It was the highest rated show in the country at this time. The first scene starts out with lucy reading a book about numerology and gets really into it. The series won five emmy awards, including best situation comedy 1953, 1954 and best actress lucille ball, 1956. The episode lucy goes to the hospital first aired on monday, january 19, 1953. Text lucille ball was once known as queen of the bs. Who was the first tv couple to sleep in the same bed. It shows at the end that telling fortunes is silly. This is the third of eight installments to focus on controversial episodes. On october 15, 1951, television broadcast history was made when the first episode of i love lucy aired on cbs. The lucy desi comedy hour aired from november 6, 1957 to april 1, 1960 consisting of episodes. In a time when new television programs seem to come and go in a matter of weeks, its a little mindboggling to realize that i love lucy has been with us now for 45 years yes, the program celebrated its 45th anniversary on october 15, 1996. With lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, william frawley. This episode introduces frank nelson and mary jane croft as the. Check out i love lucy meeting superman in remastered color.
She was 40 when the first episode of i love lucy aired. The very first show was the first airing of the pilot on cbs television stations nationwide on monday, april 30, 1990. Lucille ball as lucy ricardo in the i love lucy episode, lucy becomes a sculptress. Fans had the chance to see five colorized episodes of the sitcom this includes another featurette, redhead tales, colorizing i love lucy. On christmas eve, the ricardos and the mertzes recall past events in their lives, as seen in clips from past episodes. For me personally this one isnt one of my favorites, i am not sure why though. You are working for seti, the search for extraterrestrial. Its love at first sightand confusion laterwhen lucy goes to a furniture store to furnish the new house in connecticut.
First broadcast in 1990 on bsb british satellite broadcasting. An ironic parody of american family tv comedies of the 1950s. Directed by ralph levy, it was shot before a live audience at cbs columbia square in hollywood, california, on march 2, 1951, and sold to cbstv in the summer of 1951. I love lucy, lucy is enceinte more than 60 years later.
Oct 15, 2012 61 years ago today, the very first episode of i love lucy aired on cbs. On october 15, 1951, the first episode of i love lucy aired on cbs. I could not find it in its entirety, but here is a great recap of that episode. Another foreshadowing of the later i love lucy series occurred in december 1948 when the birth of the stearns first child was worked into an episode on the same day that mary kay herself gave. On that date, viewers will see the christmas episode joined by paris at last, which first aired in 1956. More than 60 years ago, cbs aired lucy is enceinte, the season 2 episode of i love lucy in which lucy lucille ball and ricky desi arnaz find out theyre going to have a baby. In the i love lucy 50th anniversary special, viewers learn more about how the show was made by and about lucy and. Ricky, however, knows that his starstruck wife, lucy, longs to be in the show. With lucille ball, desi arnaz, lucie arnaz, jerry hausner. I love lucy, a 1950s television sitcom situation comedy starring comedienne lucille ball, dominated tv in its day like no other program had before, and few since broadcast on the cbs television network in its early years, from october 1951 to april 1957, i love lucy had more total share of viewers than any other show on television.
At the beginning of this pilot or test film, cuban bandleader larry lopez receives notice from his agent, jerry, that several big sponsors will be coming to the club to see his next show. On october 15, 1951, i love lucy aired for the first time on cbs. Ricky tries to keep lucy away from auditioning for a tv show, but when a clown becomes unavailable, lucy takes his place. I love lucy what major drama was happening on setthe.
Share if this was the first time lucy cracked you up. I love lucy tv listings, tv schedule and episode guide. I love lucy confronts the 1950s american housewife ideal. One day, you receive a radio communication from an alien intelligence. Heil honey im home home higher quality 1of3 youtube.
On october 15, 1951, the first episode of i love lucy debuted on national television, and audiences fell in love with a redhaired housewife named lucy ricardo lucille ball, her enthusiastic husband ricky desi arnaz, their landlords and friends ethel vivian vance and fred mertz william frawley. After misconstruing rickys phone conversation, lucy thinks ricky is going to get rid of her. For four of its six seasons, i love lucy was the most watched show on tv. Its storyline was worked into an episode that was shown on november 19th, 1951 during i love lucy s first season. The last episode of that quintessential 1950s sitcom i love lucy ends this month, and aired on 6 may 1957. One week later, on december 15, 1952, the episode titled pregnant women are unpredictable was aired although the show never displayed episode titles on. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6. I love lucy the last episode what major drama was happening on set. Richard keith as little ricky 6 jerry hausner as jerry, the agent elizabeth patterson as mrs. Episode eight the seance first aired november 26,1951 dont be thrown off by the title, it doesnt sound like this one would be a good episode, but it is.
