Off camera she was pretty much no-nonsense, very business-like, a serious business woman and producer. She owned her own studio (along with Desi Arena) Desilou Productions.

@christopherking4932

6 ай бұрын

Definitely what I heard about her and I heard it was one of her regrets/ not having more fun on set with the other actors.

@pisto30

6 ай бұрын

She also was responsible for developing shows like Star Trek, and Desilu was the first studio to come up with the concept of TV reruns (I Love Lucy was the first show to air in reruns)

@breckrichardson390

6 ай бұрын

And Mission: Impossible.

@whocares_bear

6 ай бұрын

She's the reason Star Trek exists. She was the head of Desilu Productions and overruled all of her board of directors who didn't want the Star Trek pilot to go into production. All of those Star Trek shows, Trekkies, Trekkers and everything inspired by Star Trek wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Lucy 🖖

@carolynsaint6263

6 ай бұрын

Desi Arnaz

True comedy never ages. Lucy was a comedic genius. And Desi created the 3-camera set-up that is still used today to film sitcoms. It was also his idea to archive the episodes for future re-runs, a rare concept for the 1950s.

@drdylanman

2 ай бұрын

He wanted them recorded on film, versus being a "live" recording.... something to that effect anyways, so they would last and view better when shown.

McGillicuddy, is actually Lucy’s maiden name, on the TV show.

Lucille Ball is also the reason why we have Star Trek. It was her that helped get the show produced.

I am a Star Trek fan and I owe the existence of my fandom to her. The network was originally going to reject the original Star Trek until her production company signed on

Lucy is a LEGEND!!!!

@ZoeDuneCorp

6 ай бұрын

WAS a legend. She'd dead and forgotten with these kids today.

@whocares_bear

6 ай бұрын

@@ZoeDuneCorp The internet is forever and Lucy is on the internet

@usnatv2007

20 күн бұрын

​@@ZoeDuneCorpNot me though and I'm 16.

No she wasn't naturally funny.... she was just extremely talented. She was actually very business minded and very serious about her career. She was the first to say she was nothing like Lucy.

@christopherking4932

6 ай бұрын

I believe Carol Burnet was actually naturally funny and always made the other actors laugh so much.

@shaneencalade4988

6 ай бұрын

@@christopherking4932 Absolutely

@buhomorado

6 ай бұрын

Her talent was physical comedy. As her daughter said, in physical comedy she was the queen, but in real life, Desi was the funny one. I saw him as a panelist on What's My Line, and he kept the other panelists laughing the whole time.

@lynortnort107

6 ай бұрын

She WAS naturally funny, that is why she was so, well, funny. What you are talking about is the fact that she was a depressed and angry person who did not allow free expression of her comic genius. Comic genius is deeper than "funny". Many stand up comics, for example are so good because their humor is based upon life experience and often pain. "Tears of a Clown" sort of thing. She was funny but did not necessarily HAVE fun with it.

@racyt5683

4 ай бұрын

@@buhomorado She learned from the best = Buster Keaton

Lucy was drinking apple pectin instead of using actual alcohol. She was an absolute perfectionist because she felt she was not a funny person. She had to find a way to make things work until satisfied. She learned from Buster Keaton, a silent movie star, who taught her to be a clown. She was great with physical comedy. While doing the commercial, some of her things were improvised, and the whole staff loved it. There was another episode called "Equal Rights," where Lucy and Ethel wanted to be treated the same as men. In that episode, all four of them went to an Italian restaurant, and after the bill came, the girls had no money to pay for it. Ricky told the maitre d' to play along with the gag, so the girls had to wash dishes to pay for their portion of the food. As the girls went on washing dishes, they finally realized they had no money to get home, and the whole thing was a mean dirty trick. Lucy and Ethel decided to get even with Ricky and Fred, so they called them up at the restaurant and told them some burglars had come in to steal all the restaurant's money. Somehow, Lucy finds a paper bag, blows it up, and pops it over the telephone. Ricky thinks it was a genuine gunshot. It's a hilarious episode. Behind the scenes, Lucy went through many different-sized paper bags to find the right one to see which would make the correct sound when popped. She was meticulous and thorough. She always felt she had to find her way to make each episode funny after reading the script. Of course, her husband, Desi Arnaz, could read the script and know how to perform it well. She often went to her dressing room to figure out how to make each episode work. Lucy always credited the show's writers who made every episode funny and fresh and became a big hit. It still has a large fan base, and ever since it debuted in 1951, it's still very popular with audiences worldwide. Each new generation of kids becomes a new fan of this show because there is nothing like it anywhere on TV.

