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...little after dawn, somewhere along Los Angeles' Sepulveda Boulevard, Lucille Ball used to meet her husband, Desi Arnaz. He would be going home after a night of leading his orchestra at Ciro's. She would be headed for a day's work at her movie studio. "We would pull off the road and talk for a few minutes," Lucille recalls. Then she adds: "That's a dull way to live, brother...
...giving up movies and nightclubs for their TV show, I Love Lucy (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS), Lucille and Desi now have all their weekends free, and work only four days a week-together. In brightening up their own lives, they have done quite a lot to make a cheerful half hour once a week for millions of televiewers. The show, begun only last October, has rocketed up in the popularity ratings, is now fourth among Nielsen...
Much of the credit belongs to Lucille, a redheaded, uninhibited comedienne who takes pratfalls and pie-throwings in her stride, manages to add an extra wriggle or a rubber-faced doubletake to each funny line. Cuban-born Desi Arnaz gets enough masculine authority into his role to keep Lucy from degenerating into a Dagwood and Blondie farce. Three writers turn out scripts that bring flashes of grown-up humor to such standard subjects as amateur theatricals and wedding anniversaries. Says Lucille: "We try to be an average married couple getting into unaverage situations...
...Love Lucy (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). A broad, often funny comedy series with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz...
...Love Lucy (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). Family comedy series, with Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz...