Such a legend. During covid lockdown I dove into “I Love Lucy” (streaming on Paramount+™) and was surprised by the quality. When we think of old sitcoms there are a lot of cheesy tropes that come to mind, like “Leave it to Beaver” and “The Brady Bunch” but Lucy had hardly any of them. It was very original and funny, you can tell a lot of thought and heart was put into it. I’d recommend it to anyone!
Based Lucille Ball
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Corgana@startrek.website 7 months ago
ursakhiin@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Lucille Ball was a comedian first and an actor second. That’s why.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I always loved reading her story … everyone who saw her on TV just passed her off as a dunce, a silly woman or a goofball … when in reality she was a powerhouse.
It’s the same with Marilyn Monroe, everyone just sees her as a dumb sex bomb … when in reality she was a smart, shrewd and intelligent, everything you need to navigate your way into that world and survive long enough for everyone to remember you.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 7 months ago
Lucille Ball is a hero: Star Trek, scifi, and I’d even argue the civil rights movement all owe her a debt of gratitude.
zepheriths@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Also, Martin Luther King Jr was a fan of the show, saying it was the only show his kids would be allowed to watch.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Wasn’t that the famous story with Nichelle Nichols … she had wanted to leave the show at some point but Dr King persuaded her to stay as just her mere presence on the show was far more an important statement.
In her autobiography, she writes that he told her she couldn’t leave because she was a role model for millions of young girls and women – the only African-American on TV in a role worth having.
zepheriths@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I believe so. I am not certain, but I do think that is how that came out
charonn0@startrek.website 7 months ago
From the source herself: youtu.be/u0nUOPq31Ug?&t=1595
FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s so true… that lady was such a boss.
Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Jerome Bixby, and some other sci-fi authors all contributed to the first couple of seasons… TV’s first interracial kiss between Kirk and Urura… a third thing… We’d have missed out on a lot of good stuff if “Lucy” hadn’t insisted on producing the show!
David_Eight@lemmy.world 7 months ago
People also forget that a white woman kissing a Cuban man on TV also wasn’t exactly cool with alot of people in the 50s. Could technically be considered the first interracial kill 🤷🏻
FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh fair, I didn’t think about that… I’d just always heard that the first was Shatner and Nichols, but you could be right
mercano@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lucy’s name appears on Enterprise’s hull in the SNW episode “Spock Amok,” when Una and La’an go on an EVA to “sign the scorch.”
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
charonn0@startrek.website 7 months ago
For the unfamiliar: As the head of Desilu Productions, she was the one responsible for giving TOS a second pilot.
Stamets@startrek.website 7 months ago
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
They should name entire systems and fleets of ships to her name in the Trek universe