I’m 57 and I cannot think of Lucille Ball without thinking of Desi Arnaz.

@lesleymaner2851

12 күн бұрын

Me neither

@MsBackstager

7 күн бұрын

@@lesleymaner2851 Though Lucy went on to other versions of herself w/o the "boys", the pairing with the husbands was the best chemistry ever.

He never got the credit he deserved for being the brilliant mind in the production of the greatest tv show of all time. Thanks, "Ricky"❤

@LJ-ht4zs

6 күн бұрын

Lucy always gave Desi credit. However, there is a continual dispute who did what vis a vis putting the I Love Lucy Show together. Originally, Jess Oppenheimer was the executive producer, not Desi. Also, the writers Jess O, Madeline Pugh, and Bob Carroll Jr all knew Lucy from the radio show, "My Favorite Husband". Also, Lucy knew Karl Freund the cinematographer from movies she appeared in. Also, William Frawley, who was also in films, called Lucy about being on the show and she referred him to Desi. Marc Daniels, the original director of I Love Lucy was the one who spotted Vivian Vance, and had Desi come to watch her in a play and all agreed she was the one to play Ethel. Also, Marc Daniels the first director of I Love Lucy, according to his son, told everyone that Lucille Ball was the greatest actor he ever directed and he directed people like Paul Newman, Sallie Fields, Julie Harris, Laurence Olivier. (Orson Welles who appeared on one of the I Love Lucy shows, said similarly that she was one of the greatest actors of the 20th century). So in that respect 3 people really made I Love Lucy: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and Jess Oppenheimer.

Lucy still kept him in her heart,she was fighting back tears in her statement.

It's still a hilarious sitcom today.

They Loved Each Other, till the End!❤️❤️

Desi Arnaz was an innovator. Rest in peace, Desi Arnaz, and thank you. 😊

Desi Arnaz and Lucy were icons and even today their shows are still on.

I always felt they loved each other dearly. They just couldn't live together.

@KindCountsDeb3773

8 күн бұрын

She couldn't live with hm and his wandering eye.

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

Desi had the same serious addictions when he married Edie, his second wife, but she did not work or have any career. I guess her job was taking care of Desi. He was working very little at that time and later had sold his shares in Desilu. Because of his drinking, Desi was making bad decisions, and the company was losing money. He had to sell his shares to Lucille. So she took over as head of Desilu - and was acting in and producing The Lucy Show. Desi had asked Lucy to make the show, since the company was losing money; so in the first year or two he was the producer, but left that role. It was said, he could not stand seeing Gary Morton do the warm ups as he once did. (That was a rumor not sure if it is true).

@mamacindyrogofsky495

19 сағат бұрын

Im sure Lucille didn't want to be the laughing stock of a man who couldn't keep it in his pants. But she never stopped loving him.

Still watching with almost daily, I Love Lucy!

His final words to Lucy were, I LOVE YOU

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

Actually, Desi's last words were a response to Lucy's 5 last comments: I love you. Desi replied, I love you too, honey.

Wow very rare footage thanks for posting

Fun Fact: At the time of this funeral, Desi's mother was alive. She outlived him.

@rebeccarichardson5169

14 күн бұрын

Why is that a fun fact ? No one wants to out live there children you moron

@AryaGandhi-jw2ny

12 күн бұрын

She died in 1988 a year. Before Lucy idk what from

@akrenwinkle

12 күн бұрын

@@AryaGandhi-jw2ny From being 96 years old. I'm going out on a limb and guessing that unlike Desi, she didn't smoke.

@dominiquemcclaney128

11 күн бұрын

​@@AryaGandhi-jw2nyDesi died in 1986. If his mother died in 1988 then it's 2 years later.

@dominiquemcclaney128

11 күн бұрын

And that's not exactly a fun fact. That's more of a morbid fact.

How I wish the comedians that we have now, would bring as much laughter and joy as they did in the past. I believe we would be a much healthier and happier society today!❤

As much as we love Lucy, we love Desi. I am 56. Thanks for posting.

@taytayrazors9033

9 күн бұрын

💯💯

any time that people hear a Hispanic speak with a Spanish accent, they think of Dezi Arnaz.

