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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 full episode list
Release Date:
15 October 1951 (USA) more
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Plot:
A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star along with her bandleader husband and gets herself in the strangest situations. full summary
Awards:
Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 24 nominations more
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Perfection. more (80 total)

Cast

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Lucille Ball ... Lucy Ricardo / ... (181 episodes, 1951-1957)

Desi Arnaz ... Ricky Ricardo (181 episodes, 1951-1957)
Vivian Vance ... Ethel Mertz (176 episodes, 1951-1957)
William Frawley ... Fred Mertz (175 episodes, 1951-1957)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lucy (USA) (working title)
Lucy & Ricky (USA) (working title)
Lucy in Connecticut (USA) (rerun title)
The Sunday Lucy Show (USA) (rerun title)
The Top Ten Lucy Show (USA) (rerun title)
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Runtime:
30 min (179 episodes) | Argentina:30 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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In the episodes when the Ricardos and the Mertzes are in Hollywood, the backdrop of Hollywood outside of the Ricardo's hotel suite replicates the view as it would be have been seen from the top of the stages at the Desilu lot on Cahuenga Boulevard (now Ren-Mar Studios), two blocks to the west of Vine Street where most of the "I Love Lucy" episodes were shot. Most of the landmarks at Hollywood and Vine that are on the backdrop (except for the Brown Derby Restaurant, which was demolished in the 1980's) may still be seen at that location today, over fifty years later. The Capitol Records Building was under construction when these episodes were being filmed and is not seen on the backdrop. The "Beverly Palms Hotel" was a fictional hotel, but its interior and exterior set designs combined elements of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Bevery Hills Hotel. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In various episodes, Ethel is referred to as Ethel Roberta, Ethel Louise, and Ethel Mae. more
Quotes:
Lucy Ricardo: I'd just love a Richard Widmark grapefruit to go with my Robert Taylor orange.
Ethel Mertz: What a fruit salad that would make.
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29 out of 33 people found the following review useful.
Perfection., 31 July 2004
Author: SmileyVision from United States

There was never a dull episode.They all made us laugh and continue to do so fifty years later.This is,without question,the only perfect TV series ever produced.I don't have to mention names,you all know who they are.I don't have to name the funniest episodes,because all of us can name them.This show had an appeal with no expiration date.Everything about it is just as funny now as I know it was then.And they thought the idea of a white woman being married to a Cuban band leader wouldn't last,or be accepted by the viewing public.How wrong they were.Very few shows of it's time are still around in reruns.This speaks volumes. If I had to sum it all up in one word,it would be "perfection".

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