The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. It was the successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, and featured the same major cast members. The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series.
Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran the show under the "Lucy-Desi" title during the summers of 1962-1967, after which it went into syndication.
Production | James Paisley | Production Manager |
Art | Charles West | Property Master |
Writing | Madelyn Pugh | Script Consultant |
Sound | Jerry Rosenthal | Sound Editor |
Production | W. Argyle Nelson | Production Supervisor |
Writing | Bob Carroll Jr. | Script Consultant |
Sound | Wilbur Hatch | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Cam McCulloch | Sound Recordist |
Production | Kerwin Coughlin | Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Hal King | Makeup Artist |
Production | Desi Arnaz | Executive Producer |
Sound | Wilbur Hatch | Conductor |
Costume & Make-Up | Edward Stevenson | Wardrobe Designer |
Sound | E.C. Norton | Music Editor |
Camera | Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up | Irma Kusely | Hairstylist |
Art | Ralph Berger | Art Direction |
Production | Bert Granet | Producer |