Just Keep Rolling
Undoubtedly you know that I Love Lucy was filmed in front of an audience. Which is precisely why they hesitated to yell “cut” and re-shoot scenes when a mistake happened. As a result, you’ll see a blooper left in and an attempt to “paper-over” the flub.
Preggo
Lucille Ball discovered she was pregnant during season two, which cause mayhem behind the scenes! While Lucille and Desi were overjoyed, they were also worried how viewers would react – at that time, a visibly pregnant female had never ever appeared, let alone starred, on a television show. Eventually, the network agreed and wrote in Ball’s pregnancy although they believed that the word “pregnant” was indecent, therefore they replaced it with “expecting” (or, as Ricky would say, “‘spectin’”).