@tbascoebuzz4782

6 ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@robertschwartz4810

6 ай бұрын

One of my first memories is watching I Love Lucy.

You must see her stomping grapes 🍇 in Italy. The Italian lady stomping grapes with her had a natural dislike for each other and the fight scene was real.

@kennethgoin628

6 ай бұрын

And the full length version of it. The build up when she starts running laps and such... soooo funny!

You kids are fun. It's great seeing young people discover the folks who made us old geezers laugh back in the day. Lucy proved you don't have to say f**k three times in every sentence to be truly hilarious. Keep up the good work, guys.

@mariajobson739

6 ай бұрын

Right ...why do people feel the need to swear to be funny...Lucy was a true comedienne. Her facial expressions are priiceless!

@AlfredHawthornBennyHill

6 ай бұрын

It's funny how funny and clean she was on screen, but in real life she had a mouth like a sailor.

@AlfredHawthornBennyHill

6 ай бұрын

There's a true story about one day Lucy and Kaye Ballard were out riding their bikes when suddenly a mad dog came running out of the woods snarling and barking at them and Lucy being the tough woman she was, got off her bike and yelled get the f**k out of here and go back in the woods", causing the dog to get scared and run off. To which Kaye replied "And that is why you are the queen of the world." It was in one of the books about Lucy and Kaye in one interview said it "Get the HELL out of here". But in the other interview Kaye said what Lucy actually said.

One of the funniest episodes of any show ever. This episode aired in 1952, and 30 years from now, when it is 100 years old, it will still be making people laugh.

This is probably in the top two or three of the most recognizable/known Lucy skits.

@kennethgoin628

6 ай бұрын

The first time I saw this, I was between 8 and 10 years old watching syndicated reruns. I remember laughing to tears about all the antics carefully sequenced in this skit. Every step was funnier than the last, and my face hurt from laughing so hard!

@LSorr3

6 ай бұрын

the golf lesson with the pro was hilarious

Must have seen this bit a thousand times and it never fails to crack me up. When she turns it up and drinks out of it like a wine bottle. Are you kidding me!? LOL There'll never be another Lucy. A true original.

@gildersleevefan67

6 ай бұрын

Too bad they didn't show the clip where she licks the back of the spoon to get every last drop

@flubblert

6 ай бұрын

@@gildersleevefan67 yeah, it did seem like there was something left out.

@mdowns36

6 ай бұрын

Yeah … just a short clip.

I Love Lucy episode Lucy stomps grapes in Italy...another famous classic of hers 🍇

@robertmatthews2009

6 ай бұрын

THE best!

Lucy's daughter Lucie Arnaz hosted a documentary about her parents. They were such professional about the craft that they never did a episode unless they had perfected it.

@christopherking4932

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I heard Lucy wasn't cracking jokes on set/ she was very serious about doing her job correctly.

72 y/o ‘I Love Lucy’ fan here. That was actually Apple Pectin syrup she was drinking. ✨💖✨

Soooo - in reality she was **all business** and not superfun to be around! But she was a pioneer and had to be a strong tough woman to get ahead, especially at that time. In addition Desi was a hard drinker and womanizer and by the time "I Love Lucy" hit big their relationship was pretty darn rocky. All this being said - this was TV's first megahit and launched her and Desi into superstardom. Congrats on all your followers!

@auapplemac2441

6 ай бұрын

Actually The Milton Berle show was the first mega hit on TV. His show was credited with a surge in sales of TV sets. I believe the show preceded Lucy. She had a radio show before entering TV.. I remember going to see a movie with her in it and thinking it would be super funny. Kept waiting for whacky Lucy to appear, but to my disappointment it was a drama. Most of her pre “Lucy” movies were not comedies.

She also kills it stomping grapes in Italy

Her run in television is pretty much unparalleled, as the star and producer of sitcoms that ran 21 seasons, 19 of which were in the top ten. I Love Lucy ran 1951-1960, The Lucy Show 1962-1968, and Here’s Lucy 1968-1974.

