❤I Love Lucy! Always have….Always will!! She brought joy to my childhood in the 50’s (I am 73) . It is 2024 and I still find happiness in watching her. I especially loved her when she and Viv shared a house. These were hysterical!! Thank you, Lucy, for being you! I love you and thank you for all you have given the world. ❤

I adore Lucy...,❤️ Old or young... She's unforgettable. Ill watch her till my last day..!

Why didn’t someone stop the mom from SHOUTING ALL HER LINES!!??

The granddaughter is the same child who kidnapped Rose's teddy bear fernando on "The Golden Girls"

I love Lucy in anything, she's funny no matter what 😅😂😅😂 I love Lucille Ball.

Didn't liked the idea about the audience clapping for for no reason. Lucy balanced on one foot - audience clapped, Lucy walked upstairs - audience clapped .

Fact was times had changed. We all loved Lucy. She was an iconic legend. She was now, just too old and people weren't buy that same type of comedy.

I remember when I was a child, watching I love Lucy and all the instruments she played. That's where my attraction to music came from, her Conguero Husband. I wasn't even born yet when I love Lucy started. I appreciate having and watching all of her/their DVD's 📀. Thank you for sharing this. 💫

The little boy was discovered in Jell-O ads. He grew up to be a high school teacher and died at 27 of a rare condition. His parents endowed a scholarship named for him.

The huge success of the 50s show seemed to have cemented her into the same type of character and surroundings. She was afraid to broaden her horizons and take a chance. She kept the same persona in all of her shows. Obviously by this 80s endeavor the staleness was what sunk the show. She was always repeating what she already did. She didn’t want to mess with the formula.

I really think that Lucy & Gale are wonderful. The son, daughter and the grandkids are all annoying overactors. The writing seems flat, and the directing is too dull. I will always LOVE LUCY.

My thoughts have always been this show was comedy gold when it was her in the hardware store. If they had recentered the show more about stories there and cut down the family aspect I think it would have been a hit.

Yes to all the other observations, but I didn't feel that GG 'yelled' ALL his lines. In fact, his soft and critical "Lucille..." is perfection. You can really see the understanding and adoration between the two-and a play-off craft honed over decades. I only wish it was just the two... with every other scene cut.

The little boy was my high school friend and college roommate, Phil Amelio. Sadly, he passed away in 2005. He was a great guy!

You have to admit, a 75 year old Lucy in a jogging suit, running and dancing is quite awesome. Go Lucy!!!!

The son in law is the worst. He is not acting natural and hard to watch him. I agree with the comment not a good fit and they know chemistry is everything.

This feels more like a Tim & Eric sketch than a real TV sitcom.

Lucy knew how to make her show. It was pretty funny and she had that big ridiculous fire extinguisher joke at the end. But if the show was just her and Curtis at the hardware store it would have went on longer

thanks so much for finally uploading this in good quality! the previous versions have been pretty awful.,. thank you!

Unintentionally hilarious!

Not her best, but it was great to see her again. As always, she would do anything. Her prime was I Love Lucy. To do a show at 75 took guts and courage. Which she had.

Lucy is funny and a great comedian and actress as always. The thing is the other people like her daughter and son-in-law are not funny or not a good fit to act with Lucy. Imagine old Vivian with old Lucy. That would have been a great show. I am glad Gale Gordon is in this show.

The opening credits alone scream failure.

A great show!

I would’ve loved Lucy to be my grandma. ❤

It’s not bad and she seems like she was up to the physical comedy. Maybe ABC should have done these shows as specials and not committed to a series

My mom and I truly love Lucy!

I’m one of the biggest Lucy fans on the planet. I wish that this series had been more successful just for her sake. From what I’ve read, she was hurt with the reviews. She specifically said something to the effect that the critics dug at her for even TRYING another series. I’ve read them. They were written by vultures.

Curtis says he didn't bring a gift to Lucy because he didn't think of her as family but isn't the real reason is that he didn't know she was going to be there.

