30 minSeason 6 • Episode 24
LatestWhen Mr. Mooney is up for becoming president of the San Fransisco branch of the bank, Lucy tries to get him named Boss of the Year so he gets the position.
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
Acting
Lucy's face does what other actors need dialogue for
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI physical comedy that genuinely risks limb
Costume
1960s fashion that swings from elegant to absurd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vivian Vance left after season three because she refused to move production to California; her character got married off-screen and vanished.
This was television's first major sitcom centered on a divorced single mother—a radical premise in 1962 that networks barely acknowledged in publicity.
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