623 East 68th Street, New York City, Aprtment 3-B, the residence of Ricky Ricardo, an orchestra leader at the Tropicana Club and his wife Lucy. Stories depict the basic, most often copied premise: a husband plagued by the antics of his well-meaning, but scatterbrained wife.
In this case, by a wife who longs for a career in show business, but encounters the objections of her husband.
Fred and Ethel Mertz were the Ricardo's neighbors, landlords and best friends. The two couples were almost inseparable, whatever the Ricardos did, so did the Mertzs.
Cast and Characters
Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo
Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz
William Frawley as Fred Mertz
Richard Keith as Little Ricky Ricardo (1956-1957)
Jerry Hausner as Jerry , the agent
Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Mathilda Trumball
Doris Singleton as Caroline Appleby
Kathryn Card as Mrs. MacGillicuddy
Mary Jane Croft as Betty Ramsey (1957)
Frank Nelson as Ralph Ramsey (1957)
Broadcast History First Telecast: October 15, 1951 Last Telecast: September 24, 1961 Number of Episodes: 179
Number of Seasons: 9
Original Network: CBS
October 1951- June 1957, CBS, Monday 9:00-9:30pm
April 1955- October 1955, CBS, Sunday 6:00-6:30pm
October 1955- April 1956, CBS, Saturday 6:30-7:00pm
September 1957- May 1958, CBS, Wednesday 7:30-8:00pm
July 1958- September 1958, CBS, Monday 9:00-9:30pm
October 1958- May 1959, CBS, Thursday 7:30-8:00pm
July 1959- September 1959, CBS, Friday 8:30-9:00pm
Shows 
623 East 68th Street, New York City, Aprtment 3-B, the residence of Ricky Ricardo, an orchestra leader at the Tropicana Club and his wife Lucy. Stories depict the basic, most often copied premise: a husband plagued by the antics of his well-meaning, but scatterbrained wife.
In this case, by a wife who longs for a career in show business, but encounters the objections of her husband.
