For Real
Desi Arnaz was a stickler for realism, despite what it cost or how difficult it was to create. Meaning that he worked incredibly hard to maintain accuracy in his scenes so that the audience would believe it and also find it funny. Like when the scene titled “Pioneer Women” required an eight-foot-long loaf of bread, the producers located a bakery in New York to bake it!
For Real
In The Family
There is a lady in the studio audience who can be heard saying “uh-oh” – that lady is actually Lucille’s mom! Dede Ball came to every taping and would often get caught up in the proceedings of the show. Moreover, Glen Glenn, the sound engineer for I Love Lucy, later created his own company which provided laugh tracks, or canned laughter, to television shows. Why is this important? Because he uses Dede’s “uh-oh” in shows later on even though she’s not in the audience nor is she in the show!
In The Family
