| I Love Lucy: Season 6 | |
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| Season 6 | |
 Season 6 DVD Cover | |
| Network | CBS-TV |
| Episodes | 27 |
| Aired from | October 1, 1956 - May 6, 1957 |
| Finale | The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue |
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I Love Lucy season six lasted from October 1, 1956 to May 6, 1957, with a total of 27 episodes.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| Season 1 | 35 | October 15, 1951 | June 9, 1952 | |
| Season 2 | 31 | September 15, 1952 | June 29, 1953 | |
| Season 3 | 31 | October 5, 1953 | May 24, 1954 | |
| Season 4 | 30 | October 4, 1954 | May 30, 1955 | |
| Season 5 | 26 | October 3, 1955 | May 14, 1956 | |
| Season 6 | 27 | October 1, 1956 | May 6, 1957 | |
Season 6 (1956-1957)[]
| Ep.# | # in Series | Prod. code | Title | Written by | Directed by | Film Date | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 154 | 6-01 / 154 | Lucy and Bob Hope | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | June 5, 1956 | October 1, 1956 |
| Sighting Bob Hope at Yankee Stadium, Lucy hopes to persuade him to appear at Ricky's club. To get close enough to him, she disguises herself first as a hot-dog vendor, then as a tobacco-chewing umpire. | |||||||
| 2 | 155 | 6-02 / 157 | Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | June 28, 1956 | October 8, 1956 |
| Little Ricky's non-stop drum playing threatens the Ricardos' and Mertzes' friendship. | |||||||
| 3 | 156 | 6-03 / 155 | Lucy Meets Orson Welles | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | June 14, 1956 | October 15, 1956 |
| Lucy wangles a job as Orson Welles's assistant when he appears at Ricky's club. He's doing a magic act, but Lucy's doing Shakespeare. | |||||||
| 4 | 157 | 6-04 / 156 | Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | June 21, 1956 | October 22, 1956 |
| Little Ricky gets stage fright before his first school music recital. Howard McNear guest stars. | |||||||
| 5 | 158 | 6-05 / 158 | Visitor From Italy | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | September 24, 1956 | October 29, 1956 |
| When the Venetian gondolier the Ricardos met in Europe shows up in New York, a series of mishaps result in Lucy's working at a pizza parlor. | |||||||
| 6 | 159 | 6-06 / 159 | Off to Florida | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | September 13, 1956 | November 12, 1956 |
| Driving to Miami to meet their husbands, the girls share the drive with a strange lady (special guest star Elsa Lanchester) they suspect is an ax murderess. Character actor Strother Martin appears as a store clerk. | |||||||
| 7 | 160 | 6-07 / 160 | Deep Sea Fishing | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | September 27, 1956 | November 19, 1956 |
| On a deep-sea fishing trip, the boys bet the girls that they'll catch bigger fish. To win the bet, the men and the women each buy large tunas to pass off as their catch...the only problem is hiding the fish from their spouses. | |||||||
| 8 | 161 | 6-08 / 161 | Desert Island | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | October 4, 1956 | November 26, 1956 |
| Lucy and Ethel's scheme to prevent the boys from judging a beauty contest leaves the Ricardos and the Mertzes marooned on a desert island. Claude Akins guest stars as himself. | |||||||
| 9 | 162 | 6-09 / 162 | The Ricardos Visit Cuba | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | October 18, 1956 | December 3, 1956 |
| Lucy is bent on impressing Ricky's family when they visit Havana, Cuba, but she can't seem to say or do anything right. | |||||||
| 10 | 163 | 6-10 / 163 | Little Ricky's School Pageant | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | October 25, 1956 | December 17, 1956 |
| The Ricardos and the Mertzes sign on as extra cast members in Little Ricky's class play, "The Enchanted Forest". | |||||||
| 11 | 164 | 6-11 / 166 | Lucy and the Loving Cup | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | November 1, 1956 | January 7, 1957 |
| Lucy jokingly dons a loving cup Ricky is supposed to present to jockey Johnny Longden, but then she can't get it off her head. | |||||||
| 12 | 165 | 6-12/ 165 | Little Ricky Gets a Dog | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | November 8, 1956 | January 21, 1957 |
| Little Ricky's new puppy prompts complaints by another tenant. | |||||||
| 13 | 166 | 6-13 / 167 | Lucy and Superman | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | November 15, 1956 | January 14, 1957 |
| Lucy promises to produce Superman (special guest star [[George Reeves]) for Little Ricky's fifth birthday party, but must make alternate plans when he is unable to attend. She hastily tries to impersonate Superman, but gets locked out on the balcony with the pigeons. | |||||||
| 14 | 167 | 6-14 / 168 | Lucy Wants to Move to the Country | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | December 6, 1956 | January 28, 1957 |
| Fed up with city life, Lucy yearns for the suburban life. | |||||||
