The Lucy Show

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In the follow-up to I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball plays widow Lucy Carmichael, a mother of two children who shares a home with divorced friend Vivian Bagley (Vivian Vance of I Love Lucy fame). Carmichael is always scheming—dragging Vivian along with her—and grappling with comic complications related to life on her own and serving as secretary to the grumpy and demanding Mr. Mooney.

Next Airings

May 10th 11:30a ET

Lucy Saves Milton Berle

Uncle Miltie goes undercover as a drunken bum to do research for an upcoming dramatic role. When he stumbles into a soup kitchen, who should be volunteering but Lucy. She recognizes him, so he feeds her a story about being Berle's down-and-out brother, Arthur. Lucy takes him home to help him get back on his feet.

May 13th 11:00a ET

Lucy the Choirmaster (Christmas)

Lucy wants to get her son Jerry to California for Christmas as frugally as possible so she arranges for his military academy class to perform carols at the bank. Feeling the holiday spirit, Mr. Mooney joins the choir to sing bass.

May 13th 11:30a ET

Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton

Lucy is blown away when she hears farm-boy Wayne Newton sing. She gets Mr. Mooney to set up an audition with a record company, but there's a catch: he can only sing when he's with his cow.

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Vivian Vance was a Hollywood legend who lived in Connecticut. She must have had a lot of frequent flyer miles.
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