No matter what show, "Mister Mooney" is stuck with Lucy.

Audiences by this time were looking for wit which Lucy's character simply did not have. Gale And Lucy could have pulled it off even at there age in 1986....the real issue to me is the writing and scripts they were given.

Hand to God, the fire extinguisher bit had me in tears laughing when I first saw it a few years ago. It just perpetually kept getting more and more absurd. Absolute classic Lucy. 🤣👏👏👏👏

Brilliant and brave.

It was sad that this was her finale. She was still a great comedienne, but her talents would have been better served in a different situation.

ive never ever seen this show before wth lol i like it

1:27 Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis also wrote episodes of the original I Love Lucy. They even were mentioned in one episode when a pregnant Lucy was tossing baby names around, two of the names she had in mind were Bob and Madelyn!

Feels as if they we’re trying to replicate ‘Two Close for Comfort’

It's gold, aged and refined with water, fire and trumpets.

Little Becky played Daisy, The Sunshine Cadet on The Golden Girls who took Rose's bear and held it for ransome, lol.

I'm 18 minutes in and I don't know why this wasn't a success.

I can see why this show didn't work. Other than Lucy and Gale, the other actors are pretty well unknown even today. Never heard of them. Madelyn Pugh-Davis and Bob Carroll were employed by Lucy 30+ years before this on her black and white shows. Their time as writers had quite clearly passed. Lucy was a legend - she could make material work - but if you're gonna do Lucy in the 80s, it has to be Lucy Ricardo again. Or Lucy Carmichael. That's who she was to the public. If you're gonna reinvent her a third time, it has to be really good, and this just totally wasn't.

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Just proves lightening doesn't strike twice. If this show was about Lucy the seventy-something person in a realistic situation, not relying on hackneyed slapstick and corny jokes, it might have made it.

Lucy and Gale never lost their magic. The concept and the rest of the cast were horrible.

It's supposed to be Top Jimmy and The Rhythm Pigs. A Band Van Halen wrote a song about.

Larry Anderson was also a magician, but not related to another famous magician turned actor Harry Anderson (Night Court fame), although they both have an uncanny resemblance to each other.

I believe that Lucy was hesitant to do this, but Gary Morton encouraged her to do it. He was also an executive producer. From then on, Lucy was on board, and she suffered terribly after is failed. It was the first time she was criticized just for coming back. She never did a show again. I believe that with better writers and better actors, and a role written for her age, this could have worked. RIP Lucille.

The idea that chain-smoking Lucy was a health and fitness fanatic … now that’s comedy.

Horrid series! The actor playing the husband can't act... this is apparent with the delivery of his first lines. This is just sad for Lucy. I wish she had not made this program.

she was the best!

Clive James once said that at a certain point the very famous come to think they are beloved for who they are rather than for what they do. That's the only explanation for Ball believing this was a good idea.

After all these years of I Love Lucy reruns... I just learned today from randomly flipping through Pluto TV that there's other shows with the same character. I got some catching up (and some 'splaining) to do! And then I did a deep dive research so I am now here. I find it hard to believe anything with Lucy can be as bad as the reviews say... already the Tuna Casserole bit had me "role-ing"! Ok I'll stop. Thank you for uploading. I first looked for streaming but it is nowhere, and I imagine the DVD is out of print and pricey.

Went to the well too many times. Retire gracefully.

I Love Lucy will always remain in my heart and affections. As much as I love Lucille Ball, watching this sitcom tugs at my sensibilities. It seems forced and doesn't compare to what Lucy had achieved in the I Love Lucy episodes with Desi.

after watching i can see the potential but i looked it up and saw it started at the same time as golden girls i think that it was no competition for golden girls

The theme song was great,Edie Gorme should have issued a single,it would have been a hit.

I did love Lucy, but the only thing I loved about this show was the opening theme by Eydie Gorme.

The network was drowning & needed a fresh breath of air & thought Lucy could do it for them. They all tried & Lucy sure wanted this. But it just didn't work. Trying to relive the earlier days & trying too hard.

