I guess it wasn’t too big of a surprise that Job Switiching won, but I expected Lucy Does a TV Commercial to finish much higher. I wonder if some people didn’t realize the title of the Vitameatavegamin episode.
As I was watching each of the episodes, it struck me again just how brilliantly talented all of the people involved with I Love Lucy were. The entire cast was perfect – all four stars were magical. And the writers? Forget about it! They were waaaay ahead of their time.
Thanks, TV Land for the funnest New Year’s Eve ever! 2008 was a very eventful year (some good, some bad), and bringing Lucy into our living rooms all day was a perfect way to close it out.
The episodes are listed below – with the winner leading the way.
Job Switching
The Freezer
Ricky Sells the Car
Pioneer Women
Bon Voyage
Lucy Tells the Truth
Lucy and John Wayne
Building a Bar-B-Q
Lucy’s Italian Movie
Lucy Wants New Furniture
Fred and Ethel Fight
Lucy Goes to the Hospital
LA at Last
California, Here We Come
The Camping Trip
Passports
First Stop
Lucy Does a TV Commercial
Staten Island Ferry
Breaking the Lease
Ethel’s Birthday
Lucy Learns to Drive
Unfortunately, I’ve noticed that TV Land doesn’t have I Love Lucy in their daytime’s lineup anymore. That’s sad – I’d love for a network to show I Love Lucy and Dick Van Dyke. I guess we’d all better buy the dvd sets, eh? I already have one season of I Love Lucy – I’d better get the rest!
Does the Dick Van Dyke show even have dvds? I don’t recall ever seeing any. If anyone ever finds either one of these beloved classics on a tv schedule, please let me know.
I hope your New Year’s is off to a great start and that it just gains momentum!
IMPORTANT! While watching the first I Love Lucy episode in the marathon (I told you this is where I’d be all day!), I saw the following message scrolling at the bottom of the screen. I can’t even believe something like this could take TV Land away from people. Thanks be to God it doesn’t affect me, I’d be beyond furious.
Attention Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks customers, starting tonight, you will lose your favorite TV LAND shows on TV and online because of a dispute with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. You can stop this! Time Warner Cable customers call 1-800-762-3786 and Bright House Networks customers call 1-866-309-3279, AND DEMAND THEY KEEP YOUR CHANNEL! YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD TO CALL.
Why is it that when things like this happen, the people who should count the most seem to count the least? Put it to the test and….. Call!
Don’t forget the I Love Lucy Countdown Marathon on TV Land tomorrow (New Year’s Eve). As you can see, I’ve redone the site in Lucy’s honor for January. There are precious things in the world I’d rather do than sit down with an episode of I Love Lucy, so this is the perfect way to start a year off.
See the resolutions on the banner? Yeah, they’d be my top two resolutions. After all, if you’re going to make resolutions, you may as well make ones you’ll keep. Thanks to TV Land, I can watch I Love Lucy in the morning – and thanks to dvds, I can watch her in the evening. Start the day with a smile and finish it out the same way. Sweet.
I haven’t finished my list of resolutions yet, but I know “Eat Chocolate every day” and “Drink Coffee every day” will be right up there.
Something I’m going to do throughout January is have a Daily Lucy Post (in addition to regular posts). Some will be quotes from the series, some will be videos, and others will be trivia.
Have a great New Year’s Eve – make it I Love Lucy front to back!
TV Land’s just showing off now.
I was working on a series of posts for everything they’re up to, but I thought (rather than having 5 different posts!) I’d compile the fun stuff all in one place. Cool?
I Love Lucy!
You know me – what am I going to be the most excited about? LUCY! TV Land will be having an I Love Lucy Countdown on New Year’s Eve and as a matter of fact, no, I will not miss a single second. Click HERE to vote for your favorite episode from a list that’s next to impossible to choose from! When you hover over the title, you’ll see a box with a description. This was a great idea on their part because not everyone’s a walking, talking I Love Lucy encyclopedia like your’s truly.
