Least Favorite Episode

[oldiesgirl]

My least favorite episodes are The one with Superman, and the last one. To me they don't seem like the classic I Love Lucy show.

[ILoveLucy1513]

Originally posted by oldiesgirl:
My least favorite episodes are The one with Superman, and the last one. To me they don't seem like the classic I Love Lucy show.

It does so seem like the classic I Love Lucy. Just because that one is not funny. Many are not funny and are dumb but that does not make them less like the classic I Love Lucy.

[dawsongirl]

Do me a favor, huh? Disagree all you want, but don't tell someone their opinion is wrong; it just leads to fights. If that's the way oldiesgirl thinks, then don't tell her she's wrong just because that isn't your opinion. That goes for everyone. Thanks.

[Barnabas1]

I absolutly hate "Drafted".I think my next least fav. is the episode called: Be A Pal.


agsfan

[Joicetti]

Originally posted by Brett Ferino:
What is it and why?

The episodes with Tennessee Ernie Ford, because I disliked Tennessee Ernie Ford. I can watch the episodes and not even crack a smile once, except perhaps the scene where he finds it surprising that the bathroom is inside the house. Overall I just don't find him funny, so the antics were a bit over the top and farfetched in some really unfunny ways. I guess it can be said that I didn't like *him* so naturally that'll translate into me rolling my eyes rather than laughing at much of what he tried to pull off. Lucy and Desi playing supporting players to that just didn't work for me.

<p>Btw, isn't today - December 2nd - the 15th anniversary of Desi's death? I just heard today's date mentioned and think that's when Desi died, and having him pass away in 1986 means it's been exactly 15 years. What a sad day it must have been, especially for Lucy, all those years ago.</p>

Joy

[NCVARick]

Originally posted by agsfan:
I absolutly hate "Drafted".I think my next least fav. is the episode called: Be A Pal.

I absolutely agree. That is definitely my least favorite. I cannot sit through more than a minute or two of it.

[NCVARick]

Originally posted by onlyonelucy:
My first least favorite is "Lucy Goes To Scotland" and then "The Operetta". I think that one is SOOOOOOOOOO dumb and Lucy looked horrible.

I will never be able to understand how anyone cannot like "The Operetta." For the record, that is definitely my favorite episode of the entire series. I think it's absolutely brilliant. Lucy, Vivian, and Desi were all hilarious in it. Their performances, the wonderful lines, the hilarious (and catchy) tunes. I think it's a complete masterpiece. I just love it when Vivian starts innocently and sweetly singing that "I am Lily of the Valley" song, then abruptly starts belting out the lines like a bawdy barroom singer. That cracks me up all the time! And Lucy, when she trying to sing her "I Am the Queen of the Gypsies" but can't overcome the unexpected chorus behind her. And Desi, trying to sing so seriously those ridiculous lines "I am the good Prince Lancelot, I love to sing and dance a lot." That kills me! I actually laugh -- out loud, mind you -- all the way through this episode. Lucille Ball claimed it was her favorite. I'm most definitely in agreement with her on that.

[NCVARick]

Originally posted by Liza:
The dang one with the freezer. Seemed far to far-fetched for me. I didn't even laugh the first time I saw it.

I agree with you. In fact, there aren't too many episodes from the first season I like too much. The comedy that first year was too broad and not believable. Even that scene with the loaf of bread coming out of the oven, I've never understood what was funny about that. It's impossible for dough in the oven to just suddenly burst into a perfect loaf of bread like that. If I can't believe what I'm watching, it doesn't make me laugh. By the second season, the scripts improved dramatically. They were believable. The performances were no longer so over the top and were also believable. That's when I felt like the Ricardos and Mertzes became "real" people.

[NCVARick]

Originally posted by I Love Ethel Too:
My least favorite is probably "Lucy Is Enciente" only because I've seen it soo many times and really nothing much happens throughout the entire episode.

I LOVE that episode! There is no episode in the series that equals it in terms of its warmth and realism. I can't watch those last moments without getting tears in my eyes. My only gripe with that one is that Lucy was already so obviously pregnant. Even wearing that overcoat couldn't disguise the fact that she was showing.

[NCVARick]

Originally posted by Joicetti:
<p>Btw, isn't today - December 2nd - the 15th anniversary of Desi's death? I just heard today's date mentioned and think that's when Desi died, and having him pass away in 1986 means it's been exactly 15 years. What a sad day it must have been, especially for Lucy, all those years ago.</p>

I remember that day well. I was driving in the car when I found out. The radio station I was listening to announced his death, then played the radio version of "I Love Lucy" theme song where he sings those famous words "I love Lucy and she loves me . . . ." It was hard to hold back the tears when I heard that song just at the moment I had learned of his death.

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by NCVARick:
I remember that day well. I was driving in the car when I found out. The radio station I was listening to announced his death, then played the radio version of "I Love Lucy" theme song where he sings those famous words "I love Lucy and she loves me . . . ." It was hard to hold back the tears when I heard that song just at the moment I had learned of his death.

Oh, yeah! Little dummy here forgot all about it. It must have been sad. I was only 7 at the time and didn't even know who Desi Arnaz was.

[*ShortCake*]

my least favorite episode has to be.. hands down.. Lucy goes to Scotland. I hated that whole plotidea period. I also didnt like the ones with Ernie Ford, he annoyed me with those sayings. Blah. But, other than that I LOVE every other episode of I love Lucy

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[tdr]

< In fact, there aren't too many episodes from the first season I like too much. The comedy that first year was too broad and not believable. >

It's nice to read someone else's post to that effect. I have not gotten much agreement the several times I have said it.

[NCVARick]

Originally posted by tdr:
< In fact, there aren't too many episodes from the first season I like too much. The comedy that first year was too broad and not believable. >

It's nice to read someone else's post to that effect. I have not gotten much agreement the several times I have said it.

That's surprising. To me, there is no comparison between the first season and the five that followed. As long as I can remember, I've felt this way. For me, except for a small handful of episodes here and there, the series doesn't really begin until "The Operetta."

In practically every episode that first season there was something that was done way over the top and really far-fetched. Even in the famous "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" episode, that first act where Lucy is in the TV set then Ricky tries to electrocute her. Give me a break. And the way they they played their characters in those early episodes, there was just a certain sense of phoniness. They didn't seem like real people and didn't behave the way people really would. Remember how Lucy and Ethel reacted towards that French guy when they thought he had killed Ricky? A normal person would be running for help and calling the police, but all they could think to do was call the guy a crepe suzette? How could Lucy talk to the guy so calmly if she thought he had just murdered her husband. And how about Ricky shooting a gun at his bedroom ceiling. This just to teach Lucy a lesson? Anyway, I digress.

I don't mean to come down too hard on their work that first season. After all, nothing they were doing had been done before. They were at the beginning of a huge learning process. The fact that they turned the show into such a wonderfully and believably acted and written piece of art just a year after it went on the air, given that nobody was there to tell them how to do it, is actually quite amazing. And when you compare it to other sitcoms of that era, and even today, well there is no comparison.

[NCVARick]

Originally posted by dawsongirl:
Oh, yeah! Little dummy here forgot all about it. It must have been sad. I was only 7 at the time and didn't even know who Desi Arnaz was.

Yikes! If you're trying to make me feel old, Dawsongirl . . . well, you've succeeded!