Wow, I just finished watching all of "The Lucy Show", and this is a glaring drop in talent. I am so confused as to how they selected the parents and children for this show. The audience being over eager to applaud and laugh makes it worse. Disappointing.

Omgosh Gale Gordon 👀

Watching at least Lucy and Gale Gordon, it feels like the 60s are still alive from The Lucy Show- yet put within the context of an 80s sitcom that just doesn't quite feel up to par with those two in a way- not to put down the rest of the show. It does seem a little over acted otherwise though in a way I can see some comments saying, which would have been fine within it's own self as maybe it was just a different style in the 80s- not bad, but Lucy and Gale are tv legends/master comedians... maybe it would have been better if they were a couple living in the same house and the family came to visit.. or something where they were the main focus even more... maybe it was just the 80s - things got a little different then- not all bad, but sometimes borderline cheesy. Which again isn't bad per se, but the essence of 50s and 60s television and time periods really brought out Lucy and then Gale all the more... I think it was just hard to find the right context merging the past with the present. In theory it was a good idea... I think they should have given it more time as anything with Lucy or Gale is worth watching... I think it got cut too short and needing to find a way to merge with changing times and audiences... it's still pretty cute, heart warming and just as good as anything on in the 80s... Lucy is nostalgic at any rate even...

That show was a flop because times had changed. A bad ending to an incredible legacy.

This really was a great show.

Omg

I haven't seen much of this show. But all it needed was a few changes and it could have really taken off. Lucy needed a few zany friends/sidekicks. The soundtrack should have been just a little bit more 80's up to-date style. And her character needed a little more wild backstories. Think a mix of Mona from Who's the Boss, Miss Frizzle from The Magic School Bus, and a dash of Mr. Johnson from Albott Elementary.

I wonder if she ever considered being a sidekick for a TV series... But sidekick for who would be the question... 🧐

Gale's entrance gets a bigger hand than Lucy's.

She needed a Viv, as the producers came to understand too late. Lucy did comic business, be it dialogue or slapstick, best with a foil who could dish it out as well as take it. Gordon had to be semi-simpatico in the family set-up, whereas his previous roles had been as a butt to be aggravated. He could not sub for a woman. Without a partner, Lucy had to double up on the 'wacky young at heart' stuff, and it became embarrassing to see this old lady overplaying to keep the younger viewers the advertisers wanted watching. The way Gordon's first confrontation with Lucy is signaled and delayed, and his superb reactions during the 'reveal', make it seem as if he was the star. And since he was getting almost $100,000 an episode in 2023 money, why not? Morton & Co grasped the necessity of a female accomplice and signed Audrey Meadows from 'The Honeymooners', but it was too late. Besides, older viewers might have resented anyone after Viv. Among other things, this effort- not bad, only not good enough for Lucy- is confirmation that Ball and Vance had been the greatest female double act in screen history. All that said, Lucy's way with a line or a reaction remain marvelously precise; her timing was the best, and her exchanges with Not-Mr-Mooney are a joy, with her latter-day gravelly voice adding to the sharpness. It was only by her own lofty standard that the comeback was an anti- climax. Bad Ball is better than 90% of the domestic sitcoms that walked the trail Desi, Lucy, Fred and Ethel blazed.

Good lord what a cast of NPC's.

Gale Gordon and Lucille ball have work together since i love Lucy

The credits are very "Full House" font.

thought i was a huge fan of lucille ball but had no idea she did a show in her older age smh

Perfectly Dreadful.. I can see why they cancelled it after just a few episodes

Lucy looked healthy and was energetic for her age but the script is pretty awful and the actors playing her daughter and son-in-law (especially him) were god-awful and just seem to be shouting lines dialogue and not acting. The problem was not Lucy being old or past it - she could have been good in a different and better show with a better script and supporting cast

13:23 I thought he never blew a line.

I love Lucy but there comes a time when you gotta know when to stop. Regardless of how bad this was, her legacy as the best comedienne is forever cemented in tv history & in my heart.

