"The Lucy Show" color opening and closing credits

[jjboy90]

brings tears to my eyes man i wish i could have lived back then but saddly i was biorn in 1990 lol

[bigfinewoman]

I posted on another Lucy Show opening..thanks for sharing these. My grandmother and I would watch these shows when I was a little girl.....

I loved Lucy...and I loved my grandmother...

[travis7310]

The opening is from "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Bank Account". The closing is from "Lucy's Substitute Secretary".  :)

[hiresrootbeer1876]

Did anybody notice Lucy is holding a Hires Root Beer bottle with the back label showing in the opening scene?

[yes4albert]

Wow! I haven't heard this music in 40 years. Great show. Great memories!

[1955disney]

It may just be me, but I think this is one of the best theme songs ever.

[visor109]

This is when they used to make TV theme songs AND credits which you can see!!

[phdseuss]

OMG i can still remember this show as well as its openin and closing.... i would be in front of the tv waitin for it to come on. lucy still had that sense of humor here as she did in I Love Lucy. What a beautiful woman and great actress. there will never be another lucille ball .... ever.

[MsAllosaurus]

Lucy looks so beautiful in cartoon version, they should have made cartoon show something like Lucy's Adventure.

[joeblowthehot]

LUCY!!!!!!!!! so GLAMOROUS so FRICKEN FUNEEE!!!

[SDaveKilo]

Lucy, Lucy, Lucy Ball...

Lucy, Lucy,

Lucy Ball is her maiden name...

And with or without Desi,

She's the same old Lucy...

She's still the sa-a-ame, o-o-o-l-l-d, Lucy-y-y-y!

(Desilu... Just For You!)

[Nansbbgrand]

This brings back so many wonderful memories of watching tv with my salt-of-the-earth grandmother~ Thank you, thank you! =' }

[storrs19]

Ruta Lee played Lucy's replacement secretary if I'm not mistaken and this was a very funny episode.

[patsaxon]

I thought this show was much better than "I love Lucy"!

[EricM770]

Too bad they don't air this show anymore. Though I do like I Love Lucy and they are that almost daily, I would like to see this show and Here's Lucy as well as I never really had the chance to see them.

At least there's always the internet and upcoming DVD releases to watch these two shows.

[djprezence]

@EricM770 Hey man, I'm not sure where you live but they still air the show on a channel in Washington State as well as where I live in British Columbia. The station is called KVOS(dot com). It airs at 4am...look into it!

[love4myclarks7]

omg!!! man i love u so much for this! lol thank u its marvelous!!!

[LosAngeleno1959]

At 0:13 doesn't she look stoned?

[changl72]

where can we watch full episodes of The Lucy Show ?

[Fersomling]

There will never be another Lucy. I love that madcap redhead!

[griffislo]

Lucille Ball...what a REDHEAD!!! Whhooohoooo!

[John80220]

This is from Desilu's "oophs" 1966-67 season, when they created the new stand-alone end logo to replace the one that formerly was part of the end credits. Only problem was, they forgot to find a place to put in the copyright notice, which is why so many of the 66-67 Lucys are on public domain videos (they made the same no copyright boo-boo on the first season of "Star Trek", but Paramount caught that error when they remastered the show on video in 1982)

[criscokiddo]

(Unlike the previous one before you) Your constructive comment is interesting, most informative and appreciated. Thanks, John!

[djprezence]

@John80220 haha that's a cool little fact. This show now comes on as I'm getting ready for work, I never have time to watch it I just see it. I caught the ending of it and it actually makes me sad to know that it was so long ago that it aired and that they have passed away. It's also cool however to think about the televisions that the show was being watched on at that time and to think that our grandparents were young and cool at the time...it interests me so much!!!

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@John80220

Also "Mission: Impossible" and "Mannix" lacks any copyright in the Desilu logo. However, in the fall 1967 season a Paramount copyright appeared in the Desilu logo (besides the slightly different arrangement of the music).

