{"product_id":"the-desilu-playhouse-christmas-revue-1959-tv-history","title":"The Desilu Playhouse Christmas Revue - 1959 - TV HISTORY","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Desilu Playhouse Christmas Revue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeason 2, Episode 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e12\/25\/59 ~ CBS-TV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Hedda Hopper, Danny Thomas, Ann Southern, Hugh OÍBrien, Carole Cook, Dick Kallman, Lassie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis special is also known as \"The Lost Lucy\/Desi Christmas Special\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn Christmas Day, 1959, The Desilu Playhouse (1958-1960) presented a special Christmas broadcast starring the whole I Love Lucy gang, in addition to the Desilu Players and numerous stars of other popular Desilu productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wrap-around plot has Hollywood gossip queen Hedda Hopper interviewing Lucy and Desi about the Desilu Players and the show they recently staged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis leads to flashbacks of Lucy (who is directing the stage show) making chaos backstage between the musical numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Desilu Christmas special was produced and (essentially) directed by Lucille Ball herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the only Desilu production that features the I Love Lucy cast members playing themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eItÍs interesting to note that this is one of the last shows Lucy and Desi did together, a Christmas special that has never been re-broadcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis program is significant because it's one of the last appearances of the four I Love Lucy cast members together, Lucy and Desi filed for divorce just a few months after this special was filmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey only did one more Lucy\/Desi program together before ending The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Show and never again performing together on another TV show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Desilu Players was a pet project of Lucille Ball's, who hand-picked each of the versatile performers as her prot_g_s (they actually were appearing in a stage revue that she produced around the time of this broadcast).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe musical and comedy numbers from the live show were filmed almost exactly as originally staged, but only the musical numbers ended up in the Christmas special's final edit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eCommercials have been edited out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarring:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tJerry Antes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tDesi Arnaz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tLucille Ball\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tSpring Byington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tRory Calhoun\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tJanice Carroll\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tCarole Cook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tGeorgine Darcy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tWilliam Demarest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tWilliam Frawley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tHedda Hopper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tDick Kallman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tLassie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tGeorge Murphy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tHugh OÍBrian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tRobert Osborne (as Bob Osborne) - a young, pre-TCM Host, Robert Osborne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tRoger Perry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tAnn Sothern\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tHoward Storm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tMark Tobin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e´\tVivian Vance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 12.25.59\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRun time: 54m\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColor\/B\u0026amp;W: B\u0026amp;W\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FCSA","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":48934895910969,"sku":"xvm1789908394808","price":9.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/6614\/2521\/files\/the-desilu-playhouse-christmas-revue---1959---tv-history_1.jpg?v=1789908398","url":"https:\/\/mineralsunc.shop\/products\/the-desilu-playhouse-christmas-revue-1959-tv-history","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}