It was SO hard to pick just one!
Be sure to tune in December 31 as the hilarious episodes play out. I imagine that the Lucy Makes a Commercial episode will finish highly. So freaking funny.
Favorite TV Christmas Moments
Click HERE for videos of your favorite Christmas moments from classic television shows. Remember Carol Brady singing at church? All little Cindy wanted from Santa was for her mom’s voice to come back so she could sing. That was a really, really sweet show.
High School Reunion Returns in February
The wildly fun and popular High School Reunion was one of the most clever ideas for a reality show ever. It returns in February in an amazing locale.
From TV Land:
High school alumni from Arizona’s Chandler High School’s Class of 1988 reunite for a two-week getaway on the luxurious island of Kauai to rekindle old relationships, reveal long-held secrets and resolve deep-seated issues from 20 years ago with this eight-part reality series. Premiering on Wednesday, February 18 at 10PM ET/PT, the series is executive produced by Mike Fleiss (“The Bachelor”) in association with Warner Horizon Television.
Marcia?! Marcia?! Marcia?! Try Jan! Jan! Jan!
TV Land will air a marathon of the “The Brady Bunch” on New Year’s Day. It’ll feature Jan hot and heavy. All of her teenage dramas will be featured in this showcase. I love Jan Brady, so I’m totally there.
If you go to the Games Section of TV Land.com, you’ll find a really cute Brady Bunch Game. You can also find clips of Brady Bunch episodes on video.
Cougar on the Loose
TV Land will air a new reality show this spring called The Cougar.
From TV Land:
Young men vie for the attention of a sexy and accomplished mature woman through a series of creative and romantic challenges on the premiere of this highly-anticipated elimination dating series. The eight episode series is executive produced by Mike Fleiss (“The Bachelor”) in association with Warner Horizon Television.
Watch for her in Spring of 2009. If it has The Bachelor’s producer, I think the show will be pretty special.
Duh on me. Duh all over me. I’d never even visited the CBS Online Store – because (obviously), with rare exceptions (House, Survivor, Amazing Race, Fringe) I much prefer yesterday’s television shows to todays. As you can imagine, TVLand is on my television more than any other network.
Anyway, I had no idea the CBS Store featured my kind of people: Lucy, Ricky, Andy, Barney, Matt Dillon, Dr. Quinn (I’d love to see TVLand bring this series on board), Laverne, Shirley, Fonzie, Richie, Granny, Jed, Ellie Mae, Jethro, the Brady’s, the Love Boat crew, Spock, Captain Kirk, The Little Rascals, etc!
They also have Beverly Hills 90210, Jericho, Taxi, and countless other shows.
Click the link above to take a look at the different tees and merchandise. There’s a really great tee with Andy, Opie, and Barney that reads, “Nobody Escapes From the Mayberry Jail.” We know better, of course, but shhhhh. No need breaking Barney’s spirit.
Be sure to vote for your favorite “First Family” on TVLand. The nominees are: The Taylors of Andy Griffith, The Sanfords from Sanford and Son, and the Clampetts from Beverly Hillbillies. These are three of my absolute sitcoms ever. I had a really hard time deciding which one to vote for. At least my other favorites (I Love Lucy, Good Times, Roseanne) weren’t thrown in as well.
The winning family earns a marathon of their show on election day. What a cool idea. TVLand’s always cooking up something fresh and fun. Love them.
Click HERE to vote for your family, then get good and comfortable Tuesday – because, no matter which of the 3 wins, it’ll be a wonderful day of laughs. I’m stocking up on popcorn and M&M’s tomorrow.
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TVLand – as if I didn’t love them enough already – has brought back one of the funniest television sitcoms, in glorious re-runs that I’ll watch religiously. 3rd Rock From the Sun is one of my top 5 favorite sitcoms of all time. I can remember when it first ran, my family and I would laugh so much we had to double over. They just slayed us. The cast is outrageously funny, the writing is flawless, and the entire concept is just sheer genius.