@maryk446

6 ай бұрын

Yes. And she was on a fourth show in the 1980's, playing the grandmother. Unfortunately, this show was not so good and got cancelled. It stunned everyone because she was considered the queen of television comedy and "Lucy" and "cancelled" were not imaginable as being in the same sentence. It was as if someone had needed a guitar player for a one-time rock and roll show, Jimmy Page said he was available, and they turned him down. Your first reaction would be "What?"

After Desi and Lucy divorced and "I Love Lucy" was over in the 1950s she starred in "The Lucy Show" and then "Here's Lucy" in the 1960s. All were successful shows.

When it comes to comedy, Lucille Ball was the best. As one can see, this episode of "I Love Lucy" holds up really well, particularly when you realize this episode was broadcast approx. 70 years ago!

Congratulations! Stand up and take a bow...you deserve it! I love watching your generation react to our old shows!

@TypaHollywood

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr Bill!

That was one of the funniest skits on television. The look on her face when she takes that first spoonful and you realize it tastes like garbarge is priceless. It's a shame this video was so heavily edited and chopped up. It cut out a lot of smaller interactions that helped build up the performance. I have a porcelain figurine of Lucy behind that table holding up the bottle. It actually runs through the speech, waves the bottle, and looks back and forth. That skit and the Honeymooners where Ralph and Ed film a commercial are soooooo funny. Some of the best moments in television.

@positivelysimful1283

6 ай бұрын

lol omg that Honeymooners episode was hysterical.

@bobcarn

6 ай бұрын

@@positivelysimful1283"Oh, if only there was just one device that could do the work of all of these!" ...

She was able to do clean comedy and still make people laugh

I love Lucy is still relevant today.... it doesn't even feel like it came out in 1951 still one of my favorite shows of all time

Lucy was the best! Fun fact; Without Lucy, the "Star Trek" series might have never been produced. That's a whole story...

I would love to see you dudes react to Lucy's first day in Hollywood, she goes to the famous Brown Derby restaurant (no longer here)...and then has a movie star visit her and Ricky in her hotel room - the star that she had an incident with at the Brown Derby. It was the best episode of the series.

@flubblert

6 ай бұрын

William Holden was the star. Hilarious seen in the Brown Derby restaurant. Good one!!

@breckrichardson390

6 ай бұрын

Yes! I was thinking the same thing. There are TWO classic scenes in that episode.

Off-camera, not only was she was a very serious, no-nonsense type, but when on a commercial flight once, the stewardess attempted to ask her a question and her seating companion (probably her assistant) said that Miss Ball didn't talk to "the help." Her first sitcom, My Favorite Husband, was on radio, then came I Love Lucy on CBS Television. Next came the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, which ended when they separated. After their 1960 divorce, she starred on The Lucy Show with Gale Gordon and Vivian Vance for CBS until she sold Desilu Studios to Paramount Pictures' owner, Gulf+Western in 1968. She followed that up by starring on Here's Lucy for CBS with Gale Gordon, and her children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr. She then retired from TV for about a decade, and returned for ABC on Life with Lucy, co-starring Gale Gordon and Audrey Meadows (from The Honeymooners and The Ted Knight Show), which was quickly canceled for low ratings with unaired episodes in the can. This broke her heart since she thought TV's audience no longer loved her. She died not long after. Taping Life with Lucy, when Lucy did pratfalls as part of her trademark physical comedy, the studio audience didn't laugh, clap, and cheer as expected. The whole audience gasped in horror, afraid this elderly woman was breaking bones.

There is reason everyone loves Lucy and she helped make Star Trek it was a Deislu production live long and prosper.

There were several different Lucy show spin-offs and stand-alone series where she sometimes cast Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz) but some of the shows, they were characters unrelated to the original "I Love Lucy" show. The shows continued on through the 1960's andearly 70's.

Lucy was one of the best, if not the best. There's a reason that show is still syndicated on TV to this day, definitely check out the entirety of the show when you get a chance, one of the best sitcoms ever. Her then husband and the landlords were a perfect mix with Lucy's comedic timing.

@breckrichardson390

6 ай бұрын

There's an "I Love Lucy" channnel on Pluto TV, so the show can be seen there 24/7.

