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Partly because I just got season five on DVD, so sort of have this show on the brain at the moment, and partly because it's on YouTube, so I can't not - have an episode of I Love Lucy. This is "Hollywood At Last", generally known to fans as "The One With Bill Holden". One of the most infamous episodes of the show ever made, it first aired on February 7th 1955, during the fourth season. It's not my favourite, probably because it does sideline Desi rather, but it's still pretty high up the list. A real icon of television history. Besides, who doesn't need a black and white fifties sitcom in their lives?!
I Love Lucy holds up very well today, and the writers did a heck of a job producing some thirty episodes a year, for six years, whilst still maintaining quality. A hugely influential trendsetter, you can see the conventions beginning here which were to be the prototypes of almost every sitcom that followed for the next forty or so years. I love this show. And look at those fifties fashions!
I Love Lucy holds up very well today, and the writers did a heck of a job producing some thirty episodes a year, for six years, whilst still maintaining quality. A hugely influential trendsetter, you can see the conventions beginning here which were to be the prototypes of almost every sitcom that followed for the next forty or so years. I love this show. And look at those fifties fashions!
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