Sunday’s Emmy Awards, an evening dedicated to honoring the year’s best in television, paid an unexpected tribute to I Love Lucy, itself a four-time Emmy Award-winning sitcom.
The awards show’s final series of cast reunions of beloved shows that included The Sopranos, Cheers, Grey’s Anatomy and Ally McBeal was a recreation of the famous I Love Lucy candy assembly line scene recreated by Natasha Lyonne and Tracee Ellis Ross, who were also presenting the Emmy for Best Comedy Series. Ross presented the award while still wearing her red Lucille Ball wig and costume worn during the sketch.
After a little friendly banter, the assembly line before Lyonne and Ross started and the actresses stepped into the shoes of Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, shoving chocolates into their clothes, eating as many as they could and, in the case of Ross, throwing them behind her as Lucille Ball did decades ago.
I Love Lucy was nominated for 21 Emmy Awards in the 1950s, including Best Situation Comedy in 1953 and 1954, Best Comedienne (Lucille Ball) in 1953, Best Supporting Actress (Vivian Vance) in 1954 and Best Actress – Continuing Performance, Lucille Ball, in 1956.
