Friend from the East Coast arrives wearing new glasses. Friend expects to meet all of the Hollywood stars with whom Lucy is friendly. Glasses disappear. An imitation of the star arrives. Visiting friend is fooled.
Gee, didn't we see this same plot in I Love Lucy?
When the Welk mannequin was brought out I thought I heard some audience members groan. But all was well - it was a hoot!!
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Lawrence Welk?! Was Lucy intent on showing just how UNCOOL she was in the 60s and 70s? Only a grandmother watched or liked Lawrence Welk, who's right up there with Wayne Newton for schmaltz.
I can remember being a young teen in the late 60s, and when I'd babysit, we'd crank the dial to Welk's show and make fun of it. All the squeaky-clean "kids" with their bouffants and helmet hair, singing stuff like "And the Band Played On" and "The Hills are Alive." It was painful to watch.
And then Lucy drags Welk onto her show, instantly labeling herself as an old fuddy-duddy with no knowledge of what was "hip," circa 1969. She needed The Monkees or Janis Joplin. Instead, we get (gag) Wayne Newton!
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Yes, I'm 63, actually. And in a much better position to talk about Here's Lucy, since I actually saw it as a kid in the 60s.
Lucy was 63 when Here's Lucy was cancelled. I may be an "old fuddy-duddy" by your standards, but I'm not trying to pass myself off as a 25 year old, like Lucy did. She was constantly referred to as a "young woman," which was laughable.
As for your last comment, it merely shows you to be an ignorant fool.
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I am no fool.
How anyone can criticize this wonderful show with it's hip young guests and totally with-it star is beyond me! Lucy and her writers were certainly in tiptop form; Lucy didn't sound at all like a frog, she never shouted her lines off cue cards, and the plots weren't at all stale or rehashed.
shareI lv0e those hairdos..Family Affair had Cissy (Kathy Garver) and she also wore those hairdos..But that's just me (I was 8 in 1968 when it aired, that makes me even younger..)
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When I read that just now all I could think of is that they were my grandmother’s two favorite shows, I Love Lucy and The Lawrence Welk Show.