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Episode 12, "The Adagio" (December 31, 1951) has Lucy all excited about doing an Apache routine at the Club. But then her French dance coach (Shepard Menken) takes a romantic interest in her and suddenly this does not seem like such a good idea.

Episode 13, "The Benefit" (January 7, 1952) finds Lucy blackmailing Ethel into letting her perform at a benefit at a woman's club. It seems Lucy has promised Ricky will perform but has somehow neglected to mention this fact to her busy husband.

Episode 14, "The Amateur Hour" (January 14, 1952) has Lucy making the big mistake of baby-sitting twins at an amateur talent contest. It is a wonder Lucy ever wanted to have a baby after this escapade.

Episode 15, "Lucy Plays Cupid" (January 21, 1952) features a couple of great character actors in supporting roles as Lucy plays matchmaker between the grocery man (Edward Everett Horton) and the neighborhood spinster (Bea Benaderet). But the grocery decides that what he really likes...are redheads.

It is rather interesting to watch these episodes within the context of four episodes to a disc. In a lot of these early scripts Lucy is close to going solo as writers Jess Oppenheimer, Maedelyn Pugh, and Bob Caroll, Jr. have not yet gotten comfortable with the fact that Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley are pretty good comic actors playing pretty good comic characters. Overall these episodes would grade out as slightly above average, but the classics are still waiting for us down the road. See you there.

4 MORE CLASSIC EPISODES!!
THE 'I LOVE LUCY' SEASON 1 COLLECTION CONTINUES WITH VOLUME 4!! FOUR MORE EPISODES FROM THE #1 SERIES EVER MADE FOR TV IS ON IT'S WAY TO YOUR DVD PLAYER.

EPISODES INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME ARE...
'THE ADAGIO'- WANTING TO BE IN RICKYS ACT, LUCY TAKES PARISIAN DANCE LESSONS BUT THE TEACHER HAS MORE THEN DANCING IN MIND!

'THE BENEFIT'- LUCY WANTS TO DO AN ACT WITH RICKY FOR A BENEFIT.

'THE AMATEUR HOUR'- LUCY BABYSITS TWO TWINS WHO ARE TO APPEAR IN AN AMATEUR HOUR. (HILLARIOUS EPISODE!!)

'LUCY PLAYS CUPID'- LUCY TRIES HER HAND AT MATCHMAKING WHEN HER NEIGHBOR, MISS LEWIS WANTS HER TO SET HER UP WITH MR. RITTER.

THIS VOLUME IS ALSO TO INCLUDE MORE EXTRAS AS THE PREVIOUS VOLUMES HAVE! ALL THE EPISODES ON THIS DVD ARE GREAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE COVER ART ON THIS VOLUME IN PARTICULAR LOOKS VERY,VERY NICE! CAN'T WAIT TO GET THESE NEW VOLUMES AND I AM ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE VOLUMES TO FOLLOW! HOPE MORE ARE RELEASED IN TIME FOR SANTA TO PUT THEM UNDER MY CHRISTMAS TREE (PLEASE)!

Funny, but Definitely Not the Best of the Show.
This DVD is a mixed bag with two good and too ok episodes of a wonderful series.

"The Adagio" finds Lucy once again trying to get into Ricky's act, this time as an adagio dancer. But she gets more then she bargained for when Ethel finds her a real French teacher to teach her the dance.

"The Benefit" is the best of the bunch. Lucy agrees to get Ricky to do a performance at a benefit for Ethel's club, but only if she can be part of the act.

"The Amateur Hour" finds Lucy over her head babysitting to earn money for a dress she bought and can't return.

"Lucy Plays Cupid" provides a mix-up in the romance department when Lucy tries to help a shy neighbor win the heart of the grocer. This episode was inspired by an episode of "My Favorite Husband," included on the disc, and I found the radio show much funnier.

This DVD is a collector's dream. The episodes are presented in their entirety, and they look and sound sharp. There are occasional flaws in the picture, but considering the source material is 50 years old, it really isn't bad at all. The sound is presented in mono. While it won't challenge your sound system at all, it serves the purpose well and is faithful to the original audio recording. The extras feature the original opening plugging the show's sponsor (the episodes themselves use the heart we're used to from reruns), info on the guest cast, some mistakes that made it into the episode, and the previously mentioned "My Favorite Husband" episode.

Part of my love for this show is the great friendship portrayed on screen between the four leads. Since the Mertzes are hardly in full time at this point (Fred doesn't appear in the third episode, and both are missing from the fourth), I think that partially contributes to my lack of enthusiasm for these episodes.

While the middle two provide some great laughs, the disc opener and closer leave much to be desired. Still, a Lucy fan will want this disc to complete their set of season 1.