Lucille Ball Had No Eyebrows? by Dan Gutman

Author:Dan Gutman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
Published: 2023-04-10T00:00:00+00:00

In 1948, she was the star of a radio comedy called My Favorite Husband. It ran for 124 episodes, and CBS wanted to turn it into a TV show. Lucy thought it would be the perfect opportunity for her and Desi to work on something together. So she said she would do the TV show, but only if Desi—her real husband—could play her TV husband.

And the rest is history?

No, it’s not. CBS didn’t want Desi.

Why not?

Desi wasn’t like anyone else on TV at that time. He didn’t speak perfect English. He had a Cuban accent. CBS was afraid that people wouldn’t accept Lucy and Desi as a married couple.

But they were a married couple!

What can I say? The good old days were

messed up.

So what did Lucy and Desi do?

They put together an act and took it on the road to prove that people would like them as a couple. Desi played a bandleader who sang and played bongos. Lucy played his nutty wife who wants a job playing cello with the band.

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