I could watch this over and over. Thank you for posting. Have never seen the comments made by Lucy.

You can see Lucy sitting with a perfect posture of sobriety and grief ,while the children are smiling and looking around to see if they are being noticed ,and the son in law is never behind in sharing the Lucy magic

Lucy left us 3 years later .

This year, Desi will be gone 38 years...WOW!

@taytayrazors9033

9 күн бұрын

WOW

@Sharon-fw9qw

4 күн бұрын

Hard to believe and Very sad. ❤

My grandmother, Viola, never watched television unless I Love Lucy was on. I remember my sister and I put on a skit for her when she visited once and I played Desi and my sister played Lucy. My grandmother gave us a standing ovation. This was in the 60's when life was a joy and good wholesome TV shows were abundant. Thank you Lucy and Desi for all the good laughs ❤❤❤

One of my all time favorite shows! Didn’t know his other skill sets until this segment. Back when television Was wholesome & truly entertaining.

@cbs8sandiego

15 күн бұрын

Desi taught television production at SDSU in the early 1970s!

@imthebreast819

15 күн бұрын

📺 Television back then was still dived by ALOT of racism. ( Network & Executive Producers ) Their we're not any shows with mixed race couples let alone Latin or Black shows. This was rare!

Such a forward thinking innovator. A man of many talents. Unfortunately, one talent of his broke Lucy’s heart.

@retroguy9494

10 күн бұрын

TWO talents of his broke Lucy's heart.

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

Desi, with all his gifts, was an addict: sex, booze, and gambling. His second wife Edith almost divorced him too. Any one of these addictions would be almost impossible to live with - but all 3 - don't know how Lucy and Edie made it through the many years they were married.

@Mark-yy2py

7 күн бұрын

@@LJ-ht4zs he allowed his inner demons to control his life. Sad.

@retroguy9494

7 күн бұрын

@@LJ-ht4zs Well, Lucy didn't mind the gambling as much as she did the drinking and womanizing. That's what really got to her. With the womanizing, Desi always claimed it was a cultural difference. That men in the Latin culture always have women on the side for sex but are devoted to and love their wives. Even Desi's father slept around. But Lucy, who was from a very old American protestant family and had pioneer stock in her believed in monogamy. As for the gambling, she used to actually go with Desi to the racetrack at Delmar.

@LJ-ht4zs

6 күн бұрын

@@retroguy9494 Another reason why Lucy did not mind Desi's gambling - they divided their finances early on. He was gambling with his own money - not with hers. His second wife Edith did not have her own finances and had a great problem with his gambling. Edie knew Lucy and Desi when they were both married; in fact, Lucy and Edie used to play cards together. However, after the divorce Desi played around a lot with other women, (acc to his daughter Lucie) then apparently went with Edie - though she was still married. Her husband hired a detective and had evidence of her adultery with Desi. I think she took quite a financial hit in the divorce. Her husband was financially well off. So Desi's gambling, which like everything else he did, was excessive and she was on edge, and almost divorced him for all the addictions.

I watch lucy daily! 💖💖

We love you Desi❤

I owe them both a visit. He was an innovator, and just as incredible as She.

"Spin the beans out of the cat bag"!!!! LOL. My wife is from Venezuela and she says "I will make her Spit out the beans"!!!!!

Gosh, I loved them and all they represented back then.

RIP Mr Desi Arnaz 🙏❤️

Back then, me & my cat enjoyed watching the hilarious "I Love Lucy" show for years & it always keeps my cat's ears up like an owl 🦉🦉 LOL ❤❤😀😀😸😸

When you have children together like they did there’s a connection that goes to the end of life here on this earth.

@williamflack5767

11 күн бұрын

You are correct. As it should be.my first wife and I had a child. I remarried. She did. But we were friends. Had them over for dinner. My second wife got Breast 🎀 Cancer. It was aggressive. My wife and my first wife were good friends. Does seem strange. She helped me care for my sick wife till the end. A sweet soul. Checks on us still. My son with her is doing well.

The man was a genius!

@1900intz

14 күн бұрын

@@Lauren-jh1ws And a saint to be married to Lucy.

