Lucille ball episode in the mirror
Lucille ball episode in the mirror
Lucille ball episode in the mirror of time.
I Love Lucy
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The Beginning
"On Monday, October 15, 1951, in the nine-o' clock time slot...
'I Love Lucy' made its debut on CBS television network" (Andrews 64.)"Everyone warned Desi and me were committing career suicide by giving up highly paid movie and band commitments to go for broke on TV, but it was either working together or good-bye marriage" (Andrews 17).
Desi and Lucille had such a hard time getting 'I Love Lucy' started that they agreed to a pay cut if they were allowed 100% ownership of the rights to 'Lucy'. That decision that was a surprise to many later cost CBS five million dollars to buy back the rights to the 179 episodes in 1957 (Andrews 31).
Besides their enduring popularity in constant reruns around the world, the original 180 half-hour episodes of "I Love Lucy" introduced several television innovations.
These include shooting from three cameras simultaneously before a live audience, as well as on film, and o