We Love Lucy / The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour On Hallmark Channel Right NOW !!!! It Airs until 5 AM or 6 AM Est.

i never heard of we love lucy.

Its another name for Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour but with We Love Lucy its in half hour so it goes part 1 / part 2 then for the next ep it goes part 1 / part 2 lol

I've been watching all afternoon. I'm watching the Ernie Kovacs episode as of now. Lucy is one, pushy lady. LOL. It's a shame Hallmark couldn't air the show in the same way that Nick at nite did originally with the actual opening and closing credits intact.

I know what you mean nick @ nite did a great job with them and in the full hour. TV Land also aired them the same way nick @ nite did. But i have them all on DVD so i got the in full hours. Lol

I know they were released a while back after I love lucy's season six release. I am enjoying these episodes. It was smart for Lucy and Desi to do an average of three specials each season after the show ended.

Yea it was lol

Hallmark is reairing the first episode. Ann Southern is guest starring on this one. She is reprising her character Susie Mcnamara from "Susie"/"Private Secretary". I remember watching that show on Nick at Nite in the late 80's. Nick at Nite would air Susie and after they finished running through the episodes, they would air "The Ann Southern Show". I liked Ann Southern. She was classy, sexy, sassy and sohpisticated. I loved her style.

Oh i don't remember or nver heard of those shows lol and i don't remember nor was i in the 80s loli was born in 92 lol

You and my little sister were born in 1992. Anyways, I mere 10 year old when I discovered the show on NAN. That is how I remember. I remember when I used to say "I don't remember that because I wasn't around". LOL. You will too...just give it time. LOL.

I watched the marathon all day and its pretty good. There very well written and having the Comedy Hour be an hour is fine. It wasnt like the shows dragged on or should have been 30 mins. like "I Love Lucy".

I have to ask, during the Comedy Hour run, weren't Lucy and Desi divorced? I thought I heard that they were divorced or getting divorced although I could be wrong.

I watched the marathon all day and its pretty good. There very well written and having the Comedy Hour be an hour is fine. It wasnt like the shows dragged on or should have been 30 mins. like "I Love Lucy".

I have to ask, during the Comedy Hour run, weren't Lucy and Desi divorced? I thought I heard that they were divorced or getting divorced although I could be wrong.
They didn't get divorced until 1960, the same year that the last comedy hour aired.

It was nice seeing some of this today. But why didn't it keep the I Love Lucy title originally? Other than the different title it's the same show, just episodes that haven't aired as much.

When they sold the rights to the 180 half-hour shows to CBS in 1957, Lucy and Desi were legally prevented from calling whatever they did I Love Lucy even though what they did was exactly I Love Lucy with an expanded format.

Other than a random chance to catch the first one as a We Love Lucy episode circa 1990, my first exposure to these specials was on Nick @ Nite in--what was it, 1994 I think? I recognized it as a rare opportunity at the time and endeavored to archive them all on VHS, but I confess I grew very weary of them before I could finish the project, so substandard are they when compared to the original series. It was mentioned by at least one critic during the three years of specials that the emphasis on guest stars was a misplaced priority, that they ought to concentrate on putting together a good story, then hire guest stars as (read: if) needed. Good advice unheeded, as in some of the shows the guest star enters their lives and interacts with them about as realistically as in a New Scooby-Doo Movie.

They also did less and less filming in front of an audience, an unfortunate sacrifice to either logistics or on-set turmoil, perhaps a combination of both. For the record, Lucy filed for divorce the day after filming wrapped for the last one, 'Lucy Meets The Moustache' (why the hell is spell check flagging "moustache" and not "mustache" [sic]?), which aired while their divorce was still pending (not final) on April Fools Day of 1960.

According to several books, the Lucy/Desi Comedy Hour was a terrible place to work. Lucy and Desi were not speaking to each other for most of the shows, and screaming matches were common. The last episode with Ernie Kovacs was the worst. According to Edie Adams (Mrs. Kovacs), Lucy broke down in tears many times through the filming,especially when she (Edie) sang a love song in the show.

I have mixed feelings about the show. Some were too far-fetched, but many were excellent. The Danny Thomas episode is one of my all-time Lucy favorites.

According to several books, the Lucy/Desi Comedy Hour was a terrible place to work. Lucy and Desi were not speaking to each other for most of the shows, and screaming matches were common. The last episode with Ernie Kovacs was the worst. According to Edie Adams (Mrs. Kovacs), Lucy broke down in tears many times through the filming,especially when she (Edie) sang a love song in the show.

I have mixed feelings about the show. Some were too far-fetched, but many were excellent. The Danny Thomas episode is one of my all-time Lucy favorites.

When did Edie sing on the episode she was on? If she did, Halllmark must have cut it out. Nick at Nite may have aired it, though.

I can't believe they would cut the scene with Edie's song -- it was very memorable, and included in airings on other networks. Final episode, April 1960. Try youtube for that segment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-IL4tSg1x8

(Of course, this was Lucy-Desi, not "I Love Lucy" as it's been mislabeled there.)

I can't believe they would cut the scene with Edie's song -- it was very memorable. Final episode, April 1960. Try youtube for that segment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-IL4tSg1x8

Thanks a lot! Much appreciated!

You're welcome...! I came across that when I was checking for the lyrics.

Nice voice -- Wow did she look great too!

She was very attractive. That's what I liked about her. It was reported that after Ernie died, she did commercials and other tv spots to take care of her late hubby's IRS debts. She refused help from her friends.

I wonder how they did the editing as it seems the breaks for the episodes seems to be at the half-hour break in the story. Did they redited right from the uncut hour shows and edited them more evenly balanced or if they edited the hour shows and just split?

The one thing I noticed was "Lucy Goes to Havana" didn't have a neat break - most likely due to the original version being 75 minutes!

Where does this leave the show now? Are they going to air it anytime soon? If not, typical Hallmark. You watch something and then either they pull it or move it around. Ex. Empty Nest, Bob Newhart Show etc.

Yes they will re air a marathon of it on Saturday March 24th