Tragic Things You Didn't Know About Lucille Ball
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- Lucille Ball was one of the greatest comedians of all time, and she was one of the first true TV stars, but despite her success, her life was always a difficult one.
Ball’s father died when she was just three years old, and her childhood afterward was filled with traumatic incidents. While I Love Lucy was inspired by the real-life marriage of Ball and Desi Arnaz, their TV marriage was far happier than their real one, which was destroyed by Arnaz’s constant infidelity and drinking.
Let’s take a look at some tragic things you might not know about Lucille Ball.
#LucilleBall #Tragic #Actress
A bizarre, tragic childhood | 0:00
An accident cost them everything | 1:42
She was told to give up | 2:50
A trying marriage | 3:55
Marriage changed Ball | 5:28
Bad reviews after Lucy | 6:25
Desi Jr. becomes an addict | 7:36
Desi's death | 8:18
Surgery before death | 9:08
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What was your favorite moment on I Love Lucy?
I just loved them all
The one in the girls go into business where ethel says we should call it ethelus and Lucy says we should call it lucyeths. Another fav of mine is all of the funny lines, not necessarily the funny scenes
Lucy goes to the hospital. Counterfeit money in Paris and the flight home from Europe with the cheese.
When Ethel opened & saw the bizarre pants that Lucy had picked out for Ethel's birthday.
@Warren Lightning Indubitably !! :-)
I can literally binge on her shows all day! It brings me such a nostalgic feeling about my childhood. I will always love Lucy !!!
I’m a 29 year old man who still watches I Love Lucy every single night at bed time. I’ve got 2 sons and me and my wife are possibly trying to have another and if it’s a girl we’re naming her Lucille. Plus I’m getting the I Love Lucy logo tattooed on the top on my foot.
THAT’S how much I Love Lucille Ball.
I also love Lucy very much♡♡
I have this much love for Audrey Hepburn lol
That's disturbing. Nearly 30, with kids and essentially worshipping a dead comedian. That's not normal, it's really not.
@@naelyneurkopfen9741 nothing is wrong with loving a person who brought so much laughter too many people! Whether dead or alive!! I love Lucy was a very very popular show and many people still watch it to this day.! Laughter is good!
Naelyn Eurkopfen “worshipping” lolol so admiring the work and life of a great person long gone is worshipping. Okay. I’m a Christian man who only worships the Lord. I’ll pray for you. Living your life with that much negativity is a horrible thing. Be better :)
I can't wait for a movie based on the life of Lucille Ball and that this movie based on Lucille Ball would be Oscar-worthy.
There were movies made about Lucille Ball's life: Lucy & Desi Before The Laughter in 1991 with Frances Fisher and Lucy in 2003 with Rachel York. They were both made-for-TV films though. The 2003 movie was not very good though. I have not seen the 1991 movie.
@@ss04to06 and certainly not brave either
@@ss04to06 Didn't Lindsay Lohan do a movie playing her?
@@ThePeachygal Lindsay did a movie where she played Elizabeth Taylor.
@@judithcauldwell2072 11th
Lucille Ball actually dated one of my uncles when they both resided in Jamestown, New York
Wow really? Cool for how long?
I’d read somewhere that Lucy’s mom sguided Lucy toward leaving Celeron NY for NYC and a theatrical career in part to get her away from an older guy her mom thought was bad for her 😳
@@omarchandler4983; Lucy had to have been not even 4 yrs old when her dad ties her up like a dog in yard. Sickening, and horrible to hear. They didn't even talk about her dancing career. My mom and Lucille Ball died on same day, and my mom looked a lot like Lucy, only with blond hair, and younger.
thats so cool
Well, that's quite revealing. Anatomy, man, anatomy. Not everyone is ignorant.
I watched I love Lucy reruns almost every day growing up. So funny, they would be dated now a days but growing up in the 70’s they were still pretty relevant. Thanks I didn’t know how tragic her young years were.
Good comment Edward. I think it's because the 70's weren't that much different than the 50's, especially looking back at both decades now. All 3 of her series were a product of their time, just as everything always is. The bottom line is that they're still funny shows now, with the vintage charm of those long gone decades only adding to the charm of them, and an further escape from our horrible, horrible present. It's a little like looking at old LIFE magazines from those decades. The older they get, the cooler they are to read!
i, too, grew up on i love lucy reruns, as did many of us, i imagine. i still find the episodes equally amusing in the present day, surprisingly. lucille's comedic prowess defies any constraints of time, IMO.
even 20-30 years ago, when i was watching the show religiously, many things seemed outdated (the infamous separate beds for lucy & ricky, etc.), but the humor has never become outdated, for me anyway.
lucille was a one inna million kinda lady & i'm thankful she existed. :)
Bob Pierce
amen! that's the truth.
