The sitcom that revolutionized television in the 1950s in the United States was I love lucy,
starring Lucille Ball and her husband, Cuban band leader and sometime actor, Desi Arnaz.
It was the first scripted program ever to be performed in front of a studio audienee, and to be
recorded rather than broadcast live. I love lucy set the pattern for situation comedies for years
to come. Ball and Arnaz played a married couple similar to themselves, but Lucy always got
involved in crazy, comic situations. These often involved slapstick and physical humor.