He Died 40 Years Ago, Now His Children Confirm the Rumors

[@DYR]

Favorite Lucy Episode? 🤔

[@maryellenshock]

Where to start!

[@mousemd]

I watched I Love Lucy. As an adult, I didn't support her. When I learned what kind of gem she was!

[@micheleelmore8074]

Vitameatavegamin!

[@Ijustcant-v9t]

Fave episode? The Charm School - 3rd season. Natalie Schafer transforms Lucy and Ethel.

[@keepitforreally4501]

Vitameata

[@angelsinger4574]

I think it’s sad that Desi’s achievements and talents as a musician are often overlooked. I still love his “Cuban Pete.”

[@conniecarroll747]

One of the highlights of their shows was Desi's singing

[@cindeed4422]

“I get ideas” I loved him singing that one to Lucy.

[@homegown1234]

I don't think he believed in himself or he wouldn't have sabotage himself as he did. Lucy, came from an American Culture so it is difficult to merge two culture together despite their innate talent which Desi had to maintain his family with Lucy and with his parents. This is common why he worked so hard so he and his family would not be put back in the bad situation where he had to flee Cuba to survive and why he came to the USA.

[@marieniggenaber2605]

​@homegown1234 It was difficult for Desi to go from a well-off family to being poor. Glad he and his family escaped to the US and built his own empire.

[@dfangirl72]

​@@marieniggenaber2605I always think of a video special I saw .he & Lucy were with ed Sullivan .desi got very emotional ( as anyone would ) talking about what he overcame in Cuba what he and Lucy built . He & Lucy were true icons .

[@kimpembleton2683]

Yup! I watched the I Love Lucy reruns… I was born in ‘62. The episode that I always remember is when Lucy & Ethel go to work at a candy factory & their job is to wrap the chocolates that are coming down the conveyor belt. At first they manage, but the conveyor belt is sped up & soon Lucy is shoving her mouth full of chocolates & shoving them down her dress. She really was the Queen of Comedy!

[@marilynferro9546]

I too enjoyed all the episodes but especially the candy conveyor belt at See’s canday. 😂

[@Memow-pk1ng]

I remember th one,.. Are in Italy, & Lucy thinks is offered a part in a film,.. She ends up getting into vat , stomping grapes, with non speaking Italian woman, their exchange is hilarious. Also doing a commercial for a. Vitamin bottle, must had alcohol, & gets drunk

[@kmo3811]

My favorite episode was the Vitametivegimin. Don't know if it's spelled correctly but it was hilarious!

[@Wendell309]

I remember that episode 😊👍

[@thomasroutte8942]

I was born in 1960, and that is my favorite episode too!

[@albertoomarperezgarza4960]

Ricky and Lucy will always remain in our memories. They both created something as big as an important historical event. I miss them both and their friends, Ethel and Fred.

[@ladycoqui100]

The episode of when Lucy announced she was pregnant because that to me they really really did look like they loved each other

[@angelacaiafa3395]

A truly terrific video. U can feel they loved each other to the end!👍

[@AnnSullivan-l8t]

​@@ladycoqui100I agree You can see the love through Lucy's tears

[@keenacummings2017]

I agree ❤❤

[@heathervelasco5159]

Lucy and Desi. Lucy and Ricky were fake names for a show

[@denisekarding1844]

There will never be another Desi and Lucy. It was my favorite comedy show that i still love watching to this day.

[@homegown1234]

Consider this, The "I Love Lucy" was so popular that the US Presidential election was over-shadowed by "I Love Lucy Show." This I learned by reading in some magazine. That how "super popular" it was. What I do admire about Desi and Lucy is they had picnics year after year for those that worked for them. How wonderful Desi was. Whether you can believe it or not - Lucy was a lot more reclusive than Desi which made their marriage tough too besides his cheating and drinking. There were no compromise and why things didn't work towards the end of their marriage. However, Desi and Lucy made sure they stayed together for their children until it became unbearable. They never stopped loving each other. Oh, Luci, their daughter admitted that Lucy was a control freak which can throw off their partner if she/or he were that aggressive in life.

[@genevieveharris1120]

Never

[@lindacruz7378]

Me too.

[@daadood100]

@@homegown1234 interesing

[@thelastdragon5551]

I was born in 80. I used to catch many old sitcoms as a kid. ILL, Gilligan’s Island, Andy Griffith Show, Beverly Hillbillies, Munsters & Addams Family. I Love Lucy is my #1.

[@nursevirgie5714]

I cried at the end. Just because you divorce someone does not mean you must hate each other to the grave. ❤

[@lfuentes4098]

Truth. My parents divorced when I was 11 however when my mom died, my dad lost a good friend. They forgave each other and loved one another.

[@tommy7fun]

You're so right. There are many "happy divorces" where people stay friends and still love each other in a way.

[@Loveable03-y8r]

Hola hello beautiful world God Almighty bless all ❤️Thank u exactly ❤️plus u should ate some one w u chose yourself to begin with u share a relationship and a lot of times children how can anyone hate just that if we fill our hearts with love we give no room for Hate God Almighty bless all ❤️🌈❤️

[@cberry6751]

They were a gorgeous couple. Lucy’s reruns never get old.

[@u4riahsc]

She was one of the first woman comics who successfully performed physical comedy. I love watching all the shows.

[@Agnes-lr4yx]

I used to watch I love Lucy all the time when I was younger.

