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of the Day > 05/12/06
Say Goodnight, Lucy
by dennis sampson
I Love Lucy:
The Complete Sixth Season
Bob Carroll, Jr., Madeyln Pugh Davis, Madelyn Martin, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf
Created by Bob Carroll, Jr., Jess Oppenheimer, Madeyln Pugh
 
 
I Love Lucy's sixth and final season ended the series with less of a bang than an exhausted stagger to the finish line. For a series that set the sitcom standard for decades to come, the show spent its final year reaching for storylines. Although the jokes and characters remained true to form, Lucy's closing season transformed the show into what would eventually become a template for other successful series to follow once they've run out of fresh ideas. Gone are the inventive plotlines of previous years. Instead, the season plays like a variety talk show; when it isn't featuring celebrity guest appearances by the likes of Bob Hope, Orson Welles, or Superman (well, George Reeves), the Ricardos find themselves stranded on a deserted island or taking a trip down to sunny Florida. The extras -- the best supplementals of the DVD series -- offer not only lost scenes, but a writers' commentary. These extras give the series the fond farewell that the final episodes couldn't provide. Lucy deserved better.
I Love Lucy: The Complete Sixth Season
Paramount Home Video
Not rated; 713 min.
$38.99
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Dennis Sampson is a commercial production coordinator and unproduced screenwriter. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his better half, Susan, and their dog Tripp.
I Love Lucy: The Complete Sixth Season courtesy Paramount Home Video
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