The Lucy Show (1962–1968) User Reviews

Where No Woman Has Gone Since

[DKosty123 · 8/10 · 19 September 2008]

This was Lucy's first series after the Lucy-Desi break-up. In many ways though it followed the same formula as I Love Lucy in that the comedy was set up just as well and Lucy is just as funny. Her character was developed as one that actually hit the times well.

Lucy was portrayed here as a single woman and still energetic enough to pull it off. Folks like Garry Marshall were among the talented writers enlisted to do scripts and many of the scripts were very funny. Lucy with her talent added to all of them.

Famous guest stars littered the shows, from her second encounter with legend John Wayne to Jack Benny and the first physical sighting of his famous vault where he squeezed his first dime. Gale Gordon was a great support actor as Lucy's boss at the bank she worked at during the series. That was the difference between this series & I Love Lucy is that most of the time Lucy was trying to keep her bank job with Mr. Mooney instead of trying to be a star.

It is a subtle change but important to note that Lucy could still be funny in different situations. Viven Vance is always a delight when she is on this show. She could not be on all the time due to some health problems she had but she did appear a lot. Ratings for this show were number 1 until it's last season when NBC stripped a gear & Laugh-In came on board.

We still love Lucy!

[Sylviastel · 8/10 · 1 June 2014]

Lucille Ball is definitely the First Lady of television comedy. In her life after her "I Love Lucy" years where the show was both a masterpiece and set standards and broke conventional rules, she returns as Lucy Carmichael, a divorced mother of two, and a secretary to bank Vice President, Theodore J. Mooney, played by longtime friend, Gale Gordon. Vivian Vance returned as her best friend Vivian not Ethel. The show is set in Los Angeles where there are plenty of celebrity guest stars like John Wayne, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Elizabeth Taylor, Carol Burnett etc., just to name a few. Ball is still in her element with physical comedy like babysitting three monkeys. If you thought Lucy lost it, she never did. She has perfect chemistry with Gale Gordon. They had worked together on radio and later in television. In fact, Gordon was Ball 's choice for Fred Mertz in "I Love Lucy" but William Frawley was the perfect choice for that role.

Two different shows

[kellielulu · 6/10 · 5 August 2022]

The Lucy Show is more like two shows.

The first three seasons take place on the east coast. Lucy Carmichael is widowed and lives with her teenage daughter Chris and younger son Jerry. They live with Lucy's friend and boarder Vivian Bagley who is divorced and has a son Sherman who is Jerry's age . Vivian Vance uses her own name this time. Just as Lucille Ball goes by Lucy Vivian goes by Viv . They get involved with community activities, money making schemes and family situations . The first two seasons are the best of the series. The third season continue this format but less is seen of the children even when they are central to the episode's plot.

Season four drastic changes are made and not for the better. Lucy moves to the west coast alone and works for yet another Gale Gordon character and had an endless parade of guests stars . Gone are daughter Chris off at college, son Jerry at military school and Viv who remarried and still lives back east with her son. Viv makes occasional appearances and occasionally we are assured Lucy is still playing the same character. One episode confirmed that when Lucy and Viv check up on a friend's son from Danfield where they all lived . Lucille later seemed to indicate she should have made more accommodations to keep Vivian and Candy Moore ( Chris ) on certainly they were missed.

The first three seasons I would rate 7 / 8 of 10 The later three I would give a 4/5 of 10 so overall I think a 6/10 is a fair rating. That said a lot of the later season episodes probably rate no higher than a two or three stars of 10 but there are a handful of episodes that rate higher like when Viv visits or Lucy returns to school with the younger generation and gives a very good speech at graduation. But they tend to be the exception. The early seasons lift the overall rating somewhat.

Lucy, Viv and Gale: The Lucy Show Triumvirate

[shadejford · 12 December 2005]

Although it was called "The Lucy Show," the core of this program was always the interaction between Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon. Having key film crew personnel from "I Love Lucy" certainly didn't hurt. The show did lose some punch when Vance left for she,along with Ball and Gordon, were "The Lucy Show Triumvirate". However, I feel the post-Vance episodes were almost as enjoyable for they featured interesting and entertaining guest stars. The "Main Street" episode featuring Mel Torme, Paul Winchell AND John Bubbles is a delight for musical fans. Check out the sequence showing Bubbles dancing with Lucy. Also, these later episodes still featured Gale Gordon who bounced off Lucy just as effectively as Vance did. Plus, the addition of Roy Roberts as Gordon's boss helped for he and Gordon bounced off each other well.

