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oldshows · 10-28-2002, 08:19 PM

Many post lately have been about how each season compared to the others. So here are my favorite and least favorite seasons.

ILL: I would have to say season 2 was the best. The first half of season 1 wasn't that great. The writers and cast were still working on jelling together. But by the end of Season 1 things started going great with many classic episodes like Job Switching and Lucy Does a Commericial. This momentum carried on into Season 2 and the addition of Lucy's pregnancy made it fantastic. The worst I think was Season 6. The first half they before they moved to the country was getting somewhat dull. I don't think the country episodes are particularly great except for "Lucy Does the Tango". That's a classic.

And for fun since this has been a hot topic lately TLS:
This is so clear cut. Season 1 is, without a doubt, the best season. Lucy and Viv were great together. The scripts and plots were logical and great. I had lots and lots of laughs. The worst is season 4. The show had started to decline in season 3 with the loss of Bob and Madelyn and Desi the year before. But when Viv left, the plots and scripts had no premises, the character Lucy had no premise, and it got to be stupid.

And why not HL:
I would have to say season 3 is the best. The season premere "Lucy Meets the Burtons" was the best of the series. It also marked the return on a part-time basis of Bob and Madelyn. For the most part, the scripts and plots were good and logical, the cast worked well together, the character Lucy actually had a life and overall it was good. The worst is season 5. It's like season 4 of TLS......only worse!!

dawsongirl · 10-29-2002, 12:45 AM

Best: I've always been partial to one, but two was good too. Anything in the first apartment except "Drafted."

Worst: Season six by far. Turning Lucy into a country marm was a BAD idea. She was a city girl.

SPLAIN · 10-29-2002, 11:09 AM

Wasn't Job Switching the first episode of season two? Anyway, i agree season two and three and four and five, then 1 then 6! The Hollywood episodes and European booking could even be one and two although they were 4 and 5, confused yet? I am one of those poor souls who loved Lucy alone on the Lucy show, so i liked 4 5 an 6, but agree that season 1 was the best. Here's Lucy was the best the first three seasons with both kids, then it was all downhill, but i had my toboggan and went with her down that hill anyway.

oldshows · 10-29-2002, 10:24 PM

I went downhill with her too alone with many other Lucy fans wishing we could pull her back up.

LucyFan · 10-30-2002, 01:30 AM

My least favorite season of I Love Lucy is season one. The episodes, in my opinion, were not as near as great as the ones in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th seasons. I wasn't impressed with these episodes of the 1st season: "The Audition", "The Adagio", "The Benefit", "Lucy Fakes Illness", "Lucy Plays Cupid", and "The Publicity Agent". It just seemed to me that season 1 was the weakier season.

I really don't have a particular favorite season of I Love Lucy because they were pretty much excellent (including the final season).

Mickey · 10-30-2002, 08:01 AM

The main problem with "The Benefit", IMHO, is that damn silly song they make Desi sing - I'm Breaking My Back, Putting Up A Front For You. It's like they all got together to come up with the song that would be hardest for him to sing. "The Audition" is okay, but I prefer "The 'Lost' Pilot" that it's based on. I quite like "The Adagio" though. Ricky's scenes with Jean-Raymond in the bedroom are good.

Stretching my memory way further back than is entirely good for it (

) I seem to remember thinking that the middle episodes were the best. Seasons 3 and 4 perhaps. Don't know why, and I was just a kid when I watched them, so I might feel differently about them now. I'm really enjoying watching season 1 again though.

Barnabas1 · 10-30-2002, 08:16 AM

I think Season 5 is best - I like Season 6, 4, and 3 and 2, BUT NOT SEASON ONE!

I never for some reason liked season one. The people weren't developed yet. I do like Pioneer Women, Vitameatavegamin, Breaking The Lease, Ricky Asks For A Raise...............OH NO! I forgot how many episodes were classics in season one! Take that back about hating Season One if you please!

oldshows · 10-30-2002, 10:19 PM

Well, I think everyone is talking about the 1st half of season 1. It wasn't particularly great. Yes, things did start going well the second half and that's when all the classic episodes happened.

dawsongirl · 10-30-2002, 10:30 PM

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Originally posted by Mickey
I quite like "The Adagio" though. Ricky's scenes with Jean-Raymond in the bedroom are good.

I LOVE that episode!

Mickey · 10-31-2002, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by, er... well me, actually
The main problem with "The Benefit", IMHO, is that damn silly song they make Desi sing - I'm Breaking My Back, Putting Up A Front For You.

That was actually "The Amateur", wasn't it.

I don't like that episode much at all. "The Benefit" is mostly okay though. I like it when they sing Auf Wiedersehen My Dear, which is possibly one of the silliest songs in the history of mankind. It shouldn't work, and probably wouldn't with anybody else, but when Lucy says that she sounds like a seal, it makes Desi laugh, which is funny. They do the jokes and song sequence at the end so well too, which shows how good their old cabaret tour must have been.

Barnabas1 · 10-31-2002, 09:31 AM

I never liked that Queen Of The Gypsys episode, who else agrees?

SPLAIN · 10-31-2002, 12:00 PM

Hated it as a kid, but love the music now. My God Mickey, congrats on knowing how to spell that Auf. . ., i'm impressed!

dawsongirl · 10-31-2002, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by SPLAIN
Hated it as a kid, but love the music now. My God Mickey, congrats on knowing how to spell that Auf. . ., i'm impressed!

Vee-der-sane

Phonetically anyway.

