I watch I Love Lucy 24 hrs a day

When I’m not watching 227

You need help.

Opeeeee, you gotta lotta ‘splainin’ to do

Muriel’s little OP loves shortnin bread!

I mean the world is scary old sitcoms are a great way to escape

I don't watch ILL 24 hours but I always check in to see which episode is on.

Watch the Murder, She Wrote channel.

Let us know when you've had sufficient!

Nobody from Albuquerque has ever had enough Lucy reruns!

You don't sleep?

All that sitting around -- you must have an ENORMOUS potamus!

OP is Madame X

Well if that’s the kind of show you want to watch OP you sure got a good one.

I work from home and generally have either the I Love Lucy channel or the Murder She Wrote channel running all day, usually on mute but sometimes I actually engage. I’ve seen every episode numerous times (Lucy moreso by an order of magnitude). It’s just comfort food for me.

On the weekend I will usually tune into the Golden Girls on Hallmark or wherever it airs. I will still actually pay attention to that show for a couple hours even though I’ve seen every episode dozens of times (except maybe the Empty Nest tie-ins).

I got a phone call from your neighbor, Mrs. DeVries, across the street. She knows you're a little peculiar, but she wanted to make sure nothing was wrong since all that was on your TV screen was a black and white program from 73 years ago.

I think you need a break, OP. Take some time out. Maybe you can get tickets to "Over the Teacups."

OP sounds like an addict, r16. If he could tear himself away I’m sure he’d be The Most Happy Fella.

R17. I know I'm a happy fella when I eat some of Aunt Sally's Pecan Pralines...

Can you did Aunt Sally's pralines in Aunt Martha's Old-Fashioned Salad Dressing?

The episodes are all complete and they look good, unlike the episodes in syndication. But damn, hearing Ricky (Desi) sing, you realize he had nerve saying Lucy had no talent. The best episode was Flapper Follies of 1927 with the ancient showgirls ala Follies and that was totally Lucy's doing. People must have been desperate for entertainment if they like Babalu. They always cut it out of syndication and when you hear it, you understand why.

Ethel was such a trooper at that candy factory, a real Chocolate Soldier.

R22. She's " My Hero"

At least Fred hasn’t kicked the screen in.

Once one episode ends, OP always wants another HELP-ing.

He’ll come ‘a bob bob bobbin along soon enough, r24…

I hope you enjoy watching for another 75 years!

I'm so happy it's summer. I get the blues when it rains...

I'm so glad THE TIME HAS COME for you, OP!

Have you seen the episode with known heterosexual Rock Hudson yet?

PlutoTV is my shit. I watch 227 during my after-work nap. Watch Sandford and Son when I'm going to bed. Watch the Parkers or Broad City or Workaholics in the morning on days off before I get moving.

R4- For you.

The recipe for Shortnin Bread

r14 what are your top five favorite ILL episodes?

No particular order: Lucy is Envious

Never Do Business with Friends

The Fashion Show

The Seance

Ethel’s Hometown

Hon. mention to Building a Bar-B-Q

Pork chops, huh…

I really liked it when the gang went to Scotland 🤗

[quote]Ethel was such a trooper at that candy factory, a real Chocolate Soldier.

Oh, dear.

R36 that’s the most hated episode. The jump the shark moment for this show

I thought it was really fun when they mixed it up by adding Ernie Ford for a few episodes!

Don't forget the cameo by the inimitable Teensy and Weensy, r39!

Let’s keep this thread jigglin’, Peggy!

I love how this turned into an unofficial Let’s Be thread

You bet your sweet life it has!!

Ethels Hometown is perhaps the best because it's genuinely funny with a great musical section

Hollywood at Last

The Dancing Star

Lucy Buys a Paris Gown

Never do Business with Friends

The Quiz Show

Don Juan is Shelved

I can't watch that show. I was always frightened about how much trouble Lucy would be in when Ricky got home. It didn't help that my folks physically resembled them, except my dad didn't work at a club, he worked at IBM. I have PTSDILL.