[@catatetherat5138]

R Ricky you have some explaning t👀 "*Do*" 🙀

[@marshabanks2297]

I remember watching l love lucy growing up...always funny, always entertained!❤

[@dianesheppard2575]

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[@DKC911]

I grew up watching "I love Lucy". My favorite episode is the one where Lucy announced to Ricky at the club, that they were having a blessed event. (because they weren't allowed to say "pregnant " ) at the time. It was a very loving and heartfelt episode that I will always remember. I STILL love Lucy! ❤️

[@cynthianesbitt6197]

How about the one, "Lucy and Ethel were on the assembly line, packeging, "Lucy was getting so far behind, "she starting picking them up as best she could, "eating them, "ha ha, ha,"ah!, ha.ha!!

[@rustyshackleford3320]

Yea they was a good episode. My baby is having a baby or something like that

[@vanmoody]

As a kid I loved the Superman Episode because I just loved watching Superman reruns on the old Channel 4 in Indiana.

[@Rick-l6e]

I still laugh when I think of them having to have separate beds on the show even though they were really married

[@cynthianesbitt6197]

Actually, " more precise, "I believe that would have been the conveyer (belt) instead of assembly line, "hah, ha ha! "Ya'll be good.

[@stitchgirl9741]

When Lucy died, her husband at the time was Gary Morton. He told a friend “I guess she's (Lucy)happy now; she's with Desi.” They were soulmates through good and bad.

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

I do not think they ever stopped loving one another. I think it was a very painful relationship in later years. I Love Lucy was a tremendous success for many reasons---the scripts were excellent, and the cast, most notably Lucy, were very talented and had good chemistry with one another on-screen. You could see that Lucy and Ricky truly loved one another because real life Lucy and Desi truly loved one another, and it shone through in their characters on-screen. That real life love helped make the series special, too. I can never understand why Desi kept doing the things he did, though. If you love someone, what is it in you that allows you to continuously hurt them? I think it has to do with men's egos, especially Latin men. Sleeping around is part and parcel of their culture, and it is expected in his culture---not so much in the U.S., but plenty of men everywhere do it. Desi's life was a mixed bag, but he ended up a huge success with Lucy. They made a lot of money and had two beautiful children. Why that did not constitute the world for him, I cannot say. He was supposedly an alcoholic, so I am sure that had something to do with it. It is just so sad that he threw away his wife and kids. In any case, Lucy and Desi and everyone connected with the show left the world a priceless legacy. I love Lucy and always will. I Love Lucy was a very happy and bright spot in my days during a time in history of terrible suffering---thinking especially here of Vietnam. Every afternoon I savoured one hour of telly that let me escape the real world outside and made me laugh out loud and feel spooky suspense respectively---I Love Lucy and Dark Shadows. I watched a lot of telly in those days, and I really enjoyed so many programmes, but I Love Lucy and Dark Shadows were the highlight of the day each week. I feel so very sad because I think Lucy died feeling lonely and sad. She worked so hard to make a marriage and a career with Desi work, but it takes two to make it work, and Desi somehow was not committed enough. How ironic that two people who brought so much laughter and love to the entire world struggled to keep it alive in their personal lives.

[@cherylrobertson5803]

I grew up watching i Lucy. And i believe they botjh loved each other

[@sue2019]

I watched and heard Lucy abt Gary. No question that she absolutely loved Gary. Two men...why not!

[@vanmoody]

Gary was real good to her.

[@keepitforreally4501]

Can you imagine being with somebody that you know doesn’t really love you, but just didn’t want to be alone that’s even sadder

[@cherylhintzen6910]

There will only be one Lucy and one Desi...they can never be replaced❤

[@annt.2942]

AMEN!!!!

[@debrushing]

Exactly

[@joangravitz3280]

Desi arnaz doesn't get the credit he deserves for his pioneering work in television.

[@terriaustin1753]

Bravo.......🎯

[@raffyaladro80]

I agree!

[@raffyaladro80]

I was born in Santiago de Cuba. Desi Arnaz lived across the street from us. He and his immediate family were pillars in the Cuban community. He was an only child. His father was Mayor of that town. My Mother was great friends with his cousin. I have good memories of Desi Arnaz.

[@joangravitz3280]

@raffyaladro80 wow! You are a lucky person. I read his autobiography. He really doesn't get the credit he deserves

[@raffyaladro80]

He was a genius

[@tombrickhouse-growthmatrix6201]

I grew up watching I Love Lucy. What a great show. It never accrued to me, then, that it was a mixed marriage. Every one who loves Star Trek owes a debt of gratitude to Desi & Lucy. Star Trek (TOS) was a Desilu production.

[@obscurelyvague]

"@tombrickhouse-growthmatrix6201" Back when I watched not-only did it NOT occur to me that it was an interracial and inter-cultural marriage but it did not occur to me that Desi had an accent.

[@kevingallagher6804]

I still watch it to this day… it’s on me tv in Cleveland Ohio… it’s an iconic show…

[@jadezee6316]

@@obscurelyvague hope your job is nothing more involved than being a cashier

[@christopherboone9802]

Lucy was really running Desilu...she pushed the board to pay for the second pilot after The Cage was rejected as too cerebral..

[@joangravitz3280]

So was Mission: Impossible

[@keepitforreally4501]

When I see them, I get homesick for my childhood. I was addicted to I Love Lucy Shirley Temple and the Andy Griffith show.♥️

[@wolfhowl5691]

Yes there are no sitcoms like the ones of those days. They are all garbage now compared to those oldies.

[@idaslpdhr]

Desilu studios were very pioneering, and Lucy actually saved Star Trek from being dropped

[@JohnMichaelGunner]

Excellent point. Both "Star Trek" & "Mission Impossible" went into production b/c Lucille Ball, Desilu Studios CEO, believed enough in them & gave each the go - ahead.

