He or recurring year-old to 100 years on August 6, 2011, but even 22 years after his death at age 77, Lucille Ball remains one of the comedians are very loved and have a great talent to tickle our funny bones for bias laugh. His iconic sitcom, I Love Lucy, which aired in 1951-1960, setting the standard for television comedy series first taste of reality to hit the small screen and very entertaining.
It has wit, physical slapstick and her wedding with Cuban bandleader Ricky, of course, real life husband Desi Arnaz and that is the perfect straight man for the big-eyed.
Desilu studio, which he owned with Desi produced show and then called all the shots. When I Love Lucy ended, Desilu went on to produce many others hit television series, including Our Miss Brooks, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Spy, The Andy Griffith Show and Star Trek. And Ball continued to act, in some shows and other performances Reprise.
He was also the first female head of a production company, Desilu, and introduced a number of industry firsts, including the use of multiple cameras with a live studio audience and build an adjacent set for filming. The ball is also among the first television stars to reap the benefits of the residue from the syndication.
But Lucille Ball is more than just a reckless character of Lucy Ricardo (based on characters from a 1948 radio show he has done), more than just a kooky, fiesty hot flame-haired singer-mad wife. He is also a stage actress, radio star, B-movie queen and, of course, a mother Lucie and Desi Jr. - he wrote the second pregnancy into the series, and actually gave birth to Desi on the same day as Lucy Ricardo gave birth to Ricky Ricardo Jr. on the show it.
And he has starred in movies with people like the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges.
There are many reasons to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Lucille Ball, and in my column in today's Vancouver Sun, you'll find just a few reasons I love Lucy.
And for those who have forgotten, or perhaps never had the pleasure, check out this video of one of the funniest scenes from I Love Lucy, where Lucy and her best friend / owner of Ethel Mertz land a job in a candy factory and assigned to the The best chocolate wrapper conveyors.
It has wit, physical slapstick and her wedding with Cuban bandleader Ricky, of course, real life husband Desi Arnaz and that is the perfect straight man for the big-eyed.
Desilu studio, which he owned with Desi produced show and then called all the shots. When I Love Lucy ended, Desilu went on to produce many others hit television series, including Our Miss Brooks, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Spy, The Andy Griffith Show and Star Trek. And Ball continued to act, in some shows and other performances Reprise.
But Lucille Ball is more than just a reckless character of Lucy Ricardo (based on characters from a 1948 radio show he has done), more than just a kooky, fiesty hot flame-haired singer-mad wife. He is also a stage actress, radio star, B-movie queen and, of course, a mother Lucie and Desi Jr. - he wrote the second pregnancy into the series, and actually gave birth to Desi on the same day as Lucy Ricardo gave birth to Ricky Ricardo Jr. on the show it.
And he has starred in movies with people like the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges.
There are many reasons to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Lucille Ball, and in my column in today's Vancouver Sun, you'll find just a few reasons I love Lucy.
And for those who have forgotten, or perhaps never had the pleasure, check out this video of one of the funniest scenes from I Love Lucy, where Lucy and her best friend / owner of Ethel Mertz land a job in a candy factory and assigned to the The best chocolate wrapper conveyors.