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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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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Benas Mcloughlin Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
crazydude1989 Considering I was not born yet when Life With Lucy first aired in 1986, I really never got a chance to watch this show until recently when I acquired a DVD of it off Ebay with the 8 episodes that aired, one that did not air, and the cast party video. ABC really should've given Life with Lucy a chance and improved on the writing. It looked like a promising sitcom. The only thing is, a lot of the jokes were just not funny, (especially in the saxophone episode which was OK but with a lot of stupid jokes) and it seems like after every joke or gag, there is a huge applause from the audience, which I think is definitely canned. One example was Lucy ironing and the ironing board wouldn't stay up so she got Kevin (the grandson) to hold it up. I thought that was just not funny at all. But other than that there were some good moments. I have a few favorite episodes, like the pilot, the one where they get a new computer in the store to do inventory, and the one where Lucy's sister comes to visit. Also, Lucille Ball was 75 and Gale was 80. And since Lucy died in 1989 (a month before I was born) the show wouldn't have lasted long anyway. I would've definitely watched Life with Lucy during it's run--but I would've had to be born in the late 60s if I wanted to be a big enough Lucy fan in time to watch this show.I don't care what other people say. This show was fine and should've stayed on the air for a year or more if they had improved on the writing. But now I know why it didn't do so well and got cancelled after 8 episodes. It really did seem like such a sad ending to Lucille Ball's career and she deserved so much better because of the laughter she gave us for years. 7.5/10.
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.
15231 I feel sorry for Lucille Ball. Once we declared that we Love Lucy, we expected her to be that Lucy character (although reworked a little) in her subsequent Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. She was young enough to carry off the physical comedy in those series, but we seemed unable to allow Ms. Ball to portray any other type of character. She therefore had to have a physical comedy role in order to get back on television.This time, though, she seemed too old for that physical character and the geriatric version of Lucy trying to do the physical comedy of a Lucy forty years younger just didn't work. The show's concept and scripts were not of good quality and the whole feel of the show was that it was rushed into production without much thought or time being put into its development. It just didn't work as her past three series had. I can't help but wonder if ABC had allowed Miss Ball to play a different type of role and to have the show more script driven than relying on slapstick if maybe she might have had a chance at a hit.Sadly, we will never know.