Desi Arnaz takes a representative from Westinghouse on a tour of Desilu Studios - Part 1.

This color footage is from "Lucy's Really Lost Moments". Desi Arnaz is taking a representative of Westinghouse on a tour of Desilu Studios as a potential sponsor. Lucy as usual as her own plan.

[@atbragdots8852]

I have much respect for Lucy Ball. BOTH Desi & Lucille are admired by many ... rightfully. I don't care if anyone disagrees, it's only my opinion. Thank you for this presentation .

[@fromthesidelines]

This 1958 promotional film was shown at a special meeting of Westinghouse dealers, salesmen, and other personnel, just before "WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE" premiered on CBS that fall (which featured a monthly "WESTINGHOUSE LUCILLE BALL-DESI ARNAZ SHOW" special, later repeated as "THE LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR"). The Westinghouse "representative" was actually played by Ross Elliott, who occasionally appeared on "I LOVE LUCY", and a friend of the Arnazes. Roy Rowan is the opening announcer...

[@deborahleroy5323]

This was fun to watch using the studio as a backdrop just so innocent to bring a smile to someone .

[@71crm]

Lucy's a hoot in this as usual in this! I love it when she says "If you keep calling it Westinghouse there will be plenty of "H"! And how she keeps seemingly finishing Desi's sentences with the ad descriptions-She really was a comic genius!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Or "goot" according to her husband in his accent.

[@Blackburn-Arts]

i am confused is desi white , tan or brown or is it just make up

[@C21L01]

Lord Blackburn Being Cuban born, its possibly a mixture of being tanned and the makeup. Latin Americans tend to look tanned because of the location of Latin America to the equator.

[@modoc97405]

Nah, she could only do scripted and rehearsed material. Couldn’t improvise. Richard Burton thought she lacked humor

[@lucygirl4926]

The "Westinghouse man" is the same actor who interviewed Ricky and Lucy in their "New York apartment" shortly after they returned from Hollywood...

[@jeffjohnson1054]

lucy girl In that episode he is based on edward r. Murrow's PERSON TO PERSON interview show, where cameras were brought into interviewees homes and interviewed remotely by murrow.

[@pattim8036]

He's also the actor, Ross Elliott, who was the Vitameatavegamin director lol

[@brianw9129]

@@jeffjohnson1054 "Oh, hellooo, Ed."

[@randyriverat]

Great show!!

[@ladennayoung2939]

This is pretty good. I have never seen this footage before. Thanks for sharing.

[@springstud]

same here

[@cleanfreak2005]

around 8:15 Desi starts talking about adding writers like Aaron Spelling, Rod Serling....I couldn't hear the rest because some blower kicked on and the close caption didn't pick up all the names either. BUT, just imagine this is where some really powerful, artistic, soon to be wealthy $$!!$ Aaron Spelling net worth when he died was $600Million, Rod Serling wrote for several TV series including Lux Video Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Playhouse 90, The Twilight Zone, The Loner, The New People, and Night Gallery. Desilu was a powerhouse of talent and entertainment.

[@StephanieGSM]

Desi does not get the credit he deserves. He really was a creative genius, a television pioneer. He wanted Lucy to be the star and she was and is ❤ But he was the brains

[@paulabby360]

Desi genius in front of and behind the camera...............

[@supme7558]

Not

[@TheJpep2424]

A trainwreck human being and alcoholic in real life that cheated on his wife and children hundreds of times and destroyed his family.

[@StephanieGSM]

​@@supme7558 lmao. He was a television pioneer. Read a book

[@CookieCaspari]

I love Desi Arnaz . I love Lucille Ball. Together they were magic...for awhile.

[@alank5560]

Growing up these two were like an aunt and uncle to me.......

[@michaeltarewicz6660]

Lol! Hahahahahaha! That crazy Lucy! We, do love Lucy!

[@ginadyson4214]

how funny is Lucy and Desi are!!!!!

[@eduardoramirezjr4403]

Lucy is wearing the same Don Lopez original that she wore in the episode with Tallulah Bankhead.

[@indez23]

You own a studio and a helicopter but your wife can't get a few appliances ? LOL

[@itstheburnz]

Hokey premise....

[@justrosy5]

This was scripted. Duh.

[@georgecherucheril9947]

I wish someone would have prayed more for Desi and Lucy. They are wonderful together. Desi really needed prayer. He was seeing two to three different women a week. He smoked a lot and got drunk too many times. This affected his health and cut his life span. Ultimately, Lucy could not take any more of this, understandably. They divorced in 1960 but we all know their love was always there. If Desi overcame his demons, the marriage would have survived. Desi and Lucy would have lived longer than they did, and the kids would have had the joy of both parents together. Sure, Lucy married Gary and Desi married Edi, but it was always Lucy and Desi.

