I've been watching Reruns of The Lucy show, costarring Vivian Vance, and I have to say it's down right terrible. The scripts are terrible, and the acting is terrible. What happened to Lucille Ball? Her comedic timing is non-existent in this series. She plays a rather childish character and her voice grates on my nerves. I'm sorry she ruined her vocal chords playing on broadway, but jeez tone it down a bit lady, she always sounds like she's screaming.
The episodes seems like regurgitated episodes of I love Lucy, with a slight change from the original. The stories are far fetched and leave me saying WHY??? But than that's probably Gary Marshall's influence since he was a writer on this show, (so I've heard). I gotta say, I can't stand Gary Marshall....and we will leave it at that!!
Lucy and Vivian Vance seem awkward on this series, and oddly have no chemistry, considering their history in working together in the past. They both seem so mechanical in this and the gags are just gags. Nothing funny or endearing. The rest of the cast also lack spark. Lucy plays a widow and Viv a divorcee and they have children, which again no chemistry all around.
It's lucky Lucille Ball had Desi and the two of them made history with I love Lucy, unfortunately it's hard to follow a series like that. Perhaps all the stresses in her life, divorce from her husband and business partner, keeping up with Desi Jr. (also a handful) and running a studio changed her and made her cynical and harsh, so this show has no spark...she's just going thru the motions it seems.
Her later show in the 70's with her real life children was not any better. Plus her interviews, she always seemed bitter. She does deserve praise for her business sense, being a women dealing with men in those days must not have been easy, but she did it. Her early work on I love Lucy is golden and she deserves all the praise she received for it, and on going praise of today. I will fondly remember her as Lucy Ricardo.
The episodes seems like regurgitated episodes of I love Lucy, with a slight change from the original. The stories are far fetched and leave me saying WHY??? But than that's probably Gary Marshall's influence since he was a writer on this show, (so I've heard). I gotta say, I can't stand Gary Marshall....and we will leave it at that!!
Lucy and Vivian Vance seem awkward on this series, and oddly have no chemistry, considering their history in working together in the past. They both seem so mechanical in this and the gags are just gags. Nothing funny or endearing. The rest of the cast also lack spark. Lucy plays a widow and Viv a divorcee and they have children, which again no chemistry all around.
It's lucky Lucille Ball had Desi and the two of them made history with I love Lucy, unfortunately it's hard to follow a series like that. Perhaps all the stresses in her life, divorce from her husband and business partner, keeping up with Desi Jr. (also a handful) and running a studio changed her and made her cynical and harsh, so this show has no spark...she's just going thru the motions it seems.
Her later show in the 70's with her real life children was not any better. Plus her interviews, she always seemed bitter. She does deserve praise for her business sense, being a women dealing with men in those days must not have been easy, but she did it. Her early work on I love Lucy is golden and she deserves all the praise she received for it, and on going praise of today. I will fondly remember her as Lucy Ricardo.