Home movies from Desilu Studio picnics

Desi never got credit for being ILL's Man Behind the Curtain a la Wizard of Oz. Lucy has never been acknowledged for greenlighting Star Trek when she ran Desilu.

Desi was never credited for being ILL's Man Behind the Curtain a la wizard of Oz. Lucy was never acknowledged for greenlighting Star Trek when she ran Desilu.

Who is that tackling Viv? Phil Ober?

Appears to be r3

Just two coloreds? Must be the housekeepers.

Who is the blonde laughing with Desi?

people socializing without cellphones

What park is this?

I recognize St Vivian and Lucy's mom DeeDee, but not many others.

What year was this?

It looks like 1956 or so, based on the kids' ages r9.

Generous Ricky paid for all the food and beverages...

Gary Morton advised Lucy against it

I wonder if the black woman holding Desi Jr is Lucy's longtime maid and housekeeper Willie Mae? '

Sitting in the back I hope, r12

Lucy is wearing a heavy Winter coat.

Viv is wearing shorts.

Where they at the same picnic?

The wild sex with Phil was too hot to handle, r14

Is that also Viv in the red strip blouse?

I don't think so, r16

Way too attrative and svelte to be Viv, r16.

^ As if you'd know, you ill-tempered old drunk with your pants around pulled up your tits!

(You think, we don't all know you're in the basement drinking when you're supposed to be working on the furnace.)

I think Vivian was what they call a freak.

[quote]Is that also Viv in the red strip blouse?

What? Viv worked the pole too?

Gary was going to go but Gary talked himself out of it.

R2, Lucy has very much been acknowledged for her role in bringing Star Trek to the air. In fact, her input is probably exaggerated.

Likewise, Desi's contributions to the art of the sitcom and TV production are known, if not so much by the general public then by those in the industry.

[quote]her input is probably exaggerated.

She didn't have input on Star Trek or Mission:Impossible. She didn't understand either show. She was responsible for giving them the go ahead..

^ and in fairness, Lucy did use her production money from the network to develop these series, whereas most stars treat their production money as a bonus

But Lucy knew that Desilu had become a "rental lot" that had very few of its own hit series, and made most of its revenue from the rental of the studio space for other shows..

and she knew she had to create some hit Desilu shows if she were going to get top dollar for the studio when she sold it

and to her credit, her strategy worked - she sold Desilu to Gulf and Western in 1967 for about $17 million IIRC

Lol r21

r25 $17 million adjusted for inflation, or $17 million in 1967?

[quote]Both Ball and Arnaz owned a majority stake in DesiLu until 1962 when Ball bought out Arnaz and ran the company by herself for seven years. She sold her shares of Desilu to Gulf + Western (later Paramount Television) for $17 million (a value of $132 million in 2020) in 1968.

$17 million USD in 1967

*1968

Wow, that would be around $153,000,000 adjusted for inflation.

Do you guys ever talk about anything other than money?

Yes, r31.

We also talk about Cesar Romero allegedly blowing Desi.