If creator, writer and producer Gene Roddenberry is known affectionately as The Great Bird Of The Galaxy, then Lucille Ball, whose Desilu studio produced Star Trek, must be The Great Redhead of The Galaxy.
It's said that Lucy took such pride in her television shows, she was even known to push a broom to clean the sets, and swept up on the Trek sets more than once. Talk about a hands on boss. The next time you laugh out loud watching I Love Lucy or catch one of your favorite Star Trek tales, remember, that if it wasn't for Lucille Ball's wild comedy, Roddenberry's great space race may never have blasted off at warp speed.
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