This is the main studio of Desilu productions.
Just behind this door,
is the office of the president of Desilu Productions.
And here seated at his desk we find the boss.
Uh, correction. This is the boss' boss.
The vice president of Desilu Productions.
-Oh hi dear. -Hi honey.
[ Knocks at desk ]
Mind if I sit down?
Oh, would you sit over there dear I'm busy.
Just a minute...
This is my desk. It says here, president.
Well, if you want to get technical.
Now will you sit over there?
What are you doing that is so important.
Well I'm making a list of the appliances
I'll need for my new dressing room.
Now look Lucy, I thought we discussed this at breakfast
and decided to let these things go till later.
Oh, I know we did dear.
Well?
Well that was at breakfast.
It's now 3 hours later.
You know at the rate you're going,
it's going to cost more to fix your dressing room
than it did to buy the whole studio.
Oh come now.
All I need is a few gadgets for the kitchen,
a couple of things for the sitting room.
and our sponsor seems to have
the best line at the lowest prices.
Where did you get this Westing-gouse catalog?
Westing-gouse?
Look it's not Westing-gouse.
It's Westing-house. House!
No, dear. Westing-gouse. Gouse!
How do you pronounce W-E-S-T-I-N-G?
-Westing. -Right.
H-O-U-S-E?
House.
Fine now put them together.
Westing-gouse.
This is the first time two rights made a wrong.
Look Lucy, it just so happens
that I studied English grammar in Cuba.
[ Claps ] No.
Let 'splain something.
'Splain, 'splain. Please 'splain.
When the G is followed by a H-O,
like in G-H-O-S-T.
Ghost. G-H-O. You say go!
There is no H.
Well if you keep calling it
Westing-gouse there will be plenty of H.
I am telling you it is pronounced Westing-gouse.
I suppose the people who've been doing their T.V.
commercials all these years have been wrong, huh?
Well, in this particular case, I'm speaking better
English than Betty Furness and John Cameron Swayze.
How you ever got to be president I will never know.
Nevermind that. Where did you get this?
From Mr. Hayden, our Westing...
our dealer in Beverly Hills.
Then just give it back to him.
Better yet, I'll give it back to him when he comes in.
Oh, is Mr. Hayden coming here?
-Yeah. -Oh!
Desi!
What's that for?
You were going to older all those new appliances
and surprise me.
Look honey, I am taking Mr. Hayden on a tour of all the studios.
And I'm going to tell him all
about Westing-gouse Desilu Playhouse.
So that he and all
the fellas at Westing-gouse will know what
we're going to do to help them sell the product.
What kind of a surprise is that?
I didn't say I was going to surprise you.
Well, alright, when you and I take
Mr. Hayden on a tour of our studios, I'll give him my order then.
You know I do have a surprise for you.
Really, what?
You are not going on a tour of the studios.
Why not?
Because I told you will have to wait till later to get
your Westing-gouse appliances. That's why not.
Well couldn't I just tell him which
ones I want and buy them later?
Not gunna do it. I do not trust you.
Some organization.
The president doesn't trust the vice president.
And how'd you get to be president anyway?
I was elected.
-By whom? -By me.
Now look honey, if you just be patient you'll get all the
Westing-gouse appliances that you need for your
dressing room, but right now why don't you go
to lunch and take the afternoon off like a nice little girl.
[ Phone rings] Hello?
Mr. Hayden? Oh yes. Send him right in.
Mr. Hayden?
Well at least I'll get a chance to say hello to him.
Hello. Goodbye. And that is all.
Oh, hi.
Hello Mr. Hayden. You know my wife.
Yes, we had quite a chat about
some appliances for her dressing room.
Hello and goodbye.
Mr. Hayden, Lucy won't be able to go with us on the studio tour.
She has a lunch and appointment.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I could break it.
Goodbye dear.
Why don't you come down to my store tomorrow
and place your order there?
-Goodbye honey. -Bye...
I just hate goodbyes, don't you?
Unless of course the goodbyes
are the kind on those wonderful Westinghouse appliances.
-Adios. -Adios.
We decided to wait a little while on the appliances.
He decided. I didn't. See he's the president.
I understand.