The Lucy Show decline

[dweilermg-1 · 6/10 · 24 May 2018]

What began as a nice fun to watch show about 2 single moms and their children ultimately devolved into the Lucy & Mr. Mooney show losing the charm of the earlier seasons.

"The Lucy Show" - A Comedy Classic That Should Be Brought To DVD In 2006 By Individual Seasons

[RussellTelesca · 10/10 · 2 January 2006]

I think that "The Lucy Show" should be brought to DVD and released by individual seasons. Paramount Home Video owns the rights to "The Lucy Show" and it would be great if we can have season 1 sometime in 2006. "The Lucy Show" was an excellent sitcom. It ran for six seasons on CBS-TV in the 1960's (1962-1968). It was never out of the top 10 shows during its six-season run. It was the number two show during the 1967-68 season. It earned Lucille Ball four Emmy nominations and two wins for Best Actress In A Leading Role In A Comedy Series during the 1966-67 and 1967-68 TV seasons. I will say that the first three years with Vivian Vance were the best; but the remaining three seasons were just as good. This show established Lucille Ball as the Queen of Comedy and the First Lady of Television. There were 156 episodes produced and when Lucy sold Desilu to Paramount; "The Lucy Show" went with it along with two outstanding TV specials: The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour (1964) w/Bob Hope as guest and "Lucy In London" (1966) which I think was Lucy's best TV special. (I hope that these specials eventually make it to DVD) Unfortunately, the episodes of "The Lucy Show" that are out now on DVD are bootleg copies. There are 30 episodes that are public domain and the quality of the DVDs are not that great. Two episodes are from season one, 21 episodes from season five and seven episodes from season six. I would love to see an officially authorized release of "The Lucy Show" released season by season just like the way Paramount released "I Love Lucy." I love "I Love Lucy" but fans of Lucille Ball would love to see all her shows on DVD. She was one of a kind and a great comedy actress. Till today, there is not one actress on TV or in the movies that can doe what she did on television for over 23 years. PLEASE PUT THE LUCY SHOW ON DVD!

Some Episodes Are Stupid!

[JSGal · 6/10 · 5 May 2021]

That fact that Lucy was multi talented is indisputable; however some of the episodes were stupid. For example, the episode where she fed a dog a chocolate cake! Everyone should know chocolate is poison for a dog! In other episodes I found her overbearing personality and bossiness irritating.

I wish that The Lucy Show was on DVD by season.

[crgreen0617 · 10/10 · 3 June 2006]

Now that all of the I Love Lucy DVDs are out,I hope that paramount home video releases the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and The Lucy Show. I haven't seen this show in about ten years and I would love for some season sets of The Lucy Show to be released. From what I've read the 30 or so random episodes that are on DVD are not of the best quality and frankly I'm a little scared to buy them because of the bad reviews I've read. If your a fan of I Love Lucy you should give this show a chance. I think that it's just as funny as I Love Lucy especially the first three seasons with Vivian Vance in the role of Vivian Bagley. My favorite episodes include the one were Lucy and Viv install a shower (a must see),the episode were Lucy puts up a TV antennae,the episode were Lucy and Viv fight over the lease,the episode were Lucy and Viv go to the bank over and over again looking for rare pennies,and so many more. I hope that this review was helpful to you. I wish that some of the satellite/cable networks would rerun this show so that you could enjoy it as much as I did. Love, Cat

Hilarious As Ever

[ankeck-76497 · 7/10 · 28 June 2019]

Lucille Ball is hilarious as ever. If you're a fan of I Love Lucy then I suggest watching this series.

A Very Good Show With Reservations ***1/2

[edwagreen · 9/10 · 6 June 2011]

While the show was very good, I can't give it a **** rating because it didn't reach the comedic limits of the original "I Love Lucy" show of the 1950s.

