query: the kid that played little ricky on i love lucy

pos: Richard Keith (actor) Richard Keith (actor) Keith Thibodeaux (born December 1, 1950) is a former American child actor and musician, best known for playing Little Ricky on the television sitcoms "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour". His last name, which was Cajun French, was changed by producer Desi Arnaz to "Keith" because "Thibodeaux" was too difficult to pronounce. He is the last living regular appearing cast member from "I Love Lucy". Thibodeaux showed skill on the drums at a young age, and was making $500 a week at the age of 3 while touring with the Horace Heidt Orchestra. His father

pos: Ricky Ricardo Jr. Ricky Ricardo Jr. Enrique Alberto Ricardo IV, "Little Ricky," is a fictional character from the American television series "I Love Lucy" (1951–57, with Ricky Jr. becoming a part of the show as of his birth in 1953) and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957–60). Little Ricky was played by a number of actors, including James John Ganzer, twins Richard and Ronald Lee Simmons, twins Michael and Joseph Mayer and, most notably, Keith Thibodeaux, billed as Little Ricky. Although the "I Love Lucy" announcer and the opening credits of "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" gave his stage name as "Little Ricky", in his

pos: I Love Lucy morning. Unlike some programs that advance the age of a newborn over a short period, "I Love Lucy" at first allowed the Little Ricky character to grow up in real time. America saw Little Ricky as an infant in the 1952–53 season and a toddler from 1953 to 1956. However, for the 1956-57 season, Little Ricky suddenly aged by two years, becoming a young school-age boy from 1956 to 1960. Five actors played the role, two sets of twins and later Keith Thibodeaux, whose stage name when playing Ricky Ricardo Jr. was Richard Keith. (In the Superman episode, Little Ricky

pos: I Love Lucy 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

pos: Kathy Thibodeaux Kathy Thibodeaux Kathy Thibodeaux is an American ballet dancer who, in 1986, became co-founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Magnificat!. Born Kathy Denton, she studied under American Ballet Theatre’s Albia Kavan and Rex Cooper at the Jackson Ballet School (later Ballet Mississippi). In 1976, she married Keith Thibodeaux, a former child actor and musician, best known for playing Ricky Ricardo, Jr. ("Little Ricky") in "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" television shows. (He was credited for those series as Richard Keith.) In 1978, Kathy became one of Jackson Ballet Company’s first contracted dancers, dancing as a principal until

pos: Bryce Drew in 1994. In 2001 and 2002 she was a member of the Atlanta Hawks NBA dance team . Later his wife was awarded the prestigious Outstanding Choreographer Award at the 2017 Youth American Grand Prix in Chicago for her "Dying Swan" and has set choreography for Ballet Magnificat "The Arrival" and "Stratagem". She is currently teaching and training young dancers in Nashville, Tennessee. Tara is the daughter of Kathy Thibodeaux, an American ballet dancer and artistic director and the former child actor and musician Keith Thibodeaux who portrayed Ricky Ricardo, Jr. ("Little Ricky") on the TV series "I Love Lucy."

pos: David and the Giants resembled that of Jay & the Techniques. The band released its first single, a cover version of "Rockin' Robin" around 1964, under the name of Little David & the Giants. In 1969, Keith Thibodeaux (best known as "Little Ricky" from "I Love Lucy") joined the band. His arrival marked the beginning of the band's most commercially successful era. Although band members often described their sound as having its roots in Southern rock, the band's most successful recordings became popular in England in the 1970s and 80s as Northern soul – songs that featured a mixture of a Top 40 sound

neg: Desi Arnaz Jr. he appeared on two episodes of the television series, "The Streets of San Francisco". Arnaz also appeared in a 1976 episode of "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) hosted by both Desi Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.. The younger Arnaz played Ricky Ricardo while Gilda Radner played Lucy in spoofs of supposed ill-fated pilots for "I Love Lucy". Although a part of "I Love Lucy" for the purpose of these SNL parodies, he did not portray Little Ricky in the classic sitcom, a role played instead by Richard Keith. In 1977, he was the lead in the film "Joyride" opposite fellow children

neg: Ricky Ricardo Jr. he performs comfortably in many other episodes, such as "The Ricardos Visit Cuba," where he plays the conga drum alongside his father; "Little Ricky's School Pageant," where he plays the lead; and "Ragtime Band," where Little Ricky plays the drums alongside his mother and godparents. Ricky Ricardo Jr. Enrique Alberto Ricardo IV, "Little Ricky," is a fictional character from the American television series "I Love Lucy" (1951–57, with Ricky Jr. becoming a part of the show as of his birth in 1953) and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957–60). Little Ricky was played by a number of actors, including James John

neg: I Love Lucy movie titled "Lucy" that portrayed the life of Lucille Ball, and during the "I Love Lucy" days, showed clips of "I Love Lucy" episodes. Numerous clips were remade, most notably "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", "Lucy Is Enceinte", and "Job Switching". Near the end of the movie, there are a selection of "TV Guide" covers in the hallway showing "I Love Lucy" franchises on their cover. Also, there was a close up of a "New York Post" article that tells the birth of Little Ricky. In 2012, Todd VanDerWerff of "The A.V. Club" wrote retrospectively:"I Love Lucy" […] is one

neg: Elizabeth Patterson (actress) a convenient babysitter for "Little Ricky". In the fall of 1956, with "I Love Lucy" in its final season, Patterson made her last appearance as Mrs. Trumbull in "Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums". Her character was mentioned one last time in the 1957 episode "Lucy Raises Chickens". In that installment, Fred and Ethel decide to follow the Ricardos and move to Connecticut to be near them, and Mrs. Trumbull's sister moves into 623 East 68th Street to manage the apartment building for the Mertzes. Prior to, during, and after her work on "I Love Lucy", Patterson appeared in

neg: I Love Lucy an audition for Ricky who is hired to be in Vallée's orchestra, thus allowing him to immigrate to the United States on the very ship on which Lucy and the Mertzes were returning. Lucy later states that Ricky played for Vallée only one night before being traded to Xavier Cugat's orchestra. Note that the extended flashback segment "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" and the story of how Lucy and Ricky met is inconsistent with Season 4, Episode 18 entitled, "Don Juan and the Starlets" (1955). In that episode, Lucy mistakenly believes that Ricky stayed out all night after his

neg: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour babysitter, and Hedda Hopper (who previously had appeared on 'The Hedda Hopper Story' and interviewed the Ricardos on 'Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana'). Little Ricky is used more but is still a minor character. Most feature him playing the drums, coming and going (examples include The Celebrity Next Door and, in several, off to school or some other function); he has no friends, unlike the 6th season of "I Love Lucy", where a few are noted (Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright, Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums, several of the Connecticut episodes, etc.); and no plot theme centers

