Lucy was my mom in my heart - loved that woman and cried so hard when she died. I think they truly loved each other, just two strong people who couldn't live together.
@@coreyduprest1384 Can't say as I've ever heard he helped with the future Lucy solo shows. One of the sticking points in the marrage was Lucille wanted to continue performing and being active in the business while Desi was ready to call it quits and retire from all aspects. As nicely as Lucy spoke of Desi in future years I never heard her give any creedance to him being helpful with the solo shows; though she gave much credit to the team that did stay with her: new husband Gary Morton who she made titular executive producer; and several members of the CBS executive team that stepped in to help both with her Lucy shows and the reorganization of Desilu under her sole directorship. Desi wanted to be free of it; period. At least that's the way I've understood it. Best, Jack A.S VanNote President JAV Communcative Enterprises A Multimedia Firm
No matter how many times I've seen them, I still love watching the original "I Love Lucy" episodes. There's just something magical about the chemistry between the four actors. I also think that Desi never got enough credit for his contribution to the show. I've tried enjoying the newer shows "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" but they just don't measure up. It seems like the characters in the later shows are always talking too loud, especially Lucie Arnaz.
Desi was involved in the first fifteen episodes of "THE LUCY SHOW" as executive producer- until Lucy bought out his share of "Desilu" in November 1962. Yes, she had a habit of "shouting" her dialogue in later years, and expected everyone else to do the same.
Barry I. Grauman I can't imagine why she started doing that. She knew on I Love Lucy that it wasn't necessary!! I definitely did not like the shouting and bet I wasn't the only one!!
ldchappell1 Yes!!! U noticed that too, about Lucie Jr. doing this!! I commented on another program about her. I had nothing against Jr., only the shouting. Just so unnecessary.
I think the stress of being Celebrities and being on a tv show that shows them as a couple and the stress of always trying to keep a good image to the public I think they always love each other even after the divorce I just think being in the line like distorted the marriage
Not the stress but Desi’s wondering eye and living high drinking too much. That was not Lucy and though she loved him a lot, it was like two separate people. Drink changes people and it caused his career & marriage to go down.
Agree. Part of the reason Lucille created ILL was to salvage her already strained marriage by spending more time together when perhaps space is what they needed. Being together 24/7 is a bit much.
I watched the Edie Adams commentary on the DVD, it was insightful. I especially liked the description of the song, "That's All", Edie apologized because the lyrics were so poignant in this very difficult transition not only in the lives of the Arnazes' but also in television history. Edie described how Lucy told her the song was perfect and how she appreciated it. Love the song, I have loved Lucy since 1962 and I continue loving Lucy today. Thanks Rick, for all of the programming you provide, it's a lot of fun! #lucy&desi
#LucyandDesi I think it’s wonderful they were able to remain friends for their children and grandchildren’s sake. I’m sure the last show was very sad for the cast after many years of filming together. I myself, was very sad to find out Lucy and Desi had split up. I was born in 1959, and grew up loving the I Love Lucy show. 💖
Very sad when you think about all the wonderful memories they have given to so many and continue to do so. I did know that they remained very close until Desi’s death. I also read somewhere that after Desi died Lucy was never quite the same. She supposedly had a sadness that never left her. #Lucy&Desi. Thanks for sharing this Rick!
One of my favorite shows! I always loved the love they displayed for eachother on the show, made it so believable. Too bad they did not turn out to be happy in real life. #LucyandDesi
@@nancyedwards4098 I think the writers and crew always said the love that Desi and Lucy displayed on the show was real. However in 1955 Desi started drinking heavily. One could see in later episodes esp the 13 hour shows that love or affection was not there anymore. More acting rather than being.
