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Little Ricky Learns To Play The Drum
Episode: 155 | Aired: October 08, 1956
Lucy suddenly decides her son is going to be a doctor, but Ricky wants him to be a band leader like himself. They agree to resolve the question by giving him a toy doctor's uniform and a drum and seeing which he prefers. The fact that the boy chooses the drum changes nothing as far as Lucy is concerned. Factoid: Historical note: Before taking on the acting role of Little Ricky, Keith Thibodeaux was known as 'The World's Tiniest Professional Drummer.'
Lucy Meets Orson Welles
Episode: 156 | Aired: October 15, 1956
Orson Welles is going to perform his magic act in Ricky's club. He asks Ricky if Lucy will help him. Ricky has had one too many of Lucy's screwball antics and is only too happy to push her off to Florida. When Lucy meets Welles and accidentally learns of the chance she is missing, she cancels her trip and gets a drama class to come and watch her do Shakespeare with Welles. Guest Star: Orson Welles appears as himself along with Ellen Corby from The Waltons
Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright
Episode: 157 | Aired: October 22, 1956
Little Ricky is scheduled to play the drums in a children's orchestra. Although his parents and their friends the Mertzes are overcome with nervousness, Little Ricky seems calm until his big moment arrives; then he goes to pieces. Guest Star: Howard McNear, who played Floyd the barber in The Andy Griffith Show
Visitor From Italy
Episode: 158 | Aired: October 29, 1956
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 Dominic is in San Francisco and sets out to help Mario raise the bus fare. Her earnest efforts pay off in a surprising way. Look for: Lucy's classic pizza-making scene
Off To Florida
Episode: 159 | Aired: November 12, 1956
When Lucy misplaces two train tickets to Florida, she and Ethel consult the classified section, hoping to share a ride with someone driving south. They team up with a peculiar middle-aged woman, Mrs. Grundy, who's bent on getting to Florida in record time. Guest Star: Elsa Lanchester, who played the original Bride of Frankenstein, as Mrs. Grundy
Deep Sea Fishing
Episode: 160 | Aired: November 10, 1956
When the Mertzes and the Ricardos vacation in Florida, women's shopping habits versus men's fishing prowess become an issue.
Desert Island
Episode: 161 | Aired: November 26, 1956
On a pleasure cruise, Lucy manages to have the boat run out of gas to keep Fred and Ricky from judging a 'Miss Miami Beach' beauty contest. The Ricardos and the Mertzes find themselves adrift on the Atlantic. Eventually they land on a desert island, where Lucy promptly runs into trouble. Guest Star: Claude Akins, who went on to play TV's Sheriff Lobo, as himself
The Ricardos Visit Cuba
Episode: 162 | Aired: December 03, 1956
Still on their vacation, the Ricardos go to Cuba, where Ricky wants to introduce his relatives to Lucy and Little Ricky.
Little Ricky's School Pageant
Episode: 163 | Aired: December 17, 1956
Little Ricky makes his acting debut in a school play. This lavish children's pageant in the Enchanted Forest is complete with elves, owls, bunnies, and Lucy as a broom-riding witch. Look For: Fred Mertz as Hippity Hoppity, the friendly frog
Lucy And The Loving Cup
Episode: 164 | Aired: January 07, 1957
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 is that Lucy can't get the trophy off her head. Look for: Lucy's classic ride on the Lexington Avenue subway
Lucy And Superman
Episode: 165 | Aired: January 14, 1957
When another boy has a birthday party the same day as Little Ricky's, Lucy looks for unusual entertainment to lure the children to Ricky's party. Ricky remembers that Superman is in town, and he invites him. When Ricky is unable to corral Superman, Lucy is left with no choice but to dress as the Man of Steel herself. Guest Star: George Reeves as himself
Little Ricky Gets A Dog
Episode: 166 | Aired: January 21, 1957
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 are their landlords, Fred and Ethel. They have a hard time overcoming Little Ricky's arguments that a puppy would be a welcome addition to a home that already boasts a canary, a frog, a lizard, a turtle, and some goldfish.
Lucy Wants To Move To The Country
Episode: 167 | Aired: January 28, 1957
Lucy decides that it would be nice to move to the country and prevails on Ricky to place a deposit on a big house. Ricky agrees and puts a down payment on a house in Westport, Connecticut. It is not long before Lucy changes her mind. Lucy, Ethel, and Fred put on disguises to try and help poor Ricky get his deposit back.
Lucy Hates To Leave
Episode: 168 | Aired: February 04, 1957
Lucy hates to leave behind her old friends Fred and Ethel, who also happen to be her landlords. But Ricky told her to sell all their furniture. Lucy hates to part with her furniture almost as badly as she hates to part with the Mertzes. She persuades them to keep the furniture in their apartment, promising that it's 'just until we can move.'
Lucy Misses The Mertzs
Episode: 169 | Aired: February 11, 1957
As the Ricardos get settled in their new country home, they immediately wind up in a mix-up with their old friends Fred and Ethel Mertz. Missing their old friends already, Lucy and Ricky decide to visit the Mertzes. At the same time, the Mertzes decide to trek to the country to visit the Ricardos.
Lucy Gets Chummy With The Neighbors
Episode: 170 | Aired: February 18, 1957
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 deal on furniture. For a time, the Ricardos' whole future at their Connecticut home seems threatened. In this episode, Frank Nelson and Mary Jane Croft make their debut as the Ramseys.
Lucy Raises Chickens
Episode: 171 | Aired: March 04, 1957
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 is ready.
Lucy Does The Tango
Episode: 172 | Aired: March 11, 1957
Chicken-raising and practicing a tango for Little Ricky's school PTA meeting gets the Ricardos and the Mertzes in a verbal battle. It's up to Ricky, Jr. and his neighborhood pal Bruce Ramsey to straighten things out. Factoid: The scene where Lucy and Ricky do the tango resulted in the longest recorded studio audience laugh in the history of the show.
Ragtime Band
Episode: 173 | Aired: March 18, 1957
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 one hitch -- Ricky won't do it. So Lucy decides to form her own band. Look for: Ricky singing the classic song, Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Lucy's Night In Town
Episode: 174 | Aired: March 25, 1957
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 hit 'The Most Happy Fella' are supposed to get the Ricardos and the Mertzes in to see the sold-out show. But difficulties arise when Fred Mertz gets nervous about pickpockets because he's carrying $500 in cash in his pockets.
Housewarming
Episode: 175 | Aired: April 01, 1957
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 be plans for a housewarming party given for them. Look for a classic bout of jealousy in this episode as Lucy and Ethel make new friends.
Building A Bar-B-Q
Episode: 176 | Aired: April 08, 1957
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 to work building a barbecue. Lucy loses her wedding ring and Ricky tries to teach her a lesson.
Country Club Dance
Episode: 177 | Aired: April 22, 1957
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 development forces the women into glamorous clothing and beauty treatments to prove that they, too, can be glamorous. Guest Star: Barbara Eden
Lucy Raises Tulips
Episode: 178 | Aired: April 29, 1957
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 to mow the lawn so that her garden will look just right. But he only mows half before taking off for a baseball game, leaving Lucy and Ethel to tiptoe through the tulips -- with the lawnmower.
The Ricardos Dedicate A Statue
Episode: 179 | Aired: May 06, 1957
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. Her efforts to undo the damage put her in a unique position when the time comes to unveil the statue. Factoid: This is the only episode where the Arnazes' children, Lucie and Desi, Jr., make a cameo appearance.
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