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Life with Lucy

1986

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EP1 One Good Grandparent Deserves Another Sep 20, 1986

Curtis comes back from a Hawaiian vacation with the intention of moving in with his son, Ted, and his family. He arrives just in time to learn that his son's mother-in-law and Curtis's new business partner Lucy has moved in with the family. Crotchety Curtis is annoyed that not only does he have to put up with her shenanigans at work, but now at home as well.

EP2 Lucy Makes a Hit with John Ritter Sep 27, 1986

John Ritter is doing a play in town, and stops into the hardware store for some antique door handles. When Lucy injures his hands and foot, she insists that John stay with her. After the lead actress drops out of the play, Lucy talks John into offering her the part of his love interest.

EP3 Love Among the Two-by-Fours Oct 04, 1986

A former flame of Lucy's, who is a business prospect for Curtis, comes into the store. After he takes her out, Lucy decides that she does not share the same feelings for him that he has carried for her.

EP4 Lucy Gets Her Wires Crossed Oct 18, 1986

When a talk-show host comes into the store, Lucy talks him into inviting Curtis on for a Mr-Fix-It segment. Curtis reluctantly agrees to let Lucy join him, at the urging of Becky. But while gluing a lamp together, Lucy ends up gluing herself to Curtis. . .and both talk show hosts!

EP5 Lucy is a Sax Symbol Oct 25, 1986

While looking for things to put in the yard sale, Lucy happens across her old saxophone and encourages Becky to take up playing. However, Becky finds playing the instrument unsatisfying, as does the annoyed Curtis.

EP6 Lucy Makes Curtis Byte the Dust Nov 01, 1986

Lucy and Curtis get a computer to help with the books at the store. When she uses it to order a non-returnable fleet of merchandise, Lucy tries to get the bank to stop the check -- and accidentally misinforms them that Curtis has died.

EP7 Lucy, Legal Beagle Nov 08, 1986

While trying to pass off a Kevin's teddy bear as her own during a clean-up sale, to help avoid taunting from one of Kevin's friends, she sticks it in a bag. The bag is then purchased with the bear inside, so Lucy puts up reward posters around town. When the woman comes in to pick up the reward, she's asking for a lot more than the $50 that Lucy is offering.

EP8 Mother of the Bride Nov 15, 1986

Lucy's sister Audrey comes to town just in time to see Margo and Ted renew their vows. Lucy's excitement is diminished when Audrey starts making all the wedding arrangements, resulting in a cake fight between the two siblings.
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Synopsis

Life With Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The show ran on the ABC network in 1986 not on the CBS network as her previous shows had and unlike Ball's previous programs, it was a critical and ratings flop. Only eight out of the thirteen episodes that were filmed aired before ABC cancelled the series. It is the very last sitcom she starred in before her death in 1989.

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Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece
Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
johncastellano1967 Its just about 20 years since Lucille Ball came back to Television in the short lived, "Life with Lucy." I feel great stars work until the very end, like Lucy (she was on the Academy Awards with Bob Hope a few weeks before her death in 1989), Bette Davis dying of cancer and still made films shortly before her death.Lucy wanted to work (certainly it was not for the money), America wanted to see her but not in the same manner as we did in 1950's-1960's shows. I feel her late husband did her in, he was a glory hog and mismanaged her. Why did he need Lucy in that vehicle--to put a few more bucks in his pocket? The show has a dull cast, its very 80's (shoulder pads, severe make up and pointy earrings). I think Lucy should have come back as a more serious actress, I always thought she could have played the Jane Wyman role on Falcon Crest. I as a fan was willing to see Lucy in different types of work the fans forced her to "paint on" the face of long ago Lucy. She was Lucille Ball a legend she should not have done this. In one of her books someone asks her while on a flight whats the fame like, she replied, "see all those lights down there, I could go to any house and it would be the most exciting thing that has ever happened to the residents." this was so true.But what happened to Lucy happens to other, ie: Joan Crawford in the horror movies, Mae West in 1980 in Sextette playing it like she was 30 not 85.
JAtheDJ If you loved Lucy, you couldn't help but enjoy seeing her again in her last, very short-lived show, especially the episode with guest star Audrey Meadows.Unfortunately, the writing didn't evolve at all from her 1960's "Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" series. Also, casting a very old Gale Gordon for comic counterpoint added more than a little tedium to the experience.Lucy occasionally consulted ex-husband Desi Arnaz (who had a great sense of comedy) as to what worked and what didn't in her later shows. He was very ill when this show was produced and presumably couldn't offer much advice.Somehow, "Love With Lucy" seemed to be a copy and paste affair, with little forethought as to what would please current (1986) viewers. Thus, it was hopelessly dated, and Lucy doing even mild slapstick at age 75 just didn't click.A sad conclusion to an otherwise stellar career.
Ripshin In the era of "The Golden Girls," Lucy attempted a comeback utilizing a comedic style three decades old. It was a BAD idea. Nobody wanted to see a rehash of "I Love Lucy," melded with a vacuous 80s sitcom family.IMAGINE Lucy, at that age, in something MUCH better. Her comedic timing is legend, and she deserved a more sophisticated finale. I saw her in person, a few years prior to her death, and her caustic wit was astounding. Most likely, she feared moving away from the tried-and-true image she had established.Eve Arden suffered a similar fate, and I would have killed to see the two of them in a series together.I admire Ball's loyalty to her original creative team, but the enterprise is clearly a mistake, that her family and advisers should have stopped her from making.Yes, I watched the series during its original run. The supporting "family" cast is appalling. Good grief, even if they'd just presented her and Gale Gordon as an older married couple, it might have survived.She appeared on, I believe, The Tonight Show, after the failure of this sitcom. She was in tears, and it broke my heart. It is said that her despair over the failure of this show quickened her death. Whatever the case, she deserved much better.
kevinkglenn "Life with Lucy" may not have fared well in the ratings, but Lucy will always be loved. I enjoyed this show just simply because I got to see Lucy doing something new on television. Personally, I would like to see these episodes aired more often. Any true "Lucy" fan will enjoy anything Lucy did, regardless of what the critics say.