The Lucy Show
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Mon 12:00PM ET
Lucy and John Wayne
When Mr. Mooney sends Lucy to the movie studio to deliver some papers regarding the financing on John Wayne's new film, she ignores his warning not to bother Mr. Wayne and finds herself lunching with him. Nervous and excited, Lucy proceeds to talk his ear off and finally splatters him with ketchup. Mr. Wayne takes that as his exit cue, but Lucy soon tracks him to the set of his film, where she continuously screws up the production. -
Mon 12:30PM ET
Lucy and Pat Collins
With Mr. Mooney is suffering from insomnia, Lucy takes him to see Pat Collins, the "hip hypnotist", at a local club. She gets Mooney and Lucy onstage and has the two portray Laurel and Hardy. She also plants a post-hypnotic suggestion in Mr. Mooney that will give him a little sleep. Naturally, Lucy will inadvertently trigger Mooney's sleep cue at the most inopportune moments. -
Tue 12:00PM ET
Lucy and the Monkey
Lucy is so overworked that Mary Jane warns her she'll have a nervous breakdown. Meanwhile, a performer from the bank's benefit show leaves his trained ape in Mr. Mooney's office. Lucy sees the simian, believes she's finally snapped, and is convinced that the hairy creature is actually Mooney. -
Tue 12:30PM ET
Lucy and the Efficiency Expert (Phil Silvers)
Efficiency expert Oliver Kasten takes over Mr. Mooney's office and commandeers his secretary, Lucy Carmichael, who quickly patterns herself after Kasten, following his strict orders without question. Also known as "Lucy and Phil Silvers". -
Wed 12:00PM ET
Lucy's Substitute Secretary
Lucy is preparing to go on vacation, but she has a change of heart when her substitute secretary turns out to be an attractive blonde who Mr. Mooney really likes. Lucy secretly doesn't go on vacation, and spies on them in various disguises. -
Wed 12:30PM ET
Viv Visits Lucy
Recently married Vivian leaves Danfield to visit Lucy and the two begin gossiping and making up for lost time. When Viv tells Lucy about a friend's son who's now sporting long-hair, a guitar and a clock earring, the duo decide to dress up as hippies and set off to Sunset Strip to find "Itchy" to rescue him from the underworld. Lucy and Viv quickly find themselves in The Hairy Ape, where they finally find Itchy entertaining – after they spend the evening having to dance with the hip crowd. -
Thu 12:00PM ET
Lucy the Baby Sitter
Wanting a break from the bank and to make some extra money, Lucy visits an employment agency and lands a job as a babysitter. Little does she know that the babies are actually chimps! -
Thu 12:30PM ET
Main Street USA
In this first of a two-parter, Lucy joins locals in protesting the destruction of the tiny town of Bancroft, slated to be ruined by a freeway. Little does Lucy realize that Mr. Mooney is bankrolling the project. Returning is Lucy's songwriting friend Mel Tinker, who writes "My Home Town" for the occasion. -
Fri 12:00PM ET
Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map
Picking up where the previous episode (Main Street USA) left off, Lucy, Mr. Mooney, and Mel Tinker stage a shootout at the bank for press coverage. Their hope is to bring the freeway problem to the attention of the world. -
Fri 12:30PM ET
Lucy Meets the Law
Lucy is mistaken for a shoplifter called "The Red Flash" and taken to jail, but she thinks she's in jail because she littered a candy wrapper. -
Mon 11:00AM ET
Lucy the Fight Manager
Mr. Mooney has a fight with his wife, so Lucy decides to have some flowers sent over for her. When Eddie, the florist, arrives with the arrangement, Mr. Mooney immediately recognizes him as a former boxer. Eddie wants $3,000 to open up his own florist shop, but Mr. Mooney denies him a loan – so Lucy arranges for Eddie to partake in a boxing match to earn the money. -
Mon 11:30AM ET
Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford
Mr. Cheever warns Mr. Mooney that his job is in jeopardy unless he attracts new business to their branch of the bank. So when Lucy hears that a recording star, country hick Homer Higgins (Ernie Ford), is about to become a California resident, she sets off to the hotel to coax him into setting up an account with their bank. To impress Mr. Higgins and his family, Lucy and Mr. Mooney set up a hoe-down in the bank after it closes that evening...and Lucy decides to dress down to pose as Mrs. Mooney. -
Mar 28, 11:00AM ET
Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard
When Sheldon Leonard convinces Mr. Mooney to let him shoot a television pilot at the bank, Lucy mistakenly thinks he is a gangster who plans to rob the bank, so she and Mary Jane sneak into the bank at night, disguised as scrubwomen, to stop them. -
Mar 28, 11:30AM ET
Lucy Meets the Berles
Lucy moonlights again--this time as Milton Berle's secretary. After overhearing Berle rehearse a torrid love scene with Ruta Lee, Lucy decides to teach the cad a lesson by "tossing his salad". -
Mar 29, 11:00AM ET
Lucy Gets Trapped
ucy fakes sickness to go shopping at a one-day-only sale with Mary Jane. But when Lucy becomes the customer of the year and has her photo printed in the paper, Lucy must hide the paper from Mr. Mooney before he sees it. -
Mar 29, 11:30AM ET
Lucy and the French Movie Star
When a handsome French film star expresses interest in Mooney's bank, Lucy is sent to the actor's apartment to dictate a letter. While visiting, the redhead gets too much of a kick from champagne and makes a fool of herself. Luckily, the French heartthrob gets a kick out of it all. -
Mar 30, 11:00AM ET
Lucy the Starmaker
Mr. Cheever's wisecracking nephew, Tommy (Frankie Avalon), comes to work at the bank, to discourage him from the position he really wants – a job in show business. Despite the fact that he's to get no special treatment, Mooney repeatedly sucks up to him. Lucy soon befriends the young Cheever, who impresses her with a song and dance. So Lucy sets out to break Tommy into show biz -
Mar 30, 11:30AM ET
Lucy Gets Her Diploma
Lucy is in trouble when a new bank policy requires all of its employees be high school graduates, and she reveals she was unable to complete her final year. So now it's back to school for Lucy, who ends up helping another man earn his diploma as well. -
Mar 31, 11:00AM ET
Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account
Needing new accounts for the bank, Lucy visits Jack Benny to try and get him to keep his money at her bank. He agrees to do it if she can prove that her bank can build a vault safer than his. Lucy then has the bank build a burglar proof vault, and gives Mr. Benny a personal tour of it. -
Mar 31, 11:30AM ET
Little Old Lucy
Elderly Mr. Heatherton, the bank president, is in town for a visit. The bank is throwing a party in his honor, but Mr. Mooney forgets to line up an escort for the old guy. He presses Lucy into being his dinner date, masquerading as little old lady Amelia Van Dyne. As Lucy soon discovers, Mr. Heatherton is a wolf in senior citizen's clothing.