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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 384177" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>I&#039;ve been rewatching LAVERNE &amp; SHIRLEY for the first time in at least a decade.&nbsp; The show fell apart earlier than I recalled.&nbsp; The first season is solid and the second season is great, so I&#039;m surprised at how quickly my patience is breaking during the third season.&nbsp; I&#039;m only a half dozen episodes in, and I&#039;m growing weary of it.&nbsp; Although the &quot;Jump the Shark&quot; moment of the series is undoubtedly the move to California in S5, the decline set in earlier.&nbsp;&nbsp; The show&#039;s physical comedy is Lucy-esque, but with a lowbrow twist: symbolically substituting beer for chocolate and wine.&nbsp; The comedy in S3 got far more implausible: L&amp;S dangling from the side of a building; becoming lady wrestlers; or landing an out-of-control airplane.&nbsp; (Worth noting that even I LOVE LUCY has a few dud episodes where the comedy strains credulity: i.e., climbing to the top of the Empire State Building dressed as a Martian.)&nbsp; In S3, any pretense at &#039;50s style is dropped; fashions &amp; hairstyles look straight up &#039;70s.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 384177, member: 5079"] I've been rewatching LAVERNE & SHIRLEY for the first time in at least a decade. The show fell apart earlier than I recalled. The first season is solid and the second season is great, so I'm surprised at how quickly my patience is breaking during the third season. I'm only a half dozen episodes in, and I'm growing weary of it. Although the "Jump the Shark" moment of the series is undoubtedly the move to California in S5, the decline set in earlier. The show's physical comedy is Lucy-esque, but with a lowbrow twist: symbolically substituting beer for chocolate and wine. The comedy in S3 got far more implausible: L&S dangling from the side of a building; becoming lady wrestlers; or landing an out-of-control airplane. (Worth noting that even I LOVE LUCY has a few dud episodes where the comedy strains credulity: i.e., climbing to the top of the Empire State Building dressed as a Martian.) In S3, any pretense at '50s style is dropped; fashions & hairstyles look straight up '70s. [/QUOTE]

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