In this third season of The Lucy Show starring Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance as Lucy and Viv—a widow and a divorcée who share a home with their children—the two women have ample opportunities to carry on with the sitcom laughs, while receiving considerable support from the great Gale Gordon as Mr. Mooney, the ever-exasperated banker in charge of Lucy's precarious finances. Like all great clowns, Lucy will do anything for a laugh—such as frantically searching through 14 bake sale chocolate cakes for a lost contact lens, taking to the dance floor on roller skates at a swank country club event, or acting as a scene-stealing extra on The Danny Kaye Show. Among the many highlights is an episode featuring guest star Jack Benny as a plumber whose cross to bear is that he looks like Jack Benny. This 1964-65 third season would be Vance's last, and she's absent for several episodes. Enter Ann Sothern as an old school friend who appears to be a fabulously wealthy countess but is actually broke, and whose charade Lucy helps maintain. Added pleasures include appearances by Harold “The Great Gildersleeve” Peary and Pat Harrington. Compiling all 26 episodes, DVD extras include footage of Lucy Day at the 1964 New York World's Fair, bonus scenes from The Danny Kaye Show, international promos and film clips, vintage openings and closings, cast commercials, guest cast bios, production notes, and a photo gallery. Recommended. (D. Liebenson)
The Lucy Show: The Official Third Season
Paramount, 4 discs, 666 min., not rated, DVD: $39.98 March 28, 2011
The Lucy Show: The Official Third Season
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