The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Name: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Keith Thibodeaux

1957

★★★★☆ 8.6/10

📺 3 Seasons

🎬 13 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 60 min/episode

Comedy

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. It was the successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, and featured the same major cast members. The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series. Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran the show under the "Lucy-Desi" title during the summers of 1962-1967, after which it went into syndication.

Seasons

Season 1

1957 • 5 Episodes

This episode takes us back to the night that Lucy and Ricky first met and fell in Love. Lucy was going to Cuba with her friend Susie on a vacation. When they arrive, Lucy meets Ricky and Susie meets Carlos Garcia. The two double date and everyone falls in love. In this episode we also meet Fred Mertz (When he had hair that is) and Ethel on the cruise. Also, Lucy and Susie get arrested and hope that they can get out before the cruise goes back to the states. Of course that will be a little hard when they discover that the water the guard has been giving them is spiked.

Season 2

1958 • 5 Episodes

Lucy and the Mertzes get some things in Tijuana Mexico. On the way back from the shopping, they have a spat with US customs. Ricy and Maurice Chevalier come to her rescue, but things look dim when Maurice forgets his passport and he is stuck behind. Lucy sneaks out of the customs place and then tries to find the American Counsel. The man they need is at a bullfight and Lucy ends up dressing like a fighter in disguise and then accidentally winds up in the ring being chased by a bull.

Season 3

1959 • 3 Episodes

In order to get him to preform at a benefit at Little Ricky's school, Lucy uses Ricky's name to try and get Milton Berle. When Ricky catches her, Lucy visits the office and while needing a secluded place to work on his new book, Milton's agent and Lucy suggest he write his new book at Lucy's farmhouse.