lucille ball started i love lucy in 1957.
lucille ball started i love lucy in 1957.
when did lucille ball start i love lucy?
1957
i love lucy is an american television sitcom that originally ran on cbs from october 15, 1951, to may 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning 6 seasons (including the 'lost' original pilot and christmas episode). the show starred lucille ball, her real-life husband desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. it followed the life of lucy ricardo (ball), a middle class housewife in new york city, who either concocted plans with her best friends (vance & frawley) to appear alongside her bandleader husband ricky ricardo (arnaz) in his nightclub, or tried numerous schemes to mingle with, or be a part of show business. after the series ended in 1957, a modified version continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials; it ran from 1957 to 1960. it was first known as "the lucille ball-desi arnaz show" and later in reruns as "the lucy–desi comedy hour".
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after the conclusion of the sixth season of "i love lucy", the arnazes decided to cut down on the number of episodes that were filmed. instead, they extended "i love lucy" to 60 minutes, with a guest star each episode. they renamed the show "the lucille ball-desi arnaz show", also known as "the lucy-desi comedy hour". thirteen hour-long episodes aired from 1957 to 1960. the main cast, lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, william frawley and little ricky/richard keith (birth name keith thibodeaux) were all in the show. "the lucy-desi comedy hour" is available on dvd, released as "i love lucy: the final seasons 7, 8, & 9". on march 2, desi's birthday, 1960, the day after the last hour-long episode was filmed, lucille ball filed for divorce from desi arnaz. it made that playful, yet passionate kiss at the end of the final episode, which aired april 1, "lucy meets the moustache", all the more poignant, as the world already knew that this storied hollywood marriage was all but over, and also lent extra meaning to the use of the song "that's all" (performed by guest star edie adams) in that episode.
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