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I LOVE LUCY: THE RICARDOS VISIT CUBA {ORIGINAL AIR DATE 1956/12/03} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of comedies about the escapades of Lucy Ricardo, a zany redheaded housewife with show business aspirations, her Cuban-born bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo, and their best friends and neighbors Fred and Ethel Mertz. In this episode, the Ricardo family travels to Cuba for a family reunion. Lucy is scared to meet Ricky's relatives, and her ineptitude at Spanish proves disastrous. Their son, Ricky, Jr., joins Ricky in his performance at the Cafe Parisienne. (This program originally aired on December 3, 1956.) Commercials deleted.

Details

  • NETWORK: CBS
  • DATE: August 4, 1958 Monday 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:25:36
  • COLOR/B&W: B&W
  • CATALOG ID: T77:0215
  • GENRE: Comedy
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; She Made It Collection (Madelyn Pugh Davis)
  • SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1951-1957
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Desi Arnaz … Producer
  • James V. Kern … Director
  • Pugh, Madelyn (See also: Davis, Madelyn; Martin, Madelyn) … Writer
  • Bob Carroll … Writer
  • Bob Schiller … Writer
  • Bob Weiskopf … Writer
  • Lucille Ball … Cast, Lucy Ricardo
  • Desi Arnaz … Cast, Ricky Ricardo
  • Vivian Vance … Cast, Ethel Mertz
  • William Frawley … Cast, Fred Mertz