Even though I've never seen the episode, it saddens me to think how much Lucy and Desi's relationship had died by this point, in sharp contrast to episodes like Lucy is Enciente where you can clearly see the love between them. :'(
The relationship between Lucy and Desi was complex. Even after a difficult divorce, they were close. Many divorced couples can't stand each other or openly hate each other. But many times, they just couldn't make it work. This was an amazing show
i agree completely, Brian. I'm also glad that Gary Morton had a good relationship/dynamic with Desi, and Lucy with Desi's wife. Gary was smart with Lucy's son & daughter that he wasn't trying to replace their Dad in any way, but would also be there for them 100%, and it seemed to work well. They really did love each other. I'm not positive about Desi's wife with the kids, but am figuring it likely was good too. I'm sure in both cases Lucy & Desi worked hard together to reassure them at first as needed.
@@robmcgowan4034 Lucie Arnaz was very complimentary about her father's 2nd wife - Edith - said that she was close to her - Edith taught the kids to bowl and other things.
Also it really helped that after Lucy and Desi divorced - it was a very amicable divorce - they used the same lawyer and agreed on everything. Also after the divorce, they spoke weekly on the phone, mostly about their children, and Lucy often wanted advice on her shows, and later re running the Desilu Studio.
I have loved Lucy and Desi since 1951, when I was 3 years old and the first season began. My pediatrician, Dr. Gettleman, was little Lucie and Desi's physician as well. The year of their divorce, 1959, was a crisis year in my parents' marriage as well. I remember the last episode of "I Love Lucy" as being a very sad thing to watch.
I Love Lucy is not just the name of a show. I believe it is a statement of how the whole world feels. Young and old, all walks of life, everybody loves Lucy. She was incredibly talented and beyond funny. She was the greatest! #LucyAndDesi
Such a powerful couple! Very sad what happened to them. My grandfather owned a restaurant in NYC many years ago and Desi came in to eat there. He told my grandfather and dad that he always loved Lucy and that never changed. Thank you Rick for creating this channel. Been watching from Day One and it is very well done. You should go into announcing!.....#lucyanddesi
I’ll always love Lucy and Desi, but they were human beings, just like everyone else. Perhaps more than any other industry, Hollywood has destroyed many marriages, all in the name of profit. Thankfully, the show lives on, even if their marriage did not. #lucyanddesi
People destroy their own marriages regardless of the business they are in. Just when you're in Hollywood and stars the public is going to find out each and every time whereas in other businesses it goes on behind closed doors more privately . It just seems like it's more prevalent in that industry but really it isn't.
If you see Lucie Arnez's home movies of Lucy and Desi in the pool with her baby for the first time - you can see Lucy lovingly sweep the wet hair out of Desi's eyes = this is so very tender and telling of the love they had for each other all their lives.Also at the end of Desi's appearance on SNL he looks right into the camera and says I love you Lucy
Also, the last time that Lucy spoke to Desi at the end of his life, his daughter held the phone up to his ear (he was too weak to hold it himself) she heard her mother saying, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love (with different intonations) Desi replied, I love you too, honey. Within two days he went into a coma and died. Lucie Arnaz realized that the date they spoke on the phone was what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary.
This wasn't the only series on tv to feature a real husband and wife, but as unlikely a pair as Lucy and Desi were....they will remain the best. In interviews after Desi's death, Lucy still spoke fondly of Desi. As much as he probably broke her heart, she loved him to the very end. What a classy lady.
Very sad ending to something that gave millions of people great happiness and joy. The episode where she tells him she's expecting is one of the best scenes in episodic television! No acting there! Anyway Rick always love your vlogs. One of my favorites on RU-vid. #lucy&ricky
I think you nailed it when you said they loved each other but just couldn't live together. Very volatile love. Two fuses leading to the same firecracker.
I saw Lucy on Johnny Carson when I was a kid. She spoke only good things about Desi. Talked about what a genius he was in the business. Not a bad word came from her about him. Later I saw Desi on the same show. He only spoke good things about Lucy. This positively affected me as a child. That even after a divorce you could still show respect for each other. After any bad situation. #Desi and Lucy
It was jarring to hear Lucy call Desi "a loser." She explained that Desi always ruined whatever good came to him. That included their marriage. Who knows? Maybe Desi felt guilty about having success when others did without. It doesn't matter now. Lucy understood enough to get herself free.
