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OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
10/14/2018 5:08 pm

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10/14/2018 10:53 pm

I Love Lucy Day



October 15 is I Love Lucy Day which celebrates the groundbreaking, critically and commercially acclaimed sitcom, I Love Lucy, which premiered on this day in 1951, and ran until May of 1957. I Love Lucy starred Lucille Ball and her real life husband Desi Arnaz as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Ricky was a singer and bandleader, and Lucy was an aspiring television and film star. Lucy's ambition for stardom, coupled with her naiveté, continually got Lucy and Ricky into trouble. The show allowed Ball to showcase her skill in physical comedy and clowning. Other main characters were Vivian Vance and William Frawley, who starred as Ethel and Fred Mertz, the landlords and friends of the Ricardos.



Shot in Hollywood, the show was innovative and groundbreaking in a few ways. It was the first sitcom,to be shot in 35mm film in front of a live audience, meaning there were no canned laugh tracks, but real recorded laughs from the audience instead. Three cameras were used simultaneously to shoot the show, allowing three different angles for each scene. This set the precedent for other live audience shows to do the same. Because it was shot in front of a live audience, there was no stopping to shoot scenes over, and most times if there was a mistake by one of the actors the cameras kept rolling. After Lucy's two pregnancies, she needed rest so reruns of the show were shown. They were popular and this effectively started the concept of the rerun, and other shows soon started broadcasting reruns as well.



For four of its six years, I Love Lucy was the most watched television show in the country, and it was the first show to end while at the top of the Nielsen ratings. It won five Emmy awards and has consistently been called one of the greatest shows in television history. Following the end of the original run of the series, one-hour episodes were broadcasted from 1957 to 1960, which were known as The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show or The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. On March 2, 1960, Desi's birthday and one day after the last one-hour show was filmed, Lucy filed for divorce. Starting in 1962 Ball starred in The Lucy Show, which ran until 1968, when Here's Lucy started and broadcasted until 1974. Today reruns of I Love Lucy are broadcasted on the Hallmark Channel, and in the past they have been aired on TBS, Nick and Nite, and TV Land.



OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 5:25 pm

Everyone loves the chocolate factory scene.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 5:26 pm

or the bread in the oven pushing her across the kitchen.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 5:26 pm

The Vitaminagin commercial


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 5:27 pm

The dancing squashing the grapes.


Luv2licknsuck 71M
8 posts
10/14/2018 6:15 pm

Not a dud in the bunch.


mral65 58M
366 posts
10/14/2018 6:34 pm

Definitely in the top 3 sitcoms ever made


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 7:09 pm

I used to watch them on Nick at Night all the time.


bychance4709 61M

10/14/2018 7:31 pm

I LOVE Lucy. A talented woman.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
5766 posts
10/14/2018 9:24 pm

Certainly one of a kind in show business comedy. Her shows were filled with energy, demonstrating her talent to make people laugh.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 9:45 pm

    Quoting mral65:
    Definitely in the top 3 sitcoms ever made
It's held it's esteemed position for over 60 years.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 9:46 pm

Yes she was quite the entrepreneur


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 9:49 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Certainly one of a kind in show business comedy. Her shows were filled with energy, demonstrating her talent to make people laugh.
The talent and style was truly earned.


strtsexboy_1 64M
764 posts
10/14/2018 10:14 pm

They were the 1st to use multiple cameras, and started Warner Bros. Can you say vitaviaveaman 3 time's fast LoL


OnDaFence 36M/44M

10/14/2018 10:53 pm

    Quoting strtsexboy_1:
    They were the 1st to use multiple cameras, and started Warner Bros. Can you say vitaviaveaman 3 time's fast LoL
The live audience didn't allow for and screwups either!