
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 • 13 ep
8.6
16
Creators:
Jess Oppenheimer
•Bob Carroll Jr.
•Madelyn Pugh
Writers:
Bob Weiskopf
•Bob Schiller
•Madelyn Pugh
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.
Cast

Lucille Ball
Lucy Ricardo

Desi Arnaz
Ricky Ricardo

Vivian Vance
Ethel Mertz

William Frawley
Fred Mertz

Keith Thibodeaux
Little Ricky
Louis Nicoletti
Prospector #2 (uncredited)

Sid Melton
Bellboy (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt
George (uncredited)

Charles Lane
Claims Clerk (uncredited)

Elvia Allman
Ida Thompson (uncredited)

William Fawcett
Man (uncredited)

June Haver
June Haver (uncredited)




