I only saw this episode once, and even as a kid I knew that it had a mystique about it, even though I had barely watched any I Love Lucy because my dad was not a fan. (I have rectified that in my adult life.) I really want to watch this episode again, because it seems like Desi completely withdrew from performing after I Love Lucy ended and they got divorced (Lucy filed the day after the final episode aired).
Desi even withdrew from producing television, even though he had proved to be quite good at it. Before long, he sold his share of Desilu to Lucy, and from what I can tell he dropped out of the public consciousness until this episode of SNL.
I only saw this episode once, and even as a kid I knew that it had a mystique about it, even though I had barely watched any I Love Lucy because my dad was not a fan. (I have rectified that in my adult life.) I really want to watch this episode again, because it seems like Desi completely withdrew from performing after I Love Lucy ended and they got divorced (Lucy filed the day after the final episode aired).
Desi even withdrew from producing television, even though he had proved to be quite good at it. Before long, he sold his share of Desilu to Lucy, and from what I can tell he dropped out of the public consciousness until this episode of SNL.