Todd Purdom

And then as a sheer intellectual challenge for him, he said, but let me see if we can figure something out. So he devised an innovative system of so-called flat overhead lighting. that would light the set adequately for all three camera angles at once.

And then as a sheer intellectual challenge for him, he said, but let me see if we can figure something out. So he devised an innovative system of so-called flat overhead lighting. that would light the set adequately for all three camera angles at once.

And then as a sheer intellectual challenge for him, he said, but let me see if we can figure something out. So he devised an innovative system of so-called flat overhead lighting. that would light the set adequately for all three camera angles at once.

And then, because a motion picture studio is a working factory floor with all kinds of dangers, cables and electricity and fire hazards, they had to figure out a way to get an audience in there to watch it. So they built a set of wooden and metal bleachers, had about 300 people come into this soundstage. They had to cut a special door in the street side of the

And then, because a motion picture studio is a working factory floor with all kinds of dangers, cables and electricity and fire hazards, they had to figure out a way to get an audience in there to watch it. So they built a set of wooden and metal bleachers, had about 300 people come into this soundstage. They had to cut a special door in the street side of the

And then, because a motion picture studio is a working factory floor with all kinds of dangers, cables and electricity and fire hazards, they had to figure out a way to get an audience in there to watch it. So they built a set of wooden and metal bleachers, had about 300 people come into this soundstage. They had to cut a special door in the street side of the

of the soundstage so that people could have adequate fire exit. And that became the method that, with a few changes, is still used today, was used for shows like Friends, The Big Bang Theory. Most sitcoms today are still shot using this same basic technique.

of the soundstage so that people could have adequate fire exit. And that became the method that, with a few changes, is still used today, was used for shows like Friends, The Big Bang Theory. Most sitcoms today are still shot using this same basic technique.

of the soundstage so that people could have adequate fire exit. And that became the method that, with a few changes, is still used today, was used for shows like Friends, The Big Bang Theory. Most sitcoms today are still shot using this same basic technique.

Well, because television in those days was a bland, sponsor-driven mass medium that to some degree, the way it does now, except it depended on the most innocuous fare to offend the fewest number of people. And if you had a pregnant woman on the air, especially a really pregnant actress, it would betray the way that you get pregnant, which is by having sex.

Well, because television in those days was a bland, sponsor-driven mass medium that to some degree, the way it does now, except it depended on the most innocuous fare to offend the fewest number of people. And if you had a pregnant woman on the air, especially a really pregnant actress, it would betray the way that you get pregnant, which is by having sex.

Well, because television in those days was a bland, sponsor-driven mass medium that to some degree, the way it does now, except it depended on the most innocuous fare to offend the fewest number of people. And if you had a pregnant woman on the air, especially a really pregnant actress, it would betray the way that you get pregnant, which is by having sex.

And sex did not really appear on television in those days. So Lucy and Desi fought hard with CBS to do this. And they thought Desi particularly thought there could be a whole series. And the head writer and producer, Jess Oppenheimer, thought there could be a series of very tasteful, very charming episodes that would show what happens when people have a baby.

And sex did not really appear on television in those days. So Lucy and Desi fought hard with CBS to do this. And they thought Desi particularly thought there could be a whole series. And the head writer and producer, Jess Oppenheimer, thought there could be a series of very tasteful, very charming episodes that would show what happens when people have a baby.

And sex did not really appear on television in those days. So Lucy and Desi fought hard with CBS to do this. And they thought Desi particularly thought there could be a whole series. And the head writer and producer, Jess Oppenheimer, thought there could be a series of very tasteful, very charming episodes that would show what happens when people have a baby.

And finally, ultimately, Desi only found out a couple years later. He'd gone over the heads of the network executives to the chairman of Philip Morris and written him a letter saying, we've given you the number one show on television.

And finally, ultimately, Desi only found out a couple years later. He'd gone over the heads of the network executives to the chairman of Philip Morris and written him a letter saying, we've given you the number one show on television.

And finally, ultimately, Desi only found out a couple years later. He'd gone over the heads of the network executives to the chairman of Philip Morris and written him a letter saying, we've given you the number one show on television.

If you don't want us to be responsible for writing it anymore, then you'll have to figure out how to get the number one show on television, and we can't be responsible anymore. And he later learned that the chairman of the company had sent a memo to his staff, basically saying in the very pungent terms that I'm not going to say on the radio, Don't mess around with a Cuban.

If you don't want us to be responsible for writing it anymore, then you'll have to figure out how to get the number one show on television, and we can't be responsible anymore. And he later learned that the chairman of the company had sent a memo to his staff, basically saying in the very pungent terms that I'm not going to say on the radio, Don't mess around with a Cuban.