Not dated as much as you think even my 14 yr old son grew up on I love Lucy
To Edward Boswell: I Love Lucy reruns are Not dated; they are universal and still relevant and relatable today.
She endured. And will always be a legendary star.
Now, who is she again?
She is a HE!
The GREATEST AMERICAN female comedian.
FACTS
And underrated beauty
@Mark James
If you mean "was" because she's not with us anymore, alright. In life, Lucy kept her comedy style at very high standards.
@Mark James
What could her kids have said about their mom ??! Will do.
I feel that Carroll Burnett was a better comedian.
I still love watching Here's Lucy.
She was a real doll
Rest in Peace dear Lucy.
That candy conveyor belt bit is the Everest of TV comedy.
I like that self-description that she was "brave" more than talented. That's the only thing that matters at the end of the day in comedy.
I found that description to be a profound reflection of her value for her support staff, writers, and producers. She was a brilliant artist, and a genius.
@@josephsmith358 Desi never got enough credit. He produced the show and starred in it. Hardly rehearsed. Just memorized the entire script by reading it once. Eventually Desilu BOUGHT RKO....the movie studio that fired them both. Desi invented the 3 camera set up and FILMING the episodes so that both coasts got a quality picture. And of course no one even THOUGHT about owning the films and making money off reruns. In those days you showed a show once and it was on to the next thing. Desi knew. Lucy was a great performer but Desi did everything behind the scenes. It was his baby.
Yes and Ms. Ball was also quite attractive and sexy. When I transition to the afterlife, I will beg God to introduce me to her.
I Love Lucy will live on forever! I never get tired of watching the episodes. She is irreplaceable. Nobody can or will ever match her standards of comedy!
I was working on an episode of Simon and Simon when she died. the whole set stood in silence and as we did across the street the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles were posting on the Marque " WE LOVE LUCY" I will never forget that I cried for days.
My grandmother was seated next to Lucille on a flight back in the golden age of air travel. Being very close in age, they got along well and had quite a lively conversation.
To "Adam Meyer" that's cool l am surprised a little they let a famous star seat next to a stranger. "Security" is important we know you need it today. Lisa ☀️
@@lisacucchiaro3419 Famous people sometimes go on commercial airplanes. Mark Wahlberg survived 9/11 by going on another flight, at the last minute. He had originally booked a seat on flight 11, with his family.
Lucy I still love U. Born in ‘61 I saw so many reruns. Sad to find out U were sad while U made me smile. I still Lucy. RIP 🙏
I've got the Lord Christ in my life and I'm so grateful that I refuse to be sad over a man but thank you for your comment so true
Lucy had me in stitches of laughter for Decades. Love that woman 😊😇😊
She was and always will be Television's Queen of Comedy
I love Lucy ❤️
"Star Trek" wouldn't exist without Desilu! Thanx Lucy!
Who doesn’t know that
@@sandraleon7995 You can't assume that. Most do know but not all.
Also the Andy Griffith show, Gomer Pyle show. Which is still an America favorites
Well I never was a star trek fan "I hated it" but maybe another producer would've picked it up. Desilu production I think was desperate & picked it up.
@@sandraleon7995 me!
Lucille was fine back in the day
darrell rone She was a great beauty indeed.
Yes indeed. Smoking hot.
My God yes she was
@@joesimon2018 Smoking is what took her looks away ...
@@tapper701 Okay, but different time remember? I’m sure if she knew then what we all know now she would’ve quit.
This video is in error when it makes it seem she took an 11 year hiatus after I Love Lucy ended in 1957, only returning years layer in 1968 with Here's Lucy, until 1974. She had her 2nd series The Lucy Show, from 1962-1968.
Desi and Lucy also had the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour after I Love Lucy. That ran for a couple years or so until the divorce in 1960.
Who has lucy memorable? I love lucy fan club! I have been collecting forever....
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That's correct
I was wondering about that !
Wow she sure was one helluva woman. I loved the show so much 💗 I didn't knew much what happened behind the scenes. Thanks 👍
“Yes I love Lucy!”
“Oh I love Lucy!”
“And Lucy loves me!”
