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That Wacky Redhead

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })An Alternate History work by user "Brainbin" of AlternateHistory.com, That Wacky Redhead explores the cultural side of the genre, showing how a different path taken in American television history could have altered not only popular culture, but also the wider world.Lucille Ball, beloved comedienne, star of the classic 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy, and entrepreneur as the head of her television studio, Desilu, is visited in a dream by her late friend Carole Lombard. Once before, Lombard had persuaded Ball to "give [television] a whirl" and star in what would become I Love Lucy; Lombard's second visit, in late 1966, marks the Point of Divergence. Ball is on the verge of selling Desilu to media conglomerate Gulf+Western, but Lombard warns her away from it, assuring Ball that her destiny is to remain a studio chief.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The rest of the timeline chronicles what changes have been wrought, and all on account of That Wacky Redhead!Read it here. An indexed version can be found here.As of July 9th, 2016, it is completed.
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Allohistorical Allusion: invoked IOTL, there would've been a televised Star Trek / Doctor Who crossover (albeit with Star Trek: Enterprise and the 10th Doctor), but plans for it fell apart. The date Elvis Presley and Desilu reached a licensing agreement that allowed him to be featured prominently in a couple episodes of Rock Around the Clock was August 16, 1977. You know. The day he died on the toilet IOTL?Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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Actor Allusion: A casting version in-universe: After Jimmy Stewart was picked to play Pa Kent, "the production team could not resist the opportunity to stunt-cast Ma Kent, choosing Donna Reed (Stewart’s one-time co-star in It's a Wonderful Life, his personal favorite film) for the role".
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invoked It's pointed out that the ceremony in 1984 ITTL that concerned Desilu being sold Paramount's half of the lot was similar to the one in 1967 IOTL that concerned the reverse: Paramount being sold Desilu.
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Similarly to the Elvis allusion, the date of the Futureshadowing Barbara Waters/Lucille Ball interview that opens the timeline is the date that Life With Lucy premiered IOTL.
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A subtle one: TTL's "Battlestar Galactica" (simply known as "Galactica") ends in 1980. ...get it?
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