Earlier this year what would have been Lucille Ball's 100th birthday was celebrated, and next month I Love Lucy will get a 60th year anniversary celebration. On October 15th, 1951 the show premiered and was an instant hit, and now WNET NY Public Media will present "a special encore of Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy. They'll air the American Masters special on October 13th at 8 p.m. (on THIRTEEN); October 15th at 8 p.m. (on WLIW21); and October 16th at 8:30 p.m. (on NJTV). They tell us the broadcasts will contain 14 minutes of I Love Lucy bonus footage and a surprise Radiohead show... oh wait, sorry, it's a little distracting over here today.
I Love Lucy Turns 60
Google, Everyone Loves Lucille Ball On Her 100th Birthday!
In case you're a bit confused about today's Google Doodle old fashioned TV, today would have been legendary comedian Lucille Ball's 100th birthday! Starring in a series of shows for CBS from 1951 to 1974, Ball is best known and loved for her first television series, I Love Lucy, which some say has been seen by more people more often than any other program in history.
TV Flashback: Lucy & Ricky's Apartment
With so many television shows set in New York, we thought it would be fun to take a look at the apartments the characters on these shows lived in. First up: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo.
The Circle of Trust
And fresh from the spin machine, director Jay Roach tells USA Today, "Dustin and Barbra should have been a comedy team. They have great comic timing. They could have done vaudeville or I Love Lucy or even Tracy-Hepburn stuff." Right. Gothamist is sure practically the same was said of Turner & Hooch and Sylvester Stallone & Estelle Getty in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. Defamer noted how Hoffman and Streisand's road to Fockerness had some bumps. If you want some great Barbra Streisand comedy, see What's Up Doc, which is preposterously good.


