I
Love Lucy was an immediate smash hit and during its
six years in originals, never ranked lower than third
in popularity among all television programs. The plots,
by series creator and producer Jess Oppenheimer and
writers Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr., were superb,
the gags were inventive, and Lucy's clowning the piece
de resistance that took I Love Lucy beyond the realm
of other contemporary comedies. As wacky as she was,
audiences could emphathize with and adore her.