It worked, but the pilot itself was never broadcast. I love lucy to premiere in color for first time ever for. The first i love lucy dann cahn recalls getting lucy s first show on the air 45 years ago. With lucie arnaz, lucille ball, desi arnaz, bob carroll jr the original unaired pilot episode of the classic sitcom. I love lucy, american television situation comedy that aired on the columbia broadcasting system now cbs corporation from 1951 to 1957 and was the most popular show in america for four of its six primetime seasons. The very first show 26min short, comedy tv short 28 april 1990 the original unaired pilot episode of the classic sitcom finally seen after 40 years. A sheer sign of the shows immense success, lucille ball and desi arnaz became the first millionaire tv stars in. After six seasons and 161 episodes, the sitcom was firmly established as an. Archived text lucille ball was once known as queen of the bs for her countless roles in b level movies before starting the show which would ultimately change the face of entertainment. Although you cannot understand their language, they have included some photos from an i love lucy episode. In episode flashbacks will be in blackandwhite to emphasize the time lapse. Desi arnaz and lucille ball in i love lucy 1951 add image.
Heres some amazing color 8mm footage, shot by a member of the audience, during the filming of the sixth episode from that first season. This episode did not air in 1959 as i stated but on april 1st 1960. I love lucy the i love lucy christmas show tv episode. The last episode was entitled the minuteman and the redhead. Episode one the lost i love lucy pilot first aired march. Originally aired in 1956, it was the one lucy episode that wasnt included in the syndication package. Technically, it was not the first episode of the show. In each episode, she and ethel often get embroiled in silly shenanigans. One week later, on december 15, 1952, the episode titled pregnant women are unpredictable was aired although the show never displayed episode titles on the air. How the unaired i love lucy pilot episode was recovered. I love lucy american television program britannica. The very first show was the first airing of the pilot on cbs television stations nationwide on monday, april 30, 1990, 39 years after it was originally filmed. Episode one the lost i love lucy pilot first aired march 2, 1951 thank you for joining me on my jouney through the i love lucy episodes. It became one of the most loved and influential sitcoms in television history.
On may 9, 1971, the last original episode of the sitcom the honeymooners, starring jackie gleason as brooklyn bus driver ralph kramden, airs although a perennial rerun favorite in syndication. Watch i love lucy season 0, episode 0 i love lucy 50th anniversary special. Although i love lucy would air for six years and reign atop the nielsen charts, the pilot was eventually forgotten. More than 60 years ago, a pregnant lucille ball couldnt. Metv the first episode of i love lucy aired on this day. I love lucy, lucy is enceinte season two, episode 10. Its hard to believe that so many classic episodes came from i love lucy season one but you get the vitametavegamin lucy does a commercial, lucy as carmen miranda be a pal, lucy bakes a giant bread pioneer women, frozen lucy the freezer, and lucy torturing rickys scalp ricky thinks hes getting bald episodes, which are some of my favorite. The first episode of i love lucy aired on this day in 1951.
The episode lucy is enceinte first aired on december 8, 1952 enceinte being french for expecting or pregnant. The lost pilot was the very first episode of i love lucy which was shot, the unaired pilot episode for i love lucy. The i love lucy series actually made a recent return to movie theaters just in time for what wouldve been lucille balls 108th birthday. The lost pilot unaired pilot i love lucy wiki fandom. The lost pilot was the very first episode of i love lucy which was shot, the. A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star along with her bandleader husband and gets herself in the strangest situations.
The christmas episode was first aired as part of the regularly scheduled i love lucy. The last i love lucy episode was the ricardos dedicate a statue, which aired may 6, 1957. In 1990, a 16mm print of the original lost pilot episode was found. Now onto season 4, which i just got today from amazon, in this season, lucy and the gang go to l.
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