neg: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour great deal compared to "I Love Lucy". This reduction was not well received by Vance, who considered leaving. Frawley, however, was happy with the reduction which gave him more time to attend to his other interests. New friends from the "I Love Lucy" Connecticut episodes, the Ramseys (or the Mortons), were not in the Comedy Hour cast and are only mentioned twice, each as babysitters for Little Ricky. Besides the Mertzes the only two characters from the "I Love Lucy" show to appear on the Comedy Hour were Lucy's mother (who appeared briefly in the 'Japan' episode) as Little Ricky's

neg: Lucy Goes to the Hospital Lucy Goes to the Hospital "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" is an episode of the 1950s American television show "I Love Lucy" in which the title character, Lucy Ricardo, gives birth to her son, "Little Ricky," after a "predictably chaotic" sequence of events. Twelve hours before the broadcast, the actress who played Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball, had given birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. by cesarean section. The episode had actually been filmed on November 14, 1952. The episode was the culmination of an unprecedented pairing of the fictional pregnancy of Lucy with the real-life pregnancy of Lucille Ball; "real-time pregnancy

neg: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour later commenting that she personally chose the song, unaware of Ball and Arnaz marital problems or their pending divorce. Adams and her husband, the avant garde comedian Ernie Kovacs, guested starred on what turned out to be the final new episode ever made of "I Love Lucy" and the last time its characters: Fred, Ethel, Little Ricky, Ricky and Lucy would ever be seen. Adams commented that Ball's emotions were up and down the entire week of rehearsals and that she had commented to Kovacs how harshly Ball was treating her. Kovacs passed that along to Arnaz who took Adams

neg: The Nanny on "Here's Lucy" as a guest star) began with Maxwell and Niles trying to hide the visit from Fran ("Boys, boys, boys. Now do you think my mother gave birth to a dummy 25 years ago?") followed by her gripe "You never introduce me to any of the stars that you know; I've got a good mind to take Little Ricky and... oh. Never mind." Also, there was a reference from the episode of "I Love Lucy" called "Ricky has Labor Pains" where Lucy and Ethel dress up like men and go to Ricky's daddy shower. In an episode of

neg: I Love Lucy (Vivian Vance). During the second season, Lucy and Ricky have a son named Ricky Ricardo Jr. ("Little Ricky"), whose birth was timed to coincide with Ball's real-life birth of her son Desi Arnaz Jr. Lucy is naïve and ambitious, with an undeserved zeal for stardom and a knack for getting herself and her husband into trouble whenever Lucy yearns to make it in show business. The Ricardos' best friends, Fred and Ethel, are former vaudevillians and this only strengthens Lucy's resolve to prove herself as a performer. Unfortunately, she has few marketable performance skills. She does not seem to be

neg: I Love Lucy Lease", with added Arnaz narration (in character as Ricky Ricardo). It included commercials for Philip Morris, which sponsored the television series. While it never aired on radio at the time in the 1950s (Philip Morris eventually sponsored a radio edition of "My Little Margie" instead), copies of this radio pilot episode have been circulating among "old time radio" collectors for years, and this radio pilot episode has aired in more recent decades on numerous local radio stations that air some "old time radio" programming. Ball and Arnaz authorized various types of "I Love Lucy" merchandise. Beginning in November 1952, "I

neg: Desi Arnaz was successful in live appearances and recordings. He sang for troops in Birmingham Hospital with John Macchia and hired his childhood friend Marco Rizo to play piano and arrange for the orchestra. When he became successful in television, he kept the orchestra on his payroll, and Rizo arranged and orchestrated the music for "I Love Lucy". On October 15, 1951, Arnaz co-starred in the premiere of "I Love Lucy", in which he played a fictionalized version of himself, Cuban orchestra leader Enrique "Ricky" Ricardo. His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Ball, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy. Television executives had

neg: I Love Lucy Ricky met and how Ricky came to the United States. The story, at least insofar as related to newspaper columnist Hedda Hopper, is that the couple met in Havana when Lucy and the Mertzes vacationed there in 1940. Despite his being a university graduate, proficient in English, Ricky is portrayed as a driver of a horse-drawn cab who waits for fares at a pier where tourists arrive by ship. Ricky is hired to serve as one of Lucy's tour guides and the two fall in love. Having coincidentally also met popular singer Rudy Vallée on the cruise ship, Lucy arranges

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Ricardo theme. Even Janis Paige, in her short-lived Desilu-produced CBS sitcom "It's Always Jan", wore her hair like Lucy's, and Cara Williams followed the Lucy Ricardo format in "Pete and Gladys," which lasted only two seasons on CBS. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Lucy and Ricky Ricardo are fictional characters from the American television sitcom "I Love Lucy", portrayed respectively by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Ricardos also appear in "The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour", and Lucy also appears in one episode of "The Ann Sothern Show". Together, Lucy and Ricky serve as a double act. Ricky is the straight man,

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Lucy and Ricky Ricardo are fictional characters from the American television sitcom "I Love Lucy", portrayed respectively by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Ricardos also appear in "The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour", and Lucy also appears in one episode of "The Ann Sothern Show". Together, Lucy and Ricky serve as a double act. Ricky is the straight man, a character very similar to Arnaz himself; he is a Cuban-American bandleader whose trademark song is "Babalu". Red-haired Lucy is his wife, who always gets into trouble and is usually caught at it by Ricky, who then typically

neg: I Love Lucy is mentioned as being five years old but it had been less than four years since the birth-of-Little-Ricky episode.) Jess Oppenheimer stated in his memoir, "Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time", that the initial plan was to match the sex of the Ricardo baby with Lucille Ball's real baby, inserting one of two alternate endings into the broadcast print at the very last minute. When logistical difficulties convinced Oppenheimer to abandon this plan, he advised Desi that as head writer, he would have Lucy Ricardo give birth to a boy. Desi

neg: I Get Ideas Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney recorded a duet of this song on 2 December 1964 with the Billy May Orchestra for their 1965 album "That Travelin' Two-Beat". "I Get Ideas" is sung by Desi Arnaz playing Ricky Ricardo on "I Love Lucy" in episode 31 "The Publicity Agent" first aired on May 12, 1952 and Lucille Ball sings the song as Lucy Ricardo in episode 130 of "I Love Lucy", "Lucy and the Dummy" which was broadcast on October 17, 1955. As "Adios, Muchachos", the song is featured on the soundtracks of the 1992 movie "Scent of a Woman" and

