I Love Lucy is an American Sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley. The black and white episodes ran from October 15, 1951 to April 1, 1960 on CBS. The I Love Lucy show was the most watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the ratings. The Andy Griffin Show and Seinfeld was matched with the I Love Lucy Show. The I Love Lucy Show won five Emmy Awards and recieved numerous nominations.
The set was placed in New York City, I Love Lucy centers on Lucy Ricardo(Lucille Ball) and her singer husband Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), along with their friends/landlord Fred Mertz (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance). Lucy's character is someone naive and ambitious, with an overactive imagination and a knack for getting herself into trouble. She is primarily obsessed with joining her husband in show business. Lucy's husband, is an upcoming Cuban American singer and bandleader. He is very patient, but when he is exasperated, he often reverts to Spanish and even literally spanked Lucy for her mischief on one occasion.
One memorable episode called, "Lucy Does a TV Commerical": Lucy is hired to act as the "Vitameatavegamin girl" in a TV commerical, to promote a health tonic contains healthy amounts of vitamins, meats, vegetables, mineralsl- an a less than healthy dose of 23% alcohol. Lucy becomes progressively drunker throughout the rehearsal, but gamely keeps on pitching the product, eventually leading to completely flubbed live performance for "this stuff".
Some of its Emmy awards are for best actress( Lucille Ball), Most outstanding comedian, Best situation Comedy.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Lucy
http://www.tvland.com/shows/lucy/
Lauren Bray
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