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Roz1013 · 06-05-2001, 08:14 PM

Obviously I'm very new to this board so if you've already had a thread like this, disregard this and ignore me, lol. But I was just thinking, do you remember what your first episode was and how long ago it was?

I still remember being 3 years old and my sisters were watching it on TV and I kept thinking how annoying it was (give me credit, I was 3 and obviously didn't understand the plot or what was going on). It was the episode where Lucy thinks everyone has forgotten her birthday (again I apologize, I'm still working on learning the episode names and numbers). But then the next thing I knew, I was watching the show everyday, running home after elementary school to catch the last 10 minutes of the show, and all during junior high and high school always curling up in front of the TV late at night with a snack and ILL. And now here I am, 15 years after my first episode and still my favourite thing to do is curl up in front of the TV late at night with ILL.

Somehow it seems to be the only escape from real life. Ok, enough of my journey down memory lane, what about yours?

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"Happy Birthday Mrs. Mertz, and I hope you live another 75 years!"

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Betsy · 06-05-2001, 09:22 PM

Roz, the episode you are referring to is Lucy's Last Birthday, and that is a sweet episode (with a classic ending; I watched Ricky singing "I Love Lucy" more than a few times!).

I wish I could say I've watched ILL for years, but I only recently discovered it (!!!). I used to put N@N on to fall asleep to, and all I remember is that ILL was the show that was on when I went to bed, and how funny it was. It is hard to fall asleep when you are laughing all the time!

I think Lucy's Schedule may have been the first episode I watched from beginning to end, and it is still one of my favorites. I know what you mean about curling up in bed and watching ILL. My favorite thing to do is shut the lights in my room, close the door and close the blinds, so that I am in a darkened room. Then, I watch 2 episodes of ILL back to back... can't get much better than that!

betsy

dawsongirl · 06-05-2001, 10:40 PM

Actually, I think my first episode was one of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours, though I don't remember which one (might have been the last one, which is sad really given the circumstances behind the whole thing!) I was babysitting back in 1994 (the 1st year Lucy was on Nick) and the kid I was sitting with liked watching N@N, so I watched it with him. Fell in love with it!

Cannot however remember which Lucy ep. was first. Too long ago!

P.S. Roz1013- Welcome to the boards!!!

Roz1013 · 06-06-2001, 02:33 AM

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Originally posted by dawsongirl:

P.S. Roz1013- Welcome to the boards!!!

Thanks, glad to be here. It's great to find people who love the show as much as you do that you can discuss it with!

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"Happy Birthday Mrs. Mertz, and I hope you live another 75 years!"

Marta · 06-06-2001, 10:46 PM

I don't know what my first episode was, I can just remember watching it every night on N@N for as long as I can remember. I'm pretty sure I've seen all the episodes!!welcome to the board Roz!!!

-marta

desilu #1 · 06-09-2001, 01:57 AM

Hello everyone!!

desilu #1 · 06-09-2001, 02:15 AM

Sorry! I messed up last post. My first episode I saw was Lucy is enciente and I was
about 4 years old. I'm now 29! Back then I
didn't know they were reruns and Desi was
my first crush and still to this day I think
he was the hotty of his time!! LOL!! It seems
so long ago but,I know that I will forever
love Lucy and Ricky,they are the bomb and can't be beaten!!

------------------
Amy M. Weaver

tdr · 06-09-2001, 03:27 AM

As a little kid in the mid-60's I remember the ep where Lucy babysits the little boy with glasses who turns out to be twins. I don't know why, but the earliest and clearest mental picture I have of ILL is the boy walking into the living room carrying a towel and drying his hands. I also remember hearing the audience laughing at that point and I didn't know what was supposed to be funny about that [maybe I often did it myself?].

