I thought the picture quality was fine. And I was thrilled to have the choice to play each and every episode with the traditional syndication opening or as originally shown in its original network airing, with all those wonderfully dated commercials intact -- something I thought I'd never see...
I recall that footage being on the DVD set somewhere in the bonus footage, so I'm sure it will be on the BluRay. It originally aired at the end of "Drafted" on 12/24/51.
I'm also one of the suckers that has to have it on Day One. But there's no denying that in the early episodes, the show is still trying to find out what works and what doesn't in the relatively new medium of television. Too often the early scripts, many of which are remakes of My Favorite...
Trouble is, the first two-thirds of season one contain the weakest episodes (Drafted, The Young Fans) of the entire series. I know some diehard Lucy fans who detest season one as a whole, even though it contains several classic episodes (Lucy Does a TV Commercial, The Freezer, Lucy's Schedule)...