One of the best parts of the documentary, for me, is its long overdue recognition of Desi Arnaz (Sr.)'s contributions to the entertainment industry. He was so much more than "Ricky Ricardo." For anyone wishing to learn more about his many lives & careers, I highly recommend his autobiography, "A Book by Desi Arnaz," which was first published in/about 1976.
I grew up as a sick child always missing a lot of school. Lucy and Desi was my companions . They made me laugh and gave me so much hope wanting a better life and a man to love me. When my mom told me they divorced in 1960. I was stunned and cried and cried. Silly huh? But I was a child of the 50s and 60s. God Bless them both
This doc was so well done! I loved the use of the audio tapes so you could hear Lucy and Desi in their own voices. But Amy, Lucy was not from the Midwest. She grew up in New York State.
The main reason for I Love Lucy is - Lucy's persistence she wanted Desi to play her husband so he wouldn't go on the road and cat around. She wanted him near. Truth be told, I waited for this film, waited for the recordings which I liked, though most of Desi's recordings were taken from talk shows I've seen. I've learned more about them in the last 2 months from reading Lucy's book, now reading Desi's book, reading interviews with people who knew them and knew the real facts about them, more than I learned form the film, though it's a good film, I expected to see more. I thought I'd receive answers from it, but I received more answers from The Plot Thickens. I wanted to know if they loved each other till the end, just as they did when they were married. People tend to believe they did because it's nice to hold on to that feeling because they were America's favorite couple, and well, their daughter would love to think that because they were her parents... All the quotes I read, of people who knew them, tell they did, but no one will ever know, only THEY know.
Clearly they did because they spoke on the phone a couple times a week every week until Desi died. He sent her flowers every year on their anniversary until he died. Lucy's second husband, Gary, referred to Desi as his ex husband-in-law because of Desi's constant presence. Desi would often show up in the set of her later series during rehearsals. When Desi's second wife died, Lucy offered him her guest house. Lucy's writers talked about Desi's frequent phone calls to Lucy and how they could always tell it was Desi on the phone because Lucy's mood would change; she would perk up. She was devastated when he died and his death likely hastened her own death. Their relationship is the classic example of two people who couldn't live with each other, and couldn't live without each other.
@@breckrichardson390 I know all of that, I also know how Gary used to call him, and that he didn't even try to compete with him (I talked with someone who knew Lucy personally on her last year. He told me a few things. (How did you know about the "husband-in-law?" Had no idea Lucy offered Desi her guest house (which he built) after Edith's death. Desi also said when was asked, if Gary didn't mind him sending her flowers "I couldn't care less." Regarding the mood change, I heard the same thing about Desi's mood, the writers used to say it on him. I heard the reaction she had after Desi had died, and I know people tell themselves that after Desi had died, she lost will at living, though I can't be sure of that. Yes she could have died out of sorrow, it's logical, after all but I don't want to say things that are not facts. I'm reading A Book now, I finished Love, Lucy, later on I'll be reading Desilu, and then I shall be reading I Loved Lucy, been reading so many things about them and watching so many interviews about them, their story is amazing and I'm writing a long article/post where I add new things to it, all the time, I might be publishing it as a written piece or I'll make a vlog on it.
The last phone call that they had together two days before Desi died - Lucy kept repeating I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. Desi said, I love you too honey. Lucy said that Desi was the love of her life, even though her marriage to Gary Morton was a good marriage that lasted longer. Also a good friend of theirs said that Desi would come to her house (years later) crying saying that he wished that they never divorced and he loved her and always would. I feel these two did love each other, but could not live together but kept that love for each other always.
@@rachelwalsh6116 Unfortunately Desi was an addict: booze, women, and gambling. He had these problems before he met Lucy, while they were married and after they divorced. His 2nd wife (who really loved him too) almost divorced him for the same reasons.
I watched about half of it so far and plan on watching the rest. I enjoyed watching I love Lucy as a kid, but didn’t know how much Desi did for modern day TV and that he directed some of my favorite shows from my childhood. Desi Arnaz just doesn’t get enough credit for all he created during his time in Hollywood. Lucy was very funny but without Desi there just wouldn’t have been a show. I saw Lucy Ball on the Johnny Carson show and she was just as funny in an interview as she was on TV.
There was nothing "mixed race" about Lucy & Desi. He was of pure Spanish background. In case anyone failed geography in grammar school, Spain is part of Europe!
He was born in Cuba, and that is not part of Spain. They speak Spanish there. He was Hispanic, and Lucy was not. Therefore, they were a biracial couple.
@amyreynolds3619 Sadly your ability to logically analyze a situation appears to be not too well developed. If all of Desi Arnaz's ancestors were from Spain, then he was ethnically Spanish. If his family was from France, he'd be French. Where he happened to be born is irrelevant. Lucy was of Scottish and Irish ancestry. All of their ancestors were from Europe. There was nothing interracial about them!
