On October 1, 1962, The Lucy Show made its debut on CBS. The sitcom starred Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widowed mother of two kids (Candy Moore, Jimmy Garrett) who shared a house with her ...

In 1962, Ball teased the new series in a promo video shot in her dressing room. “Oh, my left eye needs a little more mascara,” she said. “You see, it's going on television. My right eye is too. I'm ...