Word: lovingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then I remembered Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney of Laverne & Shirley fame. Many critics saw a direct connection between the antics of Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams and those of Lucy and Ethel on I Love Lucy. The opening credits of Laverne & Shirley, with the two title characters capping beer bottles on an assembly line, are reminiscent of the famous scene of Lucy and Ethel wrapping chocolates in assembly-line fashion in one of I Love Lucy's most enduring episodes. And after all, what are Lenny and Squiggy but an exaggerated Ricky and Fred...
...escape comparison with Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. Their camaraderie in the 50's and 60's paved the way for copycat duos in the 70s and 80s. But Ball's shows have endured for much longer than the characters. Many of the plot devices used on I Love Lucy have become staples for the sitcomes of today...
...female homemaker convention, in many ways the programs were ahead of their time in portraying women confident enough to act on their own, outside of their stereotypical domain. Unlike most of the bubble-headed, husband-dominated wives of 50's sitcoms, Lucy was feisty and determined. On I Love Lucy, it was obvious that, in one way or another, Lucy and Ethel really ran and controlled the show. And later, on The Lucy Show, Lucy and Viv were surely among TV's first single mothers; Viv's character was even divorced...
...when Ball turned 40 in 1951, she still had not made a lasting mark on the entertainment industry, despite her 75 movie roles until that time. It was with the debut of I Love Lucy in October 1951 that Ball's pioneering impact was felt--behind the screen as well...
Comedy was prevalent on TV in the late '40s and early '50s, but most of it took the form of live variety shows like Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater. In 1953 I Love Lucy won the first Emmy Award given in the situation comedy category...