neg: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour celebrity guest stars. That concept, which proved so successful during the program's Hollywood episodes in seasons 4 & 5, was what Arnaz had in mind when he commented "you can't stand still." Except for the main cast (Ball, Arnaz, Vance, and Frawley) only two characters from "I Love Lucy" appeared on "Comedy Hour": Lucy's mother, as Little Ricky's babysitter, in 'The Ricardos Go To Japan', and columnist Hedda Hopper in 'Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana'. Arnaz believed the use of celebrity stars would allow him to demand higher fees, take some pressure off of himself portraying Ricky Ricardo, and

neg: 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

neg: Elizabeth Patterson (actress) "I Love Lucy" in the episode "The Marriage License". In that installment, Patterson's character, Mrs. Willoughby, is the wife of the Greenwich, Connecticut, justice of the peace (played by character actor Irving Bacon) who remarries Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. In that role, she most notably sings an off-key version of "I Love You Truly" during the wedding ceremony. The following year she was cast in a featured guest role as Mrs. Matilda Trumbull in the episode "No Children Allowed". Patterson's character of Mrs. Trumbull was initially an ornery curmudgeon who resided in the same New York apartment building as the

neg: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour Desi Arnaz 3 Comedy Hour episodes. Ball, Arnaz, Vance, Frawley, and Little Ricky appeared in all 13 episodes. CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment) released the entire series of all thirteen Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour specials on DVD under the package name ""I Love Lucy: The Final Seasons 7-9" " on March 13, 2007 in Region 1, and is presented uncut, restored and digitally remastered. The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen black-and-white one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960 (as opposed to a thirty-minute regular series). The first five were shown as

neg: Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (series) so he rings the doorbell on General Jackrabbit's rocket ship. Two Robo-Rabbits open the door, replying that they will only accept Jackrabbits. Ricky gets help from Lucy when she disguises herself as a Jackrabbit. The Robo-Rabbits fall in love with Lucy. While the Robo-Rabbits bake food for her, Ricky sneaks upstairs and finds General Jackrabbit with the Meany Machiney. General Jackrabbit smells carrot cake, so he goes downstairs to see what the Robo-Rabbits are up to. Ricky then switches the complex controls from "Big, Ugly 'N' Evil" to "Little, Cute 'N' Sweet" and then zaps the Jurassic Jackrabbits. When the

neg: I Love Lucy exasperated, he often reverts to speaking rapidly in Spanish. As with Lucy, not much is revealed about his past or family. Ricky's mother (played by actress Mary Emery) appears in two episodes; in another Lucy mentions that he has five brothers. Ricky also mentions that he had been "practically raised" by his uncle Alberto (who was seen during a family visit to Cuba), and that he had attended the University of Havana. An extended flashback segment in the 1957 episode "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" of "The Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Show" filled in numerous details of how Lucy and

neg: Ricky (song) Near the end of the video, a cheerleader can be seen dancing in the crowd. This is a direct reference to the music video for "Mickey". The video (and song) ends with a segment of the "I Love Lucy" theme (played by guitarist Jim West) rounding out with Ricky on accordion, followed by Ricky doing his "Huah! Huah! Huah!" trademark laugh. Dr. Demento makes a cameo appearance at the very end. Ricky (song) "Ricky" is a 1983 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, duetting with voice actress Tress MacNeille. It is a parody of the 1982 song "Mickey" by Toni Basil,

neg: Charles Lane (actor) "The Gray Ghost". He was a good friend of Lucille Ball, and his specialty in playing scowling, beady-eyed, short tempered, no-nonsense professionals provided the perfect comic foil for Ball's scatterbrained television character. He played several guest roles on "I Love Lucy", including an appearance in the episode "Lucy Goes To the Hospital", where he is seated in the waiting room with Ricky while Lucy gives birth to their son. He also played the title role in the episode "The Business Manager", the casting director in "Lucy Tells The Truth," and the passport clerk in "Staten Island Ferry." Lane appeared twice

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Jess Oppenheimer, the co-creator of "I Love Lucy", over the similarities among the separate Lucy characters. The dispute was later settled out of court. Arnaz only portrayed a similar Ricky Ricardo character once after "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" ended its run: in a recurring role on "The Mothers-in-Law", Arnaz portrayed matador Raphael Delgado, with the same accent and personality as Ricky (as a Desilu production, "The Mothers-in-Law" used many of the same writers and executive staff as the "Lucy" shows). Other television series, especially those created by Desilu (the production company Arnaz and Ball co-founded) sought to copy the Lucy

neg: Norma Varden "Forever Amber" (1947), "Strangers on a Train" (1951), "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), "Jupiter's Darling" (1955), and "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957). She played the housekeeper Frau Schmidt in "The Sound of Music" (1965). Two years later, she had a minor part as Lady Petherington in "Doctor Dolittle" (1967). She had a recurring role in the 1960s NBC sitcom "Hazel" as Harriet Johnson. She appeared on CBS's "I Love Lucy" as "Mrs. Benson", the neighbour with whom the Ricardos switch apartments after the birth of Little Ricky in 1953. She was cast as Mrs. Murdock in the 1961 episode "The Swedish

neg: Ricky Ricardo Jr. post-"Lucy" acting career, particularly his four-year irregular stint on "The Andy Griffith Show", he was billed as Richard Keith. 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. 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

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo than Ball in real life. In grammar school, she played a petunia in a recital. In high school, she was involved in the drama program, wherein she studied with Miss Hanna and played Juliet Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet". She also played the saxophone in high school (as did the real Lucy), though every song she played sounded like "The Glow-Worm". Lucy also knows how to play the ukulele. She is seen playing a ukulele in episodes "Ricky Loses His Voice", "Don Juan is Shelved", and "Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright". A reference to Lucille's attendance at an unnamed junior

neg: I Love Lucy because, unlike Lucy, she can actually sing and dance rather well. Ethel's husband Fred served in World War I, and lived through the Great Depression. He is very stingy with money and is an irascible, no-nonsense type. However, he also shows that he can be a soft touch, especially when it comes to Little Ricky. Fred can also sing and dance and often performs duets with Ethel. The Manhattan building they all lived in before their move to Westport, Connecticut, was addressed at a fictional 623 East 68th Street, at first in apartment 4A, then moving to the larger apartment

neg: Lucy and Superman she must have more exciting entertainment for her son's party, Lucy convinces Ricky to ask Superman to appear at Little Ricky's party. Since Superman is in town – and since Ricky met him when the Ricardos and Mertzes visited Hollywood – Ricky agrees to ask him. Meanwhile, Lucy promises her son that Superman will be there. Even Stevie wants to come to Little Ricky's party upon learning about Superman, thus Caroline relents and changes the date of her son’s party. However, Ricky later calls and tells Lucy that Superman will be leaving town on Saturday and can't appear at the

