Desi Arnaz

"Women identified with Lucy … She showed that (women) could be hungry to do more with their lives without it being too feminist (for the era)" (Arthurs, 1). I Love Lucy challenged racist views held by the audience and producers by casting Cuban Desi Arnaz as the husband to American Lucille Ball. Ball also went on to become the first pregnant woman shown on television, however because of the conservative time the writers were not allowed to use the word “pregnant,” rather they had to use words…

Me llamo es Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y De Acha III pero me conocen como Desi Arnaz . Yo nací el 2 de Marzo del 1917 en la ciudad de Santiago Cuba, Cuba con padres rico.Yo morí para cáncer de pulmón el 2 de Diciembre del 1986 a los 69 años en la ciudad Del Mar, CA. Fui actor, músico y productor. Después de las revolución Cubana toda mi familia se traslada para Miami, Florida, en donde atendí una secundaria católica. When I moved to the United States I was doing many odd jobs to support my family…

Lucille wanted to change the roles that women had in society and she showed this in different ways in her television shows. Background info: She worked in Hollywood for 50 years. She had been trying to be noticed for many years. Ball was told that she lacked the talent needed. At age 15 she was enrolled at a New York drama school. Thesis Statement: Lucille Ball changed the roles that women had in entertainment through her comedic performance. Ball was one of the first female comedians, this…

Lucille Ball Makenzie Schlie Lucille Ball was one of the most influential people during the last hundred years. She was born on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown New York. Her father, Henry, who was called, had died when Lucy was only three years old. Her mother‘s name was Desiree Ball, and her brother‘s name was Fred Ball. Her mother remarried to a man named Ed Peterson. Lucille Ball became famous as a model, movie and TV star and comedian. In 1927, Lucille Ball became a model for Hattie Carnegie.…

“Babalú” was written in 1939, but became a huge hit when Desi Arnaz used it as his signature song as Ricky Ricardo in “I Love Lucy” in the 1950s. The Xavier Cugat recording of “Besame Mucho” was a great success with American audiences, as were the other listed songs from the 1940s, with most of them becoming Latin jazz standards and some even being translated, such as “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas” in the form of “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” by Desi Arnaz in 1948. The 1950s continued to see English…

The conga is a novelty dance that is danced individual with a partner, or in a line also known as a “conga line”. The basic steps in a conga line include three shuffle steps on the beat followed by a kick on the fourth beat. When the conga is done as a couple dance, the dancers face each other and move opposite direction of one measure, then they switch directions. When you are at a party, many times people will start a conga line. This is done by each person behind the next places their hands…

History of television in the initial stages was marked by patent wars, testing plans and various demonstrations of technology but not a great deal of programming. On July 1, 1941, NBC became the first network to launch a commercially sponsored broadcast and was soon followed by CBS and others. But with the advent of World War II The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned the commercial production of TV equipment for the duration of war. People craved for TV especially after the Great…

According to the Centers for Disease Control almost half of all teenagers both male and female had sexual intercourse at least once. As per the study conducted by the National Survey of Family Growth children between the ages of fifteen and seventeen are participating in sexual intercourse more frequently than past years. This is in part due to the exposure of children to sexually explicit content via media devices, such as television, internet, mobile devices, and print publications. It is…

Comparison Paragraph My Country, the United States and its Similarities Since 1492, the year when Cuba was discovered by Christopher Columbus, the largest island in the Caribbean has been a cultural treasure. Cuba is known for its cultural diversity introduced for Africans, Spanish, Frances and Asian influences. The island has produced famous known personalities in many different areas like fine arts, film, ballet, modern dance and theatre. Cuban…

thought that there were really no Hispanic-oriented shows on American television. She wanted it to star Hispanics, but not have it directly be about the Hispanic-American community. George Lopez starred in the show alongside other Hispanic actors, Desi Arnaz, Freddie Prinze, and John Leguizamo. The show aired from 2002 to 2007 on ABC. Lopez was also the writer, co-creator, producer, and starred in the show. Then the show started to be aired on Nick at Nite on March 8, 2007. The show was then…