I Love Lucy Fan Fun Facts

Although I Love Lucy premiered on television over 60 years ago, the show still retains a large audience of 40 million a year. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo became an integral part of American culture for the next few decades, as ratings and viewership completely dominated prime time television.

With an influence as impressive as this, a TV show like I Love Lucy is bound to have a few good secrets. You may think you know the Ricardos like your own family, but do you really? Can you guess which two actors hated each other from the beginning? Or the reason for Fred Mertz’s absence from a few episodes? Check out our video of little-known facts about the show, and be sure to share some we didn’t know!