Summary
Charles Hensley gets his first brush with fame when he invents a nasal spray called Zicam. After his product turns out to cause harm to some patients, he abandons the homeopathic world and pivots to Hollywood. His next big idea involves Desilu Productions, a beloved company founded by “I Love Lucy” stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. But when his brazen bluffing goes too far, he’ll have a lot of explaining to do.
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| 0:11.9 | Sachi, if you could go to any theme park that's based on a TV show, what would you pick? |
| 0:17.6 | I would go to a Real Housewives themed park, which one? |
| 0:22.1 | Like the universe of housewives, and then like each ride would be like a different city. |
| 0:28.6 | I would go on like the Real Housewives of OC boat ride, which would be just a white woman throwing |
| 0:35.6 | a glass of wine in my face over and over again. Then I would visit New Jersey Island, |
| 0:41.6 | where I would commit tax rod. Yeah, like a Salt Lake City bus ride where we have to avoid |
| 0:46.8 | getting arrested or something. Yeah. Well, I'm about to tell you the story of a guy who wanted |
| 0:53.0 | to create an entire theme park based on old TV shows like I love Lucy and Star Trek. |
| 0:59.3 | There was just one problem. It was all completely bogus. |
| 1:07.1 | Lucy Arnez is in her late 60s, and she's lounging by the pool of her Palm Springs pad. |
| 1:13.2 | It's a four bedroom, five bathroom ranch house worth about two million dollars. |
| 1:18.7 | There's a Tiled Fountain and a view of the majestic San Jacinto Mountains. |
| 1:23.6 | Lucy has short, dark hair, done up kind of spiky like Pat Benetara at her peak. |
| 1:28.8 | Her parents are Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, the stars of I love Lucy. |
| 1:34.4 | This Lucy, their daughter, is also an actress though she's semi-retired, |
| 1:39.3 | but she still actually carries a torch for her parents' legacy, like in videos on her YouTube channel. |
| 1:45.8 | Today is National I Love Lucy Day, the 70th anniversary of that show. |
| 1:52.1 | She's a steward of everything they built. Her parents ran a production company called Desi Lue, |
| 1:57.5 | which produced Star Trek and the original Mission Impossible. |
| 2:01.2 | CBS owns the right to the studio's historic shows, but Lucy manages her parents estate as Chief |
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