Brock Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Just watched Lucie's intro to the Ruth Buzzi episode and she states that Ruth worked with Lucy on Life with Lucy!!! did I miss something there or is Lucie wrong? Ruth Buzzi plays the woman in the hardware store that freaks out over John Ritter in Lucy Makes A Hit With John Ritter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark bale Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I didn't know that. Ive seen it once or twice. Must have been a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I'll have to watch that again. Wonder if she freaks out as much over John as she did about Hal King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I'll have to watch that again. Wonder if she freaks out as much over John as she did about Hal King. Yeah, she did. And it was as unfunny as the first time. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yeah, she did. And it was as unfunny as the first time. lol Still tellin it like it is huh? LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Still tellin it like it is huh? LOL! Yep, guess so. Love Ruth Buzzi and all, just not her appearances on any Lucy show. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yep, guess so. Love Ruth Buzzi and all, just not her appearances on any Lucy show. LOL Yeah, i love her too but always thought they overexaggerated so many things and she was a prime example. Cheap easy laughs if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arissa4ever Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Boy was this season a PAIN to get through. And i thought season four of TLS was bad. The first disc was the most enjoyable, episode-wise. Especially loved the episode with Craig, even though he's performance was kinda AWKWARD. I will say that the featurette on Desi Arnaz, JR. was a total bore. It came across as filler compared to the other featurettes produced. If season Six is anything like this season, then MPI could can take their sweet time releasing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Boy was this season a PAIN to get through. And i thought season four of TLS was bad. The first disc was the most enjoyable, episode-wise. Especially loved the episode with Craig, even though he's performance was kinda AWKWARD. I will say that the featurette on Desi Arnaz, JR. was a total bore. It came across as filler compared to the other featurettes produced. If season Six is anything like this season, then MPI could can take their sweet time releasing it. BUT did you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 My dvd copy just came in the mail.. I am still on disk one, and I have to say.. so far.. I like these episodes soo much better than the other ones... they seem to flow.. aren't as awkward or forced or stilted.. I may change my mind viewing 2-4, but for now disk one is a pleasant surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Amen to that, even Drafted's better than the Sammy Davis unfunny episode. That I have to agree with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I think Ruth Buzzi and Sue Tolsky went to the same dramatic school that bypassed the Stanislavski method in favor of Betty Hutton's style. I just LOVE Betty Hutton! ( I know this is a shocker for most of you! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Geez, i'd love to know the back story on that. Did you know Jerry Paris was the neighbor on the Dick Van Dyke show? A N D did you know his wife Millie played Nana on The Nanny??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wilson Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Boy was this season a PAIN to get through. And i thought season four of TLS was bad. The first disc was the most enjoyable, episode-wise. Especially loved the episode with Craig, even though he's performance was kinda AWKWARD. I will say that the featurette on Desi Arnaz, JR. was a total bore. It came across as filler compared to the other featurettes produced. If season Six is anything like this season, then MPI could can take their sweet time releasing it. I thought season five of "Here's Lucy"was one of the best seasons along with the fourth season of "The Lucy Show." In my opinion season three of "The Lucy Show" and season six of "Here's Lucy" were the weakest seaons between the two shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chedderchester Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 A N D did you know his wife Millie played Nana on The Nanny??? You mean Grandma Yetta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 You mean Grandma Yetta? Yes I mean Grandma Yetta... what the hell is wrong with me?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I just watched the "My Fair Buzzi" episode. Yes, Ruth is (**just slightly**) over the top, but when you hire Ruth Buzzi, what do you expect? I always enjoyed her. Her cleaning and polishing bits (and taking care of Harry's cigar ashes) were funny. Since this episode was done right before "Mame", I wonder if there was discussion then and there about Ruth doing Gooch. I don't find fault with jane Connell, but I think Ruth would have been better---but not as good as Madeleine Kahn. I look back now and realize how talented Lucie Arnaz was but at the time I did not like it when Lucie was given extended solo scenes and musical numbers. Her attempt to distract the director with a medley of songs was a great display of how she had progressed as a musical talent...but way short of funny. That ass-jiggling step she does looks like it was hard to do, but was it really advisable? Not anything I would attempt in public (for reasons too numerous to list here!) The actor who played the director bugs me. He's been in other episodes, I think. I don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. And I don't know what to say about the actor playing "Hal King". I know LBP was cost-conscious but in years past these characters would have been played by the likes of Lou Krugman and...I don't know who for Hal King. It helps a comedy show when they hire actors with some actual experience in comedy; those who are thoroughly believable and contribute where they can but don't try to steal a scene and are not cartoon-y like my least favorite recurring player Irwin Sharone. Lucie states that one of the dancers sliced off the end of her finger but kept on with the dance. Really? If that had been the case, wouldn't there have been a little blood visible in the subsequent shots? I think Lucie inherited her mother's penchant for exaggeration. And apologies to anyone who enjoys these Roaring 20s revues,and it seems like there were a lot of them, but from "Speakeasy Days" on they all really make me sick! They're always expertly done and choreographed, but have, for me, NO entertainment value. Must we ALWAYS be subjected to a pre-recorded flapper number?? The