[@waterfall844]

Loved their show! Unconditional love is true love. Unfortuntely, alcohol can play a big part in ruining relationships. R I P. To both Lucy & Desi. 2 Legends indeed. ❤❤🎉

[@dedrathomas9222]

About twenty years ago I fell into a deep depression due to an auto accident that caused severe bodily injury. My mom turned on “I love Lucy” and I could not stop laughing. Mom bought the entire collection and I would watch them. Needless to say, I got out of my depression and to this day when I feel down, I watch a few episodes. Such a shame they both suffered in their personal lives all while being soulmates.

[@donnadayle3762]

it's like 'readers digest'...laughing is the best of medicine..i wish you...laughter!!

[@jimmysapien9961]

Great Mom ❤️❤️❤️

[@jimmysapien9961]

@@donnadayle3762 to each there own 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@terriseaton3049]

They didn’t suffer in their own lives as much as they were just normal ppl, like the rest of us. No facade.

[@theresabrown1272]

That’s wonderful that you found something to make you laugh and ease your depression !

[@lizzyrumpler3128]

There's just no way to narrow it down to one. I love pretty much all of them. Desi and Lucy were born to be with eachother and made millions smile decade after decade.

[@isabellind1292]

Exactly! My mom and I spent countless hours laughing over "I 💓LUCY" episodes (no matter how many times we watched them). I particularly loved watching the episodes that featured Lucy & Ethel, like the episode when they came out on stage to perform "Friendship" wearing the same dress and ended up trying to ruin each other's dress while performing the song, hahaha! Vivian Vance was the best co star! I 💓LUCY!

[@homegown1234]

The "I Love Lucy Show" made my childhood more tolerable than it should be.

[@nangwinner4452]

Indeed !

[@rogervanmerlemcclatchie]

Was raised watching Lucy and Desi, Grrst memories!

[@rivaridge7211]

I loved Lucy and Desi, but Fred and Ethel always made me laugh the most.

[@jamba622]

And actors playing Ethel and Fred HATED each other

[@skylarsartnphotography3450]

​@@jamba622Really?

[@TK-jc9by]

I agree. Fred and Ethel were my favorites. Then Ricky. Not Lucy as much.

[@deborahhill4628]

Funny, the actors that played Fred and Ethel could not stand each other.

[@rivaridge7211]

@@jamba622 I honestly think that the "mutual hatred," or "could not stand each other," ideas, between the television couple (William Frawley/Vivian Vance) have taken on of life of its own in the many decades since "I Love Lucy" ended. They disliked each other and were never photographed dancing together at the "Brown Derby" (on their days off). And so what? The fact that these two brilliant actors were able to generate such great chemistry between themselves gives tremendous credit to their acting abilities. Fred and Ethel were brilliant together.

[@suzannecipriani7663]

They were both good people who made mistakes just like all of us. Love them both for all the joy they brought to us💗

[@Al-dk5nj]

You Humanized these 2 people....

[@amaradominique]

I wish people can see that about every celebrities.

[@joycegreer9391]

They were not good people, but not really different from other people.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

No he wasn't a good person. Most people aren't.

[@kikitcat5]

​@@Al-dk5njthey were...humans? To our best knowledge.

[@davidlees685]

When I was a kid the best part of staying home from school and pretending I was sick was watching I love Lucy which I believe came on at nine in the morning. It made life seem better just to watch Lucy and her shenanigans. I loved how she interacted with Ethel Mertz her neighbor and watching how the two of them got into so much trouble. One of my favorite episodes is when they were in Paris and they created their own fashion statement with, I believe, upside down waste baskets as hats. And then on the same boulevard a few weeks later those fashions were copied by a Parisian designer! Every time I hear the theme music I’m instantly back in bed in my little room smiling away and hoping I don’t have to go back to school the next day!

[@lindacruz7378]

I think originally the show was on Monday nights at 9PM. My mom gave me permission to stay up and watch Lucy go into the hospital.

[@KayBethStavley]

2:15 p m .

[@KayBethStavley]

​@@lindacruz737812:03

[@JSB1882]

Desi Arnaz was a genius in the entertainment world. He brought the Cuban/Latin sound to the USA. If anyone deserves a film biography, it's this man, but he was really larger than life. No one could fill in for him.

[@u4riahsc]

Antonio Banderas?

[@LlyleHunter]

Desi was also a genius of production and singled handedly changed the filming of sitcoms produced before a live audience to this day when he invented the three camera filming method and cut production time from four days into one. Prior to using three cameras each angle needed to be filmed separately and each scene needed to be recorded for each angle.

[@jimmysapien9961]

Desi was A Genius 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@SusanSloate]

He's one of my personal heroes. The way he thought was endlessly creative. HE was the force behind I LOVE LUCY. Great as Lucille Ball was, DESI was the one who made it happen.

[@rayyanez3527]

​@@u4riahscNOT!!!!🙄 ANYMORE!!!!!

[@denisdoran9620]

Loved that show!! I was 10 yrs.old & understood how funny Lucy & Desi were together!! R.I.P. both Lucy & Desi!!😢🙏😔🙏💕

[@farleyfuche4540]

When I was 10, I thought pro wrestling was real. But Lucille Ball still gave me the creeps.

[@godismyhero247_]

I was but a gleam in my parents eye at that time😂❤

[@labab1048]

@@farleyfuche4540Wait what? Lucy gave you the creeps??

[@rustyshackleford3320]

You were 10 when the show was running?

[@karenrevell5354]

@@farleyfuche4540 I was also 10 when it started. I never thought wrestling was real. My stepdad loved it, I asked him one time about it being fake. He said "I know". He was into Marshal Arts so I was surprised he liked the fake wrestling.

