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@rookie6u

3 ай бұрын

How did the BBC manage to trick British people to believe that spaghetti grew on trees?

I think it really speaks to Lucy's skill, she was so convincing as a talentless, clumsy ditz when in real life she was emphatically none of those things!

My brother and I used to run home from visiting my Granny's house to watch 'The Lucy Show.' We used to have to switch on the old-fashioned TV set five or ten minutes before the show started so that the valves could warm up! It was our favourite time of the week and we loved it.

Growing up in the 60s and 70s, you can't understate how much of a sustained cultural icon Lucille Ball was. Just mentioning the name Lucy to someone my age brings a smile. Oh and ... Vitameatavegamin

@calebroberts5422

3 ай бұрын

"try a bottle of ..........this stuff!"🤣🤣

I grew up watching reruns of "I Love Lucy" and her other sitcoms. My parents loved her to the point where my mother tried to match her hair color. My greatest memory of "I Love Lucy" occurred when Lucy put on an unnaturally long rubber nose for a meeting at the couple's apartment. In short, the nose caught fire which, was not in the script. Being a natural comedienne, Lucy ran with it, ad libbing until the fire was put out and the scene stayed in the episode. In my mind, this was one of the most hilarious moments in "I Love Lucy" history.

Call me Ricky cause I love Lucy! Grew up watching Lucille Ball shows and I still enjoy them

In the mid 90s my mom once cleaned a condo for this lady who was a close associate of Lucille Ball. The stories about her was amazing. Lucy left behind a beautiful legacy of laughter that will be forever.

I'm too young to say I grew up watch her on tv BUT TVLAND and my grandfather had me cackling at this woman for atleast an hour a day, . It's a memory that keeps both of them alive, one of smiles love and laughter

Star Trek legend

“I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situation were funny… What I am was brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model, and when I did I love Lucy.” Lucille Ball

The scene in Crocodile Dundee sums the repeats up, "I saw TV once years ago" Mick turns on the TV and I love Lucy is on "yep that's what I saw"

What an amazing woman. It is funny that she didn't understand what Star Trek was and sad that she never got to see the phenomenon she helped create.

Lol her mom was Desiree and her husband was Desi

I grew up with show on reruns with like leave to beaver and the Brady brunch

The kid that played dezi Jr on *I Love Lucy* before Dezi Arnez JR took the roll was Keith Tribodeaux. He went on to be the drummer in a Christian rock band called *David And The Giants*. During a tour stop in California,he took his family to visit Lucy on her birthday just before she died.

Can y'all please do a video on George Westinghouse, Spade Cooley or Rutherford B. Hayes

If they are interracial , shouldn't they hold the first interracial kiss in TV history and not star trek as people claim ?

@brandonconforto315

3 ай бұрын

Technically speaking they are the same race as cubans are Caucasians

The Mother of Star Trek.

@sandybarnes887

3 ай бұрын

DesiLu Studios rocked

Lucille Ball was one bad lady, love it.

1:55 - Chapter n°1 - A star is born 4:15 - Mid roll ads 6:05 - Chapter n°2 - Jamestown hussy 7:20 - Chapter n°3 - The tumultuous years 9:40 - Chapter n°4 - Lucille's luck turns around 11:20 - Chapter n°5 - Take the stage, miss lucille ball 12:20 - Chapter n°6 - Lucille meets her match 14:35 - Chapter n°7 - Careers in limbo 15:30 - Chapter n°8 - My favorite husband 16:55 - Chapter n°9 - The XXth century gamble of television 18:50 - Chapter n°10 - The overwhelming success of I Love Lucy 21:00 - Chapter n°11 - Sitcom royal's falls apart 23:05 - Chapter n°12 - Moving on in more ways than one 24:15 - Chapter n°13 - Taking over desilu 26:10 - Chapter n°14 - Lucille ball dominates the airwaves yet again 27:20 - Chapter n°15 - The final days of lucille ball 28:40 - Chapter n°16 - Everyone loves lucy; an irrefutable legacy 29:20 - Conclusion

When commenting I try to remember those behind the scenes . Having worked on the technical side of the industry myself, even the stars are most generous in their praise ! It takes a team to make this crazy world go 'round.

I remember growing up in the 90’s and PBS would air reruns of I Love Lucy. Such a funny show.

I like her even more after hearing about her wild youth. I grew up watching Lucy and Desi. She was the greatest babysitter ever.

28:24 I kind of love hearing about the friendship they had ❤ Poor Carol but also beautiful to get one last gift from her friend.

Lucille was badass. In an industry that wasn't really women friendly especially back then, she took charge of that destiny. Had her own production studio, took an active role in her show, when they didn't want to use desi for the show, she didn't take no for an answer. She found a way to get the “ yes”

Love her! Thanks Karl and team

Lucy! You got some splaining to do! Karl! If it really bothers you change your name to Grandstick. A Karl with any other last name is still cool.

Everybody Should be Treated with Dignity And Respect.

35 years ago today the laughter turned to tears...rest easy Lucy...we love you!😢😢

My favorite sitcom of all time is I Love Lucy! I've watched every movie that Lucille Ball has ever been in and she is still one of my very favorites.

She made Star Trek possible. Star Trek made the entire modern world possible. Thanks Lucy 💜💜💜

It was a great day when I’d watch reruns of I Love Lucy while home sick from school.

Thank you for the biography on them & they really did change television

Glad to see you're still here! I already miss fact fiend.

thank you so much for covering one of my favourite childhood actors. i loved her so much, especially her entertaining humour that could paradoxically exude self-confidence even when self-deprecating. i actually liked the more modern here's lucy more than i love lucy but both were a delight to watch.

