You can see in Desi Arnaz's face that this wasn't just an empty sentiment. The way he paused and looked out to the crowd in calling for the Academy to recognize the writers was a powerful statement. The fact that he, Vivian Vance and Lucille Ball all mentioned them showed real humility and grace on their parts, not to mention a united front as a cast. I love it.
Vivian Vance deserved this award without question and Lucy and Desi were genuinely thrilled for her. The awards took place in February 1954 when the show was at its peak.
This is one of the best examples of true class, shown by the featured winners, but especially by Desi. It's too bad William Frawley never won, though he was nominated several years, as I understand. I really like how they all acknowledged the writers, but I especially loved when Desi mentioned William Frawley, as he was then the only actor at their ILL table without an award. A true class act.
Desi was the brains in the outfit. Notice how he goes over and banters briefly with the band, what amazing presence of mind at such a moment. He came up with real innovations with how sitcoms were made that continue to this day.
With respect to William Frawley, his excellent characterization of Fred Mertz was overshadowed by Art Carney's legendary portrayal of Jackie Gleason's pal "Ed Norton". Every year, Mr. Carney was given the award. I think he won five Emmys for that role, while ironically Gleason himself NEVER won an Emmy.@@billhosko7723
Desi Arnaz was so ahead of his time in terms of thinking. To mention the writers was so thoughtful and brilliant, Desi understood that no matter how well he, lucy or the other cast members delivered their lines, that it wouldn't go over well if the writing in the script didn't hold up.
@Just a Girl You have no idea. He created the multiple camera scheme of filming which was quickly copied by everybody else. He created having a live audience on a sound stage when he was told it wouldn't be practical (when you see any show "filmed before a live audience" in some sitcom, well, he started it.) He and Lucy together invented the idea of syndication of TV shows (reruns). His behind the scenes work, especially with the various Desilu Productions (such as Star Trek) was really more influential than his role on the I Love Lucy show.
@Daniel Beehn And if it wasn't for Desi Arnaz giving a young producer a chance to be the Executive Producer Of the Untouchables. we would have never had shows like Cannon, Streets of San Francisco. And a lot of other Television gems. That producer's name- Quinn Martin...
Wow. Where the heck did you find this clip !!?? This is amazing. I loved how excited Lucy got for Vivian Vance winning her award. And very unselfish gesture of Desi and Lucy to recognize the writers the way they did; and I had to look it up and sure enough, Emmy awards for Comedy writing started in 1954
Vivian Vance deserved the award! You're right about Ricky, Bill. They all made the show, not just Lucy. Lucy became too "take charge" and bossy in later years.
I grew up watching I Love Lucy,( I’m 57) it was a family favorite n we’d all sit around the TV to watch together. Decades later (2022) my kids love to see these reruns!! It’s a classic due to the actors and writers. Its good wholesome fun in a world that needs more belly laughs. Thank you for sharing this clip.
@@donnahoffman3639 Me too and I am 76 - Love Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Both had histories of family tragedy and both were intelligent, competent on many levels. Both wanted to reunite their families and take care of them. Desi's mother died two years after he died and he still provided for her in his will. God bless both Desi and Lucy - they gave the world so much joy and laughter. Thank you.
I read Desi was gonna produce a new show called Fred and Ethel , Frawley was willing but Vivian didn’t wanna work with him. It’s a shame cuz they didn’t like each other-Desi said they were just as important as Him and Lucy!
Vivian Vance was pure class and a very genuine warm person. You can tell by her gracious acceptance speech. Today we have people who have no class and will disrupt an award show by slipping in their political garbage. Politics doesnt have any place in an award show. Boy, do I miss those days when TV was worth watching..
I couldnt agree more ! I was just watching with my mother and said that " these two were actual genuine people.. not like the fake get uine we see today!!" They were very sincere and humble stars.. meanwhile now we have idiots that thanks everyone but the people that MADE them... and even when they do its quick and fake and its sickening to watch... it went from classy, genuine and fun and turned into a me me me my options my platform type of sh*tshow it is today!!!
I just finished watching a commentary given by Lucy about 15 years after I Love Lucy and she was still giving her writers credit. She said she never adlibbed one single word and that she herself is not funny. Everything she did on screen was given to her in a script so her writers really did deserve recognition and it was beautiful that up until Desi and Lucy both died, they were still talking about Oppenheimer, Pugh and Carroll!!!!
Ooh, I love that Richard Denning presented Vivian Vance's award. He played Lucille Ball's husband in My Favorite Husband, the radio show precursor to I Love Lucy! :D
YOU ARE-WATCHING THE ERA OF PURE CLASS- TAKE NOTE: NO SLOB-LOOKING WOMEN WITH BREASTS HANGING OUT OR THEIR THIGHS SHOWING, NO WOMEN WEARING DISGUSTING TATTOOS. JUST PURE BEAUTY,TALENT,GRACE AND ETIQUETTE.
what a great clip. thank u so much. i think vivian vance was the best co actress comedian of all time. Lucy was great but i think vivian vance made lucy even better. I cannot imagine a lucy without an ethel. Vivian vance was flawless and wonderful as ethel mertz. A true commedienne. The most natural comedic actress you could find. Lucy and Desi were so gracious in this clip. it was really wonderful to see. and i love desi's realness in his comments about giving writers credit. but he didnt over extend it or overdue it but it made an impact. i love the way lucy practically skipped back to the table. Precious. and their performances on i love lucy looked so effortless. little could they have known that their show, decades later, would be the most beloved in history, and in fact broadcast all over the world.
