Airdate: December 3, 1975 Studio: CBS Show Length: 60 min.
Special 7 of 11
Director/Producer: Lucille Ball (Executive Producer), Gary Morton (Producer), Charles Walters (Director), James Eppy (Writer)
Supporting Cast: Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Vanda Barra, Gino Conforti, Tammi Bula, Paul Linke, Irene Sale, Eddie Garrett, Mel Pape
Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason, two giants of American TV comedy, combined in this single special which broke down into three separate situations depicting marital crises. In the first, Herb and Sally, Lucy and Jackie Gleason are a couple seeking to restore excitement in their marriage, they discover truths about one another after 24 years of marriage in a trip to Rome; in the second, Fred and Rita, they play a couple involved in adultery trying to decide whether they should tell their spouses; in the final situation, Mike and Pauline, Lucy and Jackie play a couple involved in a Christmas family crisis as over-dominating parents forced to realize their children's independence.
Special Notes: Lucy previously worked with Jackie Gleason in the Here's Lucy episode, "Lucy Visits Jack Benny".