I Love Lucy

comparison of an early sitcom to one of modern times. Specifically, the themes that the shows addressed, relationships in the show, diversity of the characters, and the portrayed roles of women in the household will be compared and contrasted for I Love Lucy and Modern Family. Situational comedies have been an important genre in story telling since the age of radio. At the inception of radio in the mid-to-late 1920s, sitcoms were present (Edgerton 130). The simple comic premise for each program meant

The relationships in I Love Lucy center on Lucy, Ricky, and her friendships with her landlords and neighbors, Fred and Ethel. Lucy, often the one who instigates and devises the plans, drags her willing friend Ethel through a maze of misguided schemes in hopes of becoming famous. Feeling challenged by Ricky, who opposes her not-so-brilliant ideas, Lucy retaliates with trickery and indiscretions that never work out as she planned. Adding to the comedy, when Ricky finds out what Lucy has done, he is so

was nothing but struggles and hardships, but it made Lucy stronger and pushed her to succeed. At the extraordinarily young age of 3, her father, Henry Durrell Ball, passed away from typhoid fever. Being Lucy's first significant memory, that haunted her for the rest of her life. Without having someone in the family with a steady income, the family became so poor

Intro “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” Lucille Ball. Lucille Ball was a famous actress on the CBS network, starring in the nations most beloved show ever, “I Love Lucy” and continued to be on countless television show and movies, such as “The Lucy show”, “The Lucy Desi comedy hour” and many many more. She is funny, inspiring, a hard worker, interesting, pioneer. Early Life Lucille ball was born on August

only been a comedienne, but also a superb businesswoman, an excellent role model, and has won numerous awards. 	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

Dictionary, it is a person or thing that is idolized. It is someone who, by mention of their name, will remind people of who they are and what they are famous for. Synonyms include "representation" and "symbol." When you hear the name Lucille Ball or “I Love Lucy” you probably think of a skittish red head who had eccentric expressions and made America laugh. Lucille Desiree Ball was, and still is, an American icon because of what she represented in all four of her shows, how she changed the television and

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, the writers of the show often put Lucy down to get laughs from the audience. Often, Lucy tries to express her emotions to Ricky, but he dismisses

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were a married couple on the hit television show I Love Lucy that aired in the 1950’s. The couple met in 1940 on the set of a movie called Too Many Girls. Lucille Ball was a singer, model and a comedienne when she met Desi. She was also 5 years older than Desi but the dashing 23 year old Cuban bandleader caught her eye and they fell in love and married after only dating for 6 months. No one believed that their marriage would last. Their friends and associates placed bets

has been on everyone’s mind, what does a real “family” look like? What is a “family?” What are mothers supposed to do? fathers? children? What are their gender roles? Well, during the 1950s, there were many families whom believed that the show “I Love Lucy” portrayed the perfect family, but that was back in the “good old days”. It has been more than 50 years and there are still current shows today that portray a perfect family, in different ways. The American television series, “Modern Family” portrays

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,