Will Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 http://jacksonupperco.com/2014/05/27/the-ten-best-heres-lucy-episodes-of-season-one/ Love this website and Pablo's view of Lucy's shows. I didn't know Lucy the Great Airport Chase was written for The Lucy Show not Here's Lucy. Wonder what other shows were written but not used or used not on TLS but HL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 http://jacksonupperco.com/2014/05/27/the-ten-best-heres-lucy-episodes-of-season-one/ Love this website and Pablo's view of Lucy's shows. I didn't know Lucy the Great Airport Chase was written for The Lucy Show not Here's Lucy. Wonder what other shows were written but not used or used not on TLS but HL. Very interesting comments. Seems like "Shelly Winters" a show without the kids would have been a LS script. The writers were much more comfortable writing for middle-aged Lucy and Harry. With the kids, they were fish outta water. Too bad because I think the kids were up to the challenge of becoming distinct characters but were never given much of a chance. I agree with most of his comments. "Mod Mod" certainly isn't bad. The dubbing hurts the musical scene...and why dub? Seems like the tune is within Lucy's range and not very challenging. Of all the dubbers, this one is at least close, unlike Carole Cook. "Jack Benny in Palm Springs" was very enjoyable, however plotless and the Gleason cameo is a scream. There should have been many more episodes like "Lucy's Working Daughter" which has one of the few moments of tenderness in the show when Lucy thinks she's blown it with her buttinskiness, but Kim reassures her that she appreciates her and Lucy's face lights up. Lucy Carter is pretty obnoxious in "Craig's Drivers License, , treading that thin line between comical and irritating, but Jack Gilford was a great match and it's a good one. Everyone seems to me wild about "Fixer" but it strays too beyond the believable for me. Water coming out of "wires", kitten behind the wall, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 THE FIXER! Yeah, I know, but it was Brock who kept raving about it, probably because of Gale's work in it, but it's the Laurel and Hardy as played by Lucy and Gale that got me to appreciate it. I thought like you did before I took it for two old pros duplicating two other old pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I agree that the Fixer while great fun of old pros is odd and not my favorite Lucy show. I love the more realistic ones like Lucy's Working Daughter or even the riotous Lucy the Process Server, which too felt like The Lucy Show. I love Mod, Mod Lucy what great dancing though wish Lucy sang herself. I love her singing even when it is older and a little deeper. cannot stand Carole's dubbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Agreed, all these clips of Elaine Stritch singing lately makes me think Lucy should have done more of her own as she was so loved that people allow for it not being perfect. STAR POWER, you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Jackson's covered all of the Lucy seasons save LWL. Also I'm pretty sure his name on here is 'upperco' not 'pablo'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucyilove Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Agreed, all these clips of Elaine Stritch singing lately makes me think Lucy should have done more of her own as she was so loved that people allow for it not being perfect. STAR POWER, you know? Wow, you make a wonderful and astute point, Elaine Stritch (and Bea Arthur and Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn) all had "bad" singing voices (in every case worse than Lucy's IMO) but they were never attacked about it the way Lucy was, shows how unreasonable and unfair the Lucy haters are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Well, now YOU are making the best point of all. People like Chevalier, Louis Armstrong, Rex Harrison were not so great at singing but their star power made them belt out or imitate singing or in Harrison's case, talk through a song and still make it enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 As for Hepburn, saw her BIG number from Coco at the BEST of the TONYS and even her talking voice is annoying, like she's speaking through gritted teeth but such star power that she gets it through by the sheer power of her presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Wow, you make a wonderful and astute point, Elaine Stritch (and Bea Arthur and Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn) all had "bad" singing voices (in every case worse than Lucy's IMO) but they were never attacked about it the way Lucy was, shows how unreasonable and unfair the Lucy haters are.I think Bea had a really good singing voice, it just was low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 I think Bea had a really good singing voice, it just was low. Yeah, I agree on the others, but Bea had a great voice, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 YEAH, JUST LOWER THAN LOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Bea can sing but it is very deep but I agree that Lucy is better than her. I agree that others talk sing to fame so why couldn't Lucy not be criticized. I still love her singing everytime I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Boy, you sure are on a roll tonight, so very true, LUCY was great at singing and NEVER should have been dubbed. The woman made her comedic reputation on the fact that she sang off key for comedic reasons, and obviously started believing what others thought, she shuld have believed more in herself as she was absolutely fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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