A New Colorized "I Love Lucy" 1 Hour Special Is On CBS Tonight

I found it rather unpoopular the last time.

The colorized version of Lucy's hair looked like a carrot.

Spoiler Alert.

She dances with Van Johnson!!!

Harpo Marx bit was priceless

Lucy was the epitome of grace, class and sophistication in that Van Johnson number. If only she had done Mame at this point in her life, we'd be talking about multiple Emmy and Academy Award winner Lucille Ball. And yes I realize the musical had not been written yet, but you get my point,

Is it one episode or two?

Two new colored eps.

I can't wait!

Isn't it interesting that nobody can come up with anything new? So they have to re-run colorized versions of a 65 year old sitcom (albeit a good one).

I want them to colorize the fashion show episode.

There is nothing wrong with treated great old series like classics. I question the need to colorise it, but OK, whatever entertains people. I think people will be entertained by this. Lord knows there aren't many people alive today who saw it when it originally aired.

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I would also. I would love to see what they looked like in color

[quote] Will you be tuning in or pooping out?

I've had sufficient.

[quote] She dances with Van Johnson!!!

That's Golden Age Hollywood Queen Van Johnson to you, missy!

I always liked this number. But Desi's club looked like the most uncomfortable place to be. Those chairs look cheap.

Carolyn is such a funny doofus in this one.

[quote]I want them to colorize the fashion show episode.

Imagine The Lovely Mrs. Richard Carlson in full bloom.

R12 The correct quote is I HAVE sufficient.

R1, Rex Reed was on "Today" decades back and Gene Shalit quoted him as saying "Lucy has Popsicle Orange hair" to which Shalit said admiringly, "that's completely right." It is an amazingly descriptive sentence and the color photos of her in that era prove his point.

They edited Harpo's solo.

[quote] They edited Harpo's solo.

Thanks for answering my question, which was about whether they cut them for time. Turns out they do.

[quote] They edited Harpo's solo.

Thanks for answering my question, which was about whether they cut them for time. Turns out they do.

Harpo said Lucy forced him to rehearse so much, he had a heart attack right after the episode.

[quote]Two new colored eps.

Racist negro.

R14 That is a great clip. Desi is soooo suave.

It's funny, by today's standards, I guess Lucy and Desi would be considered an interracial couple.

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They were back then also... It scared CBS

Van Johnson didn't get any funny lines.

I wish they wouldn't have colorized Van Johnson's hair. Now he smells funny "down there".

[quote] I guess Lucy and Desi would be considered an interracial couple.

They had to finance the I Love Lucy pilot themselves because nobody would take a chance on a sitcom about an interracial couple. Because they financed it themselves, they were able to exert more control over the process and that is why the show is so well preserved today.

Van was supposed to play the part of the guy in the restaurant which went to Bill Holden. The writers said, "The audience would cheer thinking Van deserved it."

Lucille looked lovely in pink.

It's interesting to watch something in both black and white & color.

It really highlights how much detail is muddied in black and white.

Does anyone know if they stay original to the original color of everything when they do this?

What's up with those earrings?

Freddie looked cute as Zeppo or was it Chico?

[quote]Does anyone know if they stay original to the original color of everything when they do this?

On one of the dvd extras, they have a short clip that was filmed in color by an audience member. For some reason, the sets used a lot of drab brown. I always thought the Tropicana would have a lot of bright, splashy colors.

The Van Johnson number showed how sophisticated and charming Lucy could be. Her two different readings of "Greta Garbo! Did you see Camille" were great examples of how she crafted her lines to the situation. As Johnson sings to her, she is indeed lovable.

She could sing in tune in this episode.

[quote]That is a great clip. Desi is soooo suave.

I really don't think Desi was given his proper credit for his onscreen work. To the 1950s housewife, he was sex on a stick. Everybody always talks about that it was a popular show because Lucy was so funny. But how many were tuning in to see the hot Latin lover?

I'd love to see the color of Aunt Martha's Salad Dressing.

I was surprised by those jewel-like accents on Ethel's dress in the nightclub scene.

I wanna see the hostess pants in color and of course Ethel in her blue jeans

[quote]She could sing in tune in this episode.

Like Ethel's piano playing her ability to play came and went depending on the jokes needed.

The sets were actually muted because they look better in black and white that way.

I was wondering about that, R41

R40, but she DIDN'T sing in the episode. She has some patter with Johnson but no singing. I don't believe there was ever an episode where she sang decently because it would ruin the gag. Also, she was terrible in real life.

She was decent as Sally Sweet, the queen of Delancey Street

[quote]She was decent as Sally Sweet, the queen of Delancey Street

Not totally. In one of the hip pops in the dance, she's about 2 seconds ahead of the drum.

She held her own in "Friendship"

These were the dullest Lucy episodes. Hiss CBS. Hissssssss.

I want to see them do some of the Connecticut episodes

I always pictured the dress she danced in as white. I didn't like it in pink. These are very much edited but when they release them on DVD like the other color episodes I think they are uncut.

[quote]She held her own in "Friendship"

Speaking of which, Fred held his own because Ethel would often withhold her wifely duties.

Sometimes black and white is sufficient.

Let me know when they colorize the grape-stomping episode.

I think that already happened, R52

R52 DEFINITELY already happened.

R51 only in the good ol days could the help smoke up a storm in the laundry room and nobody notice a thing amiss when the "fresh linens" were delivered.

She was discreet as Sally Sweet, the queen of Delancey Street

[quote] don't believe there was ever an episode where she sang decently because it would ruin the gag. Also, she was terrible in real life.

Lucille Ball could sing very simple songs with limited range. Some people like me, can't sing a note.