Loved this so much. I was born a year later and 'I Love Lucy' was the first television program that I can remember watching as a three-year-old. Wonderful classic TV during this era so long ago. The cast of that show were the forerunners of all who have come after.
Desi was a brilliant business man and way ahead of his time in so many ways. He 'donated' his big winning moment to the writers and to the genius cameraman Freund he knew they were the one that would make or break the show and at that time the Emmys didn't even HAVE a writing award.
@Just a Girl desi wasnt a nobody...he did excellent work and Lucy gave him credit where it was due. And though he experienced heavy racism in the beginning, those in the industry had to eventually acknowledge his business and tv production acumen, as well. But, yeah, he was also a cheat and an alcoholic..
They truly were pioneers from inventing the sitcom, reruns, multi camera shooting and in this both mentioned honoring the writers, the following year the Emmy’s began giving awards to writers. They were pioneers in the industry in so many ways.
i never really liked fred mertz, to be honest. the show was great and he could be very funny in his line delivery but ethel should have had a younger husband. i never bonded with fred. and he was mean to vivian vance. something about fred, william frawley, i felt was not nice, cold, egotistical. i never thought he was affable as many others seemed to. i felt there was a meanness there. vivian vance suffered alot over his behavior towards her.
Bill Frawley was Fred Mertz in real life: gruff, mean at times, but also a caring man, as said by almost all his co-workers in television. Vivian Vance started the fight by complaining about his age in a very disparaging way. He never forgave her for that and made her know it. “Miss Fat ass” and “that c**t” were often his descriptions of her. I think that Vivian was the one that thought too much of herself. Frawley played Frawley from the 30s movies all the way up until his last appearance on the Lucy Show in the mid sixties.
Great vintage footage of the early days of television. I enjoyed how the camera men circled the table and showed general ab lib reactions of the stars. Wish more of these clips were available.
What's funny here is that Vivian Vance walks up stage and says "Thank you... Thank you.." in the EXACT same way as she did thanking Elsa Lanchester for those awful watercress sandwiches in the "Lucy Goes to Florida" episode...
Calpurnia Moravia I feel the same way! Vivian was an attractive woman, and even though, by 1954, she had to remain 20 pounds heavier to play Ethel, she could have easily worn a beautiful evening gown and looked smashing. Still, it was kind of fun...it was as if Ethel Mertz herself won the award that Vivian Vance accepted! LOL...
This is precious. I've seen this once before, and was just taken by their classiness. Vivian was precious, and Lucy and Desi were amazingly thoughtful in their speeches. It's a real shame that actors don't seem to be able to be classy nowadays...
That was so sweet about the writers. Not many people would be that modest today, because they have people telling them word for word what to say. Thank you for posting!
RMPsumma this coming from an old man or woman who I’m sure doesn’t even watch modern day tv anymore. Cause if you did you’d realize how incredibly wrong and ignorant you are.
It was a situation comedy and was supposed to represent real life, so hair and clothes were the same, but Lucy was always stylish and dressed to perfection. Loved those 40's and 50's styles.
They totally earned every award they received. I do not watch TV because of how bad shows are now a days . but let me tell you if there were shows like lucy and what's my line and good stuff like that I'd be all over it.
+Hypercoaster1989 No kidding. If they had the writing categories available, I Love Lucy would have won every year! That's what you get when you're a pioneer paving the way for others!
The I Love Lucy Show is so Unique. It’s truly the best shows in the world till this day. It’s the most special show. Lucille is the most talented the most smarted women in the world. We Will All See Them Very Soon. Love You All
thanks for sharing, that was AMAZING to see after 50+ years for me watching the Lucy universe. i never ever saw the actual ceremony, and what gracious people Lucy and Desi were. i SO SO SO miss this quartet of great actors.
THE PICTURE OF LUCY & DESI AT THE AWARD'S SHOW IS ....... AWESOME BEYOND BELIEF 💝 THE LOVE BETWEEN THEM IS SOMETHING CLEARLY PURE 💓 LOVE & THAT LOVE SHINE'S THROUGH LUCI AND DESI JR TO THIS DAY....BOTH OF YOU ARE STARS & THE MOON ON A CLEAR NITE & BEYOND.
Those were the days, humility and grace..... from 3 of the best that EVER came to us form the "Golden Age of Television" Thay knew .....with out your writers, you have very little to say or do! I wish more were like them today!
