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'''''I Love Lucy''''' is a landmark American television sitcom that aired in the 1950s. It starred [[Lucille Ball]] and {{w|Desi Arnaz}} as [[Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo Carmichael|Lucy]] and [[Ricky Ricardo]], a couple living in an apartment in [[New York City]]; and {{w|William Frawley}} and {{w|Vivian Vance}} as [[Fred Mertz|Fred]] and Ethel Mertz, their best friends, neighbors and landlords.

The series first aired as a half-hour show for six television seasons, from 1951 to 1957. After it ended, a modified version consisting of 13 one-hour specials was aired over the next three television seasons, from 1957 to 1960. The one-hour special series was titled ''The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show'' when it first aired; later, in reruns, it was titled ''{{w|The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour}}''.  In general usage, however, the two shows are often referred to collectively as ''I Love Lucy''.

Following the end of ''The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour'' (and her divorce from Arnaz), Lucille Ball starred in three additional sitcoms, portraying different characters named Lucy: ''{{w|The Lucy Show}}'' (1962-1968), ''{{w|Here's Lucy}}'' (1968-1974), and ''{{w|Life with Lucy}}'' (1986).

''I Love Lucy'' is noteworthy for being the first scripted television program to be filmed in front of a live studio audience. It was the most-watched show in the United States for four of its six seasons and finished its run at the top of the {{w|Nielsen ratings}}. The show has been syndicated in dozens of languages worldwide and remains popular in the USA, attracting tens of millions of viewers each year.

''I Love Lucy'' has been referred to several times on ''The Simpsons'': in the [[The Simpsons shorts|Ullman shorts]], in television episodes, and in comic stories.

== References ==
=== Ullman Shorts === 
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{{TB|[[Ullman_Shorts#Season_2:_1987_-_1988|2]]}}
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{{TB|"[[Space Patrol]]"}}
{{TB|When the Simpson siblings play "Space Patrol" and [[Bart]] is cast as [[Bartron]] and gets a vase stuck on his head, the ensuing mayhem is reminiscent of Lucy's getting a trophy stuck on her head in the episode "Lucy and the Loving Cup".}}
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=== Episodes ===
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{{TBT|[[File:I Love Lisa promo.jpg|125px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 4|4]]}}
{{TB|74}}
{{TB|"[[I Love Lisa]]"}}
{{TB|The series is punned in the episode title.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Lucy McGillicuddy.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}}
{{TB|236}}
{{TB|"[[Little Big Mom]]"}}
{{TB|Exhausted from doing all of the housework (due to [[Marge]] being in hospital and [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] doing no work at all), [[Lisa]] dreams of meeting the ghost of [[Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo Carmichael]], who gives her an idea for getting even with Homer and Bart. Ghost Lucy's surnames are a {{w|pastiche}} of Lucille Ball's sitcom characters: On ''I Love Lucy'' and ''The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour'', McGillicuddy was Lucy's character's maiden name and Ricardo was her married name. On ''The Lucy Show'', Lucy's character's last name was Carmichael.}}
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{{TB|[[Season 18|18]]}}
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{{TB|"[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]"}}
{{TB|Bart's learning to play the drums (and then practicing constantly) is reminiscent of the plotline of the ''I Love Lucy'' episode "Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums".}}
{{TBT|[[File:I Lost Lucy.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 22|22]]}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer the Father]]"}}
{{TB|When Homer watches the classic TV programming on [[Tube Town]], among other things he sees a clip from ''[[I Lost Lucy]]''. The show's title is an obvious wordplay on ''I Love Lucy'', but the plotlines and characters ([[Lucy Carbunkle|Lucy]] and [[Lucy's boss|her boss]]) hinted at in the clip are references to ''The Lucy Show''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Fred Mertz and Ricky Ricardo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|"[[Havana Wild Weekend]]"}}
{{TB|When the Simpson family go to [[Cuba]] seeking medical care for [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa]], [[Fred Mertz]] and [[Ricky Ricardo]] are seen on the boat that the Simpsons ride on.}}
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{{TB|"[[Kamp Krustier]]"}}
{{TB|When Homer is in his "smart" phase, he sorts U-232 and U-235 nuggets as they pass by him on a conveyor belt. When he can't keep up with the flow, he eats some of them. This is a sight gag on Lucy's and Ethel's classic candy wrapping scene from the episode "Job Switching".}}
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=== Comics ===
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{{TB|''[[Kang & Kodos 1|Kang & Kodos #1]]''}}
{{TB|''[[The Big Kang Theory!]]''}}
{{TB|[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] are revealed to be educating themselves in Earthing entertainment, and they're currently watching the first season of ''I Love Lucy''. When [[Milhouse]] spoils the plotline of an episode ("Job Switching") that the aliens haven't seen yet, they chase him and zap him with a raygun.}}
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== External links ==
''{{wikipedialink|I Love Lucy}}''

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