🇺🇸 ”Thank You America!” - Desi Arnaz (Toast Of The Town: Oct. 1954) 🇺🇸

VENTURES WITH JOE: “THANK YOU AMERICA!” On October 3, 1954 - Lucy & Desi were guests on Ed Sullivan’s “Toast Of The Town” special. As highlighted in this inspirational clip, Desi speaks of his early years in America and how grateful he is for his success, life and career in America. The emotion is raw and the love is real, as you’ll see from not only his reaction but from Lucy’s, too.
Desi:
“I do know something though that I really want to tell you, tonight. What Tex, Tex O’Rourke said about my first job in this country, was cleaning bird cages, is very true. We came to this country and we didn’t have a cent, in our pockets. From cleaning canary cages, to this night here in New York is a long ways. And I don’t think there’s any other country in the world that could give you that opportunity.
I wanna say thank you, thank you America, thank you.” 🇺🇸
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[@SeanCuebas-zl5my]

This man is a giant in my eyes

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! 🤘😎🤘

[@AmosPressley]

Great Columbus day video! A Cuban moved to tears for the exceptionalism and opportunity of the American Way. I wonder... who do you think Desi Arnaz and Lucy would want for President now?

[@spanz21]

How can you watch this without a tear coming down your eye! He truly loved America 🇺🇸 and his sincere Thank you told it all!!!

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! Agree, the love he shows is sincere and amazing! 🤘😎🤘

[@JoePennDrums]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for the comment! ✌️❤️🤘

[@gino82marrone]

My dad is Cuban. And like Desi My grandfather and grandmother came with their 3 kids with nothing. And they all made something of themselves. I know the world is not perfect but this country is still the best.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment and sharing that great family memory! Best wishes to you and your family! 🤘😎🤘

[@gino82marrone]

Thank you

[@angelf3365]

My parents both fled Cuba as children . In 1960 a Marine officer who had become a family friend helped my grandmother get my 8 year old father out of Cuba . I’m 1991 I joined the Marines as a way to say thank you . I am saddened to what has become of my country . At the rate we are going I can’t see the Idea of America lasting much longer

[@gussanjuan980]

Thank you for sharing

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! You’re very welcome! Desi Arnaz is a legend and his passion was too good not to share. 🤘😎🤘

[@teddrocce5742]

Need a LOVE feature for this. I hit like over and over love our country! God Bless AMERICA

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! 🇺🇸✌️❤️🤘

[@baileyrosen6095]

Home of the free and the best

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! 🇺🇸✌️❤️🤘

[@luciellestovzski1542]

Yes, GOD BLESS AMERICA.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! ✌️❤️🤘

[@gino82marrone]

Amen

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! 🤘😎🤘

[@gino82marrone]

@@VenturesWithJoe ur welcome

[@baronvg]

There’s a short list of things that always brings me to tears and this short, but beautiful, heartfelt, and sincere speech by Desi Arnaz is one of them. As an immigrant myself, I wish I could tell him that even 60+ years later, there are still people like us who are grateful and think the United States is still the greatest country in the world.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment and your story, too! 🇺🇸 I agree with you the emotions do roll with this clip. 🤘😎🤘

[@bobbyheenan4061]

Wow, what a classy guy! RIP Desi. Many thanks for sharing this!

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! Happy you enjoyed the video. 🤘😎🤘

[@mysticfire7661]

Bless him and my goodness when Ed Sullivan so lovingly embraced him. Miss them😪❤️

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! It is definitely a touching moment. 🤘😎🤘

[@mysticfire7661]

thank you for posting it ♡♡

[@seangean1143]

Beautiful, touching and true. This video needs to be shared more. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL for so many reasons. Love America and of course the funny Lucy and Desi. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! ✌️❤️🤘

[@dianejohnson4732]

Absolutely love this very touching and true! He was a blessing to America as well! Thanks for sharing this I never saw this before.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment and you’re welcome! Definitely inspiring and beautiful.

[@scotnick59]

Desi loved America so much that when the writers of I LOVE LUCY came up with a script that had Ricky cheating on his taxes, Desi refused to do it & had them re-write the episode.

[@2ndAmendmentMF]

I like this 👌

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! 🤘😎🤘

[@anniehendricks6229]

look how lucy looks at him....endearing.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Definitely! Thank you for your comment! 🤘😎🤘

[@llimon2965]

That was so beautiful. And to think of so many haters in our own country don't realize how good they have it here or the fact that we have a constitution and they have rights, and have so much more opportunity than any other country in the world.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! His love and emotion shine bright in this clip. He really loved the USA. 🤘😎🤘

[@beverlysinns6546]

Absolutely amazing and beautiful. Bev 👍

[@louislamonte334]

Beautifully said, Desi! It's so tragic that so many people living in the United States are so ungrateful, selfish and just plain nasty that they fail to see the unimaginable blessings of living in the our blessed America!!

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! 🇺🇸 His words always get me.🤘😎🤘

[@kkpenney444]

It never fails that sentiments like Arnaz' can't be shared without someone like you following up with hatred for other Americans.

[@rockyracoon3233]

​@@kkpenney444. Sorry, but he does make points.

[@pinkpyrex4962]

Bravo!

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! 🤘😎🤘

[@pcbassoon3892]

Desi Arnaz was unbelievably wealthy in Cuba, but his family had to flee during the revolution. Him and his mother got out together. His father got out separately, but fully, 100%, abandoned Desi and his mother. So him and his mother really started their lives in this country with nothing and no one. He wasn't good to Lucille, but it was amazing what he was able to achieve.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! Definitely an interesting life. 🤘😎🤘

[@johnfoster4244]

Real men cry

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment!

[@johnfoster4244]

@@VenturesWithJoe Yes sir. Thank you for putting up this important footage

[@michaelmace924]

Imagine how many people would see this if the media wasn't biased. 🤔

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! His genuine emotion is amazing in this video. ✌❤🤘

[@kennethperry3641]

I have said many times USA not perfect but you work hard can make something out your life

[@Moonskycity]

After the whole "is Lucille a communist", I understand these speeches a little more.

[@jillzi7]

Beautiful to see someone so grateful for this beautiful country’s opportunities. Its not gonna last much longer if the Dumbocrats get their way.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! Desi is a great example of the American dream. 🤘😎🤘

[@EBR1]

This attitude is typical of Cubans who fled Cuba and came here for freedom and a better life. It's unfortunate that so many American youth today want to install socialism/communism without having any idea of what the EXPERIENCE of it is like, but Cubans who fled Cuba to come here understand the experience quite well and so are able to appreciate America more than many American-born youth. The same applies to immigrants from other countries as well.

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Thank you for your comment! His emotion and his love for the USA is amazing and a great moment.🤘😎🤘

[@rockyracoon3233]

@EBR1. We need more grateful immigrants like this in the USA.

[@rockyracoon3233]

My type of immigrant!😊