[@eli92]

I grew up watching their show and I now have the entire collection of I Love Lucy on dvd. It’s a beautiful classic never gets old.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Me too. DVD AND iTunes.😊

[@Mypretty2]

I watch it every night to go to sleep

[@elainejohansen6199]

I also have all of the shows. NEVER get tired of them! I also watch them when on my treadmill. It puts some zing in my workout! I will always love Lucy, Ricky, Ethel and Fred! The Long, Long Trailer is my favorite comedy starring Lucy and Desi!

[@janortiz8350]

I also have all the DVD s. They r soo good. They were both great actors. RIP both of u!!!

[@joannefonceca7446]

Don't forget the movie The long trailer.

[@patricialayton7071]

My favorite episode was when Lucy was ready to go to the hospital to give birth and said so, Desi, Ethel and Fred ran around doing everything totally opposite of what they had practiced!! Their comedy was so much fun!!!

[@theresavancamp7575]

Yes, outrageous, but real.

[@moragfryer5917]

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[@Anna-mu6yf]

I met Lucy in a restaurant in NYC years ago. She was old and had a problem walking. She was such a great comedian and I loved her shows.

[@joywebster2678]

Played reruns for my Dad when he had dementia. He always laughed at the chocolate factory episode. So they served 1st time around for our family to watch together, and 60yrs later to mame Dad laugh again. Thanks for the memories Lucy and Desi

[@MargieM10]

One of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen was Lucy and Desi, decades after their divorce, in the pool with their grandbaby. Actually made me cry.

[@TK-jc9by]

One of my favorites is "Paris at Last" when Lucy is arrested for passing counterfeit bills. Lucy tries to explain by speaking English to Ricky, who speaks Spanish to the drunk, who translates into German for the policeman, who translates into French for the police captain. They go back-and-forth doing this several times. I also especially like the closing scene of “California Here We Come,” with the Ricardos and Mertzes singing “California, Here I Come" in the convertible.

[@BrooklynDreaminCG]

In Paris, my favorite is when Ricky and Fred tricked Lucy and Ethel into wearing burlap and horses' feedbags, thinking they were the latest Paris fashion. I laugh hysterically just thinking about it.

[@bluestrife28]

I love that one, everyone was on point in that translation line ❤️

[@bluestrife28]

Lucy pretended to be French and not know Fred and Ethel, saying to the waiter “les Americans, heh (dismissive wave).”

[@conmckfly]

They weren't interracial. They were inter-cultural. Cuban is not considered a race.

[@nataliidrovo4173]

Creo que lo dicen porque ella era gringa y él latino

[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

And hispanic is. So yes it was.

[@buffyvachon8026]

I had the biggest crush on Desi. I stood in line in Lansing to have him sign my book and when I was next, they broke for lunch. I was holding my 1 yr old son on my hip (and walked a couple miles there). I was teary eyed and they told me to come to his next venue that day. I did and they came and brought me to the front. Desi picked up my son and held him, called him partner and was so kind. I was in heaven ❤

[@anitar959]

He was handsome

[@sheilayoung8007]

I love their movie The Long Long Trailer. There are to many favorite I Love Lucy episodes to name. Great memories !❤

[@todhurley3756]

I always enjoyed the I love Lucy shows. And the reruns never got old.

[@missourifarmtruck4175]

It's hard to pick a favorite. I loved them all. They brought us everything from laughter to just everyday scenarios of real life. So thankful they were a part of our lives. Thanks for sharing.

[@goaheadmakemyday4200]

I love the episode with Lucy and Ethel working in a chocolate factory assembly line. So funny, and them stomping grapes 🍇.

[@meganhill4604]

That episode is Called Job switching

[@mauricewascom658]

They loved each other to the very end ❣️

[@jordangibson695]

Desi was a genius. He never rehearsed those shows. He would read the script once and know everyone's lines....not just his. He learned English as an adult. Bandleader. Sitcom producer. Invented modern camera work. He kept the negatives! Bought the movie studio that had once fired him. Lucy gets a lot of credit but Desi was the true genius.

[@b4isleep1]

Thanks for sharing. I never knew this.

[@NancyMcAndrews]

Except for the fact that Desi was unfaithful throughout their marriage which is so sad to me. That's not love. I remember Lucy's words when she finally divorced him, she said "I just couldn't take it anymore." That being said, I Live Lucy is still my favorite show❤❤

[@NancyMcAndrews]

Love not live

[@halnyx7488]

More like they both were in their own right. From what I understand when my sister went to a Pop Culture Museum for SciFi, fantasy, etc. culture, Lucille Ball is the reason we have to thank for being a sort of advocate of the genre in media. Originally when the pitch was made for Star Trek, most of the CEOs of the studio scoffed at the idea of such a show surviving in the world of television. But Lucy got behind the team, and believed they should allow it to be made into a show. And from that intuition of putting faith in a new generation of entertainment allowed many others to follow. Among the many icons of television (both on and off camera) Lucy and Desi were one of a kind pioneers who pushed both themselves and helped to push others forward against the odds.

[@lucythecat12]

Absolutely agree ❤

[@jenniferkathleen2401]

He died in 1986 not 1983. He was awesome. RIP Desi.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

He was a great businessman and performer - horrible husband - actually a serious addict: booze, women, and gambling - before he met Lucy, during their marriage and afterwards. His second wife almost divorced him too. If he had only one addiction would have been hard, but all 3 horrible.

[@robertdiotalevi285]

He got some splainin" to do!

