“In the 1970s, this is the beginning, we had Desi Arnaz on the show,” Michaels, 80, told him. Though Arnaz was “getting up there,” the producer said, he was still an “icon” in part ...

In the ‘70s, this is the beginning, we had Desi Arnaz on the show,” Michaels, 80, told Black. “And he was getting up there, he was in his 70s. And I wanted him on, because I just thought ...

Michaels shared the story about Arnaz in the book Live From New York.Per an excerpt posted by The New York Times, the SNL creator recalled that back in 1976, he was “in the control room watching ...

Real-life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz created the iconic sitcom I Love Lucy in 1951. The series followed Ball as Lucy Ricardo, a middle-class housewife in New York City, who found herself ...

Jack Black opened up on the Fly on the Wall podcast about a story Lorne Michaels told him about I Love Lucy legend Desi Arnaz when the Minecraft star hosted Saturday Night Live in April After Black ...

Arnaz died of lung cancer in December 1986 at age 69. His daughter, Lucie Arnaz, told PEOPLE in 2022 that he got sober with the help of her brother Desi Arnaz Jr. a year before he died.

You’ll see candid moments of Lucille Ball in curlers and sneakers, Desi Arnaz sharing genuine laughs with his co-stars, writers like Madelyn Pugh perched proudly in the wings and the Desilu ...

The story involved I Love Lucy actor and producer Desi Arnaz, who hosted Saturday Night Live back in 1976. Michaels, concerned about Black’s physical effort during the performance, shared the ...

The School of Rock actor said that the longtime SNL producer told him, "In the 70s, this is the beginning, we had Desi Arnaz on the show. He was getting up there. He was in his 70s and I wanted him on ...

Lorne Michaels had some legitimate fears when Jack Black hosted Saturday Night Live in April 2025. During a recent guest spot on the Fly on the Wall podcast, Black told hosts Dana Carvey and David ...