Well whenever you are ready Mrs. Arnaz we
have some wonderful things for you.
And we have some wonderful things for you
and all your Westing-gouse dealers too,
in our new Westing-gouse Desilu Playhouse for the fall.
He means Westinghouse.
-Adios. -Adios.
I just want to stay 2 more minutes.
I just want to take another look at the catalog book
before you have to give it back to Mr. Hayden.
I won't say a word.
-Won't you sit down? -Yes.
I'm real anxious to hear about the Playhouse.
Those Westinghouse television shows
in the past have been a great thing for
our business.
Oh you mean shows like Studio 1
and the political conventions, election returns stuff like that?
Yeah. And the college and pro football telecasts.
Best of broadway.
That was one of the first color T.V. series.
Oh, well you know those shows have been great alright.
We just hope that our series will be the best yet.
We like to do the kind of shows
for you fellas that we have found to
be the most successful in the past.
You know, shows that, well that deal with real people.
And real stories.
People that you like to identify yourself with.
We like to mix them up a little bit.
You know a good melodrama. A good suspense show.
A real good western.
With a, you know with a good basic dramatic story with it.
A comedy. A comedy you know.
Shows that you're gunna watch with your whole family.
And watch week after week. Shows that will uh...
Pick up more dirt faster than anything else.
Oh, sorry. I was just reading about
the all new Westinghouse mobile speed vacuum cleaner.
It's a dilly.
Is that right? Wow.
And you know something wonderful has happened
since we announced this Westing-gouse Desilu Playhouse
for next fall.
We have a great amount of creative talent here at Desilu,
but since we made the announcement,
all the other wonderful people around town have been
calling us wanting to join the team, you know.
People like uh, well, writers like Aaron Spelling, and Rod Serling,
and Adrians Spies. Carson Canon.
So that we're lining up quite a team for you.
First like I told you is going to be Bernadette.
And that was going to be written by
gal by the name of Ludi Claire who
did a wonderful job on Bridge of St Luis Rey.
So that uh, with this creative talent and with
biggest stars in show business to uh...
Wash rinse and dry your dishes.
Lucy!
Say this Westinghouse dish washer's pretty exciting.
What about the Luci-Desi hour shows?
Will that be part of the Playhouse?
Oh you bet. Sure.
You know during the year we would do about 7 big special shows.
As a matter of fact, we open the season in October.
That's the one that Maurice Chevalier is in.
Hey, will the Mertz's be in it?
[ Laughs ] We wouldn't do a show without the Mertz's.
Or Little Ricky.
And of course I'll be on hand every week
to produce the show and also to be your host.
Sounds like you're going to be pretty busy.
No busier than you Westinghouse we hope.
How can we miss?
I happen to know that your 5 Luci-Desi shows last season
got the 5 biggest ratings of the year.
Averaging over 50 million viewers a show.
That's money in the bank for us.
Well and I think that the Playhouses will attract the
big audience every week too because well,
like Westinghouse we know we've
got a good product that the people will like to buy.
Say I hope you don't mind my asking
about the commercials but you know they're
important to us fellas.
Oh I know. I know.
And we thought about them a lot too.
You see in our shows, uh, it will be only
Betty Furness doing the commercials, ya know?
Lucy and I will be selling all the
different things Westinghouse makes.
Yes we want everybody in the country
to know what a wonderful company Westinghouse is.
That's right.
You know I don't know if you know this
but a few months ago I took a tour of all the
Westing-gouse plants throughout the country.
And I never realised what a really tremendous offer this is.
You know, how many great things they do for American business.
You know to help make American the great country that America is.
I mean, things that the industry of America needs.
And on our show, we know we are
going to be talking to all kinds of people.
To company presidents, to purchasing agencies.
To people in government.
And we are going to be talking to them right in their home.
That's where John Cameron Swayze comes in.
Oh by the way 3 out of 4 commercials will feature
the electric appliances that you sell Mr. Hayden.
I'll bet John Cameron Swazey and
Betty Furness have Westinghouse
appliances in their dressing rooms.
Isn't it time for you to go to lunch.
If I had a Westinghouse electric
range in my dressing room I wouldn't have to go to lunch.
Lucy!