Stuck with me to this day
I watched I love Lucy all the time...always laughing
As a child I was privileged to watch I Love Lucy during its first rerun and haven't had to look back over the decades. Also, my mother got me hooked on Lucy and Desi in The Long, Long Trailer (1954) when CBS ran it several times in the early-'60s; that one is a lifelong favorite.
Always watched I Love Lucy as a child. Great humour!
It's truly tragic what alcoholism does to marriages and families. She was a hard working woman. She was resilient to the very end. They called it ruptured aorta, perhaps it was a broken heart💔 .
"Oddly enough, she almost gave up early..."
Every teenager ever
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Will Forever Love Lucy. Period!
I will ALWAYS Love “l Love Lucy” and Lucille Ball. Looking forward to seeing the New movie starring Cate Blanchette as Lucy ❤️
When????
It's not Cate Blanchett. It's Nicole Kidman. She will play Lucy in the film Being the Ricardos.
As a young boy growing up in Cottonwood, AZ back in the mid 70's/80's, I lived a block away from where Lucille's brother Fred and their mother lived. I frequently was a visitor in their home where mama Ball would regale me with stories of Lucille in her younger days and how she would be in the studio during taping.
Fred was an insurance salesman and owned /operated a small motel in town. Very laid back soft spoken people.
I miss them. All of them.
I love her so much, there is nobody like her now😔
Yours, Mine and Ours is one of my favorite movies.
Yes!
Sherwood Schwartz said yours mine and ours was inspiration for the Brady bunch.
Great show to watch while quarantining! ❤️💯
It is a real tragedy that the late Lucille Ball never hosted Saturday Night Live.
I love Lucy for bringing us "Star Trek."
And the untouchables.
It was actually Desi Arnaz that brought those shows on as he ran the studio
I love Lucy will live on for longer than any tv show ever to be made today.
Never before or after the I Love Lucy Show..... was there or will there ever be ANYONE that comes close to the natural (comedic) talent that Lucille Ball was & had! You just can't improve on PERFECTION!
When I was little. In the 90s I watched I Love Lucy instead of cartoons lol. My name is Desiree. Lucy’s middle name was Desiree. & my nickname is Dezi. Just like Dezi Arnaz lol I always loved that little connection w my favorite actress of all time.
They were the weirdest famous couple. They loved each other till the end .. My little son was 15 yrs old in 2005. And he used to tell me i love to see these funny old ladys.. These Two old women.. LUCY and ETHEL. IN I LOVE LUCY.. Generations later.. The I Love Lucy show !
Is still loved by millenials !
I am sure she loved him, and was the love of her life. But if HE had really loved her, he wouldn't have cheated on her left and right!!! My humble opinion.
Some of the facts on here are not true. After I love lucy she didn't start "here's lucy" it was " the lucy show" first. Also MAME was not her last movie, STONE PILLOW in the 80s was.... Don't come after ball fans.
Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed! Lucy fans unite
Technically Mame was Lucille's last feature film since Stone Pillow was a made-for-TV movie. I was very disappointed that the narrator of this video did not mention the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and The Lucy Show. The Lucy Show was a very successful series at the time (from 1962 to 1968).
@@ss04to06 drats; feature film.
She also starred with Henry Fonda in "Yours, mine & ours" in the late 60's comedy movie.
@@Desertfox92308 That was in 1968.. Lucy made many films before and after 'I Love Lucy'! She is the queen of 'B' movies
She pushed to have Star Trek made.
Also "Mission: Impossible".....
Imagine the money the estate would have today if she never sold it.
According to Gene Roddenberry Lucy assumed the series was about famous stars and celebrities.
Desilu was a terrific company producing fabulous television from the late 1950s through the late 1960s, Lucille Ball was responsible for that and it should Never be forgotten Ever Period!!!!!
Boy, Richard Burton had room to talk, didn't he? 🙄
For real i was like really? You know angel bro
Yeah, I've read and heard many more people talking about him for being a crappy person, treating others like garbage, and that they were beneath him, than I have about Lucy. A man does not mistreat, nor be disrespectful, especially in public, his wife. Nor should she towards him.
Kimmy Hawk Happens. Happens. Hi. Very. Bye. Goodness. Great
Kimmy...how dare he, a foreigner, speaking out of turn, as the Brits say! Did he think it would make his statement cast a negative shadow in her? The Brits always find themselves give their unwanted opinion as though their's is more relevant! Pls...
