Why You Should Watch I Love Lucy

	Lucille Ball's major contribution has been as a comedienne. Not only was she the star of the world renowned television show, I Love Lucy, but she has also performed on radio, in films, and even on Broadway. Ball had an extraordinary personality. "In short, Lucille Ball's unique brand of wacky

The television gave much of the country something to do. It reflected the homogenization of the United States. People began to envision a futuristic nuclear world after the start of the Space Race between the United States and Russia to land on the moon. The United States launched Alan Shepard into space after the Soviets launched “Sputnik” in 1957 as we launched our first man in 1961. Meanwhile, computers were developed into large room size machines to do simple computations and made things portable. One of the characteristics of the mass media during the 1950’s, as the T.V., was that the sitcoms was directed to make viewers think about the idea of the perfect family living the American dream. The only problem with those T.V sitcoms was that not every American family fitted into that mold. For example, Jews, Hispanics, African-Americans, Asians, and other minorities were not portrayed as part of that image that most people wanted to imitate because these T.V. families were white-collar, middle class, and Caucasian.

Lucy Stone has influenced a lot of women’s daily lives today. Because her ability to speak to the people and influenced them to join her on the behalf of racism, and sexism. Lucy show that she was complacent she really didn’t care what sexiest mean hate comments came her was and that is why people trusted and wanted to be just like

Even in this day in age, nearly 70 years later, people all over still know and love Lucille Ball and her iconic television series, I Love Lucy. After buying Desilu from her ex-husband, Lucille Ball became the first woman in history to own her company. She also realistically portrayed her character because when Lucille was pregnant so was Lucy. Ball is known as one of the most influential women today because she opened the door for future women in comedy. Throughout her lifespan, Lucille Ball continually opened the door for women in comedy and television, changed the way women were perceived in the media, and was even the first woman to own a television studio.

A sitcom is a situational comedy, which is when the same setting and same characters appear in every episode. In terms of sitcoms much has changed between time and a good example of that is, I Love Lucy and The Simpsons. I Love Lucy first premiered in 1951 and for television viewers of the fifties; Lucy and Ricky could have been well known neighbors from down the street. Many people are able relate to this young couple, the Ricardo’s, who were experiencing the hard times and trails of marriage as typical Americans were. They lived in a brownstone in Manhattan with common struggles such as paying the rent and affording household materials. The humor and jokes came along when ordinary situations were amplified as Lucy managed to get herself into trouble time and time again, and

She is talked about as, “Lucille Ball is known as the First Lady of comedy.” (Patrie 1). Tons looked up to Ball and saw how much she accomplished for the comedy and acting industry. She is also considered as a, “pioneer of the modern sitcom.” (Johnson 1). Ball was seen as an influential person for the ways in which she was able to introduce new ideas. She and Arnaz even introduced developing the production technique used for the modern sitcom, filming I Love Lucy in segments, with three cameras, before a live audience. When I Love Lucy first aired, many people fell in love with the show admediatly. It had such a big impact that, “In 1953, 67% of American homes tuned in every Monday night to watch the show.” (Gehring 1). For that many to be watching the show, they must have enjoyed all the humor and relationships. Some believed that the show’s comic resilience was able to comfort the viewers who were struggling with their own personal demons and to also encourage the viewers to practice their own persistence as

A Bold Era Thousands died in the 1920s during prohibition from tainted liquor. During 1914 to 1945 the U.S had encountered many things, with some of the bad came the good and with the good came the bad. Living during this time period meant change and hardships and new enjoyable activities to fill the free time such as; the camera, radio and television sets. The camera brought a new understanding, people could see what their friends saw!

There was also the americans culture in the Depression most of the people listed to the radio. The radio was the only free thing to list to. There was a popular broadcast that they would list to. Just like comets but even though the money was tight they still went to movies and musicals.

The 1920s is remembered as one of the most culturally significant decades of our culture, and our research project is focused on examining the reasons this decade was important for entertainment. Many new mediums of entertainment arose in the form of movies, radios, and sports. Nearly four billion dollars a year was spent on entertainment between 1919 and 1929. Movies became integrated into everyday American society, and radio became a popular platform for voices and music. Spectator sports also gained popularity. These breakthroughs in entertainment coincided with the social changes swept the nation, such as the rise of consumerism. These mediums grew to define the American culture of the 1920s.

Though not completely historically accurate, children learned about life in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Walt Disney created the show and ultimately created the spark of interest in a small part of America’s history. Though the spark lasted from the middle and late 1950s, and most likely 1960s as well, the fire that was the interest burnt out. Children from later generations never watched, let alone heard of, the television shows or movies; and caused the fire of interest in Davy Crockett to disappear. It also signaled an end to interest in early American culture. Children wanted to learn about recent American history rather than learn about history over 100 years old.

In Marlon Riggs’ documentary Color Adjustment, the viewer is asked to reexamine and recognize the amount of racial subliminal subtexts were present through the popular shows of the time, such as Amos and Andy, The Nat King Cole Show, I Spy, Good Times, Roots, and The Cosby Show. The documentary outlines almost half a century’s worth of race relations by analyzing the racial myths and stereotypes perpetuated on prime time entertainment. To explain it in brevity, Color Adjustment attempts to show how African Americans were slowly allowed to join in the various portrayals of the American family and American Dream that were prevalent and central to the networks’ agenda of keeping viewers entertained in between commercials, only so far as their presence adhered to the strict ideals already in place of a wholesome, nuclear American family and their pursuit of the American Dream. However, one cannot overlook how prime time television networks managed to absorb and integrate divisive racial commentary and conflict into a more conventional and auspicious mode as a nightly

Movies in the 70’s were stereotypically about black people fighting crime or doing the crime. A

‘Black Family Imagery and Interactions on Television’ shows that during the period from 1980 to 1985, there are investigation the images and interactions of black family dawn on television to examine changes caused by black TV family. In 1980, ‘Gordon Berry’ shows frequent representations of black, minority, and lower class lifestyle appearing, but these are changed. There are three comedies to compare the black family during 1985-1986. ‘The Cosby Show,’‘227,’ and ‘Charlie & Company’ split by role significance, dress, occupational status, competence, and wealth. In the shows, the character’s roles are important, and dress is not poorly, and occupational status, competence, and wealth are good. These indicated that a more positive portrayal

The television was becoming a window to the world, sitcom dramas and the nightly news were stark contrasts, seeing your favorite characters live their lives was nice but when the news told of warfare and hidden communist threats.

One can only speculate as to whether are not Fanny Fern was the ancestor of the likes of maybe: John Stewart, Samantha Bee or John Oliver. The wit and the pace at which she dispensed her wisdom was quick and to the point. She could pack truth and injustice into a tiny package with a wink and a nod to the society in which she found herself.