neg: Byron Foulger in ads and posters as one of the film's three stars. Beginning in 1950, Foulger made over 90 appearances on television, in programs such as "Death Valley Days", "I Love Lucy", "The Cisco Kid", "My Little Margie", "The Man Behind the Badge", "The Lone Ranger", "Maverick", "Lawman", "The Red Skelton Show", "Rawhide", "Wagon Train", "Bonanza", "Burke's Law", "Daniel Boone", "Hazel", "The Patty Duke Show", "The Monkees", "Perry Mason", "Laredo", "Gunsmoke", and, in 1965, "The Beverly Hillbillies". He played multiple-episode characters on "Dennis the Menace" ("Mr. Timberlake"), "Lassie" ("Dan Porter") and "The Andy Griffith Show" ("Fred, the hotel clerk"). On "Petticoat

neg: I Love Lucy of Lucy and Ricky climbing down a pack of Philip Morris cigarettes. In the early episodes, Lucy and Ricky, as well as Ethel and Fred on occasion, were shown smoking Philip Morris cigarettes. Lucy even went so far as to parody Johnny Roventini's image as the Philip Morris "bellhop" in the May 5, 1952, episode, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial". Since the original sponsor references were no longer appropriate when the shows went into syndication, a new opening was needed, which resulted in the classic "heart on satin" opening. Other sponsors, whose products appeared during the original openings, were Procter

neg: Little Big Mom book "Lucy A to Z", the last names "are those of Ball's characters from "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy Show". Left out were Lucy Carter of "Here's Lucy" and Lucy Barker of "Life with Lucy"." "The Simpsons" cast member Tress MacNeille provided the voice of Ball in the episode. Additional references to Ball's work featured in "Little Big Mom" include Homer and Bart watching "I Love Lucy" with the volume turned up high, disturbing Lisa when she is trying to sleep. An "Itchy & Scratchy" cartoon that references the "Job Switching" episode of "I Love Lucy" is also seen

neg: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse in 1960. Just prior to their marital breakup, Ball and Arnaz, along with Vivian Vance, William Frawley, and Little Ricky, filmed the last "Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show", entitled "Lucy Meets The Moustache" and featuring guest stars Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams. This last hour-long installment of the "I Love Lucy" format and characters was broadcast on April 1, 1960. The final telecast of "The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse", "Murder is a Private Affair", aired on June 10, 1960. In the fall of 1958, "The Time Element". starring William Bendix, aired to positive reviews. Written by Rod Serling, the show's popularity gave

neg: Lucy and Superman so much). When Ethel lets it slip that Lucy's on the ledge, Ricky and the Mertzes race to the window to find Lucy still there, with her cape snagged on a drainpipe as the rain pours. At Little Ricky's suggestion, Superman goes out onto the ledge to rescue her. A furious Ricky screams that this is one of the craziest stunts Lucy has pulled in their entire fifteen years of marriage. Astonished to learn how long Ricky has been married to Lucy, Superman exclaims, "And they call "me" Superman!" Still on the ledge, an embarrassed Lucy turns to face the

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (the Ricardos' next door neighbors). "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" concluded in the aftermath of Arnaz and Ball's real-life divorce in 1960, an incident that was not written into the script. Both characters remained married to each other at the end of the series' run. Lucille Ball would go on to perform Lucy Ricardo-inspired characters on her ensuing sitcoms: "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", and the short-lived flop "Life with Lucy". In each series, the character Ball portrayed (each one named Lucy) was a widow or divorceé. In the mid-1960s, she was involved in a lawsuit against

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Scottish American Lucy and Cuban American Ricky marked the first appearance of an interracial marriage on an American TV show; "I Love Lucy" debuted in 1951, sixteen years before "Loving v. Virginia" legalized all forms of interracial marriage in all 50 states. Much like Lucille Ball herself, Lucy McGillicuddy was born and raised in Jamestown, New York (or "West" Jamestown per episode #138), to an American family of Scottish descent. In one episode in which she is asked her birthday, she gives it as August 6 (also the same as Ball's), though in typical fashion for her she refuses to

neg: I Love Lucy and that she met Ricky on a boat cruise with her friend from an agency she once worked for. Her family was absent, other than occasional appearances by her scatter-brained mother (Kathryn Card), who could never get Ricky's name right. Lucy also exhibited many traits that were standard for female comedians at the time, including being secretive about her age and true hair color, and being careless with money, along with being somewhat materialistic, insisting on buying new dresses and hats for every occasion and telling old friends that she and Ricky were wealthy. She was also depicted as a

neg: Rhoda several television records. Heavily publicized, it became the highest-rated television episode of the 1970s, a record it held until the miniseries "Roots" claimed that title in 1977. Additionally, on the night of its airing it had become the second most-watched television episode of all time, surpassed only by the birth of Little Ricky on "I Love Lucy" in 1953. It was watched by more than 52 million Americans, over half of the US viewing audience. At the conclusion of the episode, Monday Night Football host Howard Cosell joked on the air that he had not been invited to the wedding,

neg: The Lucy Show "Dennis the Menace". Gordon had worked with Ball as far back as 1938 on the CBS radio program "The Wonder Show" and later worked with her on another radio show, "My Favorite Husband". When CBS retooled "My Favorite Husband" for television as "I Love Lucy", Gordon was offered the role of Fred Mertz, but he was already committed to the radio series "Our Miss Brooks" (which also was about to move to television) so William Frawley was cast in the part. In 1952, Gordon guest starred on the first season of "I Love Lucy" as Ricky Ricardo's boss at the

neg: Elizabeth Patterson (actress) Ricardos. In that installment, she threatened to make trouble for the Ricardos since the building did not allow children. At the end of the episode, however, her character softens as she holds for the first time the Ricardos' baby, "Little Ricky"; and, as a result, Mrs. Trumbull becomes friends with both the Ricardos and the building's owners, Fred and Ethel Mertz. Patterson's character on "I Love Lucy" proved to be so popular among viewers, as well as useful to the writers of the series, that she continued in the role for three more years, often serving in episode storylines as

neg: "Weird Al" Yankovic (album) parody of "Mickey" by Toni Basil; an ode to "I Love Lucy" with Yankovic performing as Ricky and Tress MacNeille as Lucy. "Gotta Boogie" is a play on words discussing a man with a "boogie" on his finger and his quandary therein. "I Love Rocky Road" is a parody of Arrows' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" made famous by Joan Jett; in the song the narrator expresses feelings about the titular ice cream flavor. "Buckingham Blues" is a blues song satirizing the socialite lifestyle of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Prince Charles and Diana). Originally, the song was going

