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*Recent Flops (1998-99)
Wind on WaterConrad BloomTo Have and to HoldCupidEncore EncoreLA DoctorsBrian Benben ShowFantasy IslandTwo of a KindMaggie WintersBrothers KeeperBuddy FaroThe Secret Lives of MenVengeance UnlimitedTrinityClassic TV Flops
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| Life With Lucy |
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 ABC Sept. 20, 1986 - Nov. 15, 1986 The most widely anticipated new series of the 1986 season was the Network's most embarrassing flop. But when Lucille Ball, star of "I Love Lucy"--the most successful series in television history--wants to make a show, who's going to say "no"? In order to rope in Lucy, ABC had to promise her a huge salary, complete creative control, no pilot or testing before preview audiences, and a guaranteed timeslot on the Fall '86 schedule. Lucy was cast as a free-spirited grandmother whose husband had died leaving her half interest in M&B Hardware in South Pasedena, California. (Why do so many failed sitcoms take place in California??) Her screwball ideas of how to run the hardware store annoyed Curtis McGibbon, her late husband's partner, played by old-time Lucy veteran actor Gale Gordon: 80 years old. (Incidentally, Eydie Gorme sang the theme song. I'm not sure how old she was at the time!) There was still plenty of slapstick, sight gags, and celebrity-chasing as before, but the scripts were simply horrible. What's more, Lucy, at age 75, seemed out-of-place amidst the wacky antics. Rather than laugh at the screwy red-head, the physical comedy made audiences cringe and scream "Be careful!" rather than laugh. Any applause or laughter this show generated was out of respect for the old-TV pioneers: Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon--gratuitous, polite applause at best. After less than two months, "Life With Lucy" was dead. It wasn't too much later that Lucy herself, unfortunately, died as well. It's best that most people forgot about this show and remember her for the groundbreaking Golden Age of Television mainstay "I Love Lucy". |
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