Episodes Pilot 1951 The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub October 15, 1951 Be a Pal October 22, 1951 The Diet October 29, 1951 Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her November 5, 1951 The Quiz Show November 12, 1951 The Audition November 19, 1951 The Seance November 26, 1951 Men Are Messy December 3, 1951 The Fur Coat December 10, 1951 Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer December 17, 1951 Drafted December 24, 1951 The Adagio December 31, 1951 The Benefit January 7, 1952 The Amateur Hour January 14, 1952 Lucy Plays Cupid January 21, 1952 Lucy Fakes Illness January 28, 1952 Lucy Writes a Play February 4, 1952 Breaking the Lease February 11, 1952 The Ballet February 18, 1952 The Young Fans February 25, 1952 New Neighbors March 3, 1952 Fred and Ethel Fight March 10, 1952 The Mustache March 17, 1952 The Gossip March 24, 1952 Pioneer Women March 31, 1952 The Marriage License April 7, 1952 The Kleptomaniac April 14, 1952 Cuban Pals April 21, 1952 The Freezer April 28, 1952 Lucy Does a TV Commercial May 5, 1952 The Publicity Agent May 12, 1952 Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio May 19, 1952 Lucy's Schedule May 26, 1952 Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald June 2, 1952 Ricky Asks for a Raise June 9, 1952 Directed by Ralph Levy   Marc Daniels   Written by Jess Oppenheimer   Madelyn Davis   Bob Carroll Jr.   Cast Lucille Ball ... Lucy Ricardo (36 episodes) Desi Arnaz ... Ricky Ricardo (36 episodes) Vivian Vance ... Ethel Mertz (35 episodes) William Frawley ... Fred Mertz (35 episodes) Richard Reeves ... Hank (3 episodes) (as Richard J. Reeves) Hazel Pierce ... Mrs. Peterson (3 episodes) Jerry Hausner ... Jerry (2 episodes) John Stephenson ... Narrator (introductory comments) (2 episodes) Frank Nelson ... Freddie Fillmore (2 episodes) Bennett Green ... Bum (2 episodes) Barbara Pepper ... Party Guest (2 episodes) Gale Gordon ... Mr. Alvin Littlefield (2 episodes) Edith Meiser ... Mrs. Phoebe Littlefield (2 episodes) Lucie Arnaz ... Self - Hostess Bob LeMond ... Narrator (voice) Tony Terran ... Member of the band Tony Michaels ... Charlie Marco Rizo ... Piano Player John Emery ... Harold - The Tramp Lee Millar ... Announcer Philip Ober ... Arnold - The First Husband Pat Moran ... Buffo the Clown Jay Novello ... Mr. Merriweather Harry Shannon ... Jim White, the photographer Kenny Morgan ... Kenny, Ricky's agent Hazel Boyne ... Maggie, the cleaning lady Ben Welden ... Thief Helen Silvers ... Rosemary Shepard Menken ... Jean Valjean Raymond (as Shep Menken) Sammy Ogg ... Jimmy Hudson David Stollery ... Timmy Hudson Gail Bonney ... Mrs. Hudson Edward Everett Horton ... Mr. Ritter Bea Benaderet ... Miss Lewis Hal March ... Hal March / The Doctor Myra Marsh ... Club Chairwoman Maury Thompson ... Stage Manager Frank J. Scannell ... Burlesque Comic Mary Wickes ... Madame Lamond Janet Waldo ... Peggy Dawson Richard Crenna ... Arthur Morton (as Dick Crenna) K.T. Stevens ... Mrs. O'Brien Hayden Rorke ... Tom O'Brien Allen Jenkins ... Police Sergeant Morton John Brown ... Mr. Murdoch Bob Jellison ... Milkman (as Bobby Jellison) Florence Bates ... Mrs. Pettebone Ruth Perrott ... Mrs. Pomerantz Irving Bacon ... Mr. Willoughby Elizabeth Patterson ... Mrs. Willoughby Joseph Kearns ... Dr. Tom Robinson Lita Baron ... Renita Perez Alberto Morin ... Carlos Rita Conde ... Maria Frank Sully ... Delivery Man Kay Wiley ... Customer Ross Elliott ... Director Peter Leeds ... Reporter Gil Herman ... Assassin Robert Ellis ... Tommy, the Office Boy Roy Rowan ... Announcer Milton Parsons ... Mr. Thurlow Uncredited Cast Johnny Jacobs ... Announcer (4 episodes) Bennett Green ... Stage Hand (2 episodes) Jerry Hausner ... Jerry Pepito Pérez ... Self Hector and His Pals   Hazel Pierce ... Party Guest Harry Ackerman ... Network Sponsor #2 Hal Hudson ... Network Sponsor #3 Jess Oppenheimer ... Network Sponsor #1 Vernon Dent ... Santa Claus Erze Ivan ... Dancer Fred Aldrich ... Butcher Maurice Marsac ... Maurice - Headwaiter at Tropicana William H. O'Brien ... Waiter at Tropicana Produced by Jess Oppenheimer   Al Simon   Desi Arnaz   Original Music by Eliot Daniel   Wilbur Hatch

Additional Info Premiere: October 15, 1951 DVD Release: September 23, 2003 Country: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Production Companies Desilu Productions Distributors CBS   (1951-1957) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Viacom   (1971-1994) (USA) (TV) Paramount Television   (1994-2006) (USA) (TV) CBS All Access   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) CBS Paramount Domestic Television   (2006-) (USA) (TV) Me-TV   (2010-) (USA) (TV) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,134 / 21,119 Site Ranking #3,130 I Love Lucy: Season 6 (1956) #3,131 I Love Lucy: Season 4 (1954) #3,132 I Love Lucy: Season 3 (1953) #3,133 I Love Lucy: Season 5 (1955) #3,134 I Love Lucy: Season 1 (1951) #3,135 I Love Lucy: Season 2 (1952) #3,136 The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) #3,137 Star Wars: Clone Wars: Season 2 (2004) #3,138 Star Wars: Clone Wars: Season 3 (2005)