'I Love Lucy': Lucille Ball and the Early TV Situation Comedy


27 March 2005

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"I Love Lucy" showed Miz Ball at her best.  Mister Arnaz added something that was unusual for American television at the time.  Many of the songs on the show were in Spanish.  One song, "Babalu," is popularly connected with "I Love Lucy".  Its words are Spanish and its sound is Latin American.  It is this mixture along with the excellent performances that made the show special:


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