Lucille Ball 	Lucille Ball has made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America's best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, "Lucille Ball is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, but also a superb businesswoman, an excellent role model, and has won numerous awards. 	Lucille Ball's major contribution has been as a comedienne. Not only was she
Lucille Ball Lucille Ball was the most loved television comedienne of her time. She was an American icon and is considered the first lady of television. With her strong work ethic and her determination, Lucille not only changed the face of television, she also paved the way for a lot of other female actresses. In 1940, Lucille Balled married her Cuban born husband Desi Arnaz. Together they developed the I Love Lucy show, which became one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Although
first, and everything else falls into line.” (Lucille Ball Quotes) Lucille Ball took an interest in acting at the age of 15. She enrolled in a New York drama school. She was desperate to make it as an actress, but she was too nervous and shy to be noticed. She eventually moved to Hollywood and landed some acting jobs; however, it was not until 1951 when her career took off by landing the role of Lucy, in the hit show I Love Lucy. (Lucille Ball) Lucille Ball was groundbreaking for changing how women were
It Is a Women’s World When the hit show “I Love Lucy” was on air about 72% of all U.S. households with a television watched the show (ANDERSON). Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New York on August 6, 1911. As a young girl her teachers told her she would never be successful in the entertainment business, so she proved them wrong. Ball ended going into the model business for a while and then she moved to Hollywood to get her career in radio and television started. She moved back to New York in
cille Ball. Many younger people only know her for her tv show “I Love Lucy.” The spunky redhead put a smile on many faces with her silly faces and crazy adventures. Ball was also one of the first women to become an entrepreneur by creating a studio with former husband, Desi Arnaz. Lucille Ball was a wonderful woman of her time. She was a strong-willed woman, not caring what the rest of the world thought about her. She was one of the first women to not hide her pregnancy on television. She wore what
specifically Lucille Ball, an American actress that paved the way for future women, and Juliet Capulet, a fictional girl who tried her hardest to resist control over herself. Introduction “The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel,” said Florence Nightingale. She was right, heroes don’t have to be big people that everyone knows about. The heroes I’m contrasting are polar opposites. Lucille Ball, a world famous
Chapter 1 - I Love Lucy: Trailblazer for Female Led Television In 1950’s America, there was no more important communication tool more dominant than television. During this time in society, after the post-industrial period, there was a generational shift after the introduction of new technology such as television as it shifted a new way of living. After the war, pressure of stability and domesticity were reinforced, leaving women still subordinate
and recorded as a kinescope, the pilot did not air until 1990. A kinescope is a 16mm film taken from an extremely bright cathode ray tube, often times they are fuzzy and distorted, for this reason they did not want to air it. The sitcom stared Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as an all American couple. Co-starring Vivian Vance and William Frawley as their next door neighbors and friends. Together they set a stage for family related sitcoms to come. The show centered around marital issues, women in the
ad-libbed. Lucille Ball made sure everything was ran through multiple times until it was perfected. Almost every episode format consists of Lucy either wanting something or hiding something. Recurring themes include Lucy’s desire to enter show business, division of the sexes, Lucy’s jealousy, elaborate plans (and their undoing), traditional husband/wife conflicts, and the use of trickery The show starred real-life husband and wife, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It takes place in New York. Lucille played
I Love Lucy is a 1950’s sitcom centered around the lives of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo played by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Andy Griffith Show was a sitcom based on the lives of several citizens of Mayberry, a fictional town in North Carolina. The main character, a sheriff named Andy Taylor, and his son Opie are focused on for the majority of the show’s running time. While both of these shows were similar in various ways, they also had a number of important differences. I Love Lucy and The Andy
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were a married couple on the hit television show I Love Lucy that aired in the 1950’s. The couple met in 1940 on the set of a movie called Too Many Girls. Lucille and Desi fell in love and married after only dating for 6 months. No one believed that their marriage would last they even took bets to how long it would last. In 1950 CBS introduced a new idea to Lucille for a new TV show, she insisted that Desi play the part of her husband Ricky Ricardo. The two of them made
That is how I discovered Mickey and Judy, Fred and Ginger, Gene, and so many others. I didn 't realize it at the time but I was learning all about comedy and comedic timing by watching Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz (He was hilarious and I don 't think he was ever given enough credit. Aaron loves him and always points out how funny he is on the show.), Carol Burnett, and Judy Garland. Yup. She was a funny lady. Judy 's performance in Easter
Lesbians on TV: Illusion of Progress When television first appeared back in the 1940's, times were very different. What we would consider completely normal today would have seemed quite taboo just a few decades ago. For example, in 1953, Lucille Ball was not allowed to say the word "pregnant" while she was expecting baby Ricky and it wasn't until the 1960's show Bewitched, that we saw a married couple actually sharing the same bed. Considering how conservative the television networks were
Beaver had two boys, no girls. Rifleman had one boy, one rifle, no girls. Lassie had one boy, one dog (supposedly a girl, but played by a boy), and no girls. My Three Sons had—well, that one's obvious. Bonanza had three grown-up boys. Although Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in real life had one boy and one girl, on I Love Lucy they had one boy. The only shows with daughters were The Donna Reed Show (one boy, one girl) and that lighthouse to womanhood—despite its title—Father Knows Best (one boy, two
Lucille Ball, a beloved Hollywood actress, overcame difficulties in childhood and adulthood, becoming a successful actress and studio head. She portrayed the relatable character “Lucy” in “I Love Lucy,” making her an American Icon. Lucille Ball, also known as Lucy, had a difficult childhood but discovered her gifts despite the hard challenges of life. When Lucille was four years old her dad, Henry Durrell Ball, died of Typhoid fever (Ball 55). Her Mother, or as Lucille called her, DeDe, was very
counter the stereotype and show’s like I Love Lucy have stereotypical characters for the sole purpose of challenging them and breaking the tension about certain stereotypes. Desi Arnaz plays Ricky Ricardo, Lucille Ball's husband on I Love Lucy. On the show he was a Cuban nightclub owner and Lucille Ball played the wife that stayed at home and always wanted to be in Ricky's world. The two stereotypes that are imbedded in I Love Lucy are as follow; hot temper that all Latino men supposedly had and broken
Gender Roles: I Love Lucy Mark MacIntosh California State University Long Beach Gender Roles: I Love Lucy Description I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that stars Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. Produced by Desi Arnaz, Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll Jr., the television show was a black-and-white series that originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on the CBS channel. After the series ended in 1957, a modified version
there. The I Love Lucy show was a big hit being the first television show to be inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. In 2013, TV Guide ranked I Love Lucy as the third greatest show of all time. I Love Lucy, starring our favorite redhead, Lucille Ball, was rated in 2012 by People Magazine and ABC News as the Best TV Comedy and the greatest TV show of all time. I Love Lucy was the most watched show in the US for 4 out of the 6 seasons it aired, and won 5 Emmy awards. I Love Lucy was a sitcom
The exhibition was on air for six seasons but perpetuates to be a well-loved, sitcom. The exhibition was aired in front of a live audience and centered on the main character, Lucille Ball. Lucy Ricardo was espoused to Cuban bandleader Ricky Ricardo but in lieu of wanting to be a traditional housewife she was desperate to break into show biz. The character of Lucy would get into all types of antics
guys together is their love and passion for music and the stage. Ashufta 2 Nicholas Gene Carter, better known as Nick from the Backstreet Boys, was born in Jamestown, New York on January 28, 1980 (Golden 61). Being born in the same hospital as Lucille Ball, it was inevitable that he was destined for a career in show business. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to a dream house in Orlando, Florida. It was there that Nick truly developed his skills and desires for the entertainment world. He