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| Lucille Ball | Lucy Ricardo/Herself |
| Desi Arnaz | Ricky Ricardo/Himself |
| William Frawley | Fred Mertz/Himself |
| Vivian Vance | Ethel Mertz/Herself |
| Ann Doran | Audience Member |
| Aubrey Lee Dale | |
| Barbara Pepper | Party Guest |
| Hazel Pierce | Party Guest |
| Frank J. Scannell | Comic |
| Mary Wickes | Madame Lamand |
| Keith Thibodeaux |
| Director | William Asher
James V. Kern Edward Sedgwick Ralph Levy |
| Producer | Jess Oppenheimer
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| Writer | Bob Carroll Jr.
Madelyn Davis |
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I Love Lucy: The Complete Fifth Season finds Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) making an international mess out of husband Ricky's globe-trotting tour as an entertainer. Beginning with "Lucy Visits Grauman's" and "Lucy and John Wayne," the impulsive redhead risks Ricky's sanity in Hollywood by stealing a cement slab, from the famous entrance to Grauman's Chinese Theater, that contains the imprint of John Wayne's footprints and signature. In the tradition of superstars playing themselves on I Love Lucy, an exasperated (and very funny) Wayne gets into the act over and over and over again, making new imprints on multiple slabs because Lucy keeps messing up the results. After more shenanigans in Los Angeles (Lucy attends a ritzy party with a dummy substituting for her unavailable husband) and a disastrous train ride home, it's time to jeopardize Ricky's success during an interview show that ends disastrously. Lucy's fifth season travel theme continues when Ricky and his band are booked on a European tour that does not include his wife or the Mertzes. Of course, that doesn't stop the determined Lucy (or Ethel), who schemes her way into Ricky's plans, only to have a number of snafus arise as she tries to leave the country. In the I Love Lucy tradition, entire episodes are written around such simple matters as trying to get a passport, or helping with Fred's fear of getting seasick while traveling. All this show's stars really need is a ridiculous, open-ended situation to exploit, and the comedy flows from there. "Bon Voyage" is a particularly funny episode in which Lucy gets left behind by the European-bound ship carrying Ricky and the others, and she has to find a way to get back aboard. The hilarious "Lucy and the Queen" finds her angling in London for a way to meet the Royal Family after Ricky is invited to say hello at the Palladium. From there, Lucy creates chaos in Scotland (this episode includes a memorable dream sequence in which Ricky appears as Scotty MacTavish MacDougal MacCardo), Paris (where she and Ethel plot to meet guest star and good sport Charles Boyer at an outdoor café), Rome (the outstanding "Lucy's Italian Movie" finds her dispatched to a vineyard, where she has to crush grapes--brilliantly--with her feet). Lots of special features, including a behind-the-scenes peek and bloopers. --Tom Keogh |
| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 10/3/1955 1. Lucy Visits Grauman's | |||
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With only a week left in Hollywood, Lucy weeps about her lack of souvenirs. Her collection already includes a tin can run over by Cary Grant's rear tire, a napkin boasting Lana Turner's lip-prints, and a few other goodies. But when Lucy discovers that John Wayne's concrete block at Grauman's Chinese Theatre is loose, she decides to take home a souvenir to end all souvenirs.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 10/10/1955 2. Lucy and John Wayne | |||
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Lucy is spotted while attempting to ""collect"" a cement block with John Wayne's footprints from Grauman's Chinese Theater. To avoid publicity and keep Lucy out of jail, Ricky enlists John Wayne's help in replacing the block. One mishap leads to another, and the plot thickens -- as does the cement. John Wayne guest-stars.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 10/17/1955 3. Lucy and the Dummy | |||
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Lucy thinks she may have finally gotten her big break in Hollywood. It all centers on a posh party attended by studio execs. Ricky was invited to attend but begged off. But Lucy will fool 'em. She has a lifelike rubber replica of Ricky's head, which she'll attach to a dummy body — and she'll dance her way to stardom with ""Raggedy Ricky.""