The was a Barbara Walter's intercmview not as entertainment oriented as the Carson interviews. Barbara probed with her customary thoroughness and illicited that response. I think it even surprised her but Lucy explained her thinking very well
I love "I Love Lucy". The gift of laughter they brought to the world was priceless. It was very sad the same joy was not found in their marriage. I'm so glad they remained friends for the rest of their lives. #LucyandDesi
It's so amazing that I found this channel...I love old shows like I love Lucy, twilight zone, leave it to beaver, Ozzie and Harriet and the list goes on...I'm only 30 and people think I'm weird but I honestly feel as though I was born in the wrong decade #lucyanddesi
I'm a firm believer that one falls deeply in love with someone only once, maybe twice in a lifetime. They were such a couple. It was so obvious, and a key ingredient to the show's enduring success.
Ya know, there are some people who become couples and REMAIN so regardless of their marital status: Sonny & Cher, Liz Taylor & Richard Burton, and, of course, Lucy & Desi. Thanks again for a wonderful video, Rick.
I seem to remember seeing an interview with a very old Desi, where he took total blame for mistreating Lucy by trying to always be the boss of Desilu when she was the star. I had to give him props for being honest about his mistakes. At the same time he had nothing but praise for Lucy.
My parents separated when I was 15. They fought. My father was unfaithful. They owned several businesses where my dad was the boss man and my mom was the bookkeeper. Eventually they gave up the businesses and did their own thing. My dad moved to the USA and when they divorced, my dad flew my mom to Florida, signed the papers, then went on a cruise together. They remained close and it was nice still having birthday cards signed "love, mom and dad". My dad moved back to Ontario when his diabetes was getting the better of him. We celebrated everything as a family. They travelled the world together. My mom cared for him and when he died, he left her everything. My mom couldn't get him a single plot in their favorite cemetery so she bought a double. It's pretty cool that my divorced parents will share a headstone. So proud of my parents for being able to pull it off all those years. What great roll models! #lucyanddesi
Sad that #LucyandDesi weren’t as happy together as they were on the show, but am glad they remained friends. As a newcomer onto this series, I’m already obsessed! Thanks for these videos. They aren’t only fun, but I feel as if I’ve learned so much. Hope there will be many more. #lucy&desi #lucyanddesi
I've been watching this show since I first saw it when I was 5 years old, and I'm now 58!! I never get bored with it, and often notice something in an episode that I hadn't noticed before. In my family, I was nicknamed "Lucy" because of my attachment to this show, and also the occasional funny blunders of my own!
I do believe they had an abiding love for each other but years of Desi's drinking and womanizing finally chipped away at the foundation of their marriage. Desi was always quick to point out that he took full blame for the end of their union. Each found happiness with their second spouse and were able to remain friends and be there for their children and grandchildren. #lucyanddesi
I grew up on I Love Lucy. I was in elementary school when they divorced. We had to discuss news of the day in our class. I chose to report on the Lucy/Desi divorce. My teacher reprimanded me for using Hollywood tittle tattle as news. I understood, as a 10 year old, how important that news was, but didn't have the presence of mind to explain it to my teacher. I was right, she was wrong. It was a cultural event of great significance. #lucyanddesi
Sadly, they didn't always speak well of each other. I never heard of Desi talking bad about Lucy, but in Lucy's interview with Barbara Walters, she spoke very negatively of Desi. I was surprised to hear it.
Desi loved Lucy - and also his booze and other women. Lucy loved Desi - when she could make him do what she ordered him to do. This cannot make for a good marriage.
One of my favorite episodes is the one where the doctor that delivered Lucy so she could get a notorized statement that Lucy was who she said she was so they could get her passport. Lucy and the doctor both sang " Fly's in the buttermilk, shoo fly shoo" and Ricky walks in and scares the doc and he almost falls. I just think that scene is hilarious. I wake up early every weekday at 4 in the morning and see the " I Love Lucy Show". # lucyanddesi.
I am a huge fan of this couple and whatever they appeared in together. I believe they always loved each. And though Desi always took the blame, it couldn't have been easy being married to Lucille. She wasn't like Lucy Ricardo. I read somewhere that during a fight Desi was the one who finally said, 'I want a divorce'. And Lucille filed. So between running a studio, filming the show all those years and being totally different personalities, along with Desi's drinking & womanizing and Lucille's cool reserve, it was bound to happen.
