I Love Lucy BEHIND THE SCENES - A Produced RARE Look

A vintage, produced look at what it was like behind the scenes of "I Love Lucy." Includes what happened before the filming, and after!

[@denisejay1796]

I will be 72 in January and i have been watching them since I was very young and loved being home sick from school just to watch I Love Lucy They were my favorite actors ❤😂

[@kevinoreilly4172]

I'm right with you partner.

[@barbarastrzykalski7070]

Very good! I Love Lucy and still watch it now!! I loved how everyone was dressed so nicely with the suits, ties, dresses, hats!! Wish we could bring this back to society! ❤❤❤

[@heru-deshet359]

Sadly, never. It was a different kind of population back then.

[@amiblueful]

Everyone dressed to the nines (old timey expression) back then. People even got dressed up to take an airplane trip. Nowadays, people show up at the airport in track suits or pajamas.

[@cjen1959]

Desi was a genius and often overshadowed by Lucy, who no one would say wasn’t the The Queen of Comedy. Desi was the first to film in front of a live audience and use three cameras. Not to mention breaking ground on the topic of pregnancy.

[@lucythecat12]

100%

[@djbille4283]

Will be 66 in a few days and remember watching this show in the early 60’s when I was just a kid, obviously reruns. But I didn’t realize the greatness of the show until I was older. To be honest, I’ve seen every episode so many times I know every line. And even after that, I can still laugh!! It was great seeing this clip and where the audience sat. ❤❤❤

[@russellcarter1872]

My favorite show of all time. I absolutely Love Desi and Lucy!

[@westfield90]

This is awesome. I wish I had been alive back then and had the opportunity to go see a live taping.

[@johnfirewire]

Great to see this historical footage. Thank you for posting this!

[@maryjennings228]

Im 65. Ive watched i love lucy all my life. I bought the series. Peace🌎💕✨️

[@hourglass7010]

I'm thinking about buying it on dvd myself. I like to watch without commercials. ❤

[@bookemdano7567]

Wow! This was awesome to see! Thanks for posting!

[@Lindalou5977]

My all time favorite show EVER ❤

[@bwagenberg]

Wonderful history. Amazing how nothing has changed, except using film.

[@Patricia-m4v]

❤❤ thank you for giving happiness 😊😊 to the world 🌎🌍 it is needed 🎉🎉

[@jimfesta8981]

I remember watching I Love Lucy when I was a little boy in Buffalo, NY. in the 1950s. Didn't know what it was all about, but I remember my parents laughing.

[@RagingCanuck]

I was a little girl in Hamilton, Ontario in the 1950s, and watched reruns of ILL on WBEN TV from Buffalo in the mornings before kindergarten. And, there was Uncle Jerry’s Club on Sundays! My husband says one reason he married me was because I saw the Three Stooges, live, at the Town Casino. The 1950s were Buffalo’s Golden Age. I remember them with great fondness. Thanks for bringing those memories back to me.

[@jimfesta8981]

@@RagingCanuck Love your comment Raging Canuck. The 1950s were indeed Buffalo's Golden Age.

[@annetteedel8229]

I too remember those golden days. When smoking was cool, dress up an absolute necessity, pregnancy a no no on tv. I’m a Buffalonian too. Go Bills!🦬

[@heru-deshet359]

A rare treat indeed.

[@ErrolConner-p8p]

Barry!! Glad to have you back. Missed our weekly “ Bewitched “ chats. Love the behind the scenes look at “ I Love Lucy “ at :50, I see long time character actress Ann Doran, who spent a lot of time at the then “ “ Columbia Ranch “ with The Stooges, Charlie Chase and many Columbia films. Her husband in this is Benny Baker who a lot of folks kno as the bartender on “ F-troop “. Love this.

[@Patricia-m4v]

❤❤ greetings from America we love you and wish you peace ✌️✌️🕊️🕊️

[@RangerJohnreid]

William Frawley : if he wore his pants any higher he wouldn’t be able to see!

[@PoesRaven73]

Sure he would! He only has to unzip his fly!

[@heru-deshet359]

This was in the early 1950s. Many men were still wearing the fashion of a high waist-ed pant popular in the 1940s.

[@krystlerose1]

It was for his character Fred, as you can see at end when they bow he has on a regular suit.

[@lolaclyde7915]

Not a criticism but an observation. Not a minority in the audience or on set. And Ricky is smoking out in the open. A different time.

