American Icons: I Love Lucy
Friday, August 05, 2011
It set the model for the hit family sitcom. Lucy's weekly antics and humiliation entered the DNA of TV comedy: from Desperate Housewives to 30 Rock – writers can’t live without Lucy.
I really enjoyed listening to this over the weekend as we celebrated the longevity of the TV sitcom"I Love Lucy". Not only was it interesting in it's relevance to today's comedy writers, but I was brought to tears when they talked about the episode where Lucy tells Ricky that she is pregnant at his work. I grew up watching these shows and loved seeing the characters over the years.
There was some interesting commentary from feminists to Lucy herself about how she got her start. I loved hearing her voice when she spoke about how she rose to the top in comedy because she wasn't worried about looking silly at times when her 'competition' was more interested in looking like beauty queens.
Liked how Google over the weekend, embedded some video of the show in it's TV on their homepage. Neat. Gone now, but fun while it lasted.
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