Desi Arnaz Jr. portrays his father in "The Mambo Kings"

Unbeknownst to the cast at the time, the "I Love Lucy" clips for this movie were actually filmed at the old Desilu Studios. Desi Jr. told them.

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[quelita28]

Does he speak Spanish? How old is he now?

[beehoneybumble]

He doesn't speak Spanish, and he was born in 1953. So he should be 55 now.

[725Mama]

Are you sure he doesn't speak spanish? I heard Lucie speak spanish at an event once, and if she spoke it, he would. Right? Wrong? Interesting issue. ;-)

[beehoneybumble]

They may have studied Spanish as adults, but they said the only times Desi gave them lessons was when Lucy would get on him about NOT speaking Spanish to the kids. Desi would get mad and teach them maybe three words and the lesson would be over. LOL

[beehoneybumble]

Desi Sr. never received the recognition he deserved, but it's nice to see how he is regarded by the Latino communty!

[KatherineO2008]

Desi Jr. does remind me of his late dad.

A man respected for opening many doors.

Thank you for this video!

[anonymouspeanut88]

Happy Birthday JR!

[elmerschild]

Desi Arnaz sr was so handsome

[MISisback]

Why is the 78 rpm record rotating at 45 rpm?

[Loshia2002]

@Afightsback Yes it is. Desi Jr. could do his dad's voice so well that if you weren't looking at the screen, you sometimes could'nt tell the difference. There's another clip somewhere on Youtube that proves it.....not sure but I think it's from a "Here's Lucy" dvd that shows a clip of Desi Jr. with his mom and in the backround, Lucy Arnaz and D.jr can be heard joking around...Jr does such a dead-on imitation of Desi sr. it's almost impossible to tell him apart from the real thing.

[glamoursangel]

@beehoneybumble lol thats very typical of cubans and puerto ricans! lol my mom got on my dad all the time too haha

[italoman9]

Has his dad's voice down pat!

[xxkorean1988xx]

@kay2be2 Actually the daughter of Lucille Ball spells her name Lucie.

[jgknightboyz2000]

Desi Arnaz Jr. did a GREAT job at portraying his dad. R.I.P. - Desi Arnaz Sr.

[RayPointer]

It's interesting seeing Desi, Jr. portraying his father. But there are times when he loses the impression of his father's voice and character. It's hard being a duplicate of a parent when the child is not the parent.

[TrainerJim22]

This movie is one of my all-time favorites. It was so great to see Tito Puente and Celia Cruz still performing. The music soundtrack is wonderful--love the mambo music! And I saw that episode of I Love Lucy that they originally showed on television. It was great how they were able to use the footage of Lucy again. But I was wondering--who were the two guys (actors) that appeared on the original show that didn't understand English? Does anybody know? Thanks for this scene!