chedderchester Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 For me, my favorite opening themes were from 3 and 4. 3 was just bouncy and fun, and I loved the acid trippy Kaleidoscope opening of season 4. Season 1 was OK, season 2 was boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyImHome Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 I like the Desi Arnaz-inspired first season opening, with the stick figures of Lucy and Viv. I wish they kept this for all the Viv years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKlucyfan Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Yeah I go with the stick figures too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 The season 3 opening is by far my favorite.. I like how she gets shocked! And how she comes out of the floor and takes a "bow".. they did a good job with that one.. and yeah the seson 2 opening is very lame.. I guess it being in color was good enough at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 The season 3 opening is by far my favorite.. I like how she gets shocked! And how she comes out of the floor and takes a "bow".. they did a good job with that one.. and yeah the seson 2 opening is very lame.. I guess it being in color was good enough at the time! You're right, after the Kaleidoscope, this is my favorite also, the one where she gets shocked and they show more comedy BITS from there, but the kaleidoscope was so unusual and ahead of it's time, so much better than the archaic stick figures, didn't care for that one at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONALISAISMONALUCY Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 I love the psychedelic opening in the last four seasons. I like to think that this inspired John Lennon's lyrics in "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 I love the psychedelic opening in the last four seasons. I like to think that this inspired John Lennon's lyrics in "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". The Jack-in-the-Box one they got rid of after a few eps. Kidding! Kaleidoscope: shows off her many various escapades yet it ends on a very lovely, glamorous Lucy. The Best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 I love the psychedelic opening in the last four seasons. I like to think that this inspired John Lennon's lyrics in "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". Yes, as this song was popular at the same time Lucy ruled, i always wondered if it was Lucy inspired. His son might have been a BIG fan and daddy paid tribute, i like to think that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Yes, as this song was popular at the same time Lucy ruled, i always wondered if it was Lucy inspired. His son might have been a BIG fan and daddy paid tribute, i like to think that anyway. I think the Lucy in question was one of Julian Lennon's classmates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 I think the Lucy in question was one of Julian Lennon's classmates. Spoilsport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyImHome Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 The Jack-in-the-Box one they got rid of after a few eps. Kidding! Kaleidoscope: shows off her many various escapades yet it ends on a very lovely, glamorous Lucy. The Best! I wish they changed some of the scenes to the Kaleidoscope opening in seasons 5 & 6, to keep it fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I wish they changed some of the scenes to the Kaleidoscope opening in seasons 5 & 6, to keep it fresh. Are you kidding, that would have cost a fortune i'm sure as the idea was quite NEW at that time, we had a whole pavilion about it here at Expo 67 and it was quite the popular novelty at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyImHome Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Are you kidding, that would have cost a fortune i'm sure as the idea was quite NEW at that time, we had a whole pavilion about it here at Expo 67 and it was quite the popular novelty at the time. That's interesting, so your saying the Kaleidoscope Opening was expensive to create for the 1965-66 season? No wonder they used it for the rest of the series. Although the 5th season briefly had the "Jack-in-the-box" Opening in 1966. (They had a different opening every season before that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyImHome Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Are you kidding, that would have cost a fortune i'm sure as the idea was quite NEW at that time, we had a whole pavilion about it here at Expo 67 and it was quite the popular novelty at the time. That's interesting, so your saying the Kaleidoscope Opening was expensive to create for the 1965-66 season? No wonder they used it for the rest of the series. Although the 5th season briefly had the "Jack-in-the-box" Opening in 1966. (They had a different opening every season before that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 That's interesting, so your saying the Kaleidoscope Opening was expensive to create for the 1965-66 season? No wonder they used it for the rest of the series. Although the 5th season briefly had the "Jack-in-the-box" Opening in 1966. (They had a different opening every season before that!) Well, "we" here don't know what it costs but "we" do know going back to Desilu's beginnings that they were oh how shall we say? "Cost concious".......I mean, c'mon, look at the first ILL eps credits....they list about 5 people out of what, 80, 90 folks that actually worked on the show?? Of course today's credits are ridiculously overboard the other