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Classic Cars of I Love Lucy 

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On October 15th 1951, I Love Lucy made its debut, and it was immediately apparent that it was a sitcom like no other. With story lines that dealt with marital issues, women in the workplace and suburban living, the bombastic and daring show set the stage for a generation of family-related sitcoms to come. Although cars certainly weren't the focal point of the show, car aficionados can still spot a few classic rides throughout the series. Today, we're taking a look at the cars of "I Love Lucy". Let's begin.
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I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons.The series starred Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley, and follows the life of Lucy Ricardo (Ball), a young, middle-class housewife living in New York City, who often concocts plans with her best friends and landlords, Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vance and Frawley), to appear alongside her bandleader husband, Ricky Ricardo (Arnaz), in his nightclub. Lucy is depicted trying numerous schemes to mingle with and be a part of show business. After the series ended in 1957, a modified version of the show continued for three more seasons, with 13 one-hour specials, which ran from 1957 to 1960. It was first known as The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show, and later, in reruns, as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

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@frankdillon6127
@frankdillon6127 12 дней назад
remember the long,long trailer
@smokey2174
@smokey2174 4 дня назад
I do remember that movie. They pulled the trailer with a 1953 Mercury convertible, which production switched with a Lincoln convertible while pulling the trailer in the mountain areas. Being a car guy I noticed the switch but I think most people didn’t even catch that. They said that the Lincoln had more pulling power than the Mercury, that is why they did that. That was a good movie.
@user-rz8bu6vl8x
@user-rz8bu6vl8x 4 дня назад
I just watched this movie over the weekend. Fun movie ❤
@bobpierce115
@bobpierce115 10 дней назад
Very entertaining and fascinating video. A few observations of my own here: The 1924 Cadillac 'jalopy' Fred bought would have been a 30 year old car in 1954. We wouldn't think of 1994 car the same way now. On the '55 Pontiac: GM was strongly considering dropping Pontiac from their 5 lines around this time. It was the awkward 'middle child' between the popular Chevrolet and Oldsmobile. Having it featured on 'I Love Lucy' with the Fab 4 greatly helped sales, and spared it the axe. Indeed it's best years were from 1959-1971. The '57 Ford: other than these 'I Love Lucy' commercials where they're in character, I only noticed a brief flash of the taillight/fin in (I think) the last of the regular half-hour shows from May '57. In an interesting irony of the beginning of my comments where the 30 year old car looked VERY old and old fashioned in 1954, the now age 67 1957 Ford retractable seems more modern than today's transportation appliances. It's vintage, yes, but an antique? Mmm, no. Kind of hard to apply that word to a space-age, jet-age car like this. It doesn't work.
@gcfifthgear
@gcfifthgear 11 дней назад
I don't remember Fred and Ethel singing the praises of the '57 Fairlane 500, but I recognized all the other cars in this post, (And I must admit I also didn't realize the '49 Dodge had become a '51 Dodge in the tire-changing scenes in "Off to Florida.") Great job of identifying those cars!
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 12 дней назад
Great job on ID-ing the cars - you got 100%!
@markroth1133
@markroth1133 12 дней назад
These are awesome! You should definitely do one on gomer pyle. Lots of forward look mopars!
@patrickburke7929
@patrickburke7929 12 дней назад
You Notice how windshield is Removed & how Paint was Power Puffed to Reduce Glare from Lights & Cameras.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 12 дней назад
That was a common trick for decades. When color TV arrived they managed to do away with muting down the bright stainless and reflections.
@allenwayne2033
@allenwayne2033 12 дней назад
Wow! I really enjoyed that! I remember every episode mentioned! Good job Fusion Kidd!
@garyfaught3769
@garyfaught3769 6 дней назад
An episode that aired Jan. 3, 1958 involved the Ricardos, the Mertzes, and Fred MacMurray, taking a road trip to Las Vegas. In it, MacMurray drove a 1957 Ford Thunderbird into a pile of road tar. As a 6 year old with a love affair for '57 T-Birds, I was devastated that beautiful car was treated that way. Fast forward to 2015 when i finally acquired my own '57 T-Bird, i still remembered the fate of the one on 'I Love Lucy", vowing mine would never meet the same fate. So far it has not.
@louisborselio8608
@louisborselio8608 12 дней назад
Mrs Grundy was the Bride of Frankenstein
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 10 дней назад
Yes, that's Elsa Lanchester. She was the wife of Charles Laughton.
@louisborselio8608
@louisborselio8608 10 дней назад
@@retroguy9494 That's right. Also she was Mary Shelley at the beginning of the movie.
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 10 дней назад
@@louisborselio8608 Yes; indeed she did play Mary Shelley at the beginning. In my opinion. she was rather spooky too. Just the kind of intro the movie needed to set the tone. That James Whale sure knew what he was doing!
@louisborselio8608
@louisborselio8608 10 дней назад
@@retroguy9494 Yeah, and how about that dude rolling his Rs. Spanish speaking got nothing on him
@retroseventy
@retroseventy 8 дней назад
VERY NICELY DONE! THANK YOU!!!
@ernielaw
@ernielaw 2 дня назад
I remember when Fred bought that old Cadillac. I also recall Ricky describing it as a time bomb when it backfired.
@jons.6216
@jons.6216 12 дней назад
There were a few more if you count the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour like Tallulah Bankhead's 1958 Ford Country Sedan Station Wagon that gets paint sprayed all over it and the various cars in their trip to Mexico with Maurice Chevalier!
