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BWdem4life

(1,769 posts) Fri Sep 1, 2023, 07:25 PM Sep 2023

I Love Lucy

In the mid 1970s as a kid, my parents had sent me to live with my great-grandmother ahead of a move. It used to really bother me that "I Love Lucy" cut into my cartoon-watching time.

The irony is not lost on me that in the present day, my fiance is an "I Love Lucy" fan who will watch it, sometimes on a loop, for days on end.

But hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Like Winston Smith in "1984" who learned to love Big Brother...

I have learned to love Lucy.

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I Love Lucy (Original Post) BWdem4life Sep 2023 OP

I never loved Lucy. She was too screechy. Ocelot II Sep 2023 #1

Waaaaaaaaaa!!! BWdem4life Sep 2023 #2

I've become a big I Love Lucy fan. ificandream Sep 2023 #3

Not a big fan nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #4

Me neither... Tikki Sep 2023 #9

I thought the Ed Norton character was terrific. dem4decades Sep 2023 #5

That was Jackie Gleason and The Honeymooners. Ed Norton was played by Art Carney. NBachers Sep 2023 #6

Yeah I know, but I never miss the chance to mention Ed Norton. He and Barny Fife were my dem4decades Sep 2023 #11

I hated Lucy! A lying, cheating, conniving harpy! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2023 #7

If I were to binge watch an old TV show, Boston Legal Emile Sep 2023 #8

I Hate Lucy debm55 Sep 2023 #10

Ocelot II

(116,363 posts)

1. I never loved Lucy. She was too screechy.

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Fri Sep 1, 2023, 07:26 PM

Sep 2023

BWdem4life

(1,769 posts)

2. Waaaaaaaaaa!!!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 1, 2023, 07:28 PM

Sep 2023

ificandream

(9,508 posts)

3. I've become a big I Love Lucy fan.

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Fri Sep 1, 2023, 07:35 PM

Sep 2023

The four actors in the lead roles were brilliant comedians. I was lucky enough last year to come across the complete series on DVD (with extras) in a thrift store. I love watching it. I also got an audio book about the making of the show, which told how it almost didn't happen because they weren't sure about having Desi star in it. Anyway, it's one of the best shows ever produced. The fact it still is so watchable today is proof of that.