Poll: Lucille Ball's Greatest Rival for Queen of 1960s TV Comedy - Page 2 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

ThisLittlePiggy · 06-03-2023, 11:10 AM

Carol Burnett

Alan Brady's Hair · 06-03-2023, 01:09 PM

Irene Ryan for both popularity and performance.

icecream · 06-03-2023, 01:27 PM

Several good options here but I agree with Alan Brady's Hair that Irene Ryan was the best. She really put her all into The Beverly Hillbillies and was very funny. Barbara Eden is my 2nd choice.

stevea · 06-03-2023, 03:56 PM

I'll have to pick a dark horse, Marlo Thomas. She rode a wave of feminism and was integral to it.

MTM would be a 70s pick.

Alan Brady's Hair · 06-03-2023, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I'll have to pick a dark horse, Marlo Thomas. She rode a wave of feminism and was integral to it.

The show never made the top 30, probably not even top 40. That's maybe a baroness, at best.

MichaelKeith · 06-26-2023, 12:02 PM

I like all the other actresses the posters have named here but for popularity, I have to vote Liz Montgomery. Even though she wasn't a true "comedian", Liz starred in a highly popular 30 minute situation comedy of the 1960s, just like Lucy did.

Dude111 · 06-27-2023, 12:34 AM

I picked Mary tyler Moore

Sal · 07-22-2023, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

In the 1950's Lucy main rival for the Queen of TV Comedy title was Eve Arden the star of the hilarious and very underrated Our Miss Brooks.

Carol Burnett and Mary Tyler Moore are great choices for the 60s and 70s, but, in the 1950s, Lucy's main competition for the role of Queen would have come from not only Eve Arden and Joan Davis but also one other funny lady that I think has them beat.

I'm talking about Gracie Allen, the star of her own show along with her legendary husband George Burns. Watch the show a few times and you'll think you're seeing another Lucy at work. Her weird "illogical" ramblings and continual dizzy behaviourisms are right up there with Lucy's best moments, yet they have become lost or ignored over time and that's just too bad because I think she's great! It's a sad shame that the two ladies never got to work together. That would have been TV at its best!

biffbronson · 07-23-2023, 05:21 AM

Joan Davis of I Married Joan would've been better remembered as a great if not for her untimely death at age 48.

View Poll Results: Poll: Lucille Ball's Greatest Rival as Queen of 1960s TV Comedy
Bea Benaderet	0	0%
Shirley Booth	0	0%
Carol Burnett	13	46.43%
Donna Douglas	0	0%
Barbara Eden	0	0%
Eva Gabor	0	0%
Elizabeth Montgomery	6	21.43%
Mary Tyler Moore	3	10.71%
Irene Ryan	4	14.29%
Marlo Thomas	1	3.57%
other	1	3.57%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

06-03-2023, 01:27 PM	#18
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,959	Several good options here but I agree with Alan Brady's Hair that Irene Ryan was the best. She really put her all into The Beverly Hillbillies and was very funny. Barbara Eden is my 2nd choice.
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06-03-2023, 11:10 AM	#16
ThisLittlePiggy Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 02, 2013 Posts: 86,477	Carol Burnett

06-03-2023, 01:09 PM	#17
Alan Brady's Hair Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 30, 2014 Posts: 1,837	Irene Ryan for both popularity and performance.

06-03-2023, 03:56 PM	#19
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,318	I'll have to pick a dark horse, Marlo Thomas. She rode a wave of feminism and was integral to it. MTM would be a 70s pick.

06-26-2023, 12:02 PM	#21
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	I like all the other actresses the posters have named here but for popularity, I have to vote Liz Montgomery. Even though she wasn't a true "comedian", Liz starred in a highly popular 30 minute situation comedy of the 1960s, just like Lucy did.

06-27-2023, 12:34 AM	#22
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 37,363	I picked Mary tyler Moore

07-23-2023, 05:21 AM	#24
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,638	Joan Davis of I Married Joan would've been better remembered as a great if not for her untimely death at age 48.