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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 423663" data-attributes="member: 7">[USER=5079]@Crimson[/USER]&nbsp; said in The Lucy Thread: AKA Lucille Ball on Film discussion: &quot;I know it would have been a drastic change in their on screen interactions, but I could have seen Lucy &amp; Gale playing husband &amp; wife. I think their chemistry was much better together when he wasn&#039;t yelling at her.&quot;And I said in response: &quot;It would&#039;ve definitely been a change of pace. Perhaps that would&#039;ve been a more serviceable idea for her ABC sitcom with Aaron Spelling in the late-&#039;80s over a rehash of what she done so many times before.For LIFE WITH LUCY (which that title could&#039;ve been LUCY &amp; GALE), they still could&#039;ve ran a little hardware store in a small town. I&#039;ve always liked the cozy feel of the little hardware store. They could&#039;ve still been the Barkers (keeping in Lucy&#039;s tradition of having an &quot;ar&quot; surname) and they could&#039;ve been a married couple. If they wanted to draw more humor out of the situation, they could&#039;ve had Lucy and Gale be newlyweds --- both remarrying after the death of their spouse. Of course, there would be drama from their separate children and they&#039;d have some quirky side characters helping them mind their store and perhaps other random characters, like mail men, neighbors, and so forth. Other comedy could&#039;ve been taken from the fact that they had been given the hardware store as a wedding gift, and of course, it wasn&#039;t doing too well financially.Still, the show might not have lasted, but I like toying with this idea.&quot;I&#039;m thinking about playing with this idea a little more, and fleshing out the concept of Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon being a married a couple in their 1986 sitcom return. I&#039;ll be back when I write something up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 423663, member: 7"] [USER=5079]@Crimson[/USER] said in The Lucy Thread: AKA Lucille Ball on Film discussion: [I]"I know it would have been a drastic change in their on screen interactions, but I could have seen Lucy & Gale playing husband & wife. I think their chemistry was much better together when he wasn't yelling at her."[/I] And I said in response: [I]"It would've definitely been a change of pace. Perhaps that would've been a more serviceable idea for her ABC sitcom with Aaron Spelling in the late-'80s over a rehash of what she done so many times before. For LIFE WITH LUCY (which that title could've been LUCY & GALE), they still could've ran a little hardware store in a small town. I've always liked the cozy feel of the little hardware store. They could've still been the Barkers (keeping in Lucy's tradition of having an "ar" surname) and they could've been a married couple. If they wanted to draw more humor out of the situation, they could've had Lucy and Gale be newlyweds --- both remarrying after the death of their spouse. Of course, there would be drama from their separate children and they'd have some quirky side characters helping them mind their store and perhaps other random characters, like mail men, neighbors, and so forth. Other comedy could've been taken from the fact that they had been given the hardware store as a wedding gift, and of course, it wasn't doing too well financially. Still, the show might not have lasted, but I like toying with this idea."[/I] I'm thinking about playing with this idea a little more, and fleshing out the concept of Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon being a married a couple in their 1986 sitcom return. I'll be back when I write something up. [/QUOTE]

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