I do remember Lucy being on in the daytime (ILL) and sometimes at night, too (The Lucy Show), and wondered why Lucy looked different, especially in her hairstyle, and why she called "Ethel" Viv. I also wondered why Ricky and Fred were not there on the nighttime show...but I didn't really care, because the guys were kind of scary to me. Especially Fred, who I thought, for some reason, was a 'mean man' who wanted to hurt Lucy.

oldiesgirl · 06-21-2001, 04:46 PM

I am not sure my first episode,but I started watching it when it began airing on N@N.It could of been the first episode.

Bluestone · 06-21-2001, 09:49 PM

I first watched the show at a neighbor's house.
My first episode was the one in which Lucy was worried about being dull... or something like that?
She tried to tell a joke (The "Lean" Porkchops), and it fell flat, and Ricky corrected it for her. She was goofing up stuff all through the episode.

dawsongirl · 06-21-2001, 10:41 PM

That was "The Inferiority Complex", a very excellent episode!

06-22-2001, 01:31 AM

I believe my first lucy episode was on the 'lucy desi comedy hour' and qiute possibly 'the ricardos go to japan'. I remember when i was a really little kid, i used to stay up late for 'snick', and 'the lucy desi comedy hour' came on right it. When i was little, i always watched it just to pass the time seeing that nick was the only channel i ever thought to watch. I also remember that it was during 'i love lucy' that i heard the news of my grandpa's fatal heart attack. One of the first 'I love lucy' espisodes i remember was the 'be a pal' episode, where lucy and ethel sang the 'pal' song. throughout my childhood, even during the years that i didn't watchlucy (6-13), i always new that song. Now i watch faithfully every night.

(Even though for some reason, today, the 21st of June, while now the 22nd cuz its late, they are showing three's company)

dawsongirl · 08-01-2008, 11:14 PM

I'm bored, so I'm bumping up old threads that still could mean something.

Okay, so I posted that it was the last L&DCH, but I don't remember it being that one at all. But it almost had to be one of those...back when Nick used to have Lucy Saturdays (cuz I think that and maybe Fridays were the only days I babysat). I think that was ILL, TLS, and L&DCH. I seem to remember the first one the best so maybe it was that one.

Nat's #1 Fan · 08-01-2008, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desilu #1

Sorry! I messed up last post. My first episode I saw was Lucy is enciente and I was
about 4 years old. I'm now 29! Back then I
didn't know they were reruns and Desi was
my first crush and still to this day I think
he was the hotty of his time!! LOL!! It seems
so long ago but,I know that I will forever
love Lucy and Ricky,they are the bomb and can't be beaten!!

------------------
Amy M. Weaver

OMG, Desi was my first crush too! He was just so HOT! I can still remember being 9-10 years old and dreaming about marrying him someday lol

(this was before I knew he was dead). I think I even wrote a love letter to him once and kept it in my journal and started it off with "Dearest Desi" lol

(I was a weird kid).
Anyway, I first got into I Love Lucy when I was about nine (I'm 18 now) when it was on N@N. I think my first episode was "Don't Do Business With Friends" but I'm not totally positive. I think that was it though.

treky · 08-09-2008, 04:15 AM

I can VAUGLEY remember, when I was little (it had to be sometime in the early 60s, since I was born in 57) glancing over at our black-and-white TV once-this was either on a Saturday, or sometime in the summer-and seeing the "heart" opening, with the theme playing, then an aeiral shot of Paris with the words "PARIS, FRANCE". But that's all I remember of it.
Then, I can also remember when I was little, glancing at the TV and seeing Ricky walking out of their bedroom while the audience was laughing. But again, that's all I remember.
Then, years later, in the late 60s, a local station was showing it and my whole family was into "THE LUCY SHOW" at the time, and I can remember once, (I was in 4th grade) my brother came running in the room and telling me "JOE, LUCY'S ON AND SHE'S ON A LEDGE WITH SUPERMAN!" (it was the episode "LUCY MEETS SUPERMAN" or whatever it's called). I can remember running in and watching it, and I just caught the last 5-10 minutes, and I was so mad! I had heard about the series, and I had always wanted to see it.
But then the next day (since I now knew the station was showing it) I started to watch it regulary, and I think the first one I saw was the one where she falls in a giant washing machine. I remember that scene where she walked in, and her dress was all stiff, her face was all puckered up, etc. My sister laughed and said "She's all puttered up"! and I yelled at her something like "No, it's all puCKered up, not puTTered, you idiot"!