[@five-toedslothbear4051]

Did you somehow miss that Desi Arnaz is Cuban? His family was royalty, in fact, and had to flee Cuba in the 1933 Revolution.

[@patriciasnyder6915]

A very different time. Lucy getting the powers to be to allow Desi, was difficult enough.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Barry!! Welcome back !

[@timboslice1979]

Magical times I wish I could visit ❤

[@Patricia-m4v]

❤❤ each moment we share is the creation of a memory 🎉🎉🎉

[@KevinF-yl5mz]

Great to see you back, Barry! Are you going to get back to some more Bewitched content? Welcome back!

[@saxMD2008]

That was sooo cool! Thank you:)

[@fflubadubb]

This is really cool. I've never seen it before.

[@gemma_ingram]

Gee, television production is swell.

[@julievanderleest]

I often wonder when people stopped dressing up so much when they went out for the evening. Even when they visited friends, they were in suite and dresses.

[@redfields5070]

In the sixties, ushered in by the hippies.

[@julievanderleest]

@@redfields5070 I watched shows like Brady Bunch and The other Lucy shows that were filmed in the 60s. They dressed up the same. Though I have no idea what the regular society was like then. I wasn’t born until mid 80s. The neon greens and pinks and leggings days along with really poofy bangs.🤪 Love looking at what I wore as a kid. Even my Barbie dolls still have the 90s style that my nieces now play with.

[@255f145c15w]

They even dressed up to take the subway.

[@PoesRaven73]

@@255f145c15w Or EAT at Subways!

[@EastCoastLtd]

You can blame casual Fridays

[@Jackdoyle-q1p]

i love the past it was great times.

[@Patricia-m4v]

❤❤ the endless Joy bad that the fantastic 😍😍 bored into the homes of America we need them now❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JohnWilliams-ij4gj]

What’s so funny is Ethel couldn’t play the piano in later episodes.

[@Patricia-m4v]

❤❤ my love for you is the golden thread that w e a v e s through the fabric of my existence 🎉🎉😢🎉

[@elizabethharrison7306]

I Love Lucy my favorite one fan BIG season DVD 💿 Dolls New York Jamestown Lucy Desi Museum Love my favorite one fan BIG 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🎶🗽

[@BiffMacnona]

A wonderful time when people are classy, and Hollywood laid low on politics…!

[@badcompany-w6s]

Look at all those lights! LED has replaced most of that.

[@Marchant2]

Ricky sounds a bit off key when singing Harvest Moon.

[@thomasdelvin3683]

Was the first anouncer the same anouncer from Lost in Space.you know "Last week as you recall"

[@TruthPortals]

Do you know the year that this clip was filmed?

[@elmie237]

It shows the filming of The Benefit which originally aired in January 1952. As I said in another comment, at this point, Lucy and Desi only had one child, little Lucie. I find it strange that when Desi introduced Lucy, he said that she was the mother of his children. Plural.

[@TruthPortals]

@@elmie237 Thank You!

[@job38four10]

I watched lot those episodes, they was good clean comedy, it was totally different then the movie about them {Being the Ricardos} few years ago, I couldn't finish watching,. That movie was full of bad language, I find hard to believe people they talked like that 70 years ago......

[@bostonblackie9503]

It was such a downer!

[@grantootingwinnie2986]

Back in the day when men looked like men, wore suits appropriately, took their hats off when entering a building or in the presence of a lady, and when women looked and dressed like women. I didn't particularly care for Desi but Lucy was the best.

[@Patricia-m4v]

❤❤ sad day for democracy we need her humor more and more🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@willaeklund331]

Who was the lady in the audience front and center? I think she is an actor too.

[@almiragulch9975]

Without, Desi, I L L wouldn't have made it. Vivian and William were perfect in their roles and also made that show. Lucy...she was good, very good. But IMO, Carol Burnett was funnier, but thank God Lucy did what she did.

[@elmie237]

Something doesn't make sense to me. When he introduces Lucille Ball, Desi says that she is the mother of his children. Plural. But, this segment shows them filming the episode "The Benefit" which originally aired in January 1952, a full year before Desi Jr was born. At this point, Lucy and Desi only had one child, little Lucie. Why would he say she was the mother of his children when they only had one child at this point?

[@blazel462]

Figure of speech. They surely knew they were planning on others.

[@Goldenowl66]

Did they remember their lines or did they look at cue cards or teleprompters?

