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"Clearly with this collection, the emphasis is on I Love Lucy with it getting a volume by itself while The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy share a volume. I would have given all three of her six-season shows each a volume. Yes, I Love Lucy is what made Lucy a star; however, there's more to Lucy than just I Love Lucy. Moreover, there has already been several \"best of\" collections of I Love Lucy made through the years why keep rehashing it? Why deny her other two long-running shows their long-overdo spotlight?\n \n\n\n\tAnd yes some of their episode selections are just odd. \"Lucy, the Fight Manager\" over \"Lucy and the Ring-a-Ding Ring\"? \"Lucy Gets Her Diploma\" over \"Lucy Gets Mooney Fired\"? \"Breaking the Lease\" over \"Never Do Business With Friends\"? \"Getting Ready\" over \"Lucy Learns To Drive\"? \"Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank\" over \"Lucy Enters a Baking Contest\"? \"Lucy and Carol Burnett (S1) over \"Lucy, the Fixer\"? \"Lucy Meets Bob Hope\" over \"Lucy and the Loving Cup\"? \"\"Lucy and the Plumber\" over \"My Fair Lucy\"? Ricky Has Labor Pains\" over \"The Million Dollar Idea\"? \"Lucy and George Burns\" over \"Lucy at Marineland\"? \"Ricky Gets an Agent\" over \"The Star Upstairs\"? \"Lucy and Donny Osmond\" over \"Goodbye, Mrs. Hips\"? \"\"Ricky's Life Story\" over \"Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment\"? \"Lucy and Eva Gabor\" over \"Lucy, the Matchmaker\"? \"In Palm Springs\" over \"Lucy and John Wayne\"? \"Lucy and Danny Thomas\" over \"Lucy Is N.G. as a R.N.\"? \"Pregnant Women Are Unpredictable\" over \"The Operetta\"? \"Christmas Show\" over \"Off To Florida\"? \"Lucy and Carol In Palm Springs\" over \"Lucy Meets the Law\"? \"Lucy and Carol Burnett\" (S3) over \"Lucy, the Crusader\"? And while \"Getting Bald\" is a good selection I would have instead went with \"Lucy's Schedule\" since that was Gale Gordon's (the only Lucy player to appear in all five Lucy TV series) first appearance on a Lucy TV series. THAT episode was significant. And I must say ... this surely isn't the \"Ultimate Lucy TV Collection\". Not with these choices and omissions. It seems like most of the episodes were picked at random. It makes one wonder what criteria they were using in selecting episodes. I guess it would be guest stars by looks of it.\n \n\n\n\tAnd not all Lucy seasons are equally represented. Some have one or two episodes while others have as many as six or seven. For example, there's seven episodes of TLS season 1 compared to two episodes of TLS season 2 or six episodes of ILL season 1 compared to one episode of ILL season 3.\n \n\n\n\tOf the Vivian Vance years of The Lucy Show (first half/seasons 1-3) the emphasis is on season 1 (with seven of the thirteen episodes). With Here's Lucy, the emphasis is placed on season 2 (with five of the fourteen episodes).\n \n\n\n\tThe one Lucy guest star that seems to be clearly the favorite in this collection is Carol Burnett as five episodes (out of her seven) are included. Meanwhile, there's not a one Here's Lucy episode featuring Vivian Vance (Lucy's Partner-in-Crime) in this set. Shocking. And you can forget Bill Frawley's cameo appearance on The Lucy Show (in \"Lucy and the Countess Have a Horse Guest\"). Not even here. Shocking as well.\n \n\n\n\tIMHO, the main reason for a casual fan to get this set are for those four episodes of Life with Lucy that are included. Otherwise, it's a wash. There's nothing really new here and the episode selections are a hit and miss.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t  \n \n\n\n\t \n "
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