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I watched re-runs every day after school for years! Yay.
I think I could do a great Lucille Ball impression, if only I could do a Lucille Ball impression. I can't. The husband and I onced kicked around many years ago doing a Lucy and Ricky act for hire for parties, when a couple we know were doing Groucho and Harpo gigs. I couldn't do it.
This always makes me think of my grandmother. We used to watch this and just HOWL with laughter.
Cable TV kind of sucks in that my kids will never be forced to watch old comedies on UHF. I only learned to love Lucy and Abbott and Costello, etc. because that's all there was to watch on TV a lot of the time.(Although my girlie does really like The Munsters. She's dorky like that.)
I remember hearing once, that Lucy worked out everything she would do in a scene before shooting. Every part of that skit was intentional and came off flawless and spontaneously. Between laughing so hard and watching the brilliance of her performance, I sit completely blown away at Lucy's genius. I wonder if she would gather the same fame and love she had if her work was new today.
I think the only person who could get away with comparing herself to Lucy is Carol Burnette, but I've never heard her do so, and I don't think she ever would. Too much class.
I'll admit, I'm pretty ignorant as to the talents of Debra Messing, having never watched her show, but I'm willing to learn. Is "Ned and Stacey" out on DVD yet?
That's odd. I recall listening to a John Cleese interview in which he specifically mentioned "I Love Lucy" as one of his main influences when he developed "Fawlty Towers". Maybe its a generational thing?
Hmm. I remember reading that I Love Lucy was so popular in one African country (I forget which) that people started naming daughters 'Lucy' like mad and the government starting offering premiums to get people to use traditional names.
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