He always was an uppity B
Lucille Ball was FANTASTIC in Mame and people can fight me. It's my favorite movie of all time and it got me through so many sad times, especially when my husband passed. When she passed it was after my father passed. I was 8. I remember feeling so sad she was gone forever like my dad and we'd have to go on without her too.
Everyone has tragedies happen. And I'm grateful Lucy didn't see herself as a victim. She rose above her tragedies. Was it easy? Of course not. But she took personal responsibility and became one of the greatest comedians that ever lived. The toughest times in our lives can shape us into better people, if we allow it.
👍🏼
we're glad you didn't give up lucy. we love you. rip
Very well done
I know this man who says that Lucille Ball was the best looking actress ever.
He must not get out much.
I never heard about her mother putting a dog leash on her. Couldn't she have been able to undo it herself, unless her mother tied her hands. Another thing that was not mentioned was that Lucy broke her leg when she was young, I think around 13. Even after it healed her leg bothered her to the point where she did not like to wear shoes with very high heels, although it didn't seem to affect her when she danced or did some of the other physical antics on the I Love Lucy shows.
It used to be somewhat common to put kids on leashes. When they said that, it brought back memories to me of seeing pictures of kids on leashes.
Thank you.
I’ve been absolutely in love with Lucy since I watched Stage Door. Like so many comedians the great ones, have a very complex and muti demential life. Much like my own. R.I.P. I LOVE LUCY ❤️
Thank you for this excellent commentary 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Please see my posts!
Lucy was in the Three Stooges short "Three Little Pigskins" and the Marx Brothers Movie "Room Service"
I didnt know that! Cool!! Thanks for sharing ❤
I love Lucy is still my favorite I've seen every episode and still watch it over and over,
I may not have been old enough to really watch her shows but I did love I love lucy shows and Lucille Ball
I met Lucy in 1979 infront of her house in Beverly hills. She was amazing!!💜💜💜
Always enjoyed ‘ I Love Lucy.’ Enjoyed all of her shows.
Lucy was a natural comedian, she will always be remembered and loved.
Carolyn M Scotti
I'm 57 and I still luv you Lucy. Always and forever
She had that gift...Gift of the Gab cool Lucille and many that help to give us something to smile for the day.
Lucy and Desi will never be forgotten..legends
100% Lucifer/BAAL dn ǝpıs uʍop false idols! The he is a 100% she+the she is a 100% he!
I have introduced my 2 year old to I Love Lucy! Such and Iconic show!
I never saw one Black actor on any of Lucy's shows. I watched it religiously as a child, I only noticed it when I got older. Black people didn't exist in some of those shows.
Yes, African Americans were slighted on early television. FYI, the only black person on "I Love Lucy" was the train Porter in the Season Six episode The Great Train Robbery. "You can set your watch by the Dome Liner" was one of his lines.
@@barbaracataldo566 I might have saw that but I don't remember because in the 70s I used to watch I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show, I'm 56 now I was trying to figure out if I saw anyone on The Lucy Show. Which was an updated version, now this Here's Lucy I don't remember that at all. I'm going to search it on CZcams. The last thing I saw Lucille Ball in she was playing a bag lady on a TV movie I forgot the name of it. You see I'm a very big Lucy fan I found out she was a movie star and a model before she was a TV star.
I believe your hypothesis is MORE than a hypothesis....!
@@douglasrowland3722 I just found out she had two more shows that I knew nothing about, so I could be wrong about that.
@@kevingonzales1639 Bravo !
All I know about Lucy is that there will never be another Lucy, what talent, what beauty , she was a beauty from the moment she was born, how much ha;ppines she gave us watching her, God rest her soul
This was a wonderful series.
My uncle is a huge Lucille Ball fan. He's this big and tattooed fellow who used to be in a motorcycle club made up of other hooligans as an idiotic teenager which makes his love of anything Lucy all the more delightful.
LOVE THE SHOW!
Miss Her
I love this show, have all episodes on the dvds and watch everyday. I don't watch news any more, nothing on news except about crime and covid, so I have changed and am happier now, with happy things and good gospel music and sermons on you tube. Thank you Jesus. 😊♥️🙋♀️
legend. i literally love lucy and all the cast and writers etc. simply, masterpiece.
I would wake up at five in the morning to watch this woman back in highschool.
I grew up watching Lucy I’m 29 and now my 7 year old daughter Watches Lucy faithfully
The Equal Rights episode, where they have no money to pay the bill and have to wash dishes, all of them are so funny!