[@skylarsartnphotography3450]

It sounds like toward the end though that Lucy and him truly loved each other

[@natashascott8489]

Where did you hear 1983, I heard 1986 in the video? 10:32

[@vickyabramowitz2885]

@@natashascott8489 There's no mention of 1983 in the video. But the title says '40 years' after Desi died. Since we're now in the year 2023, subtract 40 from 2023 and you get 1983. The '40 years' ago is inaccurate. It's only been 37 years since Desi died.

[@southernlady8809]

Grew up on "I Love Lucy". "Having your baby", factory line with Ethel, the vitamin drink that got her drunk on tv, & she & Ethel walking on grapes making wine had to be my top favorites. Of course when both couples were on vacation together and the train made them shake and vibrate across the floor every time it passed was hilarious! 😄♥👏 RIP Ricky & Lucy, you are loved and always will be missed. ♥🕯

[@MemoWardwell]

Finding out that Lucy was the driving force behind Star Trek just blew our minds. (55 years in the Center Seat).

[@beingfrank40]

Yep, a "DesiLu Production".

[@bluestrife28]

I never knew that either, one more reason to Love Lucy.

[@slypear]

@@beingfrank40 zomg - where's my mindblown emoji?!

[@BluegrassPsychic-nv6mr]

I never knew that. How so?

[@karenr.sternberg1920]

Might have been their Production, but I'd say the driving force behind Star Trek was its Creator, Gene Roddenberry.

[@DKC911]

Yes, I grew up watching I love Lucy. My favorite episode is the one in his club when Lucy announced their blessed event. So heartfelt and loving. And he sang "My baby is having a baby". It seemed SO REAL and not just acting. I still and always will love Lucy ❤!

[@shameikasmith2910]

❤❤❤❤

[@brieladitty125]

Just hearing he died in his daughters arms with Lucy on the phone saying “I love you, I love you,” with his response “I love you too honey.” Killed me because when my grandma passed her last words to my grandma we’re “I love you too, honey.” Aw

[@jimmysapien9961]

❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@cynthiaketchie5201]

I too LOVED LUCY! WATCHED ALL THE TIME! MY SIBILINGS AND I LAUGHED OUR HEADS OFF. I LUV EM ALL! SHE WAS SO PRETTY AND RICKY BEAUTIFUL IT WAS VERY SAD HIS CHILDHOOD! CHOC FACTORY WAS HALARIOUS AS WAS GRAPES! ETHEL WAS A DOLL TOO! CINDY K.

[@gailchypyha3587]

I grew up watching I love Lucy.😊

[@myjeevie]

Such a lovely thing for you to hold in your heart....thank you for sharing this.... (I think you might have meant to write "Grandpa" however in the second line....so you might be able to edit it....But it's still a lovely thing to write and we can understand the feeling behind your words. Kind regards to you.

[@oirampeceda2409]

​@@myjeeviemaybe the two were grandmas as in, an old lesbian couple?

[@daynasafranek7807]

I see Lucy and Desi together and it makes me smile and feel sad at the same time. Knowing the end of the story, it’s hard to look back at it sometimes without a little sadness.

[@donnadayle3762]

bittersweet, nostalgic and melancholy...those were the days!!!

[@Nettie-ps8xw]

My husband and I watched them all the time we would just laugh. It was like seeing the show for the first time. Each time you watch it, I have a wonderful large doll collection with the both of them. They were wonderful.

[@garyvertula3272]

I love Lucy is by far the best comedy ever. No one can ever come close to her and the cast. I still watch the reruns today and still laugh like the first time I saw each episode.

[@rustyshackleford3320]

They are timeless, which u can't say that bout all shows

[@Rick-l6e]

Dick Van Dyke was better!

[@donnadayle3762]

gary...i do too! the other is 'the 'three stooges!' i made a rule that i can't watch them from bed because

[@shari9721]

The Carol Burnet show , Carol Burnet , Tim Conway , Lyle Wagner , Vicki Lawrence were hilarious together .

[@leahgary1107]

He was very handsome. Lucy and Desi were a beautiful couple. Too bad, it didn't work out. 🙁 Thanks for the memories. 💐

[@elaineinman7077]

When I was a little girl Monday night I Love Lucy was the highlight of the week! Our family would laugh with tears at their unbelievable humor!! The chocolate factory was one of my favorites. They were ALL my favorites, really. So sad when they divorced. I watch a rerun when I get a chance! I will always love Lucy, Desi, Fred, & Ethyl! I'm 78 & still remember the fun it was - like yesterday!! ❤

[@deborahleah8704]

Saw an interview of Lucille stating she spoke on the phone to Desi b4 he died; repeating to him " I love you, over & over"❤😢

[@alicemartos7769]

My parents loved this… they were Spanish but understood it all… the more they laughed the more us kids loved the show…!!! We still watch it to remember the good times!!! RIP MOM N DAD❤❤❤

[@keepitforreally4501]

It’s such a tragedy that he would not make her happy as a faithful husband

[@theduallanguagechannel]

I know it. I reeeeallly hate that for both of them.

[@denisehenry3427]

My favorite 2 episodes. Making the wine 🍷, by stomping the 🍇. When Lucy and Viv was working in the candy factory. Lucy was the best female comic actor ever. RIP LUCY & RICKY ♥

[@Neil070]

I remember 'Here's Lucy' with her and her children, but surely her greatest legacy was as head of Desilu Studios, backing a man named Gene Roddenberry and his pet project when no one else would. Almost 60 years later, Star Trek is still going strong, but without Lucille Ball, it would have died

[@LunaLens]

I love Desi. He had a great singing voice, very expressive. Life and love can be complicated. He lived a full life. What he did for a whole industry and that is still being used today is how I celebrate him. #QueVivaDesi 🙏🏿❤️

[@4Rivers-gd]

Their shows & creations were enjoyed by generation, even till today. Always grateful for the years of decent entertainment. RIP Lucy & Desi!

