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10-19-2021, 08:42 PM
Some TV had existed before I Love Lucy. But this all time classic paved the way for sitcoms to become a successful genre. Queen of comedy Lucille Ball made sure it would last insisting on being videotaped. She also insisted on real life Cuban husband Desi Arnaz playing her husband on the show. They starred as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Landlords and best friends Fred and Ethel Mertz made up the other half of the cast. At first I Love Lucy was set in New York and featured the nightclub where Ricky was bandleader. Later it had long vacation arcs in Hollywood and Europe. Then near the end they all moved to Connecticut. The I Love Lucy portion lasted 6 years from 1951-1957 on CBS. That was followed by The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour which aired 13 episodes from 1957-1960 with the same cast of characters. In later seasons Richard Keith played Lucy and Ricky's son Little Ricky.
Ozzie and Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson played themselves in the longest lasting live action sitcom ever. While It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will be passing Ozzie and Harriet's 14 seasons, it comes nowhere close to the record 435 episodes for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet that aired from 1952-1966 on ABC. Sons David and Ricky Nelson played themselves, with their real life wives joining in later seasons.
Ozzie and Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson played themselves in the longest lasting live action sitcom ever. While It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will be passing Ozzie and Harriet's 14 seasons, it comes nowhere close to the record 435 episodes for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet that aired from 1952-1966 on ABC. Sons David and Ricky Nelson played themselves, with their real life wives joining in later seasons.