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  • I wish lucy is existing in this generation. young, clever, funny and gorgeous!

  • wow he sounded the same as he did way back then

  • I wish we could go back in time & change so they would stay married forever

  • desi is still sexy gray hair and all:) lol. awww i love him and lucy...but i hated that babalo and conga drum lol.

  • Anyone who worked with this man had nothing but good things to say about him. As for Lucille Ball, anyone who worked with her usually had nothing to say about her.

  • I will always love you Desi Arnaz....you're family to me.

  • @nynynyny44 In a weird way he is family to me too!

  • my birthday ison the sameday as desi March 2nd

  • LOL "I Love Lucy" has been in syndication since it left the air in 1959. Suddenly...this guy realizes it in 1982? Later that week this same guy says: "Hey, I was watchin' TV last night and did you know JFK is dead"?

  • I was just looking at yahoo image pictures of Lucille Ball and Arnaz and what happened to them when they got into old age,Lucille Ball looks totally different and her hair is not as red as it was when she was younger,why do people age and then die years later.

  • I think Lucy was always his one and only love....he just didn't know what he had until it was gone

  • @lionessgirl88 Yes, and I know Lucy's true love is Desi.

  • @materialgirl8707 yes I agree....but most famous guys with tons of cash can't keep their pants on, even if they love their wives dearly! Look at Ashton & Demi, Kobe & Vanessa....the list goes on & on. I would NEVER get with a famous rich guy!

  • Man..Nearly 30 years after this interview I LOVE LUCY is STILL on TV! Wow...

  • @fashonthem ya but its on at like 6-7 am est

  • he looks like shit

  • @MegaChubbyboy That was love does to you when you lose it.

  • he died in '86

  • I love him =]

  • Classy guy!

  • its sad its goin on 2012 and im still watching i love lucy and the show went off the air like 20 years before i was born

  • @poetictragedy12287 it's not sad, we're the LUCKY ones :) i'm glad they still syndicate it, i'd considered it blasphemy if they didn't!!! :)

  • my last name's Arnaez and my family's from cuba too.... maybe we're related..

  • he looks like my grandpa,

  • Lucy and Desi gave us all so much..... They'll be cracking people up 500 years from now...

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  • its a shame to see how old he got here he was a good loking young man when i love lucy came out

  • @musicman257

    Rather he get old and wrinkly having lead a good life instead of dying at 24 like James Dean. Get your priorities straight...

  • he looks and acts the same! he is so cute even old if i was his age i wouldnt mind being his lady gal

  • I would like to find an episode from Entertainment Tonight from the Oscars in 1982..especially from Wolfgang Puck's after party. I was the date of Bud Cort.. anyone know how to find it?

  • Jesus. Mary Hart had to be fake for almost 30 years - that is not easy to do.

  • He was only 65 years old in this clip. Didn't age so well.

  • Lucy was wonderful! But I hope enough people appreciate and recognize that Desi Arnaz was a huge part of the success of 'I Love Lucy'. Glad they were friends to the end...

  • hes one of those people whos look never changes

  • A genius!

  • awww i started tearing up

  • Ricky Ricardo <3 

  • smoking and drinking aged him really bad

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  • @9d9percent he was 64 years old here.

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  • @lbendik6301 uh...no...age aged him.

  • @dedbusted if u expect to look like that at 64, thats sad. my dad is 56 and looks like hes 20 compared to this....my doesnt smoke or drink. trust me it makes a difference.

  • @lbendik6301 my parents are around the same age. My dad drinks, my mom smokes they both look young. People age differently -_______-

  • @RubiHeart02 it will catch up to them eventually (the smoking more so). its proven that smoking ages ur skin faster than if u dont smoke....it restricts bloodflow to capillaries (veins under skin), breaks down collagen (what keeps the skin soft), and reduces supply of vitamin a (which helps protect against skin damage), among other things. hate to be a downer but its the truth.

  • @lbendik6301 The lost of his love is what aged him too.

  • he still has that sparkle in his eyes

  • this sounds a lot like the song Peg by steely dan.

  • Awesome post. Nice to see quality programming for a change.

  • Yes, of coarse I was joking. Who would be serious about that ?

  • naw dina goy snooks beat

  • Snooki is the best actor in the entertainment business today.

  • @TheDogsnout2 You are joking right?

  • @TheDogsnout2 Ease up on the sarcasm or everyone will drown in it xD

  • and now we have shit like jersey shore airing....

  • @skating0813 Yup. Thats why I dont even watch tv today. I watch TvLand.

