9: "I Love Lucy!" (Part 4)

An Old Timey Podcast

True Crime, History, Comedy

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had a goal – to star in a TV show as husband and wife. But there were about a million obstacles in their way. For one thing, CBS didn’t want to buy a TV show that featured an interracial couple. Major companies didn’t want to sponsor the show for that same reason.

There was even a battle over where to film the show. In these negotiations, Desi proved himself to be a savvy negotiator and a shrewd businessman. He knew when to be tough. He knew when to flatter. And he knew to hire the right people and get out of their way.

When they created “I Love Lucy,” Lucy and Desi knew they were breaking new ground. But no one could have imagined the phenomenon that it would become.

Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Kristin pulled from:
“Love, Lucy,” by Lucille Ball
“The Plot Thickens” podcast from Turner Classic Movies
“The Life of Lucille Ball,” by Kathleen Brady
The documentary “Lucy and Desi”

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0:00.0	Hear ye, hear ye. You are listening to an old-timey podcast. I'm Kristen Caruso.
0:07.0	And I'm Kristen Caruso's husband.
0:10.0	Damn right you are.
0:12.0	On this episode, Lucy and Desi start a TV show.
0:17.0	Woo! We finally made it folks. We've done it.
0:21.0	Don't say it like that. Don't say it like you hopped on the Oregon Trail and half your family died of dysentery and you're finally here,
0:28.0	although it does feel like that. We've been talking about Lucille Ball for a while.
0:32.0	No, it's been a fun journey. I'm excited for this episode.
0:36.9	This is the episode. This is, this is the meat.
0:42.0	Pressure's on, Normi C.
0:44.0	You better react like a champ.
0:47.0	Before we start, I think it's important to acknowledge that we're recording on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. But not that you give a shit.
0:55.0	I... Norman, I had a little flub last week. It's not that I don't give a shit about World War II.
1:05.0	Interesting. Although I will admit that I did not know that today was D-Day.
1:09.0	Oh, Kristen. I'm sorry.
1:12.0	Very important day. Okay. Also, you know, when this episode comes out on the
1:17.7	RSS feed, it'll be another special day. It'll be my birthday. That's right folks and there's nothing I want more
1:26.5	for my birthday then for you to give us five stars on whatever podcast
1:32.0	platform you listen to this show. I thought you
1:34.1	were going to be really tacky and just straight up ask for money. I was going to get
1:38.1	to that. Oh excuse me don't let me stop you. But if you feel like maybe it's a little too tough to give us a five-star rating,
1:46.0	maybe you could join us over on Patreon, Patreon.com slash old-timey podcast.
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