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

Nov 11th 11:30a ET

Lucy and the Return of the Iron Man

Mr. Mooney runs into Lucy and Mary Jane at the racetrack. He asks them to hold onto his tickets while he chats with a friend. In a photo finish, the wrong horse is reported as the winner, leading Lucy to tear up Mooney's tickets. To pay Mooney his winnings, Lucy again becomes stuntman "Iron Man Carmichael" to drum up some cash.

Nov 12th 11:00a 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.

Nov 12th 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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