What episode do you dislike the most?

I dont' like the one Lucy and Orson Wells, Little Ricky's school pagent, Lucy and the loving cup and some of the real real early ones. Oh and the country club dance. They were running out of ideas by the time they got to the country imo.

And how come in the 50's they didnt' do more holiday episodes?? I would have loved to see them put on a Christmas pagent at the club or something

but thats another topic

What episode do you dislike the most?

I dont' like the one Lucy and Orson Wells, Little Ricky's school pagent, Lucy and the loving cup and some of the real real early ones. Oh and the country club dance. They were running out of ideas by the time they got to the country imo.

And how come in the 50's they didnt' do more holiday episodes?? I would have loved to see them put on a Christmas pagent at the club or something

but thats another topic Drafted is first, always was and always will be, then Mertz and Kurtz, followed by the early eps like you said and most of the last ones too, yes, even the writers admit they ran out of ideas. But the worst I Love Lucy ep was still a thousand times better than the crap that passes for comedy today.

Drafted is first, always was and always will be, then Mertz and Kurtz, followed by the early eps like you said and most of the last ones too, yes, even the writers admit they ran out of ideas. But the worst I Love Lucy ep was still a thousand times better than the crap that passes for comedy today.

Amen to that! :thumbsup:

By the way, it's L O A T H E ! LOL!

By the way, it's L O A T H E ! LOL!


I am the worst speler ever!! :crazy: :D

I am the worst speler ever!! :crazy: :D Sorry i brought it up, it's one of my pet peeves, maybe it's just your typing, that's usually the case for me, LOL! But seeing as you said SPELER, maybe you're right, LOL!

The Scotland episode, and the Tennessee Ernie visits and hangs on episodes, boy I find him so annoying.

Drafted
Lucy's Inferority Complex
The Ricardo's Visit Cuba-mainly because I can't stand that Uncle Alberto

What episode do you dislike the most?

I dont' like the one Lucy and Orson Wells, Little Ricky's school pagent, Lucy and the loving cup and some of the real real early ones. Oh and the country club dance. They were running out of ideas by the time they got to the country imo.

And how come in the 50's they didnt' do more holiday episodes?? I would have loved to see them put on a Christmas pagent at the club or something

but thats another topic


thats funny that you say you dont like those because those are some of my favs. but i do agree with the really early ones...i dont like pretty much any of the first season.

The Scotland episode, and the Tennessee Ernie visits and hangs on episodes, boy I find him so annoying.
I agree.

The Scotland episode, and the Tennessee Ernie visits and hangs on episodes, boy I find him so annoying. That's funny because the Ernie ones were HUGELY popular and i love them, as did Lucy, LOL!

Here's my least favorites:

"Mertz & Kurtz"
"Drafted"
the Harpo Marx one
"Lucy Visits Cuba"
"The Audition"
Orsen Wells
Bob Hope

"Superman" or any that deal too much with Little Ricky when he was older. I liked him better as an infant/toddler and Mrs. Trumble would just take care of him somewhere.

Here's my least favorites:

"Mertz & Kurtz"
"Drafted"
the Harpo Marx one
"Lucy Visits Cuba"
"The Audition"
Orsen Wells
Bob Hope

"Superman" or any that deal too much with Little Ricky when he was older. I liked him better as an infant/toddler and Mrs. Trumble would just take care of him somewhere.
Liked him better as a kid? That kid was always crying, so annoying, LOL! I thought the Harpo and Hope ones were ok, but agree about the rest, LOL!

Sorry i brought it up, it's one of my pet peeves, maybe it's just your typing, that's usually the case for me, LOL! But seeing as you said SPELER, maybe you're right, LOL!


I was joking. Speller....

I don't LOATHE the candy episode, but it's not my favorite. Seems everyone thinks it's the BEST. It's ok.... not on my top 10 list. I like the golf episode.

I was joking. Speller.... Sorie i evar broutt it hup.:lol:

I don't LOATHE the candy episode, but it's not my favorite. Seems everyone thinks it's the BEST. It's ok.... not on my top 10 list. I like the golf episode.
Candy? You mean the chocolate conveyor belt one? That one's a classic, i'm not big on the golf one though.

The golf episode does kind' o' tee me off.
And the chocolate ep is so bittersweet you can't stand any more of it.

That's funny because the Ernie ones were HUGELY popular and i love them, as did Lucy, LOL!

Really? So were the ernie episode's Lucy's favorite's then? They weren't hugely popular for me that's for sure :lol: Those are the only episode's I dislike.

Really? So were the ernie episode's Lucy's favorite's then? They weren't hugely popular for me that's for sure :lol: Those are the only episode's I dislike.
Lucy loved Ernie because he got her very high ratings every time he appeared with her, it worked on I Love Lucy and then she had him again on her other series as well. Don't forget that his cornpone character later inspired the success of The Beverly Hillbillies which was a top rated show for 9 years on CBS.

Lucy loved Ernie because he got her very high ratings every time he appeared with her, it worked on I Love Lucy and then she had him again on her other series as well. Don't forget that his cornpone character later inspired the success of The Beverly Hillbillies which was a top rated show for 9 years on CBS.

Awesome, thanks for the info :)

Lucy's Inferority Complex

Yeah, I don't like this one either. Definitely in my bottom 10.

What episode do you dislike the most?

I dont' like the one Lucy and Orson Wells, Little Ricky's school pagent, Lucy and the loving cup and some of the real real early ones. Oh and the country club dance. They were running out of ideas by the time they got to the country imo.

And how come in the 50's they didnt' do more holiday episodes?? I would have loved to see them put on a Christmas pagent at the club or something

but thats another topic

My least favorite the one where Lucy thinks no one remembers her birthday. Interesting you put the country club dance as a least favorite cuz it is one of my very very favorites.

The one and only episode that I refuse to watch is the Scotland episode. The writers must have been high or something. I suppose a good excuse would be that we sometimes dream off the wall stuff like that, but I still hated it!

The one and only episode that I refuse to watch is the Scotland episode. The writers must have been high or something. I suppose a good excuse would be that we sometimes dream off the wall stuff like that, but I still hated it!
I always hated it too, TILL I SAW IT IN COLOR! And the writers wrote that to compete with shows like Peter Pan that played opposite Lucy all the time back then. I was surprised when i read that, it finally explained that lousy premise.

I don't LOATHE the candy episode, but it's not my favorite. Seems everyone thinks it's the BEST. It's ok.... not on my top 10 list. I like the golf episode.
On the contrary, we had a thread (somewhere around here) where we discussed the CLASSIC EPISODES of ILL and stated the candy scene and the Vitameatavegamin scene were just that, CLASSIC SCENES but not classic episodes. A true ILL fan doesn't consider those episodes classic. Usually a person who occassionally watches ILL will consider those to be classic episodes.

I can pick a handful of episodes that are classics to me and they don't include the JOB SWITCHING or the VITAMEATAVEGAMIN episodes. Those episodes are not that hilarious to me. I like an episode that makes me laugh all the way through, not just during one scene.

The Deep-sea fishing, golf, and Bob Hope eps were my least favorite.

I suppose a good excuse would be that we sometimes dream off the wall stuff like that, but I still hated it!

One thing I don't do, or don't remember at least, is to dream that people familiar to me assume different characters, and I may not even recognize them. That's surely a Hollywood invention; comparable to the type of amnesia in motion pictures, and which Lucy tries to fake. But either invention can be a plot device, though IMO a poor one.

That's funny because the Ernie ones were HUGELY popular and i love them, as did Lucy, LOL!ernie ford was a great singer but the dim bulb shtick wears thin very fast when he does it

On the contrary, we had a thread (somewhere around here) where we discussed the CLASSIC EPISODES of ILL and stated the candy scene and the Vitameatavegamin scene were just that, CLASSIC SCENES but not classic episodes. A true ILL fan doesn't consider those episodes classic. Usually a person who occassionally watches ILL will consider those to be classic episodes.

I can pick a handful of episodes that are classics to me and they don't include the JOB SWITCHING or the VITAMEATAVEGAMIN episodes. Those episodes are not that hilarious to me. I like an episode that makes me laugh all the way through, not just during one scene.i personally never thought the grape stomping one was all that great its funny but ive seen much funnier lucy eps

The Deep-sea fishing, golf, and Bob Hope eps were my least favorite.
I have to agree with the Bob Hope one. Very dull. Not much excitement there. I watch it merely to remember how Bob was. ;)

I like the song they sing at the end. :)

ernie ford was a great singer but the dim bulb shtick wears thin very fast when he does it
Ok, fine, but that Hillbilly SHTICK sure worked wonders for the Beverly Hillbillies, they were in the top fine for like ten years or more.

I like the song they sing at the end. :)
Agreed, and not just teh song, it's a great show, she gets her LUCY moments to shine in comedy and yes, that great number at the end is terrific, so much energy and you can see the love and respect they all had for each other in their enthuseasm.

The Young Fans
The Courtroom
Bonus Bucks
Mertz & Kurtz

What episode do you dislike the most?



If I have to chose just one I'll say the Charles Boyer ep. It just wasn't believeable or even funny. Matter of fact I hate just about all the Europe eps. I'd rather watch Mertz and Kurtz than Drafted though. I also hate Lucy's Fake Illness and the one where Lucy is an artist while pregnant.

I always avoid the Scotland episode. And I not that thrilled with "Oil Wells" either.

I enjoy seeing the Charles Boyer episode simply to watch the whole deal of how Lucy manipulates the pen she is using to shoot ink out of and the whole jacket tearing which happened to be an old coat of Desi's that they used as a prop.

The Marriage License episode-shudder! I don't like The Fox Hunt or the
Scotland episode either. Or Ethel's hometown!

The Marriage License episode-shudder! I don't like The Fox Hunt or the
Scotland episode either. Or Ethel's hometown!

What is it about the marriage license don'tcha like? I think Ethel's Hometown is funny! When she hits that last note YIKES!! :eek: :lol:

The Marriage License episode-shudder!
Yes! Hate that episode!

I enjoy seeing the Charles Boyer episode simply to watch the whole deal of how Lucy manipulates the pen she is using to shoot ink out of and the whole jacket tearing which happened to be an old coat of Desi's that they used as a prop.
I like this epiode too. I like her reaction when she realizes she's sitting next to the real Charles Boyer.

Marriage License is pretty low on my list too.

"Marriage License"-- C-...Lucy goes too far removing Ricky's wallet and forcing him to sleep in the hotel lobby; besides the whole thing being set up on a bogus legal premise

"Scotland"-- C+...sure, it's dumb, but so are charicature drawings, and these are just motion charicatures,; besides, that is a good song&dance company; but why didn't it occur to them to use those swords they danced over to stab the dragon with? (and I think I would prefer enchaladas Ricardo over MacGillucuddy fu yung :lol: )

"Ethel's Home Town"-- B-... while Ethel is out of character with her head all turned, how was she going to cover this thing when her movie never comes out? She just wouldn't take things that far. But the behind-her-back routine is funny...even though it would be virtually impossible for her not to notice quickly what was going on. But would Albuquerque have been that dumb a town? or was the audience coming in droves to her 'solo' performance and roaring supposed to mean they (Albuquerquians) knew this was all a come-on about their hometown celebrity and they were just playing along? It wouldn't seem so, but that might have been (if there were any need) how they made peace again as they continued their trip to Hollywood, instead of Ethel carrying a chip on her shoulder against the other 3 with another -700+ miles to go.

I've posted this before, but several eps talked about in this thread remind of how the different places presented in the show when they traveled were very unflattered by their portrayal. On the auto trip, the stops in Ohio, Tennessee, and New Mexico all made their natives look rather stupid. I've never read anything about it, but I think they probably got plenty of letters, or those dreaded telegrams, cracking them over this. Or maybe it's true that people were less senstive then and could 'laugh at themselves,' and realized no one takes stereotypes too seriously.

Scotland, Lucy Builds a Statue.

Drafted...I mean really, Fred, drafted? What war is that desperate? Can't even use Suspension of Disbelief on that one.

Baby Pictures... :sleep:

Charm School

Oil Wells

The Golf Game

LA at Last...I know, that's odd. lol

Lucy and Harpo Marx...why Lucy insisted on impressing that Caroline Appleby so much... ohno:

Lucy Goes to the Rodeo

Lucy's Italian Movie...the first part on the train was ok though. I just have never liked the grape-stomping part.

Lucy's Bicycle Trip

Lucy and the Loving Cup
Lucy and Superman
Lucy Raises Tulips
Lucy Dedicates a Statue

Not a fan of the last couple seasons as much. Unlike other people mentioned, I loved the first season! Except Drafted. And yes, I like the Scotland ep.

"Marriage License"-- C-...Lucy goes too far removing Ricky's wallet and forcing him to sleep in the hotel lobby; besides the whole thing being set up on a bogus legal premise

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She wanted to repeat the romance of the "first time" with "everything" being the same as it was. I thought this episode was sweet and sentimental. Screw the "bogus" stuff because 99% of what happens in "I Love Lucy" is BOGUS. :happyface This was romantic and we get to see Lucy and Ricky "married". And Lucy in her wedding dress was sweet. And maybe she really DIDN'T feel legally married and that's why she made Ricky sleep in the lobby. :p

She wanted to repeat the romance of the "first time" with "everything" being the same as it was. I thought this episode was sweet and sentimental. Screw the "bogus" stuff because 99% of what happens in "I Love Lucy" is BOGUS. :happyface This was romantic and we get to see Lucy and Ricky "married". And Lucy in her wedding dress was sweet. And maybe she really DIDN'T feel legally married and that's why she made Ricky sleep in the lobby. :p
Bogus is right. :lol: I mean, if one believes that Lucy thinking Ricky is going to murder her is an insane episode, then you expect too much from the ILL show. :lol: It is ridiculous on the surface. Just as is the whole Scotland episode...DUMB!! But there are those who like it because it is a musical episode and it gives them a laugh. We all have stated what episodes we like and which ones we don't like, but it is all abt entertainment value, not what is realistic or unrealistic. Do you honestly think a woman would put putty on her nose? Or go to the top of the Empire State Building dressed as a martian? :lol: :crazy: :lol:

Bogus is right. :lol: I mean, if one believes that Lucy thinking Ricky is going to murder her is an insane episode, then you expect too much from the ILL show. :lol: It is ridiculous on the surface. Just as is the whole Scotland episode...DUMB!! But there are those who like it because it is a musical episode and it gives them a laugh. We all have stated what episodes we like and which ones we don't like, but it is all abt entertainment value, not what is realistic or unrealistic. Do you honestly think a woman would put putty on her nose? Or go to the top of the Empire State Building dressed as a martian? :lol: :crazy: :lol:
I think I'd be scared to know someone like that. LOL

I don't think the Scotland ep is dumb at all because it's a DREAM that Lucy had while she was visiting the country. All my dreams are pretty dam dumb and unrealistic and that is the entire point of the "Scotland" ep. :lol: The writers wanted to play up on the ethnicity of Lucy and Ricky in this ep and they did a great job. Except I am not sure if "enchiladas" are Cuban food. I think that's Mexican. :lol:

What is dumb abt the Scotland episode is that it is boring to me not to mention a whole episode was geared around this dream. Let me add, the fact that this episode may have been the inspiration for the whole damn dream season on DALLAS! :mad: :lol:

I don't hate any of the episodes but if I had to choose one I would say anything where Ethel isn't on there, I think there were some where she was going to see her mother and she wasn't on there. Sorry, I'm just a really big Ethel fan.

I don't hate any of the episodes but if I had to choose one I would say anything where Ethel isn't on there, I think there were some where she was going to see her mother and she wasn't on there. Sorry, I'm just a really big Ethel fan.
Lucy does a TV commercial was without Ethel. And there was a classic. There was another one that didn't have either Fred or Ethel...the one where those two teens are in love with Lucy and Ricky I believe.

Lucy's Last Birthday
Lucy Gets Homesick ("It's-a her birthday, too!!":rolleyes: I just thought that italian kid was annoying)
ANY Tennessee Ernie Ford eppy
The one where Lucy babysits those bratty twins
The Marriage Licence
The Young Fans
Drafted
Inferiority Complex
Lucy Cries Wolf
Not a big fan of Mertz and Kurtz either

Well, with 179 episodes, there is bound to be some dud episodes. Much of the first season is "blah" in my opinion. But, you have to remember, they were working in a new medium and trying to find their footing. ILL is still the greatest series of all-time!

Tennessee Ernie visits and hangs on episodes, boy I find him so annoying.
Gawd, he was so annoying!

Lucy Gets Homesick ("It's-a her birthday, too!!":rolleyes: I just thought that italian kid was annoying)


Could be because Bart Braverman is one of the most annoying actors ever. Robert Urich should have run over him on Vega$.

Gawd, he was so annoying!thank you somebody who agrees with me about him being annoying

Could be because Bart Braverman is one of the most annoying actors ever.

That was Bart Braverman?