| Derek Janssen wrote: Quote:Lucy was funny in movies, but 50's TV being what it was, "I Love Lucy" wasn't. You have it bass-ackwards there, pal. Ball wasn't very funny in the movies (except for "The Long Long Trailer," which was just the TV show in color), but in episodes like "Breaking the Lease," when, with absolutely incontestably perfect timing, the door buzzes, she opens it, & you see a brief glimpse of a pouting Ethel before Lucy slams it shut, the TV show was the funniest thing on TV. |