I love lucy facts and info show

I Love Lucy broke several technical and artistic grounds, as well as shattered racial and social barriers, something which was unprecedented on US television at the time. It became the first television series to use the three-camera format which will be expounded later in this article , which led to becoming a standard technique in filming TV sitcoms.

When did 'i love lucy start and end

Three-hundred audience members attended every episode taping. They filmed the entire episode from start to finish, and they rarely had to re-tape the scenes. Not even once did every cast member ad-lib on the set, although it looks like they did. However, both Lucille and Desi felt that their celebrity lives were something that the audience could not relate to.

Instead, they decided that the plot be focused on an average American family. Her natural hair color was actually brown. Upon entering show business, she dyed her hair blonde first, then finally red. The episode where Lucy and Ricky welcomed little Ricky was aired on January 19, It was broadcast on the same date that Lucille gave birth to her son Desi Jr.

The iconic theme music for the sitcom was composed by Eliot Daniel.