Todd Purdum

So the overtones of the show are constantly coming back to the dynamic of their relationship in real life. And that's part of what makes it compelling, I think.

The show did bring them together, but I think it also, by the fact that they then were working together pretty much 24-7, always thinking about the show in one way or another. And Lucy's only salvation in life, the thing that her happy place was hard work. So she was restless if she didn't have a lot to do and she'd compulsively clean her house or rearrange her drawers or whatever.

The show did bring them together, but I think it also, by the fact that they then were working together pretty much 24-7, always thinking about the show in one way or another. And Lucy's only salvation in life, the thing that her happy place was hard work. So she was restless if she didn't have a lot to do and she'd compulsively clean her house or rearrange her drawers or whatever.

The show did bring them together, but I think it also, by the fact that they then were working together pretty much 24-7, always thinking about the show in one way or another. And Lucy's only salvation in life, the thing that her happy place was hard work. So she was restless if she didn't have a lot to do and she'd compulsively clean her house or rearrange her drawers or whatever.

So she loved the work. She loved nothing better than working on that week's episode. And whenever they had a chance, and at one point, Desi suggested they scale back and not do the weekly show anymore. She was unwilling to do that. And I think what happened then was that familiarity began to breed increasing contempt as they were with each other all the time.

So she loved the work. She loved nothing better than working on that week's episode. And whenever they had a chance, and at one point, Desi suggested they scale back and not do the weekly show anymore. She was unwilling to do that. And I think what happened then was that familiarity began to breed increasing contempt as they were with each other all the time.

So she loved the work. She loved nothing better than working on that week's episode. And whenever they had a chance, and at one point, Desi suggested they scale back and not do the weekly show anymore. She was unwilling to do that. And I think what happened then was that familiarity began to breed increasing contempt as they were with each other all the time.

Not just in home life, but in their work life. And, you know, the paradox, the poignant paradox is that the show did was intended to save their marriage and the tensions created by the success of the show ultimately were part of what drove them apart.

Not just in home life, but in their work life. And, you know, the paradox, the poignant paradox is that the show did was intended to save their marriage and the tensions created by the success of the show ultimately were part of what drove them apart.

Not just in home life, but in their work life. And, you know, the paradox, the poignant paradox is that the show did was intended to save their marriage and the tensions created by the success of the show ultimately were part of what drove them apart.

Desi has been said to have a great deal of skill as an editor and a rewriter. He understood instinctively what might not work in a script, what would work, even if he couldn't always articulate it. To a person, the people involved in the show talk about Lucille Ball in real life was not verbal. She was not a good teller of a joke. She couldn't remember the punchline.

Desi has been said to have a great deal of skill as an editor and a rewriter. He understood instinctively what might not work in a script, what would work, even if he couldn't always articulate it. To a person, the people involved in the show talk about Lucille Ball in real life was not verbal. She was not a good teller of a joke. She couldn't remember the punchline.

Desi has been said to have a great deal of skill as an editor and a rewriter. He understood instinctively what might not work in a script, what would work, even if he couldn't always articulate it. To a person, the people involved in the show talk about Lucille Ball in real life was not verbal. She was not a good teller of a joke. She couldn't remember the punchline.

She'd get lost in the weeds of telling the joke. Her genius was in situation, in physical comedy, in the use of props, in the human expressions of emotion on her face. So people said that from the first reading at the beginning of the week, Desi would deliver a very credible read, never get any better, never get any worse.

She'd get lost in the weeds of telling the joke. Her genius was in situation, in physical comedy, in the use of props, in the human expressions of emotion on her face. So people said that from the first reading at the beginning of the week, Desi would deliver a very credible read, never get any better, never get any worse.

She'd get lost in the weeds of telling the joke. Her genius was in situation, in physical comedy, in the use of props, in the human expressions of emotion on her face. So people said that from the first reading at the beginning of the week, Desi would deliver a very credible read, never get any better, never get any worse.

But Lucy, as the week went on, and one effective part of Aaron Sorkin's movie being the Ricardos is you see Nicole Kidman as Lucy working and working and working with a set of flowers as a prop, perfecting the routine so that by the time the show was filmed at the end of the week, she had really reached an unbelievable level of skill.

But Lucy, as the week went on, and one effective part of Aaron Sorkin's movie being the Ricardos is you see Nicole Kidman as Lucy working and working and working with a set of flowers as a prop, perfecting the routine so that by the time the show was filmed at the end of the week, she had really reached an unbelievable level of skill.

But Lucy, as the week went on, and one effective part of Aaron Sorkin's movie being the Ricardos is you see Nicole Kidman as Lucy working and working and working with a set of flowers as a prop, perfecting the routine so that by the time the show was filmed at the end of the week, she had really reached an unbelievable level of skill.

Lucy was the vice president of Desilu, but she never took much pleasure in the business end of the business. She really left that to Desi. After their divorce in 1960, then especially after she bought him out of the company in 1962, she did have to become the president and she had final responsibility, although she relied heavily on a team of business advisors.