I just saw “Being the Ricardos” and absolutely loved it ! I had also read that William Frawley had once been asked about his five Emmy losses and replied, “I knew they didn’t know what they were doing when Vivian Vance got one!” Seeing JK Simmons play Fred Mertz was a real treat and he did seem particularly dismissive of Vivian Vance I hope he gets nominated; but I wanted to see this particular clip to watch Frawley’s reaction to Vance’s win. It is very subtle, but as Vivian is going to her seat and stopping to hug Lucy, you can see Frawley reach up and pay her on the back. A very sweet moment.
Match Point But there were so FEW categories back in those days. In fact, one year there was a single "best comedian or comedienne" award, so Lucy was competing against women AND men. Another year, her category was simply "best actress," and she was competing against both sitcom and dramatic actresses. Another year it was "best female star of a regular series," which included not only sitcom and drama actresses, but variety show performers as well. There are probably too many categories these days, but back then there were way too few.
Did anyone else catch sight of William Frawley patting Vivian Vance on the back as she returned to the table with her Emmy Award? So much for all the press releases and articles and books claiming how much he "hated" her, and vice-versa. If that was "hate" that I just saw, make mine "well-done," please!
Bill Frawley may have congratulated her, but the hate was there from the beginning, from both parties. As soon as he overheard her complaining about having to play that old man's wife, he crucified her and vice Versa. "Vivian Vance hated the idea of being thought of as Frawley's wife. Not that she had anything against him at the outset. It was just that he was 64 and she was 39. "He should be playing my father," she complained frequently to anyone who would listen. Complicating matters was the clause in her contract that stated that if anything happened to either of them, the other could be written out of the show. It was this overconcern about being identified with Bill that laid the groundwork for the infamous Frawley-Vance feud that would rage for the full run of "Lucy." Once Bill discovered how Vivian felt, the gloves were off and no one could reconcile their differences. Many times during the series run, Oppenheimer had to be called down to the stage to arbitrate one of their arguments. Usually it was ignited when Vance suggested some changes in dialogue or additional bits of stage business. Because the ideas were Vance's, Frawley refused to cooperate, often retreating to his dressing room. Not even the director could make him budge. Oppenheimer would have to go in and soothe his ruffled feathers. The producer usually got Frawley to cooperate by saying, ''Do it for me." Frawley would eventually agree, reminding Oppenheimer, ''I'll do it for you, but not for that bitch!" After "Lucy" went off prime time, Frawley made this remark about Vance, his TV wife, his so-called "honeybunch": "She's one of the finest gals to come out of Kansas, but I often wish she'd go back there. I don't know where she is now and she doesn't know where I am, and that's exactly the way I like it." ( thanks to Taboola Sponsored Links for this piece of information). The photo op was for show business, as it was well known that Bill and Vivian despised each other; it's one of those cases where two people work greatly together, but they just hate each other. In all, and despite the hate, this was a great night for everyone and I don't think anyone had hate on their mind.
+A Martin I had never heard about the clause stating one would be written out should the other die. Vivian must have felt that he held her future in his hands. I think they had a 'like/don't like' relationship....they must have felt hurts from some of the things said behind each other's back....but, at the same time they must have appreciated each other's talents because they flawlessly acted appropriately in their scenes, whether it was a lovey dove you moment or one of their regular parts of fussing at one another. Never did any of their scenes appear fake.....they were truly amazing together!
I mean, what was he going to do in front of all those people? Give her the finger and say, "Fuck you, Vivian?" The accounts from everyone involved with the show are pretty consistent.
Let's see. Did Vivian mention that she wanted to share her award with "Fred"? Did she express regret that Frawley didn't win? Nope. That was left to Lucy and Desi to do indirectly. By the way, as most know, it really bothered Lucy that Desi was not so much as nominated even once. One does wonder why. Was it assumed he was playing himself? That's not fair. Lucy wanted Gale Gordon to play Fred, though a more appropriate name might have been Chauncey Mertz. It would have been a very different show. Gordon played long-suffering fussy characters and continued to do so in Lucy's other shows. It's hard to imagine him as Ricky's chum. Frawley played Fred as long-suffering but fighting back. He had already spent two decades playing no-nonsense characters, and did so on "I Love Lucy". Whoever liked or disliked each other, they were the perfect quartet on the screen.
My favorite comedy teams of all times1. Laurel and Hardy 2. Tim Conway and Harvey Kourman 3. Lucy and Ethel4. Porky and Buckwheat 5. Abbott and Costello
camiller83 I believe William Frawley was dismissed, unfairly, as an alcoholic has-been, even though he delivered the goods every week on "I Love Lucy." Professional jealousy probably played a major part in his never winning an Emmy, too. Sad.
Wow. So different from the award shows and acceptance speeches of today. You can totally see the humbleness and sheer excitement as Vivian, Desi, and Lucy accept their awards. Unlike many entertainers of today, they seem genuinely honored and humbled to win the award, as opposed to some of the smug and entitled attitudes of a few "stars" today. These people had such class!
@@bartholomewlemonhead3029 to be fair, TV was new and exciting, it was like the internet in the mid 90's when people still poo-pooed it and did not take it or its potential seriously. Yes, the past is totally over-praised - really miss the Mc Carthy Hearings and morality clauses for entertainers... Pink scare, Red scare..
