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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jan 11, 2015 17:54:57 GMT -5
Been watching I Love Lucy this weekend. I don't know why, but I've watched this show for like 30 years and I just realized how crazy some of these episodes are.
Everyone "forgets" Lucy's birthday so she wanders off in the park and is met by a group of randos calling themselves the "friends of the friendless" who offer to take her away and be her friend. CULT!
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"hey where'd that Black eye come from?" "Oh, Ricky Beats me!"
Not to mention the numerous times Fred came to the conclusion that Ricky's getting some strange on the side and he's like "Oh yeah? tell me all about it".
Or that episode that Lucy's getting jumped by two guys outside her apartment while the whole family laughs.
I know it's the 50's but sometimes, you go "Man. This would never fly today".
Though to be fair, you watch some of these though and you go "man Lucy is a bitch". Constantly spending money and scoffing claims of "can't afford it". Turning on her friends over stupid stuff ever other episode. This show has more heel and face turns than WWE these days. Thank God Sting never grew up in this neighborhood.
Maybe I've been listening to too much GoBayside, but someone should really do a podcast or website review about these 50's TV shows.
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Post by aliciafoxfan on Jan 11, 2015 17:58:05 GMT -5
Lucy just wanted to be in Ricky's show, Just let her in the show.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 11, 2015 18:01:23 GMT -5
That 'candy on the conveyor belt' scene will always hold up though.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 11, 2015 18:03:54 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember the joke from the episode I saw recently. The joke was essentially that Ricky would hit her if she found out what she was doing. To the audience's credit, they gave one of those awkward, non-loud laughs, so even in the 1950's they knew that was a touchy subject.
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Post by mizerable on Jan 11, 2015 18:08:46 GMT -5
I Love Lucy is great. The show holds up pretty well now, moreso than the Honeymooners, which for some reason is copied WAY more than the Lucy formula.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2015 18:13:08 GMT -5
To this day, one of my favorite shows.
And to think, CBS were initially very reluctant to have a Cuban in a co-lead role.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2015 19:14:38 GMT -5
Ricky's rants in Spanish were godlike. In terms of pure entertainment value he trumps 95% of sitcom husbands.
See, Hollywood? You can have a straight man who's still funny...
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Jan 11, 2015 22:51:22 GMT -5
One of the best shows ever. Holds up so well today and is absolutely timeless. Never feels dated, like a bunch of '80s shows.
I love when Ricky tries to pronounce 'psychiatrist'. "Feez-ee-key-uh-trist". LMAO.
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Post by aliciafoxfan on Jan 11, 2015 23:17:11 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember the joke from the episode I saw recently. The joke was essentially that Ricky would hit her if she found out what she was doing. To the audience's credit, they gave one of those awkward, non-loud laughs, so even in the 1950's they knew that was a touchy subject. Even the Honeymooners had Ralph threatening to punch Alice. that would never fly in these days |
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Jan 11, 2015 23:22:00 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember the joke from the episode I saw recently. The joke was essentially that Ricky would hit her if she found out what she was doing. To the audience's credit, they gave one of those awkward, non-loud laughs, so even in the 1950's they knew that was a touchy subject. Even the Honeymooners had Ralph threatening to punch Alice. that would never fly in these days Not even to the moon? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2015 23:29:59 GMT -5
I never liked it growing up, but I also had no idea then that sitcoms would later alll be Borg-style assimilated into some central mass that would continually produce slight variants of the same exact show every year since.
I'm sick of the modern family angle. I'd much rather watch Lucille Ball get left home all day and find her way into some hopelessly ridiculous situation.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 12, 2015 0:04:31 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember the joke from the episode I saw recently. The joke was essentially that Ricky would hit her if she found out what she was doing. To the audience's credit, they gave one of those awkward, non-loud laughs, so even in the 1950's they knew that was a touchy subject. Even the Honeymooners had Ralph threatening to punch Alice. that would never fly in these days The one thing with that though, you could tell he'd never actually do it. That was part of the gag, in that for all his bluster, it was VERY clear Alice wore the pants in that family. |
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Post by lovingway on Jan 12, 2015 5:37:17 GMT -5
To this day, one of my favorite shows. And to think, CBS were initially very reluctant to have a Cuban in a co-lead role. I never realized this until it was mentioned somewhere a few years ago that they were the actual first interracial couple on tv |
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