I Love Lucy - The Complete Series (34-Disc Set) [DVD]

I LOVE LUCY debuted on CBS in 1951 and quickly set a new standard for situation comedy with its well-crafted plotlines, live tapings, multiple camera angles, and one of the finest ensemble casts in television history. Centered on the domestic life of zany redhead Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and her Cuban-born husband Ricky (Lucy's real-life spouse Desi Arnaz), the series also broke cultural ground by featuring an interracial marriage and a female lead who was less than the perfect housewife. Indeed, it was Lucy's never-ending quest to muscle in on her husband's show-business career--often with the help... of meddlesome next-door neighbors Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance)--that provided the show its main comedic thrust and continues to lend it a timelessly classic appeal. This collection presents all nine seasons (194 episodes) of this groundbreaking series, including the "lost" pilot and I LOVE LUCY: THE MOVIE.