Happy Birthday To You!
Did you know that Desi Arnaz Jr. and Little Ricky were actually born on the same day? Lucille and Desi knew that Lucille deliver via a Caesarian, and Ball’s obstetrician routinely scheduled all of his C-sections on Mondays – I Love Lucy aired on Monday nights as well. Therefore the pregnancy episodes correlated with Ball’s real life pregnancy, down to the day that Ball went into labor! However what Lucille and Desi didn’t know was the gender of their baby, and for the show, the head writer decided that they would have a baby boy. When Desi Arnaz Jr. was born, good ol’ Desi Sr. called the writer up and proudly said, “Lucy followed your script! Ain’t she something?!”
Happy Birthday To You!
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We’ve mentioned a few fan favorite episodes and now we arrive to the iconic grape-stomping episode! Although “Lucy’s Italian Movie” was littered with obstacles. Firstly, they struggled to secure a vineyard would who donate the required grapes for stomping. When they finally found one, it was required of the show to mention that foot-pressing was actually an old-fashioned method of making wine in beautiful Italy. Next, the extra hired who wrestled Lucille in the grape barrel was Teresa Tirelli, and she didn’t speak English whatsoever. We guess the translator didn’t do such a great job as Tirelli didn’t understand that the scene was filmed-from-the-waist-up fake fight – so she actually held Lucille’s head under the grape mush until Ball almost drowned!
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