  • @skating0813 oh man... snooki is the new lucy ! ( no shittttt)

  • @skating0813 well think of this way. I love Lucy has been on the air for 60 yrs. In 60 yrs it will still be on the air and Jersey shore will cease to exist because lucy knew how to act unlike the so called actors in jersey shore.

  • @skating0813 AMEN

  • I just love Hendren's hair.

  • this really makes me cry im an 10 year old who is in love with the show the cast and lucy of course so what i think of desi when he is old he bar;ey is able to laugh i dont know why they divorced i have even done a school project and i still dunno why :(

  • @smileyfacegirl1029 When you fall in love, you'll understand why, but they were always in love until the very end.

  • @kche87 wow that was helpfully deep Im still very much in love with the cast though

  • @smileyfacegirl1029 Desi drank too much. He acted very badly sometimes when he was drunk, and he had affairs with other women. Sorry, kid. That's reality.

  • @yowzephyr Dang did not know that but he still was really handsome I love his accent though hehe he cant pronnonse santa clause hehe jk

  • @yowzephyr big show business men..its not surprising if he did have affairs and a temper when drunk. Reality BITES for sure.

  • @smileyfacegirl1029 Bless your little heart. I too fell in love with "I Love Lucy" when I was about your age, which was a few decades ago. Like you, the idea of Lucy & Desi's divorce was an unpleasant fact for me to accept. Read, "A Book" by Desi Arnaz which is his autobiography. I think that you'll find that he explains some of the problems they had, and you'll better understand why they divorced.

  • @walwaad Awwww....youre so sweet :) Okay! ill read it

  • Were it not for their longstanding tobacco habits, Desi and Lucy would have lived longer. Cautionary tales.

  • Damn, that Steely Dan song really captures that era.

  • WHA T THE HELL THIS MAN RICKY RICARDO- HIS RTEAL NAME DESI ARNAZ?

  • @shinnylenny its a stage name, numb nuts.

  • @MrJimmyboy1972

    dunno ...what the hell is? .just searchin and find the way numb nutty XD

    thank you ..

  • @shinnylenny bollocks!

  • @MrJimmyboy1972

    hell yeah bollox!!!!

  • @shinnylenny shinny i like you, your nuts, and i can handle that....YEE HAA!

  • @MrJimmyboy1972

    whats your name? ricarrrdo-ricky ricarrdo houeeeeee hooouueeee XD

  • @shinnylenny keep taking the pills shinny

  • @shinnylenny Yup.... He does look like a Ricy Ricardo though......

  • THANKS for posting this very interesting clip! Not only was Desi a gifted performer, but was the creative force behind Desilu productions. A very astute businessman! I've read that Lucy bought out Desi's share of their Desilu after their divorce for one million dollars. Of course, that's sounds like peanuts today, but in the early 60's that sum was worth a LOT more & provided Desi with the funds for a long and happy retirement.

  • desi, make a fucken taco.

  • I think the shows of today are dumb down based on the last 30 years America has become less intelligent from the schools that we attend from grade school to college and with the moral decay you see today the result bad TV, music, and movies. It seems it is all about the dollar and not about real talent or ability.

  • i love lucy is the bomb, i mean,i am 14 years old and i am in love with this show.i stay up till 2 am to watch i love lucy in halmark channel and i dont sleep til 4 am then i wake up at 12 pm to watch i love lucy in my13. then on the weekends in fox11 i watch it.i watch it everyday.who can get enough of it? i watched every episode more than 30 times and still not bord and never will be.to the whole i love lucy cast,may you all rest im peace and harmony amen :)<333

  • @1997manar SAME WITH ME! I am 13 and I stay up until 3am just so i can watch I Love Lucy on Hallmark! I can't get enough either! I am in love with I Love Lucy! I have all the seasons on DVD but I still stay up to watch them! Its worth being tired in the morning! I've seen every episode like 30 times too! It kinda sucks though because my friends absolutly refuse to watch, They won't watch it only becausa there is no curseing and its in black and white! I am proud to say that I LOVE LUCY!!!!!!!

  • @samramirez12 lol my friends love watching it . well, i hope you can convince your friends to watch i love lucy, cuz its the bomb ahaa!!! i dont have the dvds but i record the i love lucy shows on my tapes. oh and i love lucy is better than we love lucy,if u ever heard of that shoW!? it kinda aint that funny as i love lucy anyways thanks for agreeing with me samira and i am also proud to say i love lucy lolz. have a nice day :)

  • My kids watch I Love Lucy with me, just like I did with my mom and she did with hers. Truly timeless.

  • DESI IS ONE SMART MAN

  • im 14 today and love i love lucy!

