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  I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy debuted on CBS in October 1951 and was an immediate sensation.
In episode after episode Lucy rebels against the confinements of domestic life for women, the dull routines of cooking and housework, the petty humiliation of a wife's financial dependence, the straightjacket of demure femininity.
Lucy Ricardo's attempts at rebellion are usually sabotaged by her own incompetence, but Lucille Ball's virtuosity as a performer perversely undermines the narrative's explicit message, creating a tension which cannot be resolved.
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 I Love Lucy : tvland.com
Each episode opens with a plausible situation (home economy, child rearing, postdating a check) thrown awry with exaggerated absurdity (Lucy is starched, frozen, stuffed with chocolate, locked in a trunk, and lowered to the deck of a ship by helicopter, just to name a few).
While the comic brilliance of Lucille Ball and the magic chemistry of the four main characters were the cornerstones of the show, I Love Lucy owes its success in no small part to a band of brilliant creators and innovators.
TV Land is proud to be the new home of I Love Lucy as the show reaches its golden anniversary.
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 tvdvdreviews.com -- I Love Lucy: The Complete First Season DVD Review
Lucy aspires to be in show business, but Ricky wants her to continue being a housewife.
Lucy's demonstration of how a moving target is harder to hit is extraordinarily funny, but the episode lacks the polish of those to come.
Lucy does get to appear in Ricky's show, but thanks to a little mix-up, she combines the ballet and the burlesque with hilarious results.
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 Amazon.ca: I Love Lucy - Season 1: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her-Lucy reads a murder mystery and jumps to the conclusion that Ricky must want to murder her as well.
Lucy is Jealous of a Girl Singer-A recurring theme throughout the show, Lucy is jealous of a girl at Ricky's club (who is actually a dancer, not a singer).
Lucy and Ricky swap apartments with a couple downstairs; therefore, in most episodes they are in 3D (and thus on the same floor as the Mertzes), but in some they are in 4A and living upstairs from th...
www.amazon.ca /I-Love-Lucy-Season-1/dp/B0000AI41Y   (1996 words)

  
 I Love Lucy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lucy was imagining her Scottish ancestors and the show was a take off of the then very popular "Brigadoon." In any case, the episodes in France (snails and haute couture flour sacks) were among the best ever.
ILL jumped on the episode where Lucy wanted to do something and Ricky told her not to, so Lucy got Ethel to help her and did it anyway and they screwed it up, then Ricky got mad and told Lucy she had "some splainin to do" and Lucy cried.
Lucy has dropped her frumpy hairstyle for a more stylish, late Fifties hairdo that just looks priggish, and if you listen carefully, you can tell that their real lives must have taken a major nosedive--her voice has an acerbic, hostile undertone to it completely absent from the series.
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 TIME 100: Lucille Ball
Lucy Ricardo was, in those early I Love Lucy episodes, just a generic daffy housewife.
Lucy's quirks and foibles — her craving to be in show biz, her crazy schemes that always backfired, the constant fights with the Mertzes — became as particularized and familiar as the face across the dinner table.
For four out of its six seasons (only six!), I Love Lucy was the No. 1-rated show on television; at its peak, in 1952-53, it averaged an incredible 67.3 rating, meaning that on a typical Monday night, more than two-thirds of all homes with TV sets were tuned to Lucy.
www.time.com /time/time100/artists/profile/lucy.html   (391 words)

  
 Sitcoms Online - I Love Lucy
The premise of I Love Lucy was not that much different from that of other family situation comedies on television and radio--a wacky wife making life difficult for a loving but perpetually irritated husband--but the people involved made it something very special.
Lucy's partner in mischief was Ethel, and both Ricky and Fred had to endure the foolishness perpetrated by their wives.
I Love Lucy was practically unique in that it was filmed before a live audience, something that did not become widespread in the situation comedy world until the 1970s, and the technique of simultaneously using thee cameras during the filming to allow for editing of the finished product was also a Lucy first.
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 Classic TV Shows - I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
"I Love Lucy" by Harold Adamson and Eliot Daniel
For the "I Love Lucy Show" the casting of William Frawley and the then unknown Vivian Vance was sheer genius.
William Frawley died in 1966 of a heart attack, Vivian Vance in 1979 of breast and bone cancer, Desi Arnaz in 1986 of lung cancer, and Lucille Ball in 1989 of an acute rupture of the abdominal aorta.
www.fiftiesweb.com /lucy.htm   (375 words)