[tracyterry]

Lucy looks all old here. she should have retired and raised worms or something

[criscokiddo]

What a throw-away comment, ms. tracy thang

[KokoPuffs52]

The caricature of Lucy at the close always looked like a Barbie Doll to me.

[bj4184]

One of my favorite shows growing up...thanks for posting this clip.....took me back for just a brief moment when I was younger.....thank you

[willomina1990]

lucy was so beautiful!!!!

[yesman1062]

I loved this show. Watched it every Monday night.

[alex01M9L1]

Hmm..what is "current"? @daleroes. She was simply following the recipe that she used, and had great success with, for `I Love Lucy`. Those "old people" were television pioneers.

[mca1218]

The music score connected with this kaleidoscope opening is absolutely gorgeous. It has a turning, spinning, quality, like the images themselves. I was never fond of the show per se- but I always LOVED seeing Lucy's "heart" portrait at the end. The lady still had it!!

[EZR09]

I first watched The Lucy Show on Nick at Nite when I was little.

[Sweetbabyvixen]

Okay, I'ma 'bout to dork myself out but dammit, I don't care....when I was young, the kaleidoscope of Lucy used to scare the shit out of me! And I won't even start about the Lucy head at the end credits, I always thought it could kill me. I admit that I was the biggest pussy that ever pussied as a kid, scared of every little thing, lol!

[Inglewolf]

Trust me, you ain't the only one.

The Lucy Show reruns used to come on after Captain Kangaroo when I was a little kid and yes, I'd run out of the room terrified.

It wasn't till the early 90s when it appeared on Nick-at-Nite that I forced myself to watch again; amazing what scares you when you're young.

And to be honest it's still a bit creepy. The visuals seem like (I can only imagine) a bad acid trip. And the music sounds like the Desi Arnaz's soundtrack for a nightmare.

[Inglewolf]

"Desi Arzaz Orchestra's soundtrack for a nightmare" is what I meant to type.

But as long as I got more typing space...

The bit with Iron Man Carmichael (Lucy as a cowboy) bugged me the most. What's with the teabag hanging off her "mustache"?

And the bit at the very beginning: why is she so disheveled looking? And it's like she's chewing rubber the way she get's all bug-eyed (I never saw the episodes these were pulled from).

[greennice]

The opening bit is from a My Fair Lady parody where Lucy is a cleaning woman (seen in that clip eating her lunch) who becomes an elegant society lady.

[daleroes]

Very strange combination of production aesthetics underlined in the contrast between opening (disasterously bad 60s) and end credits (standard 50s / retro 40s). The show was obviously produced by old people making a failed attempt to be current. Perhaps they were hoping to make a demographically cross generational appeal to audience -- something nobody would bother trying to on TV these days. The effect reminds me of Ray Kroc hiring "crazy hippies" to do ad/marketing for McDonalds circa 1973.

[TVonthePorch]

Are you the original poster of a very similar paragraph on Jump The Shark a number of years ago? The Lucy Show thread there was a hoot and your post was especially memorable. Damn TV Guide to hell for deleting those Jump The Shark entries!

[Inglewolf]

It's been a while....yes that was my post on JTS. Some of my best "work" I thought, thanks for confirming.

[LosAngeleno1959]

Well buddy, I'm almost 50 and when I was a kid Lucy herself gave me the creeps and that montage at the beginning was very strange. I also was scared shitless of the ending credits of the twilight zone. Very creepy.

[OldsVistaCruiser]

To me, the Lucy head looked like something you'd find as a hair product ad in a beauty parlor where the main clientele were blue-haired little old ladies.

[rachelazw]

Is it possible you think that because it resembles the Camay Soap logo? I think in both cases, they are inspired by female bust sculptures, which have been around at least since Ancient Roman times.

[gshow1970]

hi erica

[PebblePeas]

She was still beautiful than ever.

Admit it, you wanted to date her didn't you?!

