Lucy Still So Relevant
As we continue to approach the 70th anniversary of "I Love Lucy", it's interesting to note that, besides the new Nicole Kidman movie, "Being the Ricardos" (which has begun production under Amazon), I coincidently saw TWO references to the series this morning.
In a letter to advice columnist Ask Amy, a woman wrote in, describing she and her husband as "Ricky" and "Lucy", trying to reconcile their best friends, whom they called "Fred" and "Ethel." Right after this, I read the comic strip "Willy and Ethel", which follows a lazy, always unemployed, middle-aged loser and his nagging wife. In today's comic, Willy is sitting glued to the TV in the middle of the night. His wife is standing over him in a bathrobe and curlers and says, "Are you watching that 'Lucy in the candy factory' for the ten millionth time?!" In the second frame she is now seated beside him, watching and smiling.
ILL, still a cultural icon.