Birthday of the Day: As you may have learned from the interactive Google Doodle on your homepage, Lucille Ball was born 100 years ago today.
Celebrate her centennial by watching this incredible 8mm color film footage captured by an I Love Lucy audience member on October 12, 1951, and interspersed with cuts from the episode that was being recorded that day (the sixth episode of the first season — “The Audition”).
This is believed to be the only surviving behind-the-scenes footage of the legendary sitcom.
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Posted August 7, 2011