[@nycsongman9758]

@2:24; when Lucy claps her hands: Slick, and cute.

[@williamhaynes7089]

There is an episode where Desi arnez is on "ALICE"... seen it last week when i thought i had seen every episode of alice

[@Lampshade51]

Was this actually shot in color or colorized later?

[@serensky]

I think it was colorized later- I think I remember watching this in black and white.

[@supme7558]

It's sad how much credit he got he didn't deserve any

[@catpace5876]

It was a male dominated thing...she was the brains

[@MsDisneylandlover]

This is just like the tv show lol

[@ralphangioli4852]

At 12:02 you can see a pictures on the wall of little Lucy and Desi Jr. who were never on I Love Lucy.

[@alank5560]

Wrong, Luci and Desi Jr appeared in the very last episode......Google it.

[@lollypop24784]

Alan K Lucie arnaz said herself she wasn’t in that scene but desi jr was.

[@reneepolin6549]

This was the first Info merciall

[@nycsongman9758]

Desi was a savvy tech, and businessman that was actually born with a silver spoon. Lucy *hated* being anything other than a performer. Westinghouse, and RKO were players in the '50s. In the '50's, choppers were still somewhat new technology, so, to be able to get up in one to show someone the depth, and breadth of *your* Hollywood property *was huge* .

[@thegreenbird795]

Desi had connections to many anti-Castro Cubans....and even Sirhan Sirhan..

[@reginabaker567]

Many people make the mistake of believing that a husband and wife working collaboratively as business partners somehow doesn't experience some form friction within their married. If you could walk this through the marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, it became too much for them to bear in the end especially when it came to dealing with a certain business decision.

[@kascnef]

Westinghouse would merge with CBS in 1995 then Viacom bought cbs before breaking up into two. National Amusements owns voting shares in both companies hence that cbs dvds are distributed by Paraamount.

[@shawoo]

Did the air conditioning kick in around 8:20?

[@jeffjohnson1054]

shawoo Some fan or blower of the idiot who is filming their tv screen went on @ 8:20.

[@zachsamuels50]

shawoo

[@reneepolin6549]

There's alot to be said for old cleche' Behind Evey great man theirs a greater woman

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Lucy is my girl i love her and i collect her stuff.

[@tompurnell4545]

Westinghouse UK Canada Westingose CUBA Mexico

[@johnstancliff7328]

we miss her and Desi oh so much..... comedy is not what it used to be....

[@indez23]

And it's neat to see them out of character

[@jeffjohnson1054]

indez23 Uh.....they are NOT out of character. They are lucy and ricky, basically. These were two ballbusting studio heads.

[@annajacob7981]

@@jeffjohnson1054 They are not truly in character. This recording (parts 1 & 2) is a slight spoof of I Love Lucy. If you listen closely, Vivian Vance and Bill Frawley call him Desi (not Ricky). And Frawley refers to the character he plays, Fred Mertz. Of course, Lucille and Desi behave as if it's Lucy and Ricky because that showed how in real life - when it came to business and spending decisions - Lucille typically deferred to Desi's wishes. There were many behavioral parallels between the real Lucille & Desi and their characters Lucy & Ricky. Including their love for each other ❤.

[@justrosy5]

When was this shot? Does anyone know?

[@gcfifthgear]

1957 or so, when Lucy and Desi were negotiating to have Westinghouse buy into the Desilu Playhouse format

[@DJKiDDKlashez]

what year was this?? anybody know??

[@aprice14]

I.T. Intern 1958

[@cmcclure67]

Lucy said 1960

[@randyriverat]

Just hop in this yellow piece of junk and we'll fly ! We dont need no stinking doors!!!

[@davidcorbin2092]

Let me splain this.

[@edaguila1975]

Ricky is a bully

[@itstheburnz]

These are so colorized...his jacket? No way.. Desi was a natty dresser, but he wasn't gay! Lol ...and in the sequence from her dressing room, a pink pressure cooker? ... looks terrible...fake

[@williamhaynes7089]

many black and white shows were colierized later. obviosly some better than others

[@dickmonti9899]

That is not a rep from Westinghouse. He is an actor - he played one of Tony Dow's teachers on Leave It To Beaver, and a psychiatrist on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

When Desi Arnaz attempts to pronounce the "h" in "Westinghouse," it is not just people of his native background (Cuban/Spanish) that tend to pronounce such words like that, some Russians also pronounce "house" like "gouse."

[@bluenorm]

Lucy was the brain and the managerial genius of Desilu studios

[@annajacob7981]

Only after she and Desi divorced. Before that, it was all Desi.