Dick, Sally, Harry, and Tommy – welcome back to my living room… I’ve missed the heck out of all of you!
Click HERE to read more about this classic comedy and to check out the schedule. TVLand has even included an episode guide. Definitely have to buy them something nice. Two somethings nice. Or, two something nices…
For the fourth consecutive year, TV Land joins The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in celebrating Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children on Monday, September 22nd. This year, TV Land will continue the network tradition of devoting the supper-time slot and air back-to-back episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show,” starting at 6:00pm (ET/PT).
From TV Land:
TV Land dedicates this time to encourage and remind families of the importance of time spent dining together.
“‘The Andy Griffith Show’ is a perfect fit for Family Day,” states Larry W. Jones, president, TV Land. “The show is consistent with the positive messages of Family Day and its importance. ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ is a series the whole family can enjoy, and therefore, an ideal selection for a day meant to promote togetherness.”
“We are fortunate to once again have the support of TV Land for Family Day to remind Americans of the importance of family dinners and to promote parental engagement in children’s lives,” said Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA Chairman and President and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. “Based on 16 years of research the most important thing we can do to curb substance abuse in our nation is to make sure children in America have dinner with their parents at least five times a week.”
Participants can register to pledge to have dinner together on September 22nd, Family Day, on TVLand.com. TV Land and CASA are hoping Americans will use Family Day as a catalyst to make family dinners a regular part of their lives. TVLand.com additionally offers fun Family Day suggestions, such as Conversation Starters, a Family Dinner photo gallery of your favorite television families around the dinner table, a blog offering helpful meal-time tips and much more.
TV Land is also supporting Family Day by showcasing specially-created commercials that emphasize the numerous benefits that come from consistent family dining. CASA’s Family Day, was created in 2001, in response to over a decade of research revealing that the more often children eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink and use drugs.
What a wonderful idea! I love anything that gives me back-to-back Andy Griffith episodes, but as a wife and mother of 3, I love the emphasis on family time even more. I’ll look into it a little further to find out which episodes they’ll be showing. When I find out, I’ll add a p.s. to this post.
I just watched a great episode of Gunsmoke. While that may not seem like such a biggie, it kind of is. See, none of the televisions in my home are even on.
Actually, I’m in our home office, wearing my Web Publisher hat, hard at work.
Fortunately no one ever said work couldn’t be fun. I certainly never said it!
Thanks to TVLand.com’s Full Episodes of Classic TV Shows, you can watch a wonderful episodes of Gunsmoke, Andy Griffith, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hogan’s Heroes any time you…well, as Festus would say… feel the notion to. And, no commercials!
Because I’ve seen these classic episodes probably a dozen times each, I’m able to work on one project while the episode is minimized in another window, entertaining me – kind of like an amazing radio show. When a scene comes along that I know I want to look in on, I do so. When watching Gunsmoke, I’ll drop whatever I’m doing when Festus saunters into town. I especially love his scenes with Doc. Their scenes are classic in every sense of the word.
Festus and Doc were at their best in the episode I watched/listened to today: 
Miss Kitty: Triplets.
Festus: And there’s three of them, too.
Festus: Why, they ain’t no bigger than a tater bug, are they?
Miss Kitty: Aren’t they beautiful?
Festus: Miss Kitty, babies is about the most wonderfulest thing there is, but as far as being looksome, ain’t none of these that could pass without pushing.
Festus: Well, this one here, he’s kind of looksome, that’s clear to see.
Doc: You gotta howl once in a while, let people know you’re around.
The episode’s titled “Baker’s Dozen” and you should click through to TVLand.com’s Full Episodes of Classic TV Shows and search it out as soon as possible. Pour yourself a tall glass of Iced tea or a mug of coffee and grab a saucer of cookies. (Fans of Andy Griffith will get a huge kick out of the Judge in this episode – you’ll probably recognize him right off the bat.)
