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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 265717" data-attributes="member: 5079">I&#039;ve seen a bit of Joan Davis&#039; work -- a movie&nbsp; with Abbott &amp; Costello and an episode or two of I MARRIED JOAN in Youtube.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t overly impressed, to be honest.&nbsp; She seemed to be of that particular type of 1940s comediennes that were very brash, bordering on irksome (see also: Betty Hutton and Martha Raye).&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes I wonder why I LOVE LUCY so thoroughly outlasted the other sitcoms from the 1950s but when I see some of these other shows, it makes sense.&nbsp; Even if LUCY isn&#039;t one&#039;s cup of tea, it is objectively a very well made series.&nbsp; Most of the other 1950s sitcoms are chintzy and crummy.&nbsp; The episodes of I MARRIED JOAN that I saw were just awful. I think NBC billed her as &quot;the Queen of Comedy&quot; or some such, which seems pretty nervy when she was on TV concurrently with Lucy.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure Joan was even ahead of Eve, Ann or Imogene.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 265717, member: 5079"] I've seen a bit of Joan Davis' work -- a movie with Abbott & Costello and an episode or two of I MARRIED JOAN in Youtube. I wasn't overly impressed, to be honest. She seemed to be of that particular type of 1940s comediennes that were very brash, bordering on irksome (see also: Betty Hutton and Martha Raye). Sometimes I wonder why I LOVE LUCY so thoroughly outlasted the other sitcoms from the 1950s but when I see some of these other shows, it makes sense. Even if LUCY isn't one's cup of tea, it is objectively a very well made series. Most of the other 1950s sitcoms are chintzy and crummy. The episodes of I MARRIED JOAN that I saw were just awful. I think NBC billed her as "the Queen of Comedy" or some such, which seems pretty nervy when she was on TV concurrently with Lucy. I'm not sure Joan was even ahead of Eve, Ann or Imogene. [/QUOTE]

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