@MacMc691

6 ай бұрын

@@breckrichardson390 I do have Pluto in my area, I watch Three's Company regularly there as well where they also have their own channel, ever after all these years, I find both comedies some of the best ever. I still remember when Lucille Ball hosted a 'best of' on Three's Company and she admitted how much she liked the show, couldn't ask for much more as a fan. I do appreciate you mentioning Pluto, especially if someone else is reading this and doesn't know anything about it.

@breckrichardson390

6 ай бұрын

Looks like we have that in common. I often watch Three's Company on Pluto, too. Right now I have Pluto on watching The Honeymooners. Re: that Three's Company episode Lucille Ball hosted, celebrating the first five years, I also watched it when it originally aired. She was a big fan of John Ritter.

@MacMc691

6 ай бұрын

@@breckrichardson390 So we're both old lol I watched the same Lucille Ball hosted show as well when it aired. I was originally watching Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley back then, and noticed another sitcom that followed it up, so I started watching it, which was Three's Company. The Honeymooners is another classic as well, hard to beat those old school shows.

@breckrichardson390

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm old. :) I'm so old that I remember watching Three's Company the night it made its debut in 1977. Eight Is Enough debuted the same night. I also remember watching the debut of Laverne & Shirley in 1976, and way back in 1969, The Brady Bunch.

she always said that she wasn't naturally funny. she was a pro with props and rehearsed intensely until she perfected each gag. she gave her writers the credit for coming up with the ideas, she was just brave and willing to try anything

Another fun "I Love Lucy" scene is when Ricky is practicing reading a children's book in front of a pregnant Lucy and has a few problems with the pronunciation of words that all look similar but are pronounced differently. You can find a 2-minute, 19-second clip titled "I love Lucy English Pronunciation." Very cute.

@LuvTadnDixie

6 ай бұрын

Yes, that was a good scene. Shows you how tough the English language is to learn . . . or should i say "tow" to learn, LOL!

These are her series on CBS: 1) My Favorite Husband (a radio series, ran from 1948-1951) 2) I Love Lucy (1951-1957) 3) The Lucy- Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960; this was a series of hour-long specials that were a continuation of I Love Lucy) 4) The Lucy Show (1962-1968) 5) Here's Lucy (1968-1974) In 1986, she also starred in a show on ABC called "Life With Lucy," but it didn't do well. Incidentally, she met Desi in 1940 when Lucy starred in a movie called Too Many Girls. Desi was cast in that same film. They immediately fell in love and married later that same year. They divorced in 1960. You mention The Three Stooges. Lucy appeared in a 1934 Three Stooges episode called "Three Little Pigskins." This was one of her early roles.

@Marcel_Audubon

6 ай бұрын

Life with Lucy was truly pathetic. She didn't realize that times and comedic tastes had changed and no one was brave enough to challenge her. A very sad way to end a brilliant career ... with a huge flop!

@markwilliams6394

6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, like most stars and athletes, they dont know when to retire. When I was 15, I went to California to visit my best friend at the time. His parents took me to a lot of stars homes, and one was Lucille Ball's house. She had all the windows open even though it was a hot day. Since it was 1980, you'd could walk right up to her door if you wanted to. They took my picture in front of her house. I bet she had people like us doing that all the time. She was definitely the Queen of Comedy back then.

@breckrichardson390

6 ай бұрын

I don't think it was so much that comedy tastes had changed as this was only a couple years after "Three's Company" and "Laverne & Shirley" -- two shows heavily influenced by "Lucy" -- had ended their runs. Also, similar long-running series "Perfect Strangers" and "Family Matters" were just getting started in the late '80s. I think the real issue was a horrible timeslot (Saturdays at 8:00) and the fact that Lucy was competing against herself. "I Love Lucy" was airing in almost every television market at that time. "The Lucy Show" was broadcast daily on TBS, which was the biggest cable channel at that time. As for the timeslot, for 20 years EVERY show ABC put in that slot failed. They put on shows with veteran performers like Redd Foxx, moved hit shows like The Fall Guy and Who's the Boss. They tried shows with up and coming performers like Jeff Foxworthy. But nothing worked. No matter what show they put in that time slot, it fell to the bottom of the ratings. It wasn't until the early 2000s before ABC finally scored a decent hit at that time.

