Directing the first multi-camera film sitcom before a live audience.
On October 15, 1951, television broadcast history was made when the first episode of I Love Lucy aired on CBS. Technically, it was not the first episode of the show. The pilot, directed by Ralph Levy, was recorded as a kinescope, a 16mm filmed recording taken from an extremely bright cathode ray tube, but it was not broadcast until 1990. Kinescopes are fuzzy and often distorted, but were the only means for communities outside of the reach of coaxial cable linked network affiliates, predominately on the East Coast where most television programs originated, to see network programming. Lucy was the first multi-camera sitcom to be filmed before a live studio audience. [more]
In honor of what would have been Lucille Ball’s 103rd birthday, Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen.
My Third Parent 