Interesting that the first thing viewers see in this 2nd series is the two people the nation associates with Lucy and Ethel doing hammering. A clear, and for that time daring break from the longtime 50s married woman trope. That was Lucille Ball messaging her independence, the first woman popular culture figure to do so.
To this day, Jell-O, now made by Kraft Heinz, is still a popular dessert brand. Nowadays there are many more flavors of both gelatin and pudding available than back in the 1960s.
It would be nice to also be able to watch a montage of the actual sponsor spots which featured cast members (Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Candy Moore, Jimmy Garrett, Ralph Hart, Dick Martin) of "The Lucy Show" in what amounted to an extra scene of each episode. touting that evening's commercial sponsor product (whether Dream Whip, Jell-o desserts, Lux soap, Vim laundry detergent, Swan dish-washing liquid, etc.). To my recollection, some of these sponsor spots would make reference to plot points of the previously seen episode. I am certain this happened with sponsor spots of "The Andy Griffith Show," and perhaps for "The Lucy Show" sponsor spots as well. So a 26 minutes episode would actually be a 26:30 or 27 minutes running time with that spot featuring cast members.
Close but no cigar; it was Tony Scotti who portrayed Tony Polar in Valley of the Dolls. It was mused that he was cast due to his having the same first name of the character. Vito Scotti - who appears to not to be related to Tony Scotti - was a very versatile character actor. During his long career he guested on Gilligan's Island 4 times - a record for a guest star on that show (in season one in two episodes he played a Japanese sailor who wasn't aware WWII had ended some 20 years earlier; in season three in two episodes he played the mad scientist Dr. Boris Balinkov),
Do any of you TV experts know if this early THE LUCY SHOW opening animation introduction was done by the same outfit that did the opening animation introduction for the old ILL show?
The earliest versions of most television programs ( like gameshow credits ) were done in house. ILL titles involved no animstion, just an overlay and rolling credits. Also, cosider recording technology (not really applicable here; tape -vs- film). As such, it is that Desilu either had an in-house animation team or used an outside source. My bad, a review of credits would show who produced what. My guess is that Desilu had internal animators and production staff to provide graphics.
@@banthony3775 You're referring to the now-familiar "heart" credits of ILL which were created for syndication. The OP was referring to the ORIGINAL opening & closing credits of ILL, which had animated stick figures of Lucy & Desi similar to Lucy & Vivian here. I understand those were usually farmed out to an animation studio; I've heard it was first MGM Cartoons in its later years when William Hanna & Joseph Barbera were running it, then their own company afterwards. (The style definitely screams early Hanna-Barbera.) What I've read disagrees on whether it was done by Barbera personally or an underling.
Legends. We miss you, Lucy. Keep it up for the showing!
Interesting that the first thing viewers see in this 2nd series is the two people the nation associates with Lucy and Ethel doing hammering. A clear, and for that time daring break from the longtime 50s married woman trope. That was Lucille Ball messaging her independence, the first woman popular culture figure to do so.
To this day, Jell-O, now made by Kraft Heinz, is still a popular dessert brand. Nowadays there are many more flavors of both gelatin and pudding available than back in the 1960s.
By the way, this is probably the last time a therion was used as instrumentation in a popular broadcast television theme. Fine work, Mr. Hatch.
The scene where they turn into dessert cups is surreal
Simply Charming. I am loving this so much, thanks!
This reminds us of when TV was entertaining.
It still is!!! Depends what you watch
The Vim tablets were the 1960s' answer to Tide pods!
Actually, Vim tablets were a me-too knockoff of P&G's Salvo that didn't click with consumers
And actually, there was also a Procter & Gamble product of detergent tablets called Salvo.
0:39 it looks like it
Cinematographer Nick Musuraca made his name mainly at RKO, on whose lot part of Desilu operated...
Had to sort through a bunch of them just to match them up properly and to weed out the dublicates, just as I did with the other previous entries.
John Arthur Lowe, You mispelled "Creditw", it's "Credits".
It would be nice to also be able to watch a montage of the actual sponsor spots which featured cast members (Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Candy Moore, Jimmy Garrett, Ralph Hart, Dick Martin) of "The Lucy Show" in what amounted to an extra scene of each episode. touting that evening's commercial sponsor product (whether Dream Whip, Jell-o desserts, Lux soap, Vim laundry detergent, Swan dish-washing liquid, etc.).
To my recollection, some of these sponsor spots would make reference to plot points of the previously seen episode. I am certain this happened with sponsor spots of "The Andy Griffith Show," and perhaps for "The Lucy Show" sponsor spots as well. So a 26 minutes episode would actually be a 26:30 or 27 minutes running time with that spot featuring cast members.
you did an excellent job - this is great!!
Hmm...did Viv really need to trade her skirt for pants to help Lucy? And, what happened to the hammer after Lucy pushed the ladder away?
1:26- "'THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW' is next, on the CBS Television Network."
Vito Scotti in the credits I think was Tony Polar in Valley of the Dolls.
Close but no cigar; it was Tony Scotti who portrayed Tony Polar in Valley of the Dolls. It was mused that he was cast due to his having the same first name of the character. Vito Scotti - who appears to not to be related to Tony Scotti - was a very versatile character actor. During his long career he guested on Gilligan's Island 4 times - a record for a guest star on that show (in season one in two episodes he played a Japanese sailor who wasn't aware WWII had ended some 20 years earlier; in season three in two episodes he played the mad scientist Dr. Boris Balinkov),
The JELL-O outro is sourced from a kinescope.
Vim laundry tablets are the tide pods of the 1960s
Do any of you TV experts know if this early THE LUCY SHOW opening animation introduction was done by the same outfit that did the opening animation introduction for the old ILL show?
The earliest versions of most television programs ( like gameshow credits ) were done in house. ILL titles involved no animstion, just an overlay and rolling credits. Also, cosider recording technology (not really applicable here; tape -vs- film).
As such, it is that Desilu either had an in-house animation team or used an outside source. My bad, a review of credits would show who produced what. My guess is that Desilu had internal animators and production staff to provide graphics.
@@banthony3775 You're referring to the now-familiar "heart" credits of ILL which were created for syndication. The OP was referring to the ORIGINAL opening & closing credits of ILL, which had animated stick figures of Lucy & Desi similar to Lucy & Vivian here. I understand those were usually farmed out to an animation studio; I've heard it was first MGM Cartoons in its later years when William Hanna & Joseph Barbera were running it, then their own company afterwards. (The style definitely screams early Hanna-Barbera.) What I've read disagrees on whether it was done by Barbera personally or an underling.
John, where do you get these, and in such great condition?
Roy Rowan, announcer.
Sumber???
Do they still make Lux bar soap?
They sure do (they being Unilever NV) See www.lux.com
@@bobjersey Lux is now sold primarily in India. I looked up the above site just now
Anyone ever notice when the Lucy character looks at the camera she has no nose? In the side shot however she has the outine of a nose.
And Lucy's eyes wear eye shadows while Viv's eyes look more cartoonish
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