#Lucy & Desi. I've been a big fan of Lucille Ball since a small child. Great actors on "I love Lucy" all of them Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz (sp), Vivian Vance, & William Frawley, and of course they had several great guest stars. I think or at least want to believe they were great friends after their divorce. They don't make this kind of family entertainment today. I miss those days. Thank you for the opportunity to win this great gift. To be honest this is my first time watching one of your videos & I'm looking forward to watching more because this one was great. I almost forgot I watched a video of Lucy & Desi over the years with the song playing "Remember When" I'm a little embarrassed to admit as a grown man almost sixty years old it made me tear up. Thank you for the video
It's certainly nothing to be ashamed of, Matthew Lynn. This was our era, we actually remember when real life was like this--well, they exaggerated for humor's sake, but people of the day could relate. The last couple of seasons were filmed when I was a baby, so all I know are the reruns. The world is so different now, and even though we've made gains in some areas, I'm a little wistful of those simpler times.
Lucy said that they loved each other, they just couldn’t be married. In the Home Movies special, Lucie noted that in their later years, Desi and Lucy each stayed in their homes and were fairly reclusive. She says that could have done that after I Love Lucy and just stayed together. I’ll always love #LucyandDesi.
I'm very late to this one...but still feel like adding my 2 cents... I believe Lucy & Desi still loved each other in a romantic way, not just as friends, to the day they each passed away....but they knew they just could not be married. Their 2nd spouses were good companions but Desi & Lucy were the big loves of each other's lives. Nothing worse than breaking up with someone you still love with all of your heart but you know it will never work out and that you need to leave and move on... I am glad they always remained close as they got older. Bittersweet but probably a huge comfort to them both.
Bailey G Lucy was actually the last person to speak to Desi on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary Lucy: I love you more than anything Desi: I Love You Too, Honey, good luck with your show (referring to Life With Lucy) Desi dies shortly after
Thanks so much for all your videos. I was only a year old when this episode first time aired. But even then became a Lucy fan and remained that way. I love your channel and look forward to all your vids
Hi Rick I feel that in all the years I watched I love Lucy, my thoughts are inspire of everything they truly never stopped loving one another,but he battled his probs and she hers . It's a shame they worked so well together and inspire of what everyone said about fred n Ethel. I always felt like the four of them were always just your average next door neighbors Thank you for sharing And thank you I love lucy of many great years of showmanship Bye neighbors😢😥😔😭never see TV like that again I LOVE❤️LUCY Kittygurl 🐆🐾🐾❤️
I have to say I cry every time I watch this episode. When Edie sings, breaks my heart. #lucyanddesi. So love your channel and all the effort you put in to it ! !
The 1-hour shows just never felt the same ..... too much focus on big name guest stars and not enough of the old Lucy/Ricky/Fred/Ethel hijinx ..... #lucyanddesi
I loved the comedy hour! I watch it here all the time! I know them line for line like the episodes. Betty Grable, Tallulah Bankhead, and Milton Berle are my favorites but they are all all epic. Oh the Fred MacMurray one with the chase through the desert....omg....I still die laughing at that.
