I Love Lucy has a whole new look! CBS just announced the premiere date for their new I Love Lucy special in April.
The one-hour special will feature two, newly colorized episodes of the classic TV show: “The Million-Dollar Idea” and “Bonus Bucks.” Both episodes originally aired in 1954.
CBS‘ I Love Lucy special debuts on April 19th at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Read more info below:
I LOVE LUCY FUNNY MONEY SPECIAL, a new one-hour special featuring two back-to-back colorized episodes of the classic series, will be broadcast Friday, April 19 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
The two episodes, “The Million-Dollar Idea” and “Bonus Bucks,” are newly colorized with a nod to the 1950s period in which they were filmed. As with previous “Lucy” specials, the main titles and end credits are seamlessly combined into one set at the beginning and end of the hour, with no interruption between the episodes.
“I Love Lucy” stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, and Vivian Vance and William Frawley as the Ricardos’ best friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz.
In “The Million-Dollar Idea,” Lucy and Ethel attempt to get rich quick by bottling Lucy’s homemade salad dressing. A commercial pitch on a local TV program results in hundreds of orders, but Ricky soon determines that the girls are not charging enough to cover the cost of production and distribution. They decide to fill the initial orders and get out of the business fast, but a second TV appearance, designed to discourage additional sales, results in even more orders!
In “Bonus Bucks,” it’s the Ricardos vs. the Mertzes when both couples claim ownership of a dollar bill worth three hundred dollars in a newspaper’s “Bonus Bucks” contest. To save their friendship, they decide to split the winnings, each couple keeping half the actual bill until it can be redeemed. Unfortunately, Ricky puts the Ricardos’ half of the dollar in his pajama pocket – and Lucy sends those pajamas to the laundry!
“The Million-Dollar Idea” was originally broadcast Jan. 11, 1954, and “Bonus Bucks” on March 8, 1954. Both became immediate viewer favorites.
“I Love Lucy” was broadcast on the Network from Oct. 15, 1951, through June 24, 1957. It was voted “The Best TV Show of All Time” in a 2012 viewer poll conducted by People Magazine and ABC News.”
What do you think? Are you a big fan of I Love Lucy? Will you watch the new colorized episodes?
Love that u have i love lucy on original or color its good to give us older people something good to look at G od the stuff today is not fit for us
Yes— there has never been a comedy that stills holds up decades later— all due to the fantastic scripts— great writing —and of course the major reason is the unparalleled talent of Lucille Ball and the rest of the cast
Thank you for this! Will be watching these great episodes! I love the theme “Funny Money.”
I plan to watch this special, it should be great.
I am very happy about the colorized I LOVE LUCY shows. This will give a better look
to all millenniums on what the BEST real comedy show is all about. She was
the Best comedy Actress.
Yes I seen the series in DVD love to see something in color why no bringing a special with the Jeffersons and Hogan heros
Please stop colorizing Black and white shows. They were meant to be seen in black and white and lose something when you add color!!!
Actually, a TV show loses very little when it is colorized. A movie in Black and White is lit a certain way to look better. A TV episode was shot in b&w because it would have been a cheaper way to film it…and most people didn’t have color TVs then anyway.
To Rick I have the movie a wonderful life in black and colour its equal good
I think this is going to be great! They are running out of GOOD things to show on TV. I love this show, always watched it!!! Can’t wait. 🙂
Why?
Why? Because they get good ratings.
Good ratings? Some markets, maybe – but I doubt it. In most they’ll be lucky to get the same ratings as the regularly scheduled programming. I always wonder how they get the green light for these things. Maybe it’s just so they can put them out on DVD.