Lucille Ball Character Traits

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Lucille Ball Rachel Wheeler Harrison College MGT 2200 Ms. Ward 12/7/2014 Lucille Ball “Lucy you got some ‘splainin to do,” one of the famous lines from the beloved sitcom I Love Lucy. Each generation seems to be able to enjoy the hair brained tactics of Lucille Ball long after the show and its cast have passed on. Lucille Ball is still very famous for the show I Love Lucy, but what a lot do not know is how much more she was than a gifted comedian. Tragedy struck Lucy when she was very young with the loss of her father when she was only three. Eventually her mother re-married, but Lucy’s family was never the same. She was forced to live with her step-father’s parents and they were not pleasant people. Often times Lucy recalls…show more content…
Lucy would agree under one condition, Desi was to play the role of her husband. This would be the couple’s opportunity to work together and hopefully help fix their shaky marriage. CBS refused saying, “viewers would have difficulty accepting the Cuban Arnaz as the husband of the all-American redhead,” (Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball, 2008). Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were not going to let that stand in their way. They decided to start a vaudeville tour to show CBS that Americans would love them together. The skit they performed during the tour actually became an episode on I Love Lucy entitled “The Audition”. It didn’t take long for America to fall in love with the dynamic duo, Lucy and Desi. They were performing in front of sold out crowds, this was all the conformation Lucy and Desi needed. In 1951, Lucy and Desi opened the doors to Desilu Productions, the very first independent television production company. They used $5,000 of their own money to produce the pilot for I Love Lucy. “In doing so, Arnaz and Ball made themselves their own bosses, providing their product to CBS rather than working directly for the network or a sponsor, which was then the common practice in television,” (Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball,

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