Emmy Nominee Recollects Why He Loves Lucy

An article by Billy Van Zandt appears in the Hall of Fame Magazine as an exclusive and reminices why he loves Lucy and why we all should honor both she and Desi for their pioneering stance in the world of TV.

Billy Van Zandt is a writer/producer of more than 300 hours of television comedy and one of the most often-produced playwrights in the world. He received an Emmy nomination for his TV special "I Love Lucy: The Very First Show." Pictured here is the author along with Lucy on the set of his special.

As excerpted from the article:

The success of I Love Lucy is unparalleled in the history of television. The show never ranked less than third in popularity in the six years it was on the air. Stores across the nation closed on Monday nights when the show aired, posting signs that read, "We're closed. We love Lucy, too." The episode with the birth of their TV child "Little Ricky" bumped President Dwight D. Eisenhower's inauguration off the front pages. Some estimate that more people know the face of Lucille Ball than any human being that ever lived in the history of the planet.

Be sure to read the rest of the article from Billy.