LOL

[laminage]

I remember in 1979, Gary Coleman made the Cover of Ebony Magazine, and they showed a picture of him with Lucille Ball and she said "He's Smart Enough To Run A Network". I wondered how she felt when she discovered that he as well as so many other child stars from his generation had so many problems.

[cha5]

I pretty much grew up with that show

I always loved that opening.

[seanoue]

The Desilu logo that was on this credits was on Star Trek.

[ridgerunner72160]

I remember there was one setting where Lucy was working in a bank and Gale Gordon was her boss Mr. Mooney. And then the setting was changed and Gale Gordon played a character named Harry or Henry Carter and Lucy was his niece or some kind of relation to him and his secretary here too.

[maleadmirer]

In the second segment of this version of the LUCY SHOW opening credits, it looks as if Lucy is wrapped up in a mail bag. Which episode was that segment taken from??? Just curious.

[ez2me2008]

You're absolutely right! It's from episode 14 - Season 3 (1964) LUCY AND THE MISSING STAMP. :-)

[EmmaLoveJen]

I know it's been awhile since you've posted, but the episode is "Lucy Hires a Tutor"

[RetroMusicFan4]

"The Lucy Show" is awesome.

[marcusnns]

never heard about this show...

was it popular?

[travis7310]

Yes, but not as popular as "I Love Lucy". It ran from 1962-1968, then became known as "Here's Lucy", which ran until 1974.  Many episodes of this show can be found on DVD at dollar stores and other retail outlets.

[CowboyUpBR]

Was it popular??? It was on from 1962 to 1974! The format changed a bunch of times, but the character of Lucy was always pretty much the same.

[mthivier]

It was popular enough to remain in the top-ten for nearly all the time years it was on the air.

[jgdesign]

She was hands down the funniest female comedian ever.

[woodylove06]

i loved this show it was funny

[rejoha07]

Does anyone know the name of the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy tries to teach Ricky the difference between the pronunciation of the "ough" sound, eg, through vs. enough? The title of the scene/episode? A link? Thanks, rejoha07

[1hannahmontana1]

i just love old time television such as the lucy show and the brady bunch there my all time favourites

[Matto2t]

@1hannahmontana1

I do too. But I can't stand The Brady Bunch. I used to be a big fan of that show when I was in the 6th grade (1991-92), but after several years, I got to a point where I had seen every episode several times, knew the plots, and I just got bored with it. Therefore, whenever I saw a certain episode on one day, I would see it again days later. But long live the classics. :)

-Matt

[Laeshandra]

if you watch old shows, than that means you are somewhat wiser than most of these kids on this generation, hehe

[sanadabri]

cool! for some odd reson i enjoy watch old shows. pretty crazy for an 11 year old

[ILoveSnails85]

Not crazy...I watched this stuff when I was your age, and it was dated even then...

[travis7310]

I've loved old shows since I was 5!

[iLoveClassicTV]

"The Lucy Show" is very underrated!

[kuyako21]

u suck! THE Lucy SHOW is one of the best shows ever!

[supremeking1230]

I think what iLoveClassicTV meant by The Lucy Show being underrated means that it is a great show that doesn't get the attention that it deserves.

[MyBoysFan]

How did you get this so clear? I have it on DVD (random episodes) and the quality is poor. It's not digitally restored. I still enjoy it though

[schmoe56789]

it was on one of the public domain DVD releases (I don't have it with me so I'm not sure which one). Most of the episodes were pretty bad, but this one was actually decent. The closing credits on here are from a different episode and they're a lot more blurry

[YELLOW42758]

@schmoe56789 I knew the opening didn't match with the credits!

The opening is from Season 6. The closing is from Season 5's "Lucy's Substitute Secretary."

[luvmipom]

This show brings back memories. When I saw this I pictured my mom and I in the living room. We would watch this every morning.

[surmaily]

I wish Lucille were alive! im such a huge  fan!!!!!!!

