15 Things Every Baby Boomer Will Remember

Tuning into ‘I Love Lucy.’

On air from 1951 to 1957, Lucille Ball won hearts as Lucy Ricardo, a middle-class housewife prone to hilarious antics and charmingly sticky situations. The sitcom carried on from 1957 to 1960 with 13 one-hour specials, dubbed The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show (and later The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, in reruns).