I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy is a popular 1950s 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. Following the end of that, Ball divorced Arnaz and appeared in three other sitcoms into 1986. I Love Lucy became the most watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and it was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings (an accomplishment later matched only by The Andy Griffith Show in 1968 and Seinfeld in 1998). As of 2011, episodes of the show have been syndicated in dozens of languages across the world and remain popular with an American audience of 40 million each year. A colorized version of its Christmas episode attracted more than 8 million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in 2013 – 62 years after the show premiered. The show, which was the first scripted television program to be shot on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience, won five Emmy Awards and received numerous nominations and honors. It was the first show ever to feature an ensemble cast. It is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms in history. In 2012, it was voted the 'Best TV Show of All Time' in a survey conducted by ABC News and People magazine.

Year:
1951
10,265 Views

Lucy Ricardo:
[Sets food in living room; Rick enters] Oh, hi Ricky. Eh... I thought you'd never get here...

Ricky Ricardo:
[Check watch] Whaddya talkin' about? I'm ten minutes early.

Lucy Ricardo:
[Stares off dreamily] Oh... Uh h-hows everything darling.

Ricky Ricardo:
[Sifts through mail] Everything's terrible.

Lucy Ricardo:
[Smiles, unknowing what Ricky said] Oh, good.

Ricky Ricardo:
[pause] Good? I said everything was terrible.

Lucy Ricardo:
[Looks at Ricky] Huh? Oh, terrible?

Ricky Ricardo:
Yeah, terrible. [Puts mail down] I don't think I'll put on another night club show as long as I live... [Paces about the room] The lights are all wrong, the costumes are all wrong, *nobody* knows their number! [Shakes his head] Nothing good happened today...

Lucy Ricardo:
Oh, it will, dear. Why don't you sit down. [She seats Ricky on the couch] See? I made lunch in here, it's more... cozey and comfortable.

Ricky Ricardo:
[Smiles and reaches for platter] Oh, gee honey; that looks wonderful - [Lucy almost sits on his out-strecthed arms; he looks at her]

Lucy Ricardo:
Maybe you should relax a little. [Sits him back again]

Ricky Ricardo:
No, it's okay, I'm just hungry, honey - [She sits on his arms again as he reaches for the food]

Lucy Ricardo:
[Sits him back again] Sit back, dear. [Sits on his lap and wraps her arms around him; Ricky takes a bite of food in his hand] Ricky... darling...

Ricky Ricardo:
[Muffled full of food] What ith it, honey?

Lucy Ricardo:
Put that away. [Takes food out of his hand] Now, swallow that. [Ricky pain-stakingly does so; Lucy puts her arms around him a second time] Ricky... Ricky Darling - [Ricky takes food from his other hand, chews it openly and looks back at Lucy] Ricky, do you have to eat *now*?

Ricky Ricardo:
Well, honey it's lunch time. You fix me a beautiful lunch.

Lucy Ricardo:
Well, just wait a minute. Now, swallow that.

Ricky Ricardo:
[Eyes widen as he forces to swallow] My stomach is gonna think I lost my teeth.

Lucy Ricardo:
[Wraps her arms around him again] Ricky... Darling - [telephone rings; Lucy glares at it and holds Ricky closer while pouting slightly]

Ricky Ricardo:
Uh, honey the phone's ringin'.

Lucy Ricardo:
I know it...

Ricky Ricardo:
Well, honey, *one* of us has to get up and answer it.

Lucy Ricardo:
No. [Ricky motions to get up] No, let it ring.

Ricky Ricardo:
[Gently slides her off while looking intently at the phone] Oh, now, come on, honey. It might be important. Come on... [Lucy groans in disapointment and sits down on the couch while Ricky answers the phone]


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