Fred asks Lucy to choose something special for him to give Ethel for her birthday. Ethel opens the gift, then complains that Fred's choice of presents is getting worse every year.
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Phipps Department Store offers Ricky a job as a morning TV show host, but only if it includes Lucy as well.
Lucy tries to get her lonely friend's boyfriend to finally propose. When Ricky tries to save him from marriage, he and Lucy end up having a fight.
Lucy pretends to be Fred and Ethel's maid to impress Fred's old vaudeville partner.
After Lucy gets several months behind in all the bills, Ricky hires a no-nonsense business manager who puts her on a strict budget. Lucy comes up with a scheme to get some extra money that soon has her rolling in cash.
The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the "Daily Planet."
The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the "Daily Planet."
When Ricky gets a long-term gig in Maine, the Ricardos sublease their apartment for two months. When the gig is canceled, the new tenant refuses to give up the sublease. Lucy and Ethel try to force the new tenant to leave.
After Lucy buys Ricky a set of golf clubs for their anniversary, the girls regret it when he and Fred become obsessed with the game.
Lucy pretends she and Ricky have gone broke to get Tennessee Ernie Ford to leave.
Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos and won't leave. Lucy gets creative trying to find a way to get him to go home.
The Ricardos and Mertzes decide to go into business together and open a diner.
Lucy thinks Ricky is not paying enough attention to her and might be tempted to see other women. Lucy puts on a black wig to pretend to be someone else that can tempt Ricky. Her plan does not work out the way she wants.
Lucy's novel - a thinly disguised story of her life and the people in it - upsets Ricky, Fred, and Ethel.
A former classmate of Lucy Ricardo has done very well for herself, and now heads up a charitable drive for their alma mater. She contacts Lucy for a donation, and Lucy attempts to impress her old classmate by exaggerating her wealth and status. Soon Lucy and Ethel both find themselves in debt to this woman by five hundred dollars each, and in their desperation, they take stunt jobs as "women from Mars" to promote a new movie.