Episode
I Love Lucy: Lucy Plays Cupid
Overview
The Ricardo's neighbor Miss Lewis wants Lucy to deliver a dinner invitation to her grocer. But he misunderstands and thinks the invitation is from Lucy herself.
Details
- Series
- I Love Lucy
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1952-01-21
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Lucy Plays Cupid is Episode 15 in Season 1 of I Love Lucy. It aired on 1952-01-21. The runtime is 26 min.
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Episode 19: The Ballet
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