Rest Peace, Lucy? She was one of a kind! ♥️
I will always adore Lucille Ball she’s my idol she’s an icon no one could ever replace her ever I have adored her my whole life she will live in my heart ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️forever she was one of a kind just like the Mona Lisa once replicated but never duplicated Rest In Peace you brought me much joy and happiness I’m just so sorry you had such a hard life you didn’t deserve it if I was around then I would have helped you Rest In Peace ♥️⭐️🌈
Lucy was one of the funniest woman of all time..I never get tired of watching I love lucy show.. she's beautiful and like the show title says.. I love lucy.
I’ll always love Lucy ❤️
Wow Grunge - the second I read your question post I was sure a favorite moment would come to me. Now bamboozled by 10,000 arriving at once. Guessing that’s a compliment to the cast and crew
I love Lucy Ball she was Amazing woman .. She amazing actress
Still a very funny show Oct2020
Especially in times like now I’d pay money and wear my best face mask 😷 to be in her company
I can hear this video well!😊👍
When you told about how she was told to give up acting it immediately reminded me of what a talent scout said about Fred Astaire. He sings, can also dance a little 😂😂😂
She will always be the best
Funny and lovely are the ways I remember Lucy. She was never gross but hilariously funny and the I Love Lucy show still holds it's own in 2020.
I use to watch that show when i was younger great show
It's no wonder Lucy was such a character and one we all loved...we miss you Lucille Ball.
thanks
I love watching her on I love Lucy...
If only she could see how far she's come and what she means to so many people
Yes it's a great movie the trailer was so pretty!
Lucille Ball**
All Of Her Comedy Sitcoms Are Superb!!!!!** I Am A True Fan Of "I Love Lucy" With Her Real Husband, Desi Arnaz!!!!** They Both Had Great Dramatic-Comedy Chemistry Working Together.** So Sad To Hear Of Her Earlier Life Growing Up, And Her "See-Saw" Marriage To Desi Arnaz. Through It All, Lucille Ball Made Her "Landmark" As The " Queen Of Comedy!!!!!"** Indeed, Indeed, Indeed, She Is "Queen Lucille Ball!!!!!"** **No Contest**
Dont want to remember her tragedy. Everybody has tragedy in their life. She is no different from anyone else in that regard. I want to remember her as I have always admired her: The First Lady Of Comedy.
I watched I love Lucy as a young kid in the 60s and 70s and here's Lucy in the 70s on Monday nights before or after Gunsmoke.
I loved her so much.
You didn’t even mention the Lucy- Desi comedy hour that ran from 1957 to 1960. And the Lucy show which ran from 1962 to 1968. Glaring omissions.
Larry Shackle or her last movie which was for tv..Stone Pillow
Guitarbarella I had forgotten that too. If I remember right, I think that’s the movie where she played a homeless person. And I recall she got very good reviews. Correct me if I’m wrong on any of this.
This video has a lot of mistakes in it.
The 30s, 40s and 50s had some of the most beautiful people in the world(to new that is). From pinups models to the attire of the everyday person. I love everything about the fashion, the make-up and hairstyles, the cars, the home appliances like toasters and radios😍😍😍 I love it
You will always be loved Lucy!❤❤❤❤❤
I always loved her and still do.
This is sad 🙁. It seems like she worked so hard and just wanted people to like her. Something a lot of people can relate to. And she seemed like a likable person. Something lots of people can't relate to. I don't like how that guy criticized her for her last movie role. That probably made her not want to act again. Ane infact in movies she didn't. I'm happy that Desi and Lucille were able to help their son Desi Jr on his road to recovery. There's no doubt she was talented. Awww!!!!!
Mame, her last feature film, was, unfortunately, a terrible film and Lucille was woefully miscast.
@@ss04to06 Ohh. 🙁
I was actually born in the same town as Lucille Ball
Cherry Snow I know right
Cherry Snow same
@@rayjohnsonjr2018. so you enjoyed it. It definitely put a new spin on things for me. The set was beautiful. The gift shop was incredible
Cherry Snow yeah
@@rayjohnsonjr2018. that's awesome Ray
I was in the Navy when she died, stationed on a ship out to sea for six months, and this was in the days before email and the Internet were around, and news was limited. When I got back to the States in August, it sort of blew my mind that Lucille-Effing-Ball had been dead for months and I'd had no idea.
Lucy and desi were great people. They invited all their employees to their each ranch in OC and had great parties and give gifts to everyone.
I love Lucy is my favorite tv show ever. My sister and I watched I love Lucy before we were even in preschool.