It's National "I Love Lucy Day"
By DB
@dgobucks226 (34300)
October 15, 2018 4:52pm CST
October 15th celebrates one of the greatest TV sitcoms on the small screen, "I Love Lucy." Starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley, the show made its debut in 1951. The TV Show was a pioneer in "live" performance, allowing fans to see the stars acting up close and personal in a studio created theatre...for free!
The "I Love Lucy Show" ran for six seasons receiving 5 Emmy Awards. In addition, the program was the most watched in the United States during 4 of those seasons, finishing it's final season atop in the Nielsen's ratings.
You can still find the sitcom reruns somewhere on your TV dial 50+ years later and Lucy's adventures are as funny today as back when they first aired. For those who have watched the show in re-runs were you a fan? If so, do some channel surfing and celebrate National "I Love Lucy" day by watching a marathon of episodes.
Source- nationaldaycalendar.com and imbd.com
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Oct 18
It is the greatest comedy of all time!
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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17 Oct 18
I remember seeing Lucille Ball in some serious film roles on TCM. She really was a talent.
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Oct 18
@dgobucks226 I always envision the person getting caught doing something like that, and then it going badly for them. It's never funny for me but scary about the consequences. That's why I can't watch comedy. I think she was a wonderful actress and comedienne. I just couldn't watch it.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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20 Oct 18
@just4him I understand and in many cases she got "busted." 
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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17 Oct 18
We don't seem to be in agreement on this subject. There were some pretty funny episodes like the one were she was in the candy factory assembly line and could not keep up. She started eating the candies. That was great comedy to me and definitely relatable to someone working in that job. Real Charlie Chaplin expressive humor to me. But I know, certain comedy is not for everyone...
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@JudyEv (325321)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Oct 18
@dgobucks226 Really? A jump over sharks? Wow, I wondered how they managed to achieve that footage.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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20 Oct 18
@JudyEv After that episode their tv ratings started to drop off resulting in the show's eventual cancellation.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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17 Oct 18
I don't know, but have you heard of the phrase "jump the shark" as it relates to TV series. Apparently when the Fonz in Happy Days did a jet ski jump over sharks in an episode the show lost it's appeal to viewers.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Oct 18
Hell, pretty much any modern day sitcom involving a couple with friends is in some way, shape or form based on I Love Lucy.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Oct 18
@dgobucks226 - The King of Queens. Doug = Lucy. Only he eats way more!
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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28 Oct 18
@teamfreak16 Him and Ralph Kramden definitely had something in common, lol.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
16 Oct 18
"I Love Lucy" was a great show. I can only imagine how nice to be in the live audience
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
17 Oct 18
@dgobucks226 Too bad, but I had heard that Fred and Ethel actually didn't like each other in real life. Pity that
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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17 Oct 18
Fun fact: When the show run ended in 1957, they were going to do a spin-off with the Mertz's. Fred was all for it but not Ethel, she hated William Frawley.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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28 Oct 18
Yes, extremely funny show. So many sitcoms have used The Lucy Show formula. The Honeymooners is another sitcom which did the same thing. It had Ralph usually getting in trouble just like Lucy. Plus, they also had neighbors in their show.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
This is how popular this tv series is.
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and this ensemble cast made this one of the best TV sitcoms ever@dgobucks226 (34300)
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19 Oct 18
That show was a model for all the sitcoms which came after 
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@thislittlepennyearns (58103)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Oct 18
It's on Hulu. I'm about to watch a couple episodes tonight.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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17 Oct 18
Do you remember this episode April? The famous chocolate scene.
Here is the famous Chocolate scene from I Love Lucy, an illustrious tv series in the 1950's.
