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Best to Worst Episodes of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

by Zabon • Created 10 years ago • Modified 10 years ago
These are all 13 episodes of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour in order of most well-written in terms of connective plot with most intricate twists to the least enthralling of the full series.
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  • Lucille Ball and Danny Thomas in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    1. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Makes Room for Danny

    (1958)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.2 (173)
    Lucy and Ricky sublet their country house to the Williams family. The Williams' popularity rose from "Make Room for Daddy", starring Danny Thomas.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazDanny Thomas
  • Lucille Ball, Charles Lane, and Vivian Vance in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    2. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Goes to Mexico

    (1958)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    7.1 (162)
    At San Diego, California, doing a USO show, Lucy and Mertz duo go to Mexico to shop. But return with an unexpected and surprise stowaway in the trunk which causes problems at the border. Celebrity, Maurice Chevalier.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazMaurice Chevalier
  • Lucille Ball and Paul Douglas in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    3. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Wants a Career

    (1959)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.1 (174)
    Lucy decides she must re-enter the workforce if she wants more spending money. Ethel stays behind to cook and clean for the Ricardos, and Lucy finds out how much has changed in the employment departments.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazPaul Douglas
  • Lucille Ball and Fernando Lamas in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    4. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Goes to Sun Valley

    (1958)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    7.7 (176)
    Tired of being second in Ricky's life, Lucy drags Ethel to a ski resort on the second Ricardo's honeymoon and succeeds at enraging Ricky's short temper with extreme jealousy with Fernando Lamas.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazFernando Lamas
  • The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    5. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Milton Berle Hides at the Ricardos

    (1959)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.3 (156)
    Lucy wants Milton Berle in little Ricky's school play. So while at his office, she overhears that he can't concentrate on writing a new book, so she offers up her home so that he can write in peace, without anyone else's knowledge. Ricky jumps to the conclusion that Lucy is having an affair and punches out Mr. Berle, not knowing who he really was. The episode concludes with the play Milton agreed to do.
    DirectorDesi ArnazStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazMilton Berle
  • Lucille Ball and Fred MacMurray in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    6. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Hunts Uranium

    (1958)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.8 (221)
    Lucy, Ricky, Fred, Ethel and Fred MacMurray, are in a one-on-one race in a Las Vegas desert to go uranium hunting, but when they make a find all bets are off and it's a race to get back to the claims office, first.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazFred MacMurray
  • Lucille Ball in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    7. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Wins a Race Horse

    (1958)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.2 (177)
    Lucy tries to convince Ricky to keep a racehorse they won in a contest, even if it means running the horse herself in a race to win enough money to pay for the horse's upkeep.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazBetty Grable
  • The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    8. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    The Ricardos Go to Japan

    (1959)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.0 (166)
    Lucy and the gang head to Japan on business and encounter Bob Cummings. Chaos ensues with a string of pearls in a Geisha house.
    DirectorDesi ArnazStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazRobert Cummings
  • Tallulah Bankhead and Vivian Vance in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    9. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    The Celebrity Next Door

    (1957)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    9.1 (290)
    When Tallulah Bankhead moves in next door Lucy reacts in typical fashion and continuous chaos ensues.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazTallulah Bankhead
  • Edie Adams and Ernie Kovacs in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    10. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Meets the Mustache

    (1960)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.4 (147)
    Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams move in next door to the Ricardo's and Lucy can't stop torturing Ernie every time she's in his presence.
    DirectorDesi ArnazStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazErnie Kovacs
  • Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, and Red Skelton in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    11. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Goes to Alaska

    (1959)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    7.6 (164)
    Lucy and the gang are flying to Alaska to see some property Fred and Ricky bought.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazRed Skelton
  • Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Howard Duff, and Ida Lupino in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    12. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy's Summer Vacation

    (1959)
    1957–19601hTV Episode
    8.2 (180)
    The normally celebrity-hungry Lucy is disappointed to find she is sharing a vacation cabin with movie stars.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazIda Lupino
  • Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Cesar Romero, William Frawley, Ann Sothern, Rudy Vallee, and Vivian Vance in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

    13. The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

    Episode: 

    Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana

    (1957)
    1957–19601h 15mTV Episode
    8.0 (210)
    Hedda Hopper visit the Ricardos' Connecticut home for an interview. They all answer questions of how Lucy first met Ricky after a cruise trip to Havana, Cuba, with Ann Sothern in 1940 with thanks to Rudy Vallee's assistance.
    DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazAnn Sothern

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