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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 241142" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>I'm sure Spelling felt bad that he was largely responsible for Lucy's legendary career ending on such a sour note, but feeling bad isn't the same as taking the blame.  Impossible to know how much or little creative input Spelling had in the series, but LIFE WITH LUCY feels as much like a Spelling production as a retread of older "Lucy" shows.  That bland, generic family feels like what we would have gotten from Spelling if he produced more sitcoms; there's really no precedent in Lucy's earlier shows for that kind of rote domestic comedy.</p></blockquote><p></p>