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The Lucy Show is a television series that aired on CBS from 1962 until 1968. 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 costar. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but all episodes aired with the title The Lucy Show.

Ball won two Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for this show, for the years 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Premise: The show began with Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widow with two children, Chris (Candy Moore), and Jerry (Jimmy Garrett), living in Danfield, New York, sharing her home with divorced friend Vivian Bagley (Vance) and her son, Sherman (Ralph Hart). Lucy had been left with a substantial trust fund by her late husband, which was managed during the first season by local banker Mr. Barnsdahl (Charles Lane). Comedian Dick Martin, working solo from his long-time partner Dan Rowan, appeared in several episodes as Lucy's boyfriend, Harry Connors, during the show's first season. It is a common agreement among fans of Lucille Ball that the first black and white season of The Lucy Show was the best not only because the show fully utilized the talents of Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Martin, Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf (the original writers of I Love Lucy) in creating several classic episodes , but also because Desi Arnaz was executive producer - at least for eight of the first season's shows.

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Highlights
Garry Marshall on the origin of The Lucy Show episode, "Lucy and the Sleeping Beauty" (airdate: November 15, 1965)
00:49
Garry Marshall on the origin of The Lucy Show episode, "Lucy and the Good Skate" (airdate: September 21, 1964) and Lucille Ball's accident while rehearsing it
00:45
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Edie Adams

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Edie Adams on appearing on the last episode of The Lucy Show
04:31

Howard Anderson, Jr.

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Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening for The Lucy Show
01:44

Lucie Arnaz

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Lucie Arnaz on The Lucy Show
02:08
Lucie Arnaz on playing various characters on The Lucy Show
01:01
Lucie Arnaz on The Lucy Show's grueling production schedule
02:16
Lucie Arnaz on appearing in The Lucy Show episode "Lucy at Marineland"
00:55
Lucie Arnaz on the end of The Lucy Show and the beginning of Here's Lucy
00:59

Carol Burnett

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Carol Burnett on appearing on The Lucy Show with Lucille Ball and what she learned from Ball
01:01

Henry Colman

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Henry Colman on working as a CBS program executive on The Lucy Show
01:09

Madelyn Pugh Davis

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Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on working on The Lucy Show
01:52
Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on working on The Lucy Show
01:52

Jamie Farr

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Jamie Farr on his guest appearances on Lucy
01:26

Ron Friedman

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Ron Friedman on his writing partner, Pat McCormick with whom he wrote The Lucy Show special "Lucy in London" and an unsold pilot for Stiller and Meara
05:25
Ron Friedman on The Lucy Show special "Lucy in London" starring Lucille Ball
01:52

Seaman Jacobs

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Seaman Jacobs on writing for The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy, and on working with writers Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Pugh Davis
01:50
Seaman Jacobs on Lucille Ball's role in the writing and production of The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy, and on shooting the shows
01:58

Harvey Korman

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Harvey Korman on working on The Lucy Show
03:23

Irma Kusely

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Irma Kusely on working on The Lucy Show  with Lucille Ball
02:22
Irma Kusely on Lucille Ball switching exclusively to wigs on The Lucy Show
00:57
Irma Kusely on working with the cast of The Lucy Show  and working with the various guest stars
05:26

Barry Livingston

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Barry Livingston on appearing as "Arnold Mooney" on The Lucy Show
02:07

Anita Mann

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Anita Mann on working as assistant choreographer on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy with Lucille Ball
02:25
Anita Mann on working with Lucille Ball on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy
03:20

Garry Marshall

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Garry Marshall on the origin of The Lucy Show episode, "Lucy and the Sleeping Beauty" (airdate: November 15, 1965)
00:49
Garry Marshall on the origin of The Lucy Show episode, "Lucy and the Good Skate" (airdate: September 21, 1964) and Lucille Ball's accident while rehearsing it
00:45
Garry Marshall on the benefits of writing a Lucille Ball show
01:28
Garry Marshall on working as a writer for Lucille Ball (on The Lucy Show )
04:50

Peter Marshall

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Peter Marshall on acting on The Lucy Show
04:34

Dick Martin

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Dick Martin on performing as "Harry Connors" on The Lucy Show
05:40
Dick Martin on being in the cast for the first 13 weeks on The Lucy Show
09:20

Howard Morris

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Howard Morris on guest-starring on The Lucy Show with Lucille Ball
01:30

Carroll Pratt

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Carroll Pratt on working with Lucille Ball during his career, including The Lucy Show
02:20

Joan Rivers

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Joan Rivers on guest-starring on The Lucy Show
01:32

William Schallert

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William Schallert on working with Lucille Ball on The Lucy Show
02:35

Bob Schiller

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Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on writing for The Lucy Show
06:21
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on their favorite episodes of The Lucy Show
04:53

Doris Singleton

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Doris Singleton on working on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy
01:21

Herbert F. Solow

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Herbert F. Solow on the change from I Love Lucy to The Lucy Show
02:27
Herbert F. Solow on memories of working with Lucille Ball and The Lucy Show
07:07

John Strauss

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John Strauss on doing publicity for The Lucy Show
01:37

Bob Weiskopf

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Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on writing for The Lucy Show
06:21
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on their favorite episodes of The Lucy Show
04:53

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