[@Ana-Maria-Sierra]

Desi was brilliant and was also traumatized by what happened to him and his family in Cuba. The family had been there for generations and that was home. This is something you never get over and I don’t think that he was ever able to deal with it nor could Lucy have comprehended. Also, it was ridiculous for anyone to refer to their marriage as interracial. Desi’s family was of European ancestry, primarily from Spain. Such idiots.

[@fredrickearl6687]

Art thou calling Spaniards idiots? Well, aren't you extra-speshul.

[@HobDobson]

@last-chance_ The vast majority of Spaniards are "white" whether you like it or not.

[@eloiseockert9233]

Their marriage was interracial - he was of Hispanic background/Lucy was Caucasian/ So there it is...at this point, Who really cares?

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

I know. I didn't get the interracial thing at all.

[@pbohearn]

@last-chance_ Spain is in Europe. I’m sure Lucy’s ancestry is also from Europe. They’re both considered Caucasian. The Cuban people, like the American people, come from diverse racial backgrounds, and sometimes intermarry and are mixed in their race. It’s not clear to me that Desi came from a mixed race parentage. I don’t know if his parents were both purely European or not, but if they were, he’s as white as they come.

[@Sarteth]

I loved those scant few times when Lucy actually DID get into Ricky's club. It really wasn't that there was no place for her there, but oh the comedic turmoil it caused when she did. I think those parts emphasized just what sort of underlying issues they had as a couple, but it still showed how immensely, deeply, passionately, and hopelessly in love they were with each other, no matter what. Carol Channing's quote hit it spot-on. In all honesty, the divorce and remarriages were superficial, as they had both found their soul mates in each other. Life just got in the way.

[@jocelynmartin1572]

As a child of about 5, it always bothered me how much Lucy wanted to sing in the club, and how Desi did all he could to prevent. I remember that my mother couldn't explain it to my satisfaction. It was my first clue to the p atriarchy.

[@bigtex9836]

He treated Lucy horribly. It’s no secret she put up with him through thick and thin. It crushed Lucy and I’m sure the many times she forgave him got old through the many years. She made him.

[@TAM-12-tg]

Absolutely true - she made him!

[@hildarendon663]

They made each other. Desi was a genius when it came to behind the scenes. He was handsome. Smart business man. They made each other.

[@rogerd777]

I am in my mid 60s and this is the first time in my life I have ever heard of Lucy and Desi referred to as an interracial couple. No one in my parent's generation that I ever heard from ever said a negative word about their relationship.

[@1maybeline]

I don't know how they came up with interracial couple when they were both of the same race. They had different ethnicities but that has nothing to do with race.

[@hom1980]

Desi was Hispanic, lucy was white. 2 different races

[@neoblakkrstal9865]

This was fantastic. What a love story. You can't make this stuff up. I have loved this couple for what seems like forever. My mom got me watching I love Lucy as a kid.

[@howardb.6205]

those were simple times I never knew how much i would miss how life once was

[@gweneverebutler6605]

I loved the show and so sad knowing the ongoing turmoil she encountered jn her marriage before divorcing Ricky. It's good to know that during his final days, he and Lucy were able to let the past be the past and forgiveness was there.

[@elainelewis5803]

It’s Desi, not ricky

[@gweneverebutler6605]

@@elainelewis5803 thanks for identifying the correction.

[@elainelewis5803]

@@gweneverebutler6605 No problem I have a lot of time on my hands

[@bobboscarato1313]

@@elainelewis5803 Yes we know!

[@mjbizz6587]

I'm sure Lucy was aware of his eye for the ladies before she met & married him! Guess they were better at the business venture than the marriage. Sometimes it be that way in the entertainment field. But at least they seemed to at least have that eternal bond..

[@Good-Enough24]

I grew up watching their shows, then her shows. I loved watching them.

[@Juke582]

They were both so awesome in entertainment aside from their real life struggles.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

The Episode where Desi Sings to Lucy "We're having a baby" tears me up everytime. 😭🥰

[@donnajanuchowski7727]

They were magic. I grew up watching them.

[@dennishalford5763]

Since when is "Hispanic" a "race"? I see all the time on forms where they ask about ethnicity two choices: (1) White (2) White (non-Hispanic) This is because Hispanics are white! So Lucy and Desi's marriage was not a "mixed-race marriage." Makes no sense!

[@ElaIEO]

Grew up watching them. Loved them. My dad loved the show too. ❤❤

[@Curlyblonde]

My parents were new immigrants in Canada back in late 1955 from Europe and spoke very little English. In 1961 they were able to afford their first TV in their newly built modest home that cost them $17,000. My mother learned to speak English (and laugh at the same time) by watching I Love Lucy, and mastered it quite well, and also taught my father.

[@badmoodana6532]

The I Love Lucy channel is on my tv almost all the time. I never get tired of it. When I watched the movie Being the Ricardos, it gave me even more appreciation of how ingenious Desi was by being the firsr show to bring in a live audiance, using multiple cameras so as not to block the audience's view, and most impressively, creating their own production company. They were ahead of their time as well as timeless

[@rodneyherring2991]

Thank you so much I enjoyed the video they were definitely a magical couple👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@juniamcc35]

I grew up watching "I Love Lucy". She and Desi were certainly the perfect couple for a sitcom about a married couple. Lucy was a wonderful actress. She could make the silliest situation or pratfall or crazy facial expression seem believable. I always loved it when Desi (Ricky) got so overwhelmed he started talking in Spanish, especially because his eyes looked so crazy! Neither of them will ever truly die as long as "I Love Lucy" is still shown on t.v. It's so classic, well executed, and funny, and the humor and perfection of the two of them as Lucy and Ricky will never fade.