MARY r46!!!

Lucy's Last Birthday was an episode I hated as a kid but I watched it on Pluto and was surprised at how moved I was at Lucy's vulnerability. It's a fine episode.

I love seeing the Ricardos and Mertzes just doing normal everyday things like having a nice at-home dinner together, watch television, attend a Broadway show, have a sandwich at the soda fountain counter, play cards, and just act like normal socialized adults. It makes all the other shenanigans funnier because we see them when they're just doing mundane things as well. It's the balance that makes them so funny.

Since I was a young boy I’ve felt like an honorary member of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League

R51. Well, you aren't. I didn't vote for you. But, I can always be persuaded...

^^^ meant for R50

Oh, but YES!

I always wondered why Lucy always wore flats. On Pluto, I noticed that Desi is always wearing shoes with higher heels. She was wearing flats to even them out.

Call for Phillip Morris!

The Black Eye is another favorite episode.

Has OP really not had sufficient?

OP what you really should know is that the Pluto channel is watching you.

The trip to Florida with Elsa Lancaster was hilarious. When they changed the tire, they got the car up and Ethel said "Hey Lucy, look, it's not flat anymore."

Another great thing about Pluto is they have a lot of newscast from different cities.

Are they in color?

The Charm School

Do you live here, OP?

Eve Whitney's a cunt...

I love you r64!

Mrs Howell was Phoebe Emerson.

You type fat and old, OP.

R65. I love YOU!

I’m almost 51 - not fat, fool r66

Go create another let’s be thread that will lull me into suicidal ideation

No mention of the hostess pants with the little black off the shoulder blouse, a big crushy belt and little ballet slippers?

[quote] Elsa Lancaster

Oh, dear.

R69. You'd be ready for Halloween.

When your motor conked out, my motor conked out.

You know that Fred's got himself trained to do anything in less than a minute?

What should I have for breakfast, flapcakes or hotjacks?

When Ethel joined Lucy on the camping trip (driving, no less, something the writers forgot when Lucy tried to teach her to drive), she told Fred she was going to visit her mother. So Fred was in charge of taking care of Little Ricky. Of course, he had Mrs. Trumbull's old snatch to lick so it was a vacation for him as well.

lol r75 love it

Teensy and Weensy were DL icons long before Chrissy Metz and her snack purse arrived.

Two watermelons in a patch

R77. And, don't forget about me!!!

But how do you hold smart dinner parties?

r79 Cesar Romero is the only Romero icon around here.

So I turned to give him a dirty look …and no one was driving.

I wish we could have seen Sylvia Collins. But that episode was pretty interesting because Eddie really thought he was making a date with Lucy and Ricky thought Lucy was meeting Eddie for the date.

R83. Fresh!

MY SONG!

Do you live in Franistan, OP?

ETHEL! Look what happened to you wash machine.

FASCINATING

I’ve been feeling real dauntsy

R37 Since she was a Chocolate Soldier, I think "trooper" is appropriate.

When I was a kid I liked the Hollywood episodes the most, and it seems I still do.

Madam, it doesn't seem to be getting through to you, but this seat is taken.

Is it true? Is Cornel Wilde in the penthouse?

And I'm sorry you're so fat you sat on my glasses and broke'em

Ricky: You have to budget your time. 10 minutes for this, 15 minutes for that.....

Lucy: Oh, I'm gonna need more than 15 minutes for that.

How come we never got to see the Robert Taylor orange (or its source)?

R97, we did see it a few times. The last time was after it was totally moldy and Lucy notes that it says Robert Taylor in a deep crevice. We didn't see the moment where she had it signed but we did see the Richard Widmark grapefruit being signed.

Has the circumcision episode played yet, OP?

The ballet with Mary Wickes features one of the best visual gags on the show. Lucy starts doing ballet drills and it evolves into her doing the Charleston.

What do you do, eat ‘em?

