MagnumsLeftShoulder wrote:If anyone can remember dramas that aired for 30 minutes, other than westerns, and sitcoms that lasted an hour, I would love to hear about them. My memory fails me sometimes.
The only hour long sitcom I can think of is
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour which was just a series of specials Lucy and Desi did after they ended
I Love Lucy.
Hi MagnumsLeftShoulder,
By the end of the run of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Desi was an emotional wreck and in one of the last shows he is clearly drunk. 10 years later he was in The Virginian as a small town official in a Mexican border town, he looked drunk in most every scene, it was very sad, the producers should have replaced him, if only out of respect.
Not for his on camera doings on Lucy but because behind the scenes he was a innovative genius, way ahead of his time in all facets of tv production. He was THE creative force behind I Love Lucy, not Ball. Ball was a comedic actress, she acted funny, she was never funny outside a written role. Nothing witty or humorous ever came out of her mouth, she was always dreary on talk shows and often came off as bitter.
As for half hour dramas from the 50's, there was The Millionaire, Mr. Lucky, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Loretta Young Show, The Californians, The Clock, Hands of Mystery.
What happens in Vegas, er, Al's, stays in Al's:
Higgins and Luther enter Al's Country Bar and Billiard Den disguised as Texans Elmo Ziller and his sidekick Hubert. They invite two barflies to play pool.
Dexter: "Ain't got no quarters. You got any quarters Artie?"
Artie: "Nope, sure don't Dexter. I got no quarters since last Thursday when that feller and his monkey came through."
Dexter: "Yeah, the sucker sure could dance."