You’re closer to Heaven than you realize. This is Gunsmoke at it’s best. While there aren’t the expected gunfights or white hats vs. black hats – it’s something I enjoy even more. An emotional, funny episode that focuses more on the lovable characters.
After all, they’re what made Gunsmoke the amazing show that it was. And is, thanks to channels like TV Land!
I’ve been a Little House on the Prairie fanatic since the first time I laid eyes on Melissa Gilbert’s Laura Ingalls. As a little girl, the LHOtP books were my favorite books, so when the series premiered, I was fascinated by watching these beloved characters come to life.
During the day, I still catch old episodes on tv, and I’m still as transfixed then as I was now. There’s nothing quite like escaping to a whole other time with a group of characters you’ve grown up with.
One of my favorite episodes of all time (in fact, if I was pressed, I’d say it was my very favorite), Sweet Sixteen, aired this morning on the Hallmark Channel. I sat, eating a snack and drinking my Diet Dr. Pepper as I relived Almonzo and Laura’s declaration of love along with their first kiss.
And in true “me” fashion, I teared up when Laura realized that Almonzo loved her as much as she did him.
Great stuff!
Beautiful Melissa Gilbert, 44, is NOW playing Ma Ingalls in the musical Little House on the Prairie. It, appropriately enough, kicked off this month in MInneapolis. Is that cool or what? Click HERE for more pictures and information.
Up for a little Little House Trivia?!
- Melissa Gilbert (Laura) is the youngest person to receive a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
- Melissa’s the half-sister of Sara Gilbert (Roseanne’s Darlene) and sister of Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Olsen).
- She has dated both Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise.
- She has been married to actor Bruce Boxleitner since 1995.
- In the last episode, The Last Farewell, they really did blow up the town! Michael Landon (Star and Producer) didn’t want bulldozers to destroy the buildings, soo he wrote a story which gave the inhabitants the chance to say farewell to their town themselves. The only building left was the most important one – the schoolhouse/church.
- Alison Arngrim (Nelly Olsen) and Melissa Gilbert are best friends.
- Alison Arngrim first tried out for the role of Laura – when she didn’t get it, she auditioned for Mary. When THAT failed, she tried out for Nelly and was hired immediately.
- When they were filming the kissing scene for the episode I sat glued to this morning, Melissa’s mother (Barbara) was on the sidelines crying “My baby!” so much that she had to be consoled! Dean Butler (Almonzo) has said that the first kiss between them was so nerve-racking for everyone, that there were chaperones on the set to make sure nothing unseemly was going on. I wonder which one they thought would be unseemly!
- Melissa Gilbert recalls that Michael Landon (“Pa”) had a unique way of inspiring child actors to cry when it was required. Apparently he would work himself up emotionally, face her with his eyes full of tears and ask her, “Do you know how much I love you?” to which she would get all teary and emotional in response.
- Melissa Gilbert named one of her sons after Michael Landon.
- Johnny Carson was a long-time friend of Michael Landon’s.
- Victor French (Mr. Edwards) was another of Michael Landon’s closest friends.
- Alison Arngrim (one of the most underrated talents ever) often fainted on the set of “Little House on the Prairie” because where the show was taped ( California’s Simi Valley) frequently saw temperatures over 100 degrees.
- After the actor who portrayed her husband on Little House, Percival, (Steve Tracy) died from AIDS, Alison Arngrim became an AIDS activist.
- Matthew Labyorteaux (Albert) and Patrick Labyorteaux (Andy) were brothers.
- Matthew was born with autism and a hole in his heart.
- In 1992, Matthew and Patrick appeared before a House sub-committee to plead the case of runaways and raised $11 million for youth shelters across America. They also founded the Youth Rescue Fund.
- Jason Bateman (James Cooper Ingalls) and Shannen Doherty (Jenny Wilder) went on to achieve household name status.
- Little House on the Prairie ran from 1973 to 1984. Actually thanks to stations like Hallmark and TVLand, it’s still running, and touching hearts, today.
