Lucy, the Matchmaker – Here’s Lucy season 1 – originally aired Dec 16, 1968
After a home-cooked meal with Lucy, Craig, and Kim, Uncle Harry turns melancholy. He’s thinking of all of the things that he’s missed, as a bachelor. Why didn’t he get married? Bachelor Harry explains to Lucy that once he was deeply in love …. When they broke up, they were both heartbroken. Only one thing to do after a love affair like that — join the French Foreign Legion! Lucy didn’t know that Uncle Harry was in the Legion. Harry says, ‘Not me … her!”
At Kim’s suggestion, Lucy goes to visit a computer dating service, to find a girl for Harry, the lonely bachelor. After Lucy gives a not-very-flattering description of her brother-in-law at the computer dating service, the computer picks the perfect date. So, Lucy’s going to meet the mystery woman that the computer picked. The computer says that her old friend Viv (Vivian Vance) is Harry’s perfect match! Lucy’s unaware that Viv and Harry already went on a date previously. Which was a disaster! But, he’s a man, so Viv agrees to try again. But in the end, Viv steals Lucy’s blind date instead!
Cast of characters
- Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy, The Big Street) … Lucy Carter
- Gale Gordon (The Lucy Show, Our Miss Brooks)… Harry Carter
- Lucie Arnaz (Here’s Lucy) … Kim Carter
- Desi Arnaz Jr. (House of the Long Shadows) … Craig Carter
- Vivian Vance (The Great Race) … Vivian Jones
- Rhodes Reason (King Kong Escapes!) … Bradley Henshaw. The handsome blind date for Lucy …. That Viv steals!
- Alice Backes (The Twonky) … Woman
- Dick Patterson (Grease) … Mr. Morton
Trivia
- Lucy introduces Vivian to Kim and Craig as “Vivian Roberta Jones”. Vivian Vance’s birth name.
- Vivian Vance played Ethel Mertz in the classic TV series I Love Lucy, and costarred with Lucille Ball in The Lucy Show which aired from 1962-1968.