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It’snthe 60th anniversary of the beloved “I Love Lucy” TVnshow. Stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz broke new ground with theirnshow, which first aired on this day in 1951: n
It’snthe 60th anniversary of the beloved “I Love Lucy” TVnshow. Stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz broke new ground with theirnshow, which first aired on this day in 1951: nn
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nThenshow was filmed in front of a live audience, whereas most shows atnthe time had a “canned” laugh track.
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nThenshow was filmed with three cameras at once rather than one. This isnso that the director didn’t have to call for multiple retakes of thensame scene (which would have been difficult for a live audience).nEven when actors bungled their lines, there usually wasn’t anretake—instead, everyone played off the mistake for extra laughs!
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nDesilun(Ball’s and Arnaz’s production company) pretty much invented thenrerun. When Lucille Ball gave birth to Ball’s and Arnaz’s twonchildren, she needed a little time to recover before going back tonwork. So episodes of the show that had already aired were aired for ansecond time – and, it turns out, were very popular. n
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Speakingnof popular, “I Love Lucy” was the most-watched show of its timenand ended its run at the top of the ratings. It won five Emmy Awardsn(and was nominated many more times), it always appears on “Best TVnShows of All-Time” lists, it is still being rerun all over thenworld, and forty million people in the US still watch it every year.
Speakingnof popular, “I Love Lucy” was the most-watched show of its timenand ended its run at the top of the ratings. It won five Emmy Awardsn(and was nominated many more times), it always appears on “Best TVnShows of All-Time” lists, it is still being rerun all over thenworld, and forty million people in the US still watch it every year.n
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nThis montage of famous bits from the show starts with the really, really famous chocolate-candy-factory scene.n