06-22-2001, 01:31 AM	#12
Ty Guest Posts: n/a	I believe my first lucy episode was on the 'lucy desi comedy hour' and qiute possibly 'the ricardos go to japan'. I remember when i was a really little kid, i used to stay up late for 'snick', and 'the lucy desi comedy hour' came on right it. When i was little, i always watched it just to pass the time seeing that nick was the only channel i ever thought to watch. I also remember that it was during 'i love lucy' that i heard the news of my grandpa's fatal heart attack. One of the first 'I love lucy' espisodes i remember was the 'be a pal' episode, where lucy and ethel sang the 'pal' song. throughout my childhood, even during the years that i didn't watchlucy (6-13), i always new that song. Now i watch faithfully every night. (Even though for some reason, today, the 21st of June, while now the 22nd cuz its late, they are showing three's company)
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08-09-2008, 04:15 AM	#15
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	I can VAUGLEY remember, when I was little (it had to be sometime in the early 60s, since I was born in 57) glancing over at our black-and-white TV once-this was either on a Saturday, or sometime in the summer-and seeing the "heart" opening, with the theme playing, then an aeiral shot of Paris with the words "PARIS, FRANCE". But that's all I remember of it. Then, I can also remember when I was little, glancing at the TV and seeing Ricky walking out of their bedroom while the audience was laughing. But again, that's all I remember. Then, years later, in the late 60s, a local station was showing it and my whole family was into "THE LUCY SHOW" at the time, and I can remember once, (I was in 4th grade) my brother came running in the room and telling me "JOE, LUCY'S ON AND SHE'S ON A LEDGE WITH SUPERMAN!" (it was the episode "LUCY MEETS SUPERMAN" or whatever it's called). I can remember running in and watching it, and I just caught the last 5-10 minutes, and I was so mad! I had heard about the series, and I had always wanted to see it. But then the next day (since I now knew the station was showing it) I started to watch it regulary, and I think the first one I saw was the one where she falls in a giant washing machine. I remember that scene where she walked in, and her dress was all stiff, her face was all puckered up, etc. My sister laughed and said "She's all puttered up"! and I yelled at her something like "No, it's all puCKered up, not puTTered, you idiot"!
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06-05-2001, 08:14 PM	#1
Roz1013 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 05, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 261	What was your first? Obviously I'm very new to this board so if you've already had a thread like this, disregard this and ignore me, lol. But I was just thinking, do you remember what your first episode was and how long ago it was? I still remember being 3 years old and my sisters were watching it on TV and I kept thinking how annoying it was (give me credit, I was 3 and obviously didn't understand the plot or what was going on). It was the episode where Lucy thinks everyone has forgotten her birthday (again I apologize, I'm still working on learning the episode names and numbers). But then the next thing I knew, I was watching the show everyday, running home after elementary school to catch the last 10 minutes of the show, and all during junior high and high school always curling up in front of the TV late at night with a snack and ILL. And now here I am, 15 years after my first episode and still my favourite thing to do is curl up in front of the TV late at night with ILL. Somehow it seems to be the only escape from real life. Ok, enough of my journey down memory lane, what about yours? ------------------ "Happy Birthday Mrs. Mertz, and I hope you live another 75 years!" [This message has been edited by Roz1013 (edited 06-05-2001).]

