A legend stuck in the past or a victim of ageism?

To celebrate Being the Ricardos, we take a look at Lucille Ball's last sitcom, Life With Lucy,...from which she was fired. Yes, the Queen of Comedy was fired!

Rob teaches Ray about Lucille Ball's career post I Love Lucy, her bizarre television movies in the 1970s (including Lucy becoming President of NBC), how Lucy was courted by ABC, why The Cosby Show and The Golden Girls created Life with Lucy, Lucy's loyalty to her staff, and how she was brutally dismissed by a network then stole her schtick!

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TEAM:

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

WEBSITES

TVParty.com

ABC Fandom

BOOKS

Lucy in the Afternoon

ARTICLES

Medium 

Life With Lucy Deserved a Better Chance

You Can't Go Home Again, Lucy- The LA Times

Compulsively Lucy- The LA Times

Life With Lucy- New York Times

Lucille Ball Dusts Off Her Slapstick

AUDIO/VISUAL

Lucille Ball & Barbara Walters: An Interview of a LifeTime (FULL)

Gary Morton roasts Lucille Ball

Life with Lucy (1986) Opening Theme

Life With Lucy 1986 E01 One Good Grandparent Deserves Another SVkBbV2cGKc

Life With Lucy | Television Academy Interviews

1986 ABC Life with Lucy Promo

 Lucille Ball on Joan Rivers (Part 1)

September 1986 - Promo for Premieres of 'Webster' and 'Sidekicks'

Music and Sound Effects

“Laughter Burst,” “All Choked Up,” and “Laugh and Clap” by Hollywood Laugh Tracks

“Sitcom Laugh Track”

“Happy Bee”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

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