The pilot episode of “I Love Lucy” had Desi’s character named Larry Lopez. When everything fell into place for the series, however, the writers (as well as Desi, himself) decided the name needed to change. For one thing they thought Lucy and Larry Lopez sounded phony. They agreed that RickyRicardo had a much better ring to it.
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