Couldn't think of a good title

[quiet bear]

...for this thread. I tried to come up with something objective, and creative, but all I ended up with was....nothing. LOL.

Anyway, I had the tv on yesterday, for about 1/2 an hour, and I watched one of those info-mercials. it was an advertisment to buy episodes of The Carol Burnett Show.

I have always thought Carol Burnett's variety show was ten times funnier than anything Lucille Ball ever did.

Contrary to popular belief, not everyone loved Lucy. I never thought she was funny. I thought she was grating and whiny.

And, Carol Burnett's supporting cast was also way, WAY funnier than Lucy's.

I mean c'mon, Fred, Ethyl and Ricky don't hold a candle to Tim, Harvey and Vivki. Am I right?

Anyway, out of sheer boredom, I thought I'd fly this up the flag pole (poll?), and see if anyone saluted.

it was either this, or post a picture of my medicine cabinet for discussion.

[beyelzu]

well, i dont dig either of them really. i voted other. as in donna from that 70's show

[livius drusus]

I voted for Lucy, even though I agree that she was often grating and annoying as hell.

[Plant Woman]

I think they both were funny in their own right, so I voted other. Who doesn't laugh at the classic episodes where Lucy and Ethyl stomp grapes to make wine, or work in a food factory assembly line. :foocl: I remember the first time I saw Carol Burnett. It was a special on tv where she played a princess--called, "Once Upon a Pea".

[SharonDee]

I voted for Carol Burnett, if only because Lucille Ball once admitted she had no talent for comedy without a script.

Also, Ms. Burnett is of my generation, while watching I Love Lucy reruns in the 70's always made me hate it for its treatment of women as silly children.

[biochemgirl]

well, i dont dig either of them really. i voted other. as in donna from that 70's show

Oh I second that, she's hot and I love her sarcasm.

[chick]

I voted other, as in gender, because I can't seem to think of any funny female comedians.

[Clutch Munny]

Hard to evaluate Burnett, because she tended to surround herself with very funny sketch comedians. But, yeah, too often with Ball the female-infantilizing themes kill the funny for me.

Is there a whisper of red in Samantha Bee's hair?

[Ymir's blood]

Lucille Ball's hair was actually dyed, not that I object to that.

For the curious, Wikipedia has a list of redheads. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_redheads)

[Plant Woman]

You must remember the times, Ball is a product of her generation, that's how women were thought of back then.

[SharonDee]

Yeah, I was able to appreciate her work when I got older. But I was a big feminist-wannabe in my teens so the show really grated then.

Later on as a mom, I mellowed a bit and was able to laugh with my young daughter, who had fallen in love with the show on Nickelodeon.

[ChuckF]

It comes down to Vitameatavegamin vs. Scarlett O'Hara for me. It's a tough one.

Can we all agree that the answer is not Kathy Griffin?

[quiet bear]

AGREED!! That Kathy Griffin is not funny. At all. She always has that 'Look at me, I'm being funny' thing going, and that is completely unfunny.

[Miss Shelby]

Carol all the way!

[Kyuss Apollo]

Bozo was pretty funny. :clown:

[maddog]

Bozo sure SEEMED funny when I was eight. It looks really retarded now. I think Lily Tomlin is funnier than either Carol or Lucy.

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