ARCHIVE - Comments for DESILU: The family, the success, the productions, and its T.V. impact http://blogs.evergreen.edu/rc1bman I Love Lucy, a worldwide symbol of the American Dream and Family Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:34:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 ARCHIVE - Comment on Research Paper by Marylou Guiney http://blogs.evergreen.edu/rc1bman/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Marylou Guiney Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:34:55 +0000 http://blogs.evergreen.edu/rc1bman/?page_id=3#comment-79 You definitely placed quite a lot of effort into that post and it is incredibly fascinating to see the inspiration technique that you gone through to come up with those assumption. Many thanks for that. You definitely placed quite a lot of effort into that post and it is incredibly fascinating to see the inspiration technique that you gone through to come up with those assumption. Many thanks for that.

]]> ARCHIVE - Comment on Research Paper by Sal Paradise http://blogs.evergreen.edu/rc1bman/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Sal Paradise Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:26:29 +0000 http://blogs.evergreen.edu/rc1bman/?page_id=3#comment-3 I guess it wasn't in the scope of the paper, but I was hoping for a bit of detail into the various dealings of Desilu, especially from the 1957-1960 period. It seems as if Arnaz was hitting the skids, had overcommitted himself to far too many projects and was a victim of his own success. The business seems to eat people up and kick them down the road, but Arnaz managed to at least get out in time. Lucy, it seems, was more actress and wasn't a natural in the executive role. One thing I was curious about was what strain running the company had on her when she took it over in 1962. She bailed in 1967, but from what I read it was more a business decision (she made a big profit from selling Desilu) than from stress or overwork. Very little is mentioned about her raising the kids as a single parent post 1960. In fact, very little of that aspect is discussed when they were married. I think the point about their hitting that fork in the road and buying the studios, and the choice between family and business, shows pretty much where they were. They, at that point, were on top of the world, their show a big hit and the future looking good. They were rich. And famous. They controlled their show, its production and all aspects of their careers. Yet they opted to go bigger and, knowing the cost it would have on their personal lives, and marriage. You look at, for example, Seinfeld. They owned the show, and when Seinfeld wanted out, he quit. Larry David and Seinfeld sold the rights to the show for, I think $500,000,000. Plus a percentage of sales. Not to mention what they drew in salary when the show was on the air. Both seem to be happy, except for David who is just not a happy guy. I guess it wasn’t in the scope of the paper, but I was hoping for a bit of detail into the various dealings of Desilu, especially from the 1957-1960 period. It seems as if Arnaz was hitting the skids, had overcommitted himself to far too many projects and was a victim of his own success. The business seems to eat people up and kick them down the road, but Arnaz managed to at least get out in time. Lucy, it seems, was more actress and wasn’t a natural in the executive role. One thing I was curious about was what strain running the company had on her when she took it over in 1962. She bailed in 1967, but from what I read it was more a business decision (she made a big profit from selling Desilu) than from stress or overwork. Very little is mentioned about her raising the kids as a single parent post 1960. In fact, very little of that aspect is discussed when they were married.

I think the point about their hitting that fork in the road and buying the studios, and the choice between family and business, shows pretty much where they were. They, at that point, were on top of the world, their show a big hit and the future looking good. They were rich. And famous. They controlled their show, its production and all aspects of their careers. Yet they opted to go bigger and, knowing the cost it would have on their personal lives, and marriage.

You look at, for example, Seinfeld. They owned the show, and when Seinfeld wanted out, he quit. Larry David and Seinfeld sold the rights to the show for, I think $500,000,000. Plus a percentage of sales. Not to mention what they drew in salary when the show was on the air. Both seem to be happy, except for David who is just not a happy guy.

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