I also liked " The Lucy Show" and then "Here's Lucy", but I absolutely loved "I Love Lucy", back when it first came out in 1951 and now in 2023. When I look at the I Love Lucy show, I think of "The Fabulous Four". However, Lucy and Desi will always be close to my heart for the the love and laughter they brought to the world. Thank you.

The magic wasn't gone! The first 2 seasons of The Lucy Show were hilarious! I loved seeing Vivian Vance as Lucy's co-star again, free of the stress of playing frumpy Ethel. TLS had the same WRITERS as ILL! Lucy & Desi both gave credit to the ILL writers for the success of ILL. Desi was even executive producer of the first half of S1 of The Lucy Show! The first 3 years of The Lucy Show were good, but once Viv & the kids were gone & and the focus shifted to just Lucy in an L.A. apartment working for Mr. Mooney, and the ILL writers left, THEN the magic was gone. The show started to become dependent on a series of famous guest stars & musical performances to pull in viewers. It was more like a variety show with Lucy being a walking disaster area, destroying property everywhere than it was a sitcom. Desi was a great innovator & visionary who set precedents for TV production & distribution that are still in use today: syndication & reruns, 3-camera setup, etc. & deserves much more recognition for all that. But Lucy made lots of savvy business decisions that changed TV history, even making them unilaterally, overruling the decisions of the men on the board of Desilu. She gave us Star Trek, for crying out loud! And Mission Impossible. And lots more. That was Lucy, not Desi.

Yeah, Desi was a manwhore. Broke her heart. I hate him for that. The inability to just keep it in his pants.

@@DonnaBrooks Also loved Lucy in the 3 movies with Bob Hope and 2 movies with Henry Fonda, esp. Yours Mine and Ours (1968) to me Lucille Ball was magical and I love her to this day - brought love and laughter to me and the rest of the world.

SHe is right. SHe was not funny.

@@CaptainSpalding72 Lucille Ball was world known in 1951 - the show appeared in over 70 countries and still today, somewhere in the world it plays everyday. Lucy certainly learned her craft and brought out one of the most famous comedy sit coms of all time.

My mate once said Jenny McCarthy was funny because she didn't mind looking like an a-hole.

@@CaptainSpalding72 If you don't think Lucille Ball was funny then you must be a millennial or a zoomer.

Good job

Yes... Comic Perfection. Not that Lucy wasn't brilliant in her own right. But Gracie was in a class and universe by herself.... and never won an Emmy :(

I often say that, Gracie Allen died the day, George Burns died because he kept her alive by mentioning her name in every show he did. That's a shame, she deserves much more remembering.

I haven't forgotten 💕 love Gracie too!

I have never once seen anything she did. I will look her up on YT. Is there a particular episode or video that you recommend as an introduction to her humor?

We know. We watched Eden's interview here. Or didn't you see that part?

Welcome to your week of success and next level. May you move to the next higher level this week. Happy New Week ❤🙏🏻

I totally agree - after their divorce, Lucy (at Desi's request) starred in The Lucy Show. After 3 seasons, Desi resigned as producer. Lucy continued with 6 seasons, and then starred in and produced Here's Lucy - which premiered her two children (Desi Arnaz Jr. left after 3 seasons.) Then when Desi's drinking was worse than before, Lucille bought him out and had to run Desilu. So she had to raised two children, star in and produce two tv shows and take over as Head of a Major Studio, Desilu - all at the same time. I feel happy for her that she was able to find happiness and support in her 2nd marriage which lasted from 1961 till her death in 1989.

But America WAS ready for an inter-racial couple. The success of I Love Lucy proved that!! That was another thing that made their story so remarkable. Yes, she & Desi always loved each other but SHE filed for divorce. Also, you say Lucy was a comedian. She was not. She was a comedic actress who did physical comedy. She was never funny on her own. She never did stand-up. She never wrote comedy. The writers gave her funny scripts & she interpreted them. She always gave credit to the writers.

@DonnaBrooks Ok. Ur it's all in the past now. Tit for tat. That's how you see it. Have a nice day.

I think that was a figure of speech. A good amount of people know her. In almost every country.

I live in Sweden and saw Lucy on TV in the sixties, always liked her but my parents wasn't interested 😅

The U. k need to show I love aLucy re runs

He was part of the ensemble, but Lucy was the reason everyone tuned in.

Not many people realize he was a great singer, too.

I call them the Fabulous Four - but Lucy was the major star of the show.

As a kid, I loved Fred and still do today. But now as I've gotten older, I find myself blown away by Vivian Vance's performance. She really brought caché to the sidekick role in a way no one else ever has.

Well, many many many stars men and women -have said she was a good person, direct and real, and they all loved her. Over the years I have seen various interviews and read books - ie Madelyn Pugh "Laughing With Lucy" they Lucy say extremely talented, a perfectionist, knew her business, helpful, supportive, etc etc. Also, in the real world people people she hired stayed with her forever. The only gossip to the contrary was about airplane personnel - never knew what the problem was but heard she wasn't too pleasant. Thought that since she was claustrophobic maybe her tension was very high on an airplane (doesn't excuse bad behavior) but I am throwing that out as possibly a reason. While i had to travel for business I hated being on a plane - never a pleasure. Never rude or nasty but uptight. However, I remember on my last flight to San Francisco because i had knee problems and had to walk a bit in the aisle to keep the swelling down. Needed more than ice. Actually the stewardess was quite unpleasant with me. Not helpful and sort of nasty. Got double knee replacements and have only flown once since then. I think in part my experience was so awful with the stewardess. So it can go both ways. Plus your calling a woman a ruthless broad - is insulting. PS Madeline Kahn was not the right person to play the part of Miss Gulch. (forgot the spelling)

Very few people will ever tell the truth about her. But I have read and heard a few accountings of Miss Ball, which were not stellar. There is a fascinating two part expose out on both Desi and Lucy right now and many people said similar things to those that you are stating above. My bottom line, I loved Lucy Richardo, the character, and admired the talent of Lucille Ball. I don't believe in all of the other hype. Most of the time, when I have met "stars" I have been disappointed in the reality vs the fantasy. I'll just keep my fantasy LOL

@@LJ-ht4zs The character in "Mame" is Agnes Gooch. Miss Gulch is the evil neighbor / Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz".

@@LJ-ht4zs Now I know why she didn't fly when doing engagements in New York. She always said she took the train, and complained about how small the cabin was.

@@lucyroth2671 The phrase " you should never meet your idols " comes to mind.

An odd comment the likes of which U R entitled.

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There was nothing creepy about Lucille Ball .. she was brilliant comedic actress and businesswoman

To each their own.

Your opinion is not shared by the rest of the world since I Love Lucy was, and probably continues to be, the most well known sit com ever - So "we all saw that played out"? In 2022 Amy Poehler directed "Lucy and Desi" a documentary which won two Emmy awards. Also, at the same time a movie "Being the Ricardos" starring Nicole Kidman, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role playing Lucille Ball. So it seems that people still care about Lucille Ball more than 30 years after her death.