Lucy and Gale Gordon still have it. They are so good together. By this episode the acting of the others you can see improvement. Wish they could have had more seasons.
What ARE you talking about? I Love Lucy & the first 2-3 seasons of The Lucy Show (when Vivian was her co-star) were HEAVY on physical comedy & slapstick! Watch the eps about the electric mattress & "Lucy becomes a Kangaroo", (both HILARIOUS as any I Love Lucy ep)! "Lucy & Viv put up a TV Antenna", "The Loophole in the Lease," and the Cleopatra ep are other examples. "The end is near!" LOL!
The trouble is that Lucy was still playing the "ditzy dame". It worked like a charm when she was younger on "I Love Lucy" and sort of worked on the early Lucy Shows. But by the time of "Here's Lucy", she was too old to play the character. Now middle aged with lots of blue eye shadow, she appeared merely annoying than amusing. When "Life With Lucy" was attempted, she was 75 years old and still trying to play a variation of a young Lucy Ricardo. The results were truly embarrassing both in the ratings and with the critics. Lucy should have done something like "The Golden Girls" where she could still be funny but in a more mature and age appropriate way.
NO. Nobody wanted to see Lucy be 'mature and age appropriate'. She was one of a kind. You don't put John Wayne in a musical and you don't make Lucy something she's not.
Damn the memories I was ,16 when this aired in 1986. Had the show ran on for more seasons Lucy would probably not have been around to finish the series as she passed away in 1989.
Nah...the parents are much worse. Actually the granddaughter wasn't bad why she got other notable roles later on. Idk...the material was bad especially if you weren't Lucie and the old guy. So you can't really blame the other actors too much. The show was just an overall trainwreck really.
I love Lucille Ball, but this show just didn't work. It was a slapstick sitcom, which was very dated and old fashioned in the 1980s, when all the popular sitcoms dealt with "issues." She was still great, but she should have shifted her routine to be more relevant to the times. No one really wanted to see an elderly Lucy doing slapstick. People might have wanted to see an elderly Lucy doing something new & age appropriate, though!
John Ritter getting cast as the husband Tedwould've been amazing. Lucy and him getting into physical comedy with Gale Gordon is instant gold. I'd cast a different actress instead of Ann Dusenberry(only movie I know her from is Jaws 2) I mean don't get me wrong she tried but the chemistry wasn't there with the cast. I adored Jenny Lewis as the granddaughter(she was the perfect choice)
In my opinion, this show was doomed from the beginning, because she was trying too hard to make lightning strike twice. It was the 80's, so what had worked for her in the 50's/60's, was rather outdated by this time. I give her credit for trying another series, but it wasn't the same with Desi. I think she would've had a far longer (and richer) acting career doing a dramatic series or more movie roles (like "Yours, Mine and Ours" from 1968), rather than looking a fool like this and getting abysmal ratings. Gary Morton was a solid man for her, but he wasn't Desi: she never got the happiness in the end that she gave everyone else.
Lucy was Magnificent. RIP But, this show was a Big Mistake. This more like a stage production. Charles Levin was the cook in the opening episode of the Golden Girls. RIP
You can tell they are trying WAYYYY too hard in this episode. Maybe they knew the ratings were in the toilet, so they decided loud and frantic was funny somehow.
It’s a 50’s sitcom in the 70’s. It moved to slowly and wasn’t all that funny. The jokes were stale. I’m surprised Lucy didn’t realize it and change writers.
The thing about all the "Lucy" shows, is that they were always a copy of a copy of a copy. "I Love Lucy" being the original copy, and then the other ones to follow. And all getting a bit inferior as they went along, and "Life With Lucy" being the absolute worst. I think at this point, Lucy needed to become more of a supportive character, instead of having the plot centered around her. She was at an age here where people aren't really interested in what an old lady is doing during the day. Each show got worse as time went on, relying on old/played-out jokes and gags that couldn't keep up with the times. She never really outgrew her original character or stretched her acting chops: she was forever "Lucy Ricardo", trapped in 1951. "Life With Lucy" was an idea that should've been left on the cutting-room floor: her heart wasn't in it, anyway, because Desi was dying at the time. At some point as a Hollywood actor, you have to hang it up and realize you've had your time already: you're too old and/or washed-up. LET IT GO!