  • Desi and Lucy were an adorable couple. I mean, for real. I just think that it's too bad that their marriage didn't work out in the end... :/

  • It's too bad Desi arnaz was such a cheater----they would have made even better shows-----he still loved her, but i wouldnt put up with a man for more that 10 people----it was also great because its interracial marriage

  • im 13 and i LOVE the show i love lucy you just wont get another comidy like that i only wish they were alive so they could make more shows :( R.I.P Lucy and Desi

  • Desi was a womanizer and Lucy (from what I hear) was not the easiest woman to live with. Neither were saints or angels.

    But ... the I Love Lucy show was very funny, full of quality acting.  Loved it.

  • @cheeriosinabowl Imagine that! A sitcom that kept everybody laughing for close to 60 years, and this feat was accomplished without the use of sex, nudity or any profanity... sadly a forgotten art!

  • @littlemikey1954 agreed!!

  • Let this be a lesson to everyone the effects of smoking. The 31 years between 1951 and 1982 (this interview) Desi looks like he aged about 100 years. He was 65 here but he looks 105. i'm surprised he even made it to 69 years old when he died...

  • @MrROBObeast Gunshot wounds and suicide and drug overdose are the leading cause of death in 15-24 year olds. And that age bracket is just about to take over the lead as the most deaths per capita. Do your homework. I promise you 99 percent of the people alive today won't die from cigs.

  • I'm 19 and I have been watching I Love Lucy since I could walk. It's my favorite show and I have an entire shelf of I Love Lucy collectibles. She lives on. My kids will watch the show, and my little girl is going to be named Lucille Desiree.

  • @Hellohowru8 IM WATCHING I LOVE LUCY RIGHT NOW! LOL

  • Whatever happen to this guy he was on ET years ago

  • shows like this make u think that the things in life that make u mad arent so bad after all

  • So much for Philip Morris they both died of lung cancer as did Vivian Vance

  • @caleb6868 Vivian did not die of lung cancer. 

  • He looks terrable! he sure doesnt look like himself! He looks like he drank ALOT! he can baraly hang on to his words i wonder if that is just because he is old or if he drank ALOT!

  • @swlwarriors1 Yes, he was quite the alcoholic.

  • He looks terrable! he sure doesnt look like himself!

  • Desi is badass. These MCs are douchebags.

  • Desi never got enough credit. The man was brilliant.Drinking and smoking huge cigars did him in. Lucy was a heavy cigarette smoker,but not a drinker.

  • EVEN THOUGHT THERE ARE GONE THEY ARE  ALWAYS REMEMBER.....

  • desi arnaz evolved into marlon brando

  • its funny cause in your description that you have if I could recall in an episode he uses his full name and uses the alberto and the y de acha III its pretty funny

  • Entertainment Tonight used to be much classier than it is now....

  • Smoking killed the guy. Look at his lips, his skin color. The years of smoking made him look a chimney. I spit on the guy who invented ciggs.

  • @JayTsay he was also a heavy drinker

  • wow..this was the year I was born 1982

  • It's weird seeing him so young on I Love Lucy then seeing him so old here.. It's like going through a time machine.. It just goes to show you that no one will stay young forever...

  • @Jeffrizel1986 I know its just so weird cause we are so use to seeing the younger of himself on I love lucy and seeing him there doesn't seem the real him. . .

  • Aging sucks. 

  • Man-o-day it is such a cryin' shame that Desi and Lucy got divorced! SO SAD! Poor them! At least they kept in contact with each other. And at least they still respect and love each other. But boy I wish they would have stayed together!

  • I just cried SO HARD.

  • @52607cantdance --Aw, bless your little heart.

  • lol in my spanish class we watch i love lucy all the time good clean fun

    and it aired on my birthday oct 15 1951 only i was born in 1992

  • Damnnnnnn

  • i love lucy, and i love desi, but why is steely dan in my suggestions? lol! i love steely dan too, just saying

  • Grandson is JT on the young and restless.Little lucys boy.

  • @ayla8251 She and actor-writer Luckinbill have three children together—Simon, Joseph and Katharine—while Luckinbill has two from his previous marriage, Nicholas and Benjamin.

  • Desi was very talented... he could sing, dance and act. His timing was perfect as a foil to Lucy. He also was a great director, pioneering the 3-camera technique that's standard in sit coms today. Ever noticed how good "I Love Lucy" episodes look in comparison to things like "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" or "Father Knows Best" (when you get to see 'em). He also ran a GIGANGIC studio that was bigger than Paramount. Best of all, he walked away to go play congas at the beach. Cool.

  • wow looking at old Ricky makes me cry.

