Desi Arnaz escaped with his family from Cuba when he was a teenage. The went from having three homes, to having nothing. His father barely escaped with his life, and slowly arranged for other family members to join them, starting with Desi. Desi had a dream to never be in that situation again. And the slowly rebuilt their life. However when Desi told his father he ws going to pursue msic, playing the bongos and singing, his father resisted. In the old country this was not good work. However Desi would prove successful.
When Desi began to pursue movie deals as part of his career, he met Lucille Ball. When he first met her she had a black eye (make up) and Desi was not impressed. However that soon changed. Lucy and Desi were married, and because of the different nature of their personalities, except for their stubbornness, the marriage was not expected to last. With individual lives in entertainment, which took them different ways, it had a rocky start; especially due to Desi's drinking and womanizing. However they had hopes of doing a show together, a television show. Lucy already had a radio show. However when they pitched it to studios it was rejected. The said people wouldn't belief they were married. SO they created their own production company, Desilu Industries, and became the first independent T.V. producers. They were able to sell their t.v. show, filming in Los Angeles, close to their home. Desi negotiated that they would maintain the rights to the programs they produced, and thus when they became popular, reruns were born. DesiLu actually sold the rights for millions of dollars. They would produce many more programs, including Star Trek and Mission Impossible. However their marriage would not last. Desi and Lucy would have two children together, but eventually Desi's drinking and womanizing would take its toll. However Desi and Lucy continued to love each other, even when Lucy moved on to subsequent versions of her t.v. shows.
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