Mickey · 10-31-2002, 07:23 PM

Did none of you people take German lessons in school?

SPLAIN · 11-01-2002, 11:23 AM

I'm French Canadian, so i had enough trouble with learning English. I dun't thin anybody takes German in North America, we would have only if things had turned out differently in WWII!

10-28-2002, 08:19 PM	#1
oldshows Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 10, 2001 Posts: 215	Favorite and least favorite seasons Many post lately have been about how each season compared to the others. So here are my favorite and least favorite seasons. ILL: I would have to say season 2 was the best. The first half of season 1 wasn't that great. The writers and cast were still working on jelling together. But by the end of Season 1 things started going great with many classic episodes like Job Switching and Lucy Does a Commericial. This momentum carried on into Season 2 and the addition of Lucy's pregnancy made it fantastic. The worst I think was Season 6. The first half they before they moved to the country was getting somewhat dull. I don't think the country episodes are particularly great except for "Lucy Does the Tango". That's a classic. And for fun since this has been a hot topic lately TLS: This is so clear cut. Season 1 is, without a doubt, the best season. Lucy and Viv were great together. The scripts and plots were logical and great. I had lots and lots of laughs. The worst is season 4. The show had started to decline in season 3 with the loss of Bob and Madelyn and Desi the year before. But when Viv left, the plots and scripts had no premises, the character Lucy had no premise, and it got to be stupid. And why not HL: I would have to say season 3 is the best. The season premere "Lucy Meets the Burtons" was the best of the series. It also marked the return on a part-time basis of Bob and Madelyn. For the most part, the scripts and plots were good and logical, the cast worked well together, the character Lucy actually had a life and overall it was good. The worst is season 5. It's like season 4 of TLS......only worse!!

10-30-2002, 08:01 AM	#6
Mickey Ranger Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 12, 2002 Location: The UK, and still finding Desi funnier than Lucy Posts: 960	The main problem with "The Benefit", IMHO, is that damn silly song they make Desi sing - I'm Breaking My Back, Putting Up A Front For You. It's like they all got together to come up with the song that would be hardest for him to sing. "The Audition" is okay, but I prefer "The 'Lost' Pilot" that it's based on. I quite like "The Adagio" though. Ricky's scenes with Jean-Raymond in the bedroom are good. Stretching my memory way further back than is entirely good for it () I seem to remember thinking that the middle episodes were the best. Seasons 3 and 4 perhaps. Don't know why, and I was just a kid when I watched them, so I might feel differently about them now. I'm really enjoying watching season 1 again though.

10-30-2002, 08:16 AM	#7
Barnabas1 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 01, 2001 Posts: 4,598	I hate season 1 I think Season 5 is best - I like Season 6, 4, and 3 and 2, BUT NOT SEASON ONE! I never for some reason liked season one. The people weren't developed yet. I do like Pioneer Women, Vitameatavegamin, Breaking The Lease, Ricky Asks For A Raise...............OH NO! I forgot how many episodes were classics in season one! Take that back about hating Season One if you please!
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10-29-2002, 12:45 AM	#2
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	Best: I've always been partial to one, but two was good too. Anything in the first apartment except "Drafted." Worst: Season six by far. Turning Lucy into a country marm was a BAD idea. She was a city girl.

10-29-2002, 11:09 AM	#3
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Wasn't Job Switching the first episode of season two? Anyway, i agree season two and three and four and five, then 1 then 6! The Hollywood episodes and European booking could even be one and two although they were 4 and 5, confused yet? I am one of those poor souls who loved Lucy alone on the Lucy show, so i liked 4 5 an 6, but agree that season 1 was the best. Here's Lucy was the best the first three seasons with both kids, then it was all downhill, but i had my toboggan and went with her down that hill anyway.

10-29-2002, 10:24 PM	#4
oldshows Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 10, 2001 Posts: 215	I went downhill with her too alone with many other Lucy fans wishing we could pull her back up.

10-30-2002, 01:30 AM	#5
LucyFan Still Loving Lucy! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: In the Wonderful World of Lucy! Posts: 8,198	My least favorite season of I Love Lucy is season one. The episodes, in my opinion, were not as near as great as the ones in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th seasons. I wasn't impressed with these episodes of the 1st season: "The Audition", "The Adagio", "The Benefit", "Lucy Fakes Illness", "Lucy Plays Cupid", and "The Publicity Agent". It just seemed to me that season 1 was the weakier season. I really don't have a particular favorite season of I Love Lucy because they were pretty much excellent (including the final season).

10-30-2002, 10:19 PM	#8
oldshows Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 10, 2001 Posts: 215	Well, I think everyone is talking about the 1st half of season 1. It wasn't particularly great. Yes, things did start going well the second half and that's when all the classic episodes happened.

10-31-2002, 09:31 AM	#11
Barnabas1 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 01, 2001 Posts: 4,598	I never liked that Queen Of The Gypsys episode, who else agrees?

10-31-2002, 12:00 PM	#12
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Hated it as a kid, but love the music now. My God Mickey, congrats on knowing how to spell that Auf. . ., i'm impressed!

10-31-2002, 07:23 PM	#14
Mickey Ranger Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 12, 2002 Location: The UK, and still finding Desi funnier than Lucy Posts: 960	Did none of you people take German lessons in school?

11-01-2002, 11:23 AM	#15
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	I'm French Canadian, so i had enough trouble with learning English. I dun't thin anybody takes German in North America, we would have only if things had turned out differently in WWII!