Ricky Ricardo is seen on his home projection screen in the I Love Lucy episode Home Movies. A closer look at the logo tells us it is a Radiant DeLuxe Champion Projection Screen from the Radiant Manufacturing Corporation. The original Radiant Champion model was renamed as the Radiant DeLuxe Champion in 1949 and was advertised at a price of $15 that year. It was described as made from a new glass beaded fabric called Vyna-Flect “which overcomes the hazards of fire and mildew“.
In the video clip above there is a section of the western sketch in Lucy’s home movie where the video and sound in some of the segments run backwards, on youtube there is anther video clip from the show that reverses the video so you can find out what they are saying at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57oENa8VeXc
References
- Radiant Projector Screens on eBay
- https://books.google.com/books?id=NV0zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=radiant+deluxe+champion&hl=en
- https://books.google.com/books?id=nikDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Radiant+Deluxe+Champion
- https://books.google.com/books?id=HF4zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Radiant+Deluxe+Champion