Fred Mertz and Masculinity in the 1950s: The Quiet Evolution
Reexamining the Man Behind the Grump Fred Mertz, Ethel’s penny-pinching husband on I Love Lucy, was a product of an older generation—frugal, serious, and conservative. […]
Reexamining the Man Behind the Grump Fred Mertz, Ethel’s penny-pinching husband on I Love Lucy, was a product of an older generation—frugal, serious, and conservative. […]
Lucy in Hollywood Wasn’t Just Comedy — It Was Commentary When I Love Lucy took Lucy Ricardo to Hollywood in Season 4, the series didn’t […]
More than 70 years since its debut, I Love Lucy remains one of the most iconic sitcoms in television history. But what makes it so […]
When Desi Arnaz was deep in the throat of alcoholism, he turned to his son, who faced his own struggles with addiction, for advice. “Desi’s […]
English is tough. Or is it “tough-enough-through-cough”? Ricky Ricardo finds out the hard way in a classic I Love Lucy moment that proves the English […]
Behind Every Funny Woman Is Another One Holding a Chocolate In nearly every unforgettable I Love Lucy scene, you’ll find Lucy Ricardo—wide-eyed, scheming, and spinning […]
One Commercial, One Woman, One Historic Collapse On May 5, 1952, Lucille Ball stepped onto a small studio set, held up a fake bottle of […]
A Revolutionary Show Disguised as a Sitcom When I Love Lucy premiered in 1951, America thought it was getting a cute comedy about a scatterbrained […]
When Desi Met Renée — And Then Met Lucy Hollywood in the 1940s was no stranger to whirlwind romances, but even by Tinseltown standards, the […]
CBS Sunday Morning Spotlights the Legacy of a Cultural Trailblazer This Father’s Day, CBS Sunday Morning is offering a rare and heartfelt gift to fans […]
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