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 10/24/1955 4. Ricky Sells the Car | |||
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Ricky sells his car, and the Mertzes think they are being stranded in California. Ricky buys train tickets for everyone, but a reservations mixup puts Lucy in an apparently compromising position with Fred Mertz. Watch for Fred and Ethel decked out in motorcycle gear and riding on a Harley.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 10/31/1955 5. The Great Train Robbery | |||
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Lucy gets mixed up with a jewel thief on a cross-country rail trip that marks the end of the series' Hollywood sojourn. That's not the only reason it's a bumpy ride. Another is that Lucy keeps pulling the emergency-brake cord.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 11/7/1955 6. Homecoming | |||
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Ricky returns from Hollywood as a celebrity, and even Lucy gets in on the hero worship. Can Ricky stand her brand of hero worship?
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 11/14/1955 7. Face to Face | |||
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Ricky Ricardo's new fame leads to an invitation to appear on the popular interview program "Face to Face", and Lucy and Ricky consider moving. Ricky's agent arranges an appearance for him and suggests that they stage a fight so Lucy and Ricky won't have to stay. In the end the scheme falls flat while "Face to Face" is on the air.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 11/28/1955 8. Lucy Goes to a Rodeo | |||
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Fred has a Western-themed show coming up at his lodge and he wants Ricky to perform in it. He can't — but Lucy and Ethel volunteer (Lucy yodels ""Home on the Range""). The reason Ricky can't appear is that he has a ""radio"" show that night. Or is it a ""rodeo"" show?
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 12/5/1955 9. Nursery School | |||
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Lucy's objects, but Ricky insists that Little Ricky go to nursery school. All goes well until the boy gets sick. Then it's hospital frolics — starring Nurse Lucy.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 12/12/1955 10. Ricky's European Booking | |||
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Ricky's band is going on a European tour but he can't afford to take Lucy — who's not about to take this lying down. Her plan: raffle off a TV set to benefit ""Ladies Overseas Aid."" ""We're ladies,"" Lucy tells Ethel (who's scheming to go, too). ""We want to go overseas. And, boy, do we need aid."" The Pied Pipers perform the theme from Ball and Arnaz's 1956 movie Forever Darling.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 12/19/1955 11. The Passports | |||
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It's Lucy vs. bureaucrats (bureaucrats: watch out) when she can't find her birth certificate, which she needs for a passport so she can go on Ricky's European tour.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 1/2/1956 12. Staten Island Ferry | |||
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Fred's fear of becoming seasick threatens the Mertzes and Ricardos' plans for Ricky's European band tour. To prove that Fred won't get seasick, Ricky takes him down to the ship, which is anchored in the harbor. But Fred turns green and becomes more firm about his not going. Lucy and Ethel test some new, improved seasickness remedies on the Staten Island Ferry. The trial run leads to unexpected complications when Lucy gets seasick.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 1/16/1956 13. Bon Voyage | |||
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Ricky, Ethel, and Fred are aboard their ship to Europe when Lucy rushes down the gangplank for one last goodbye to Little Ricky, who will be in Lucy's mother's care while she is in Europe. The ship heads out to sea, leaving Lucy frantically trying to catch up with it.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 1/23/1956 14. Second Honeymoon | |||
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Lucy schemes to tear Ricky away for a second honeymoon aboard the ocean liner taking them to Europe. The trouble is, Ricky's too busy with his band.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 1/30/1956 15. Lucy Meets the Queen | |||
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Lucy is thrilled at being in London and desperate to see the Queen. She misses the Queen at Buckingham Palace, where she gets involved in the changing of the guard. Ricky is invited to meet the Royal Family when they attend a special performance at the Palladium. Lucy is not included in the invitation, but she has no intention of letting it go at that.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 2/6/1956 16. The Fox Hunt | |||
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Tally ho! In England, Lucy hounds a movie producer (Walter Kingsford) about her riding prowess and ends up on a fox hunt.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 2/20/1956 17. Lucy Goes to Scotland | |||