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 10 дней назад
Yes, and one very important car that was overlooked in that Mexico episode was Desi's own personal car which was used. It was a 1958 Buick Riviera Limited. It was Buicks fully loaded top of the line model and at that time, it cost even more than a Cadillac.
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp 11 дней назад
Lucy forever ❤❤
@welleffitthen
@welleffitthen 11 дней назад
You'd hardly run out of cars if you did highway patrol.great video.
@pzak5927
@pzak5927 9 дней назад
I wish I lived in the 1950s instead of today.
@edwardhenry3158
@edwardhenry3158 9 дней назад
I may be wrong about this, but the narration sounds like Lucille Ball herself. Does anybody know I could swear it’s her?
@SteveRobertson-vv4xz
@SteveRobertson-vv4xz 10 дней назад
What happened to the 1958 Buicks?
@prestonstephens7719
@prestonstephens7719 12 дней назад
Do hazel next. Beautiful Thunderbirds and stuff.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 12 дней назад
And STUFF? Like double-Rangoon '64 XL convertibles, Vintage Burgundy Mustangs, '66 LTDs... the works!
@douglasburskey6411
@douglasburskey6411 11 дней назад
Ford was the show sponsor. So they had to feature Ford cars in the show
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 11 дней назад
@@douglasburskey6411 They did the same thing with "The Real McCoys". Walter Brennan drove "this new-fangled pickup" for his egg business, which was a 1957 Ford Custom Ranchero. The whole episode was centered around the versatility of the car with close-ups of the wheel covers, etc. It was fun to watch but absolutely CORNY as hell!
@Thomas-yr9ln
@Thomas-yr9ln 7 дней назад
The car Fred picked out would have fit a old man's age group at the time. Ethel was right when she called him a old man.
@terrencedow2925
@terrencedow2925 10 дней назад
WOW! What a great video! And more to be seen by viewing your channel! Always been an I Love Lucy fan and always tried to spot the cars when I saw them, but this was GOLD! I'm a Cadillac man myself, owning a 1949 Cadillac series 62. You have my respect in many ways with this (and soon to be seen videos) and a new subscriber! Ricky would say "You got some splainin to do.." But I give you an A+.
@user-rp2vf2xi4o
@user-rp2vf2xi4o 11 дней назад
Notice no glass in the windshield in the pontiac
@douglasburskey6411
@douglasburskey6411 11 дней назад
I wonder if they took the windshield out to keep the bright studio lights from reflecting on it.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 11 дней назад
@@douglasburskey6411 That was common practice with b/w filming. Notice they also left off the sun visors and windshield trim moldings.
@bethmckeown1352
@bethmckeown1352 3 дня назад
Remember the long tong trailer an episode that aried Jan 3 1958 involved the Ricardo's the mertzes and Fred mcmurry taking road trip to Las Vegas. In it, macurry drove a 1957 thunderbird into a pile of road tar. As a 6 year old with a love affair for 57 t-birds I was devastated that beautiful car was treated that way fast forward to 2015 when I finally acquired my own 57 t-birde I still remembered the fate of the one on ' I love Lucy ", vowing mine would never meet the same fate. So far it has
@richardrice8076
@richardrice8076 12 дней назад
2:21 is their a better looking car for 1955? Love those tin indians! 7:29 the magic is that it worked. The retractable hardtop was a 3 year headache for Ford kinda like their other 3 year headache ya know the Edsel. Nice job and again well researched.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 12 дней назад
Never saw the Fred & Ethel ad with the Skyliner & Club Victoria.
@richardrice8076
@richardrice8076 12 дней назад
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 neither did I but I was only 2 months old when the '57's rolled out.
@TERRYWINTERSSr.-md4ng
@TERRYWINTERSSr.-md4ng 11 дней назад
MANY A WINTER FROM SALEM ILL. TO MIDDLE FLA. IN A 67 LINCOLN. GOOD MEMORIES. ❤️
@garyslentzii2796
@garyslentzii2796 12 дней назад
Need to do Adam-12 cars
@mexicanspec
@mexicanspec 2 дня назад
1:46 It is funny the things you see on a computer screen that yo never did on the TV screen. I didn't know that was a painted background on a curtain.
@mexicanspec
@mexicanspec 2 дня назад
Windshields are optional.
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp 11 дней назад
This was a classic hal hergesheimer 1922 cadillac
@haroldbirge6881
@haroldbirge6881 12 дней назад
🏆Lucy 🏆🍀Rocks👀✌️
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp 11 дней назад
Freds jalopy cars in Hollywood trip and uranium hunting in nevada
@Nunofurdambiznez
@Nunofurdambiznez 12 дней назад
V-63? what is THAT?
@patrickburke7929
@patrickburke7929 12 дней назад
I think meant V 12 being the engine. Maybe.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 12 дней назад
@@patrickburke7929 Based on:........................................?
@richardrice8076
@richardrice8076 12 дней назад
@Nunofurdambiznez V 63 was a large luxury automobile that was available in 1924 and 1925.
@pzak5927
@pzak5927 9 дней назад
This just proved the american car companies blew it. Whether it was greed or bad. Managemet or poor quality the japanese car companies beat them.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 11 дней назад
"A sitcom like no other..."? Well, considering there were no others to compare it to... "Mary Kay and Johnny", aired from 1947 to 1950, was the first sitcom broadcast on network television in the United States and was the first program to show a couple sharing a bed, and the first series to show a woman's pregnancy on television.