See below link to Lucy on her own singing...re: Mame

Lucy és la puta estúpida, i espero que ella recorda com a tal.

I think in her heart Lucille Ball always wanted to be a musical comedy star. When she finally did Wildcat and Mame, they were disasters.

Dahling, will they colorize me?

R60, that was one of the best episodes in the entire run. I'd love to see "Charm School" colorized just to see Ethel's leopard get up in color.

Here's a clip of the grape-stomping scene. Unfortunately, it's taped off of showing on someone's TV, so the quality sucks.

From 1933. Lillian Roth singing Eadie Was a Lady. At about the 5:40 mark Vivian gets the best line in the song.

[quote]The sets were actually muted because they look better in black and white that way.

So CBS made up some of the colors to make everything look better in the colorized episodes? That would be disappointing. I'd like to think I was watching them as close to how they looked in real life.

Lucy couldn't really sing but she was a good dancer.

I've watched clips of Lucy's post-I Love Lucy shows with Vivian Vance. I thought Vivian became a better actress after ILL. she seemed more comfortable in the other shows.

r64 - Did you watch my link at r51 ?

I think Vivian was brilliant on I Love Lucy. She was able to work with Lucy and be just as funny.

Look how brilliant the acting, writing and production of the show was. The candy wrapping scene is only 3 minutes long, but it is hilarious and has become iconic in the sitcom cannon.

I want to see sidesplittingly funny "Lucy and the Loving Cup" in Color!

[quote] the sitcom cannon.

Like the one they had on "F Troop?"

r68 - I think they meant the kind that goes off in Pachelbel's Cannon to make the audience wake up.

I assumed they meant Dyan Cannon but I don't remember her starring in any sitcoms.

I don't think she did r70 - I believe Julia was more a dramedy.

Wasn't Diane Carroll (sp?) Julia?

How did we go from talking about Lucille Ball to Tilda Swinton?

They should colorize the Tallulah Bankhead episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour series.

r74 - Brilliant idea. Wish I'd thought of that.

I recently got a Roku and found a channel that runs I Love Lucy episodes 24/7 without commercials. These are full eps with none of the cuts that were done so more commercials could be crow-barred into the reruns, so I'm seeing a lot of little scenes that were missing. For instance, the ep where Lucy gets thinks Ricky had a fling with Cuban entertainer Carlotta Romero just ran and it ended with something I'd never seen before: the cast dressed up in Santa outfits and singing Jingle Bells to the camera. These unedited clips also have sponsors like "Lilt Home Permanent" advertising between scenes. I like seeing these hidden treasures.

Is there a corresponding One Day at a Time channel that shows barb's bulimia and Schneider's speed ball addiction?

[quote]and it ended with something I'd never seen before: the cast dressed up in Santa outfits and singing Jingle Bells to the camera.

That's from the Christmas episode, which was never shown in syndication, but was colorized and shown on CBS a few years back.

Interesting. I never even heard of that so I checked it out on YT. As it turns out, the "Jingle Bells" number was a tag on "Drafted" and would serve as inspiration for the Xmas episode. I'm an ILL fanatic but this is completely new to me. The entrance and exit of Santa remain the same as the Xmas episode.

I loved how Lucy flubbed her "danced with Vance" line and Ricky was having none of it. Classic!

R75, I don't scroll beyond 25 posts. Life's too short.

R80, check out Lucy. She's definitely laughing. You can see her abdomen moving in silhouette and since she's wearing black, it's a fun moment to catch.

[quote]and Ricky was having none of it.

Desi's ad-lib is so smooth.

Did the show never do retakes? It seems like the show was filmed as if it were a play. If there were any flubs they were kept as part of the episode.

[quote]Lucille Ball always wanted to be a musical comedy star. When she finally did Wildcat and Mame, they were disasters.

That's because she insisted on using cue cards and putting her untalented children in the cast.

There's a weird blooper when Ricky and Fred come in as Caroline is leaving. Vivian is with her back to the arm of a chair. She then sits down, except she sort of misses the arm of the chair and falls into the seat. We see her struggle to bring her legs over the arm of the chair and correct herself so she's in a sitting position.

[quote]Did the show never do retakes?

Look kid, do you know how much retakes cost? I married a loser man who was spending all my money on cheap floozies. I had to hire my children and Gale Gordon because they worked cheap. Once I wanted to do a retake, but Gary Morton talked me out of it. Retakes are for unprofessionals.

What has Desi Jr done all these decades, besides live off the merchandising money from I Love Lucy?

He fucked Liza with his huge Cuban cock when she was most fuckable.

[quote]What has Desi Jr done all these decades, besides live off the merchandising money from I Love Lucy?

He did me!

I bet Desi Jr. banged Flo Henderson when he appeared on The Brady Bunch as well. I'm sure Bob Reed chatted him up, but Bob was no Caesar Romero.

The shows last night were well done, once again: Pioneer Women on ILL and two good ones on DIck Van Dyke: Laura's toe stuck in the spigot and Richie's birth...

Way better in color sorry ancient gays.

Have they ever colorized the William Holden episode?

Colorization has come a long way. When Ted Turner tried it in the 1980’s so many films he did this to looked looked terrible but their techniques have really improved. Many of the black and white musicals from the 1930’s would be interesting to see in color such as The Great Ziegfeld or Ziegfeld Girl; it would be great to see Lana Turner and Hedy Lamarr in color while they were at the height of their beauty.

R94 not yet, would it kill cbs to colorize all the episodes? It would probably get better ratings then their new shit shows.

A colored episode? They're putting negroes on the television now? Heavens!