Radio: Unaverage Situation

A little after dawn, somewhere along Los Angeles' Sepulveda Boulevard, Lucille Ball used to meet her husband, Desi Arnaz. He would be going home after a night of leading his orchestra at Ciro's. She would be headed for a day's work at her movie studio. "We would pull off the road and talk for a few minutes," Lucille recalls. Then she adds: "That's a dull way to live, brother!"

By giving up movies and nightclubs for their TV show, I Love Lucy (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS), Lucille and Desi now have all their weekends free, and work only four days a week—together....

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