The Cello Museum: Pepito and a Cello Helped Launch One of the Most Popular TV Shows of All Time (2020)
Without this “loaded” cello, the most popular TV show of all time might never have existed. It was 1951 and due to prejudice in America at the time, it had taken 10 years for Lucille Ball to get a chance…
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VIDEO: Lucille Ball Biographer Kathleen Brady Explains Pepito’s Involvement In How “I Love Lucy” Came to Be (2019)
From the “Great Lives” lecture series at Mary Washington University, watch author Kathleen Brady recount the life and career of Lucille Ball, and how the television series “I Love Lucy” was created in 1951. For details on about Pepito’s involvement…
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Pepito + Lucy = The Cello Routine (1950)
Thursday, June 1, 1950 Pepito devised the famous cello routine for Lucy, and built the trick cello from an old cello he bought in a pawn shop. In fact, he came up with an entire vaudeville act for Lucy and…
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Los Angeles Times: “I Love Lucy” Pilot Discovered (1990)
Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation’s press, by Greg Braxton Monday, April 9, 1990 “I Love Lucy” Pilot Discovered. The original pilot for “I Love Lucy,” which has been missing for…
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LucyFan: Lucy Cello in Jamestown, New York (2005)
Monday, November 7, 2005 The “loaded cello” used by Lucille Ball in the pilot episode of I Love Lucy, has found a new home — at the Lucy-Desi Museum in Jamestown, New York (see photo above). The instrument, originally owned…
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People Magazine: Lucie Arnaz on Seeing the Lost Pilot: “I Just Laughed” (1990)
Even Lucy and Desi’s Daughter Saw Something Newly Hilarious in the I Love Lucy Pilot Airing This Week Monday, May 7, 1990 Call it “I Found Lucy.” When Joanne Perez, 84, peered under a bed in her Orange County, Calif.,…
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Papermoon Loves Lucy: The “I Love Lucy” Pilot
Papermoonloveslucy’s Tumblr page about the Lost Pilot of “I Love Lucy” is a delight.
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“A Book” by Desi Arnaz: Pepito’s Contributions to the Lost Pilot for “I Love Lucy” Explained (1976)
An Excerpt From “The Outspoken Memoirs of ‘Ricky Ricardo’ — The Man Who Loved Lucy” I had a very dear friend named Pepito, who used to go fishing with me. He’s retired now but he was one of the world’s…
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VIDEO CLIP: “I Love Lucy, The Very First Show” (1990)
Monday, April 30, 1990 “If you are wondering how we got tonight’s film [the Lost Pilot of “I Love Lucy”], my father (Desi Arnaz) gave it to Pepito the Clown as a thank you for guest-starring in the Pilot ……
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Pepito, Lucy and Desi Rehearse Vaudeville Act at the Hotel Del Coronado (1950)
The Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego, California was instrumental in helping to launch the careers of some television giants. In fact, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz retreated to The Del in 1950 to polish their comedy routine under the…
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Roger Schutt and Pepito’s Trick Violin (2008)
Thursday, December 25, 2008 by Melani Carty This is the story of a magical Christmas present given to me by a very kind person I have never met: Mr. Roger Schutt. It all began last autumn, when a number of…
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Pepito & Joanne 