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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 439408" data-attributes="member: 7">My all-time favorite episodes of I LOVE LUCY are &quot;The Charm School&quot; (S3, E15), where Lucy and Ethel go to guest star Natalie Schafer for glamour makeovers, and &quot;Ricky Needs an Agent&quot; (S4, E29), in which Lucy masquerades as Ricky&#039;s agent before fictional MGM producer Walter Riley, &quot;the vice president in charge of Ricky Ricardo&quot;. While I&#039;d stop short of calling either of these episodes the best episodes of the show, I&#039;ll stand by both of them being good, perhaps even overlooked episodes. I like HERE&#039;S LUCY pretty good, and even prefer it to the final seasons of THE LUCY SHOW. But, yes, it is a parade of guest stars. One of Vivian Vance&#039;s guest spots on HERE&#039;S LUCY is a rehash of the Carolyn Appleby Hollywood episode of I LOVE LUCY. Just as Carolyn did, Vivian comes to town and Lucy takes her glasses from her while wearing masks and fooling her into believing she&#039;s a celebrity. Yeah, it&#039;s a blatant ripoff. This show isn&#039;t nearly as bad as I had been led to believe. We&#039;ve discussed it elsewhere, but with some fine tuning and a shakeup in on-screen relationships, it could&#039;ve worked better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 439408, member: 7"] My all-time favorite episodes of I LOVE LUCY are "The Charm School" (S3, E15), where Lucy and Ethel go to guest star Natalie Schafer for glamour makeovers, and "Ricky Needs an Agent" (S4, E29), in which Lucy masquerades as Ricky's agent before fictional MGM producer Walter Riley, "the vice president in charge of Ricky Ricardo". While I'd stop short of calling either of these episodes the best episodes of the show, I'll stand by both of them being good, perhaps even overlooked episodes. I like HERE'S LUCY pretty good, and even prefer it to the final seasons of THE LUCY SHOW. But, yes, it is a parade of guest stars. One of Vivian Vance's guest spots on HERE'S LUCY is a rehash of the Carolyn Appleby Hollywood episode of I LOVE LUCY. Just as Carolyn did, Vivian comes to town and Lucy takes her glasses from her while wearing masks and fooling her into believing she's a celebrity. Yeah, it's a blatant ripoff. This show isn't nearly as bad as I had been led to believe. We've discussed it elsewhere, but with some fine tuning and a shakeup in on-screen relationships, it could've worked better. [/QUOTE]

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