Lucille Ball
Everything’s Coming Up Lucy
You and everyone on the planet (and perhaps in outer space) know all about I Love Lucy, right — are you sure? Take our quiz.
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Lucy?
You and everyone on the planet (and perhaps even in outer space) know all about Lucy, right? Are you sure? Which was not in the contract for the cast members? A. Desi Arnaz could only perform a song when it was deemed by the writers to be essential to the plot. B. […]
Web Extra: Everybody Loves Lucy
Lucille Ball knew however big the star, TV was a writer’s medium, so every gesture, every glance, and every step was written into the script. In this bonus track, Gregg Oppenheimer, the son of creator, producer, and head writer Jess Oppenheimer, reads a bit of the stage direction from the classic episode ?Lucy is Enceinte.?
I Love Lucy
This is where television invented itself. It set the model for the hit family sitcom. Lucy was a bad girl trapped in the life of a ’50s housewife; her slapstick quest for fame and fortune ended in abject failure weekly. Both the antics and the humiliation entered the DNA of TV comedy, from Desperate Housewives […]