@Marcel_Audubon

6 ай бұрын

@@breckrichardson390 No, it was the show. I saw it. It was dreadful. Lucy running around a hardware store trying to do 1950s physical comedy at 75 with 80 year old Gale Gordon backing her up and a bunch of generic "adorable" grandchildren thrown in so she could teach them life lessons. I'm falling asleep just typing this!. It would have failed in any timeslot on any station.

@markwilliams6394

6 ай бұрын

@breckrichardson390 I remember watching Here's Lucy when they aired but the other shows saw them in reruns. They were before my time and never watched Life with Lucy so I wouldn't know if it was bad. Can't say I ever saw anything she was bad in whether it was comedy or a serious role.

She was the dominant TV comedienne of the 50s and 60s while Carol Burnett ruled the 70s.

Near the end of the run of this show they got divorced. And so when the show ended, she did her own show, The Lucy Show. After that one ended, she did a show called Here's Lucy.

This scene shows what a brilliant physical comedian she was. I always thought this bit was her masterpiece.

The Sitcom "Good Times" played homage to a small degree on one of their episodes. Too funny.

6:33 I love how she tries to sing in Spanish! LOL!

Watch the later part of "Lucy Wants to Move to the Country" (S06E14) to see Lucy acting street. It's a performance that might be giving us a flash of her real-life dominance in the boardroom.

Vitameatavegimin is hilarious Also the one where Lucy and Ethel go to work in the chocolate factory

She was even in the occasional old Three Stooges episode. Was probably in her early 20s back then and you could see her almost crack up during some scenes.

70+ years and making people laugh, genius!

When Lucy is drunk off the Vitameatavegimin stuff when Ricky is singing, it reminds me of the scene in The Andy Griffith Show where this person's barn goes up in flames and when Andy and Barney go investigate, Barney finds the man's still and drinks what he thinks is water but it's really alcohol. Very funny scene and you can actually tell that Andy smiles when he's facing away from the camera trying to snap Barney out of it. Lol

Yes, The Lucy Show was on after this. She did that with Vivian Vance (Ethel). They had one episode with movie legend Joan Crawford, who Lucy was friends with from her days as a movie star back in the 1930s. You should also do the I Love Lucy one of the grape stomping episode. It is really funny. It is one of the iconic ones like this one.

I love when you guys are shooting the shit after the videos. LOL

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez I believe were the first mixed race couple on TV. He was Cuban. They were married for a time, but eventually divorced. They had two children, and when Lucy was pregnant the directors on the show tried to hide the fact by having her stand behind a sofa or chair in all of her scenes, but she refused, and good for her. Lucille Ball was a comedy legend, and so was Carol Burnett. Two very talented ladies, and they were both funny without being vulgar. Very classy.

Sounds like Joe had a few spoonfuls of Vitameatavegimen! lol 🤣 Btw, congratulations on reaching 10k subscribers! 🥳🎉 Other I Love Lucy episodes to check out are: "Lucy is Enceinte". When Lucy tries to tell Ricky she's pregnant. It's VERY touching! ❤Then check out: "Lucy Goes to the Hospital". OMG, it's one of the best episodes!

@breckrichardson390

6 ай бұрын

I would suggest "Return Home from Europe," when she tries to smuggle a big hunk of cheese on an airplane.

Congratulations, guys, on getting 10k subscribers. I love your content. Keep them coming. Here to support you

@TypaHollywood

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I believe you guys enjoyed it every bit as much as we did...the night it originally aired. Call me "old school " Lucy.

Lucille Ball was a hard-headed businesswoman, very powerful in Hollywood from the 50's through the 70's. She and her husband Desi Arnaz (who played Rickey) founded Desilu Studios, which produced the original Star Trek series, among other things. She had come up through the ranks during the 40's and had acquired a lot of knowledge by the time she got her series. And it was her series - she was the head producer and had final say on everything. It was her show all the way, and a massive hit - everyone watched Lucy. This was in the day when one show could command a majority of the viewers in the country, something that's impossible now. But every week, TVs all over the country tuned in to see what nonsense Lucy would get herself into this week.