I just want to point out that, while it is always being reported that the last "Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" (AKA "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour") was filmed the day before Lucille Ball filed for divorce in 1960, which was Desi's birthday on March 2, I've long been dubious of this assertion. The only "evidence" I have ever found of this is (which seems to be the only basis for this claim) is that on that date Lucy had completed "the last bit of film" required under her contract. But "last bit of film" does not necessarily mean the series itself. She was also required to film commercials for Westinghouse. So maybe that last bit of film was nothing but a commercial. In fact, in the closing credits of the last episode, it has a 1959 copyright date, not 1960. Also, I came across an October 1959 article on Vivian Vance, titled "Lucy, Vivian Part Friends" that implies production on the series had already ended. Everything about the show is written in the past tense. For example, this quote from Vivian: "In all the nine years I was with Lucy I never appeared in a movie or TV show. Toward the end I thought I was getting tired of acting, but I was just weary of the same role. From now on I hope to never be seen wearing a Marcel and house dress." Clearly Vance's statement implies the series has already been completed. In another article, dated December 6, 1959, is this quote from Vivian Vance: "There's only one more Lucy show to go, AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE." What she was saying, in essence, is that there was one more episode to be broadcast but it had already been filmed. So apparently "Lucy Meets the Mustache" was filmed prior to December 6, 1959. news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19591206&id=28QwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bVUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5477,1199057 And in another article, from January 29, 1960, titled "End of an Era," it starts out talking about the last episode with Ernie Kovacs. It says that Lucy "hurried to her dressing room and wept," as the episode was completed. So clearly that episode could not have been filmed in March if an article about what happened after it was filmed appeared in the newspaper two months before that. The article talks about Lucy's plans to go to New York (without Desi) to appear on Broadway, though no mention of a divorce. Still, it's VERY clear that the series had already wrapped up. news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19600129&id=MQArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dUgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6797,5089983 So bottom line: While Lucy did file for divorce in March 1960, this was months after this episode -- "Lucy Meets the Mustache" -- was filmed.
The Fred MacMurray episode is great, but isn't all that heavily focused on its guest star (basically it could have been ANY guest star in that role), and it really seems to foreshadow "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"!
I guess you can say, I’m a huge Lucy fan! At Universal Studios, I stayed 3 hours inside the Lucy store while my family went out for the rides. I have ..what I call..., my Lucy shrine at home! For years, my friends and family would always buy me Lucy gifts adding to my collection. I have a full collection of I Love Lucy trading cards along with other goodies. I can’t think of too many people that don’t like Lucy! Here’s Lucy. Lucille Ball are my other favorites. Probably my favorite scene....if I were to pick one, is Vitameatavegamin! We used to know a guy that was an actor in Hollywood in the 50’s. When he would talk about all the stars on set, I would only want to hear about Lucy. He said she was very polite, professional and had that raspy rich sounding voice. #DesiLucy
#lucy&desi I loved the episode where Lucy meets William Holden and sets her putty nose on fire. Ricky's facial expressions were hilarious. No matter how many times I see it, I always scream with laughter when she dips her burning nose in the coffee cup.
Love your informative videos, Rick. I remember when I first learned about Lucy & Desi's split & divorce. I was so shocked & saddened by the news. I loved them together. But I'm glad they remained friends. Thank goodness we have TV & videos so we can continue to enjoy watching this wonderful show. #LucyandDesi
I love the fact they loved each other to the very end. Sometimes it's like that. Two people may love each other but are just not right for each other in a marriage. May they both rest in peace. Thanks for the laughs.😅
I tend to notice that actors and actresses that play loving couples on TV couldn't stand each other in real life. In a way, I think that shows how professional they are to keep their grievances private and do their jobs. It's unfortunate the way things had to end for them, but at least they maintained some peace with one another in the years after splitting. #LucyandDesi
If you watch that home movie their daughter showed of them in the swimming pool with their grandson there can be no doubt that Lucy always loved Desi. Gary Morton was somebody to take her to functions, and he knew it. But she was a strong-willed person who would not be made a fool of by his womanizing.
Rick, thanks for this video! I've seen this episode so many times, knowing that it was the final one and the somewhat sad history behind it. Nevertheless, I'm glad you identified that Lucy and Desi remained close for the rest of their lives. I'm sure you've seen the wonderful home movies of Lucy and Desi frolicking with their grandchildren in a swimming pool, decades after their divorce. #lucyanddesi
Great to hear Lucy and Desi were mature and loving enough to stay friendly throughout their respective next marriages. I seem to recall reading where Lucy really wanted that last kiss to be special with all the good memories of their years together in her heart at the time. #Lucy&Desi
Robert Frost's 1923 poem said it all, "Nothing gold can stay." I'm thankful, however, for all the good memories this classic series provided. I still enjoy watching the reruns.