@MsBackstager

11 күн бұрын

@@1900intz Or the other way around.

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

@@1900intz btw Desi was an addict: sex, booze, gambling - before he met Lucy, during his marriage, and afterwards. His 2nd wife almost divorced for the same reasons. Lucy and Gary were married for 28 years - now such problems.

@1900intz

7 күн бұрын

@@LJ-ht4zs Ms. Ball was known to be quite the drinker herself. Maybe that helps explain.

@LJ-ht4zs

6 күн бұрын

@@1900intz What does it help explain - Desi was an addict for years: before marrying Lucy, during their marriage, during his 2nd marriage. It was his problem - his alcoholism was very evident by the mid 1950's one in the am when he got up, drunk by noon. Explosiveness on set, firing people, arrested for DUI's and arrested when passed out in front of the local whorehouses.

Thank you for all you did! You made the world a better place! May you continue to rest in peace!

He will always be Ricky Ricardo. I was 7 months old when he died. RIP Desi

Back in the day, when i was home sick from school, i was able to watch I love Lucy in the morning. Good memories ❤🙏✌️

The sweetest proof of their respect and everlasting love for each other can be found in Lucy and Desi's home movies, done by Lucie Arnaz. At the end, 5 see Desi and Lucy swimming in the family pool with their first grandchild ! Like no one else was in the world but the three of them !!

@lisica8458

12 күн бұрын

I teared up when I watched that scene in the swimming pool.

@isabelaguileracameron5787

8 күн бұрын

@@lisica8458 Watching that scene in the pool with their first grandchild, one would've never thought they had been divorced for over 2 decades.. so sweet and loving. May they both R.I.P.

@LJ-ht4zs

6 күн бұрын

I read somewhere that when Edie, Desi's 2nd wife died, Lucy offered to Desi to live in her guest house, till he was feeling better. He did not take her up on it, but she said, whenever he wanted he could come and visit and stay over. They were married 20 years and when Edie died, they were divorced for at least 25 years.

My grandparents lived and worked in and around that area til their passing, Lived around there myself for a while. Loved that area, and my grandmother loved Lucy!

Great show

Thanks for sharing this footage! It's great to see and very interesting.

How magnificent! After watching an interview with Lucie Arnaz she did recently did with the Celebrity Drop channel posted just five days ago I randomly decided to look up her mother to see if there was any new footage of her never seen or at least in a greater sense for me to be aware of. Load and behold I come across THIS posted just four days ago, a day after Lucie's Celebrity Drop interview was posted so talk about the timing there with that and me uncovering new Lucy material shortly afterwards. I never knew there was footage of Desi's funeral with Lucy there to witness it and give a statement afterwards. What a treat!

@KindCountsDeb3773

8 күн бұрын

Treat seems the wrong word.

@devontehuntley6274

8 күн бұрын

@@KindCountsDeb3773 I mean I get it's a funeral so it's sad in a way, but on the positive, its new Lucy footage uncovered when I thought I had seen just about everything about her.

Miss Desi and Lucy ❤

Still love this program. Love them both!

Desi Arnaz was a great man who got his due recognition too late. By all accounts, okay, he had a temper, but he was a fair man, an honest one, and brilliant.

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

Actually, people want to praise Desi which is fair for his gifts - but he was an alcoholic and when drinking he was quite explosive. It was said, while he always drank a lot, by 1955 it was from early in the am. (and by lunch time - he was going downhill) Actually, you can see it in the tv show, he was started to look bloated by then and by 1960, when they divorced and Lucy remarried in 1961 - he looked like he was in his 60's.

Desi was way ahead in what he did!

@jenniferhansen3622

9 күн бұрын

Yes, he was.

He both helped and hurt Lucy. Life..

Desi was the love of Lucy’s life and vice versa.

I loved I love Lucy!!!! I watched it everytime it was on...I still watch it!!! God bless both of you in heaven....🙏🙏🙏😢😢😢....

All time great TV genius, pioneer and legend.