You have to do ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, funniest English sitcom of all time from the 90s - early 2000s

Lucille Ball went from B movie actress to owning her own empire with the success of I Love Lucy. The studio thought the show would flop, and Desi bought the rights to the show. Back then the studios couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to see a program after it first aired .. hence the rerun was born. Desi Arnaz was a smart businessman and Lucille Ball had impeccable talent

Classic Lucy. Grew up watching her on reruns (I guess we would call it streaming now😁). She was the first woman to have her own show in the 50s, and head of a media company (Desilu). She was a serious actress when she was younger, but only got supporting roles in movies. When she turned to comedy, she was a household name.

Lucy was a fashion model before she decided to be an actress/comedian. To this day, comedians are inspired by her. There are 2 full body statues of her in her hometown in upstate New York. Look this up you will be amazed.

@12:30 Back in those early days of television shows used to be sponsored by only one advertiser. For I Love Lucy it was the Philip Morris Tobacco Co. And the sponsors wanted to see the stars of the show using their product. So I love Lucy commercials would have Ricky and Lucy smoking Philip Morris cigarettes, and telling you how great they were.

Here is the most iconic comedic bit in the history of television. Still holds up❤❤❤

Lucy was a total pro and extremely exacting on the set. She was not naturally funny she just knew how to sell it on camera.

After Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez got a divorce she had her own show called The Lucy Show from 1962-1968.

This is my favorite "I Love Lucy" episode. Looks like a few edits were made to shorten the length of the clip. There were some abrupt edits and you didn't get to see some of the TV commercial dialogue and the transitions, but overall you get the gist of it. Years ago, there used to be an unedited clip on KZread, but I don't see it available anymore. But this clip was the longest, most complete one available now. Too funny!! ... In real life, Lucille Ball was a more serious person, but she could turn on the charm and act silly and outrageous during filming of "I Love Lucy" (1951-57) and her subsequent sitcoms called "The Lucy Show" (1962-68) and "Here's Lucy" (1968-74). Lucy was a heavy smoker, and in her 50s and 60s, her voice got lower and more gravelly, but she was a true comedic genius that transformed television. And her husband, Desi Arnaz, was an innovative producer who helped develop and perfect the industry-standard three-camera situation comedy. Also, commercials were done live back in the olden days of TV. On game shows, for example, the host would hold up a pack of cigarettes and give a plug to the tobacco product manufacturer who was sponsoring the show. ... P.S. What were you guys drinking? 🙂

Oh good - you selected to watch the WHOLE skit. To come close to this, simply taste a tablespoon of vanilla extract. By the way, wine is 12-14% alcohol. Beer isn't even 23%. "And it's so tasty too!"

My Favorite Husband was the radio show that was the Genesis for I Love Lucy. My Favorite Husband starred Lucille Ball with Richard Denning, Bea Benaderet and Gale Gordon. In the later The Lucy Show which was in colour Gale Gordon played her boss Mr. Mooney.

I know you guys have been generally doing comedy, but I'd recommend checking out some 70s/80s drama too. The TV show DALLAS, specifically. Like Archie Bunker and Al Bundy, the character of JR Ewing was also an over the top figure of the same period, whose style and personality may not fly today. I'd be interested to see your guys thoughts on some of his antics.

Lucille Ball was, in fact, very different irl from the character she played. Very serious and definitely not the "natural jokester" on set that you might assume.

I was around in the 1950s, I Love Lucy is tge 1st TV show that I remember watchingnon our small round TV screen.& after 70nyears it's still funny. There was a lot of live TV back in the day & commercials were done live, thats why this was so funny. They used to do 39 episodes a year back then & Desi Arnaz invented the Rerun. Lucy has so many classic episodes. After I live Lucy ended, there was one season of tge Lucy Desi Comedy Hour & after Lucy & Desi divorced, there was the Lucy show in the 60s & Here's Lucy which ended in 1974.

The stomping grapes episode in Italy, by far the best!!!!❤

* Congratulations * !! I saw you were getting close to 10,000 subscribers! That was pretty fast too! 🤪😊😎🤓

You should watch her films from the 30's and 40's. She starred in both comedies and dramas, as well as several musicals. Consider watching "Lured" 1947, "The Dark Corner " 1946, "Fancy Pants,"(1949) "The Fuller Brush Girl," (1950) and more.