You can love a person with all your heart, but that doesn’t mean you want to live with them and take their abuse. I think that’s what it boiled down to. Lucy filed for divorce years earlier and had a change of heart. Sometimes the things you love the most about your partner, end up being the things that tear you apart.
I Love Lucy and I have the black Box my son gets frustrated cause i watch Lucy everyday for hours 2 hours hes only 6 But his favorite episode is when Lucy and the gang go past Tennessee and they get stuck in that one restaurant/hotel where the train passes in the bed Rolls from one side to the other lol my son can't stop laughing then he want to watch cartoons but even if i don't win thank you for giving us some information about lucy and Desi that we didn't know or like i always said lucy Ricky #Lucy & Desi
Thank you for adding the lighter ending. I was getting very depressed at the stressed with the final episode. Thanks again for the research. As I have the complete series, I am delighted with what I already have and sharing the love with #LucyandDesi
Oh and the song Ernie Kovacs wife chose to sing unknowingly was entitled "That's All". That had to have sealed the emotions of that day. Lucy and Desi loved each other to the end they just couldn't live with each other.
I left a comment on one of the Munsters videos the other day. That's neither here nor there, but to say that I've been a tremendous fan of all the shows that you profile in your videos. I was an atypical child of the eighties, preferring golden age television and still older black & white movies. I've only cried, upon hearing of celebrities passings, twice in my life. Both occurred during my freshman year of high school, the first being Lucille Ball and the latter was the comparable comic actress Gilda Radner. By the time of Ball's death, I had read several biographies on her life & career. Just a few years later, I had put this episode on to play when the phone rang. I hit the mute button and took the call glancing occasionally at the screen during the conversation. When the call ended, I sat there mesmerized & continuing viewing the silent performance. The stiffness & chill between Arnaz & Ball was so obvious. So too, was the discomfort of the remaining cast. I remember tearing up, well aware this had been their final performance. I believed then, as I still do today, that they were a couple who loved one and other deeply and still couldn't make it as a couple. The final videotape showing them together, in a pool with grandchildren, really shows it. This video really brought these memories rushing back to me. Thanks for posting. I'm passing on putting in for the giveaway, as I've seen all their episodes countless times and figure there are many people out there who need to be introduced to this groundbreaking & enduring sitcom. 🙂
Robert Ferguson Don’t forget your #LucyandDesi hashtag to enter the giveaway! Good to know that someone else spent their childhood watching the oldies but goodies!
Incidentally, scrapper900, I was raised in a small town in the early days of cable television. Even when it was made available to us we weren't first to subscribe. Ergo, I'd spend many a frustrated late Friday & Saturday night adjusting the rooftop aerial so as to rein in grainy images from Joplin, Missouri so as to view classic movies from the thirties & forties. I imagine now that I was as mesmerized by the impossibly tall ceilings and magnificent penthouses in those old pics like The Thin Man as were original moviegoers. I remember being amused by Laurel & Hardy, as well as the Our Gang comedies too. I'm afraid I didn't have anyone to converse with at school about the wonderful movies I'd seen over the weekend when I returned to school on Monday. I also relished going to my Grandparents in Belton, Missouri as they had an independent station Channel 41 which showed the classic sitcoms that my hometown stations never aired. Lol, I find myself today catching up on the entertainments I missed from the eighties. 😉
Thanks Rick for the fascinating trivia of I Love Lucy. My family always watched and reinacted lines from the shows, and still do. Amazing how our lives are touched by this great team of talented actors and writers. #LucyandDesi
Something to add here....the song that Edie Adams sings in this episode, "That's All", was specifically requested by Lucille Ball as a means of communicating with Desi one last time....it was her final cry to him to have only her in his life (he was a notorious womanizer). Edie agreed to sing it. Knowing this, when you hear her sing it, it's even more heartbreaking. Edie once said she had a difficult time keeping herself composed while singing it. Also, while Edie is singing, you can see when Lucy, herself, is about to break down and struggles to keep herself composed.