neg: Gerald Mohr "The Jack Benny Program" (1961 & 1962), "The Smothers Brothers Show" (1965) and "The Lucy Show" (1968). He had the recurring role of newsman Brad Jackson in "My Friend Irma" (1952). He played "Ricky's friend", psychiatrist "Dr. Henry Molin" (real life name of the assistant film editor on the show), in the February 2, 1953 episode of "I Love Lucy", "The Inferiority Complex". His repeated line was, "Treatment, Ricky. Treatment". In 1954-1955, he starred as Christopher Storm in 41 episodes of the third series of "Foreign Intrigue", produced in Stockholm for American distribution. During several episodes of "Foreign Intrigue", but

neg: Desi Arnaz Desi Arnaz Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), better known as Desi Arnaz or Desi Arnaz, Sr., was a Cuban-born American actor, musician, and television producer. He is best remembered for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American television series sitcom "I Love Lucy". He co-starred on that show with dramatic and comedic actress Lucille Ball (1911-1989), to whom he was married at the time. He and Ball are generally credited as the inventors of the syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with the "I Love Lucy" series. Arnaz and Lucille Ball

neg: Desi Arnaz 2018, co-starring Sarah Drew as Lucille Ball, and Seamus Dever as "I Love Lucy" creator-producer-head writer Jess Oppenheimer. The play, written by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was recorded in front of a live audience for nationwide public radio broadcast and online distribution. Desi Arnaz Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), better known as Desi Arnaz or Desi Arnaz, Sr., was a Cuban-born American actor, musician, and television producer. He is best remembered for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American television series sitcom "I Love Lucy". He co-starred on that

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo firing the man who has the part she wants. Finally, on January 19, 1953 (the same day she had her real-life son Desi Arnaz Jr. (technically IV)) while husband Ricky is performing a voodoo act at his nightclub, Lucy gives birth to Ricky Ricardo Jr. The Mertzes are named Little Ricky's godparents. Little Ricky grows on a season-by-season basis, and by the sixth season (1957) he has started school and learned to play the drums and speak Spanish fluently. In 1954, Lucy's husband is given a role in an upcoming MGM film based on the life of Don Juan. Lucy

neg: I Love Lucy 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. Originally set in an apartment building in New York City, "I Love Lucy" centers on Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and her singer/bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), along with their best friends and landlords Fred Mertz (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz

neg: Lady of Spain of "I Love Lucy" titled "Ricky's 'Life' Story" (1953), "Lady of Spain" is sung by Ricky Ricardo (played by Desi Arnaz). The song was also featured in the 1977 film "Slap Shot", where player/coach Reggie Dunlop (played by Paul Newman) tears up the organist's music and tells him "Don't ever play 'Lady Of Spain' again!". This line is still popular today in several teams' arenas, where the fans will respond with Newman's line if "Lady Of Spain" is played during the game. "Lady of Spain" was performed by Marvin Suggs on his Muppaphone on "The Muppet Show" and appears on

neg: Olé (Johnny Mathis album) Olé (Johnny Mathis album) Olé is a Latin American album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Mercury Records in November 1964 and includes Spanish-language versions of English-language chart hits by Frank Sinatra ("Granada") and Sarah Vaughan ("Serenata") as well as the signature song of the "I Love Lucy" character Ricky Ricardo that was played by Desi Arnaz ("Babalu"). This album was Mathis's first non-holiday release since his 1956 debut that didn't make an appearance on "Billboard" magazine's Top LP's chart. "Olé" was released for the first time on compact disc on November 16, 2012, as one

neg: Jake Heggie opera involved domestic abuse and the four main characters from the television sitcom "I Love Lucy" in the context that Ricky Ricardo had become physically abusive toward his wife, Lucy. "The End of the Affair", commissioned by Houston Grand Opera in 2003 with a libretto by playwright Heather McDonald, is based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene. Set in London during and just after World War II, the opera tells the story of Maurice Bendrix, a writer involved in an illicit love affair with Sarah Miles, the wife of a public servant. During one of their

neg: Olé (Johnny Mathis album) a bit labored, but I'd give myself a C for effort on this selection." "Billboard" wrote, "He demonstrates tremendous sensitivity and feeling as he sings." Olé (Johnny Mathis album) Olé is a Latin American album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Mercury Records in November 1964 and includes Spanish-language versions of English-language chart hits by Frank Sinatra ("Granada") and Sarah Vaughan ("Serenata") as well as the signature song of the "I Love Lucy" character Ricky Ricardo that was played by Desi Arnaz ("Babalu"). This album was Mathis's first non-holiday release since his 1956 debut that didn't

neg: Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (series) while the adults played cards, he told his parents that their backyard pond was pink and bubbly when he said mean stuff to Lucy, making her sob. Ricky's parents scolded him for saying mean things, Lucy cried before Ricky could get the change to apologize. Meanwhile, on Pluto, President Penguin felt upset that scientists in Squeakyville no longer consider Pluto a planet. Then he set off to Earth with his guards (Clancy and Nigel) together with the captain and the first mate. On Earth, Ricky and his Robot decided to make amends to Lucy. Ricky and his Mighty Robot felt

neg: I Love Lucy publicity agent, Ross Elliott, sent him to a movie premiere accompanied by young starlets who were appearing in his movie. As a comeback in the ensuing argument, Lucy bemoans that she made a mistake fifteen years before when Marion Strong asked her if she would like to go on a blind date with a Cuban drummer and she said "yes." Lucy is usually found with her sidekick and best friend Ethel Mertz. A former model from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ethel tries to relive her glory days in vaudeville. Ricky is more inclined to include Ethel in performances at his nightclub

neg: I Love Lucy devoted housewife and attentive mother. As part of Lucy's role was to care for her husband, she stayed at home and took care of the household chores while her husband Ricky went to work. During the post war era Lucy took jobs outside of the home but in these jobs she was portrayed as being inept outside of her usual domestic duties. Lucy's husband, Ricky Ricardo, is an up-and-coming Cuban American singer and bandleader with an excitable personality. His patience is frequently tested by his wife's antics trying to get into showbiz, and exorbitant spending on clothes or furniture. When