A good source to get a more in-depth understanding of who Lucille was, I recommend season 3 of “tcm the plot thickens” it's really good

She was an amazing woman and had incredible business sense.

Watch Vitameatavegamin and realize that entire episode rests on her talent and performance, and think about how few performers could pull that off live on national TV

You're amazing karl! You bring a unique style to this channel! Keep up the good work 😊😊😊❤❤❤

You're doing great Karl!

Karl has grown on me! Thank you for your dedication.

my moms favorite show is i love lucy, she grew up watching it and then i grew up watching it lol i haven't seen every episode but i have seen alot, she might have actually seen every episode tho, she can usually tell you what happens and what was said in most episodes full stop lol shes 42 and 25, and we're still loving lucy to this very day lol she literally puts the show on for background noise for our animals when we leave home

08:50 "feary red head", whilst Ms ball would agree its actually spelt fiery and said as firey red head. The fiery is taken from the idea that red heads have a firey temper 😂

Great work team!

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." -- Lucille Ball

Yasssssssssss!!! One of my favorite actresses. She did a lot to bring attention to women & our causes.

Nobody like her since. She was a stone cold fox with the brains of a mathematician and the comedy sense of Mark Twain. I have to be grateful for living in a universe where someone like Lucille Ball existed. She's in the great nightclub in the sky hanging out with Betty White and listening to Frank Sinatra singing his best stuff now.

You skipped her last movie! "Stone Pillow" was a made for TV movie about the homeless. She was wonderful in it, playing a homeless person. (The lead role.)

"Mame" is pronounced like "maim". Good movie.

24:28 People overuse the terms legend and icon these days. But hearing Carl describe her as a legend for being the first woman to preside over a major TV network right after showing that wonderful picture of her… I believed, agreed with him and felt a sense of awe. ❤

Wow, I only caught 5 'Ball' puns. Tremendous self control.

Please make a video about Thomas Shankar a of Burkina Faso

Looooo seeeee, you have some ’splaining to do!

Where was Widget the ant-eater during the sponsor spot?

I have an idea. Since Godzilla is up for an Oscar, how about a Biographics on Ishiro Honda; Godzilla's creator?

Angela Lansbury next please.

This was a good video.

Wait where's Simon?

I❤L is a show that holds up.

I loved Lucy!😊

26:11 holy crap I never knew that she had anything to do with Star Trek. I am no Star Trek fan - I’ve never watched it - but I know that’s a very big deal. Dang.

RESPECTED TIME APP

Honestly it took me all this time to realize his name is Karl and not Cal. I thought he was saying Cal all this time

Love your content karl! Please consider Constantine the Great 😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉

When did Simon stop hosting?

@christinebenson518

3 ай бұрын

Like 9 months ago.

So glad to see Karl still presenting these, I hope he stays as long as he enjoys it.

Moxie*

It’s black history month and I’ve been asking for 2 years now. PLEASE do Booker T. Washington

Hands up anyone under a hundred years old in America or anywhere else who had even heard of the word "Moxy" let alone what it meant without having to look it up.

Finally! A woman! Please include more women in coming videos

I share my birthday with Desi Jr.

The show Mame is pronounced "Maim", rhymes with "name".

shes so fine. i had a crush on her as a kid.

"F' Spiderman !"

Fred was raising his "daughter's" kids? Did you mean his wife's kids?

Moxy?

What happened to Simon?

What really surprises me, given Lucy's connection to Star Trek, there's no photos of Lucy in a Captain's uniform on the bridge of TOS's Enterprise. Now Lucy, probably no Star Trek.

KrustyLu Studios

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Karl has such childhood trauma about his surname

How could you leave out the Marx Bros and "Yours Mine & Ours"?

Mame is pronounced "maim", not Mammy.

Let's drop the interim. Make Karl the permanent host. I think he does a great job.

@darthnowlan

3 ай бұрын

No. They should bring back Simon.

Where tf is my boy Simon

*I miss daddy Simon as the host so much OMG* 😢 🥀

@molliek1079

3 ай бұрын

Did he die???

@darthnowlan

3 ай бұрын

​@@molliek1079 Simon is still alive. Just not hosting the channel anymore. Which is insane. Bring back Simon!

Baffles me Lucy and Desi were considered an "interracial" couple. What are the two races here? Desi is clearly of European ethnic background. If he spoke a American English like a native, he would not have been considered of a separate race.

“The *feary* redhead” (?) What was she afraid of?

@RHCole

3 ай бұрын

Bad pronunciation.

@morganclare4704

3 ай бұрын

" firey" ??

@judithstrachan9399

3 ай бұрын

Feiry

Lucy, you cannot be on the show !

You need to GET RID OF THIS GUY!!!! If you don't I'll have to UNSUBSCRIBE!!!

88th

I wonder how many people died because of her and her cigarette add turned TV show?

@LJ-ht4zs

3 ай бұрын

The years her show came out 1951-57 smoking was aok - it wasn't till the 1960's the pronouncements came out about smoking. Unfortunately for the US, the tobacco industry hid the fact that nicotine was addictive as well as the connection of cigarettes to ill health. Both Desi and Lucy succumbed to health issues related to smoking - Desi died of lung cancer (smoked cigarettes and cigars and Lucy died of heart issues also connected with smoking) my own father smoked 4 packs a day - began smoking at age 12. (He was born in 1919)