And, you won't be needing that dear.
Oh she can keep that if she likes.
Thanks but by the time he lets me
buy anything, the 1961 catalog will be out.
-Hi. -Oh, hi.
Hello, how are you? Vivian Vance and Bill Frawley.
I would like you to meet Mr. Hayden.
He's a Westing-gouse dealer. One of our sponsors.
-Hi boss. -How do you do?
I'm out in Beverly Hills.
Oh that's nice. I'll drop by and see you.
Desi we just stopped by to see if you
and Lucy would like to join us for lunch.
We're going over to the commisary.
Well I can't go, I have to take
Mr. Hayden on a tour of the studios but Lucy can.
Here Bill...
Oh, no, no, no you don't. This is my treat.
Fred Mertz might be a tight wad but not Bill Frawley.
Oh, well in that case Bill we'll go to Romanoff.
Romanoff?!
Okay Fred Mertz, we'll go to the commissary.
We better get going.
The helicopter is waiting in the parking lot.
Helicopter?
Oh, yeah. I want you to get a
birds-eye view of all the Desilu studios.
See you later.
Bye.
Adios.
Let's eat. I'm starved.
Okay Ethel.
The name is Vivian.
The name may be Vivan, but the appetite is Ethel.
You coming Lucy?
Yeah but let's eat in a hurry.
I have a lot a business to transact with
Mr. Hayden and I need you two to help me.
What business? Westinghouse business for my new dressing room.
Is this a plot to put something over on Desi?
Well...
As Betty Furness would say,
"You can be sure if it's Lucy."
[ Laughs ]
Well there she is Mr. Hayden. Desilu tower.
Didn't that used to be RKO?
That's right Mr. Hayden.
They made a lot of great pictures down there.
And you know when we bought it we not only got all
the buildings and the sound stages,
we acquired millions of feet of stock film suitable for
back grounds in our television shows.
Plus a huge property department and sets and
costumes, well.
Well, all kind of assets that'll give our Westing-gouse
Desilu Playhouse great production values.
Why don't we go over and take a look at motion picture center.
It's just a few blocks away.
There it is. There is where we make
the I Love Lucy shows which were filmed in front
of live audiences.
You see most of those sound stages are equipped with seats
for just that purpose.
And we plan to do our Lucy specials over there, see?
And if you or any of the other dealers want to see our
show being filmed we'll have to have you.
Thanks. I'll take you up on that.
Now what do you say we swing on over to Desilu Culver?
See that's Desilu Culver, which includes our huge back-lot known as 40 acres.
For obvious reasons.
You call it 40 acres because it is 40 acres.
[ Laughs ]
All that stuff is for exteriors, you know, outdoor action stuff.
Right now we're building a whole village down there.
A whole western town.
That looks enormous!
Well to give you an idea how big it is,
that's where they made Gone With the Wind.
You know one thing is sure, you're not gunna be cramped with space.
No sir.
Not with 35 sound stages and 3 studios.
You know we are going to really
try and do a good job for you fellas.
What do you say we go back to Desilu
tower and continue the tour?
Hi. What are you 2 doing here?
Oh, we didn't have anything to do after lunch
so we thought we'd go on the rest
of the tour with you and Mr. Hayden.
Oh good. Where's Lucy?
Oh she had things to do.
Good.
Desi could we talk to you privately for a second please?
Sure. Excuse me.
Now, I want one of these.
Uh-huh.
And one of these in lemon yellow.
And both of these.
Later.
Oh, you know him?
Him? Oh, uh...
He's one of my old costumers.
Oh, is that so?
Well come on, I'll show you the inside of the studios.
See, here's the set we're just getting
ready for Bernadette. The Miracle of Bernadette.
That's going to be one of your shows.
It's got a wonderful cast, headed by Pier Angeli.
Oh, she's wonderful.
Oh, Desi, could I see you for a minute?
What for dear?
I have an interesting idea I'd like to talk over with you.
The painter on the ladder.
Oh, it's alright. It's me, Mrs. Arnaz.
Oh. Uh. We left off on page 11 I think.
Yes.
I want one of those with all the attachments.
Uh-huh.
And one of these but the portable one.
