Mine would be the season they were in Hollywood. I love those most of any I Love Lucy and can watch them over and over. I taped that season, beginning with the Ricky's screen test episode, on TV Land the first time they ran them because they were supposedly uncut (although I noticed an edit in one episode. More on that below). I messed up though by recording them at VHS EP speed so the quality isn't wonderful, but still I watch them more than I've watched the 1st season DVDs! I also recorded the Lucy in Europe episodes the same way and enjoy them too.

In its first run on TV Land, they said the episodes ran uncut and were almost 40 minutes long with commercials, so I taped the Hollywood and my second favorite theme, Lucy in Europe episodes. I noticed one edit in the episode when they were in Ohio. When Mr. Skinner told them about the all you can eat turkey dinner for $1 and as they were leaving said "How can they serve all that for $1". Mr. Skinner replied "It's impossible". TV Land edited out the next line, "That's why they went out of business" and picked up with "And there ain't another thing clean to Cinncinnati". I wonder why they cut that 5 seconds out of the show and if there are any other edits that I didn't catch?. The premise doesn't completely make sense without that line. Not a big deal, just something to gripe about after they claimed the show aired unedited!

Oh, definitely the fourth season ('54-'55). A lot of my favorite episodes are in that season, including the Hollywood episodes.

I would pick the Hollywood season too. I thought it was season 3 though! What episodes are season 3 then??

Yup, number one was the worst and season four the best. At the rate they're going, we should all have that one by 2019.

Hello, I'm the oddball of the group. :crazy:

I pick season 1.

Originally posted by dawsongirl
Hello, I'm the oddball of the group. :crazy:

I pick season 1.

I join you! :D

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
I join you! :D

:thumbsup:

I honestly don't have a particular favorite. I love all of the seasons about the same. To be quite honest, it's hard for me to pick just one season since all of the them were real good. And that's no joke.

Originally posted by Lodee
I would pick the Hollywood season too. I thought it was season 3 though! What episodes are season 3 then??

Season three is my second favorite. It had some great episodes like "The Million Dollar Idea," "Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress," "Equal Rights," and "Lucy Tells the Truth."

If I could only watch one season, it'd be the fourth. I love the Hollywood episodes. Season five is pretty good too, it contained a few of the Hollywood episodes and the European ones (which I love as well). The only season I don't really enjoy is the first.

I prefer Season 2 with Lucy pregnant(or should I say, Enceinte?) :D :crazy:

Tough question! I love all of the seasons. If I could only pick one, though, it'd probably be season two.

Yup, they started to really get a grip on the characters by the end of season one so two was very very good! The first few shows of season one are horrible, which is normal when a new series has to establish what's gonna work and be funny. Once those things were established, Lucy is looney, Fred is cheap, Ethel eats, the laughs kept coming.

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Yup, they started to really get a grip on the characters by the end of season one so two was very very good! The first few shows of season one are horrible, which is normal when a new series has to establish what's gonna work and be funny. Once those things were established, Lucy is looney, Fred is cheap, Ethel eats, the laughs kept coming.

And you forget that Desi replaced the kinescope with film and that he used the three camera technique that it's still used today. If Lucy wouldn't had married him or at least used his ideas we wouldn't be talking about the show today:p

Season three is my second favorite. It had some great episodes like "The Million Dollar Idea," "Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress," "Equal Rights," and "Lucy Tells the Truth."
Thanks Amber. I think season 3's my second favorite too.

Other shows were filmed in the three camera technique, he ADAPTED it to the comedy show, and his GENIUS was hiring the people who actually made it happen. We are here because Lucille Ball is the greatest star and a legend who had to constantly build up her hubbies to the world as they were constantly eclipsed by her many talents. It was a different world back then, women weren't supposed to run things, but she did, and i admit them getting together was a great thing for all of us, but she would still have made it without HIM, he however would have dissapeared a LONG TIME ago. But i also admit, i'm glad they got together and produced something that has lasted so long.

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Other shows were filmed in the three camera technique, he ADAPTED it to the comedy show, and his GENIUS was hiring the people who actually made it happen. We are here because Lucille Ball is the greatest star and a legend who had to constantly build up her hubbies to the world as they were constantly eclipsed by her many talents. It was a different world back then, women weren't supposed to run things, but she did, and i admit them getting together was a great thing for all of us, but she would still have made it without HIM, he however would have dissapeared a LONG TIME ago. But i also admit, i'm glad they got together and produced something that has lasted so long.

Keep living in your bubble:D

AND YOU IN YOURS!:lol: Dun't worry folks, we just love needling each other, Karen's a big needler from WAY back, LOL!

Originally posted by SPLAIN
AND YOU IN YOURS!:lol: Dun't worry folks, we just love needling each other, Karen's a big needler from WAY back, LOL!

:lol: Hope our bubbles don't burst in mid-air by friendly fire:D This is the way we make love, from a safe distance and a computer screen in between just to be safe@

I'm much too high on life right now to burst anything, well, i have no control over my appendix, but aside from that . . .

But i also admit, i'm glad they got together and produced something that has lasted so long.
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Does that include Desi's greatest production? Two little Arnazes at home?:lol:

Even there, he might have plugged it in, but it was HER oven, LOL!

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Even there, he might have plugged it in, but it was HER oven, LOL!

Anyone could've plugged the appliance in just the same and bake it in the same oven with a new thermostat:lol:

*coughs*

I think I would have to chooose...bahh...I love season 4 and 2 the best..I dunnnoo..