[@cherylhintzen6910]

I LOVED ALL THEIR SHOWS...THE BEST...WE NEED SOME OF THIS NOW IN OUR CRAZY 🤪 WORLD....

[@jae6335]

They were not interracial as they are both Caucasians. Maybe inter-ethnic. He's a Caucasian whose ancestors came from Spain.

[@TS-zz1vm]

Finally someone who knows what her talking about?????

[@JRS2248]

It will always be Desi and Lucy for me. Grew up with them and they were real people. We all have faults and all of us hurt the ones we love. RIP

[@Kaykavoosi8]

And I believe that there has never been any good comedy show as good as that show 🎉🤍🌺🤍🌺

[@farleyfuche4540]

@@Kaykavoosi8 Ever watch SEINFELD? Or The Norm Show? (Norm Macdonald). "Lucy" was over-rehearsed slapstick. Touche' ;o))

[@jimmysapien9961]

I can relate 😞

[@CarolLustgarten]

Great show. Happy to hear he was supportive to William Frawley who had his own problems with alcohol. 😢..sad Desi cheated on Lucy. Sad he was an alcoholic. 😢😢😢😢 however he was a had great chemistry with all his cast. ❤❤❤

[@patriciawhiterussell3950]

On Monday evenings we drove to my mother’s best friend’s home, about 20 miles away, to watch each new episode of “I Love Lucy”! It was the highlight of our lives for several seasons!

[@barbarayoung2053]

Desi Arnaz and Lucille (Ball) Arnaz were true pioneers of entertainment. ❤

[@GeorgeMorgan6600]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@barbarayoung2053]

I am well and thank you for asking. Be blessed and stay safe. 🙏🌝💯

[@GeorgeMorgan6600]

@@barbarayoung2053 Good to hear that, how’s your day going and what’re you up to?

[@debgbls323]

Love them. Grew up watching and so did my kids. I was always amazed at the love these two had for each other. You can't hide that. ❤️🙏🏼🙌🏻😊

[@bryanv4081]

I loved the episode with William Holden. When Lucy was disguised in front of Holden, Desi's reactions were priceless. I laughed and admired his talent very much when I saw that.

[@dangreene3895]

I like the show when they were on their way to California and they got stuck at a run down Cafe and Motel and the train came through

[@kathrynweir3760]

I love the one where they are packing chocolate and have to eat it to keep up. I loved Lucy so much

[@Alice-ge5oi]

That episode was hilarious!!

[@tbascoebuzz4782]

For me it’s a toss up with the Vitameatavegimin commercial and the Chocolate Candy factory. But really, they’re all so good!

[@marthay.higuera9723]

There is a difference between race & ethnicity. Lucy & Desi we’re not an interracial couple. Desi was white whose family were descended from Spain. Ethnically, Lucy was American & Desi was Cuban. I have read Lucy’s & Desi’s autobiography & other books by friends who knew them well. They had a complicated relationship. According to their children, family & close friends, tHey loved each till the end.

[@Somewhereintime22]

That show…the theme music…their voices…are all echos of my childhood. I can see it or even hear it and it immediately takes me back to a simpler time and a feeling of peace and security. They set the mold and nothing has ever come close since.

[@jpmnky]

I’m a 80s kid and even I grew up on Lucy reruns. TNT and TBS used to air all the old classics in the mornings and afternoons in those years. Brady Bunch, Gun Smoke, Bonanza, Gilligan’s Island, I Love Lucy, ect. And I’m glad to see these digital sub channels doing it now. All those shows are timeless.

[@terrytrammell7388]

Yes, I love Lucy. When I can find the reruns I do watch them. I never tire of this show.

[@WindWalkers3]

Because of time, people have forgotten, just what these two did that still has an effect on the way television is ran, to this day.

[@Jay-yz1ke]

My favorite episode was when Lucy was trying to help Ricky read a childs book. Too funny. English is not an easy language.

[@ManyvanhKeovongsa]

My favorite episode when Lucy told Rick that they were going to have a baby

[@nutrianirvana6823]

This is one of your best videos. I Love Lucy is by far my favorite TV show, I still watch it today. I've lost track of how many times I've seen the reruns over the years, and each viewing is as fresh and wonderful as the first time I saw it. They never get old. As you said, the show pioneered so many innovations. The cinematographer, Karl Freund, came from the film industry. It was Desi who wanted the show to be recorded on film as opposed to grainy kinescope, which was the standard for live TV during the 50's. Jackie Gleason was another bright innovator during that time. He also insisted that his show (The Honeymooners) was recorded on film for later broadcast. Back to I Love Lucy: the writing was amazingly clever for the time as well. Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll Jr were far ahead of their time. When they wrote Lucy's real life pregnancy into the show, it was another first. This was during the time even the word "pregnant' was disallowed on national TV. I could go on and on about this show because I love it so. I also suggest for I Love Lucy lovers to check out the Amy Pohler directed documentary "Lucy and Desi". It's available to watch on Amazon Prime. It's really, really good and so informative and touching. Thanks so much for your accurate research and a super great video that shined an honest light on Desi Arnaz.

