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Lucy Show 3 [VHS]

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All the Lucy shows that Lucy did where just as funny, wonderful, and good as the "I Love Lucy" series. They are made in color and are really good. This volume is great and I recommend this volume to anyone. It is a great way to get started on Lucy videos or a great addition to any Lucy collection! It's great and funny.

Another quartet of episodes from the fifth season of "The Lucy Show" are offered up on Volume 3 of this video series covering Lucille Ball's second hit television series. In "Lucy and Paul Winchell" (Episode #114 October 3, 1966), Mr. Mooney needs a star to entertain at the show put on by the bank employees. Lucy gets ventriloquist Paul Winchell to do the gig (good), but leaves his dummies in the cab (bad), which mean Lucy has to take the place of one of the dummies named Tessie (funny). "Lucy Goes to London" (#116 October 17, 1966) finds Lucy winning a free trip to London when she writes the winning limerick for a dog food campaign. That is the good news. The bad news is that Mr. Mooney is on the plane with her from L.A. to New York. This was the set up for the "Lucy in London" hour-long special shot on location. That is one they should put out on tape, just for the proto-music video of the song "Lucy in London" written by Phil Spector. "Lucy and the Monkey" (#122 December 5, 1966) has Lucy so overworked at the bank that Mary Jane predicts she is going to start hallucinating. So when a chimp gets left in Mr. Mooney's office, Lucy thinks that her boss has obviously been turned into a monkey. This episode, also known as "Mooney the Monkey" by those with a love for alliteration, is another one of those that sounds better than it plays. Since Lucy spends so much time getting out of work, you wonder how much she would have to work to actually be "overworked." There are better episodes of Lucy with monkeys, just not on this tape. "Lucy and the Ring A Ding Ding" (#115 October 10, 1966), recycles the bit where Lucy gets a ring stuck on her finger. This time it is the diamond ring Mr. Mooney bought for his wife Irma. What makes this episode funny, however, is when he gives Lucy a tranquilizer to relax her fingers and ends up having to deal with getting the ring off the finger of the sedated redhead. The first episode is the best one on this tape, while the rest are things we have seen Lucy do before and do better.

Another quartet of episodes from the fifth season of "The Lucy Show" are offered up on Volume 3 of this video series covering Lucille Ball's second hit television series. In "Lucy and Paul Winchell" (Episode #114 October 3, 1966), Mr. Mooney needs a star to entertain at the show put on by the bank employees. Lucy gets ventriloquist Paul Winchell to do the gig (good), but leaves his dummies in the cab (bad), which mean Lucy has to take the place of one of the dummies named Tessie (funny). "Lucy Goes to London" (#116 October 17, 1966) finds Lucy winning a free trip to London when she writes the winning limerick for a dog food campaign. That is the good news. The bad news is that Mr. Mooney is on the plane with her from L.A. to New York. This was the set up for the "Lucy in London" hour-long special shot on location. That is one they should put out on tape, just for the proto-music video of the song "Lucy in London" written by Phil Spector. "Lucy and the Monkey" (#122 December 5, 1966) has Lucy so overworked at the bank that Mary Jane predicts she is going to start hallucinating. So when a chimp gets left in Mr. Mooney's office, Lucy thinks that her boss has obviously been turned into a monkey. This episode, also known as "Mooney the Monkey" by those with a love for alliteration, is another one of those that sounds better than it plays. Since Lucy spends so much time getting out of work, you wonder how much she would have to work to actually be "overworked." There are better episodes of Lucy with monkeys, just not on this tape. "Lucy and the Ring A Ding Ding" (#115 October 10, 1966), recycles the bit where Lucy gets a ring stuck on her finger. This time it is the diamond ring Mr. Mooney bought for his wife Irma. What makes this episode funny, however, is when he gives Lucy a tranquilizer to relax her fingers and ends up having to deal with getting the ring off the finger of the sedated redhead. The first episode is the best one on this tape, while the rest are things we have seen Lucy do before and do better.