Fox/Jacobs scripts (with a couple of exceptions) are my least favorites. Sometimes the premises were good, but their scripts lacked anything close to wit. And just when I thought "Everything's Doo-Wacka-Doo at Bullwinkle U" was the most bile-raising show title ever, they top themselves with "No One had an Inhibition about Breaking Prohibition". Kim says: "At least it rhymes". Well, no it DOESN'T really. How about "Whenever they have shows with flappers on it, it makes me want to vomit!" Just watched Lucie's intro to the Ruth Buzzi episode and she states that Ruth worked with Lucy on Life with Lucy!!! did I miss something there or is Lucie wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I just watched the "My Fair Buzzi" episode. Yes, Ruth is (**just slightly**) over the top, but when you hire Ruth Buzzi, what do you expect? I always enjoyed her. Her cleaning and polishing bits (and taking care of Harry's cigar ashes) were funny. Since this episode was done right before "Mame", I wonder if there was discussion then and there about Ruth doing Gooch. I don't find fault with jane Connell, but I think Ruth would have been better---but not as good as Madeleine Kahn. I look back now and realize how talented Lucie Arnaz was but at the time I did not like it when Lucie was given extended solo scenes and musical numbers. Her attempt to distract the director with a medley of songs was a great display of how she had progressed as a musical talent...but way short of funny. That ass-jiggling step she does looks like it was hard to do, but was it really advisable? Not anything I would attempt in public (for reasons too numerous to list here!) The actor who played the director bugs me. He's been in other episodes, I think. I don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. And I don't know what to say about the actor playing "Hal King". I know LBP was cost-conscious but in years past these characters would have been played by the likes of Lou Krugman and...I don't know who for Hal King. It helps a comedy show when they hire actors with some actual experience in comedy; those who are thoroughly believable and contribute where they can but don't try to steal a scene and are not cartoon-y like my least favorite recurring player Irwin Sharone. Lucie states that one of the dancers sliced off the end of her finger but kept on with the dance. Really? If that had been the case, wouldn't there have been a little blood visible in the subsequent shots? I think Lucie inherited her mother's penchant for exaggeration. And apologies to anyone who enjoys these Roaring 20s revues,and it seems like there were a lot of them, but from "Speakeasy Days" on they all really make me sick! They're always expertly done and choreographed, but have, for me, NO entertainment value. Must we ALWAYS be subjected to a pre-recorded flapper number?? The Fox/Jacobs scripts (with a couple of exceptions) are my least favorites. Sometimes the premises were good, but their scripts lacked anything close to wit. And just when I thought "Everything's Doo-Wacka-Doo at Bullwinkle U" was the most bile-raising show title ever, they top themselves with "No One had an Inhibition about Breaking Prohibition". Kim says: "At least it rhymes". Well, no it DOESN'T really. How about "Whenever they have shows with flappers on it, it makes me want to vomit!" Ruth Buzzi was auditioned to play Gooch after Madeline Kahn was let go. She and Jane Connell tried out at the same time. They went with Jane, of course. The Roaring Twenties were big at the time with shows like "No, No Nanette." "Lucy and the Lost Star" was a bit ahead of its time. There was still one more Roaring Twenties revue to come: "Lucy Gives Eddie Albert the Old Song and Dance." Nostalgia was in ( "Nostalgia's so old fashioned!") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 I freakin' love the flapper dance number.. I respect that some of you don't.. and I don't care.. I love when we step out of our regurlar characters and become someone else and sing and dance.. LUCY was great as the Madame of the Speakeasy and LUCIE danced and sang soooo WELL... I love watching the dance numbers when she is in them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 I freakin' love the flapper dance number.. I respect that some of you don't.. and I don't care.. I love when we step out of our regurlar characters and become someone else and sing and dance.. LUCY was great as the Madame of the Speakeasy and LUCIE danced and sang soooo WELL... I love watching the dance numbers when she is in them! Yep, I like watching Lucie sing and dance too. She was very talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 I freakin' love the flapper dance number.. I respect that some of you don't.. and I don't care.. I love when we step out of our regurlar characters and become someone else and sing and dance.. LUCY was great as the Madame of the Speakeasy and LUCIE danced and sang soooo WELL... I love watching the dance numbers when she is in them! I agree with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annaleigh Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 This season is wonderful. They all look so good. I love Lucy and Lucie's style and their new hair do's, plus Gale looks quite handsome. All at their best this season and the quality! Oooh baby! And the special features?! Love it! MPI always does sooo great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I just finished watching Lucy Is Really in a Pickle and noticed something I hadn't before. When Lucy is looking around for a place to rest after the rehearsal, she leans against a ladder which is spray painted with "L.B.P." Who knew that Lucille Ball Productions had a stake in Polly Parker's Perky Pickles promo production! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I just finished watching Lucy Is Really in a Pickle and noticed something I hadn't before. When Lucy is looking around for a place to rest after the rehearsal, she leans against a ladder which is spray painted with "L.B.P." Who knew that Lucille Ball Productions had a stake in Polly Parker's Perky Pickles promo production! LOL Yeah, that's one drawback to these crystal clear episodes, we now notice EVERYTHING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wilson Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I just finished watching Lucy Is Really in a Pickle and noticed something I hadn't before. When Lucy is looking around for a place to rest after the rehearsal, she leans against a ladder which is spray painted with "L.B.P." Who knew that Lucille Ball Productions had a stake in Polly Parker's Perky Pickles promo production! LOL This is one of my all-time favorite Here's Lucy's episodes. It ranks right up there with the Burton/Taylor episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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