[@f.e.parker4855]

I grew up with “I Love Lucy:” we were born the same year! I would come home from school and watch afternoon re-runs of the show! There were so many excellent episodes, but my favorite has to be the Vita-meata-vegemin episode - I still laugh just as hard. Lucy truly was a comedy genius and Desi was her perfect foyle! Their talent is timeless. 💖

[@yolandareyes518]

I grew up watching the "I Love Lucy Show". Until this day, I still watch it. I never stopped watching it. I love all the episode but, if I had to pick one to be my favorite is "The Kleptomaniac" I love how she changes her voices to a little girl and growing up. The different types of voices she used is what I thought was funny. Im a huge fan of both, Lucy and Desi. I love them both.

[@Theresawinner]

I grew up watching I Love Lucy reruns I loved watching Lucy and Desi responding to each other in scenes.I always thought Desi was such a great looking guy and very musically talented. I loved how they made his performing part of the I love Lucy series. My favorit episode when Rock Hudson appeared on the show telling Lucy and Ethal a" sad story " on be half of Ricky and Fred who were both on the "outs" with their spouses. Rock was great and I laughed at Lucy and Ethal's reaction , It was so funny Desi I found out several years ago that he was a great businessman and had fled his country AMAZING LIFE suffered from committed serial adultery and alcoholism.

[@sandybruce9092]

It is very possible for two people to love each other very much but just can’t live or stay married to them!

[@phylliscastro7064]

I watched the show as a kid. Those were the good days. Pure and simple.

[@lightfollower5717]

I've watched Lucy and Desi all my life. Their show has cheered me many times in hard times.

[@christypatton6572]

I remember as a kid finding out that they were not together even though it had happened years before, I was so grieved! I love all of their shows. I especially loved when Lucy tells Desi that they were expecting a baby. Precious

[@justlivinglife....619]

My family moved to So-Cal when I was 6 yrs old. The television industry wasn't that big yet. And we had friends who lived just down the block from Bob Hope & other stars. (I need to start by saying none of these people were "celebrities". These people were REAL stars & had talent like you couldn't believe. Many of them could & would put todays "celebrities" to shame in the looks, attitude & treatment of fans. Just as fans were 95+% respectful of stars when they were out or in a restaurant etc....) I will tell you that there were get togethers where my parents & friends attended & Lucille wanted anyone who would listen, to know that while she may have a talent, her husband, Desi, was the REAL reason to all of their success. She stated that his business sense & innovation of the 3-camera system for filming the show, as well as putting it on film was genius. And his idea for the original 3-camera (or multi-camera) filming is why you could see the actors walk from the kitchen, to the living room & into the bedroom in all one shot filming. Desi Arnaz came up with this idea. He came up with so many innovative ideas that now, seem so simple. Lucille let Desi handle the business end. Back then, who would've ever thought that the handsome & talented singer & actor was more talented in business? The question about favorites..... Well, my favorite I Love Lucy episode is: Hmmm 🤔 ALL OF THEM! How can anyone choose? Every single episode & every episode of the Lucy & Desi Comedy Hour (which were episodes set at their farm in Connecticut). They were great.

[@fintan3563]

Lucille never fell out of love with Desi. She could no longer live with the cheating. She also said that Desi was a genius who had to destroy everything he had created. (A lot like his beautiful family life in Cuba being destroyed by C@stro). I STILL love Lucy even after all these years 💖💖💖. May they Rest in Peace!

[@MarchionessDarby62]

Desi was the architect of how TV shows were filmed with multiple cameras. He was a pioneer.

[@brendaperry1313]

I grew up watching I Love Lucy. One of the greatest shows. I watched the re- runs for Yeeeeeears after. And had a very hard time letting go of the re-runs in the end. They were the best TV couple! I literally loved them ❤️

[@GeorgeMorgan6600]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@poppamichael2197]

Thank you for this wonderful story. I did not know that Lucy and Desi reconciled before his death, and it was so good to hear. I, like all Americans over a certain age, grew up with them. I had assumed that Desi's philandering may have been, partially, a reaction to the fact that he lived in the shadow of a beautiful, powerful and intelligent woman, and that he rebelled by playing around. You make it clear that random sex was another addiction, in addition to alcohol and to the cigarettes, which ultimately killed him.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

Unfortunately Desi was an addict: sex, booze, and gambling - before he met Lucy, during their marriage and after the divorce. Yes, his life leaving Cuba during the revolution of 1933 (Batista) he was 16, and had many many opportunities being very wealthy and entitled". Lucy, on the other hand, lost her father before age 4, and lost other relatives that she was close to who lived together - mgm, maternal aunt, mgf in unfortunate accident (where they lost every house etc) and mother went away for weeks, months, even years to earn money with her 2nd husband. They were not reunited til Lucy was at least 10. She left for NYC at age 15, trying to make her way in the world and help support the family, mgf, mother, brother.

[@donnadayle3762]

@@LJ-ht4zs thank you! people should know both sides...

[@pumpupjam9648]

No one can not say that Desi Arnaz, love of his life was Lucille Ball! Hands down!

[@theduallanguagechannel]

Exactly What other woman no matter how voluptuous or beautiful could hold a candle to Lucy? They all look fake and cliché compared to her.

[@lindaallen4064]

I just loved the show I love Lucy. I watched reruns over and over so I did enjoy listening to this video so thank you for producing it. Wonderful to go into their lives as we that loved them will never forget them. I am 77 today and I wish I could watch their re runs all day. Much love

[@libranpoet]

Absolutely beautiful entry. We all love Lucy & Desi. Fave episode was when Desi sang I Love Lucy. Despite everything, they were soulmates.

[@jamesedwardtaylor9750]

I definitely “grew up”, watching all of Lucille Ball’s television shows. From the late 50’s, until the mid 70’s. I even ran into Ms. Ball herself, at the original MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas back in 1973, whilst playing Keno, where she kindly called me “kiddo”.