HERE'S LUCY: SEASON 4 - MARCH 29TH, 2011

When Mary Jane Lewis was known as Betty Ramsey, she also knew Lucy Ricardo!

And the year before that, as another person, she flew home from Europe, sitting next to Lucy and her baby Cheddar -- uh, Chester!

Be that as it may, it would be great if 2011 would finish off THE LUCY SHOW and HERE'S LUCY.

Since Lucy's specials are also being released, all we Lucy fans would need was her last ill-fated series, LIFE WITH LUCY, some episodes of which have never been seen!

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Originally Posted by Joe Lugoff 

And the year before that, as another person, she flew home from Europe, sitting next to Lucy and her baby Cheddar -- uh, Chester!

 

 

One of my absolute favorites of all time!  "He hates to drink alone"  

Are the episodes in the list in post #1 in production order, as on EpGuides.com it has the "Lucy and Mannix are Held Hostage" as the fourth aired episode in Here's Lucy's fourth season?

Yes, this guy loves production order.  Go by TV.com's order.  All the shows on their website go by air order, which most people feel, in the great majority of cases, is the correct way to watch the shows.

Revised and Finalized Cover art and exclusive details on the Special Features can be found here:

http://www.gale-gordon.com/

I HATE waiting.  Once they announce it, they need to just let me buy it right then. LOL.

This season also marks the very last time that Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley from The Lucy Show, Ethel Mertz from I Love Lucy) appears on a Lucille Ball television series.

That's true as far as regular series go, but we should also include a TV special taped in 1977 called "Lucy Calls the President", which was really a throwback to The Lucy Show, even though her character has yet another last name:  Whittaker!

Vivian Vance was Viv of course.   Gale Gordon played Omar Whittaker.

It also had Mary Jane Croft as Midge and Mary Wickes as Millie.

The guests on that special included Steve Allen, Ed McMahon, and Lillian Carter (the President's mother!). 

Too bad Lucy and Viv never got that anticipated phone call from Jimmy....

That was the last thing Vance did before she permanently retired. She died 2 years later.

There were also 3 Honeymooners TV specials in the mid 1970s reuniting the entire

core 1950s cast of The Jackie Gleason Show.  I barely remember those from my 70s childhood,

and one wonders if they'll ever see the light of DV-Day.

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There were also 3 Honeymooners TV specials in the mid 1970s reuniting the entire

core 1950s cast of The Jackie Gleason Show.  I barely remember those from my 70s childhood,

and one wonders if they'll ever see the light of DV-Day.

There were four "Honeymooners" TV specials in the 1970s, and three were released on DVD from MPI Home Video during the past year.

 -  THE HONEYMOONERS SECOND HONEYMOON (1976)

 -  THE HONEYMOONERS VALENTINE SPECIAL (1977)

 -  JACKIE GLEASON'S HONEYMOONERS CHRISTMAS (1978)

Of two Christmas specials, only the first one, THE HONEYMOONERS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (1977) is waiting for a DVD release.

The four "Honeymooners" specials reunited only 75% of the 1950s cast:  Gleason, Meadows and Carney.  Jane Kean continued as 'Trixie', after stepping into the role for THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW episodes of 1966 - 1970.
 

That makes me feel sorry for Joyce Randolph, even though she clearly never made the impact (remotely) that Gleason, Carney and Meadows made.  Why wasn't she asked to rejoin the original cast?

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Originally Posted by Joe Lugoff 

That makes me feel sorry for Joyce Randolph, even though she clearly never made the impact (remotely) that Gleason, Carney and Meadows made.  Why wasn't she asked to rejoin the original cast?

Based on Jane's memoir, she and her husband became close, personal friends of the Gleasons.  She doesn't say it herself, but it inferred to me that Jackie honored that friendship by keeping her in the role.

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Originally Posted by Joe Lugoff 

That makes me feel sorry for Joyce Randolph, even though she clearly never made the impact (remotely) that Gleason, Carney and Meadows made.  Why wasn't she asked to rejoin the original cast?

Based on Jane's memoir, she and her husband became close, personal friends of the Gleasons.  She doesn't say it herself, but it inferred to me that Jackie honored that friendship by keeping her in the role.

At a screening of "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" in which Jane sang "Winter was Warm" it was mentioned that Jane was the first choice for Trixie all along, but wasn't available originally.  When the show was revived in the sixties in a musical format, Jane was offered the role because of her reputation as a singer and her willingness to work in Miami Beach.

Originally Posted by Theodore J. Mooney 

Just learned a few minutes ago that the character actress Peggy Rea has passed away. She appeared in a lot of television shows over the years including both Here's Lucy and I Love Lucy. She recently did an episode introduction for the "Lucy and Eva Gabor" episode on the first season DVD set of Here's Lucy. She will definitely be missed.

I remember Peggy Rea from her guest appearances in the later years of The Red Skelton Show
and also on All in the Family.  She never really made much of an impact as a character actress, but she was adept at her job.

And The Waltons and The Doris Day Show and many others.  She always seemed like a very nice woman.  RIP. 

Awww, Peggy was wonderful as LuLu Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard. I have been watching all of I Love Lucy in honor of the 60th Anniversary year (and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lucille), and enjoying Rea's performances. What a wonderful lady.

So excited for Season 4! Hopefully, they will speed along and release the last 2 seasons quickly. Can't wait to complete this series on dvd.

Wish I didn't have to wait to complete this (and The Lucy Show).  But I guess it's character building!

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Wish I didn't have to wait to complete this (and The Lucy Show).  But I guess it's character building!

I think it's more of a character building exercise to actually sit there and watch that show! As a kid, I was fascinated by the Lucy marionette at the beginning, but as soon as Lucy's smiling real life face come onto the opening credits I'd think--gah!!! She's old! Yikes!

I thought they should do a show just with the marionette.

That marionette is the best thing in the show.  But even that is stupid ... how could a light bump into someone and make a noise?  It always seemed as if HERE'S LUCY went out of its way to be stupid.

Yeah I never understood why she let herself get old.  It's so unnatural.  Why should we have to see old people in the world?  Much better to replace them with puppets.  LOL.

And Joe, I think you're reaching now when you have to find fault with the unrealisticness of an ANIMATED opening. ;) 

Just four more days till Here's Lucy: Season Four is released on DVD. If there are any reviews of the set, can they posted in this thread please. Have checked on DVD Talk and there's no review of the set on there.

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Today is the RELEASE Day! Be sure to get your copy!

But, Amazon.com says that this box set will be released only on april 26!

Think that is referring to season four of "The Lucy Show" and not "Here's Lucy" season 4, which did indeed come out today. :-)
 

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But, Amazon.com says that this box set will be released only on april 26!

 

Silly me! You're right 

Sorry about that!

Got my copy.  Will be spinning a few select eps tonight. :)