HarryCarter Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 CBS will be airing "Lucy Visits Grauman's" and "Lucy and John Wayne" colorized on Sunday, May 22, 2016. NEW I LOVE LUCY SUPERSTAR SPECIAL, a new one-hour special featuring two colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the 1950s series, to be broadcast Sunday, May 22 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on theCBS Television Network.The two episodes, "Lucy Visits Grauman's" and "Lucy and John Wayne," are newly-colorized with a vintage look, reminiscent of the 1950s period in which they were filmed. This is similar to episodes presented in "I Love Lucy" specials on the Network last spring and the past few holiday seasons. Previously only shown separately, the two episodes tell a continuous story in one comedy hour for the first time. As with the previous "I Love Lucy" specials, the main titles and end credits are seamlessly combined into one set at the beginning and end of the hour. Academy Award-winning movie legend John Wayne is the special guest star."I Love Lucy" stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, and Vivian Vance and William Frawley, as the Ricardos' best friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz."Lucy Visits Grauman's" finds Lucy and the Mertzes visiting Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre, where Lucy discovers that the cement slab containing John Wayne's footprints has come loose. Lucy thinks it would be a fabulous souvenir to take home, if only she can come up with a way to take it without being caught.In "Lucy and John Wayne," Lucy must find a way to replace the pilfered footprints. Ricky tries to help by calling John Wayne, but as usual with Lucy, the seemingly simple task of replicating the footprints becomes a comedy of errors."Lucy Visits Grauman's" and "Lucy and John Wayne" originally aired October 3and October 10, 1955, respectively, and became instant classics. "Lucy and John Wayne" was included in CBS's 1958 summer series, "The Top Ten Lucy Shows," as selected by a panel of 155 newspaper TV critics and columnists."I Love Lucy" aired on CBS from October 15, 1951 until June 24, 1957. It was voted "the best TV show of all time" in a 2012 viewer poll conducted by People magazine and ABC News. http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/CBS-to-Present-All-New-I-LOVE-LUCY-Superstar-Special-522-20160421# 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 GREAT!!! Two of my favorites. "Ethel, look at me and smile" "Make up yer mind. I can't do both" "When your motor conked out, MY motor conked out right along with you." "I'm bigger and stronger and RUGGED-ER" "All we can do is hope for the best" "Oh, don't worry Fred. She'll (Ethel) show up." "I said let's hope for the BEST" "I'm surprised you haven't started signing his name on checks." "That must be that nosy couple" ".....a routine souvenir hunt" "The Mertzes are in bed with their clothes on and you have what appears to be a block of cement stuck to your foot. I just thought maybe something was up." "You two are real Bellevue bait" "If I have to go to jail, I do NOT want to be referred to as a frowsy redhead" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucille Ball fan Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 WOW this is great news. MORE COLOR I LOVE LUCY! And then maybe another color show for Christmas 2016. Now if we could get CBS to release a dvd with the color shows that have so far not made it to dvd. Well we can always hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjw Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 GREAT!!! Two of my favorites. "Ethel, look at me and smile" "Make up yer mind. I can't do both" "When your motor conked out, MY motor conked out right along with you." "I'm bigger and stronger and RUGGED-ER" "All we can do is hope for the best" "Oh, don't worry Fred. She'll (Ethel) show up." "I said let's hope for the BEST" "I'm surprised you haven't started signing his name on checks." "That must be that nosy couple" ".....a routine souvenir hunt" "The Mertzes are in bed with their clothes on and you have what appears to be a block of cement stuck to your foot. I just thought maybe something was up." "You two are real Bellevue bait" "If I have to go to jail, I do NOT want to be referred to as a frowsy redhead" My favorite line: "Oh, no... I may go home without any fingers but I'm not going home empty handed!" Love it! T 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 "He plays the part of a daring adventurer and his block is loose!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperco Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Great choice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKlucyfan Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 That'll be awesome i hope they get these color ones on dvd soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajrich17901 Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Awesome news indeed! Also hoping they decide to release a dvd compilation of the colorized episodes soon. There's another picture on this site http://www.inquisitr.com/3019192/i-love-lucy-special-kicks-off-cbs-2016-summer-schedule-of-tv-shows/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 These should be included on the eventual Season 5 Ultimate bluray set, I'll wait for that Not a big fan of colorization anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Here's one for you Ethel... TRIGGER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nertz2mertz Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 I'm glad they're continuing the color specials now that the blu rays are on hiatus. I'm not too keen on the choice of the John Wayne ep. I would have chosen "Bon Voyage". But that's me. The one good thing about the John Wayne ep is that it's two episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Awesome news indeed! Also hoping they decide to release a dvd compilation of the colorized episodes soon. There's another picture on this site http://www.inquisitr.com/3019192/i-love-lucy-special-kicks-off-cbs-2016-summer-schedule-of-tv-shows/ "I Love Lucy, which starred Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley, aired on the CBS network from 1951 to 1957 and ran with consistently good ratings." Really? Top Ten all six seasons... so, good call! Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/3019192/i-love-lucy-special-kicks-off-cbs-2016-summer-schedule-of-tv-shows/#s42Oejm0O216Wyeb.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Was somebody listening to me, or am I just incredibly lucky? This is EXACTLY what I wished for, as I stated in the post below from last year. To see this actually come to fruition, I'm elated!!! Oh, and just a thought here. Episodes like "L.A. at Last!" are the best way to attract new viewers. With that in mind, my thought on the perfect (hilarious) hour color special would be "Lucy Visits Grauman's" followed by "Lucy and John Wayne." http://www.lucylounge.com/index.php?app=forums&module=post§ion=post&do=reply_post&f=19&t=3392&qpid=104778 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Hopefully you'll get the Hilda Josefsburg "Based on an Idea By..." credit and the accompanying remuneration. Was somebody listening to me, or am I just incredibly lucky? This is EXACTLY what I wished for, as I stated in the post below from last year. To see this actually come to fruition, I'm elated!!! http://www.lucylounge.com/index.php?app=forums&module=post§ion=post&do=reply_post&f=19&t=3392&qpid=104778 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Hopefully you'll get the Hilda Josefsburg "Based on an Idea By..." credit and the accompanying remuneration. Well whether or not my input had anything to do with it, I'm just happy that they're going with these two episodes. It just makes sense: There were few stars in the '50s bigger than John Wayne, these two episodes are both classics, and together they tell one complete story. That makes for a perfect hour in my mind. That's how I've felt about it since last year and these guys apparently agree. So I'm a happy peppy person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chedderchester Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Wait, I thought I Love Lucy ran until May 6th, 1957. Where did June 24th come from?! But thats awesome that we have a new special! Wish CBS would run them uncut though. Can't somebody buy air time and pay the network for the 10 extra minutes (5 minutes cut out of each episode) I probably said that totally wrong lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYuhas Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 'I Love Lucy' Fans Who Want The Complete Series Colorized on DVD and Blu-ray Join the parade! Sign the "I Love Lucy" Fans Who Want The Complete Series Colorized on DVD and Blu-ray," today! Are you tired of the "I Love Lucy" series in black and white? Do you want it in color? The answer to all your problems is signing this petition. So, why don't you join the thousands of happy, peppy people, and sign the petotion, today! https://www.change.org/p/6867803/c/439083419?recruiter=7588732 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYuhas Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Our goal is to reach 100 signatures and we need more support. We have 39 supporters, so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 There's an echo in here. One thread on the petition is plenty. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 There's an echo in here. One thread on the petition is plenty. "Yuhas" that right! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nertz2mertz Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 'I Love Lucy' Fans Who Want The Complete Series Colorized on DVD and Blu-ray Join the parade! Sign the "I Love Lucy" Fans Who Want The Complete Series Colorized on DVD and Blu-ray," today! Are you tired of the "I Love Lucy" series in black and white? Do you want it in color? The answer to all your problems is signing this petition. So, why don't you join the thousands of happy, peppy people, and sign the petotion, today! https://www.change.org/p/6867803/c/439083419?recruiter=7588732 We could create the Ladies Over Colorized Episodes Aid but that's been done a lot lately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYuhas Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 ROFLMAO! Haha! Hehe! LOL! "We're Ladies, we want more Colorized Episodes, and boy, do we need Aid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 "Yuhas" that right! Thank you! Yah killin' me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajrich17901 Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 What I find funny is so many people complaining about the colorization when...it's obviously not being done for them but the newer generations. Ratings alone show the world is interested in more color lucy or they wouldn't be wasting the money on them. Dvd's, vhs and now blu ray's of the original B/W show will always be there, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmadluv7 Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 GREAT!!! Two of my favorites. "Ethel, look at me and smile" "Make up yer mind. I can't do both""When your motor conked out, MY motor conked out right along with you.""I'm bigger and stronger and RUGGED-ER""All we can do is hope for the best" "Oh, don't worry Fred. She'll (Ethel) show up." "I said let's hope for the BEST""I'm surprised you haven't started signing his name on checks.""That must be that nosy couple"".....a routine souvenir hunt""The Mertzes are in bed with their clothes on and you have what appears to be a block of cement stuck to your foot. I just thought maybe something was up.""You two are real Bellevue bait""If I have to go to jail, I do NOT want to be referred to as a frowsy redhead" i never knew it was Bellevue bait LOLOLOLOLOL I thought it was "bail you" bait LOLOLOL so funny!!! especially now!! thanks! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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