[SegaSaturnFan]

Lucille Ball ROCKS!

[RetroSaiyan]

One of my favourite 60's sitcoms. I wish every season was on DVD.

[Bartman411]

I wish CBS/Paramount would start releasing "The Lucy Show" on DVD soon - it's no "I Love Lucy", but it was funny!!

LUCY ROCKS!!

[freefromfolsom]

aw this reminds me of going to sleep! because i nearly always put a lucy dvd on while i fall asleep in my bed...i wonder if lucy would be honoured to know that shes the last thing i see each day haha

[tonyt55]

it bring back memories too for me

[RobinMetrocolor]

"The Lucy Show" is very underrated.

[freefromfolsom]

gale gordon is very underrated.

[coralprincess25]

Thank you for posting. I grew up on this show. Though I enjoyed, ILL, it was already in re-runs but I watched these Lucy shows as they were aired. I thought Lucy and Gail Gordon made a great team. They were so good that I didn't appreciate Ricky until many years later. Of course, Viv and Lucy get into such mischief. My mother adored the episode of them on the roof. Thanks!

[Bartman411]

I like the ep when Lucy & Viv went into business selling Viv's caramel corn - "Krazy Krunch"! Very funny!!!

[nycruise]

I remember watching as a kid. There was something terribly PATHETIC at seeing Lucy cry with no Ricky in sight.

My mother - who LOVED "ILL" - never watched this show.

That said it all.

[KuyaMo27]

huh? THE Lucy SHOW is better because shes singles and well.... its just funny..!

[EmpressDR]

I wonder which episodes the various scenes came from? Which one had her chewing a teabag like it was tobacco? Or with the champagne bottle? Or where she was in that large bag? I think it was a mailbag. I think I saw all those eps, too.

[italianman1992]

The various scenes, in order:

The one with the ketchup bottle at the beginning was "My Fair Lucy." The one with the mail bag was the very last scene of "Lucy and the Missing Stamp." The chewing the teabag was "Lucy the Stuntman," and the one with white stuff spraying was "Lucy the Disc Jockey (it was actually fire-extingusing foam, b/c something sparked on fire I guess)

[EmpressDR]

Oh, you sweet guy, thank you! ( So smart! and he's ITALIAN, too! Oh, SWOON! )

[keithcop]

Lucy is actually singing "White Christmas" while crying in that clip!

[jupitr2]

Thanks for the info on that! I never knew that as I never saw that episode before. Thought she was screaming for help or something. I feel better now. :)

[keithcop]

That's okay, with a name like jupitr2 you must be a discriminating LISfan, like me. Lucy, LIS... nothing but class :>

[freefromfolsom]

cool i always wondered what she was saying!

[tubeeorrnottubee]

WOW! Wow-wow-WOW!!! THANK you SO MUCH for this!

THIS is my MOST FAVORITE, and of course favorited, Favorite in a VERY long time! LOVED this show! And THE INTRO AS MUCH AS THE SHOW!!! HAHAHAHA

Thanks VERY much! ;D

[sl437]

Mrs. Carmichael!!!!!

[the60sKid]

Lucille Ball, The Queen of Comedy and one classy lady. We will never see her likes again.

[ChristianWithNES]

I Love "The Lucy Show", It's a Great TV show!

[ChrisC1]

I always thought this ending theme was the best of all of them.  Thanks so much for posting it, we never get to see/hear the credits anymore due to crunching.

[Michaelhomer]

I love this. Wilbur Hatch directing the beautiful Orchestra. Brings back great memories.

[OldsVistaCruiser]

Yeah, from back in the days when very-formal theme songs ruled the airwaves! Lots of horns & harps were heard on TV theme songs from the 1950s to the dawn of the '70s - even Bewitched had a rather formal-sounding theme song.