The Papermoon blog on Lucille Ball got a couple of things wrong. First it says that Curtis is Lucy's brother-in-law. No he wasn't as Curtis was the father of her daughter's husband. The other thing on Lucy being a widow here it says she was also a widow in The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. However she wasn't a widow in The Lucy Show as she was instead a divorcee.

I hope I'm that active at 75

I can't understand why this show was canceled, and ANYTHING with Lucy is funny.

The only good episode was the John Ritter one... Also, Lucy and Gale were fairly good throughout the six episodes they filmed, its just that the writing and direction of the series was terrible and it seemed very dated.. Some of the gig bits were ok, but way too many.. Lucy going on a date would have been a great storyline or Gale meeting a girlfriend.. Also, Lucy hiring some of her old co-stars from her past shows into this show would have been good too.. So many missed opportunity..

Gale Gordon really shows his stuff here. The shoe never should have been canceled so quickly, it was pure ageism.

Lucy s grand kids would be in their twenties at her age.

This show was already dated when it premiered. Fact is, she and the writers were just recycling the same stuff from her three previous shows. She'd been playing "Lucy Ricardo" for 500ish episodes, what more could they do with the character?

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Lucy should done The Golden Girls, she would fit in perfectly should done a guest star here and there. But got stuck with sad show. First time watching Gale just annoying him screaming and i dont find him funny at all. Lucy was left holding a show all on her own with mediocre cast.

This was made 30 years after the original I love Lucy, now in 2023, this is 37 years in the past. Not sure why this got so many bad reviews. It is just as funny as Full House or anything else back then.

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Lucy is the only good part of this

The family aspect was never a hallmark of Lucy’s previous sitcoms, so it’s odd that the show is built around a family here. I know that sounds weird but Little Ricky was a tiny portion of I Love Lucy, the kids were completely abandoned in The Lucy Show, and Here’s Lucy got stronger once Kim grew up and Craig disappeared! Lucy needed a strong female she could be in cahoots with just like Viv, Rosie Harrigan, Kim, Mary Jane, and Carol. Lucy and Gale in a retirement home with maybe Mary Jane Croft, Mary Wickes, and Audrey Meadows would have been more fun. The hardware store could still figure in for additional story opportunities. The biggest issue with the series is the old-fashioned scripts and production from Bob Carroll Jr and Madelyn Davis. Both had produced and written for the last 8 years of popular sitcom ALICE, but that bordered on the unwatchable most of the time. The acting from the Ann Dusenberry and Larry Anderson is just horrible. It’s very broad as if they had watched a collection of Lucy episodes from the 50s and 60s and decided to emulate that style of acting. But if they had regrouped after cancellation, the series could have been revamped for syndication.

That couple was too old to be Lucy's children. More like her grandchildren.

The actress who played Lucy's daughter just shouts all her lines quite loudly. Very annoying. Didn't the director notice?

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POOR acting. This was painful. Lucy, you should have went out staying on top. I thought the Lucy and Desi comedy hour was bad LOL

This would have been a good show if they didn't makr her so ditsy. You can tell Lucy time was over. I know so many have said it but the jokes reminds me of the Lucy show and this didnt work for this show.. lucy and gale time was over

In my opinion, this show was doomed from the beginning, because she was trying too hard to make lightning strike twice. It was the 80's, so what had worked for her in the 50's/60's, was rather outdated by this time. I give her credit for trying another series, but it wasn't the same with Desi. I think she would've had a far longer (and richer) acting career doing a dramatic series or more movie roles (like "Yours, Mine and Ours" from 1968), rather than looking a fool like this and getting abysmal ratings. Gary Morton was a solid man for her, but he wasn't Desi: she never got the happiness in the end that she gave everyone else.

It's wasn't the same without Dezi

She should have been on The Golden Girls instead.

Im surprised they went with this unknown unfunny cast. Golden Girls worked because of great writing but also they had a great cast of more then one known star