She did a wonderful job on the film because I definitely came away understanding soooo much more about both of her parents and have much respect for both of them. I loved it so much I told others and watched it again. For me, I was so moved by it that I was sobbing at the end of the movie. It was very touching.
Yes, crazy, isn't it, that Desi was thought of as a second class citizen because he was Cuban, not Caucasian. All those years I watched the two of them entertaining the world and not one time did I hear a disparaging word or comment regarding his Latin heritage yet it is now included in docs about him and Lucy. And I never thought of him as being any different or any less of a person than Lucy even though he was clearly from somewhere other than the U.S.
I don’t and have never considered a “white” person and a “Latino” person as mixed race.Mixed ethnicity but not mixed race unless the Latino was Afro-Latino. Latinos can be of any race.
I💓LUCY was the best! (The episode when Lucy & Ethel appeared on stage, unknowingly wearing the same dresses for a performance of "Friendship" and ended up up plucking the other's flowers off their dress and it all went downhill from there, lol)!💃💃
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One of the best parts of the documentary, for me, is its long overdue recognition of Desi Arnaz (Sr.)'s contributions to the entertainment industry. He was so much more than "Ricky Ricardo." For anyone wishing to learn more about his many lives & careers, I highly recommend his autobiography, "A Book by Desi Arnaz," which was first published in/about 1976.
Yea I did learn a lot about him. The 2 movies just focused on his cheating the doc was better than the Nicole movie and the 2003 one on Amazon
@@paulabdul4505 a million percent
Amen
Lucille Arnaz is so great she very respectful polite ,and proud of her parents her parents raise a great child.
I grew up as a sick child always missing a lot of school. Lucy and Desi was my companions . They made me laugh and gave me so much hope wanting a better life and a man to love me. When my mom told me they divorced in 1960. I was stunned and cried and cried. Silly huh? But I was a child of the 50s and 60s. God Bless them both
Lucille Ball was not born in the Midwest she was from Jamestown New York.
This doc was so well done! I loved the use of the audio tapes so you could hear Lucy and Desi in their own voices. But Amy, Lucy was not from the Midwest. She grew up in New York State.
Lucy wasn't born in the Midwest. She was born (and raised) in Jamestown, New York.
I Love Lucy has been and always will be, my all time favorite show!
Mine too
I didn’t know that Jamestown, NY is the mid-west.
The main reason for I Love Lucy is - Lucy's persistence she wanted Desi to play her husband so he wouldn't go on the road and cat around. She wanted him near.
Truth be told, I waited for this film, waited for the recordings which I liked, though most of Desi's recordings were taken from talk shows I've seen.
I've learned more about them in the last 2 months from reading Lucy's book, now reading Desi's book, reading interviews with people who knew them and knew the real facts about them, more than I learned form the film, though it's a good film, I expected to see more. I thought I'd receive answers from it, but I received more answers from The Plot Thickens.
I wanted to know if they loved each other till the end, just as they did when they were married. People tend to believe they did because it's nice to hold on to that feeling because they were America's favorite couple, and well, their daughter would love to think that because they were her parents... All the quotes I read, of people who knew them, tell they did, but no one will ever know, only THEY know.
Clearly they did because they spoke on the phone a couple times a week every week until Desi died. He sent her flowers every year on their anniversary until he died. Lucy's second husband, Gary, referred to Desi as his ex husband-in-law because of Desi's constant presence. Desi would often show up in the set of her later series during rehearsals. When Desi's second wife died, Lucy offered him her guest house. Lucy's writers talked about Desi's frequent phone calls to Lucy and how they could always tell it was Desi on the phone because Lucy's mood would change; she would perk up. She was devastated when he died and his death likely hastened her own death. Their relationship is the classic example of two people who couldn't live with each other, and couldn't live without each other.
@@breckrichardson390 I know all of that, I also know how Gary used to call him, and that he didn't even try to compete with him (I talked with someone who knew Lucy personally on her last year. He told me a few things. (How did you know about the "husband-in-law?"
Had no idea Lucy offered Desi her guest house (which he built) after Edith's death. Desi also said when was asked, if Gary didn't mind him sending her flowers "I couldn't care less."
Regarding the mood change, I heard the same thing about Desi's mood, the writers used to say it on him.
I heard the reaction she had after Desi had died, and I know people tell themselves that after Desi had died, she lost will at living, though I can't be sure of that. Yes she could have died out of sorrow, it's logical, after all but I don't want to say things that are not facts.
I'm reading A Book now, I finished Love, Lucy, later on I'll be reading Desilu, and then I shall be reading I Loved Lucy, been reading so many things about them and watching so many interviews about them, their story is amazing and I'm writing a long article/post where I add new things to it, all the time, I might be publishing it as a written piece or I'll make a vlog on it.
