Posted 55 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownMy Mind Is Absolutely Blown From These 51 Photos That Are Making Me Look At These Pop Culture Moments And Famous People DifferentlyMy brain wasn't ready to see the I Love Lucy set in color.by Brian GalindoBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. In 1983, Carrie Fisher did a beach-themed Return of the Jedi photo shoot for Rolling Stone, complete with her wearing Princess Leia's gold metal bikini: Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images There were lots and lots of photos taken that day, but according to the photographer, Aaron Rapoport, the magazine only ran two: Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images 2. If you didn't live through it, you wouldn't understand just how huge the anticipation was for The Phantom Menace. Even the release of the toys ahead of the movie was an EVENT. And it's demonstrated here by Leonardo DiCaprio shopping for the toys at Toys "R" Us during the midnight release: Dan Callister / Getty Images 3. The Beatles' performance on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time is a seminal moment in both modern American and pop culture history. Everyone's image of it is usually of the black and white footage of the performance. Here's what the performance looked like in color and while being filmed: Universal History Archive / Getty Images 4. And this is the Beatles with Ed Sullivan the day before the taping, during their rehearsals: Cbs Photo Archive / Getty Images 5. This is what the set of the Ricardos' Connecticut home on I Love Lucy looked like in color: / Courtesy Everett Collection, Courtesy Everett Collection 6. Speaking of sets, here's Lucille Ball on the set of Three's Company with John Ritter. In 1982, Lucille, who was a big fan of the sitcom and John Ritter, hosted a two-part retrospective during the show's sixth season: Abc Photo Archives / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images 7. In a 2014 Reddit AMA, Betty White spoke about how Lucille Ball was one of her dearest friends. Here are the two of them together at a book signing for Betty's autobiography in 1987 - less than two years before Lucille's death: Kevin Winter / Getty Images 8. To give you context on just how long Betty White's career was, here is a photo of her alongside her costar Del Moore in 1953(ish) taken to promote her first sitcom, Life With Elizabeth. So yeah, Betty was playing a 1950s housewife at the same time that Lucille Ball was playing one on I Love Lucy: Bandy Productions/ Courtesy Everett Collection 9. This is what the set of The Golden Girls looked like behind-the-scenes: Nbc / Getty Images 10. Here's a photo of Sally Struthers (Samantha), Charlotte Rae (Charlotte), Bea Arthur (Carrie), and Katherine Helmond (Miranda), taken during a Sex and the City parody skit that they filmed for the TV Land Awards in 2004: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc 11. The Flintstones was sponsored by Winston Cigarettes during its first two seasons, and the characters did several integrated commercials for the brand: Warner Bros. / Via youtube.com 12. In 2012, Miss Piggy made a surprise appearance on Watch What Happens Live, where she played Plead the Fifth and took a few jabs at OC Housewife Vicki Gunvalson. Here she is with Andy Cohen, wearing a Bravo Easter egg (the dress that she's wearing was designed for her for a challenge on Project Runway): Bravo / Getty Images 13. In 1990, just before making it big, RuPaul appeared on The Geraldo Rivera Show as part of an episode about NYC club kids. Ru even says her classic catchphrase, "You're born naked and the rest is drag": Steve Eichner / Getty Images 14. Are you curious about what the Werkroom on RuPaul's Drag Race looks like in real life? Well, these behind-the-scenes photos will break the illusion. It's, of course, a set built in a soundstage, where even the columns are just set props: Logo / (C)Logo/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection 15. Here are two photos of Britney Spears rehearsing her iconic "I'm a Slave 4 U" performance she did at the 2001 VMAs: Dave Hogan / Getty Images 16. This is what Monica and Rachel's apartment on Friends looks like behind-the-scenes: Nbc / Getty Images 17. And this is what the Friends' writers' room looks like. Seated at the head of the table is the show's co-producer and co-creator, David Crane: / (C)Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 18. Here is a rare photo of Madonna alongside her then-boyfriend Tupac Shakur, while talking with Sting at a Versace party in New York in 1994: Wwd / Getty Images There is even a photo of the two of them with Gianni Versace and Raquel Welch at the same event (sadly, I could not find anywhere to license it). 19. Here is Madonna portraying Princess Diana in a sketch on SNL in 1985 - which was also her first appearance on the show: Nbc / Getty Images 20. Here is the real Princess Diana in 1985, greeting Steven Spielberg and his then-wife Amy Irving at the London premiere of Back to the Future: Tim Graham / Getty Images 21. And here's a photo of Princ