I Love Lucy animation... (moved to I Love Lucy board...)

[Oregon Tv Addict]

Did you guys enjoy the new (well, its really the old old one, but its new to us) animation sequences to I Love Lucy? I personally think that it is WWWAAAAYYY better than the boring heart opening...your opinions?

[dawsongirl]

Much better. But why no original closings?

(Placing bets on the movement of this to the ILL board.)

[duane]

wonder why they didnt keep the original commericals at least for this week? I know direct cigarette ads are banned on tv ( cigarettes still plug their products on tv/ radio in a way, talk NASCAR you'll hear Winston Cup- what is a Winston?) but from a standpoint of history I dont think the rules apply unless of course Philip Morris paid for it.

Besides do they still make regular Phillip Morris cigarettes, the kind Lucy & Ricky smoked? I know PM is huge company now but its been years since I have seen a pack of Phillip Morris at the local store.

[TV Guy]

I don't know if Phillip Morris is still a brand, but it's definitely still a major maker of other brands.

There was an article in the New York Times yesterday which said that N@N did ask permission from Phillip Morris to use the cigarette package image in the opening. But PM felt that using the original opening might run afoul of FCC regulations. So they denied permission, and N@N edited in the TV set image (and their logo, of course) instead.

[This message has been edited by TV Guy (edited 10-16-2001).]