Yuri19602000 (September 16, 2008 at 11:40 pm)

Viv had a Lovely voice

BeckEis (September 13, 2008 at 3:29 am)

They really did need to let Vivian sing more. She was a real talent and so funny too. That song finalee is just too wonderful!

jeffkingdomheartsfan (July 25, 2008 at 9:44 pm)

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Sickapig (July 16, 2008 at 11:36 pm)

that WAS her though.

Nancysinatrafan (July 8, 2008 at 6:42 pm)

Vivian was great¡¡¡

soulierinvestments (July 8, 2008 at 5:08 pm)

The genius of this episode! Vivian Vance singing in cliche Ing'enue style and then finishing boffo in the Sophie Tucker style. Those heavyweight New York society matrons frolicking about as central European peasant virgins. The gestures that always seem to be a beat or two off even when they understand what they are doing. And the song is not significantly more awful that typical opera tripe. "Swell beau...elbow" "get'er... setter."! Creativity like this should be bottled and sold.

soulierinvestments (July 8, 2008 at 4:59 pm)

The costuming deliberately made Vivian Vance look frumpy and heavy. In the Lucille Ball -- Desi Arnaz Comedy Hour (1957 - 1960) and In The Lucy Show (1962 - 1965), Vance insisted in her contract on more flattering costuming, and she looks great in those programs.

soulierinvestments (July 8, 2008 at 4:56 pm)

I Love Lucy had exactly one producer (with some assistants)and three writers who wrote 30 episodes a season for FOUR seasons. Consider that creativity when looking at the modern sitcoms with long lists of producers and writers doing less than 20 shows a season. The beauty of THE OPERETTA is that the opera Lucy wrote is bad, but not significantly more awful than most other operas around.

jobucats (July 8, 2008 at 2:01 am)

I remember that years ago, I arranged this number for our fraternity guys to perform in a comedy sketch. It was hilarious. This is one of my favorite scenes.

gibbonsinthelibrary (July 5, 2008 at 9:21 pm)

Such a brilliant show. It's still my favorite TV series of all-time. :)