"I Love Lucy" Promoted Domestic Violence, How Can You All Like This Show? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 07-14-2009, 12:41 PM

Ricky sometimes took Lucy over his knee and spanked her.

Also, Lucy at one time attacked Ricky with a pillow.

This show promotes spousal abuse!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLLw7JcU74

Jude The Obscure · 07-14-2009, 02:40 PM

I assume this is a parody post off that guy who kept insisting that the Governor on "Benson" was an abusive father?

tdr · 07-14-2009, 04:31 PM

Well, uh, yes... but why stop at domestic violence?
It promoted abduction-- Lucy tied up and gagged a showgirl in a broom closet so she could take her place in the act.
It promoted fraud-- Lucy went to the studio and impersonated Ricky's agent.
It promoted causing public panic-- Lucy and Ethel dressed up as "Women From Mars" invading the earth via the Empire State Building.
It promoted escaping from custody-- the four tied up the sheriff and left the jail in Bent Fork, Tennessee.
It promoted defamation of character and invasion of privacy-- Lucy called the Texas oil man a swindler and taped their conversation without his consent to get their investments back.
It promoted smuggling-- Lucy bundled a 25-pound hunk of cheese in a blanket as if it were a baby, so she could get by the duty Ricky wouldn't pay.

There are probably a few dozen other reasons to dislike this show; not the least of which is it portrays life so accurately and seriously. Honestly, we need an escape every now and then.

70s show watcher · 07-14-2009, 05:30 PM

it promoted celeb stalking lucy stalked countless celebs

MickeyMac · 07-14-2009, 06:05 PM

So does this mean Lucille Ball was the Tina Turner of the 1950's?

LittleRickyII · 07-14-2009, 07:33 PM

I would have to say that, while all these behaviors were exhibited on I Love Lucy, the show did not "promote" any of them; rather, it usually illustrated that there were consequences for such bad behavior.

JamesG · 07-14-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

I assume this is a parody post off that guy who kept insisting that the Governor on "Benson" was an abusive father?

Yeah, as well as the ones from All In The Family, Diff'rent Strokes, One Day At A Time, Little House on the Prairie...

catlover79 · 07-14-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by LittleRickyII

I would have to say that, while all these behaviors were exhibited on I Love Lucy, the show did not "promote" any of them; rather, it usually illustrated that there were consequences for such bad behavior.

True. Looking at ILL now, it does come across as somewhat sexist. But then I try to remember that that's what society was like back in the 50s. Or so I've heard, I wasn't around in the 50s.

Mr. Television · 07-14-2009, 09:17 PM

Didn't Ricky threaten to spank Lucy a few times? That sure was abuse.

hno:

JamesG · 07-14-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood Fan

Didn't Ricky threaten to spank Lucy a few times? That sure was abuse.

hno:

Ricky actually DID spank Lucy on the show. It happened a few times...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qup9lOPQfg Oh boy I love the title of this video "Lucy's Spankings".

Mr. Television · 07-14-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesG

Ricky actually DID spank Lucy on the show. It happened a few times...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qup9lOPQfg Oh boy I love the title of this video "Lucy's Spankings".

Who said that 50's tv was tame?

dawsongirl · 07-15-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by tdr

Well, uh, yes... but why stop at domestic violence?
It promoted abduction-- Lucy tied up and gagged a showgirl in a broom closet so she could take her place in the act.
It promoted fraud-- Lucy went to the studio and impersonated Ricky's agent.
It promoted causing public panic-- Lucy and Ethel dressed up as "Women From Mars" invading the earth via the Empire State Building.
It promoted escaping from custody-- the four tied up the sheriff and left the jail in Bent Fork, Tennessee.
It promoted defamation of character and invasion of privacy-- Lucy called the Texas oil man a swindler and taped their conversation without his consent to get their investments back.
It promoted smuggling-- Lucy bundled a 25-pound hunk of cheese in a blanket as if it were a baby, so she could get by the duty Ricky wouldn't pay.

There are probably a few dozen other reasons to dislike this show; not the least of which is it portrays life so accurately and seriously. Honestly, we need an escape every now and then.

She should have been arrested so many times.

It also promoted bigotry...Lucy made fun of Ricky's English all the time!

dawsongirl · 07-15-2009, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

True. Looking at ILL now, it does come across as somewhat sexist. But then I try to remember that that's what society was like back in the 50s. Or so I've heard, I wasn't around in the 50s.

Yeah...though Lucy was awfully liberated considering what she did and often got away with.

tdr · 07-15-2009, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

She should have been arrested so many times.

An old thread that covered that subject quite well: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=196373

I was rereading that one earlier today.

Schmoopie · 07-15-2009, 01:59 AM

What is the sudden obsession with spankings around here? Just curious. I've seen five or six threads on this very subject. I don't have kids, but if I did, I wouldn't be above spanking, depending on what they did. I was spanked as a child (in some cases a little too hard) and I wasn't traumatized over it, and it didn't really affect me when I became an adult. I mean, beating a child is one thing, but spanking is just supposed to teach them a lesson. Some kids have such smart mouths these days that simply putting them in the corner doesn't work. My best friend in high school told me once that she was acting up in the grocery store and her mother warned her to stop several times. She didn't and she got spanked. This must have been when she was in elementary school, and she told me that she was so embarrassed over being spanked in public that she never did it again.

Andrea

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Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	I assume this is a parody post off that guy who kept insisting that the Governor on "Benson" was an abusive father?

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tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	Well, uh, yes... but why stop at domestic violence? It promoted abduction-- Lucy tied up and gagged a showgirl in a broom closet so she could take her place in the act. It promoted fraud-- Lucy went to the studio and impersonated Ricky's agent. It promoted causing public panic-- Lucy and Ethel dressed up as "Women From Mars" invading the earth via the Empire State Building. It promoted escaping from custody-- the four tied up the sheriff and left the jail in Bent Fork, Tennessee. It promoted defamation of character and invasion of privacy-- Lucy called the Texas oil man a swindler and taped their conversation without his consent to get their investments back. It promoted smuggling-- Lucy bundled a 25-pound hunk of cheese in a blanket as if it were a baby, so she could get by the duty Ricky wouldn't pay. There are probably a few dozen other reasons to dislike this show; not the least of which is it portrays life so accurately and seriously. Honestly, we need an escape every now and then.

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LittleRickyII Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 22, 2009 Location: California Posts: 2,246	I would have to say that, while all these behaviors were exhibited on I Love Lucy, the show did not "promote" any of them; rather, it usually illustrated that there were consequences for such bad behavior.