I Love Lucy (1951): 15 Shocking Facts You Didn't Know!

I Love Lucy (1951) — 15 Shocking Facts You Didn’t Know! I Love Lucy (1951) changed television forever? Discover 15 shocking facts about Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, the chocolate factory and grape-stomping scenes, Lucy’s groundbreaking pregnancy storyline, the birth of TV reruns, and the surprising connection between Desilu and Star Trek. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - 1: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Took a Pay Cut and Accidentally Invented the Rerun 02:18 - 2: Dracula Cinematographer Karl Freund Revolutionized Sitcom Lighting 03:20 - 3: I Love Lucy Needed a “Three-Headed Monster” to Edit Three Cameras at Once 04:12 - 4: Lucy’s Famous Vitameatavegamin Routine Was Inspired by an Older Vaudeville Act 05:23 - 5: The Chocolate Factory Worker Really Hit Lucille Ball 06:19 - 6: Lucille Ball Hid Her Chesterfields Inside the Sponsor’s Philip Morris Tin 07:16 - 7: CBS Hired Three Clergymen to Police Lucy’s Pregnancy Storyline 08:29 - 8: Lucy Ricardo Giving Birth Drew More Viewers Than Eisenhower’s Inauguration 09:47 - 9: Little Ricky Was Secretly Played by Several Different Children 10:50 - 10: The I Love Lucy Theme Song Had Lyrics Almost Nobody Heard 11:49 - 11: Lucille Ball and Her Grape-Stomping Partner Told Very Different Stories About Their Fight 13:04 - 12: Desi Arnaz Could Memorize an Entire Script After Reading It Once 13:56 - 13: Vivian Vance and William Frawley’s Feud Killed a Fred and Ethel Spinoff 15:02 - 14: William Frawley’s Contract Guaranteed Time Off for the Yankees’ World Series Games 16:09 - 15: Lucille Ball’s Desilu Helped Keep Star Trek From Dying Before It Began Watch more Weird Facts videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXu5WXHi8-Q66BEE6JBvLZIgj5zv-kF3b #ILoveLucy #LucilleBall #DesiArnaz #VivianVance #WilliamFrawley #Desilu #StarTrek #ClassicTV #1950sTV #TVHistory #TVFacts #TVTrivia #BehindTheScenes #weirdfacts