TV We Love I Love Lucy (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Family

TV We Love

I Love Lucy (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Family

Explores the groundbreaking partnership of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, whose comedic brilliance and bold business moves forever changed television.

Editor

Bill Towgood (edited by)

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Release date

Oct 13, 2025 (United States)

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Desi Arnaz Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Desi Arnaz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Lucie Arnaz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1980)
Lucille Ball Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
George Burns Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Oh, God! (1977)
Dick Cavett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Beetlejuice (1988)
Jim Colucci Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Confirmed Bachelors: The Case of the Botox Bandit (2009)
Hans Conried Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Peter Pan (1953)
David Daniels Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Lucy and Desi (2022)
William Frawley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Karl Freund Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Metropolis (1927)
Gale Gordon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Here's Lucy (1968)
Journey Gunderson Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	National Comedy Center Lucille Ball Virtual Festival 2020 (2020)
William Holden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stalag 17 (1953)
Bob Hope Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Richard Keith Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
David Letterman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Late Show with David Letterman (1992)
Harpo Marx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Horse Feathers (1932)
Tom McGowan Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Ghost World (2001)
Carrie Preston Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Claws (2017)
Todd Purdum Self - Interviewee (as Todd S. Purdum) Self - Interviewee (as Todd S. Purdum) See fewer	Political Dish (2004)
Robert Smigel Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Robert Stack Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Written on the Wind (1956)
Nicole Sullivan Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Black-ish (2014)
Dana Sumner-Pritchard Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Wonder (2016)
Robert J. Thompson Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Up Front Tonight (1998)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Vivian Vance Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Jeff Zucker Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Today (1952)