#LucyAndDesi - I'm so glad that you covered this episode. I have always been curious as to how things were off set, behind the scenes, during this last episode. I've heard rumors over the many years that there was some nasty fighting, dirty pranks, awful things said by one cast member about another. It's nice to know some truth. Of course, one has to know it was a sad time. It was for the entire country, I'm sure. I was born three months after their divorce was final, so I wasn't privvy to it until much later lol. But thank you. It cleared up a lot and I love your dedication to a thorough investigation of the truths and just being thorough, period. Thank you. I'd love to win the DVD set. I believe it would have one of my favorite epsiodesw on it...where they stop at the roadside diner and stay in the rickety shack with that crazy old man that steals their steering wheel lol. (My first favorite is "Too Many Crooks" though!) But whatever the case, I still am going to continue enjoying your thorough coverage of the facts of my favorite TV show of all time. Thank you!
Like many fans, I find it very heartbreaking that the show ended like this. We can only dream that the show would've had a series finale where we looked back at the many great moments throughout the show, and every one said a bittersweet goodbye. #Lucy&Desi
Hi first time viewer here! Just subscribed too! I grew up watching I Love Lucy. She was my mom's favorite. My mom's gone now, so every time I see Lucy on tv, I can still hear my mom laughing til she cried. What a great couple Lucy & Desi made. There will never be another. I'm sure they are together again wherever they are. 💕 Thanks for a great video. Looking forward to seeing more. #Lucy & Desi.
A real winner, Rick! I read many of the comments below and only thing I can add is what their daughter, Lucie Arnaz, said recently in an interview. That after the divorce, it took about 2 years for both Lucy and Desi to readjust to their new lives and for the negative emotions to calm down and their relationship to start again on a new level of deep loving friendship. This is in sharp contrast to other Hollywood marriages that break-up and the couples barely speak to each other again. Also, it's a shame that Bill Frawley and Vivian Vance didn't solve their differences between them, "bury-the-hatchet," and go on to do the proposed spin-off sit-com "The Metzes." Would have loved to have seen that. It could have worked with good writers behind it. Stay Positive and Be Hopeful! #LucyandDesi
I wonder if their marriage would have played out differently if they didn't have the stress and pressure of being the successful "Lucy and Ricky" characters. Glad that even after the messy divorce they were able to put their differences aside and remain really good friends. #lucyanddesi
I dont think that not making i love lucy or any other show they made together would have led to a different result. They had issues in their marriage long before they divorced. Lucy filed for divorce before they started to make i love lucy but decided not to go through with it after all. Most of the problems in their marriage was because Desi liked women, alcohol and was a gambler.
The reason they even did I love Lucy was to keep their marriage together and keep Desi at home, Lucy and him originally had gone through divorce proceedings in 1947 but decided to remain together. I Love Lucy actually prolonged their marriage
I grew up watching I Love Lucy, although they were produced and aired way before my time. They brought a lot of laughter into my life. I romanticize the relationship between Lucy and Desi as being one of passionate, true love; yet, I am very saddened by it, too. There is no doubt in my mind that although Lucy and Desi remarried and loved their spouses, they continued to love each other deeply until the day they each died. Romantic; yet tragic. #LucyAndDesi
In the end I think it's sad they broke up however it's nice to know their divorce wasn't too bitter and how they stayed good friends later on. #lucy&desi
#lucy&desi They loved each other till the end. That’s what’s important. They also gave us so much joy. They will never be forgotten. Thank you Lucy&Desi and family
I already knew most of this behind the #lucyanddesi scenes, but it still tears at my heart strings. I hope they were both happy afterwards. That's what it's all about anyway. Thank you for posting.
Hi Rick, love your videos and this is one sad moment that I wish Lucy and Desi would of stayed married. But glad to know they kept in touch and still LOVED each othrr for there Kids. #lucyanddesi
"I Love Lucy" is my alltime favorite show. I have been watching it since I was a little girl. So many shows that I connect with piviotal points in my life. Watching favorite episodes with my parents. Speaking about breakups, one of the best times that I had with my now ex- boyfriend was watching Lucy with him when he came over. He is from another country, so he was not really familiar with the show. We are still friends and he still mentions about one of the best times that we had was when we watched Lucy together. #Lucy&Desi.