Did you get to the one where Lucy and Ricky go down to Fred and Ethel's sex dungeon in the basement? Fred was the gimp, as usual.

Dear Teller, be a lamb and don’t put this through til next month.

Lucy’s not on anymore here, so I haven’t seen it quite a long time. Reading this thread has me missing it, however, so perhaps I’ll seek it out online.

R104, if you have the internet, you can get Pluto, where ILL has its own channel.

Vivian seems so warm and genuine here.

R93 "Sure is, honey."

R106 The award was announced/presented by Richard Denning, Lucy's former costar on the radio show, My Favorite Husband. Is that Madeleine Pugh who talks to Vivian at the end?

I think so r108

R109 Thanks

ARE YA WET!?

r111 = Mary Wickes

this just kills me everytime. like it's the first time i've seen it.

I love Lucy is still so funny I forget what a real life bitch Lucille Ball really was.

r114 = retired flight attendant

They were called trolly dollies back then.

R111 - "ARE YA WET??" makes me laugh every time, too!

I Don't Know But How Dare You.

Carolyn, guess what!? I’m going to Europe! Goodbye!

Well, Marian, if that's the kind of hat you wanted, you sure got a good one.

R120, Ahahahahahahahahaha. Tell me what you think of it.

R121 Stop cackling, I’ve been waiting 10 years for you to lay that egg!

I bought the DVDs of the Hollywood episodes because I thought at last I was going to see the Robert Taylor episode.

What's a matter man? Don't you dig bebop?

But you couldn’t find a DVD player anywhere?

No, I couldn't find the Robert Taylor episode.

R114-RETIRED! such a kidder.

Would love to see ‘’The Pleasant Peasant’’ in color-is that a thing?

OP pops out at parties!

I hear the ILL actors all got along well-in fact Vivian Vance hoped Bill Frawley would ask her to marry him but being so shy he never asked her-they remained life long friends for the rest of their lives.

Barbara Pepper-Eleanor Audley-Verna Felton-Hedda Hopper-Gloria Blondell etc.

We should all pool our funds to buy OP a Don Loper Original from the Don Loper Salon so he can look like Lucy Ricardo, wife of the movie star, Ricky Ricardo.

And since it's DL, we can make more fun of Mrs. Richard Carlson aka Mrs. BowWow.

That's The Lovely Mrs. Richard Carlson to YOU.

R134, it was cool that Loper said something nice about all the wives, "the very pretty", "the very glamorous", "the very lovely".

So we also come to a question when it comes to the Fashion Show. Loper says that Mrs. Alan Ladd was going to wear Loper's Basic Dress to the fashion show. We never see her or the dress. Was she one of the ones who was drunk backstage? When Lucy goes on the Hollywood Bus tour, they go past Alan Ladd's house and Lucy says "it would be nice if we could see Sue Carroll walking around."

R135. And yet you ignore me who actually showed up to that affair.

R136, I tried to ignore you because you had to steal Lucy's Stone Martens for your appearance. Luckily, Lucy stole them back in time for her appearance in the fashion show.

I can’t watch it right now. Along with the Dick Van Dyke Show and Andy Griffith Show. I can quote every line, so I need a break. Leave It To Beaver is getting a break too.

Oh for corn’s sake.

I don’t like Lucy Ricardo. Dumb, stupid and lazy. Also a complete narcissist. To be this doesn’t add up to funny. I BBC also think Ricky hits her.

r140 poops out at parties.

R140 may not be a redhead but they 100% sound like a dead head!

I'm sorry your mother looks like a weasel.

With our club's welfare do not tinker, R140 is a dirty stinker.

Rosslyn McKee will want to recite "Trees..."

I just HAPPENED to bring a poem!!

Renita Perez's pussy stinks!

El Break-o the Lease-o

Just because there’s snow on the roof doesn’t mean there’s no fire in the furnace!

With all the free time you Marys have, it would be nice if you’d spend an hour here and there volunteering with your local branch of Ladies Overseas Aid.

