In a a time when TV shows were primarily filmed in front of a studio audience (think “I Love Lucy ... about the laugh track and you find mixed reviews. “No showrunner ever forgets his ...

And we shouldn’t feel like apologists either (fuck the “for its time” modifier, I Love Lucy is a great show). So yes, I think the laugh track-driven multi-camera sitcom is worth defending.

Rewatching I Love Lucy today doesn’t feel like looking back. It feels like reconnecting. Lucy and Ricky. Ethel and Fred. The music, the mayhem, the magic. They’re still here. Still making us laugh.

It’s not hard to put together a canon of great TV comedies: Everybody would agree that popular phenomenons like I Love Lucy, Cheers ... re all worth a look and a laugh.

Caught between takes here, the ever-poised Vance and the gruff, no-nonsense Frawley ... Long before studio tours and laugh tracks became standard, lucky fans of I Love Lucy got to witness comedy ...

“This is the type of situation Lucy is so great at,” he remarked. “There’s no comedian in the business ... “Our editor and sound cutter timed that laugh and recorded it as the longest ...

William Frawley, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in an episode of "I Love Lucy." Season 1 Episode 30 It's no secret that Lucy was determined to get in Ricky's act. In the first episode ...