Shh... They're coming back.
You crazy?
Well now Desi...
Oh for goodness sake.
What's a matter?
Vivan wants to play Bernadette.
That would be a miracle.
Come on, I want to show you the Mexican set.
Okay. See you later.
You know him too?
Oh sure. Another one of my old costumers.
Oh. Isn't that nice.
I'm glad to see our employees
are partial to Westinghouse products.
You know if I didn't know I was in
Hollywood I would swear I was in Mexico.
Well you know in a way you are.
This is a reproduction of a Tijuana street
we are using in our first Lusi-Desi hour.
The one Maurice Chavallier is in.
Oh, don't let me forget let me show
you a film clip of Chevallier's numbers.
[ Bell rings ]
Man: Alright, quiet please. Quiet everybody.
There going to shoot a scene right now.
We can watch it.
Action!
[ Crowd yelling ]
[ Car horns honking ]
[ Yelling in spanish ]
[ Blowing whistle ]
Man: Cut it and print it.
Looks like it's going to be a great show.
Oh I hope so.
You know Mr. Hayden another special feature for you fellows
every one of the Luci-Desi shows
is going to have dealer promotion theme.
Like for example this one the theme is fiesta.
To tie in with the commercials ya know?
And all the dealers will be getting
fiesta merchandise stuff. And local ads.
And point of sale merchandise. You know, stuff like this.
And many of our shows will
also have a special product promotion.
Oh, sounds like Westinghouse is going all out.
Well, this is a partnership deal.
We're both going all out.
Oh, Des, could I see you over here for a minute.
Excuse me will you.
Sure.
-Yes? -I want to ask you about...
[ Knocks on glass ]
You want one of those?
Television set? This one?
Not that small? A big one?
What size screen? What size screen?!
Oh, 21 inch?
I don't know what's gotten in to you two.
Now he wants to take the part of Betty Furness in the first show.
Come on. I'll show you a lot of other things around here.
Boy this is really something.
You got enough stuff in here to fill a museum.
This is the prop building I was telling you about.
We've got three floors just like this.
Their full of every conceivable kind of prop you can think of.
Course what we don't have our crews can build.
Recognize this little fella?
No, who is it? One of your relatives?
[ Laughs ]
This happens to be the star of one of
the most famous pictures ever made. King Kong.
That little thing? Your Kidding.
Nope. That's right.
This is the original King Kong.
Looks different than when he was standing on top of the Empire State Building.
Doesn't he?
You see that's what they do with special effects.
And we intend to use a lot of special effects to
heighten the dramatic values of our productions.
Now, uh, over here...
Desi! Uh, uh...
Could Bill see you about something.
-Now what? -Confidential.
Excuse me. Look around.
Remember me? Mrs. Arnaz.
Oh, I should have known. Something else you need?
No, I just want to found out about delivery.
How about Thursday?
Thursday?! I need them today.
Well if i can get away long enough
to place a rush order I guess we could...
Shh! Cheese it!
That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.
Making a lamp out of King Kong?
Well we just thought...
Nevermind!
Don't tell me he's one of your costumers.
Oh, no, no.
I was just thinking that if we can
sell to gorillas we can expand the market.
Oh.
[ Laughs ] Expand the market.
Very funny.
Look I wanted to show you a preview of our first show but
the film won't be ready till 5 o'clock.
That'll work out just fine.
You see I have special rush order
to take of and well I'll meet you back here.
Good. My office at 5 o'clock right?
Right. See you then.
You know I must say you are doing everything
possible to help us get costumers into our stores.
Well we're going to do even more than that.
You remember George Murphy?
The actor? Sure. He's one of my costumers.
That right?
Well George is one of our vice presidents here at Desilu.
He's vice president in charge of public affairs.
And he's going to a good will ambassador for you fellows.
He's going to go to all the Westing-gouse gatherings
all over the country to help push your products
whenever and wherever he can.
Can't ask for more than that. Desi, it's been wonderful.
I want to thank you for showing me around.
Oh, it's been a pleasure. I'm glad you could come over.
Oh, listen, uh, I'd like to stop by Lucy's dressing room before you...
Her dressing room?
Yes.
Look, uh, it's a little bit late.