neg: Adrift (1911 film) Miss Josephine" and then by "So Long Mary" as she exits. "No Place Like Home" begins the next scene until the wife recognizes the emotional distancing of her husband when "All I Ask is Love" is played. The studio scene begins with "I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid" and leads to "Be Sweet to Me Kid" or "Next to your Mother..." with "Nobody's Little Girl" during the crying scene. The unnamed accompanist was using a range of works and shortened some titles in the letter, but these works are identifiable. They include: The Thanhouser Company released "Adrift" on

neg: Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (series) a children's novel by Dav Pilkey and illustrated by Martin Ontiveros (2002 version) and Dan Santat (2014 version), the fifth in the series. It is Ricky Ricotta's birthday, and his parents plan to take him to the dinosaur museum with his annoying cousin, Lucy ("Oh, NO! Not Lucy! She is a little pest!"). Meanwhile, on Jupiter, General Jackrabbit plans to take over Earth. He goes to Earth on his rocket ship, which lands on the dinosaur museum. Lucy, Ricky, and his parents notice the skulls on the dinosaur skeletons are gone, which General Jackrabbit stole. Ricky and his Mighty Robot

neg: Lucy and Superman Lucy and Superman "Lucy and Superman" is an episode of the sitcom "I Love Lucy", and was first broadcast on January 14, 1957 on CBS. The episode was written by Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Directed by James V. Kern, it is the 13th episode of the sixth season, and the 166th episode of the series. The episode features a guest appearance by George Reeves as Superman. His character is referred to as "Superman" throughout the episode (rather than "George Reeves" or "the actor who plays Superman"). Bandleader Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) and his young

neg: Jorge Moreno year and showed that Moreno was not your typical pop artist. Quickly after signing with Maverick, Moreno became an overnight sensation with an alternative version of the song "Babalú", popularized for American audiences by the late Cuban-born artist Desi Arnaz, who was best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the 1950s television comedy I Love Lucy, in which he starred alongside his wife, the famous actress and comedian Lucille Ball. Moreno knew that he wanted to pay tribute to the song on his first album, and he later appeared on the CBS I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special,

neg: Babalú love from his beloved woman, and safety and protection to both. The song was first published in the United States in 1939 by Peer International. The first publication with an English translation (by Sydney King Russell) was in 1941. "Babalú" was the signature song of the fictional television character Ricky Ricardo, played by Desi Arnaz in the television comedy series "I Love Lucy", though it was already an established musical number for Arnaz in the 1940s as evidenced in the 1946 film short "Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra". By the time Arnaz had adopted the song, it had become a

neg: Lucy Does a TV Commercial Lucy Does a TV Commercial "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" is the 30th episode of the 1950s television sitcom "I Love Lucy," airing on May 5, 1952. It is considered to be the most famous episode of the show. In 1997, "TV Guide" ranked it #2 on their list of the "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". In 2009, they ranked it #4 on their list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time." The initial episode was watched by 68% of the television viewing audience at the time. Ricky is given the opportunity to host a television show and

neg: My Favorite Husband into "I Love Lucy" episodes early in the TV show's run. For example, the March 18, 1949 radio episode entitled "Giveaway Program" inspired the November 24, 1952 "I Love Lucy" episode "Redecorating". Many of the actors who appeared on "My Favorite Husband" on radio later appeared on "I Love Lucy", often in episodes where they reprised their original roles from a reworked "My Favorite Husband" script. During the first season of "I Love Lucy" Gale Gordon twice played the role of the boss, and the May 26, 1952 episode entitled "Lucy's Schedule" was a rewrite of the April 22, 1949

neg: Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (series) illustrated by Martin Ontiveros (2003 version) and Dan Santat (2015 version), the sixth in the series. When they played cops and robbers in their yard, Ricky wanted to be the robber because he was good at hiding and his Mighty Robot wanted to be the cop because he was good at finding things, but Ricky tells Mighty Robot that using x-ray vision is cheating. Ricky Ricotta and his Robot visit Ricky's Uncle Freddie and Aunt Ethel, and his annoying cousin Lucy. Ricky gets irritated because Lucy always wants to play Princess. ("thinking Lucy will be the princess, Ricky will be

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo nearly drowned by) her professional grape-stomping partner in a grape vat. In 1956, Lucy and her husband Ricky decide to move to Connecticut after making a trip there, and Lucy falls in love with the area. Before they move in, though, she tries (unsuccessfully) to get out of the deal. Soon the Ricardos decide to raise chickens and sell the eggs. To help them with their business, their best friends, Fred Mertz and Ethel Mertz, move into their guest house. (Fred was raised on a farm.) Lucy and Ricky also make close friends while in Connecticut, Betty and Ralph Ramsey

neg: Ricky (song) by Janet Greek. It was filmed mostly in black and white and parodies the "I Love Lucy" television show. Yankovic plays the part of Ricky Ricardo, complete with affected Cuban accent. Yankovic appears minus his mustache and glasses, and with his hair slicked back, to more closely resemble Desi Arnaz. He is also seen briefly in several scenes as himself with his band, playing the accordion and sporting his normal mustache and curly hair. MacNeille plays the part of Lucy, giving an impression of Lucille Ball's somewhat raspy voice and her usual shticks such as her unique way of crying.

neg: My Favorite Husband agreed, and the concept was reworked into "I Love Lucy" after Ball and Arnaz took a show on the road to convince the network that audiences would respond. Jell-O dropped out and Philip Morris became the television sponsor. Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet, who played the Atterburys, were both given first consideration for the roles that would become Fred and Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy", but both had contract conflicts that forced them to turn down the roles. Writers Carroll, Pugh and Oppenheimer all agreed to continue with "I Love Lucy". They subsequently reworked numerous "My Favorite Husband" episodes

neg: Lucy and Superman son Little Ricky watch the latest episode of the "Adventures of Superman" television series, which concludes with the narrator stating that Superman will be making personal appearances in the coming week at Macy's Department Store in New York City. As Ricky's wife Lucy (Lucille Ball) enters and sends her son to bed, she promises to take him to see Superman at Macy's. Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance, William Frawley) arrive and drop off favors for Little Ricky's fifth birthday party, which is scheduled for Saturday. Shortly thereafter, Lucy and Ricky entertain Caroline and Charlie Appleby (Doris Singleton, George O'Hanlon),

neg: Ricky (song) Ricky (song) "Ricky" is a 1983 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, duetting with voice actress Tress MacNeille. It is a parody of the 1982 song "Mickey" by Toni Basil, itself a cover of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn's "Kitty" recorded by Racey. The song focuses on the show "I Love Lucy," and ends with a segment of the theme from the show. A music video was created for the song; it was Yankovic's first. According to the liner notes in the compilation DVD "", it "was arguably the first comedy video ever shown on MTV". The music video was directed

neg: Treat 'Em Rough Treat 'Em Rough Treat 'Em Rough is a 1942 film about a boxer directed by Ray Taylor and starring Eddie Albert. Bill Kingsford, a prizefighter called the Panama Kid (Eddie Albert), returns to his hometown with his trainer Hotfoot (William Frawley (who later played "Fred Mertz" on "I Love Lucy") and valet Snake Eyes (Mantan Moreland) when his father (Lloyd Corrigan) is accused of embezzling. Bill becomes involved with his father's ravishing secretary (Peggy Moran), who tips him off that she overheard a couple men planning to ambush Bill while he investigates his father's scandal. When one of those men