R151. Oh, Dorothea. It would also be nice if you used some Ladies Overseas Aid funds to replace that moth-eaten fur you had the nerve to wear at my ticket drawing.

I knew we should’ve called it “Two Bundles for Britain”!

One of my favorites is Lucy getting the part of the showgirl with the huge headdress (The only thing is, it’s hard to believe a director would call an actress or bit player “Mrs. Ricardo” even if her husband was “MGMs new star” Ricky Ricardo).

Btw the aftermath of Ricky starring in a Hollywood movie and becoming famous, knowing all those stars, being on a first name basis with them, then just returning to relative obscurity is never really explained. Nobody ever says he flopped, yet he didn’t succeed.

It's Cynthia! Cynthia Harcourt!

I'm not a princess, I'm a henna rinses!

There aren’t too many who could put a line like that over. One reason why Lucy is the queen.

I bet Trumbull was glad they moved to Connecticut

This is just about the funniest scene on TV ever. Even the band couldn't keep a straight face.

R157. Poor Mrs. Trumbull. Never got paid for watching Little Ricky and never got discount accommodations for collecting Fred's rent every month.

Who bought the Mertz's building?

No one bought it but when the Mertzes moved to Connecticut, Ethel said one of her relatives wanted to move in and manage the building.

Ricky's "Don Juan" was "shelved" by MGM, and nothing else was ever revealed as to why.

Ricky being any more famous than he was before Hollywood would have thrown everything off. I think it worked out perfectly.

Best episode of the series, r162, hands down. A smash!

You'd be upset too if your back seat was sold out from under you!

I watch Life With Lucy 24 hrs a day.

r165 is posting from Dante's tenth circle of hell.

[quote]I'm not a princess, I'm a henna rinses!

It's "I'm not a MAHARINCESS, I'm a henna-rincess.

thanks or the correction. cunt

[quote]I bet Trumbull was glad they moved to Connecticut

Because she could use her room for a whorehouse. The salesmen and stockers from Bloomingdale’s loved to pass an hour at Miss T’s Salon. She was known as the queen of the backdoor.

I rented a boxed set one time and came to the conclusion that 1 in 5 were funny. They had some real duds.

R162 Right, and none of that made any sense.

I’m so juicy

R171, I thought the reason was because Americans are so stupid that they believed Don Juan was a real movie so they nixed that and put him into another movie that was unnamed. No confusion for the stupid.

Ricky was not very talented

I hate ALL of his shitty musical numbers and his fake laugh is cringe

No matter the reason, it was a swell way to get off to a lousy start in Hollywood. Thankfully everything worked out ok.

R173 Yeah that must have been it. :/

Ricky liked to fuck old Fred in the asshole

R177 Pops out at parties AND is unpoopular!

R177. I beg your pardon?!

Why hasn't Hollywood done an ILL reboot? They seem to have redone every other show. Why not this? And Deb Messing could be Lucy.

Die in a grease fire.

The part of Lucy would probably go to Wanda Sykes. “Ricki” would be played by Billy Porter. Guest starring Sara Gilbert as Ethel with Ezra Miller rounding out the cast as Phred.

"They" Love Lucy

Starring Lens Dunham as Fred Mertz.

Obviously it's got to be Lucie and Desi Jr as their parents. Yeah a little incestuous but can't have everything. Vicki Lawrence as Mrs. Trumbull, Madonna as Mrs. McGillicuddy.

With Jasmin Savoy Brown and Quinta Brunson as Charli and Carolyn Appleby.

Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson as Fred and Ethel.

Jennifer Simard as Marion Strong. I’ve heard her laugh, she’s got the hen cackle!

Who?

[quote]Why hasn't Hollywood done an ILL reboot?

We've suffered enough already.

[quote]And Deb Messing could be Lucy.

Why do people keep saying this? Messing is nothing like Lucille Ball. She’s not even funny.

