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...evening that I Love Lucy first went on the air, the director and his wife invited us all to have dinner and watch the premiere. Lucy and Desi were there, along with producer Jess Oppenheimer and his wife, Vivian Vance and her husband, and our editor, Dann Cahn. We gathered around the 12-in. screen to watch the opening episode, "The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub." We had seen the show at the filming, so there wasn't much laughter. But Vivian's husband Phil Ober, who hadn't been at the filming, was laughing so hard...
BABALU Famed bandleader Desi Arnaz creates a frenzy for la conga in Miami before bringing Cuban music to TV audiences on the sitcom I Love Lucy...
...Phifer), the only black kid in an elite Southern prep school and, gee whiz, a basketball star--a player of great flair, a dark temper and, apparently, no will of his own. Iago is Hugo (Josh Hartnett), the coach's son with a bit of a grudge. Desdemona is Desi (Julia Stiles); Emilia is Emily (Rain Phoenix). As the updated plot is predictably spun out by scripter Brad Kaaya, your response may be a glum "Uh-O." Best to watch the many ovals that Nelson has cleverly worked into the visual design, and to savor Hartnett's handsomely conflicted turn...
...news: the show was Chico and the Man, part of a reel of highlights from NBC's history. By and large, major Hispanic TV characters are still just that, history--Freddie Prinze's Chico, Desi Arnaz's Ricky Ricardo--even though Latinos are America's fastest-growing minority, now roughly equal in number to African Americans. The disparity is not new, but it has never been so embarrassingly glaring. According to the 2000 Census, Hispanic Americans number 35 million, or 12.5% of the population, a nearly 58% jump since 1990. But on TV? A report by the advocacy group Children...
...Elian: Bart Simpson "Ay caramba" Juan Miguel: Desi Arnaz Jr. Lazaro Gonzalez: Saddam Hussein Marisleysis: Monica Seles Armando Gutierrez: Cheech Marin Greg Craig: Richard Gere Janet Reno: Judge Judy Scheindlin or K.D. Lang Fidel Castro: Any member of ZZ top Donato Dalrymple: Dustin Hoffman Diane Sawyer: Sharon Stone Bill Clinton: Ron Jeremy Al Gore: WWF CEO Vince McMahon...