I have been watching "I Love Lucy" since I was a boy in the 1960's amd just recently on "Hulu". As someone else just commented...takes my mind off all this political nonsense and I've had countless genuine laughs. True excellence in vintage television. Thank you "Hulu"!!
I love Desi and Lucy because they are humble. They made sure to acknowledge the writers and show appreciation for Vance and Frawley. Desi and Lucy together were magic.
Frawley quickly got up from his chair when Vivian Vance was called, even though it's always been said that he and Vivian hated each other. That's being humble and kind. I wasn't alive during this time, but I have made I Love Lucy so much a part of my entertainment, that I feel nostalgia whenever I see anything about them.
You can see in Desi Arnaz's face that this wasn't just an empty sentiment. The way he paused and looked out to the crowd in calling for the Academy to recognize the writers was a powerful statement. The fact that he, Vivian Vance and Lucille Ball all mentioned them showed real humility and grace on their parts, not to mention a united front as a cast. I love it.
Vivian Vance deserved this award without question and Lucy and Desi were genuinely thrilled for her. The awards took place in February 1954 when the show was at its peak.
So true....early ILL was better then later ILL !!!
@@keithbrown8814oh its ALL amazing!!!
i love that Lucy and Desi gave credit to the writers
Lucy and Desi were so humble. And Desi was so handsome..
This is one of the best examples of true class, shown by the featured winners, but especially by Desi. It's too bad William Frawley never won, though he was nominated several years, as I understand. I really like how they all acknowledged the writers, but I especially loved when Desi mentioned William Frawley, as he was then the only actor at their ILL table without an award. A true class act.
Frawley was an ass. The network never put him forward for a reason. He was widely detested.
@@zapkvr That only goes to show how classy of a man Desi truly was.
Desi was the brains in the outfit. Notice how he goes over and banters briefly with the band, what amazing presence of mind at such a moment. He came up with real innovations with how sitcoms were made that continue to this day.
best comedy sitcom ever..can watch every episode over and over again and never get tired of it...americana at it's best.
Audrey Meadows was better than Viv Vance.
Were you high when you wrote this, genius ?
PlutoTV now has a 24 hour ILL channel, i watch it at some point during EVERY day.
The award for I Love Lucy was well deserved. It’s the only one of the shows that were nominated that is still on the air. It’s never been off the air.
Desi was such a humble and great man always cast aside and disregarded by Hollywood so glad he stood up for the writers and for Frawley.
Good grief. He was a flagrant womanizer who destroyed what was handed him.
With respect to William Frawley, his excellent characterization of Fred Mertz was overshadowed by Art Carney's legendary portrayal of Jackie Gleason's pal "Ed Norton". Every year, Mr. Carney was given the award. I think he won five Emmys for that role, while ironically Gleason himself NEVER won an Emmy.@@billhosko7723
@@billhosko7723- Sad, but very true.
Thanks to him he changed the awards system
Desi Arnaz was so ahead of his time in terms of thinking. To mention the writers was so thoughtful and brilliant, Desi understood that no matter how well he, lucy or the other cast members delivered their lines, that it wouldn't go over well if the writing in the script didn't hold up.
True
@Daniel Beehn That's what I was going to say. He revolutionized they way TV & Films are made.
@Just a Girl You have no idea. He created the multiple camera scheme of filming which was quickly copied by everybody else. He created having a live audience on a sound stage when he was told it wouldn't be practical (when you see any show "filmed before a live audience" in some sitcom, well, he started it.) He and Lucy together invented the idea of syndication of TV shows (reruns). His behind the scenes work, especially with the various Desilu Productions (such as Star Trek) was really more influential than his role on the I Love Lucy show.
@Daniel Beehn And if it wasn't for Desi Arnaz giving a young producer a chance to be the Executive Producer Of the Untouchables. we would have never had shows like Cannon, Streets of San Francisco. And a lot of other Television gems. That producer's name- Quinn Martin...
@Just a Girl You just proved how ignorant you are.
Wow. Where the heck did you find this clip !!?? This is amazing. I loved how excited Lucy got for Vivian Vance winning her award. And very unselfish gesture of Desi and Lucy to recognize the writers the way they did; and I had to look it up and sure enough, Emmy awards for Comedy writing started in 1954
FANoftheLEAFS_RAPTORS_JAYS So I guess the TV Writers of today owe Desi & Lucy a Thanks!
That's wonderful.
It was great to see Lucy completely ecstatic for Vivian winning
How fitting that the very first Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress was awarded to Television's All-Time Supporting Actress.
My sentiments exactly !
It’s a shame Desi was never nominated for an Emmy once for this show. He was great and deserved to be nominated and won once for it.
Jared Wignall I
Vivian Vance deserved the award! You're right about Ricky, Bill. They all made the show, not just Lucy.
Lucy became too "take charge" and bossy in later years.
Ricky should be the first to speak with him by her side.
Then on the way back to their seats "she" grabs the award out of his hand..never cared for her in the later years...
I agree.. maybe some bad blood went down somehow to where he wasn't nominated partly because He was Latin..
That’s bad -ass ! You go Desi for getting the academy to recognize the writers .... what a joke that it was never considered before that .
Vivian deserved that award and should have received one every year for the entirety of I Love Lucy. She was brilliant and I love her
I agree that Viv should have been given more Emmys but at least she received the first Best Supporting Actress Emmy in television history.
I grew up watching I Love Lucy,( I’m 57) it was a family favorite n we’d all sit around the TV to watch together. Decades later (2022) my kids love to see these reruns!! It’s a classic due to the actors and writers. Its good wholesome fun in a world that needs more belly laughs. Thank you for sharing this clip.
Desi, such a genious, the emmy for writers, Another thing tv has to thank Desi for
Genius who taped the shows back then. I watched Lucy when I was 3 and love to see Them now. I am 70 now and I have always loved Lucille Ball.
@@donnahoffman3639 Me too and I am 76 - Love Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Both had histories of family tragedy and both were intelligent, competent on many levels. Both wanted to reunite their families and take care of them. Desi's mother died two years after he died and he still provided for her in his will. God bless both Desi and Lucy - they gave the world so much joy and laughter. Thank you.
I read Desi was gonna produce a new show called Fred and Ethel , Frawley was willing but Vivian didn’t wanna work with him. It’s a shame cuz they didn’t like each other-Desi said they were just as important as Him and Lucy!
the whole cast and show deserved to win emmy awards...! wow we still watch I Love Lucy up to today!!!!
Vivian Vance was pure class and a very genuine warm person. You can tell by her gracious acceptance speech. Today we have people who have no class and will disrupt an award show by slipping in their political garbage. Politics doesnt have any place in an award show. Boy, do I miss those days when TV was worth watching..
I couldnt agree more ! I was just watching with my mother and said that " these two were actual genuine people.. not like the fake get uine we see today!!" They were very sincere and humble stars.. meanwhile now we have idiots that thanks everyone but the people that MADE them... and even when they do its quick and fake and its sickening to watch... it went from classy, genuine and fun and turned into a me me me my options my platform type of sh*tshow it is today!!!
I just finished watching a commentary given by Lucy about 15 years after I Love Lucy and she was still giving her writers credit. She said she never adlibbed one single word and that she herself is not funny. Everything she did on screen was given to her in a script so her writers really did deserve recognition and it was beautiful that up until Desi and Lucy both died, they were still talking about Oppenheimer, Pugh and Carroll!!!!
Great clip..there's always some nut on here injecting a hateful political comment if u know what I mean!
Lucy Desi so genorious
I think it is one of the greatest injustices in Emmy history that the writers of I Love Lucy were NEVER given Emmys for their brilliant scripts.
Ooh, I love that Richard Denning presented Vivian Vance's award. He played Lucille Ball's husband in My Favorite Husband, the radio show precursor to I Love Lucy! :D
YOU ARE-WATCHING THE ERA OF PURE CLASS- TAKE NOTE: NO SLOB-LOOKING WOMEN WITH BREASTS HANGING OUT OR THEIR THIGHS SHOWING, NO WOMEN WEARING DISGUSTING TATTOOS. JUST PURE BEAUTY,TALENT,GRACE AND ETIQUETTE.
Wow, it's so great that all of them mentioned the writers! Lucy & Desi looked wonderful.
This is wonderful, thank you for posting! Desi and Lucy were right, they had fantastic writers!
PURE CLASS- ALL FOUR OF THEM! PRICELESS FOREVER.....Kim & Larry
what a great clip. thank u so much. i think vivian vance was the best co actress comedian of all time. Lucy was great but i think vivian vance made lucy even better.
I cannot imagine a lucy without an ethel. Vivian vance was flawless and wonderful as ethel mertz. A true commedienne. The most natural comedic actress you could find.
Lucy and Desi were so gracious in this clip. it was really wonderful to see. and i love desi's realness in his comments about giving writers credit. but he didnt over extend it or overdue it but it made an impact.
i love the way lucy practically skipped back to the table. Precious. and their performances on i love lucy looked so effortless.
little could they have known that their show, decades later, would be the most beloved in history, and in fact broadcast all over the world.
When stars had class and grace. Look at the Emmy's today, what a come down!
So true.
Today ...its truly disgusting!!!
Loved this so much. I was born a year later and 'I Love Lucy' was the first television program that I can remember watching as a three-year-old. Wonderful classic TV during this era so long ago. The cast of that show were the forerunners of all who have come after.
Desi was a brilliant business man and way ahead of his time in so many ways. He 'donated' his big winning moment to the writers and to the genius cameraman Freund he knew they were the one that would make or break the show and at that time the Emmys didn't even HAVE a writing award.
Such a beautiful moment in television history. I love Lucille Ball and how genuinely excited they were for one another.