R191 I agree, I don't want to see Debra Messing play Lucille Ball. I don't even care for Messing. But as for the reason people keep saying it:

You wouldn’t be the first person to tell Debra Messing that she looks like Lucille Ball. You also wouldn’t be the most important person to mention it — that honor belongs to Ball’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz.

Last year, the cast of “Will & Grace” filmed a very special “I Love Lucy” tribute episode, which aired on Thursday night. Messing recalled, on the “Variety After-Show,” the moment when Arnaz came into the dressing room to see her full transformation for the first time.

“I was in the green dress. We were about to shoot the song and dance [number] and she walked in and she just looked at me and didn’t say anything.” Messing told Variety. “Then she hugged me and she said, ‘This feels really good. It’s been a long time since I’ve hugged you,’ and everyone started to cry.”

“And then she smiled and she said, ‘I know how long you’ve been wanting to do this, Debra. And I’m so glad we were able to make it happen.’” And then I had to go [to the stage],” she continued. “As I walked away, she said, ‘Break a leg, Mom.’ Everybody just flipped out and cried. It was really moving.”

Starring Taylor Swift as Lucy

Jelly Roll as Ricky Ricardo

Lizzo as Ethel Mertz

Danny Devito as Fred Mertz

Messing looks like a drag queen version of Lucy. Lucy had delicate features and was quite beautiful. Messing does not have similar features.

Cocoa Peru *is* Lucille Ball.

I posted the reboot comment just to stir shit up. They shouldn't do an ILL reboot, I'm just surprised it hasn't happened yet since they've redone everything else.

Ahem r196!!

ILL is so iconic that any remake would come under heavy scrutiny. Plus they would have to get Lucie and Desi Jr on board with it.

Additionally, there’s nobody that can do that type of acting. Screwball comedy is not taught in acting schools, so it would take a special type of actress to pull it off.

[quote]Obviously it's got to be Lucie and Desi Jr as their parents.

They're in their 70s.

Let me tell you about Deb Messing.

I also brought up Miss Messing because she's a DL catnip trigger.

Not for me r201

Dumpy Debra would have to spend a long time in the steam cabinet before she could fit into the Sally Sweet dress.

OH FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE ALFRED GO EAT YOUR LUNCH!

After hearing about JD Vance, Lucy never pretended to be a chair again. (Ewwww--cue "The Spider")

and now it's a Trump thread. Kudos Mr Mooney, Kudos.

Don't you have a Friends of the Friendless march to go to, R206?

Speed it up!

1950s housewives sure loved a good spanking.

Bitch never had a fully stocked refrigerator...

She kept two sides of beef in the freezer. What are you even talking about?

R211. Those snively little morsals? They didn't even make a good mouthful!

R199 That's okay because this is just a forum and the casting is not actually going to happen, it's only a game. Thanks.

Another problem is an age old one. Beautiful women can't play funny.

I always thought she said "speed it up Eleanor " suggesting a women's run chocolate factory BUT no, she is saying " speed it up a little"

The actress who said it was named Eleanor.

R216. I think it was Elvia Allman.

Oops! You're right. Miss Audley played Mrs. Spaulding in the first Connecticut episode. And a flower judge, too.

Next I'll start confusing Doris Packer and Madge Blake.

R218. No "Oops" needed! It happens! I sometimes confuse Lucy Ricardo with Isabella Klump!

I love juicy

[quote]Next I'll start confusing Doris Packer and Madge Blake.

Happens all the time at the ESPN and Joe Rogan forums. Don't feel bad!

You’d be in good company, r218. I mix up Martha Raye and Madge all the time.

I mix up Shirley Booth and Ava Gardner.

Tel you what I’m gonna do!

you should watch my asshole pucker

Munsters this afternoon

You get your wet feet off of my mink stole, you big walrus!

R227, Grace, go back to fucking the Milkman who was actually Bobby the bellboy at the Beverly Palms. It was a Lynx stole.

I want the key to the trunk, unless you need it to play a tune!