warns his young son: "Santa won't bring the tree and the presents until you go to sleep." It takes some effort to cajole the boy, but after Lucy convinces ...
Dec. 24, 1956
I Love Lucy Lucy and the Loving Cup 6x12 Lucy and the Loving Cup
Ricky's disapproval of Lucy's new hat leads to her trying on a loving cup which Ricky has planned to present to jockey Johnny Longden at a National Turf Association dinner. The problem ...
Jan. 07, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy and Superman 6x13 Lucy and Superman
When Stevie Appleby, Caroline's son, has a birthday party the same day as Little Ricky's, Lucy looks for unusual entertainment to lure the children. Ricky remembers that Superman is ...
Jan. 14, 1957
I Love Lucy Little Ricky Gets a Dog 6x14 Little Ricky Gets a Dog
The Ricardos' apartment begins to resemble a pet shop when Little Ricky gets a puppy. Lucy and Ricky are both determined to get rid of the puppy after their son brings it home -- as ...
Jan. 21, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy Wants to Move to the Country 6x15 Lucy Wants to Move to the Country
Lucy decides that it would be nice to move to the country and prevails on Ricky to place a comfortable deposit on a big house. Ricky agrees and puts a down payment on a house in Westport, ...
Jan. 28, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy Hates to Leave 6x16 Lucy Hates to Leave
Lucy hates to leave behind her old friends Fred and Ethel, who also happen to be her landlords. But Ricky has told her to sell all their furniture. Lucy hates to part with her furniture ...
Feb. 04, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy Misses the Mertzes 6x17 Lucy Misses the Mertzes
Having moved to a house in the Connecticut countryside, Lucy finds herself missing her old friends, the Mertzes, and tries to persuade them to make the move too.
Feb. 11, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy Gets Chummy With the Neighbors 6x18 Lucy Gets Chummy With the Neighbors
With the best intentions in the world, Lucy somehow causes a misunderstanding with her neighbors, the Ramseys. It all starts when Betty Ramsey offers Lucy some advice and a wholesale ...
Feb. 18, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy Raises Chickens 6x19 Lucy Raises Chickens
The Mertzes find a way to stay with the Ricardos: chicken farming. But the scheme puts Lucy over her head in chickens when she and Ethel bring home 500 baby chicks before the hen house ...
Mar. 04, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy Does the Tango 6x20 Lucy Does the Tango
Chicken-raising and practicing a tango for Little Ricky's school PTA meeting combine to get the Ricardos and the Mertzes in a verbal battle. It's up to Ricky, Jr. and his neighborhood ...
Mar. 11, 1957
I Love Lucy Ragtime Band 6x21 Ragtime Band
Lucy decides to take part in the fundraising campaign of the Westport Historical Society, and offers to get her husband and his band to perform for their kickoff function. There's only ...
Mar. 18, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy's Night in Town 6x22 Lucy's Night in Town
After spending six whole weeks in their new Connecticut home, Lucy dreams of a night in New York City and it turns into a nightmare. Four carefully hoarded tickets to the Broadway musical ...
Mar. 25, 1957
I Love Lucy Housewarming 6x23 Housewarming
Fred Mertz installs an intercom system between the Mertz guest-house and the Ricardo main house. The intercom causes some confusion when Lucy and Ricky overhear what they believe to ...
Apr. 01, 1957
I Love Lucy Building a B.B.Q. 6x24 Building a B.B.Q.
Lucy has a problem deciding what to do to get her vacationing husband, Ricky, out of her hair so she can do her housework. She and Ethel solve the problem by putting their husbands ...
Apr. 08, 1957
I Love Lucy Country Club Dance 6x25 Country Club Dance
The Ricardos and the Mertzes go with their neighbors, Ralph and Betty Ramsey, to the country club dance. A pretty visitor quickly convinces the men they are Romeos in disguise. This ...
Apr. 22, 1957
I Love Lucy Lucy Raises Tulips 6x26 Lucy Raises Tulips
Suburban living gets Lucy into a flower-show competition, and she raises tulips with a vengeance as she tries to beat out her neighbor, Betty Ramsey, for first prize. Lucy asks Ricky ...
Apr. 29, 1957
I Love Lucy The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue 6x27 The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue
Lucy joins a community effort to establish a Revolutionary War monument. She manages to shatter any dreams she may have had of becoming a community leader when the statue is broken. ...
May. 06, 1957
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Season 6 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
Little Ricky Ricardo played by Richard Keith
Announcer played by Johnny Jacobs
Betty Ramsey played by Mary Jane Croft
Himself played by Johnny Longden
Bruce Ramsey played by Ray Ferrell
Ralph Ramsey played by Frank Nelson (II)
Little Ricky played by Richard Keith
Waiter played by Louis Nicoletti
Herself played by Jil Jarmyn
Harry Munson played by Tristram Coffin
Miss Hanna played by Ellen Corby
Mr. Martinelli played by Eduardo Ciannelli
Ricky's Mother played by Mary Emery
Policeman played by Robert Foulk
Mr. Perry played by Parley Baer
Pizza Chef played by Aldo Formica
Mrs. Van Fossen played by Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Taylor played by Mary Ellen Kay
Mrs. Mathilda Trumbull played by Elizabeth Patterson

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Season 6 Videos

06x11 Lucy and the Loving Cup
06x11 Lucy and the Loving Cup (25:55)

06x16 Lucy Misses the Mertzs
06x16 Lucy Misses the Mertzs (26:06)

06x12 Little Ricky Gets a Dog
06x12 Little Ricky Gets a Dog (26:07)

06x24 Country Club Dance
06x24 Country Club Dance (26:06)

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Season 6 Quotes

06x08 - Desert Island Season 6 / Episode 8: - Desert Island

Ricky Ricardo: [From unboarding on the deserted beach, Ricky looks at a lot of coconuts on the sand] Hey, they have *CACA Nuts* here.
Ricky Ricardo: *CACA Nuts*?
Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo: [Lucy looks at the coconuts] Oh, yes, a lot of *CACA Nuts*.
06x13 - Lucy and Superman Season 6 / Episode 13: - Lucy and Superman

Ricky Ricardo: [yelling at Lucy because she is out on the ledge] In the fifteen years that we've been married...
Superman: Wait a minute Mr. Ricardo, do you mean to tell me that you've been married to her for fifteen years?
Ricky Ricardo: Yes, fifteen years.
Superman: And they call me Superman.
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Season 6 Trivia

  • Episode 01 - Goof (continuity error): In this episode Little Ricky is about 4 years old. How can this be when in the last episode he was about 2 years old?
  • Episode 27 - Before the dedication ceremony begins, Ethel is tending to a little boy. In reality, the little boy is Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucy and Desi's true-life son. Next to Desi Jr. is not his real-life sister, Lucie Arnaz, contrary to popular belief.
  • Episode 09 - At the time of the episode, the Cuban revolution had already started in 1953. By this time in 1956, Guerrilla Warfare was starting to occur throughout Cuba.
  • Episode 13 - Madge Blake, who thinks she sees Superman on the ledge, would later play Aunt Harriet Cooper in the 1966-1967 Batman series.
  • Episode 18 - The $3272.65 that Lucy spends in 1957 would cost $26,319.75 in 2012.

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