Features: flubs; lost scenes; restored music; behind-the-scenes featurettes; deleted footage; original series openings; original animated sequences; script excerpts; production notes; guest cast information; series promotional spot; five complete episodes of Lucy's radio show : My favorite husband. Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley. Originally broadcast on television 1953-1954.
Contents:
Ricky's life story -- The girls go into business -- Lucy and Ethel buy the same dress -- Equal rights -- Baby pictures -- Lucy tells the truth -- The French revue -- Redecorating the Mertzes' apartment -- Too many crooks -- Changing the boys' wardrobe --Lucy has her eyes examined -- Ricky's old girlfriend -- The million dollar idea -- Ricky minds the baby -- The charm school -- Sentimental anniversary -- Fan magazine interview -- Oil wells -- Ricky loses his temper -- Home movies -- Bonus bucks -- Ricky's Hawaiian vacation -- Lucy is envious -- Lucy writes a novel -- Lucy's club dance -- The diner -- The black wig -- Tennessee Ernie visits -- Tennessee Ernie hangs on -- The golf game -- The sublease.
Summary:
Cuban-born bandleader Ricky Ricardo and his wife, Lucy, live in a Brownstone apartment building on East 68th Street in New York City. The beautiful, but daffy Lucy has the nasty habit of getting into jams, scrapes, and predicaments of all kinds.Their best friends and landlords, Fred and Ethel Mertz, frequently find themselves in the middle of Lucy's outlandish escapades.
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