06-05-2001, 09:22 PM	#2
Betsy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 15, 2001 Posts: 48	Roz, the episode you are referring to is Lucy's Last Birthday, and that is a sweet episode (with a classic ending; I watched Ricky singing "I Love Lucy" more than a few times!). I wish I could say I've watched ILL for years, but I only recently discovered it (!!!). I used to put N@N on to fall asleep to, and all I remember is that ILL was the show that was on when I went to bed, and how funny it was. It is hard to fall asleep when you are laughing all the time! I think Lucy's Schedule may have been the first episode I watched from beginning to end, and it is still one of my favorites. I know what you mean about curling up in bed and watching ILL. My favorite thing to do is shut the lights in my room, close the door and close the blinds, so that I am in a darkened room. Then, I watch 2 episodes of ILL back to back... can't get much better than that! betsy

06-05-2001, 10:40 PM	#3
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	Actually, I think my first episode was one of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours, though I don't remember which one (might have been the last one, which is sad really given the circumstances behind the whole thing!) I was babysitting back in 1994 (the 1st year Lucy was on Nick) and the kid I was sitting with liked watching N@N, so I watched it with him. Fell in love with it! Cannot however remember which Lucy ep. was first. Too long ago! P.S. Roz1013- Welcome to the boards!!!

06-06-2001, 10:46 PM	#5
Marta Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 30, 2001 Location: NY, USA 13 years old Posts: 185	I don't know what my first episode was, I can just remember watching it every night on N@N for as long as I can remember. I'm pretty sure I've seen all the episodes!!welcome to the board Roz!!! -marta

06-09-2001, 01:57 AM	#6
desilu #1 Lucy/Desi 4-EVER Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2000 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan USA Posts: 724	Hello everyone!!

06-09-2001, 02:15 AM	#7
desilu #1 Lucy/Desi 4-EVER Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2000 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan USA Posts: 724	Sorry! I messed up last post. My first episode I saw was Lucy is enciente and I was about 4 years old. I'm now 29! Back then I didn't know they were reruns and Desi was my first crush and still to this day I think he was the hotty of his time!! LOL!! It seems so long ago but,I know that I will forever love Lucy and Ricky,they are the bomb and can't be beaten!! ------------------ Amy M. Weaver

06-09-2001, 03:27 AM	#8
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	As a little kid in the mid-60's I remember the ep where Lucy babysits the little boy with glasses who turns out to be twins. I don't know why, but the earliest and clearest mental picture I have of ILL is the boy walking into the living room carrying a towel and drying his hands. I also remember hearing the audience laughing at that point and I didn't know what was supposed to be funny about that [maybe I often did it myself?]. I do remember Lucy being on in the daytime (ILL) and sometimes at night, too (The Lucy Show), and wondered why Lucy looked different, especially in her hairstyle, and why she called "Ethel" Viv. I also wondered why Ricky and Fred were not there on the nighttime show...but I didn't really care, because the guys were kind of scary to me. Especially Fred, who I thought, for some reason, was a 'mean man' who wanted to hurt Lucy.

06-21-2001, 04:46 PM	#9
oldiesgirl Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 18, 2001 Posts: 60	I am not sure my first episode,but I started watching it when it began airing on N@N.It could of been the first episode.

06-21-2001, 09:49 PM	#10
Bluestone I'm the Twister Frequent Poster Join Date: May 03, 2001 Location: Southern California Posts: 388	I first watched the show at a neighbor's house. My first episode was the one in which Lucy was worried about being dull... or something like that? She tried to tell a joke (The "Lean" Porkchops), and it fell flat, and Ricky corrected it for her. She was goofing up stuff all through the episode.

06-21-2001, 10:41 PM	#11
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	That was "The Inferiority Complex", a very excellent episode!

08-01-2008, 11:14 PM	#13
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	I'm bored, so I'm bumping up old threads that still could mean something. Okay, so I posted that it was the last L&DCH, but I don't remember it being that one at all. But it almost had to be one of those...back when Nick used to have Lucy Saturdays (cuz I think that and maybe Fridays were the only days I babysat). I think that was ILL, TLS, and L&DCH. I seem to remember the first one the best so maybe it was that one.