Lawrance M. Bernabo says:

Review by Lawrance M. Bernabo for I Love Lucy – Season One (Vol. 7)
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It is engaging to rewatch a 1951-52 initial deteriorate of “I Love Lucy,” where a scripts were exploring a oddball possibilities of Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) perplexing to mangle in to a universe of party similar to her husband, Ricky (Desi Arnaz), bandleader during a Tropicana Club. The initial half of a deteriorate was okay, though a second half finds a expel as well as writers Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, as well as Bob Carroll, Jr. unequivocally attack stride. The thesis of Volume 7 is upon some-more about husbands as well as wives (or husbands contra wives) rsther than than upon Lucy’s uncover commercial operation aspirations:Episode 24, “The Gossip” (March 24, 1952) offers an additional conflict of a sexes as Fred (William Frawley) as well as Ricky gamble they can keep from slanderous longer than Ethel (Vivian Vance) as well as Lucy. The result is predictable, though a tour is half a fun.Episode 25, “Pioneer Women” (March 31, 1952) is, utterly simply, a a single with a twelve-foot fritter of bread. Everybody remembers a steer gag, though do you recollect a premise? Fred as well as Ricky plea Ethel as well as Lucy to a competition to see who can tarry a longest though a conveniences of complicated life. This equates to carrying to bake your own bread as well as reckoning out how many leavening to use.Episode 26, “The Marriage License” (April 7, 1952) has Lucy anticipating out that her matrimony permit to Ricky is not legally binding. The elementary thing to do would be to have a office work finished right, though Lucy insists that Ricky fool around out their complete courtship. Not as droll as a how a same incident played out upon “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (“Laura’s Little Lie,” Oct 9, 1963), though afterwards Petrie’s had a kid, that gave that classical part a bit some-more edge. Note: Elizabeth Patterson, who would fool around Little Ricky’s baby-sitter Mrs. Trumbull appears in this episode, though as a opposite character. Episode 27, “The Kleptomaniac” (April 14, 1952) hinges upon Ricky anticipating a total garland of products that Lucy has picked up for a gift bazaar. Since Ricky does not know about a bazaar, he jumps to a end that Lucy is a compulsive thief as well as needs psychiatric help. The psychiatrist is played by Jospeh Kearns, who would go upon to fool around Mr. Wilson upon “Dennis a Menace.”This plain party puts Volume 7 in a tip 4 of a 9 volumes that pick up a initial deteriorate as well as a strange unaired commander (36 episodes in all). However, a tip volume is a subsequent a single up, that contains a single of a many important “I Love Lucy” episodes of all time, “Lucy Does a TV Commercial.” Still, what you have here is plenty reason because each Monday night literally half of a nation’s radio sets were tuned to this classical incident comedy.

Deanna says:

Review by Deanna for I Love Lucy – Season One (Vol. 7)
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The seventh volume of we Love Lucy’s initial deteriorate facilities episodes 24-27, which have been all favorites of mine, generally “The Gossip.” Although, similar to I’ve pronounced before, we instruct they would recover season-by-season DVDs, this is still the contingency have collection. Lucy’s code of amusement as well as earthy gags transcends time as well as it shows, similar to always, upon this set. And who doesn’t adore Lucy?1. “The Gossip” (aired 3/24/52)- The guys credit Lucy as well as Ethel of slanderous (or “gosspin,” as Ricky says), though the girls consider which group speak only as most as women do. They begin the gamble which whoever gossips initial will offer the alternative breakfast in bed for the single month. So they can win the bet, Ricky as well as Fred come up with the luscious story about their neighbor: Betty Foster is using divided with the milkman. Then they discuss it it to the girls in their nap as well as only wait for for the single of them to let the cat out of the bag.2. “Pioneer Women” (aired 3/31/52)- Can the Ricardos as well as the Mertzes tarry but complicated conveniences, only similar to their grandparents did, when an additional gamble is started? We see Ethel churning butter as well as removing the shake stranded in her hands, Ricky roving the equine home as well as Lucy baking the unequivocally vast fritter of bread.3. “The Marriage License” (aired 4/7/52)- Lucy comes upon her matrimony permit as well as discovers which Ricky’s final name is spelled Bicardi upon the paper. Assuming which the permit is no great as well as which she as well as Ricky aren’t unequivocally father as well as wife, Lucy decides which she wants to do all over again.4. “The Kleptomaniac” (aired 4/14/52)- Lucy has been stealing profitable equipment in the unit from Ricky for the bar concert she’s organizing. When he personally discovers them as well as additionally sees Lucy with vast amounts of cash, he jumps to the end which she is the kleptomaniac. When she finds out what he thinks she is, Lucy as well as Ethel fool around the partial of kleptomaniacs upon the night when he brings the clergyman over to assistance her. (This part includes the waggish as well as noted impulse where Lucy tries to censor the cuckoo time from Ricky as well as Fred.)

Mark Baker says:

Review by Mark Baker for I Love Lucy – Season One (Vol. 7)
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Season 1 is in tall rigging with this disc, which delivers laughs in each episode.”The Gossip” opens a disc. This is a personal a a single preferred even if it’s not a renouned one. When Fred as great as Ricky gamble Ethel as great as Lucy over who can go longer though gossiping, a group intrigue to win a bet. While a warn during a finale got me a initial time around, this part is value it for a charades during a commencement alone.”Pioneer Women” involves an additional gamble in between a dual couples. They confirm to try to live as their ancestors did in 1900. Naturally, no a single knows what they have been unequivocally doing. Most important for a twelve feet loaves of bread, there have been copiousness of alternative laughs as well.”The Marriage License” is a weakest a single here. Lucy discovers which Ricky’s last name is spelled wrong upon their permit as great as decides they contingency redo all a same as great as get tied together again. There have been a little great moments, though a grounds gets aged by a end.I was agreeably astounded by “The Kleptomaniac.” we consider we had it confused with an additional episode. Anyway, Ricky is assured which Lucy is hidden things, as great as a justification seems to infer it. The last stage is a riot, surfaced off by a last gag.This DVD is a collector’s dream. The episodes have been presented in their entirety, as great as they demeanour as great as receptive to advice sharp. There have been occasional flaws in a picture, though deliberation a source element is 50 years old, it unequivocally isn’t bad during all. The receptive to advice is presented in mono. While it won’t plea your receptive to advice system, it serves a role great as great as is true to a strange audio recording. The extras embody a right away informed guest expel info, strange opening, trivia, mistakes, as great as part of “My Favorite Husband.”While expensive, any Lucy air blower will adore these discs since of a humerous entertainment contained upon them.