With her marriage to Desi Arnaz over, Lucy had to move on with her life, but continue her successful television career. Reuniting with Vivian Vance and joining with Gale Gordon, the trio created a funny hit. Widowed Lucy and divorced Vivian move together, while Lucy works for Gordon in a bank. Gordon is as overbearing as ever, but he often was a great foil for Ball. The show succeeded because Lucy was still able to cook up her schemes with Vance. While it was true that Desi Arnaz and Bill Frawley were missing, the show was a commercial success. It provided us with a never ending fix for our love for Lucy.

TV Perfection

[DecaturDog · 10/10 · 19 February 2008]

The Lucy Show was one-of-a-kind and had Lucy and Vivian in one hilarious episode after the other. Scenes of Lucy's knitted dress coming unraveled because a strand is caught in the elevator, watching Lucy and Viv try to get Mr. Mooney's parakeet from the roof, and especially Lucy and Viv painting the interior of their house, getting locked out, and sleeping in Viv's convertible are unmatched. This series is actually better than I Love Lucy - Lucy and Viv had a chemistry that cannot be measured. There are a few seasons in black-and-white and then some in color - Lucy and Viv competing for the last line in Cleopatra, Lucy and Viv installing a shower, Lucy and Viv sleeping in bunk beds - total fun!

After "I Love Lucy", what was left?

[DennisHinSF · 2/10 · 22 January 2017]

I'm part of the camp that adores "I Love Lucy", but REALLY dislikes her later shows. I love Lucy really had it all, cast chemistry, fantastic writing, great production values, a Manhattan setting, even some romance (Desi & Lucy are wonderful to watch together). TLS is another matter entirely. Some of it isn't her fault. between the end of ILL and the beginning of TLS she seems to have aged 10 years or more. Her entire demeanor has changed - after the 1st season everyone starts shouting all their lines. It's about as subtle as a truck. Lucy is the worst offender of all - you see the setup for all the gags coming, then their execution with the laugh track turned way up. I'm sure most of it is because Desi Arnaz produced the 1st year of the new show, and left after the last episode. In I Love Lucy, Desi's presence there allows her to show a vulnerable, feminine side to her character that is lovable and appealing. In TLS, that's gone, her makeup looks like it was spooned on with a spatula. The huge false eyelashes, the overly thick blue eye shadow, and red red lipstick make her face look like a mask. Hey, no one wants to hit 50, especially a woman who was as beautiful as Ball was in her youth & early middle age. But the worst is that she shouts her lines and people bodily over react as though they were in a silent film. The worst part is that she is now relying on cue cars, something she would have never done on ILL. Just a shame, and not funny.

Vivian Vance made the show work

[willowgreen · 17 February 2003]

I am in complete agreement with the majority of the previous reviewers in that the first two seasons in black-and-white with Vivian Vance playing Vivian Bagley (television comedy's first divorcee) where undoubtedly the finest of the series. I am second to none in my admiration for Lucy, but after Vivian's character vanished, I thought the shows got more grating, annoying, repetitious and less funny as a rule. Vance was indeed a great co-star for Ball, they played off each-other beautifully and had genuine "star chemistry" between them. Mr. Mooney yelling at Lucy Carmichael got to be distractingly boring, uninspired and plain stupid. I have always been a great fan of Vivian Vance: in my thinking she was a vastly underrated comedy performer who had a unique voice, delivery style and physical mannerisms. Lucy was indeed fortunate to have had Desi finding Vivian playing in a play in La Jolla back in 195O. Lucy wouldn't have been nearly as successful without the special magic this actress brought to Ethel & Viv!

I love Lucy

[safenoe · 10/10 · 1 January 2022]

This superb series wrapped up just one year after Nicole Kidman (who would later play Lucille Ball) was born.

I remember this was staple TV when growing up. I could not get enough of this fine series. Lucille Ball's comic timing was spot on, and I learned later that in real-life she was quite a serious business woman.

