Lucille Ball

by playing conga drums and orchestra from Cuba.

There was only one black actor on "I Love Lucy" and he appeared on the episode "The Great Train Robbery" as the train porter.

No, they named her Lucie, a French variant.

"Macho grasa" meaning fat pig.

Yes she is, Lucy wrote so in her autobiography "Love, Lucy" :)

Not sure of the number, but it was when Lucy was pregnant and she had Ricky read a child's book to prove they needed to learn better English. I'm pretty sure the year was 1953, roughly 2 years after they started the show. Hope that helps.

The episode was called "Lucy Hires an English Tutor" and it aired on December 29, 1952. Here is a link to the episode on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H56fUCULkvg

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Desi Arnaz Jr. did appear in the very last episode of "I Love Lucy" along with his sister, Lucie Arnaz in 1957. Both Arnaz children made a cameo appearance in that episode,

Little Ricky named his dog Fred which he got after the family moved to a country home in Connecticut in 1957

The OP is both correct and incorrect....

The dogs name IS Fred - as LittleRicky always "names [his] pets after the people [he] loves". And the episode (#165 :: "Little Ricky Gets a Dog") did air in 1957. *BUT* he did not get him after they moved to their country home. We know this because, if you remember, there was an issue with the lease on their apartment (which said "no pets!). Although Fred/Ethel had been lenient and overlooked all the other pets Little Ricky had acquired (turtles, fish, a frog, & birds).... a grumpy new tenant makes keeping the noisy new puppy, a big problem. After Fred orders them to get rid of the puppy, Lucy tries to hide him... but is eventually discovered. In the end, Fred decides he'd "rather live with a little dog, than a big grouch!"

Interesting fact.. This episode takes place only a few episodes before they move to the country, and is the first in which Lucy mentions moving out there.

Fred Mertz was a fictional character in the American sitcom 'I Love Lucy'. No episodes featured his death, so he never "died."

The actor who played Fred Mertz was William Frawley, who died in 1966 of a heart attack while walking down Hollywood Boulevard.

They starred in "Yours, Mine, and Ours", a family comedy based on the real-life relationship between Helen and Frank Beardsley.

Lucille Ball's real name was Lucille Ball.

--Lucille Ball's birth name was Lucille Désirée Ball. Then she took on the last name Arnaz (but used "Ball" in television and movies) from her first marriage to Desi Arnaz. Then she took on the last name of Morton, from her husband Gary Morton.

In a book I've read that Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels has always refused to re-air the episode in which Arnaz was guest host due to his attitude and berating of the camera-men, cast, and crew, saying something to the effect of "I invented this sh*t. Why can't you people get it right?" (Using multiple camera angles and adjoining sets to film a television show in front of a live audience, a format which has been used in sitcoms ever since. Jerk or not, the statement that he invented it was actually true. When CBS wanted to air I love Lucy, television shows were all being aired live on the fly with a single camera and they werent being filmed. Desi came up with the sitcom format we all know and love today, and demanded to CBS that it be filmed in this way, offering to pay all costs associated with the extra materials, in exchange for exclusive rights to the film, which turned out to be a lucrative deal for desilu productions, as the concept and profitability of reruns of previously aired shows had not yet been realized.) But back to the original question, desi's issues with alcohol are widely known, and I have no doubt this was a contributing factor, as well as his numerous infidelities while married to Lucy. I have not been able to find any information on his demeanor towards his fans or the public in general, but to give you an example, if you and I were friends or acquaintances or if I met you on the street, I'm one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet, but you would NOT want to live or work with me. Hopefully this helps answer your question. :-)

Password - 1961 Lucille Ball and Gary Morton vs- Lucy Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr- II 4-7 was released on:

USA: 12 November 1964

Many people believed that little Ricky in the show was in fact Lucille Ball and Desi' Arnaz's son. However, this is not true. Little Ricky was played by the actor Michael Mayer.

He died of typhoid fever when she was very young.

Given the rate of death in the world, probably any number of millions of people also died on that day.

The twelve secrets are merely little-known industry-insider "facts".

A bad horrible place with no comedies.... :)

Lucy produced and starred in her very last tv series 'Life with Lucy' in 1986 - 13 episodes were produced but only 8 were aired due to poor viewing figures. Many people commented on how low and raspy her voice had become - almost a bass-baritone level. Lucy died on 26th April 1989, eight days after surgery to replace her aortic valve - it ruptured on the morning of the 26th and she died minutes later.

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Desi Arnaz is the name of an actor, not a character. He played the roles of Ricky Ricardo in "I Love Lucy"and Manuelo in "Too Many Girls".

I'm not completely sure of this but, my understanding is that she is the love child of Desi Arnaz Jr. and that she grew up in Stamford, CT with her mother.

She had a great obsession with lilac flowers, and also had strong Puritan values, rooted into her when living with her Swedish stepfather's stern parents. She always believed that having children later helped you appreciated them more, and expressed her disappointment "at how many young prides are pregnant at the altar", a quote from her autobiography.

Most likely no. Unless people are into older woman if she were alive right now she would be 102 almost 103 so probably not. Also when she was alive as the "Lucy" charcter people didn't think of her as sexy but as funny. So she would still be the greatest comedienne