@davidw7

6 ай бұрын

The Long Long Trailer - 1954 was in filmed color showing Lucy's and Lucy and Desi as we knew them in the show as it was peaking. Lucy was a brunette and for her early hollywood years dyed it blonde going red in 1950 and stayed red for life. her hair was not just dyed red, it was more of a "golden-apricot" color, and by using a henna rinse as well. Much as Holly's here just more intense probably.

Lucy was the boss with her husband Ricky and their studio was producing probably 90% of all the best shows on TV at the time...Desilu Productions...Lucy is a legend!

@Djm8520

6 ай бұрын

Wrong‼️ Desi was the boss. Lucille became the boss when Desi gave her the studio in the divorce!

@williambill5172

6 ай бұрын

Wrong...our dear ladies are ALWATS the boss!@@Djm8520

This series was the first series that was taped live that was done with multiple camera angles. After that, other comedy shows started to do that.

This show was first but after her and Desi got divorced she did the We Love Lucy Show which was with her real life kids. Also fun fact, her and Desi (aka Ricky) owned the film studio called the Desilu productions which is the company that created the original Star Trek. In Fact they didn't want to Make Star Trek because they thought the script was stupid, but Lucy liked it so much she fought for it to be made. So it's because of Lucy we have the Star Trek Franchise today.

The drink was actually Apple Pectin. It was the only thing Lucy could drink that she could swig and that had the consistency they wanted.

You guys have got to watch Lucy and Ethal working in the candy factory. One of the funniest shows they did .

This is a classic, also remember they couldn't sleep in the same bed, they slept in twin beds. When Lucy got pregnant with their first child she was the first woman on tv to be pregnant in real life. They were also not allowed to say the word pregnant. Man have times changed and I miss those simpler days.

Almost 80 years ago and the comedy is still solid.

Lucy and Carol Burnett are the two funniest women who ever hit the TV screen. Grew up watching both and still love them both. ❤

@TypaHollywood

6 ай бұрын

We need recommendations on Carol Burnett Show episodes to watch, if you have any suggestions!

@greeneyesdante

6 ай бұрын

@@TypaHollywood There are so many!! One where they reenact the movie "Gone with the Wind", Harvey Korman going to the dentist and Tim Conway is the dentist, any of the ones with Eunice and the family skits especially the one with Betty White as Eunice's sister visiting, Tim Conway as the old shop worker and any Miss Wiggins. Enjoy! ;o)

@greeneyesdante

6 ай бұрын

@@TypaHollywood Sorry, I replied under myself. lol The intercom skit is the best one with Miss Wiggins. 😊

@TypaHollywood

6 ай бұрын

@@greeneyesdante Thank you so much, great suggestions!

@greeneyesdante

6 ай бұрын

@@TypaHollywood You are more than welcome! I enjoy your channel! Thanks for sharing the oldies with the young. ❤

After this show, there was The Lucille Ball Show, then The Lucy Show. The latter starred her children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr

Star Trek would never exist without her.

Next best clip : Lucy meets William Holden

She and her husband owned the studio that produced Star Trek.

According to one of the writers who worked with Lucy for decades, in this scene, Lucy made a mistake that she fixed. Lucy was an actress who did not break character or scene unless it was absolutely necessary. If a mistake was made, she went with the flow and did her best to incorporate it into the scene so it would be seamless. The time she grabs the bottle and tries to measure a spoon, but overshoots it, then puts the spoon down and pours it directly onto the spoon... all that was ad-libbed. Lucy had mixed up the order of the dialogue and realized it too late, but instead of calling cut, she just went with it and changed the scene. Of course, her ad-lib made it that much funnier and the guys in the sound booth were all doubled over in laughter.

The way she stares down at "Joe" and ask if it's hot in here, gets me every time

Karo syrup was what Lucy was swallowing. I've watched I Love Lucy for 60 years and still love it.

Since y’all are back to 1950s era comedy, check out 1955-56 The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason as bus driver Ralph Cramden. His famous line..”to the moon Alice!”

Absolutely the funniest shows back then. Love them still today. ❤❤❤

Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz formed DesiLu Studios and was the most sucessful production company of its time...they are legends in Hollywood.

My favorite and funniest episodes are season 4 episode 14 called "First Stop" and season 4 episode 17 called "L.A. at Last". I nearly died laughing when I first saw these.