  • Desi was an amazing producer, he was very humble to let all the credit go to Lucy, he was an innovator and was the first one to establish a set with multiple cameras (unlike other shows such as "The Honeymooners" with one camera setting) During the run of the show the entire cast was awarded Emmys for their outstanding performances (several times) except Desi! why couldn't they recognize his talent? shame on them!

    Also, I think that Desi never stopped loving Lucy, that kind of love never ends.

  • wow, this is sooo retro...

  • gosh i,m not as old as DESI ARNEZ ,but old enough to know cussing does not put one in a good light ,MOM always said your tongue is the pen of your heart! okey born in 1940 and a teenager in the 50,s never heard cussing till so called this modern times ! i,ll take the good old days ,DESI,was cuban i,m MEXICAN AMERICAN we latins are proud people

  • Desi Arnaz was cool.

  • ITS TO BAD HE DIED AND LUCY AND DESI WERE SUCH A CUTE COUPLE I CANT BELIEVE THERE BOTH GONE!

  • @bluecrew100 Don't be sad. I know they are both in Heaven and are incredibly happy.

  • "Lucy what did you do?!"

  • Why doesn't he look good at his old age? Oh yeah, its cause he's OLD!!! Time is a bitch people. No need for shitty American conspiracies here

  • The 31 years from '51 to '82 seemed like a century. How is it that the last 29 have gone by so fast?

  • @lazur1 We keep getting older and busier brother!

  • he is still handsome to me! Boy I wish they stayed married but I understand.

  • wow he looked horrible for his age. Too much drinking and smoking cigars :( still had the spirit though

  • wow he aged!

  • i wish Desi and Lucy couldve stayed together 4ever

  • i miss these old times. the 2000s is definitely not the same...

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  • @delilah974 so?!?!?! lucy confessed that she cheated on him too!

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  • @delilah974 whatever bitch

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  • @delilah974 your an idiot yes she did! its in her book the one she wrote so get your fuckin facts straight! don't say who's a cheater without knowing their personal lifes or don't blame one if you don't have know the other one! fuck off peace out

  • he looks like the grampa from spy kids!

  • @BLEACH01Z Grampa from Spy Kids was played by Ricardo Montalban (Wrath of Khan, Fantasy Island, Chrysler Cordoba commercials with rich corinthian leather).

  • To Desi, follow Cuban rip.

  • He still Loved her :) He always did and he always will, whether in Life or Death

  • and in 2010, you know what...the show continues to hold up!

  • Rest in peace Desi i love lucy is still one of the greatest!

  • Desi did try to duplicate I LOVE LUCY with a show called THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW, even reusing some of the old gags.

  • its still on here in L.A. california....12 noon till 1.00 pm..

  • ah.. the good ole days of ET when they could do a story without an obvious PR agenda , even had time to play intro music.. hmmm Mary Still looks great..

  • and to think desi died 4 years after this

  • I love lucy was a great and funny show. I miss the days of clean humor.

  • @xxashyy so true no sex kokes no drug or anything fun humor

  • @xxashyy i totally agree :)

    i would rather watch classics like beverly hillbillies then some of the shows airing today.

  • @Bonesfan4life Me,too. At least those shows had original story lines. Kinda puts a smile on your face,no?

  • @Bonesfan4life I totally agree with both of you. I purposly don't watch the televison shows of now, because it's all about cussing and nudity and that non-clean humor.

  • @Bonesfan4life  I totally agree with you on that.

  • @xxashyy Yeah. D:

  • @xxashyy Not when every time someone swears it's the only time people laugh,I miss those times too.

  • @xxashyy I want everyone to know, that lucy and desi live on! My 7 year old and 12 AND13 and17 year old are watching the shows!

  • @xxashyy yeah me too.

  • it still airs almost every day here in california on fox. im actually watching it right now on a sunday night. the humor still holds up to this day, 60 years later. kinda weird though, it usually doesnt air on sundays

  • It's weird that the actual tv show this was taken from seems far more dated than the Lucy show.

  • "It's never been off the air, ever since it started"

    She's saying that in 1982!! I watched as a kid in the 90's and I STILL am everyday at 12:00pm on my13 here in LA. This show will forever live on. Once I graduate from college and start to save my money again I will buy all seasons and show them to my kids(when I have some). Everyone deserves to have a memory of watching I Love Lucy from a young age.

  • aaaah i rember the days that i use to watch tv, so much wiser now

  • I loved I Love Lucy, and still do, the episodes always made me laugh and smile. I watch them with my family. Lucille, Desi, Vivan, and William. Around 1:48 ...it looked like he was going to cry.... :'(