Episode
I Love Lucy: The Diet
Overview
To her dismay, Lucy finds out that she's put on twenty-two pounds since marrying Ricky. When one of the girls in Ricky's new show quits, she tricks him into promising, she can be in the show if she fits into the dancer's size twelve costume.
Details
- Series
- I Love Lucy
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1951-10-29
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The Diet is Episode 3 in Season 1 of I Love Lucy. It aired on 1951-10-29. The runtime is 23 min.
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