"I Love Lucy"
The name of Lucy's husband
Ricky Ricardo
Harriet represents the _______ __________ role in the 50s
Classic housewife
This time period was called the _______ era
postwar
The actors in "I Love Lucy" were not allowed to say the word __________ on the show
Pregnant
This is what people viewed Ozzie and Harriet as
America's ideal fantasy couple
This became the nation's most popular medium in the 50s
Television
Lucy was one of the first female _______ on TV
tricksters
The Nelson family blurred the lines between _______ and _______
fiction, reality
Sitcoms portrayed ______ _____ white families as the norm in America
middle-class
I Love Lucy became the first television series to be broadcast as _______
Reruns
Harriet could have done this but instead decided to marry Ozzie and give up her dreams
Become a big star and make it on her own
Two major themes in 1950's sitcoms
The ideal American family and gender roles
A revolutionary moment on the show that usually wouldn't be shown on TV during the 50s
Lucy having a kid
This was one of the repercussions of the Nelsons being depicted as the ideal American family
Created a false reality of what a family should look and function like
The sitcoms of the 50s reflected what people ______, but not what they___
wanted, had