Have you ever seen "I Love Lucy" or "The Dick Van Dyke Show"?

[sasywtch]

Funny thing is, CBS ran a colorized original Dick Van Dyke show in prime time on December 9th.

I heard about it and almost missed it because they said 9 and it was on at 8. I had to see the color of the ottoman! It's a shame that Dick Van Dyke Show and My Three Sons aren't in the mix any longer. Nick At Nite or whatever it is runs the same thing over and over. Antenna TV and that ME tv started but kind of quit. They were showing That Girl.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I grew up watching reruns of both.

My kids will be 18 and 20 next month. Talking about I Love Lucy this past summer (they have heard about it, talked about the significanceo f Lucille Ball having the power she did in Hollywood at the time, talked baout the significance of Lucy and Ricky being an interracial couple on TV at the time, etc) but my kids have never seen I Love Lucy--it was neber showing on any of hte (limited) TV channels we had and the library did not have it availabel for check out.

Dick Van Dyke was available at the library and the kids watched the whole shoe through at least once and loved it. I think both kids list him as one of their all time favourite comedians.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Yes to both. Watched I Love Lucy reruns all the time during my childhood (60's and 70's- pre-cable). I also remember The Lucy Show with Vivian Vance, and Here's Lucy with her real-life children (had a crush on Desi Jr.). I watched the Dick Van Dyke Show occasionally but not nearly as much.

 

[Christine]

I'm 52 so, yeah, I've watched both shows (and they weren't reruns).

My kids; however, are a different story. I know that they are very much aware of I Love Lucy and have probably watched a few episodes, but The Dick Van Dyke show? Nope. I would venture that they've heard of Dick Van Dyke though because they loved Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

 

[MIGrandma]

Love both of those shows, and wish there was a true "oldies" TV station dedicated 100% to this type of show. TV Land used to be great but now they have their own new shows and don't stick with just the classics.

 

[Marchand63]

Just mentioning stumping kids. My parents have an old time looking phone. That works. They kind with the 2 gold bells on top my DGD who was 6 at the time. Asked if it worked I said sure. Let's call your daddy. I gave her the receiver and said let me know when you hear the dial tone. She said what's a dial tone talk about feeling old.

We did this with one of those old black desk phones. My DS just looked at it, couldn't figure out how to "dial" the phone

Yeah on both. I remember them vaguely but just was watching the reruns on COZI channel.

 

[lynxstch]

I think I saw every I Love Lucy episode ever made, and most of the Dick Van Dyke ones. They had a Dick Van Dyke one on tv last week in color, for me, that ruined it

 

[ronandannette]

I'm just a tiny bit too young to have seen either of them when they were originally broadcast; most of the Lucy re-runs I remember seeing have been on a never-ending loop on RCCL cruise ships . I don't distinctly recall Dick Van Dyke but I might if somebody refreshed my memory about the show and the characters.

As for my DS? He's 20 and a digital media major so perhaps he's learned about them as "historical entertainment icons" but I'd bet the farm he's never seen an episode of either on his own accord. For me, the "classics" were Gilligan's Island, Beverly Hillbillies, The Partridge Family and the Carol Burnett Show. I doubt he's seen any of those, either. Ask him what "classic comedy" is and he'd say Malcolm in the Middle and King of the Hill!

 

[NotUrsula]

Well, I suppose it would be understandable for some Americans their age never to have seen them, but people who work in the television industry? That's absurd. That's sort of like trying to teach English without an understanding of the importance of the alphabet. Both of those shows were technical pioneers. ILL was the first sitcom, and the first to successfully use the multicam system and two-track audio in a cost-effective way. DVDS perfected the three-camera technique, and of course, it was the launch of Carl Reiner's producing career. (It also was the first sitcom ABOUT the television industry.)

Perhaps a field trip to the Paley Center would be in order?

 

[BrianL]

You know, it might not surprise me that a younger generation hadn't seen those shows, but never even heard of them? They are pretty iconic TV shows. I have seen both of them, but probably not every episode, just here and there, but I'm quite familiar with the general ideas.

I went through something similar a couple of years ago. My Mother does theme parties for my Stepdad's birthday, and we had chosen Casablanca. I was shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that the wide majority of people who came to the party had never seen it. I mean, what? The party didn't go that well.

