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Jeebo

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15. Deb, were you born after 1957?

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 01:34 PM

Nov 30

I've always been under the impression that you are about the same age as me? I was born in 1949 and used to watch I Love Lucy often in the 1950s and 1960s. IMDB says that show ran from 1951 to 1957, and we got our first TV in the summer of 1955, so apparently I watched it live for a couple of years and then watched reruns after that. Am I that much older than you are?

To answer the question posed in your post, I Love Lucy is one of those shows that I kinda sorta liked, but I never understood why. It was just on, and so I watched it. Don't know how to explain it better than that.

Of course, in the 1950s we didn't have many options. There were only three networks — NBC, ABC and CBS — and with rabbit ears or a roof antenna, we were not able to get more than one or two of them. Still, with so few options, there always seemed to be something on that we wanted to watch.

— Ron

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I Love Lucy. Did you like or dislike.? There were a couple of episodes I liked--the candy one and the homemade bread [View all] debm55 Nov 30 OP

Loved it. Vitameatavegamin! Raven123 Nov 30 #1

Yes, I have to admit that was funny. Thank you Raven123 debm55 Nov 30 #5

I got on to mention that one. badhair77 Nov 30 #22

It was innovative for those times Ritabert Nov 30 #2

Thank you Ritabert, I forgot about those two classic episodes. thank you for jogging my memory. debm55 Nov 30 #3

I liked the ones where they drove to California and markodochartaigh Nov 30 #4

Thank you for sharing your opinion with us.. markodochartaigh. I appreciate it. debm55 Nov 30 #37

Not that much. Lucy was too screechy, and Desi was a pompous jerk Ocelot II Nov 30 #6

HAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you Ocelot II, I think in the show that they both disrespected each other. Watching my parents debm55 Nov 30 #40

I was only a kid of about six or seven and I hated it rurallib Nov 30 #7

Seconded! buzzycrumbhunger Nov 30 #28

She was also quite the feminist in the 60s and 70s rurallib Nov 30 #35

Thank you, rurallib, for stating your opinion. I know why I didn't think it was funny. In did come from a different time debm55 Nov 30 #41

Exactly The Blue Flower Nov 30 #46

My favorite episode was the one about gossiping. Prof. Toru Tanaka Nov 30 #8

Thank you very much for stating yourself so well, Prof. Toru Tankaka. Oh i agree there were some classic episodes , but debm55 Nov 30 #43

Hated it. johnp3907 Nov 30 #9

"But Ricky" Agree with you johnp3907 debm55 Nov 30 #13

Did not like it KT2000 Nov 30 #10

HAHAHHAH. I Agree with you KT000. I did not like Fred. debm55 Nov 30 #44

As a child, I thought it was funny, but couldn't stand Ricky SheltieLover Nov 30 #11

Thank you SheltieLover for sharing your opinion with us. Me--I think both were disrespectful to the other. debm55 Nov 30 #45

It was of its time Keepthesoulalive Nov 30 #12

That's true. Keepthesoulalive. I would just play with my dolls.I agree with your choice of classic episodes. debm55 Nov 30 #54

I hated that disciplining one's wife was OK EmmaLee E Nov 30 #14

Deb, were you born after 1957? Jeebo Nov 30 #15

Jeebo. I was born in 1955. I watched the reruns in the morning before I went to Kindergarten. Actually, I watched what debm55 Nov 30 #18

There are quite a few to be sure! sdfernando Nov 30 #16

pretty decent - and let's remember 'in the context of the times' stopdiggin Nov 30 #17

My mother forbade me and my sister to watch The Stooges. Diamond_Dog Nov 30 #20

forbidden pleasures ... stopdiggin Nov 30 #23

I mostly liked. Lucy was a pioneer in TV at that time. Diamond_Dog Nov 30 #19

My mother was a fan and I so became one by default. Wuddles440 Nov 30 #21

Liked. I especially remember the episode where she Polly Hennessey Nov 30 #24

Been an ILL fan all my life. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 30 #25

LOVED! choie Nov 30 #26

I never much liked it personally CanonRay Nov 30 #27

I Love Lucy was the WASP equivalent of The Goldbergs. no_hypocrisy Nov 30 #29

Lucille Ball was one of the great comedians and ILL was great for it's time ms liberty Nov 30 #30

i liked the 1 where lucy met harpo AllaN01Bear Nov 30 #31

i liked golden girls more. AllaN01Bear Nov 30 #32

Me and my brother's Coolgoober Nov 30 #33

Hated it. mwmisses4289 Nov 30 #34

So..ummm...I learned English watching it. AloeVera Nov 30 #36

Here a Like... Mike Nelson Nov 30 #38

Never cared for her show even as kid. I never thought John Ritter as Jack Tripper doc03 Nov 30 #39

For the time period when the show aired it was funny LogDog75 Nov 30 #42

debm55 .. Upthevibe Nov 30 #47

HAHAHHAHAHA. Thank you Upthevibe for sharing your opinion with us. debm55 Nov 30 #52

whhich one was the assembly line where Lucy started stuffing the cookies (??) in her mouth? CTyankee Nov 30 #48

Thank you CTyankee. It was the one where Lucy and Ethel were working at the chocolate candy line, wrapping the candy debm55 Nov 30 #49

I absolutely loved her and the show.❤️ PittBlue Nov 30 #50

Thank you, for sharing your opinion, PittBlue. debm55 Nov 30 #51

My parents really didn't care for it but the grandparents loved it. GP6971 Nov 30 #53

Never liked it. Born in 1951. 3catwoman3 Nov 30 #55

I admire her Cirsium Nov 30 #56