I can't find it anywhere on this board.
The poster's criticism on the show was a bit too harsh, but I had to chuckle at him saying that the only funny thing about the show was the doll in the opening credits, and his own words, he put "and that's about it" at the end.
I could have sworn I took a screenshot of his post. I'm so pissed that I can't find it.
Don't play games with a girl who can play better.
I saw that, too. Let's see if I can summarize for you:
Here's Lucy was perfectly atrocious, with Lucy as "Lucy Carter, constantly yelling her lines and playing to the camera, and her two talentless children also screaming in tandem. Young Luci was especially terrible. Instead of coming down the stairs and saying, "hi, mom, how are you?" she stomps down the stairs in her ugly mini-skirt and shrieks, "HI, MOM, HOW ARE YOU?" Older Lucy responds by yelling, "I'M FINE, KIM, THANKS FOR ASKING!" In the meantime, Mr. Mooney, I mean, "Harrison Carter," Lucy's supposed brother-in-law, comes in and also screams his lines. Add to the mix Mary Ellen or whoever that sappy, nasally blonde woman was, and you have a comic mix that could be used while going through an assisted suicide.
Then, there's the requisite "production number." Whoever Lucy pulls out of showbiz mothballs, be it an Andrews sister or Mel Torme or some other "hot" act like that, she always manages to involve them in a full-scale production number at the end. I shudder at the sight of Lucy in a hula skirt or pretending to be one of the Andrews sisters (the one who couldn't sing!), or marching in a parade (how many times have I seen Lucille Ball leading a march? She even did it in Mame during the "We Need a Little Christmas" number!). And let's not forget how she absolutely MELTS when the very hip and very "now" star, Wayne Newton, comes on the scene. She is beside herself as he strums a ukele and sings, "Don't You Come Home, Bill Bailey," or some other song that was ancient in 1969, when the show aired. And always, Lucy will clap and croak, "oh, that's wonderful!" after each performance. Brrr.
The show always begins with a little animated doll of Lucy, which is the only thing that didn't have cosmetic surgery, and it comes out in hot pants and top hat and introduces the credits. She "blushes" when the kids are listed. How sweet! Then, she pulls the screen away, and the real terror begins!
And that's about it!
Lol, thanks for trying and responding to my post. It seems like someone had reported that post. I don't understand why that specific post, tho. There are other threads expressing the same kind of sentiment and criticism of the show, yet those threads are still here.
Don't play games with a girl who can play better.
LOL. It really was a terrible show. I agree that Lucie Jr. was especially awful.
All those production numbers are really bad.