Episode
The Lucy Show: Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard
Overview
When Sheldon Leonard convinces Mr. Mooney to let him shoot a televison pilot at the bank, Lucy mistakingly thinks he is a gangster who plans to rob the bank, so she and Mary Jane sneak into the bank at night, disguised as scrubwomen, to stop them.
Details
- Series
- The Lucy Show
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1967-03-06
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard is Episode 22 in Season 5 of The Lucy Show. It aired on 1967-03-06. The runtime is 30 min.
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