  
 The Lucy Shows
On most of the old "I Love Lucy" shows, there was always a point in the show where Lucy set herself up to get in a jam.
Reruns of 'I Love Lucy' began on the CBS weekday morning schedule and ran until 1968 - replaced by reruns of 'The Lucy Show'.
These specials were a way for Lucy and Desi to lighten the workload (and increase their clout with the network).
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 I Love Lucy Video Clips, Lucille Ball | Youns.com
From left to right are "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", "The Kleptomanic", "Job Switching", "Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her", and "Lucy's Italian Movie".
Lucy's split-second timing is evident in the scene where she imitates a cuckoo clock.
The woman in the vat with Lucy (Teresa Tirelli) didn't understand what was going on, and she took the fight seriously.
www.youns.com /lucy/video.asp   (378 words)

  
 DVD: I Love Lucy - The Complete Second Season - UsingEnglish.com
That's right: This is the show where the ladies have a Chaplinesque experience with a too-fast factory conveyor belt, forcing them to hide candies in their mouths, in their hats, and down their blouses lest a tough forewoman fire them for incompetence.
"Lucy Goes to the Hospital," which received an amazing 71.7 rating on January 19, 1953, is the historic episode featuring the birth of Little Ricky and a load of wonderful slapstick.
The usual running themes in I Love Lucy--Lucy's misguided desire to be a part of Ricky's musical career, and her penchant for disguising herself to investigate something--are all over The Complete Second Season.
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 Buy.com - I Love Lucy (Complete Second Season) : DVD : Desi Arnaz : Lucille Ball : : Paramount
I LOVE LUCY debuted on CBS in 1951 and quickly set a new standard for situation comedy with its well-crafted plotlines, live tapings, multiple camera angles, and one of the finest ensemble casts in television history.
Centered around the domestic life of zany redhead Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and her Cuban-born husband Ricky (Lucy's real-life spouse Desi Arnaz), the series also broke cultural ground by featuring an interracial marriage and a female lead that was less than the perfect housewife.
Indeed, it was Lucy's neverending quest to muscle in on her husband's show business career--often with the help of meddlesome next-door neighbors Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance)--that provided the show its main comedic thrust and continues to lend it a timelessly classic appeal.
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 I Love Lucy
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) would be happy if his wife Lucy MacGillicuddy (Lucille Ball) would just be a housewife; instead she tried constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he worked, and made life comically frantic in the apartment building they shared with landlords Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance).
He's a guy who wants the world to know, so ev'ry day you'll hear him say: I Love Lucy and she loves me, we're as happy as two can be, sometimes we quarrel but then again, how we love making up again.
Lucy kisses like no one can, she's my missus and I'm her man; and life is heaven you see, 'cause I Love Lucy, yes I Love Lucy and Lucy loves me."
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 DVD: I Love Lucy - The Complete Fifth Season - UsingEnglish.com
Beginning with "Lucy Visits Grauman's" and "Lucy and John Wayne," the impulsive redhead risks Ricky's sanity in Hollywood by stealing a cement slab, from the famous entrance to Grauman's Chinese Theater, that contains the imprint of John Wayne's footprints and signature.
Lucy's fifth season travel theme continues when Ricky and his band are booked on a European tour that does not include his wife or the Mertzes.
The hilarious "Lucy and the Queen" finds her angling in London for a way to meet the Royal Family after Ricky is invited to say hello at the Palladium.
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 Amazon.com: I Love Lucy - The Complete Fifth Season: DVD: Ralph Levy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The hilarious "Lucy and the Queen" finds her angling in London for a way to meet the Royal Family after Ricky is invited to say hello at the Palladium.
Lucy goes to Scotland: The Ricardo's and Mertzes are on their way to Paris but Lucy want to stop and meet her relatives.
Lucy in the Swiss Alps: Lucy is in the Alps during an Avalanche.
www.amazon.com /Love-Lucy-Complete-Fifth-Season/dp/B0009UC7OI   (3101 words)

  
 I Love Lucy Episode Guide, Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her | Youns.com
When Jerry routinely asks Ricky about Marilyn, a singer, Ricky responds 'I've decided to get rid of her, I'll probably miss her some, but in a couple of weeks I can get a new one.' Naturally, Lucy thinks Ricky is referring to her.
Her strange behavior causes Ricky to worry, and he tries to slip her some sleeping powder, which Lucy thinks is poison.
Lucy-'I got a mickey from Ricky!' She hastens to the Tropicana and confronts Ricky.
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 Amazon.com: I Love Lucy - The Complete First Season: DVD: Ralph Levy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
They are now releasing this Reissue of I Love Lucy - The Complete First Season in what they call a new slim pack and the best thing is that it will be under $50.00 which is almost half the price of that other version.
Be sure to remember Season 4 of I love Lucy is also released the same day of this new set on May 3, 2005.
As Lucy and Ricky Ricardo on "I Love Lucy", Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were joined by William Frawley (1877-1966) and Viviane Vance (1909-1979) as their best-friends/apartment landlords of Fred and Ethel Mertz.
www.amazon.com /Love-Lucy-Complete-First-Season/dp/B0007TKH16   (2285 words)

