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  • Desi: We have a company called Desilu Too where Lucie and I police any merchandise.

    Keck's Exclusives: Lucy and Desi's Children Celebrate Their Parents' Enduring Musical Legacy 2011

  • The first chink in the cultural armor was a triple-assault, two of them launched by the same small company, a place called Desilu.

    Far Beyond the Stars Steven Barnes 2000

  • The first chink in the cultural armor was a triple-assault, two of them launched by the same small company, a place called Desilu.

    Far Beyond the Stars Steven Barnes 2000

  • The network very nearly cancelled it after the first but Lucille Ball, head of the Desilu studios where the show was made (and the single funniest woman to ever appear on American television), used her influence to stay that execution.

    Revisiting the Movies – Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) 2009

  • The network very nearly cancelled it after the first but Lucille Ball, head of the Desilu studios where the show was made (and the single funniest woman to ever appear on American television), used her influence to stay that execution.

    17 « June « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

  • Here's the original Federation Fleet from the back lot of MGM studios, before that Roddenberry guy got his hands on it and sold out to Desilu.

    Obligatory Star Trek post marshallpayne1 2009

  • I got a contract with Lucille Ball at Desilu Productions.

    18,213 Days of Oscar Steven Kurutz 2011

  • 'Mannix: The Fifth Season' This CBS detective series, which ran from 1967 to 1975, was the final show produced by Desilu Productions the production company of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.

    TV on DVD 2011

  • I even loved that lush Desilu heart that appeared in the credits.

    Archive 2008-10-01 The Nag 2008

  • I mention Desilu studios because Lucille Ball was the President at the time of giving the green light to Star Trek and putting the show on a tight budget that made special effects important but made more important the writing.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Mish 2010

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