Never Gets Old

[gman7415 · 10/10 · 1 June 2012]

I have fond memories of watching that one famous episode where Lucy and Viv get stuck in the shower. Now, I don't know about any of you, but my mom was making dinner in the kitchen the first time I was watching that episode, and she thought I'd gotten hurt and was crying, when in reality, I was laughing my butt off! I know some people will have problems on the last three seasons, in color, and without Viv, but I know for a fact she guest starred later on. Vivian Vance was extremely underrated an should have been given more credit. She also spoke what I believe to be one of the first swear words Ever aired on television. Lucy: You have to admit, I've done some crazy things in life, but at least they were sensible! Viv: Sensible? Honey, sensible my ass! This must not have been scripted, because Lucy turned to the audience, half shocked, half laughing her sensible butt off. Overall, an underrated installment to the Lucille Ball saga.

I want this show released as season sets on DVD!!!

[sigmapi30 · 10/10 · 23 January 2008]

Lucille Ball is the greatest comics of all time. The Lucy Show was a fun, campy show. It was great to see Lucy, Viv, Gale, and Mary Jane all acting together. Fans now have the complete series of I Love Lucy and The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour. I would love to see The Lucy Show released as season sets on DVD. I hope to see complete series releases of The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life With Lucy. All of these shows are important parts of Lucy's television history. If you haven't voted yet, please do so at tvshowsondvd.com. Maybe we will get some good news on a future release!! The more votes, the more fans can show their enthusiasm!! Can you imagine owning all the Lucy shows in your own collection?!?!?

Lucy Doesn't Miss a Beat

[hfan77 · 8/10 · 10 August 2015]

Five years after I Love Lucy ended, Lucille Ball returned to TV in her second sitcom, titled The Lucy Show. Unlike Lucy Ricardo, she played a widowed mother of a daughter named Chris, played by Candy Moore and a son named Jerry, portrayed by Jimmy Garrett. Also adding to the hysteria was her former I Love Lucy sidekick Vivian Vance, a divorced mother of a son named Sherman, who was played by Ralph Hart.

As the show progressed, the kids were no longer seen on the show and Vance left after the third season. Also adding to the mayhem were Gale Gordon as Mr. Mooney and Mary Jane Croft. Ball and Gordon had outstanding chemistry that would last until Here's Lucy went off the air in 1974.

Just like I Love Lucy, the show featured the slapstick and physical comedy that made ball one of the funniest female sit=com actresses of all time. I saw Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft and she constantly gives her commanding officer a hard time. It was also a very funny episode. There were also numerous episodes with guest stars, including several with Ann Sothern as The Countess.

From the cute animated opening in the first season to the full color episodes in it's sixth and final season, the Lucy show is laugh out loud funny and Ball doesn't miss a beat.

Not Good, at All

[samwa-27311 · 3/10 · 20 January 2022]

Hi. Well, you have really bad acting, bad or very silly scripts, a massive putting on of airs, Lucy's voice, is really really bad and, if I hear " Mrs. Carmichael!!! ", just one more time, from Gale Gordon, I'm going to call the network.

So absolutely condescending, and all lines, from Gordon, to her, are annoying, unkind, and worse.

I never cared for Desi, frankly.

Arnaz, purchased a whole houseful, of expensive maple furniture, on credit, from my father, in 1956, and after 6 months, he refused to pay for it, and said " I'm Desi Arnaz and I don't pay for anything!!" And, Desi kept all the furniture, valued at $60, 000, ( in today's money) But, he was a good producer, such as the Mothers in Law, which was about 1967, a wonderful show.

But, the Lucy show, just is terrible, especially the way that they use the laugh track.

Very funny especially the first 3 seasons

[crazydude1989 · 27 May 2009]

(UPDATED 4/26/11) At first I was glad to have a handful of the first few seasons with Vivian Vance episodes, thanks to TV reruns and a home video release with 25 uncut episodes with episodes from seasons 1, 2, 3, and 6 (or 5) by Columbia House in the 90s, but now I am so excited that CBS finally released this show in full season sets on DVD, uncut, with tons of extras and beautifully remastered.

