How We Loved Lucy!

It wasn’t much fun to be sick as a child.

I’m sure you would agree.

One thing, however, made it worthwhile:

LUCY on TV.

Morning reruns of I LOVE LUCY

Were a daily must.

And if the TV was out of order?

Oh, no! That was a bust!

How many years we watched Lucy,

Well, it’s hard to say.

I watched her up through my high school years;

But I’d even watch her today.

Every summer morning and every

Winter and spring vacation

Meant a daily dose of Lucy.

We watched with utter elation.

So what if we’d seen a particular show

Ten times in the past.

Each time watching I LOVE LUCY

Was just as fun as the last.

To watch Lucy get into a jam

In every episode

Was what we always looked forward to.

Then to watch Ricky explode.

Just the look on Lucy’s face

Was all that it would take

To make us all break out in laughter—

So much that our stomachs would ache.

Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory,

Lucy stomping on grapes,
Or Vitameatavegamin...

Lucy was always in scrapes.

It didn’t matter how silly the plot—

How corny, how dumb or inane—

Laughing at Lucy would lighten the heart.

Who needed food for the brain?

If there was a snag, Lucy would find it

And chaos would ensue.

And once the cat was out of the bag,

She had some “splaining” to do.

We knew the plots backwards and forwards;

We knew the dialogue by heart.

But that didn’t matter; we would still laugh

As Lucy’s schemes fell apart.

We owe a lot to Lucy and friends.

There’s a lot to be said

About growing up laughing at Lucy

And Ricky and Ethel and Fred.

(8-27-14) By Bob B