And he Appreciated all the US did for him. He had a lot of respect for this country giving him so much opportunity!! Always. ❤

My grandparents watched I Love Lucy

I was a newborn when Desi Arnaz died, I was 5 days old when he died

@NoOneHere2Day

16 күн бұрын

And?

@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst

16 күн бұрын

My mother didn't even know she was pregnant with me when Lucy died

Desiderio Arnaz

Presently, I am watching THE LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR. So, their talents and memories will never die.

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

Actually never saw too much of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour - not anything compared to the I Love Lucy show. I think that produced 13 shows. After watching a few of them - did not find them that good or funny.

@MsBackstager

8 күн бұрын

@@LJ-ht4zs I enjoyed the eps due to the celebs of the time. But the couple were going through a divorce at the time, so the eps were bittersweet.

@LJ-ht4zs

7 күн бұрын

@@MsBackstager Yes, you could see it in their faces and in the acting. I wanted to see those shows but seeing the pain or the tightness on their faces - did not want to see those episodes.

@MsBackstager

7 күн бұрын

@@LJ-ht4zs In the Japan ep, when Lucy was dressed up as a Geisha, she looked like she had been crying :(. When Edie Adams was singing a love ballad, Lucy's face was sadly turned away, and Desi looked blank. :(

He was brilliant and never really recognized for his contributions.

Wow i didn't know this existed 😢.. They were meant for each other but couldn't hang on..Proud of him as Hispanic in Hollywood..Bravo Desi..RIP 🙏

A sweet man a classy man. A beautiful man!

when I found out Lucy died I was at work [in a law firm at the time] and holding it together emotionally was very difficult that day.

Desi Arnaz never got the credit he deserved

@KindCountsDeb3773

8 күн бұрын

But Lucy and some others DID give a lo of promotion to this fact. They knew and praised him.

@kristinholsapple2587

2 күн бұрын

​@@KindCountsDeb3773 That's funny I came to say the same thing , even through animosity Lucy praised him

Show after show ended their closing credits with..... This has been a Desilu production and filmed at Desilu Studios. Desi as Ricky Ricardo was hilarious. He was the glue that kept the four together. His friendship with Fred was enjoyable to watch. His back and forth with Lucy and Ethel was comedy gold. A couple scenes I remember at the top of my head that stand out was Ricky and Fred spying on the girls through the heat vent and getting a face full of soot. Ricky helping Lucy at home, leaving the kitchen a disaster. The John Wayne Hollywood Walk of Fame cement signature fiasco. Lucy thinks Ricky wants to kill her. Lucy helping Ricky with his hair after Ricky thinks he's going bald.

I love Lucy was never just a show title

I use to watch, I love Lucy all the time!

I've seen several interviews with Lucy, and she was very deeply in love with Desi. He destroyed their marriage with cheating and booze Don't think she ever got over him

What a great pair of comedians. Loved their shows. Miss watching the reruns. Both are in the Lords Hands. Thank you Lucy and Ricky for all the times you made us laugh and cried. ❤

GREAT SHOW HE WAS A HANDSOME MAN. REST IN HEAVENLY PARADISE MR. DESI AND MS. LUCILLE BALL AMEN AMEN.

I loved these two✨❤️💕

Great actor. Singer and musician. And band leader❤

Thank you for uploading this. There isn't footage or interviews of when Desi died here on youtube.

Thanks for the memories!!

Lucy was a class act!

I ❤ Lucy n Desi.

To do what he did as an immigrant at that time in this countries history, is truly remarkable.

Absolutely love I Love Lucy. The whole cast . Every episode eas so funny and creative and how hard they all worked as a team...from the writers to the caneramen all the actors and actresses/ guest stars ❤

He had a great head of hair!

She was actually chewing on her bottom lip while the service was being conducted, in order to keep her breaking down and crying. You could also see it in her face (and forced words out of her mouth), of her trying to hold it together when she was being interviewed. Her face was actually twisted in agony.

Agh♥️ I watch re runs often

Never have i understood who lucy husband is, that 2nd husband. Still love Desi always.

@SR-iy4gg

12 күн бұрын

What do you mean you "don't understand" who her second husband was? What's there to understand? Desi and Lucy both remarried after their divorce.