way, listing personal trainers, hairstylist's stand-ins and dog walkers...but I digress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 .they list about 5 people out of what, 80, 90 folks that actually worked on the show?? Of course today's credits are ridiculously overboard the other way, listing personal trainers, hairstylist's stand-ins and dog walkers...but I digress. So true, now you can make a sandwhich while the credits are rolling for any show or movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 That's interesting, so your saying the Kaleidoscope Opening was expensive to create for the 1965-66 season? No wonder they used it for the rest of the series. Although the 5th season briefly had the "Jack-in-the-box" Opening in 1966. (They had a different opening every season before that!) I'm saying that it was very INNOVATIVE and different and quite ahead of it's time as Kaleidoscope things like that were a new fangled thing in the industry. So it must have been very SPENSIVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONALISAISMONALUCY Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 So true, now you can make a sandwhich while the credits are rolling for any show or movie. If it is an hour show, it ends about twenty minutes after or two commercial breaks later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 If it is an hour show, it ends about twenty minutes after or two commercial breaks later. I read War and Peace while the credits roll, started Tuesday and finished this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I like all the openings, but season 3 is my favourite. I like the seasons 4-6 opening too, but it gets repetitive after a while considering it appears on more episodes than any other. Season 1 is cute with the cartoon characters, but it always bugs me when cartoon Vivian runs off to the right for no reason at all after the letters start falling off. She just wanders back in with nothing, so I always think "Viv, where'd you go and why???" Season 2 is the dullest opening, but has the prettiest theme song arrangement over the closing credits IMO. Also, interestingly enough, I find the official season 2 DVD menu to be the best of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 I think they realized the popularity of the kaleidoscope one dictated that it be used from then on. I thought the stick figure one looked amateurish but i guess it was a tribute to the ones used on ILL's earlier shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 That's interesting, so your saying the Kaleidoscope Opening was expensive to create for the 1965-66 season? No wonder they used it for the rest of the series. Although the 5th season briefly had the "Jack-in-the-box" Opening in 1966. (They had a different opening every season before that!) the Kaleidoscope opening is extremely creative right down to the music track which works in snippets of the Lucy Show theme, but if you didn't know the tune you might not pick up on that. I'm just not wild about the clips chosen (especially that "White Christmas" fire extinguisher/cry). I like the clips chosen for the DVD recreation much better. Because of that I'm more partial to season 3 as a favorite. Also very creative. Especially like the orchestra intro into the cymbal crash and then "IT'S The Lucy Show!". I don't know of any long-running series that changed the opening credits so drastically each year like "the Lucy Show" did--with the exception of season 6. I don't know who was responsible for these (but I'd like to). After Lucy's severed head popped out of the jack in the box, the company was probably fired. Everything else about those credits is OK, but the head thing is just a little creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 the Kaleidoscope opening is extremely creative right down to the music track which works in snippets of the Lucy Show theme, but if you didn't know the tune you might not pick up on that. I'm just not wild about the clips chosen (especially that "White Christmas" fire extinguisher/cry). I like the clips chosen for the DVD recreation much better. Because of that I'm more partial to season 3 as a favorite. Also very creative. Especially like the orchestra intro into the cymbal crash and then "IT'S The Lucy Show!". I don't know of any long-running series that changed the opening credits so drastically each year like "the Lucy Show" did--with the exception of season 6. I don't know who was responsible for these (but I'd like to). After Lucy's severed head popped out of the jack in the box, the company was probably fired. Everything else about those credits is OK, but the head thing is just a little creepy. Maybe it was because every year, she thought it was the show's last season ever, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Grant Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have always been a fan of the season 1 opening with the stick figures. As a kid I had only seen the syndicated heart opening for I Love Lucy and didn't know that an animated Lucy & Desi had originally opened the show so this animated opening for The Lucy Shiw seemed like something new and fresh to me. But, I guess season three would come in second for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 I wish they changed some of the scenes to the Kaleidoscope opening in seasons 5 & 6, to keep it fresh. AMEN!.. I used to like that back in the day.. but they should have updated the scenes with every season or at least the music.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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