I agree that the B & W eps were the funniest--LOoved the one where they put up an antenna on the roof and even the colored ones with viv in them--she was a perfect foil and sidekick as was gale gordon. When Viv left and the series shifted to California, it was always Lucy meets a celebrity and that got repetitious even on here's lucy. I do not think I can ever forget the shower episode, the one where lucy locks herself and mooney in the bank vault (mooney is a meeney), chasing the bird on the roof. it seems that when viv left, the show simply fell by the wayside. A few of the California eps were good--the one where lucy is in Te dolphin tank was excellent and the ones where viv visited were good, but overall, it lacked a lot of luster