Four, then 2 3 and 5, but the worst were 1 and 6.

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
Anyone could've plugged the appliance in just the same and bake it in the same oven with a new thermostat:lol:


:rotflmao: Double entrendes at their best.

There are two types of people in the world, those that DO it and those that TALK about it, unfortunately i think i fall in the wrong group! Last time i did it, the US had a budget surplus.

Well which seasons do I like? I really like all but the California and the European seasons. There are a few from those I like but most I don't. I would probably narrow the one season to the year they had "Lucy tells the truth," I guess that is season 3

Originally posted by SPLAIN
There are two types of people in the world, those that DO it and those that TALK about it, unfortunately i think i fall in the wrong group! Last time i did it, the US had a budget surplus.

A surplus? We had a surplus once?? :lol:

Originally posted by dawsongirl
A surplus? We had a surplus once?? :lol:

Probably neither of us was born yet:lol:

Originally posted by SPLAIN
There are two types of people in the world, those that DO it and those that TALK about it, unfortunately i think i fall in the wrong group! Last time i did it, the US had a budget surplus.

A surplus? What's a surplus? LOL!

The opposite of a deficit! :D

Defecit? :stupid: :lol:


:joke:

DUDE, I even spelled DEFICIT wrong! :lol:

Originally posted by crazyredhead
DUDE, I even spelled DEFICIT wrong! :lol:

You are a mess!:p Deficit is when this country owes money to every other country and Surplus is when there is enough money in this country to pay the debt back but they never do since it goes to the pockets of you know who:mad:

Oooohh! LOL Okay, thanks for 'splaining!

And NO, I dun't know WHO! :lol: j/p

Originally posted by crazyredhead
Oooohh! LOL Okay, thanks for 'splaining!

And NO, I dun't know WHO! :lol: j/p

You dun't!...Take all the cushions of your couch and look underneath :lol:

LOL! Thanks for telling me! I just found 85 cents! :lol:

Originally posted by crazyredhead
LOL! Thanks for telling me! I just found 85 cents! :lol:

:D Told ya!

Phew..my mouth's all spicy now..I just finished sucking up a pickle! :talk:

Sorry, random thoughts! :crazy:

SO WHAT'S NEW? *cough* :lol:

Originally posted by crazyredhead
Phew..my mouth's all spicy now..I just finished sucking up a pickle! :talk:

Sorry, random thoughts! :crazy:

SO WHAT'S NEW? *cough* :lol:

I rather NOT add anything to your 'sucking a pickle' comment:lol:

AHAHAHA! :lol:

Sorry, that pickle was just TOO good!

I'd watch season 1. It was funniest

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
Probably neither of us was born yet:lol:

I bet. Heck...my parents might not have even been born. :lol:

Season Six all the way. Am I the only one that loves this season? Everyone acts like this season is the pits, but I think it's the cat's meow!

I mean, we have the Bob Hope Baseball episode, the Loving Cup episode, the Florida and Deep Sea Fishing storyline, the one where Ethel and Lucy drive to florida with an ax-weilding murderer, also the one where little ricky plays the drums and the whole episode everything is done to that little beat (remember ethel screamed "Fred... Fred... Fred Fred Fred!"

I am not even mentioning the great country episodes later in the season like doing the tango, raising wax tulips, raising chickens, and building a BBQ. Then there is the episode where they go into town to see the show and they all have to squeeze into two seats!

This season is classic and is by far the best! I just wish they could hurry up with the dvd releases, at this rate it will be ten years before I see this season on dvd and I could be dead by then! :lol:

Well you're right Chris, when someone actually LISTS the episodes in that season it gets hard to argue, you named some great ones, not as great as the Hollywood eps, but certainly very very good.

The last season besides very few good episodes it's also memorable because the on- screen chemistry wasn't working anymore and the story lines (Lucy dedicates a statue) were sappy

Like all involved have said before, they were all tired, especially the stars and writers!

Originally posted by savy333
Season Six all the way. Am I the only one that loves this season? Everyone acts like this season is the pits, but I think it's the cat's meow!

This season is classic and is by far the best! I just wish they could hurry up with the dvd releases, at this rate it will be ten years before I see this season on dvd and I could be dead by then! :lol:

I agree, I really don't see anything wrong with season six. So many great episodes were produced in that one season along with a fresh, new storyline (country living). I don't understand either why some of the Lucy fans think this season is the pits. I'm a HUGE Lucy fan and I don't think the last season of ILL is the pits. In fact, the six season was actually the season that convinced me to tape "I Love Lucy".

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Well you're right Chris, when someone actually LISTS the episodes in that season it gets hard to argue


And I didn't even mention the Christmas episode, the episode where Lucy makes a pizza at the pizza parlor and the superman episode!

The pizza parlor ep is pretty good but the Superman one I can't stand. The Christmas ep I save for special occasions:D

But even Lucy and Desi said they HATED the Christmas ep, i love it and play it often. Ok, let's try this again, i just meant that season 1 was slightly weaker because the characters were being established in the first episodes, and season six was a little weaker because they were running out of ideas, on a few of the shows. Let's face it seasons one and six's weaker shows are still better than most BEST shows of any other series.

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
The pizza parlor ep is pretty good but the Superman one I can't stand. The Christmas ep I save for special occasions:D

:o I can't stand the Superman episode either!

That episode is uhh..okay..the only part I like is that it shows Little Ricky alot! :D :lol: