I know this has been asked before, but I didn't feel like finding the old thread - in a show that is so classic and timeless, what are the few episodes that don't stand up to the rest?

Here are the ones I don't like:
"The Adagio"
"Ricky's Old Girlfriend"
"Lucy Goes to a Rodeo"
"Lucy Goes to Scotland"

I absolutely hate Lucy Goes To Scotland! Right now that is the episode that sticks out the most and I can't think of any other episode that I won't watch, however though I like the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour with Ernie Kovacs, I find it difficult to watch because Lucy and Desi had already filed for divorce when they taped that show and that is all I can think about while watching it.

Drafted
Lucy's Bicycle Trip
The LDCH ep in Japan
Lucy and Superman

Sounds hokey, but I can't think of an episode I won't watch. Even if I don't like a particular episode for the story line, there is always a reason I will watch it, wether it's for Lucy's wardrobe or watching how she keeps house or noticing props or things like that. I am generally just fascinated by life in the fifties so pretty much love all of the episodes for one reason or another.

It's hard to say; I don't ever think I've seen one I could say I DISLIKED. But there are some I just love love love. So it'd have to be relative I suppose.

Good, someone else who thinks like me!

There really isn't an episode that I can name ... I use to not care for "Scotland," but I saw the colorized episode on Youtube and enjoyed it in color! Just because I enjoyed it doesn't mean I find it to be Lucy's "Sgt. Pepper!" I really don't care for the Japan episode, or even the "Black Wig" episode. But still, too few to mention and I can find something enjoyable in every episode.

An episode I recently saw from Season Two didn't stick out for me at all. It was "The Operetta" in which the episode is pretty much a staged musical of "The Pleasant Peasant".

I don't know, I just didn't care for this one. I didn't care for the singing and dancing here that was "supposed" to be bad; it wasn't funny.

The last part I would say was funny where the equipment is being re-possessed during the show but as a whole this is not one of my favorite Lucy eps.

An episode I recently saw from Season Two didn't stick out for me at all. It was "The Operetta" in which the episode is pretty much a staged musical of "The Pleasant Peasant".

I don't know, I just didn't care for this one. I didn't care for the singing and dancing here that was "supposed" to be bad; it wasn't funny.

The last part I would say was funny where the equipment is being re-possessed during the show but as a whole this is not one of my favorite Lucy eps.

Wow, "The Operetta" is one of my all-time favorite episodes. It's one of those episodes where I laugh out loud every time I see it, no matter how many times I see it. And every member of the regular cast contributes some of the biggest laughs. This episode was also Lucille Ball's favorite.

I'm just gonna copy and paste what I said in the other thread, because I'm lazy LOL.

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 (If it were me, those kids would've been over my knee within 5-10 min. tops!!)
The Marriage Licence
The Young Fans
Drafted
Inferiority Complex
Lucy Cries Wolf
Mertz and Kurtz

Wow, "The Operetta" is one of my all-time favorite episodes. It's one of those episodes where I laugh out loud every time I see it, no matter how many times I see it. And every member of the regular cast contributes some of the biggest laughs. This episode was also Lucille Ball's favorite.

I hardly laughed during this. I honestly found it to be rather dull.

To me, it seems like every episode has something I find interesting-- dialog, costumes, schemes, tone, et al... and not always because it's good, but sometimes the opposite. For that reason, there just aren't any eps that I just won't watch. So many are detractors of the Scotland ep, for example; but the costuming, the simple rhyming of traditional music with injected anachronisms, the dance team, the plot that is really quite stupid (even though a dream)... all that makes it unique, so I still find it interesting, no matter how silly.

I don't enjoy the first season as well as the others because the schemes are so outlandish and would be far too costly to actually carry out-- making the living room like a Cuban village with a burro, or a junk pile with chickens and eggs, a hillbilly shack in Manhattan, or going back to turn of the (20th) century-- how much more than the $50 Lucy would win with the bet did she spend on all that stuff to get it into the apartment? But after the 4 characters got adjusted they seemed to realize they had such great character comedy that they didn't need such wild plots in the mold of big screen comedy shorts.

Lucy Cries Wolf is one of my favorites. Bart Braverman play the italian boy in the Italy episode. He later starred on Vegas with Robert Urich. He went by Bart Bradley in the I Love Lucy. That episode did tired me out with the stair climbing. The Operetta is another one I liked. MY song says Lucy when the gals sing. The only 2 that I can truely say I don't like are Lucy goes to Scotland and Bonus Bucks. I felt in Bonus Bucks Ethel should have kept all the money.

My least favorites are: Drafted, Lucy Goes to Scotland, and The Adiago.

Wow, "The Operetta" is one of my all-time favorite episodes. It's one of those episodes where I laugh out loud every time I see it, no matter how many times I see it. And every member of the regular cast contributes some of the biggest laughs. This episode was also Lucille Ball's favorite.

I agree, LittleRicky. This is one episode where I still actually laugh out loud. The songs are wonderful! Vivian's Lily of the Valley number really shows her talent, and Lucy's snagletoothed lines are priceless. I have been watching ILL for 48 years and this is one of my favorites!

For me, I find "Drafted" to be dull and the Scotland one isn't up to par.

I agree with you Madame X! The Scotland episode was so weird to me, and random. Drafted, made me want to rip my hair out for fun.

I agree, LittleRicky. This is one episode where I still actually laugh out loud. The songs are wonderful! Vivian's Lily of the Valley number really shows her talent, and Lucy's snagletoothed lines are priceless. I have been watching ILL for 48 years and this is one of my favorites!

For me, I find "Drafted" to be dull and the Scotland one isn't up to par.

Yes, "Lily of the Valley" kills me every time! Vivian Vance was superbly funny there. And same goes for Lucy singing "I Am the Queen of the Gypsies"!

I'm not a big fan of the Scotland episode. I don't hate it, though. And I think it has it's moments (like Fred and Ethel bickering as the two-headed dragon). But "Drafted" is plain horrible.

I don't like Drafted, Lucy Goes to Scotland or Numberology.

Yeah, I gotta go with Drafted too. The whole premise is just bad..........

Yeah, I gotta go with Drafted too. The whole premise is just bad..........

Drafted was on yesterday or the day before. It was bad.

Sounds hokey, but I can't think of an episode I won't watch. Even if I don't like a particular episode for the story line, there is always a reason I will watch it, wether it's for Lucy's wardrobe or watching how she keeps house or noticing props or things like that. I am generally just fascinated by life in the fifties so pretty much love all of the episodes for one reason or another.
Same here. ILL is one of those rare sitcoms I can always watch and there are no episodes I skip over.

I don't really care for Lucy Goes to Scotland either. Also the Fox Hunt is boring too.

I have never been a big fan of any of the episodes that take place in Europe.

I don't care for "Ricky Loses His Temper" very much, I don't like the ending - for obvious reasons. I also don't enjoy "Redecorating the Mertze's Apartment" due to how they all treat Lucy in the episode (even Ethel is mean to her!)

And I find "Lucy Goes to Scotland" fairly out there and strange.

I absolutely hate Lucy Goes To Scotland! Right now that is the episode that sticks out the most and I can't think of any other episode that I won't watch, however though I like the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour with Ernie Kovacs, I find it difficult to watch because Lucy and Desi had already filed for divorce when they taped that show and that is all I can think about while watching it.

I don't believe I've heard that before - I was always told that the last episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Lucy Meets the Mustache was shot two days before Lucy had filed for divorce. It may have been a rumor on my part, but I'm not completely certain.