@@breckrichardson390 the reason I question rather he loved her was because he did cheat on her and you don't cheat on someone you love
The last phone call that they had together two days before Desi died - Lucy kept repeating I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. Desi said, I love you too honey. Lucy said that Desi was the love of her life, even though her marriage to Gary Morton was a good marriage that lasted longer. Also a good friend of theirs said that Desi would come to her house (years later) crying saying that he wished that they never divorced and he loved her and always would. I feel these two did love each other, but could not live together but kept that love for each other always.
@@rachelwalsh6116 Unfortunately Desi was an addict: booze, women, and gambling. He had these problems before he met Lucy, while they were married and after they divorced. His 2nd wife (who really loved him too) almost divorced him for the same reasons.
Lucy was born in New York, not the Midwest.
Your parents made of the best shows everrrr❤️❤️😭
Amy! Lucille Ball was born and raised in Jamestown. New York, NOT the Midwest!
I never knew that they was a couple in real Life, I L💖ve Lucy was 1 of my favorite shows I grew up watching it..
They "Were" a couple in real life.
@@mattbernabe 👏🏾
Wow! You must be very young.
@@horaciocapanelli-soto4710 if I am young so what 🤷🏾♀
I watched about half of it so far and plan on watching the rest. I enjoyed watching I love Lucy as a kid, but didn’t know how much Desi did for modern day TV and that he directed some of my favorite shows from my childhood. Desi Arnaz just doesn’t get enough credit for all he created during his time in Hollywood. Lucy was very funny but without Desi there just wouldn’t have been a show. I saw Lucy Ball on the Johnny Carson show and she was just as funny in an interview as she was on TV.
I grew up watching I love Lucy ! I enjoyed watching them
There was nothing "mixed race" about Lucy & Desi. He was of pure Spanish background. In case anyone failed geography in grammar school, Spain is part of Europe!
He was born in Cuba, and that is not part of Spain. They speak Spanish there. He was Hispanic, and Lucy was not. Therefore, they were a biracial couple.
@amyreynolds3619 Sadly your ability to logically analyze a situation appears to be not too well developed. If all of Desi Arnaz's ancestors were from Spain, then he was ethnically Spanish. If his family was from France, he'd be French. Where he happened to be born is irrelevant. Lucy was of Scottish and Irish ancestry. All of their ancestors were from Europe. There was nothing interracial about them!
@@amyreynolds3619no because Hispanic isn’t a race! Cuban is a nationality.
Lucille Ball was NOT born in the Midwest. She was born in Jamestown, New York
LEGENDS!!...And a great documentary :)
What a beautiful daughter! She's the best! I💓Lucy💓Ricky💓Ethel💓Fred!
She did a wonderful job on the film because I definitely came away understanding soooo much more about both of her parents and have much respect for both of them. I loved it so much I told others and watched it again. For me, I was so moved by it that I was sobbing at the end of the movie. It was very touching.
Did she say Mixed race couple ?
Yes, crazy, isn't it, that Desi was thought of as a second class citizen because he was Cuban, not Caucasian. All those years I watched the two of them entertaining the world and not one time did I hear a disparaging word or comment regarding his Latin heritage yet it is now included in docs about him and Lucy. And I never thought of him as being any different or any less of a person than Lucy even though he was clearly from somewhere other than the U.S.
I don’t and have never considered a “white” person and a “Latino” person as mixed race.Mixed ethnicity but not mixed race unless the Latino was Afro-Latino. Latinos can be of any race.
Blax think anything not black is white
Right? What bullsh*t!
Jacko was a pathetic Freak
Lucille Ball and Desi we're very funny and great actors
We grew up watching I love Lucy!
I💓LUCY was the best! (The episode when Lucy & Ethel appeared on stage, unknowingly wearing the same dresses for a performance of "Friendship" and ended up up plucking the other's flowers off their dress and it all went downhill from there, lol)!💃💃
How do you make a movie about Lucille Ball, and not know where she was born?!? 🤦♀️
I Love Lucy has always been my Favourite ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wasn’t Lucy born in Western New York? Is that considered the Midwest ?
Interesting that they made such a silly mistake, saying Lucy was born in the “Midwest“… She was born in Jamestown, New York!
Jamestown, New York is the midwest?
1 of my favorites
Lucille ball was not born in the midwest. She was born and raised in NY.
YES .... SO TRUE ,,,, TIMES ,,, PASSES SO FAST ,,,, CANT;T beliede WE are in 2022 ,,,, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW ,,,, NOTING LAST FOR FOR EVER !!
I never ever looked at them as a "2 Race couple".
I Love Lucy ❤❤❤❤❤
Why do they keep saying "mixed race?" Cuban is not a race and Desi was white.
They meant interracial.
@@yellowRose806 Same thing. Meaning two races. But they're both white.
@@angelthman1659 yes i understand. Thanks for re educating me. I knew that.
It fits their narrative better.
Bi racial couple and people didnt like it
She... Doesn't look like them. A lil Lucy in the face tho
My husband is Lucy's 9th cousin once removed 😀
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