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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 06:31 PM
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So how much "I Love Lucy" can you stand to watch?
One half hour episode was plenty for me.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 06:44 PM
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1. I'm not a big fan
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 06:47 PM
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2. I could always only take Lucy in small doses. Too
much slapstick for me.

As an aside, I'm a substitute teacher. When the kids ask how old I am (some wiseguy always does) I ask them if they've ever seen old I Love Lucy reruns. When they say yes, I simply reply that when I was a kid those weren't reruns. They were being shown for the first time. Jaws always drop at that point and I think they think I'm ancient.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 06:51 PM
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3. I was a child when they were shown too.
Edited on Sat Aug-06-11 06:52 PM by undeterred
It annoys me that Ricky treats Lucy like a child and she acts like one. The whole male female way of relating from that era is so incredibly annoying. It also seems like they are over-acting in every scene, and the laugh track is just too much. But at the time I thought it was very funny, I'm sure.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:27 PM
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7. Yep. Many episodes revolved around Lucy getting
Edited on Sat Aug-06-11 07:28 PM by LibDemAlways
into some sort of jam and trying to hide it from Ricky lest he blow his top at her.

Ironic, because in real life she was a shrewd businesswoman and nobody's fool.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 01:09 AM
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11. I could watch it when I was a kid
but the mores of the era are too freaky to me now. I can't sit there and watch it uncritically.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:13 PM
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4. Not any more. I was a big fan, but not now,
I think I have seen every episode since the series first started.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:20 PM
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5. once a week
was about right.
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Denninmi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:21 PM
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6. Lucy, I enjoy her comedy as a rule.
Now, they say that "Everbody Loves Raymond" but it's not true. I can tolerate Raymond in limited doses, but I certainly don't love him. Honestly, in real life, the wife would have left him years ago because of the overbearing inlaws. The show basically devolved into a shouting match each episode. If I had wanted to see that, I would have just watched my parents marriage.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 11:22 AM
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20. Everybody May Not Love Raymond, but Everybody Hates Chris
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 10:01 PM
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26. I hate Raymond but I love Chris.
:shrug:
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 10:00 PM
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25. I also can't stand Raymond.
When I have seen the show (not my choice), I never even cracked a smile. I think it's so stupid. I don't love Lucy either. I watched it when I was a kid, but I don't remember if I liked it or not. I know I don't like it now.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:28 PM
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8. I'm sure that I found them hilarious when I was a kid, but I think they are annoying now.
They are too loud and too frantic.
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 08:38 PM
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9. When I was 6 my dad was transferred to London as a Naval attache.
It was 1957, and our temporary billet was in a London cold water flat. I remember to this day how miserable I was until Mom turned on the small black and white TV that came with the apartment; and there it was, I Love Lucy. I've always had a soft spot for the show since that day.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 01:00 AM
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10. I have always loved this show. I could watch it non-stop. n/t
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 12:04 PM
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12. It's OK once in a while. It's the crap she did *after* I Love Lucy that's unwatchable.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 01:31 PM
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13. Knowing what we know about Lucy and her craft
I love watching. She was a genius at comedy, especially physical comedy. Even if the shows seem sooooo dated now, they are some of the best ever made.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 01:58 PM
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14. I love it.
Edited on Sun Aug-07-11 01:58 PM by woo me with science
It is pure nostalgic gold for me, everything from the characters to the sets and clothing and furniture, technology and props.

We have had it running in the background on and off throughout the marathon, and it is a delicious dip into a past that seems so far away now.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 02:06 PM
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15. Watched it over and over as a kid.
Now I can't stand a 2-minute clip on YouTube.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:00 PM
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16. Thirty minutes more than me.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:34 PM
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17. I use to watch them all the time. And still enjoy it when I'm able to catch it..
I do LOVE LUCY!
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:44 PM
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18. I didn't love Lucy.
Thought all she did was whine and make faces and generally act like an idiot, without being funny.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 11:18 AM
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19. Two.
That was following 1 episode of Leave it to Beaver.

My 10 y.o. daughter said "I don't get this show" about Lucy :P
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 12:26 PM
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21. I could never watch a full episode
I realize that it's suppose to be funny but was not my type of humor but I respect Lucille Ball for the legendary talent that she was.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 03:29 PM
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22. Nowhere near that much.
The Lucy lovefest spiked both my Saturday morning Golden Girls fix on Hallmark AND my Sunday afternoon Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley block on MeTV (a relatively new broadcast network with an affiliate up in Santa Rosa). :grr:

And yes, I know I need to get a life. :-)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 08:49 PM
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23. I just heard today that Lucy insisted they put it to film, instead of just sending out the signal
live, so it was the first tv series to ever have reruns....which they made a killing on. I don't think I ever saw more than one show. I liked the show that had the older version of Lucy on it.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 09:07 PM
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24. I can watch as many as I have time for. I grew up on I Love Lucy.
I find it hilarious.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 10:12 PM
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27. None.
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 10:16 PM
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28. Maybe one. Makes a
difference what kind of mood I'm in, though, since sometimes I can't watch even one. I was never a fan of I Love Lucy. Everyone yells in that show.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 10:22 PM
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29. Too much yelling.
I didn't care that much for the show even when it wasn't reruns.
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