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

Pretty sure that they had their lines memorized. Can’t look at cue cards and properly act.

[@davidpage3893]

Joe Biden can’t read from a teleprompter.

[@user-bl6ne3hc6n]

Today's sitcoms takes 6 to 10 hours to film a 22 minute episode they did it under an hour they rarely took retakes that's how good these actors were back in the day so yes they memorize all their lines, and if you watch carefully you can see the screw ups, but they recover quickly, and improvised out they're freaking geniuses

[@tomskinner7306]

When Vivian Vance (Ethel) was dying she asked Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez for money to help pay her rent and medical Bills they told her no. Vivian was playing the Meadowbrook Night Club right up until her death in 1979 to try to pay her bills. What a great friend Lucille Ball was - NOT. I never watched I Love Lucy again. I know this for a fact because I drove past The Meadowbrook and saw the Sign announcing her show times in 1979.

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

0:53. He looks like Erle Stanley Gardener.

[@stephenr3910]

Someone stole their kitchen. It's gone.

[@DanielWSonntag]

So fun

[@thomasdelvin3683]

I dont believe that the entire show we see was totally filmed in front of a livr audience. I've seen episodes where Desi is standing next to William Fred Frawley being the same height.a few frames latet.Ricky is a whole hrad taller.the same standing next to Lucy He is obviously wearing his three inch "gaucho" boots in some takes.and during retakes he sometimes seems to be wearong inserts inside his shoes like Dr Schole footpad gels and even two inch wedges on top of those.when he tries to run.as in lucy hides furniture in the kitchen or in Hollywood running after the maid he slmost topples over.

[@MikeMoraCalifornia]

When I was young I thought Ethel looked like an old lady. Now that I am older she looks young...

[@jaimemarkin8680]

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[@captaintruth3219]

Glad to see they left out those disgusting cigarette commercials they used to push on people. Wonder how many have died from the cigarettes, they loved to advertise‼️🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️

[@MrLourie]

I've enjoyed watching 'I Love Lucy' most of my life and still watch it today. Lucy was an intelligent woman, responsible for many things to do with the business, but there's at least one thing about her that is overlooked, she didn't really commit to the characterizations she portrayed on the show. For example, portraying a man with a full face of makeup, red lipstick and all, or simply putting on a grey wig and becoming an old woman, etc. Perhaps it's budget restraints, but still......There's another redheaded comedian who I feel is far superior in her character portrayals and humor, but still, I Love Lucy.

[@julievanderleest]

Carol Burnet. She was another one and one that went even further into character.

[@pete49327]

Thank you for upload, but those cutaway closeup inserts to the couple in audience (actors) is about as cringe worthy as it gets:)

[@roseannenorman7129]

I think Vivian Vance was a girl next door beauty.

[@HeddyGreen]

That swirling stuff on both sides of the picture is very annoying

[@RJS1974]

You need to calm down. It’s not that bad.

[@betsykromm1005]

It's supposed to be curtains, I think

[@darleneschneck]

Agreed, it’s visually distracting.

[@bethweeks5943]

I think perhaps the tv picture was more square then and the “stage- like curtains” fill the rest of our rectangular viewing screen. ❤

[@davemattia]

This is not a behind the scenes look...it's a desilu produced short film ....all featured extra actors. It's bull

[@wendystjean4678]

I thought the same thing.

[@hershelorg]

It's still a fantastic look into the way an episode was filmed and the layout of the audience and how the stars were introduced prior to the start of that evening's filming. It was also obvious to me that this was a Desilu production short, highlighted by the continual focus on a couple and their reactions from start to finish. But still, it's a treasure to see something that I had never seen regarding the production of this classic TV show.

[@caroldaronch1974]

Still cool to watch

[@blazel462]

So what? It was still cool.

[@Damone7653]

It's a moo moo

[@angelblue7779]

Just so very staged.

[@blazel462]

The definition of all television shows 😂

[@dannydougin3925]

Hilarious (not good) and made for people who have no idea how TV is made!

[@redfields5070]

Do you realize this was produced in the fifties for people in the fifties? How much understanding of TV production do you think people in the fifties had?

[@Skylizard-vb7wl]

What? I love Lucy set the stage for how tv sitcoms work today! He created the 3 camera sitcoms!

[@mariem.1398]

Gotta Lovve U-tube it follows you what you like , used to watch this when i lived i La Calif. they dont make these shows any-more