I remember when Desi died. I'm a little surprised at two things watching this footage. The first is how sparsely attended his funeral seemed. One would think it would have been crowded. The second is how casually so many people are dressed for a funeral Mass. Even Lucy herself. Today, people don't care about their appearance and would show up in a tee shirt, jeans or shorts. But 40 years ago, dressing appropriately for occasions was not only still a thing, but it was expected. I also can't believe how OLD Lucy looks here!

@deborahstrickland4624

10 күн бұрын

Lucy would pass 3 years later in April of 1989,, no doubt Desi's death affected her deeply and took a toll on her.

@retroguy9494

10 күн бұрын

@@deborahstrickland4624 I don't think it did. When she was young, Lucy suffered a very bad case of rheumatic fever. One of the causes that led to the ruptured abdominal aneurysm, as well as the dissecting aortic aneurysm that she had been operated on for was cystic medial necrosis. It's listed on her death certificate. Rheumatic fever CAN cause that, especially over time as the artery walls weaken due to the fever.

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

Yes, that was the worst I ever saw her look - maybe it was the grief. Saw her in other things after Desi's passing and she looked far better. Right after this, she received the Kennedy Center Honors, and while sad, she did not look badly. Only when Robert Stack read the note that Desi had written about Lucy for the program, the last line of his note was "I Love Lucy"was never just a title. took everything for her not to break out in tears - one could see her anguish when this was read.

That was their son in law, Larry Luckinbill, speaking about Lucy. That little clip seems to have been from her memorial.

@cbs8sandiego

13 күн бұрын

No it's Desi's funeral.

RIP both of them

Will be missed forever !

After Desi died it really hurt Lucy!! Now there in heaven together!! 🙏🙏

"...spin the beans out of the cat bag." Now that's pretty funny.

God Bless Desi Arnaz. 🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻

From a better era of TV

Beyond Superstardom

Desilu Productions, was responsible for Gene Roddenberry's original "Star Trek" series.

@LJ-ht4zs

8 күн бұрын

Actually Lucille was running Desilu Productions and it was she who green lit Star Trek and Mission Impossible.

RIP 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😔😭😭😔😔😔😔😭😔😭😭😔😔😔😔😭😔😭😭😔

Lucy had only a couple of years left herself!

❤

The umm bongo player who did alot for television. 🙌😎🇺🇲

Desilu gave us Star trek..nuff said.

Love mom make the videos

Its funny I watched a bio on Lucy and she was getting interviewed and she was saying how lousy he was , and and a snake etc etc , but you knew that with all that toughness she loved him, and her daughter said that Lucy called and her daughter put the phone up to his ear and was saying I love you and he said it back and I believe it was actually their anniversary that day , anyway they said i loved you and I believe he passed the next day ..I know I may have got some things wrong but i got the jist of it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Later in a Barbra Walters interview she called Desi a lousy husband and a looser! 🚬🎩

Who's at 1:40?

They were always smoking. Even at the breakfast table they were both puffing away. Really disgusting.

Lucy was a beautiful woman in many of her younger decades, but the cigarette habit definitely took its toll. Younger people, that's what cigarettes do to you. They pull the oxygen out of your blood, and collapse of tissues follows.

The comedians now a days aren’t even entertaining’ they feel they have to bring swearing into their acts which is sad! I don’t go to comedy acts weather it be on a cruise ship or any where else. I don’t want to fill my mind with nonsense!

Rip dead arnaz

Why did lucy married kept Ball her name and not used Arnaz

@jenniferhansen3622

9 күн бұрын

I think that's pretty common with celebrities.

That's funny.. She said he was a loser in another video...I believe they're all acting....

@dhutch457

12 күн бұрын

You can bad mouth someone and still love them very much. That was the case with Lucy and Desi, they loved each other very much, they just couldn't stand living together.

@marabaraboo3687

12 күн бұрын

@@dhutch457 true...

@dominiquemcclaney128

11 күн бұрын

@@dhutch457 And I refuse to watch that interview (with Barbara Walters). I think she misses him and may be got bitter about the bad things that he did in their marriage. When asked the question those feelings and thoughts came out.