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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 278978" data-attributes="member: 5079">To be honest, I don&#039;t think Lucy was a good judge of quality.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s generally acknowledged that it was Desi who handled the writers of I LOVE LUCY (and part of the first season of THE LUCY SHOW).&nbsp;&nbsp; After Desi left, the quality of Lucy&#039;s shows progressively declined.&nbsp; So however she viewed THREE&#039;S COMPANY it was not through the lens of someone with a highbrow, critical eye towards TV comedy.Now she was a bit prudish and was known to dislike &#039;blue&#039; comedy.&nbsp; She expressed some reservations about the Norman Lear style of TV in the early 70s and once reportedly halted a private showing of Woody Allen&#039;s EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)*.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; But THREE&#039;S COMPANY, smarmy though it might have been, was pretty innocuous; like an old burlesque act.&nbsp; Lucy either liked it or admired John Ritter enough to look past it&#039;s jiggle aspect.* What the heck did she expect with a title like that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 278978, member: 5079"] To be honest, I don't think Lucy was a good judge of [I]quality[/I]. It's generally acknowledged that it was Desi who handled the writers of I LOVE LUCY (and part of the first season of THE LUCY SHOW). After Desi left, the quality of Lucy's shows progressively declined. So however she viewed THREE'S COMPANY it was not through the lens of someone with a highbrow, critical eye towards TV comedy. Now she was a bit prudish and was known to dislike 'blue' comedy. She expressed some reservations about the Norman Lear style of TV in the early 70s and once reportedly halted a private showing of Woody Allen's EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)*. But THREE'S COMPANY, smarmy though it might have been, was pretty innocuous; like an old burlesque act. Lucy either liked it or admired John Ritter enough to look past it's jiggle aspect. * What the heck did she expect with a title like that? [/QUOTE]

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