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[likewow]

Hi! Did any of your faves make the cut?


Here's Lucy - List of episodes for "Best of"
Posted by Gord Lacey
5/20/2004


We received a list of the episodes for from Henry, one of our readers. He had emailed Shout! Factory earlier and they sent the list over to him.
Disc 1
Lucy Meets the Burtons
Air Date: September 14, 1970
Guests: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

Lucy and Johnny Carson
Air Date: December 1, 1969
Guests: Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon

Lucy and Carol Burnett
Air Date: March 2, 1970
Guest: Carol Burnett

Lucy and Lawrence Welk
Air Date: January 19, 1970
Guests: Lawrence Welk and Vivian Vance

Lucy the Fixer
Air Date: January 6, 1969

Lucy Visits Jack Benny
Air Date: September 30, 1968
Guests: Jack Benny and Jackie Gleason

Disc Two
Lucy and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Air Date: September 28, 1970
Guest: Sammy Davis, Jr.

Lucy and Miss Shelley Winters
Air Date: October 14, 1968
Guest: Shelley Winters

Lucy and the Generation Gap
Air Date: December 8, 1969

Lucy the Crusader
Air Date: October 12, 1970
Guest: Charles Nelson Reilly

Lucy and the Little Old Lady
Air Date: January 3, 1972
Guest: Helen Hayes

Lucy and Donny Osmond
Air Date: October 20, 1972
Guests: Donny Osmond and Eve Plumb

Disc Three
Lucy Sells Craig To Wayne Newton
Air Date: November 25, 1968
Guest: Wayne Newton

Lucy the Matchmaker
Air Date: December 16, 1968
Guest: Vivian Vance

Lucy and Ann-Marget
Air Date: February 2, 1970
Guest: Ann-Margret

Lucy and the Used Car Dealer
Air Date: November 17, 1969
Guest: Milton Berle

Lucy the Skydiver
Air Date: September 21, 1970

Ginger Rogers Comes To Tea
Air Date: November 22, 1971
Guest: Ginger Rogers

Disc Four
Lucy and Flip Go Legit
Air Date: September 22, 1969
Guest: Flip Wilson

Lucy Joins the Air Force Academy, Part 1
Air Date: September 22, 1969

Lucy Joins the Air Force Academy, Part 2
Air Date: September 29, 1969

Lucy and Jack Benny's Biography
Air Date: November 23, 1970
Guests: Jack Benny and George Burns

Lucy Is Really In A Pickle
Air Date: January 1, 1973

With Viv As A Friend, Who Needs An Enemy
Air Date: February 14, 1972
Guest: Vivian Vance

[LucyFan]

I'm happy that these episodes were included in the 'best of' set:

Originally posted by likewow

Lucy Meets the Burtons
Air Date: September 14, 1970
Guests: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

Lucy and Carol Burnett
Air Date: March 2, 1970
Guest: Carol Burnett

Lucy and Lawrence Welk
Air Date: January 19, 1970
Guests: Lawrence Welk and Vivian Vance

Lucy the Fixer
Air Date: January 6, 1969

Lucy the Crusader
Air Date: October 12, 1970
Guest: Charles Nelson Reilly

Lucy the Matchmaker
Air Date: December 16, 1968
Guest: Vivian Vance

Lucy and the Used Car Dealer
Air Date: November 17, 1969
Guest: Milton Berle

Lucy the Skydiver
Air Date: September 21, 1970

Ginger Rogers Comes To Tea
Air Date: November 22, 1971
Guest: Ginger Rogers

With Viv As A Friend, Who Needs An Enemy
Air Date: February 14, 1972
Guest: Vivian Vance


However, I'm disappointed that these 'Best' episodes were not included:

episode #5 - "Lucy and Eva Gabor"
episode #11 - "Lucy and the Great Airport Chase"
episode #20 - "Lucy, the Shopping Expert"
episode #28 - "Lucy Runs the Rapids"
episode #40 - "Lucy Protects Her Job"
episode #50 - "Lucy Loses Her Cool"
episode #60 & #61 - "Lucy Goes Hawaiian" Parts 1 & 2
episode #66 - "Lucy and Aladdin's Lamp"
episode #87 - "Lucy Helps David Frost Go Night-Night"
episode #97 - "Lucy and Eva Are Hospital Roomies"
episode #107 - "Good Bye, Mrs. Hips"
episode #117 - "Lucy and the Franchise Fiaso"
episode #121 - "Lucy Plays Cops and Robbers"
episode #137 - "Lucy Is N.G. As An R.N.
episode #141 - "Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball"

I'm exceptionally very upset that episode #137 is not in the list. I'm so bewildered as to why that particular episode isn't considered one of the best. I have a hard time understanding that. IMO, that was THE very best episode of this series. It was extremely well-written and well-acted.

Oh well, if this 'best of' set does extremely well, hopefully there can be another 'best of' set.

Or better yet . . . SEASON SETS of "Here's Lucy".

[bb25]

Oh, then this is the official list...cool!

However, I find it weird they're not including "Lucy & Viv Visit Tijuana" and "Lucy Goes Hawaiian Pts. 1 & 2"...I personally think the Viv eps are the best of the series, and as close to ILL & TLS as you can get...oh well, still a neat list - can't wait!!!

[LucyFan]

Originally posted by bb25
Oh, then this is the official list...cool!

However, I find it weird they're not including "Lucy & Viv Visit Tijuana" and "Lucy Goes Hawaiian Pts. 1 & 2"...I personally think the Viv eps are the best of the series, and as close to ILL & TLS as you can get...oh well, still a neat list - can't wait!!!

I agree, the episodes with Viv were some of greatest episodes of the series. It was always a joy to see her in Here's Lucy. She brought back the old warmth from the days when she worked regularly with Lucy on the first three seasons of The Lucy Show and I Love Lucy. Viv's guest appearances on Here's Lucy felt like a 'Lucy' reunion which was always fun and interesting to see. They were awesome!

[bb25]

I agree! Not only that, but they were funnier! I find myself laughing alot more at the Viv eps than with other ones from this series...one of my favorite Viv/Ethel lines ever is from "With Viv As a Friend, Who Needs an Enemy?" (luckily on the DVD)

"I have already cleaned out MY desk. Your JUNK is in a BOX in that CLOSET"

I don't think anyone could say that line as well as she did at that moment. The hand gestures are perfect too. Classic!

[storrs19]

Hopefully, August 17th will be the end of my nearly 20 year wait to see this show again.
The list looks pretty good to me, although as with most people I would have preferred season by season releases. However we must be thankful for what we can get. I'm surprised that the first episode of this series ever aired, "Mod Mod Lucy" is not included.
Well, at least "Lucy the fixer" and "Lucy is really in a pickle" are included, along with some of the funny ones with Vivian Vance.