This show translates as funny even by today's standards. I still tear up when Lucy finally gets Ricky to realize its her who is pregnant as he sings "We're havin' a baby" and tries to identtify who reqeuested the song at the Tropicana, after tryinh in vain to tell him all day... #lucyandDesi
Goodmorning, First I want too say how very excited I was too see your video today. When my Mother’s was alive, I’d go pretty much on a daily visit too watch I Love Lucy with her. The sounds of her laughing is still etched into my head. It was the best ever! She has been gone now for 6 years. But I would still carry all those moments watching I Love Lucy @ 4:30 A.M. in the morning until 7:00A.M. My husband and I rescued a dog from the shelter, and I called her Lucy😁. In memory of my beautiful mother. It would mean the world too me too receive the CD’s of I Love Lucy. #Lucy&Desi
I remember watching the last couple episodes of the LDCH, especially this last one, and I could feel the tension between Lucy and Desi. Ricky had hollered at Lucy for one thing or another throughout the series. But towards the end, the hollering became genuine screams of a anger. Almost like Desi was not acting at those moments. Has anyone else picked up on that?
You have to remember that Desi directed the last three hour-long episodes. He was also under intense pressure, as chief executive of "Desilu", to keep the studio operating "in the black". And his liaisons with other women, his drinking, and gambling also got in the way. Because of all this, he was often impatient- and short-tempered- when behind the camera, and that put an additional strain on his relationship with Lucy. When he directed Lucy and Milton Berle in a scene during episode "#11", he wanted them to do it once more, as he just wasn't satisfied. "Aw, come on, Des.....", Miltie groaned. "NO!", Lucy snapped. "We're NOT going to do it again." "Come on", Desi insisted. "We do it ONE MORE TIME." They did. The scene may have been better, but that didn't make her any more receptive towards him.
I believe Lucy and Desi we’re still loving friends. They were co-parents and it’s possible to love someone but not be in love with that person. They respected each other but couldn’t live with each other. Many couples wind up like this because my parents are the same way. She was crying because it’s sad to say goodbye. I love your channel and I Love Lucy! #lucyanddesi
What a talent they were! One of my favorite tv shows of all time. The stories were hilarious, the cast and the guests were amazing and let's not forget the music, everytime Ricky sang it just made the show better and more entertaining. I truly believe that he could of had some great hits! Thank you for sharing #lucy&desi
I remember Edie Adams, singing that’s all. And she said she had no idea but then it dawned on her that song. Can you put more insight into this, please Rick. And I would love to hear that song again. Thanks for the great work
What a sad ending to the perfect TV Show and TV couple. Lucy went on, a few years later to do the Lucy Show in which Desi was a big part of the production. "I Love Lucy was not just a name of a TV show" - Desi. It was also mentioned before, the choice of song Edie Adams sang "That's All" was an appropriate song to sing. It's actually sad to watch that part of the episode. #lucyanddesi
What are your sources for Desi being a big part of the subsequent series staring Vivian and Lucille. He was not. He absolved himself from all production duties and sold his half of Dssilu to Lucille. A big part of the divorce aside from his womanizing and drinking was he wanted to quit the business. Lucy wanted to continue. With the divorce he go his wish and quit, COMPLETELY. Best, Jack A.S VanNote President JAV Communcative Enterprises A Multimedia Firm
Its hard to look at these two people who should have been together ❤ for a life time.I cry all the time its hard on the heart thats why I can't fall in love.I don't want my heart broken.I wouldn't want a life like that it would be hard to handle. God love them.God rest there souls.
I’ve always been a Lucy fan. The shows were a great half an hour escape. It’s sad the way it all ended, but good to know they stayed friends until the end. I found your channel yesterday and have been enjoying the Lucy episodes and all the other classic tv! Best of luck growing your channel. #lucy&desi
Very interesting Rick. I had a guess as to what the drama was, and to hear just how awkward things were on the set when they weren’t filming, is really telling about what was happening in Desi and Lucille’s private life. Keep up the great work Rick!