Lucy was a VERY serious, consummate professional. She would rehearse scenes for HOURS ahead of time until EVERYBODY had their lines and parts down perfectly. She had a knack for knowing all the right expressions, lines, and timing for perfect comedy... Ricky was no slouch either. Not only an *actual* band leader, but he came up with the 3 Camera set-up that would be used in sitcoms for DECADES. He was also a womanizer, that chased virtually every woman he met, which is what eventually ended the marriage with Lucy. The series "I Love Lucy" is the LONGEST running sitcom in history when you consider that in ran in syndicated re-runs for several decades after it ended.

One of my favorite movies starring Lucy and Desi was The Long, Long Trailer from 1954 (1h 36).

Lucy had a very serious presence in real life. Watch any interview with her and it is an eye opener. Perhaps you should check out The Honeymooners next.

Check out the classic grape stomping scene as well. It is as classic as the chocolate factory and Vitameatavegamin scenes.

IAM SOOO GREATFUL TO SEEE your generation,, watching these ,,those where the best yrs!!!!! they where funny and up lifting and happy!!!! keep wathcing all here series.. way to go you guys!!! againthank you for watching them///

@typadudes

6 ай бұрын

So glad to hear that you like them! - Joe

She always credited the writers.

All time favorite!!!!!!❤❤😊I DO love Lucy❤ This is a classic you will NEVER FORGET 😊😊

In person, Lucille Ball was not a very funny person lol. She was very serious about her craft, diligently practicing and rehearsing to get the physical comedy down pat. She loved her writers!

This is I LOVE LUCY (with Ricky, Ethel, & Fred) and later little Ricky. Their real son. Precious. 😊 Later THE Lucy Show. Where she was working in an office setting.

Lucy was awesome and her and Desi together were unstoppable!! And I'm so glad they were. They were responsible for getting a lot of shows on the air thru Desilu. Lucy and Vivian Vance were good together too and one of the funniest things i thought was the two of them installing a shower and Lucy walking on stilts to get on the top bunk from The Lucy Show. She always said she wasn't naturally funny but she could hold her own on the different talk shows I saw her on. She had to fight for everything she got in the entertainment industry because she was a woman so she had to be serious but she was an awesome actress and always came to the set prepared to make people laugh. Idk how she did it in that day and time but I'm sure glad she did. 💓

Love it. Congratulations!! I don't know if it's on youtube, but if it is or if you can find it, the one where Ricky is trying to spell english (which has some bizarre spellings lol) is absolutely hilarious. :)

This episode of “I Love Lucy” is just as funny as when it first was shown on May 5, 1952. Lucy herself said it took more than a dozen tries to film the scene where she gets drunk because she kept laughing, and with the audience laughing hysterically it made it even more difficult.

Like everyone has already said, Lucy herself was not a funny person or particularly fun to be around unless you were good friends with her. She was a hell of a woman though and seemingly a genuinely good person. Without Lucy, we would probably never have modern tv series or so many varieties of comedy. She was a pioneer for women’s liberation in being the first female comedian protagonist to ever star in a sitcom. For 1951, this was absolutely unheard of and unthinkable. Women in comedies were always “just the wives” of the stars; side characters given a few token jokes but never THE star of the show. Lucy was also the first pregnant woman on tv. On this one I don’t remember all the details of what made it so special, but she was actually pregnant with her second child and portrayed a pregnant wife in the series for the entire term of her pregnancy. Lucy would only perform in front of live audiences without rehearsals as well. She wanted each and every joke to land without them feeling over rehearsed and forced. I remember in an interview she once said she needed audience reaction to know if a joke was good or if she needed to do more to make it work. Without this absolutely brilliant lady we would never have gotten Laverne and Shirley, The Golden Girls, Maude, Murphy Brown, The Carrol Burnette Show or even Bewitched. She took television into her own hands and carved her way into the world, running an absolutely massive studio and raising a family all at once after literally being a starving actor in the aftermath of the death of vaudeville. She made herself into a legend from the bottom of nothing. Every time we watch a comedy series we have her to thank for the innovations she made and being the inspiration for countless girls who were told they could never be the star of a tv show. That’s not including the massive contributions Desi made as well, such as inventing the three camera set up we still use today, as well as being the first Latino protagonist on television. In those days, that would almost be the equivalent of Will and Grace airing with an openly gay man playing the lead. It simply just did not happen until they built their empire and took the television world by storm.