The I Love Lucy: Colorized Christmas Special

Director: James Kern James Kern

Overview

The famous "lost" Christmas episode of I Love Lucy is built around a tacky-looking Yuletide tree that Fred (William Frawley) has bought for the Ricardos. While Lucy (Lucille Ball) spends a goodly amount of time attempting to "improve" the looks of the tree by methodically pruning its branches, Ricky (Desi Arnaz), Fred, and Ethel (Vivian Vance) try to convince Little Ricky (Richard Keith) to go to sleep so that "Santa Claus" will arrive. This slender plotline is used to bookend some choice excerpts from previous I Love Lucy episodes, all drawn from the period in which Lucy was pregnant: "Lucy Is Enceinte," "Lucy's Showbiz Swan Song," and "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." Things come to a surprising end with a rare "supernatural" gag. Originally telecast but once on CBS, "The Christmas Episode" was never included in the standard I Love Lucy syndicated package; in fact, it did not resurface until December 18, 1989, when CBS presented a new, partly colorized print of the episode as a Christmas special.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/2013
UPC:	0097368053342
Original Release:	1956
Rating:	NR
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	2:34:00
Sales rank:	20,657

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lucille Ball	Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz	Ricky Ricardo
Vivian Vance	Ethel Mertz
William Frawley	Fred Mertz
Keith Thibodeaux	Little Ricky Ricardo
A. Cameron Grant	Santa Claus

Technical Credits

Bob Carroll Jr.

Bob Carroll Jr.

Screenwriter