  
 Is "I Love Lucy" Educational? - The Natural Child Project
The children who wrote to USA Today took a different view, pointing out that "I Love Lucy" teaches valuable lessons about the consequences of one's actions.
They saw Lucy Ricardo, whose escapades often backfire, as a sort of reverse role model, and the show as something of a morality play.
In fact, early shows like "I Love Lucy" are currently studied in university courses on American cultural history.
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 WE LOVE LUCY!
I said to my mom "Lucy wouldn't be in here, she's too cool" and sure enough after I said that I found a DVD of "The Lucy Show" it wasn't "I Love Lucy" but I don't care.
I thought that was weird because I Love Lucy is hardly ever on and now 2 different channels say it's on.
Those late nights watching I love Lucy with the two people that meant the most to me, dipping my toast in my hot coco (okay I know thats weird).
community.livejournal.com /i_heart_lucy   (825 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on I Love Lucy at Epinions.com
I have been a fan of I Love Lucy since I was a child.
And when Lucy was pregnant with their son, the word pregnant was never even used.
I Love Lucy didn't need to use anything salacious or flashy to be entertaining.
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 I Love Lucy Show
The I Love Lucy Show was a comedy series about a Cuban bandleader (Ricky) and his American, wacky, red-headed wife.
She also had enormous love for her husband, but longed to be a star just like Ricky.
In the fourth season of I Love Lucy, Lucy, Ricky and their landlords/friends the Mertzes headed for California where Ricky was being offered a movie contract.
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 I Love Lucy (Season 2) DVD Review by Britt Gillette
The brainchild of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, I Love Lucy revolutionized the television industry with its extensive use of a live audience and the employment of multiple camera angles.
Lucy and Ricky's best friends are landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz who often become intertwined in Lucy's get-rich-quick schemes, screwball ideas, and comic shenanigans.
The I Love Lucy (Season 2) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "The Anniversary Present" in which Ricky is spending time with a beautiful neighbor who is helping him find the perfect anniversary present for Lucy.
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 I Love Lucy (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
2-15 050 8 Dec 52 Lucy is Enceinte 51.
3-22 089 29 Mar 54 Lucy is Envious 90.
5-21 148 26 Mar 56 Lucy in the Swiss Alps 149.
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 I Love Lucy (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
2-15 050 8 Dec 52 Lucy is Enceinte 51.
3-22 089 29 Mar 54 Lucy is Envious 90.
5-21 148 26 Mar 56 Lucy in the Swiss Alps 149.
epguides.com /ILoveLucy   (1879 words)

  
 I Really Love Lucy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Join me in honoring Lucy with this lens dedicated to her for all the laughter she gave all of us then and to the generations that will follow.
The Lucy Show appeared on American television sets between 1962-1968, and served as a showcase for the many talents of Lucille Ball from I Love Lucy....
Though best remembered by generations of fans for her role as "Lucy Ricardo" in the classic TV comedy series "I Love Lucy", Lucille Ball was a seasoned performer with more than 20 years of film work to her credit before she became one of television's top comediennes.
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 I Love Lucy on CBS - I Love Lucy Spoilers, Episode Guides, Message Board | TVGuide.com
Visit the I Love Lucy message board, or blog about I Love Lucy.
I Love Lucy - the definitive classic TV comedy with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on FiftiesWeb.com
I Love Lucy Pictures, Cast, Episode Guides, News and More on Starpulse.com.
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 I Love Lucy Merchandise and Collectibles Store
In 1933 Lucy was in her first movie 'Roman Scandals' as a Goldwyn Girl for MGM.
Lucy came back to television in 1962 with the "The Lucy Show", and in 1968, she began "Here's Lucy", that lasted 6 years.
Lucy made her last big screen movie in 1974 as Mame Dennis in the musical "Mame",.
www.truelegends.com /lucy.htm   (407 words)

  
 "I Love Lucy"
Most often with the help of Ethel, Lucy would do her best to worm her way into one of Ricky's performances at the Tropicana Nightclub (where he made famous the song "Babaloo").
LUCY : I may not be able to understand what you say when you say it, but before you say it, I can understand what you're going to say perfectly.
LUCY : I know there's nothing to it, but I want to know what it is there's nothing to.
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