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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 289260" data-attributes="member: 5079">American TV didn&#039;t really catch up with the era until the double punch of Mary &amp; Archie; from that point on, Lucy&#039;s sitcom was indeed a musty relic.&nbsp;&nbsp; Prior to the TV revolution of 1970, I don&#039;t think Lucy&#039;s show was any more touch than the rest of what was being aired.&nbsp; Even shows that adopted the trappings of the late 60s did so only superficially, managing to be both exploitive and trivializing of the Counter Culture.&nbsp; Lucy&#039;s real undoing in the 60s was poor quality.&nbsp; To see what her show should have been in the 60s, one need look no further than THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW.&nbsp; Not only is it the best sitcom of its era, it&#039;s the true successor to I LOVE LUCY (just as Laurie Petrie was the spiritual heir of Lucy Ricardo, more than either Mrs. Carmichael or Mrs. Carter).&nbsp;&nbsp; The first season of THE LUCY SHOW was onto something,&nbsp; but it got progressively worse each passing year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 289260, member: 5079"] American TV didn't really catch up with the era until the double punch of Mary & Archie; from that point on, Lucy's sitcom was indeed a musty relic. Prior to the TV revolution of 1970, I don't think Lucy's show was any more touch than the rest of what was being aired. Even shows that adopted the trappings of the late 60s did so only superficially, managing to be both exploitive and trivializing of the Counter Culture. Lucy's real undoing in the 60s was poor quality. To see what her show should have been in the 60s, one need look no further than THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW. Not only is it the best sitcom of its era, it's the true successor to I LOVE LUCY (just as Laurie Petrie was the spiritual heir of Lucy Ricardo, more than either Mrs. Carmichael or Mrs. Carter). The first season of THE LUCY SHOW was onto something, but it got progressively worse each passing year. [/QUOTE]

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