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The Ricardos and Mertzes are on their way to Paris, but first Lucy wants to go to Scotland to seek members of the McGillicuddy family into which she was born. In a classic dream sequence, Ricky appears as Scotty MacTavish MacDougal MacCardo.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 2/27/1956 18. Paris at Last | |||
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Equipped with an English-French dictionary, Lucy sets out to see Paris and ""discover"" an artist whose paintings will become very valuable -- she knows she has ""the eye."" Lucy's first encounter is indeed with an artist -- a con artist who changes her American money for French. Lucy's adventures land Lucy, Ethel, and Fred in jail.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 3/5/1956 19. Lucy Meets Charles Boyer | |||
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Charles Boyer deals with a star-crazed Lucy in this guest appearance. The setting: Paris, where the Ricardos and Mertzes are lunching at a sidewalk cafe. Boyer is at a nearby table, and when Lucy and Ethel spot him they immediately repair to the ladies room to plot their approach. Ricky tries to stop the assault but nobody can defend against the star-struck Lucy.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 3/19/1956 20. Lucy Gets a Paris Gown | |||
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Lucy decides to go on a hunger strike until Ricky agrees to buy her a designer dress. The plan works perfectly (even though Ethel has been smuggling food to Lucy) and Ricky finally gives in and buys her an expensive outfit. But when Ricky discovers what Lucy has been up to, he puts together a crazy outfit made of burlap and passes it off as a Paris original.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 3/26/1956 21. Lucy in the Swiss Alps | |||
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In Switzerland, the Ricardos and Mertzes are caught in an abandoned cabin during an avalanche. It's one of Lucy's own making (of course), and it leads to some soul-searching and confessions. But not by Ricky: ""We might be saved!"" They are — by an oompah band playing ""La Cucaracha.""
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 4/9/1956 22. Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy | |||
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Fred is conscience-stricken about the expense involved when he misrouted Ricky's band. He books second-class train passage for their overnight trip to Florence and a fourth-class hotel for their stay. Lucy wants to call home to see if Little Ricky has received the birthday presents she sent him from London, but the difficulties of calling from a fourth-class room almost prove too much for her. In the end, Lucy invites an Italian shoeshine boy and his friends to celebrate Little Ricky's birthday.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 4/16/1956 23. Lucy's Italian Movie | |||
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En route to Rome by train, Lucy is spotted by a famous Italian cinema director and chosen to play a part in his new movie ""Bitter Grapes."" Lucy sets out to immerse herself in the role. When she nonchalantly wanders into a vineyard inhabited by a motley assortment of Italian-speaking women, she is dispatched to the wine-making area to crush grapes with her feet.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 4/23/1956 24. Lucy's Bicycle Trip | |||
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The Ricardos and Mertzes pedal their way from Italy to the French Riviera. It's a bumpy ride, thanks (of course) to Lucy, who left her passport in her purse, which she locked in a suitcase, which she sent ahead to their hotel in Nice. That presents problems when they get to the Italian-French border.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 5/7/1956 25. Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo | |||
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Ricky is working in Monte Carlo, but Fred goofs and negotiates too little money for the engagement. Lucy and Ethel go to the casino to watch, and Lucy finds a chip that someone dropped. She picks it up and puts it on the table. The chip wins, and continues to do so, all by accident. Since Ricky warned Lucy to stay away from the casino, she hides the money in Ethel's trunk. Ricky finds it and thinks Fred has been holding out on him.
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| Seen it: Yes 30 mins 5/14/1956 26. Return Home From Europe | |||
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The Ricardos and Mertzes need to return to the U.S. by plane instead of ship. The 60-pound-per-person baggage limit taxes Lucy's ingenuity: she has bought lots of clothes and souvenirs, including a 30-pound cheese. She boards the plane wearing all the clothes at once and carrying the cheese as a ""baby.""
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