I Love Lucy (Season 2) DVD Review by Britt Gillette

Widely considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, show in television history, I Love Lucy signaled the ascendance of the prime time TV era. The brainchild of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, I Love Lucy revolutionized the television industry with its extensive use of a live audience and the employment of multiple camera angles. The result of true comic genius, the show's ability to entertain is just as relevant today as it was fifty years ago…

Real-life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz play the prominent roles of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, a married couple living in a New York apartment complex. Ricky is a Cuban-born band leader who wows night clubs with his act, while Lucy is a homemaker. Lucy and Ricky's best friends are landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz who often become intertwined in Lucy's get-rich-quick schemes, screwball ideas, and comic shenanigans. Former masters of the stage, the cast comes across as a likeable bunch, with Lucille Ball stealing the show with her goofy antics and brilliant facial contortions. If ever there were a television classic, then I Love Lucy is it…

The I Love Lucy (Season 2) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "The Anniversary Present" in which Ricky is spending time with a beautiful neighbor who is helping him find the perfect anniversary present for Lucy. But Lucy and Ethel are convinced that Ricky is having an affair, and they set out to spy on the two "home wreckers"… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "Redecorating" in which Lucy unwittingly sells all the furniture after Fred and Ricky conspire to tell her she's won a home decorating contest, and "The Camping Trip" in which Ricky tries to keep Lucy (and Ethel) from horning in on his and Fred's camping retreat by taking her on a "trial run" (which he plans to make a miserable experience). But Ricky doesn't know that Lucy's on to his scheme, and she's determined to turn the tables on him…

Below is a list of episodes included on the I Love Lucy (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 36 (The Anniversary Present) Air Date: 09-15-1952
Episode 37 (The Handcuffs) Air Date: 09-22-1952
Episode 38 (The Operetta) Air Date: 09-29-1952
Episode 39 (Job Switching) Air Date: 10-06-1952
Episode 40 (The Saxophone) Air Date: 10-13-1952
Episode 41 (Vacation from Marriage) Air Date: 10-27-1952
Episode 42 (The Courtroom) Air Date: 11-10-1952
Episode 43 (Redecorating) Air Date: 11-24-1952
Episode 44 (Ricky Loses His Voice) Air Date: 12-01-1952
Episode 45 (Sales Resistance) Air Date: 01-26-1953
Episode 46 (The Inferiority Complex) Air Date: 02-02-1953
Episode 47 (The Club Election) Air Date: 02-16-1953
Episode 48 (The Black Eye) Air Date: 03-09-1953
Episode 49 (Lucy Changes Her Mind) Air Date: 03-30-1953
Episode 50 (Lucy is Enceinte) Air Date: 12-08-1952
Episode 51 (Pregnant Women are Unpredictable) Air Date: 12-15-1952
Episode 52 (Lucy's Showbiz Swan Song) Air Date: 12-22-1952
Episode 53 (Lucy Hires an English Tutor) Air Date: 12-29-1952
Episode 54 (Ricky Has Labor Pains) Air Date: 01-05-1953
Episode 55 (Lucy Becomes a Sculptress) Air Date: 01-12-1953
Episode 56 (Lucy Goes to the Hospital) Air Date: 01-19-1953
Episode 57 (No Children Allowed) Air Date: 04-20-1953
Episode 58 (Lucy Hires a Maid) Air Date: 04-27-1953
Episode 59 (The Indian Show) Air Date: 05-04-1953
Episode 60 (Lucy's Last Birthday) Air Date: 05-11-1953
Episode 61 (The Ricardos Change Apartments) Air Date: 05-18-1953
Episode 62 (Lucy is Matchmaker) Air Date: 05-25-1953
Episode 63 (Lucy Wants New Furniture) Air Date: 06-01-1953
Episode 64 (The Camping Trip) Air Date: 06-08-1953
Episode 65 (Ricky's Life Story) Air Date: 10-05-1953
Episode 66 (Ricky and Fred are TV Fans) Air Date: 06-22-1953
Episode 67 (Never Do Business with Friends) Air Date: 06-29-1953