This color footage is from "Lucy's Really Lost Moments". Desi Arnaz is taking a representative of Westinghouse on a tour of Desilu Studios as a potential sponsor. Lucy as usual as her own plan.
I have much respect for Lucy Ball. BOTH Desi & Lucille are admired by many ... rightfully. I don't care if anyone disagrees, it's only my opinion. Thank you for this presentation .
This 1958 promotional film was shown at a special meeting of Westinghouse dealers, salesmen, and other personnel, just before "WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE" premiered on CBS that fall (which featured a monthly "WESTINGHOUSE LUCILLE BALL-DESI ARNAZ SHOW" special, later repeated as "THE LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR"). The Westinghouse "representative" was actually played by Ross Elliott, who occasionally appeared on "I LOVE LUCY", and a friend of the Arnazes. Roy Rowan is the opening announcer...
Lucy's a hoot in this as usual in this! I love it when she says "If you keep calling it Westinghouse there will be plenty of "H"! And how she keeps seemingly finishing Desi's sentences with the ad descriptions-She really was a comic genius!
Lord Blackburn Being Cuban born, its possibly a mixture of being tanned and the makeup. Latin Americans tend to look tanned because of the location of Latin America to the equator.
around 8:15 Desi starts talking about adding writers like Aaron Spelling, Rod Serling....I couldn't hear the rest because some blower kicked on and the close caption didn't pick up all the names either. BUT, just imagine this is where some really powerful, artistic, soon to be wealthy $$!!$ Aaron Spelling net worth when he died was $600Million, Rod Serling wrote for several TV series including Lux Video Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Playhouse 90, The Twilight Zone, The Loner, The New People, and Night Gallery. Desilu was a powerhouse of talent and entertainment.
lucy girl In that episode he is based on edward r. Murrow's PERSON TO PERSON interview show, where cameras were brought into interviewees homes and interviewed remotely by murrow.
When Desi Arnaz attempts to pronounce the "h" in "Westinghouse," it is not just people of his native background (Cuban/Spanish) that tend to pronounce such words like that, some Russians also pronounce "house" like "gouse."
I wish someone would have prayed more for Desi and Lucy. They are wonderful together. Desi really needed prayer. He was seeing two to three different women a week. He smoked a lot and got drunk too many times. This affected his health and cut his life span. Ultimately, Lucy could not take any more of this, understandably. They divorced in 1960 but we all know their love was always there. If Desi overcame his demons, the marriage would have survived. Desi and Lucy would have lived longer than they did, and the kids would have had the joy of both parents together. Sure, Lucy married Gary and Desi married Edi, but it was always Lucy and Desi.
Desi was a savvy tech, and businessman that was actually born with a silver spoon. Lucy *hated* being anything other than a performer. Westinghouse, and RKO were players in the '50s. In the '50's, choppers were still somewhat new technology, so, to be able to get up in one to show someone the depth, and breadth of *your* Hollywood property *was huge* .
Westinghouse would merge with CBS in 1995 then Viacom bought cbs before breaking up into two. National Amusements owns voting shares in both companies hence that cbs dvds are distributed by Paraamount.
Many people make the mistake of believing that a husband and wife working collaboratively as business partners somehow doesn't experience some form friction within their married. If you could walk this through the marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, it became too much for them to bear in the end especially when it came to dealing with a certain business decision.
That is not a rep from Westinghouse. He is an actor - he played one of Tony Dow's teachers on Leave It To Beaver, and a psychiatrist on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
@@jeffjohnson1054 They are not truly in character. This recording (parts 1 & 2) is a slight spoof of I Love Lucy. If you listen closely, Vivian Vance and Bill Frawley call him Desi (not Ricky). And Frawley refers to the character he plays, Fred Mertz. Of course, Lucille and Desi behave as if it's Lucy and Ricky because that showed how in real life - when it came to business and spending decisions - Lucille typically deferred to Desi's wishes. There were many behavioral parallels between the real Lucille & Desi and their characters Lucy & Ricky. Including their love for each other ❤.
These are so colorized...his jacket? No way.. Desi was a natty dresser, but he wasn't gay! Lol ...and in the sequence from her dressing room, a pink pressure cooker? ... looks terrible...fake
