kathy thibodeaux played little ricky on the lucille ball show.
kathy thibodeaux played little ricky on the lucille ball show.
who played little ricky on the lucille ball show?
kathy thibodeaux
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.
i love lucy
in the show, little ricky is the son of lucy ricardo and ricky ricardo. little ricky lives with his parents in a new york brownstone apartment building, which is owned and run by his godparents; the family later moves to a large suburban house in westport, connecticut.









































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lucy finds out she was expecting little ricky on the season 2 episode "lucy is enceinte." the episode in which he is born, "lucy goes to the hospital," was aired on the same day as the birth of lucille ball's real son, desi arnaz jr. – monday, january 19, 1953.
ricky ricardo jr.