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo delivers his tagline, a heavily-accented "Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do!". They have a son Ricky Ricardo Jr., also called "Little Ricky", portrayed by child actor Richard Keith. Lucy's full name (Lucille Esmeralda Ricardo McGillicuddy) is given in the season 1 episodes "Fred and Ethel Fight" and "The Marriage License," and "The Passports" in season 5. Ricky gives his full name in the season 4 episode "Hollywood Anniversary" as Ricardo Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha, but in the season 6 episode "Lucy Raises Tulips" Lucy calls him "Enrique Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha III". The marriage between

neg: Duncan Button his cousin and Duncan's friend Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter) visits them. In an interview with entertainment website "Digital Spy" speaking of Duncan's friendship with fellow teenager Ricky Campbell (Ashley Margolis), Lucy Allan said, "Ahh, Duncan and Ricky! I love them. If you look at who Max [Cunningham] (Matt Littler) and O.B. (Darren Jeffries) were when they were teenagers... They had an innocence and a naïvety to them that the show was lacking at the time. I actually wrote Max and O.B.'s storylines when they were youngsters and they spent about six months trying to get Chloe [Bruce] (Mikyla Dodd) into

neg: BaBalu his home town. The club has since become Doolin's Irish Pub, located on Granville Street at Nelson. The word Babalu is a reference to Margarita Lecuona's song "Babalu" popularized by famous Cuban big band singers Miguelito Valdés and Desi Arnaz. Also seen, as such, with the character of Ricky Ricardo (played by Desi Arnaz) on the classic TV comedy series "I Love Lucy". The word originally refers to "Babalú-ayé", an orisha or deity in the Santería religion. The album title informally written as "Babalu" is often seen written as "BaBalu" because on the album art, the second B is also

neg: Lucy Does a TV Commercial pitch in the middle of his singing, despite Ricky's attempts to keep her offscreen. Ricky desperately carries her off the stage after her hilarious actions become very obvious. The word "Vitameatavegamin" has since become a shorthand for this episode and for the "I Love Lucy" show in general. In 2011, more than 900 Lucille Ball lookalikes gathered under a "Vitameatavegamin" sign to honor Ball's 100th birthday, setting a world record for the most Lucy lookalikes in one place. Also in 2011, a talking Lucy doll was produced which recites lines from this episode. Lucy Does a TV Commercial "Lucy Does

neg: I Love Lucy music. Arnaz's childhood friend Marco Rizo arranged the music and played the piano for the show, while Wilbur Hatch was used to conduct the orchestra. Two problems arose, however, after Philip Morris signed on to sponsor the show, that would ultimately change the fate of "I Love Lucy". Lucy and Desi had originally decided that the series would air on a biweekly basis, much like "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show". Philip Morris, however, was insistent that the show air weekly, thus diminishing the possibility of Lucy continuing her film career alongside a television show. Another problem lay in

neg: Supercouple couples is the love-hate relationship plotline. In the television series "Dynasty", characters Krystle and Blake (Linda Evans and John Forsythe) are seen fighting for years, through ex-lovers and a host of other interferences. Krystle winds up in a coma and Blake spends years in jail, but their love eventually wins out over their problems. This resulted in the couple subsequently becoming one of television's classic supercouples. Other early primetime power couplings include Ricky and Lucy (Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) from "I Love Lucy", Pam and Bobby (Victoria Principal and Patrick Duffy) from "Dallas", and Cliff and Clair Huxtable (Bill

neg: Jerry Hausner "Paths of Glory", introduces the German singer, played by Christiane Susanne Harlan, the future Mrs. Christiane Kubrick. Hausner died of heart failure on April 1, 1993, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 83 years old and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Jerry Hausner James Bernard Hausner (May 20, 1909 – April 1, 1993), known professionally as Jerry Hausner, was an American radio and television actor, best known as Ricky Ricardo's agent in "I Love Lucy" and as the voice of Waldo in "Mr. Magoo" and several characters such as Hemlock Holmes, The

neg: The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub to Fred's apartment where Ricky expresses concern about "what might happen" when the girls go out with other men. Fred agrees it would be a good idea to get dates themselves and go to the nightclub to keep an eye on their wives. Lucy tries calling up old boyfriends, but most of them are busy, married or, in one case, babysitting a grandson (Lucy explains that when she had dated this fellow, he was an "interesting older man"). Meanwhile, Ricky is in a similar situation, having burned his "little black book" upon marrying Lucy (she had told him that doing

neg: Lucy and Superman whom the Ricardos consider to be good friends, except when they brag about their son Stevie (Steven Kay) – Little Ricky's best friend. Lucy and Caroline get into an argument when they realize that both of them have scheduled birthday parties for their sons on the same day, but neither will agree to change the date. Because Stevie and Little Ricky are in the same class at school and have the same friends, Lucy worries that none of the children will attend Little Ricky's party – especially since Stevie's party will include a clown, puppet show and magician. Realizing that

neg: Gabriele Corcos no intention of going to TV. However, with the creation the Cooking Channel in May 2010 by Scripps Networks Interactive, the couple was asked to be the hosts of the channel's very first original cooking show. "The Boston Globe" thus dubbed them Cooking Channel's "first family". From the time of the web series, the interaction between Corcos and Mazar has been compared to that of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo on "I Love Lucy". Corcos's experience with cooking started from a very early age. He says his fondest memories are shared cooking in the kitchen with his grandmother and mother, as

neg: California, Here I Come finally, by a badly off-key but highly spirited Lucy (Lucille Ball). At one point, Fred sings part of the chorus as a short solo in a manner that is highly suggestive of the syncopated style often associated with Al Jolson, and Ricky joins in briefly with a similar apparent nod to the song's originator. Still images of the famous scene, which have been popularized in posters and greeting cards, are often used to typify the "I Love Lucy" series (all four principal cast members are shown together and facing the camera) and the scene offers a nostalgic view of America's

