I Love Lucy The Quiz Show (1951–1957) Online
- Original Title :
- The Quiz Show
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy / Family
- Year :
- 1951–1957
- Directror :
- Marc Daniels
- Cast :
- Lucille Ball,Desi Arnaz,Vivian Vance
- Writer :
- Jess Oppenheimer,Madelyn Davis
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 8.5/10
When Lucy is months behind in paying the bills, she decides to go on a radio show to win $1,000. To win the money, she must introduce a stranger to Ricky as her 'first husband'.
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Lucille Ball | - | Lucy Ricardo |
 | Desi Arnaz | - | Ricky Ricardo |
 | Vivian Vance | - | Ethel Mertz |
 | William Frawley | - | Fred Mertz (credit only) |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | John Emery | - | Harold - The Tramp |
 | Lee Millar | - | Announcer |
 | Frank Nelson | - | Freddie Fillmore |
 | Philip Ober | - | Arnold - The First Husband |
| Hazel Pierce | - | Mrs. Peterson |
Philip Ober was Vivian Vance's real-life husband at the time.
Ricky itemizes the household bills as: Rent: $250 Groceries: $100 Charge Account: $575 Utilities: $74.50 Total: $999.50
William Frawley did not appear in this episode.
The $1000 prize in 1951 would be worth over $9100 in 2015.
For the "Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" scene, Lucy took off her false eyelashes before filming, so as not to get them wet.
This is the first of three appearances of the character Freddie Fillmore.
The original name for "Females Are Fabulous" was "Women Are Wonderful."
The Ricardos are shown to have liquor bottles in their living room in this episode. The liquor is taken away for future episodes, so the Ricardos didn't look like drunks.
The bum in this episode was portrayed by actress Tallulah Bankhead's real life husband. Lucy would go on to impersonate Bankhead in "Lucy Fakes Illness" and Bankhead would go on to guest star on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour as herself.