Fans' desire to see an I Love Lucy reunion wasn't necessarily unusual. Any time a show reaches a certain level of popularity, so begins the calls for reassembly, sometimes just moments after a series finale.

But a show like I Love Lucy was different than other television programs. In terms of popularity, I Love Lucy was unmatched. But the love depicted in I Love Lucy was genuine. By calling for a reunion, fans hoped to see that love once more.

Lucille Ball was aware of the many attempts to reunite the cast, and while she wasn't against it, the stars had never aligned for a proper reunion.

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"People have tried, many times," said Ball during an interview with The Roanoke Times. "It's never been that important or that right or that correct or whatever the word is. It's been several different occasions with different things, charities, or just somebody trying to make a noise, but no, we've never gone for any of that, except for 25 Years of Lucy that Gary put together."

That being said, the love between the actors remained beyond I Love Lucy, no reunion was needed. In that same interview, Ball revealed that she was frequently in contact with her former costar and husband, Desi Arnaz, as she worked on her new series Life With Lucy.

"We talk all the time," said Lucy. "He'll send flowers and we have conversations. He's not feeling too well right now. He said the other day, 'I wish I was well enough to get in there and punch around with you.'"