neg: Joseph Kearns and Richard Crenna in "Our Miss Brooks" (1953–55), first as Assistant Superintendent Michaels and later (in eight episodes) as Superintendent Stone, a role that he had played on radio. He appeared on "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" a total of 11 times, "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" a total of 16 times, "I Love Lucy", "My Little Margie", "Perry Mason", "I Married Joan", "December Bride", "It's a Great Life", "Angel", "Gunsmoke", and "General Electric Theater". Kearns played Fred on "Professional Father". In 1959 Kearns appeared as criminologist Edward Langley in the "Perry Mason" episode, "The Case of the

neg: American Character Doll Company of the same name. The Kathryn Grayson autographed celebrity doll was produced in the late 1940s. American Character switched their formula from composition to their branded "Paratex" in the mid-1930s. Celebrity dolls released in the 1950s included "Alice In Wonderland" (1952), "Annie Oakley" (1954), "Eloise," and a series of "I Love Lucy" dolls (1952), the most popular of which was the baby doll later known as "Little Ricky." The 14" vinyl doll came dressed in a flannel gown and cried "real tears." (In 1952 stars Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz were expecting a child.) American Character's most popular doll

neg: I Love Lucy order of their original air dates, although it states that some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. It is unknown if the remaining seasons will be released individually. A complete series box set titled "I Love Lucy: Complete Collection" was scheduled for release on April 6, 2016, and in the UK on May 30, 2016. This collection contains 34 DVDs with all six seasons of "I Love Lucy" and all 13 episodes of "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour". I Love Lucy I Love Lucy is a popular 1950s American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from October

neg: Ben Howard to their favourite records from singer-songwriter artists from the 1960s and 1970s at an early age, such as John Martyn, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell and Simon & Garfunkel, by whom he was strongly influenced. Howard began writing songs when he was eleven. In an interview with "American Songwriter", he stated that when he was a kid he started playing guitar because he liked to put words together and make stuff up. "I was quite an imaginative little kid I guess. So your standard little love songs turned into your standard adolescent love songs. I think you start getting your own

neg: United States in the 1950s such as "I Love Lucy" and "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier".) DC published several western titles, while Marvel put out fifty different titles, including "The Rawhide Kid", "The Arizona Kid", "Kid Colt Outlaw", and "The Ringo Kid". Science fiction comics were published in abundance. DC Comics picked up on the public's interest in science and outer space with "Strange Adventures" and "Mystery in Space". EC Comics published "Weird Science" and "Weird Fantasy". Superhero comics during the 1950s, though not as popular as the previous decade (or the next), were still abundant. Some of the titles DC Comics published

neg: Wilbur Hatch Season #1 Episode #30 "Vitameatavegamin" as Ricky is about to sing, he calls offstage "Mr. Hatch, if you please.") He was the sole composer for three episodes of "I Love Lucy" (1951–56), four episodes of "The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour" (1959–60), all 156 episodes of "The Lucy Show" (1962–68) and all of the "Here's Lucy" (1968–69) episodes up to the time of his death. He also conceived and conducted the music for the TV versions of "Our Miss Brooks" and "December Bride", as well as its spin-off, "Pete and Gladys". He also composed music for "The Mothers-in-Law". Until the time of

neg: Chautauqua Lake also in Bemus Point, offers fine dining and a floating stage during the summer with live bands and events scheduled at various times throughout the warm season. Chautauqua Lake is mentioned in at least one episode of "I Love Lucy". Lucille Ball (a native of nearby Celoron, New York), playing the role of Lucy Ricardo, finds a stuffed and mounted fish in a trunk in her attic and recalls that Ricky caught it at Chautauqua Lake, and was so thrilled that he had mounted and kept it. Chautauqua Lake is of major significance in the novel "Wish You Were Here"

neg: Nancy Kulp Kulp played the role of Anastasia in three episodes of the NBC sitcom "It's a Great Life" in 1955 and 1956. In 1958, she appeared in Orson Welles' little-known pilot episode "The Fountain of Youth" in the television series "Colgate Theatre". In 1960, she appeared as Emma St. John in the episode "Kill with Kindness" of the ABC/WB detective series "Bourbon Street Beat", starring Andrew Duggan. Kulp appeared on "I Love Lucy" in the 1956 episode "Lucy Meets the Queen", performing as an English maid, who shows Lucy and Ethel how to curtsy properly before Queen Elizabeth. Kulp also appeared

neg: Treat 'Em Rough is killed, police mistake the dead body's for Bill. He uses the time to solve the mystery and clear his dad's name. Treat 'Em Rough Treat 'Em Rough is a 1942 film about a boxer directed by Ray Taylor and starring Eddie Albert. Bill Kingsford, a prizefighter called the Panama Kid (Eddie Albert), returns to his hometown with his trainer Hotfoot (William Frawley (who later played "Fred Mertz" on "I Love Lucy") and valet Snake Eyes (Mantan Moreland) when his father (Lloyd Corrigan) is accused of embezzling. Bill becomes involved with his father's ravishing secretary (Peggy Moran), who tips him

neg: Lillian Molieri Molieri was often limited to roles where she played stereotypical parts as an exotic, foreign woman. She was often assigned bit parts, like in "Valentino", with Anthony Dexter. Dexter became her dancing partner and he and Molieri performed routines which toured from the Midwest to Miami. The duo mainly performed Spanish or South American dances, but also included tap and ballroom dancing in their repertoire. She also performed in several television roles, most noted was her appearance as "Carlota Romero", Ricky Ricardo's long-lost Cuban girlfriend in an episode of "I Love Lucy". In 1955, Molieri appeared in "The Great McGinty"

neg: Lucille Ball into Desilu Studios. "I Love Lucy" dominated U.S. ratings for most of its run. (An attempt was also made, with the same cast and writers, to adapt the show for radio. The pilot adapted the famous "Breaking the Lease" episode, in which the Ricardos and Mertzes argue, and the Ricardos threaten to move, but find themselves stuck in a firm lease. The resulting radio audition disc has survived, but never aired.) A scene in which Lucy and Ricky practice the tango, in the episode "Lucy Does The Tango", evoked the longest recorded studio audience laugh in the history of the

neg: George Costanza 1962 to 1992. On a "The Times-Union" list of the 50 greatest sitcom characters of all time, George was ranked third, behind Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) from "I Love Lucy" and Barney Fife (Don Knotts) from "The Andy Griffith Show". In 1999, "TV Guide" published a list of the 50 best characters in television history, on which George was ranked 10th. "The People" called George the greatest television character on a list of the 100 best television characters. British comedian Ricky Gervais and "Guardian" columnist Marina Hyde have both called George "arguably the greatest sitcom character of all time". For