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    I Love Lucy stared Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, who plays Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo and Vivian Vance and William Frawley who played Mr. and Mrs. Fertz their best friends and landlords. The show took place in an apartment building in New York City, and Lucy who is a naive and stubborn redhead always

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    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

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    More than a pretty face: Before there were women like Oprah Winfrey or Ellen DeGeneres, there was a Lucille Ball. A woman running her own television show, production network, while also maintaining the role as a mother and a wife. Lucille was one of the influential women of her time, impacting society anywhere from interracial dating and marriages, her television show and her pregnancy and what it represented. Lucille Ball paved the road for a woman following a career in comedy, expanding acceptance

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    1/4 of a century having only minors roles and appearing in over 80 films ("Lucille Ball" people). In 1940, Lucy met Desi Arnaz on one of the sets she was filming on. 6 months later they got married, but traveling on the road with his band kept the couple apart, and the marriage was falling apart. Lucy continued auditioning and appearing as small roles in movies, but life in the Arnaz family was not going well, but that still did not discourage Lucy from pursuing her dreams. Finally in 1947, Lucy was

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    Lucille and Desi absolutely loved each other, even though many people frowned upon it. Many were shocked by the marriage of an American and Cuban, but the couple got through all of the negativity and continued to be together (Woog). With the situation of the marriage, Lucille became the first woman to be pregnant on a show. The delivery of the baby was during President Eisenhower’s Inauguration. Daughter Lucie Desiree Arnaz was born on July 17, 1951, she soon became

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    I Love Lucille Ball Essay

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    problems that millions of Americans could relate too. The reality check for many was displayed in comedy in order to address the problems and to make the public aware of these problems. Lucille Ball and her husband, both in real life and on the show, Desi Arnaz were married on November 30, 1940 (Harmon, 2003). As a rising actor and actress, they crossed paths in the industry. They both had been filming at RKO and according to witnesses it was love at first sight. Together

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    I Love Lucy was one of the most popular sitcoms of the 1950s. The show starred Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo and her real life husband Desi Arnaz as club singer Ricky Ricardo. The couple lived in a New York City apartment building across the hall from their friends Fred and Ethel Mertz. Lucy’s character is a portrayed as a trouble making newlywed who is always causing problems for her husband and herself. Although I Love Lucy was a groundbreaking for its time, it still kept true to many of the sex

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    Most popular of the ‘50s sitcoms was I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Starting in 1951, I Love Lucy is about a Cuban band leader, Ricky Ricardo, and his wife, Lucy, living in New York City. Lucy draws most of the laughs in the show, often because of her silly or pathetic actions. Even though these actions are exaggerated

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    Lucille Ball Essay

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    After her split with Desi Arnaz, "Lucille Ball at last realized her dream of Broadway success, opening in the musical comedy Wildcat on Dec. 16, 1960" (Moritz 34). Clearly her talents were varied. 	In addition to being an exceptional comedienne, Ball was a superb businesswoman. While she was married to Desi Arnaz, she and Arnaz bought out RKO radio station, and changed its name to Desilu. After she and Arnaz divorced, Lucy bought all of his shares of Desilu

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    A Comparative of Sitcoms A situation comedy, or sitcom, is defined as a comedy series involving the same characters in various day-to-day situations which are developed as separate stories for each episode (Dictionary.com). The structure of a sitcom has not changed much since its inception on radio, but the characters and premises of the show change with the different times the shows are based in. This paper will focus on the history of sitcoms as they made the transition from radio to television

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