This show stars the legendary Lucille Ball, and Vivian Vance. Ball plays a widow, Lucy Carmichael, who has two children--a teenage daughter named Chris and a younger son named Jerry. Vance plays her roommate/best friend named Vivian Bagley. She also has a younger son named Sherman. They live in Danfield Connecticut. The first season is in black and white and it's like I Love Lucy just without Ricky and Fred. Both Vance and Ball have great on-screen chemistry together and Lucy still has her comedic timing. How did she do it while running Desilu Studios at the same time? Lucy and Viv get into a lot of wacky misadventures--like getting stranded in the middle of a lake on a used boat they bought, working at a malt shop filling in for Chris, getting trapped in a shower stall filled with water, installing a TV antenna on the roof, and becoming volunteer firemen (and setting the fire station on fire!) Also co-starring with Lucy was Charles Lane who played the curmudgeon Mr. Barnsdahl who managed Lucy's money at the bank.

In the second season (1963-1964) the show was now in color (the second and third seasons originally broadcasted in black and white but filmed in color.) Gale Gordon now co-starred alongside Lucille, and would later co-star with her for the next 23 years. He played Theodore Mooney, the president of the bank Lucy later worked at and was always annoyed by Lucy. Lucy and Viv (if not just Lucy) still got into wacky misadventures such as starting their own Kiddie Party business, digging for "embezzeled money" in Mr. Mooney's backyard in the middle of the night, working in a summer camp kitchen, trying to rescue Mr. Mooney's pet bird from a telephone line, digging through cakes to look for Lucy's lost contact lens, and being turned into wicked witches in one of Lucy's nightmares.

At the end of the third season in 1965 Vance left the show, tired of playing second fiddle to Lucy and making the commute from California to Connecticut (where she lived) every week. At the beginning of the fourth season Lucy got re-located to California, where coincidentally, Mr. Mooney did too--much to he and Lucy's chagrin. Lucy's son got enrolled in military school and her daughter went to college. It was also explained that Vivian had gotten re-married and still lived on the East Coast. She would guest star in 3 or 4 later episodes. These episodes mostly involved Lucy working at the bank with Mr. Mooney and meeting various celebrities like John Wayne, George Burns, Paul Winchell, Sheldon Leonard and Carol Burnett. Also co-starring with Lucy was Mary Jane Croft who played a few characters on I Love Lucy and who would also on Here's Lucy. Mary Jane was like Viv 2.0. The fifth and sixth seasons weren't as good as the Vivian Vance years, but they did have their fair share of funny episodes like Lucy making 1500 dollars for new furniture by buying 3,000 cans of baked beans (thanks to a special "return for double your money guarantee") Lucy accidentally getting drafted into the army, convincing Mr. Mooney that she's sick so she can leave work to go to a sale, flying to London, getting hypnotized, babysitting baby chimps, and rallying to save a tiny town from being turned into a freeway. Most of these episodes from season 5 and 6 are on DVD but in public domain so it's the same 30 episodes on all the DVDs. They are also very poor quality. Only two episodes from the first season are included--Lucy and Viv install a shower and Lucy and the Barbershop Quartet.

Also in a season 4 episode, there was a special cameo by Bill Frawley who played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy. He was a horse trainer. Lucy went to see a horse that her late husband left her and as the trainer walked away, Lucy said "he reminds me of someone I used to know!" This was Mr. Frawley's last appearance on TV in October 1965 before he died the following March.

It may not be as funny as I Love Lucy but it was one of the highest rated shows on TV. 4/5 stars. Buy the season DVDs and you will not be disappointed.

Black and white

[mhlebik · 10/10 · 2 February 2010]

I agree that the B & W eps were the funniest--LOoved the one where they put up an antenna on the roof and even the colored ones with viv in them--she was a perfect foil and sidekick as was gale gordon. When Viv left and the series shifted to California, it was always Lucy meets a celebrity and that got repetitious even on here's lucy. I do not think I can ever forget the shower episode, the one where lucy locks herself and mooney in the bank vault (mooney is a meeney), chasing the bird on the roof. it seems that when viv left, the show simply fell by the wayside. A few of the California eps were good--the one where lucy is in Te dolphin tank was excellent and the ones where viv visited were good, but overall, it lacked a lot of luster

Not a fan

[office-26666 · 1/10 · 17 November 2022]

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.

