Show: I Love Lucy Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez were real life husband and wife when they portrayed Lucky and Ricky on the classic, ground-breaking sitcom I Love Lucy from 1951 to 1957. Lucy's antics combined with Ricky's excitable personality made them the perfect comedic couple, a husband and wife couple that were made for laughs. The show won five Emmy's and is considered to be one of the greatest television shows, and sitcoms, of all time. That's nothing to "Waahhhh!" about!