| 15 | 168 | 6-15 / 169 | Lucy Hates to Leave | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | December 13, 1956 | February 4, 1957 |
| The Ricardos find themselves, and all their belongings, boarding with the Mertzes while they wait to move into their new Westport, Connecticut home. | |||||||
| 16 | 169 | 6-16 / 170 | Lucy Misses the Mertzes | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | December 20, 1956 | February 11, 1957 |
| Lucy and Ricky miss the Mertzes so much that they decide to take the train to New York to surprise them. But Fred and Ethel have the same idea, and are on their way to Connecticut! Little Ricky spends the night with the Munsons, the first in a series of babysitters which runs up to the last episode of The Lucy Desi Comedy hour in 1960. At that time his age is around 9 years old. In this episode Ethel mentions Elvis Presley, the only time he is noted on the show. | |||||||
| 17 | 170 | 6-17 / 171 | Lucy Gets Chummy With the Neighbors | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | January 10, 1957 | February 18, 1957 |
| Lucy's new neighbor, Betty Ramsey, talks Lucy into buying all new furniture. Frank Nelson and Mary Jane Croft make their initial appearance as the Ramseys. | |||||||
| 18 | 171 | 6-18 / 172 | Lucy Raises Chickens | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | January 17, 1957 | March 4, 1957 |
| Lucy and Ricky decide to raise chickens to help make ends meet. Soon the house is overrun with a flock of baby chicks, on the day a fashion magazine photographer is due to visit. | |||||||
| 19 | 172 | 6-19 / 173 | Lucy Does the Tango | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | February 7, 1957 | March 11, 1957 |
| Lucy "boosts" egg production by buying several dozen eggs and pretending they are homegrown. But her plan to hide them in her blouse goes awry when Ricky asks her to help him rehearse a tango number. This resulted in one of the longest sustained audience laughter sequences in sitcoms. | |||||||
| 20 | 173 | 6-20 / 174 | Ragtime Band | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | February 14, 1957 | March 18, 1957 |
| Lucy promises that Ricky will play at a local benefit, but he refuses. So she and the Mertzes put together their own combo—featuring Ricky Ricardo, Jr. | |||||||
| 21 | 174 | 6-21 / 175 | Lucy's Night in Town | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | February 21, 1957 | March 25, 1957 |
| In Manhattan for dinner and a hit Broadway show ("The Most Happy Fella"), Lucy discovers that their tickets were instead for the matinée performance. Joseph Kearns has a minor role. | |||||||
| 22 | 175 | 6-22 / 176 | Housewarming | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | February 28, 1957 | April 1, 1957 |
| Ethel is jealous of Lucy's friendship with Betty Ramsey. But when Betty reveals that she's from Ethel's home town of Albuquerque, the two become fast friends, and now it's Lucy who feels left out. | |||||||
| 23 | 176 | 6-23 / 177 | Building a B-B-Q | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | March 14, 1957 | April 8, 1957 |
| Lucy and Ethel decide that the only way to get Ricky to build the backyard barbecue is to start the project themselves. Things go bad when Lucy can't find her wedding ring and decides to take apart the entire B-B-Q. | |||||||
| 24 | 177 | 6-24 / 178 | Country Club Dance | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | March 21, 1957 | April 22, 1957 |
| At a club dance, Ricky, Fred, and Ralph Ramsey shower attention on a sultry young blonde (portrayed by a then-unknown 22-year-old Barbara Eden in an early role), much to the chagrin of their wives. | |||||||
| 25 | 178 | 6-25 / 179-A | Lucy Raises Tulips | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | March 28, 1957 | April 29, 1957 |
| Lucy is determined to beat Betty Ramsey in Westport's "best-looking garden" contest, and she accidentally runs over Betty's tulip garden with a lawn mower. | |||||||
| 26 | 179 | 6-26 / 179-B | The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue | Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | William Asher | April 4, 1957 | May 6, 1957 |
| Ricky has been chosen to dedicate a new Revolutionary War statue in the WestportTown Square. There's a problem: Lucy has accidentally destroyed the one-of-a-kind sculpture. | |||||||
| 27 | 180 | 6-27 / Special | I Love Lucy Christmas Show | Madelyn Pugh Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | James V. Kern | November 22, 1956 | December 24, 1956 |
| Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel reminisce (courtesy of flashbacks to favorite episodes) as they trim the tree on Christmas Eve. Note: CBS would re-broadcast this episode in primetime on December 18, 1989. The "wrap around" segments (the non-flashback parts) were broadcast in color in 1990, and these color scenes are available on the season's DVD release. Because this was a "special episode," it was never re-broadcast in syndication. | |||||||