My Favorite Husband
Episode Guide
(Nos. 44-52)
Starring Lucille Ball with Richard Denning
Produced & Directed by Jess Oppenheimer
Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr.
Featuring Ruth Perrott as Katy the Maid, and Gale Gordon & Bea Benaderet as Mr. & Mrs. Atterbury
Original Music by Marlin Skiles
Conducted by Wilbur Hatch
Announcer Bob LeMond
Broadcast over CBS Radio
Sponsored by JELL-O (General Foods)

My Favorite Husband Episode 44
Story: George and Mr. Atterbury buy presents for their wives, and Iris's present, a mink coat, is delivered to Liz's house by mistake.
Guest: Elvia Allman

5/20/49:"Getting Old"
My Favorite Husband Episode 45
Story: Scanning her old high school yearbook, Liz decides she's old, and everything George does to try to snap her out of it just makes things worse.
Guest: Gerald Mohr

5/27/49:"Liz in the Hospital"
My Favorite Husband Episode 46
Story: The doctor pays a house call to see what's wrong with George, and discovers that Liz needs to have her tonsils removed!
Guests: Florence Halop, William Johnston, Jerry Hausner

6/3/49:"Budget - Mr. Atterbury"
My Favorite Husband Episode 47
Story: Even with George's help, Liz can't balance her household account, until the bank mistakenly puts a thousand dollar deposit in Liz's checking account.
Guests: Frank Nelson

6/10/49:"Hair Dyed"
My Favorite Husband Episode 48
Story: Liz's gossiping hair stylist forgets what she's doing and mistakenly dyes Liz's hair black. Now nobody recognizes Liz, so she decides to pose as another woman and flirt with George to test his faithfulness.
This episode is often confused with Episode 96 ("Gossip" -9/9/50).
Guests: Verna Felton, Ge Ge Pearson
 Basis in part for I Love Lucy #93 ("The Black Wig")

6/17/49:"Television"
My Favorite Husband Episode 49
Story: Liz and George's visit to their next-door neighbors, the Stones, turns into a disaster when George tries to repair the Stones' new television set by himself.
Guests: Hans Conried, Frank Nelson, Mary Lansing, Alan Reed
 Basis for I Love Lucy #42 ("The Courtroom")

6/24/49:"Liz Changes Her Mind"  top of page
My Favorite Husband Episode 50
Story: Liz can't seem to follow through on anything without changing her mind. After George complains, Liz is determined to finish everything she starts, including an old unfinished letter that she finds in her desk, telling George she's leaving him.
Guests: Hans Conried
 Basis for I Love Lucy #49  ("Lucy Changes Her Mind")

7/1/49:"Reminiscing"
My Favorite Husband Episode 51
Story: Liz is working on her scrapbook, and she and George reminisce about when Liz learned to drive and got her license, when Liz signed an affidavit swearing never to interrupt George's stories again, and when the butcher thought that Liz had a crush on him.
Guests: Hans Conried, Frank Nelson

9/2/49: "The Elves"
My Favorite Husband Episode 52
Story: Liz and George arrive home from vacation to find that someone has been ordering strawberry ice cream from the milkman every day, and the pink trail leads to the doorstep of their new neighbors, Mr. & Mrs. Wood, and their ten children.
Guests: Hans Conried, Frank Nelson, Ann Whitfield

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 "I Love Lucy Episode Guide

Episode Nos. 1-13 | 14-25 | 26-34 | 35-43
44-52 | 53-61 | 62-70 | 71-79 | 80-88
89-97 | 98-107 | 108-116 | 117-125