Here's Lucy (TV Series) Lucy and Lawrence Welk (1970) User Reviews

Enjoyable having Viv return

[george_cherucheril · 9/10 · 28 April 2024]

I liked this episode a lot. Was it perfect? No, it was not perfect, but it works. I like the plot device of Viv needing glasses to see and without them, she is completely blind. I would have liked some explanation of how Lucy and Mary Jane were able to steal the Lawrence Welk mannequin, but I can live without one.

I would have also liked to see Lucy improvise more when pretending to be Welk. Lucy just says "wonderful" over and over as Welk would.

When the real Welk walks in and the kids put the mannequin away, the look on Lucy's face is priceless. I liked the episode but agree it could have been a 10 with a little more added to the script.

This episode did not feature Gale Gordon. He was instrumental in so many episodes.

Poor Script - This Should've Been So Much Better

[kgraovac · 6/10 · 3 December 2023]

This offering is a rip-off of I LOVE LUCY's Harpo Marx episode where she tried to fool the nearsighted Carolyn Appleby. Here it's Vivian who can't see and is the "victim" of Lucy's scheme.

The script is beneath the talents of all involved. For a special guest appearance, it falls short. At least in I LOVE LUCY the redhead was not trying to pass off a wax dummy as a human being. HOW were Lucy and Mary Jane able to get the wax figure out of the museum without getting arrested? Also, Viv may be "blind as a bat" but she's not deaf. She acts like a total airhead here.

Having Lucy "speak" for the figure and keep repeating "Wunnerful" ad nauseum was really poor and lazy writing. I know it's just an old TV show, but this one is just too illogical for me to enjoy it. I will say I loved the part where the kids sneak the REAL Lawrence Welk to the dinner table and Lucy returns from the kitchen unaware of the switch. You can see him trying to stifle laughter as the audience cheers wildly.

Lucy, Viv and Mary Jane were kind of like a proto-GOLDEN GIRLS in this episode so it's especially disappointing they were not given a stellar script that played to all their individual strengths.