The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen black-and-white one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960 (as opposed to the thirty-minute regular series, I Love Lucy). The first five were shown as specials during the 1957–58 television season. The remaining eight were originally shown as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. The successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, the programs featured the same cast members: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, and Little Ricky (billed as Richard Keith in his post-Lucy–Desi acting assignments). The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series.[1]
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | |
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Created by | Jess Oppenheimer Madelyn Davis Bob Carroll Jr. |
Written by | Madelyn Davis Bob Carroll Jr. Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf |
Directed by | Jerry Thorpe Desi Arnaz |
Starring | Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Vivian Vance William Frawley Little Ricky |
Composer | Wilbur Hatch |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Desi Arnaz |
Producer | Bert Granet |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Desilu Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | November 6, 1957 (1957-11-06) – April 1, 1960 (1960-04-01) |
Related | |
I Love Lucy (1951–1957) |
Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas, and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran these thirteen specials under the "Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour" title as prime-time summer replacements, from 1962 to 1965, with a final run in 1967. 1966–67 was the first TV season in which all first-run prime time network shows were in color. These "Lucy–Desi" repeats were the only black and white series aired that year, after which it, and I Love Lucy, went into syndication.