Desi was a class act.
i love how they acknowledged the writers. love them all
I can watch I love Lucy over and over never get tired of it and laughing every time
Love how Lucy was so excited for Viv when she one! "When Viv died I truly lost my best friend"-Lucille Ball
I love Desi. His Personality is adorable
Mae Love me too, I love his constant smile and lively nature, besides his charisma and incredible looks
Mae Love cant stand him for the way he treated Lucy, control freak, and cheat!
@Just a Girl desi wasnt a nobody...he did excellent work and Lucy gave him credit where it was due. And though he experienced heavy racism in the beginning, those in the industry had to eventually acknowledge his business and tv production acumen, as well. But, yeah, he was also a cheat and an alcoholic..
They truly were pioneers from inventing the sitcom, reruns, multi camera shooting and in this both mentioned honoring the writers, the following year the Emmy’s began giving awards to writers. They were pioneers in the industry in so many ways.
SO cool that Desi gave the nod to Bill Frawley. He should have won his own Emmy…..who didn't love Fred Mertz?!
In real life Ethel
i never really liked fred mertz, to be honest. the show was great and he could be very funny in his line delivery but ethel should have had a younger husband. i never bonded with fred. and he was mean to vivian vance. something about fred, william frawley, i felt was not nice, cold, egotistical. i never thought he was affable as many others seemed to. i felt there was a meanness there. vivian vance suffered alot over his behavior towards her.
I though he got one for the highest pants!!
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Bill Frawley was Fred Mertz in real life: gruff, mean at times, but also a caring man, as said by almost all his co-workers in television. Vivian Vance started the fight by complaining about his age in a very disparaging way. He never forgave her for that and made her know it. “Miss Fat ass” and “that c**t” were often his descriptions of her. I think that Vivian was the one that thought too much of herself. Frawley played Frawley from the 30s movies all the way up until his last appearance on the Lucy Show in the mid sixties.
I loved how she hugged Pugh, Carol and Oppenhimer at the end.
I didn't know that I LOVE LUCY won Emmy Awards! I STILL watch it for laughs.
Great vintage footage of the early days of television. I enjoyed how the camera men circled the table and showed general ab lib reactions of the stars. Wish more of these clips were available.
What's funny here is that Vivian Vance walks up stage and says "Thank you... Thank you.." in the EXACT same way as she did thanking Elsa Lanchester for those awful watercress sandwiches in the "Lucy Goes to Florida" episode...
Ha!
I remember that episode, Vivian was great in all the shows!
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Kills me that Vivian Vance is wearing a totally Ethel dress.
Vivian and Lucille both wore their OWN clothes on the show, not costumes. So it's not an Ethel dress, its a Vivian dress :)
Calpurnia Moravia I feel the same way! Vivian was an attractive woman, and even though, by 1954, she had to remain 20 pounds heavier to play Ethel, she could have easily worn a beautiful evening gown and looked smashing. Still, it was kind of fun...it was as if Ethel Mertz herself won the award that Vivian Vance accepted! LOL...
I know!!!😀
Calpurnia Moravia ... It's a cocktail dress. Totally appropriate for the occasion .
Eileen LeValley absolutely!
This is precious. I've seen this once before, and was just taken by their classiness. Vivian was precious, and Lucy and Desi were amazingly thoughtful in their speeches. It's a real shame that actors don't seem to be able to be classy nowadays...
Vivian was one of my all-time favorite actresses & deserved more than just one Emmy.
I agree, but at least she won the very first Best Supporting Actress award. Some great legends, like Jackie Gleason, never even won
Very smart that Vivian Vance mentioned Lucy in her acceptance speech!
I love how Lucille was sooo excited that she ran! :-)
That was great. Lucy was so beautiful‼️❤❤❤♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Richard Denning, who introduced Vivien was Lucy’s spouse on the radio in MY FAVORITE HUSBAND , before the I Love Lucy show on TV.
I love how excited Lucy was when Vivian Vance won her emmy:)
I think the real award goes to Lucy for running like that, 2 weeks after having a baby
I love how the Emmys at that time allowed them to just take their awards to the table and sit back down. Award shows dont let them do that anymore.
That was so sweet about the writers. Not many people would be that modest today, because they have people telling them word for word what to say. Thank you for posting!
WOW the days when stars were really stars
That's not fair. There r a lot of amazing stars out there, with more diverse TV than ever before.
and showed some class
@@AJ-cq5pw It is both fair and correct. Real comedy is gone. These people define great. Now? Mediocre is the new great.
RMPsumma this coming from an old man or woman who I’m sure doesn’t even watch modern day tv anymore. Cause if you did you’d realize how incredibly wrong and ignorant you are.
@@AJ-cq5pw My aren't you just the gracious little soul? No wonder you get off on "modern" crappy TV. 😎😎😎😎😎
I love how she just grabs the emmy back at the end
It was a situation comedy and was supposed to represent real life, so hair and clothes were the same, but Lucy was always stylish and dressed to perfection. Loved those 40's and 50's styles.
Back when the world had TRUE class!!!!
I Love Lucy and Desi and they are still entertaining us after all these years. So wish the world were still like this.