Perhaps this is a throwback to "the way Glenn Miller played"? ;-)

[EmpressDR]

Ah, I know. Which is why when I heard Henry Mancini's theme for the Newhart show, I thought, what wonderful old song is THAT?!?! It takes a composer with care. But all the old theme songs took care. The themes from Mission Impossible and Mannix, too ( also Desilu Productions, by Lalo Schifren (sp?) ).

[missumusic]

i was a little girl, but i still remember her and her shows like it was yesterday

[dominique777]

I LOVE LUCY!

[ajbalfour]

I love the kaleidoscope concept for the intro. This ranks, along with the intros to the original Love, American Style & WABC-TV Channel'7's 4:30 Movie intro as the most stylish filmed TV intros ever.

The computer generated effects used today may be more slick, but they just seem generic and unexciting when compared to the older ones produced directly on film stock (as were the entire shows without being edited and transfered to videotape first) IMHO.

[1BadDolfan]

This was always my favorite Lucy show. Loved Mr. Mooney.

[fromthesidelines]

These credits are from the episode "Lucy's Substitute Secretary" (aka "Lucy and the Substitute Secretary") [1/2/67]. Her announcer, as always, was Roy Rowan. The only things missing are the "CBS Color Logo" before the opening credits, and Rowan's tag after it, "Brought to you by..". Since this is a syndicated print, that's okay.

[travis7310]

The opening credits are actually from the episode titled "Lucy Gets Jack Banny's Bank Account", (AKA:"Lucy Gets the Benny Account, and Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account. These credits were also at the begginning of "Lucy and Phil Silvers", (AKA:"Lucy and the Efficiency Expert".

[Jude1968]

Would love to see the third season open and the fifth rarely seen open as well.

[kbirdusa]

I've posted the third season opening. I have a copy of the fifth season (jack-in-the-box) open, but it's pretty low resolution and it's in black-and-white. I don't know how well it would show up. The kaleidoscope opening always kind of scared me, BTW.,

[67imprice]

Wow, me too, the opening was always upsetting for me to watch at night as a 4 yr old. I remember feeling bad for her when she is crying and what looks like white foam is spraying everywhere on her. Now that I am 45 yrs. old I realize it looks like a champagne bottle spraying!

[jupitr2]

Don't know why, but my heart always sank during that scene too. You just wished that it would stop spraying and she would stop crying for help. The only thing that kept me from bumming out totally was seeing her angelic face smiling at the end. Then... all was well.

[mthivier]

The white foam was actually from a fire extinguisher. The clip came from an episode from the 1964-65 season where Lucy gets a job at a radio station, but somehow screws everything up (as usual) and the control panel stars smoking, and she is talking or singing on the air, as the extinguisher sprays everywhere.

[criscokiddo]

She is actually singing in this clip, the exact words being "White Christmas" from the song of the same name. (Whether this was an "Xmas" episode, I'm not sure.) Folks, what's so scary about these openings? Somewhat dramatic or over the top, but pretty cool and creative, especially for the time. Music is colorful and rather sophisticated as well. Wanna be scared scatless? -as I was when I rediscovered this, jogging a long lost childhood memory- then check out the original animated NBC peacock!

[travis7310]

That clip is from the episode "Lucy the Disc Jockey".

[starrydaze]

thx for posting!

[fishhead06]

Amazing the memories that stick in your mind. This intro. still comes back to me at the strangest moments.

[Executive1]

None of this intro was colorized!

[bdgop]

Thanks for this. When I was a kid, I absolutely loved the closing theme. Still do.

[ClassicTVFan81]

Because of the presence of that separate Desilu end logo, this appears to be an episode from the 1966-67 season.

[jbaxt]

....& the theme too

[jbaxt]

i love this show

[musicradio77]

The same Desilu logo was later featured at the end of the original "Star Trek".

[mkbell2003]

"Lucy" in living color!! The intro was colorized and the closing was just Ball's logo with a changing color background. Cheaply done. But, it was the 1960s and "color" TV was something everybody boasted about having at the time.