 

[scrappydew]

I made a reference to Gilligan's Island the other day and my kids had no clue what I was talking about. What?? It then occurred to me there been no reruns in this house of Gilligan's Island. We grew up on those reruns.

My kids (15 and 17) watched these on DVD's. When my DD was about 4, she was sure she was going to grow up and marry Gilligan!

 

[sam_gordon]

Well, I suppose it would be understandable for some Americans their age never to have seen them, but people who work in the television industry? That's absurd. That's sort of like trying to teach English without an understanding of the importance of the alphabet. Both of those shows were technical pioneers. ILL was the first sitcom, and the first to successfully use the multicam system and two-track audio in a cost-effective way. DVDS perfected the three-camera technique, and of course, it was the launch of Carl Reiner's producing career. (It also was the first sitcom ABOUT the television industry.)

Perhaps a field trip to the Paley Center would be in order?

Not really local television news doesn't really match up with 60's sitcoms.

How many people here have watched Spongebob Squarepants, Dora the Explorer, or Blues Clues? My guess, unless you have younger kids, is not many.

 

[ols386]

I love both of those shows. I can believe that folks in their 20s and maybe 30s haven't seen those shows though. Or heard of the two shows.

 

[IDoDis]

Funny thing is, CBS ran a colorized original Dick Van Dyke show in prime time on December 9th.

We recorded it and watched it a few days ago. I can't imagine people in the workplace, especially at a TV station not knowing about those shows. Our kids (17 and 20 years) certainly know about them, and they hardly ever watch TV. We also used to to into the the "Lucy, A Tribute" store when we'd go to Universal Studios. The store closed in 2015.

 

[bcla]

Of course. Shows from the 50s and 60s (and some into the early 70s) used to be a staple of independent TV stations when I was a kid in the late 70s and the 80s. I spent entire summer vacations watching The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Leave It to Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, Gillian's Island, and The Brady Bunch. By that time, even Here's Lucy was in syndicated reruns.

Eventually many of those independents became affiliates, although I think their syndicated reruns just changed to newer shows like Seinfeld. I never watched Nick at Noght or TVLand much.

 

[elgerber]

I love both!! I have to watchs Lucy's Christmas special every year, and I own a couple of seasons of Dick Van Dyke on DVD. That is one of my favorite shows of all time.

Edited to add my age, 47.
My son has probably never seen one, but he only sees his computer screen, ever.
My 21 year old DD has watched the Lucy Christmas a couple of times, and seen a couple of Dick Van Dyke episodes with me. She thinks Lucy is fabulous.

 

[prprincess]

I'm in my early 40s and LOVE both shows! I can sometimes catch them on some of the lesser known cable channels, but I wish they showed them more.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

Of course I've seen them!
They are classics.
I'm 30 and born to semi older parents (currently 69 and 73) and I'm an old soul that absolutely loves the oldies but goodies.
My dad adores I Love Lucy and we kids do as well.
In fact I have a close degree of separation from Lucille Ball.
My parent's best friend's dad owned the nursing home where her grandmother was a resident so she would come right to my hometown to visit her!

I just watched the episode of The Dick Van Dyke show that he thought the baby was switched and I hadn't seen it before. It was hilarious!

I also enjoy Leave It To Beaver, Bewitched, The Andy Griffith Show, Ozzie and Harriet... and the list goes on.

I'm not even a big fan of Growing Pains.

If I'm going to watch shows from the 80's it's going to be The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, and Full House.

 

[RedAngie]

21 to 30 ish.

I'm surprised people in that age bracket never heard of the shows, especially those who work in TV. Never watched them, no big deal, but never HEARD of them???

Funny thing is, CBS ran a colorized original Dick Van Dyke show in prime time on December 9th.

I wasn't aware of that. I did see the colorized versions of two I Love Lucy episodes a few weeks ago.

 

[prestoncaldwell]

How old are some of these people at the station? If they are young it doesn't surprise me. I run across people and say things like you are fairly young so you may not know this or that. Don't to young people we are old....

I dunno, they all know who the Beatles are....

This cyber age is ripe with information from every era in the past, waiting there at one's fingertips. I would hope some of these kids go home and seek out video clips from classic shows when they learn of them from work discussions, etc. ESPECIALLY if they're in the TV biz.