Started Out Good

[BumpyRide · 19 August 2005]

Add my opinion to the others...Vivian Vance added a great deal of class to all the "Lucy" shows. None was more evident than in "The Lucy Show" when she departed (much too soon). After Vivian left the show it was apparent that Lucy needed a sidekick and various guest stars tried to fill Vivian's shoes but none came close. Once the show was broadcast in color, Lucy doing too much (such as running Desilu) started acting with too many broad strokes thinking that whatever she did would be funny. It wasn't. Some of the later shows were actually embarrassing to watch and you realized that not only were the writer's out of ideas but Lucy should have ended this show years before.

Not Much There without Vivian Vance

[Howie0331 · 26 May 2004]

Although this show was weaker than "I Love Lucy" it was still pretty funny in its original form. The chemistry of Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, as single mothers raising their children, made "The Lucy Show" work, especially its first season on the air. Despite some of the bizarre plotlines the two women were believable as two friends struggling in a largely manless environment. But with Vance's departure in 1965 it fell apart at the seams...Lucy became more of a cartoon character as the show became more shallow and relied too heavily on "guest stars," and Gale Gordon and Mary Jane Croft were weak substitutes.

Lucy probably should have pulled the plug on this one in '65.

The black and white episodes were the funniest.

[SkippyDevereaux · 24 December 1999]

The black and white episodes were the funniest of the entire series. Maybe this has to do with Vivian Vance, who was better here than in the "I Love Lucy" show. I always thought that Viv was the glue that held those earlier episodes together. Who could ever forget the episode about "Crazy Crunch" or of the Christmas episode about "Chris Crinkle".

I Actually LIKED THE LATER, California EPISODES BETTER

[zickie_2000 · 11 December 2005]

I tend to disagree with many of the previous comments about how the show was not the same without Vivian Vance. I was just given a four CD box set of 28 episodes, some black and whites taking place in Connecticut, but most were the color ones taking place in California.

I found the early episodes unappealing, in many ways, especially coming off of I Love Lucy. Bear in mind, I was born in 1959, so I viewed all of the black and white Lucy's in re-runs. I did not like the setting in Danfield, CT. Lucy did not seem to fit in there well, the children did nothing for me and as far as Vivian Vance, I had already seen their best antics on I Love Lucy. I Love Lucy is a show that only comes about once in a lifetime and they were so good, I did not think this aging team, now getting into their 50's, were as good and many were just repeats. I just watched the Shower Installation episode, which is considered one of the funniest, and again, I didn't think it was that funny. I saw this comedy routine on Abbott and Costello and the Three Stooges. I did like the day they both went to a farm and William Frawley was there and Vance said to Lucy, "hey this guy looks familiar, doesn't he?" They did continue to get great guest stars and that was a saving grace. I may not be the best critic, because I rarely saw the black and white episodes in re-runs.

What I did get to see live and then in the early 70's in re-runs, were the color shows from 1965-68, when Lucy relocates to California. Here, the kids and Vance were gone and Lucy got to do her own antics and since she was so enormously funny and talented, I liked watching her solo with either famous actors and comedians or with some of the supporting cast from earlier Lucy's like Mary Jane Croft and Mary Wickes, to name a few. Gale Gordon was splendid as the straight man to Lucy's foils and the way he yelled MRS. CARMICHAEL!!! The show was sunny and colorful and the apartment stage set seem to fit her now 60's style much better as does Southern California. Yes, there were some marginal episodes, but many great ones as well. My favorite being Mary Wickes as Aunt Agatha. Bear in mind that the last two years of this show, 1967-68, it was number two in the ratings, higher than any of the ratings when it took place in Connecticut.

All in all the show had many funny moments and again, I liked seeing Lucy solo. When Here's Lucy came along in the fall of 1968, with Vance, Lucy Arnaz and Desi Jr. as well as Gale Gordon, the show was better and funnier with many good episodes both on CBS and NBC. All of her shows lasted six seasons, the norm for a good comedy.

I cherish all of the work she did throughout her 23 consecutive years on television. She and all of her cast will always be missed forever.....