I think I'd better get back to the store.
I want you to see it so you know what it
needs when we are ready to place the other.
Really Desi. I won't have time.
It will only take a minute.
It's right around the corner from my office. Come on.
Here we are. This is Lucy's dressing room here.
Is Lucy here?
Lucy? No, she's not in there.
Oh, good.
Then she won't bother Mr. Hayden while I...
Oh, Lucy! Oh...
Yeah, she's in there.
Better not go in.
Some other time.
No, as long shes here we'll go in now.
Uh, Desi, she's dressing.
Oh, excuse me a minute.
[ Knocks at door] Lucy?
It's me.
[ Knocks louder ] Lucy?!
Open up!
It's the president!
What's going on here?
Everybody crazy or something?
Lucy?! Lucy?!
Lucy!
You get out of here right away! You get out! Come on out!
I can't. I'm not dry yet.
Lucy, what is the meaning of this?!
I'm just trying to show good faith
in our new sponsors, Westing-gouse.
I mean West... Oh you got me doing it!
[ Shouting in Spanish ]
Well, we'll see you in October folks.
If she's dry by then.
We plan to invite unto our program,
experts and authorities in humor in every possible field.
In modern art for instance. Ballet. Brick-laying.
Pottery. Basket-weaving.
In the field of transportation we have invited Miss Lucille Ball who
as you will see is a complete stranger in the field.
Oh.
I wonder if you'd do me a favor?
You see I have this girlfriend and she came
to see me off and I promised to wave to her.
Would you wave to Sally?
She's the one in the trench coat standing by the gate.
Oh, thank you very much.
Are you going to Paris?
Yes.
So am I.
[ Sighs ]
My what a wonderful age we live in.
Breakfast in Los Angeles. Dinner in Paris.
It's very exciting, isn't it?
Frankly, my business takes me to Paris twice a
month, so it isn't very exciting for me.
I get sick of flying.
Oh so do I.
If it's just a jet here, jet there. Here a jet, there a jet.
Everywhere a...
It's a real drag isn't it.
May I have your coat.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, would you put this in the refrigerator for me?
Would be happy to.
The girls at the office gave it to me.
Lovely.
Thank you. Thank you.
Don't let it get too frozen.
No, it'll be fine.
Fasten your seatbelts please.
Oh yes. Seat belt.
You better fasten your seatbelt.
I'd like to.
I'll give you one of these for one of those.
Do you think they'll mind?
Alright. Fair exchange.
[ Sighs ]
Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please.
Since our portion of our flight will be over water I would like to
demonstration how to put on a life jacket.
Which you will find under your seat.
The chance of you having to use
the jacket are very remote but
regulations do require this demonstration.
I've seen this a hundred times.
Yeah... That stale bit.
After the jacket is securely
tied it is inflated by pulling these nobs.
However please do not inflate the
jacket until you are instructed to do so.
Thank you.
Would you care for some chewing gum?
Oh no thank you.
It's for your ears.
Oh, I forgot.
Does it really help?
It relieves the pressure on your ears when you chew the gum.
Care for some champagne?
Oh thank you.
I hope they serve lunch pretty soon.
I didn't have any breakfast this morning.
Oh, to a bon voyage.
Oh the boniest!
This is delicious.
Yes it is good.
Boy I hope they serve lunch pretty soon.
What's that?
A little turbulence.
Oh I guess a little turbulence never hurt anybody.
Whoops.
It is getting rough.
More champagne?
Why not?
No thank you.
Boy I hope they serve lunch pretty soon.
You know I like you.
And I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
Secret?
I have never been a plane before.
You're kidding.
Couldn't tell could you?
I would have sworn you were Jacqueline Cochran.
Oh you.
Boy I hope they serve lunch pretty soon!
[ Life jacket inflating loudly ]
What are you doing with your life jacket on?!
Life jacket?!
Life jacket, what's going on here?
We must be getting ready to ditch in the ocean!
Good heavens we're getting ready to ditch!
[ Everyone shouting ]
How do you get this on? You've got yours on!
Don't take it away from me!
Just a minute.
Ladies and gentlemen please sit down!
Follow me!
♪ [ Music ] ♪