They totally earned every award they received. I do not watch TV because of how bad shows are now a days . but let me tell you if there were shows like lucy and what's my line and good stuff like that I'd be all over it.
kaczerm totally agree with you !!!
OMG, it's so cool that this video is even available now...thank you for sharing it with everyone!!
How could 4 people dislike this???? Love I Love Lucy
kimmieanne1 Four posting people disliked this clip? Is that right?
Shocking that they didn't award writers Emmys that early on! Hard to imagine nowadays.
+Hypercoaster1989 No kidding. If they had the writing categories available, I Love Lucy would have won every year! That's what you get when you're a pioneer paving the way for others!
The I Love Lucy Show is so Unique. It’s truly the best shows in the world till this day. It’s the most special show. Lucille is the most talented the most smarted women in the world. We Will All See Them Very Soon. Love You All
My parents were married in April of that year. Wow, this was 66 years ago. They looked so happy and they deserved it.
Yayyy, I love it!!! Even though she has passed away, I still want to say CONGRATS MS. VANCE!!!
thanks for sharing, that was AMAZING to see after 50+ years for me watching the Lucy universe. i never ever saw the actual ceremony, and what gracious people Lucy and Desi were. i SO SO SO miss this quartet of great actors.
The man giving out the award was Lucy's former co star Richard Denning, from her radio show "My Favorite Husband".
THE PICTURE OF LUCY & DESI AT THE AWARD'S SHOW IS ....... AWESOME BEYOND BELIEF 💝 THE LOVE BETWEEN THEM IS SOMETHING CLEARLY PURE 💓 LOVE & THAT LOVE SHINE'S THROUGH LUCI AND DESI JR TO THIS DAY....BOTH OF YOU ARE STARS & THE MOON ON A CLEAR NITE & BEYOND.
Those were the days, humility and grace..... from 3 of the best that EVER came to us form the "Golden Age of Television" Thay knew .....with out your writers, you have very little to say or do! I wish more were like them today!
Lucy and Desi owned Hollywood in the '50s.
I just saw “Being the Ricardos” and absolutely loved it ! I had also read that William Frawley had once been asked about his five Emmy losses and replied, “I knew they didn’t know what they were doing when Vivian Vance got one!” Seeing JK Simmons play Fred Mertz was a real treat and he did seem particularly dismissive of Vivian Vance I hope he gets nominated; but I wanted to see this particular clip to watch Frawley’s reaction to Vance’s win. It is very subtle, but as Vivian is going to her seat and stopping to hug Lucy, you can see Frawley reach up and pay her on the back. A very sweet moment.
lucy's response is more hard work! love it
Nowadays, we can't see why I Love Lucy did win each category it was nominated. You would think they would win every year it was nominated.
Match Point But there were so FEW categories back in those days. In fact, one year there was a single "best comedian or comedienne" award, so Lucy was competing against women AND men. Another year, her category was simply "best actress," and she was competing against both sitcom and dramatic actresses. Another year it was "best female star of a regular series," which included not only sitcom and drama actresses, but variety show performers as well. There are probably too many categories these days, but back then there were way too few.
Did anyone else catch sight of William Frawley patting Vivian Vance on the back as she returned to the table with her Emmy Award? So much for all the press releases and articles and books claiming how much he "hated" her, and vice-versa. If that was "hate" that I just saw, make mine "well-done," please!
Bill Frawley may have congratulated her, but the hate was there from the beginning, from both parties. As soon as he overheard her complaining about having to play that old man's wife, he crucified her and vice Versa.
"Vivian Vance hated the idea of being thought of as Frawley's wife. Not that she had anything against him at the outset. It was just that he was 64 and she was 39. "He should be playing my father," she complained frequently to anyone who would listen. Complicating matters was the clause in her contract that stated that if anything happened to either of them, the other could be written out of the show.
It was this overconcern about being identified with Bill that laid the groundwork for the infamous Frawley-Vance feud that would rage for the full run of "Lucy." Once Bill discovered how Vivian felt, the gloves were off and no one could reconcile their differences.
Many times during the series run, Oppenheimer had to be called down to the stage to arbitrate one of their arguments. Usually it was ignited when Vance suggested some changes in dialogue or additional bits of stage business. Because the ideas were Vance's, Frawley refused to cooperate, often retreating to his dressing room. Not even the director could make him budge. Oppenheimer would have to go in and soothe his ruffled feathers. The producer usually got Frawley to cooperate by saying, ''Do it for me." Frawley would eventually agree, reminding Oppenheimer, ''I'll do it for you, but not for that bitch!"
After "Lucy" went off prime time, Frawley made this remark about Vance, his TV wife, his so-called "honeybunch": "She's one of the finest gals to come out of Kansas, but I often wish she'd go back there. I don't know where she is now and she doesn't know where I am, and that's exactly the way I like it." ( thanks to Taboola Sponsored Links for this piece of information).
The photo op was for show business, as it was well known that Bill and Vivian despised each other; it's one of those cases where two people work greatly together, but they just hate each other. In all, and despite the hate, this was a great night for everyone and I don't think anyone had hate on their mind.
