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Lucy And John Wayne
Episode: 129 | Aired: October 10, 1955
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. Guest Star: John Wayne
Lucy And The Dummy
Episode: 130 | Aired: October 17, 1955
When Ricky refuses to entertain at a studio party, Lucy accepts in his place, planning to do a straight dramatic role with a dummy. The audience pans her performance, but the studio is eager to sign her up as a comedienne. In this episode, Lucy Ricardo is offered what Lucille Ball once had in real life: a contract with MGM.
Ricky Sells The Car
Episode: 131 | Aired: October 24, 1955
Ricky sells his car, and the Mertzes think they are being stranded in California. Ricky buys train tickets for everyone, but a reservations mix-up puts Lucy in an apparently compromising position with Fred Mertz. Look For: Fred and Ethel decked out in motorcycle gear and riding on a Harley.
The Great Train Robbery
Episode: 132 | Aired: October 31, 1955
Unaccustomed to train travel, Lucy is sure her trip to New York will be filled with intrigue and romance. When she hears that a jewel thief is on board, she sees herself as the possible heroine of the situation.
Homecoming
Episode: 133 | Aired: November 07, 1955
On their return from Hollywood, Lucy has her hands full with Ricky when he is hailed as a major celebrity. The Ricardos' neighbors join in for a grand homecoming celebration in Ricky's honor. Even the Mertzes begin to see Ricky through new eyes as adulation is heaped on him. When Ricky begins to succumb to the nonsense and go 'Hollywood,' Lucy begins to worry.
Person To Person / Ricardos are Interviewed
Episode: 134 | Aired: November 14, 1955
Ricky Ricardo's new fame leads to an invitation to appear on the popular interview program Person to Person, and they 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 Person to Person is on the air.
Lucy Goes To The Rodeo
Episode: 135 | Aired: November 28, 1955
Ricky, scheduled for a radio stint, reluctantly turns down Fred's offer to appear in an amateur radio show. Lucy volunteers to help out, and she and Fred whip up a Western act. Ricky then discovers it's the rodeo, not the radio show that he's booked for. With no time to prepare, Ricky has to give Lucy a moment in the spotlight. Look For: Lucille McGillicuddy and Her Western Bell Ringers' performing Down by the Old Mill Stream.
Nursery School
Episode: 136 | Aired: December 05, 1955
When Ricky finds Lucy exhausted after a trying day with Little Ricky, he insists that it's time their son attend nursery school. Lucy's protests are overridden, and Ricky takes young Ricky to nursery school. But after the first day, the boy comes down with tonsillitis. Lucy promises Little Ricky that she'll spend the night with him at the hospital, and when hospital regulations prevent this, Lucy hatches her own plot to circumvent the rules.
Ricky's European Booking
Episode: 137 | Aired: December 12, 1955
Ricky is offered a European booking which is too important to refuse, but he can't afford to take Lucy with him. Lucy is furious at the prospect of being left behind. Finally Ricky tells the girls they can go if they can raise the money for their passages.
Passports
Episode: 138 | Aired: December 19, 1955
Lucy and Fred are unable to produce their birth certificates to get passports for the Ricardos and Mertzes' European jaunt. They both call their hometowns for their birth certificates but discover that none exist for them. In order to get passports to accompany Ricky on his European tour, they must find people who have know them and their families for twenty years.
Staten Island Ferry
Episode: 139 | Aired: January 02, 1956
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. 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.
Bon Voyage
Episode: 140 | Aired: January 16, 1956
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. Guest Star: Jack Albertson, from Chico and the Man
Lucy's Second Honeymoon
Episode: 141 | Aired: January 23, 1956
Lucy looks forward happily to romantic evenings and daytime deck games as the Ricardos and the Mertzes sail for Europe. However, she ends up looking lonesome as everyone else on shipboard pairs off; Ricky's band is scheduled to play practically every minute of the day and night. Finally Lucy enlists Ethel's aid in a plan to get some time alone with Ricky.
Lucy Meets The Queen
Episode: 142 | Aired: January 30, 1956
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 but Lucy is not included in the invitation. Guest Star: Nancy Kulp, who played Miss Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies
The Fox Hunt
Episode: 143 | Aired: February 06, 1956
Lucy is torn between spending a weekend fox-hunting and her jealousy of a beautiful blonde starlet. She plots to get Ricky out of London and away from the blonde by persuading Sir Clive Richardson, a movie producer, to invite the Ricardos and Mertzes to his estate in the English countryside for the weekend. Lucy is shocked to discover that the blonde starlet is Sir Clive Richardson's daughter.
Lucy Goes To Scotland
Episode: 144 | Aired: February 20, 1956
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.
Paris At Last
Episode: 145 | Aired: February 27, 1956
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. Look for: Lucy's classic first encounter with an escargot
Lucy Meets Charles Boyer
Episode: 146 | Aired: March 05, 1956
While sightseeing in Paris, the Ricardos and Mertzes are sitting in a sidewalk cafe that Charles Boyer is known to frequent. Lucy thinks she has spotted Boyer and turns to jelly, but Ricky convinces her she's wrong. Lucy enlists the help of 'Pierre Smith,' who looks enough like Boyer to be him. To convince Ricky that she really loves him, not Boyer. Guest Star: Charles Boyer as himself
Lucy Gets A Paris Gown
Episode: 147 | Aired: March 19, 1956
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. 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.
Lucy In The Swiss Alps
Episode: 148 | Aired: March 26, 1956
When band manager Fred fouls up by sending the orchestra to Locarno, Switzerland instead of Lucerne, Lucy tries to appease Ricky by suggesting a healthy hike in the Alps. All goes well until an unexpected snowstorm forces the Ricardos and the Mertzes into a deserted mountaintop cabin. Lucy slams the cabin's door and sets off an avalanche, trapping the two couples for five hours. They are saved from certain death by a Bavarian band playing 'La Cucaracha.'
Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy
Episode: 149 | Aired: April 09, 1956
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.
Lucy's Italian Movie
Episode: 150 | Aired: April 16, 1956
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. This episode has the classic scene of Lucy in the wine vat.
Bicycle Trip
Episode: 151 | Aired: April 23, 1956
The Ricardos and the Mertzes are bicycling from Italy toward the French Riviera. When they get to the Italian/French border, everyone but Lucy is permitted to cross. Lucy realizes that her passport has been left behind -- but even when the passport is found, it looks as if Lucy will never get across the border. Look for: Fred and Ethel on a tandem bicycle.
Lucy Goes To Monte Carlo
Episode: 152 | Aired: May 07, 1956
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. Look For: I Love Lucy writer and recurring extra, Bob Carroll, Jr., appears in this episode as the gambler wearing the fez.
Home From Europe
Episode: 153 | Aired: May 14, 1956
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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