The reason Life With Lucy failed is because there was no strong plot development and the dialogue was formulaic and simplistic, the comedy was very weak, the acting was over-acting/reacting, and there was too much slapstick. The audience didn't accept Lucy in her role as grandmother/older woman who wore too much makeup and tried to act too young/too hip. Audiences still loved Lucy, but she should have been cast in a more realistic role commensurate with her age, which would have made her more believable. Also the children were just "cute" add-ons who were not vital or integral to any scene they appeared in. People mellow with age, but Lucy did not, which is a shame.
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Lucy and Gale Gordon still have it. They are so good together. By this episode the acting of the others you can see improvement. Wish they could have had more seasons.
they should had john ritter in this show playing the husband
Actually, this was the second episode filmed. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_with_Lucy#Episodes )
Love this show. Ball is an actress.
Gale Gordon and Lucille Ball were so fun they were both very classy
I like listening as Eydie Gormè sings the opening theme song.
Sounded like an old lady to me…
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Lucy and Gail are my favorite actors on comedy. We need shows that are family values. What a beautiful gifted team they were.
Take care of your own God damn kids. TV is not your baby sitter.
This show relied more on slapstick and physical comedy than any of Lucy's previous shows, at a time when slapstick had become old-fashioned.
What ARE you talking about? I Love Lucy & the first 2-3 seasons of The Lucy Show (when Vivian was her co-star) were HEAVY on physical comedy & slapstick! Watch the eps about the electric mattress & "Lucy becomes a Kangaroo", (both HILARIOUS as any I Love Lucy ep)! "Lucy & Viv put up a TV Antenna", "The Loophole in the Lease," and the Cleopatra ep are other examples. "The end is near!" LOL!
... and slapstick has never ever been funny to anyone over 4
@@DonnaBrooksdon't forget when lucy installed the shower then 😂
The trouble is that Lucy was still playing the "ditzy dame". It worked like a charm when she was younger on "I Love Lucy" and sort of worked on the early Lucy Shows. But by the time of "Here's Lucy", she was too old to play the character. Now middle aged with lots of blue eye shadow, she appeared merely annoying than amusing. When "Life With Lucy" was attempted, she was 75 years old and still trying to play a variation of a young Lucy Ricardo. The results were truly embarrassing both in the ratings and with the critics. Lucy should have done something like "The Golden Girls" where she could still be funny but in a more mature and age appropriate way.
I agree with all you wrote above, Peter
I agree with you. Lucy always over-acted, but this was really embarrassing.
If she done a couple of golden girls episodes that would have been ratings gold.
NO. Nobody wanted to see Lucy be 'mature and age appropriate'. She was one of a kind. You don't put John Wayne in a musical and you don't make Lucy something she's not.
In Miami? With millions of Cubans?? GOLD GOLD GOLD!!!!!!!@@chuc5o
Desperate. You just know that 'spontaneous' applause is coming at gunpoint.
Damn the memories
I was ,16 when this aired in 1986. Had the show ran on for more seasons Lucy would probably not have been around to finish the series as she passed away in 1989.
The cop also played Coco the gay cook on the pilot of the Golden Girls and Vera’s husband on Alice
Every day is better than BEFOOORE!!
The people who play the family are awful, especially the kids.
Nah...the parents are much worse. Actually the granddaughter wasn't bad why she got other notable roles later on. Idk...the material was bad especially if you weren't Lucie and the old guy. So you can't really blame the other actors too much. The show was just an overall trainwreck really.
Now days awful hangs on, just like The Conners which ABC keeps on.
