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BLT · 10-10-2003, 11:01 AM

L&D: Before the Laughter or Lucy? I've seen Before the Laughter, but not Lucy.

BTW, Anyone looking forward to the live CBS 75th Anniversary Special to air November 2nd. Every night this month between 8 and 8:30 there will be a promo highlighting a classic CBS moment, I only saw Tuesdays which was on Walter Cronkite's coverage of the moon landing.

SPLAIN · 10-10-2003, 11:07 AM

Neither was terrific, too many errors in both. I haven't even had the urge to watch LUCY a second time, never a good sign! But i did see the Before the Laughter one again and it wasn't as bad as i remembered it. The actors were good in both though. Hey, does BLT stand for Bacon Lettuce and Tomato? LOL!

Lodee · 10-10-2003, 02:05 PM

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BTW, Anyone looking forward to the live CBS 75th Anniversary Special to air November 2nd. Every night this month between 8 and 8:30 there will be a promo highlighting a classic CBS moment, I only saw Tuesdays which was on Walter Cronkite's coverage of the moon landing

Thanks for the info BLT. I saw a clip last night during Survivor about the premiere of All In the Family but I didn't know what it was for or that it was every night.

Amber8611 · 10-10-2003, 09:17 PM

They were both horrible! I'd have to say that "Lucy" was better though. You could tell that they actually researched a bit and tried to get some facts right (unlike Before the Laughter, which seemed to make things up, and get way too many facts wrong). It took me two years to actually sit down and watch BTL, I could hardly get through the first five minutes. That's JMO though, some people who don't really know that much about Lucy might like it (if they can get over the fact that the actors looked NOTHING like the people!) lol.

MagsLovesLucy · 10-10-2003, 10:21 PM

I totally agree Amber, I really have no desire to see either one more than once. I'd also say "Lucy" is the "better" of the two, but I still could make a page long list of errors from that movie. That's just my opinion though, so don't let me influence you into not getting them if you really want to see them. I guess I also just really didn't like the fact that other people were portraying Lucy and Desi. I mean, I think that one of the points of "classics" are that they can't be recreated.

dawsongirl · 10-11-2003, 12:42 AM

Never did see Lucy, but L&D: BTL was horrible.

dawsongirl · 10-11-2003, 12:44 AM

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Originally posted by BLT
BTW, Anyone looking forward to the live CBS 75th Anniversary Special to air November 2nd. Every night this month between 8 and 8:30 there will be a promo highlighting a classic CBS moment, I only saw Tuesdays which was on Walter Cronkite's coverage of the moon landing.

I saw Peter Boyle talking about All in the Family.

10-10-2003, 11:01 AM	#1
BLT Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 06, 2003 Posts: 496	which bio-pic was better? L&D: Before the Laughter or Lucy? I've seen Before the Laughter, but not Lucy. BTW, Anyone looking forward to the live CBS 75th Anniversary Special to air November 2nd. Every night this month between 8 and 8:30 there will be a promo highlighting a classic CBS moment, I only saw Tuesdays which was on Walter Cronkite's coverage of the moon landing.
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10-10-2003, 11:07 AM	#2
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Neither was terrific, too many errors in both. I haven't even had the urge to watch LUCY a second time, never a good sign! But i did see the Before the Laughter one again and it wasn't as bad as i remembered it. The actors were good in both though. Hey, does BLT stand for Bacon Lettuce and Tomato? LOL!

10-10-2003, 09:17 PM	#4
Amber8611 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 21, 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 188	They were both horrible! I'd have to say that "Lucy" was better though. You could tell that they actually researched a bit and tried to get some facts right (unlike Before the Laughter, which seemed to make things up, and get way too many facts wrong). It took me two years to actually sit down and watch BTL, I could hardly get through the first five minutes. That's JMO though, some people who don't really know that much about Lucy might like it (if they can get over the fact that the actors looked NOTHING like the people!) lol.

10-10-2003, 10:21 PM	#5
MagsLovesLucy For being a friend.. Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Posts: 307	I totally agree Amber, I really have no desire to see either one more than once. I'd also say "Lucy" is the "better" of the two, but I still could make a page long list of errors from that movie. That's just my opinion though, so don't let me influence you into not getting them if you really want to see them. I guess I also just really didn't like the fact that other people were portraying Lucy and Desi. I mean, I think that one of the points of "classics" are that they can't be recreated.

10-11-2003, 12:42 AM	#6
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	Never did see Lucy, but L&D: BTL was horrible.