Life with Lucy (1986)
Synopsis
Life With Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The show ran on the ABC network in 1986 not on the CBS network as her previous shows had and unlike Ball's previous programs, it was a critical and ratings flop. Only eight out of the thirteen episodes that were filmed aired before ABC cancelled the series. It is the very last sitcom she starred in before her death in 1989.
First Air Date: 1986-09-20
Last Air Date: 1986-11-15
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 8
Created By: Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Pugh
Networks: ABC
Top Cast
- Lucille Ball as Lucy Barker
- Gale Gordon as Curtis McGibbon
- Ann Dusenberry as Margo McGibbon
- Larry Anderson as Ted McGibbon
- Jenny Lewis as Becky McGibbon
- Philip Amelio as Kevin McGibbon
- Donovan Scott as Leonard Stoner
- Brandon Call as Max
- Peter Graves as Ben Marshall
- Ruth Kobart as Mrs. Finley
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Specials
Five unaired episodes that were released as part of the DVD set.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Lucy and the Guard Goose
After the hardware store is burglarized due to Lucy foolishly leaving a key in a rock outside, she has the brilliant idea to get a goose to guard the store. But the goose never gets a chance to terrorize the burglars -- he's too busy terrorizing the store's owners.
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Ep. 2: Lucy and Curtis are Up a Tree
Ted and Margo feel that Curtis and Lucy are spoiling their grandchildren too much. It doesn't help matters when Curtis begins building Kevin a treehouse, which begins a quarrel between the couple. While working on the treehouse, Lucy and Curtis decide to relieve Ted and Margo's burden by arguing over which will move out -- and Kevin walks off with the ladder, trapping them in the tree.
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Ep. 3: Lucy's Green Thumb
When Lucy makes health shakes for the family, they show their appreciation by pouring them each into an ailing plant. When the plant shoots up overnight, Curtis thinks he has a million dollar plant growing supplement -- but Lucy can't remember what she put in it.
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Ep. 4: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Curtis sells Lucy his share of the store so he can retire. Lucy goes all out for a solo-ownership celebration and winds up nearly broke. So she interviews candidates to take over Curtis' position, finally settling on Curtis -- who found retirement less satisfying than he had expected.
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Ep. 5: World's Greatest Grandma
Lucy, jealous that everyone else in the family has a trophy to boast, is urged by Becky to join a talent show. After trying her hand at singing, dancing, telling jokes, and doing magic, Lucy finally settles on reciting a song. When she fails to win the trophy, the grandkids get her one of her own that reads "World's Greatest Grandma."
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