Episode
I Love Lucy: The Quiz Show
Overview
When Lucy needs to balance her household accounts, she decides to go on quiz show. To win the $1,000 cash prize, she has to introduce her "long lost first husband" to Ricky.
Details
- Series
- I Love Lucy
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1951-11-12
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The Quiz Show is Episode 5 in Season 1 of I Love Lucy. It aired on 1951-11-12. The runtime is 23 min.
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