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| August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989 |
At 7:00 p.m. every night I dropped whatever I was doing, dashed into our family room, turned on the TV to Channel 11, and sat down to be entertained by America's greatest comedienne. Almost nothing got in the way of my watching I Love Lucy.
In my little world of worries as a junior high and high school student, Lucy transported me into another world. In that thirty minutes my concerns were limited to "what mess will she get herself into this time?" and "how in the world will she extricate herself from this?"
I laughed with abandon at her pranks and pitfalls. I wondered how she was going to manage to sing with Ricky's band this time, keep her friendship with Ethel even though she put Ethel into such awkward situations, and ultimately keep Ricky from being really mad at her. I've seen every episode several times.
Fast forward 25 years, and my daughter Debra discovered I Love Lucy. I relived my own Lucy obsession affection through her.
Happy Birthday Lucy - 100 years today. Thanks for the memories!
I absolutely loved "I love Lucy" too. I remember sitting on my moms bed while I was sick or during the summer watching 2 episodes in a row, which is how channel 13 would show it, always 2 in a row. And then followed by "bewitched".
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