+A Martin I had never heard about the clause stating one would be written out should the other die. Vivian must have felt that he held her future in his hands. I think they had a 'like/don't like' relationship....they must have felt hurts from some of the things said behind each other's back....but, at the same time they must have appreciated each other's talents because they flawlessly acted appropriately in their scenes, whether it was a lovey dove you moment or one of their regular parts of fussing at one another. Never did any of their scenes appear fake.....they were truly amazing together!
I mean, what was he going to do in front of all those people? Give her the finger and say, "Fuck you, Vivian?" The accounts from everyone involved with the show are pretty consistent.
Before she gets up to go to the stage, he reaches across the table to shake her hand.
Let's see. Did Vivian mention that she wanted to share her award with "Fred"? Did she express regret that Frawley didn't win? Nope. That was left to Lucy and Desi to do indirectly. By the way, as most know, it really bothered Lucy that Desi was not so much as nominated even once. One does wonder why. Was it assumed he was playing himself? That's not fair. Lucy wanted Gale Gordon to play Fred, though a more appropriate name might have been Chauncey Mertz. It would have been a very different show. Gordon played long-suffering fussy characters and continued to do so in Lucy's other shows. It's hard to imagine him as Ricky's chum. Frawley played Fred as long-suffering but fighting back. He had already spent two decades playing no-nonsense characters, and did so on "I Love Lucy". Whoever liked or disliked each other, they were the perfect quartet on the screen.
Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much for posting this.
Desi Arnaz was a visionary.
My favorite comedy teams of all times1. Laurel and Hardy 2. Tim Conway and Harvey Kourman 3. Lucy and Ethel4. Porky and Buckwheat 5. Abbott and Costello
Frawley was more than qualified to win supporting actor. Should have been him.
camiller83 I believe William Frawley was dismissed, unfairly, as an alcoholic has-been, even though he delivered the goods every week on
"I Love Lucy." Professional jealousy probably played a major part in his never winning an Emmy, too. Sad.
+camiller83 Amen to that. It's ridiculous that he didn't.
Omg I agree. Art Carney wasn't really that funny to me. William frawley was the funniest guy ever back then. Had a similar sense of humor as my dad😁😁
@@GalaxyIsADork Art Carney was Great in the Honeymooners...Maybe your just Biased...
@@juliemnm8273 its just my opinion. You aren't obligated to agree. To each his own. Good day
I love when you see history unfold into your very eyes. You felt that we were there. 😮🤩
This is epic! Thanks for sharing!
I love Viv. I'm glad the ILL people found her. She brought so much joy my way. Thanks for posting.
Desi was such a good guy, you can see he looks pissed when he asks them to include the writers next year....he was a fair man...
Very classy of Desi!
Desi was so handsome and talented. Lucy was too.
OMYGOODNESS 🥰🥰🥰 I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM!!! I WILL ALWAYS BE A FAN!
Wow. So different from the award shows and acceptance speeches of today. You can totally see the humbleness and sheer excitement as Vivian, Desi, and Lucy accept their awards. Unlike many entertainers of today, they seem genuinely honored and humbled to win the award, as opposed to some of the smug and entitled attitudes of a few "stars" today.
These people had such class!
Eye roll.Why do people see the past with rose colored glasses? Their were divas back then too.
you are so right, grigor. they had so much class
@@bartholomewlemonhead3029 to be fair, TV was new and exciting, it was like the internet in the mid 90's when people still poo-pooed it and did not take it or its potential seriously. Yes, the past is totally over-praised - really miss the Mc Carthy Hearings and morality clauses for entertainers... Pink scare, Red scare..
I love this clip. Ecsp when Desi speaks.
I love Lucille Ball. Love her voice it's so cute!
I have been watching "I Love Lucy" since I was a boy in the 1960's amd just recently on "Hulu". As someone else just commented...takes my mind off all this political nonsense and I've had countless genuine laughs. True excellence in vintage television. Thank you "Hulu"!!
Awww...The presenter is Richard Denning who was Lucy's hisband on My Favorite Husband.
So well deserved! Bravo!
I love Desi and Lucy because they are humble. They made sure to acknowledge the writers and show appreciation for Vance and Frawley. Desi and Lucy together were magic.
Frawley quickly got up from his chair when Vivian Vance was called, even though it's always been said that he and Vivian hated each other. That's being humble and kind. I wasn't alive during this time, but I have made I Love Lucy so much a part of my entertainment, that I feel nostalgia whenever I see anything about them.
Oh Lucy and Desi!!! I Love You❤
Love Desi’s voice
Funny to see them all crammed on that little stage with the orchestra. This was Feb. 11, 1954 at the Hollywood Palladium.
what a bunch of legends
that's what i love about them! they were so real
I'm so happy we all can see these special vedeos of special events in the I love lucy show after all these years. Lucy would say how marvelous
That was nice that Desi included Frawley during his speech since he didn’t win the best supporting actor.
Great footage. Thank you for posting this.