I love Lucille Ball, but this show just didn't work. It was a slapstick sitcom, which was very dated and old fashioned in the 1980s, when all the popular sitcoms dealt with "issues." She was still great, but she should have shifted her routine to be more relevant to the times. No one really wanted to see an elderly Lucy doing slapstick. People might have wanted to see an elderly Lucy doing something new & age appropriate, though!
so painful to watch.
People were becoming jaded. Look what passes for television Today.
John Ritter getting cast as the husband Tedwould've been amazing. Lucy and him getting into physical comedy with Gale Gordon is instant gold. I'd cast a different actress instead of Ann Dusenberry(only movie I know her from is Jaws 2) I mean don't get me wrong she tried but the chemistry wasn't there with the cast. I adored Jenny Lewis as the granddaughter(she was the perfect choice)
In my opinion, this show was doomed from the beginning, because she was trying too hard to make lightning strike twice. It was the 80's, so what had worked for her in the 50's/60's, was rather outdated by this time. I give her credit for trying another series, but it wasn't the same with Desi. I think she would've had a far longer (and richer) acting career doing a dramatic series or more movie roles (like "Yours, Mine and Ours" from 1968), rather than looking a fool like this and getting abysmal ratings. Gary Morton was a solid man for her, but he wasn't Desi: she never got the happiness in the end that she gave everyone else.
Mr. Roger's neighborhood...
Donovan Scott is hilarious as Leonard.
Poor lucy is all worn out..
Curtis is pretty much saying watch it buster to the police sergeant
Ball looked scary. Why were her eyebrows painted 5 inches above her eyes?
A goose guard?? 😅 what in the word is that? 😅
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The audience deceived Lucy. They led her on with all that applause and laughing whenever she entered the scene. So sad.
Its an added laugh track and not a real studio audience providing laughter.
Dad looks like Weird Al
Lucy was Magnificent. RIP
But, this show was a Big Mistake. This more like a stage production.
Charles Levin was the cook in the opening episode of the Golden Girls. RIP
Charles Levin was Vera's husband on 'Alice'.
Wow this is so bad I wonder how it got past the studio executives.
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Larry Anderson is ridiculously handsome.
You can tell they are trying WAYYYY too hard in this episode. Maybe they knew the ratings were in the toilet, so they decided loud and frantic was funny somehow.
But apparently this was one of the first in the can. The show got pulled after seven or eight aired, not in filming order.
Oliver I just about had it with you.
I don't think thos episode ever aired?
It’s a 50’s sitcom in the 70’s. It moved to slowly and wasn’t all that funny. The jokes were stale. I’m surprised Lucy didn’t realize it and change writers.
This was the 80s.
The thing about all the "Lucy" shows, is that they were always a copy of a copy of a copy. "I Love Lucy" being the original copy, and then the other ones to follow. And all getting a bit inferior as they went along, and "Life With Lucy" being the absolute worst.
I think at this point, Lucy needed to become more of a supportive character, instead of having the plot centered around her. She was at an age here where people aren't really interested in what an old lady is doing during the day. Each show got worse as time went on, relying on old/played-out jokes and gags that couldn't keep up with the times.
She never really outgrew her original character or stretched her acting chops: she was forever "Lucy Ricardo", trapped in 1951. "Life With Lucy" was an idea that should've been left on the cutting-room floor: her heart wasn't in it, anyway, because Desi was dying at the time. At some point as a Hollywood actor, you have to hang it up and realize you've had your time already: you're too old and/or washed-up. LET IT GO!
The reason Life With Lucy failed is because there was no strong plot development and the dialogue was formulaic and simplistic, the comedy was very weak, the acting was over-acting/reacting, and there was too much slapstick. The audience didn't accept Lucy in her role as grandmother/older woman who wore too much makeup and tried to act too young/too hip. Audiences still loved Lucy, but she should have been cast in a more realistic role commensurate with her age, which would have made her more believable. Also the children were just "cute" add-ons who were not vital or integral to any scene they appeared in. People mellow with age, but Lucy did not, which is a shame.
It's a weird premise but a great execution. This show needed more episodes to find it's way. Too bad.