The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Released: 1957-11-06

Runtime: 60 minutes

Episode Overview

This episode takes us back to the night that Lucy and Ricky first met and fell in Love. Lucy was going to Cuba with her friend Susie on a vacation. When they arrive, Lucy meets Ricky and Susie meets Carlos Garcia. The two double date and everyone falls in love. In this episode we also meet Fred Mertz (When he had hair that is) and Ethel on the cruise. Also, Lucy and Susie get arrested and hope that they can get out before the cruise goes back to the states. Of course that will be a little hard when they discover that the water the guard has been giving them is spiked.

Series Overview

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. It was the successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, and featured the same major cast members. The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series. Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran the show under the "Lucy-Desi" title during the summers of 1962-1967, after which it went into syndication.