One thing which I wondered...

Jerry apparantly watchs Nick At Nite (Elaine mentioned this, was it in The Bizzaro Jerry she said so?) and yet he has never seen a single episode of I Love Lucy...that bothers me, how could he watch this network and change the channel everytime this show, a staple for them for years now, came on...

Okay, so I realize he can just change the channel, sure, why not, but still why?

Probably the same reason I do, it's really an annoying show. Yes, I know millions of people love "I Love Lucy" but I much prefer "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy." When will Nick at Nite start airing these "classics".

Unfortunately, now that Jerry is in prison he may forced to watch Lucy's comedy training ground when the other prisoners refuse to change the channel. No where to run and no where to hide.

Jess Carey wrote:

But if so, how would Jerry know it's an annoying show if he has never seen it?

It really doesn't take more longer than a channel surf to realize that Ricky's a buffoon and Lucy's whiney. And if you add the hundreds of inevitibly channel surf swipes, you get a really clear idea of just how annoying it is without actually seeing it.

And there's the large fan base that also highlights the show's contents. It's the same as ET in the eighties, only with I Love Lucy, it's on going. To this day I've never scene ET, but can give you a pretty good run down of what happens in the movie.

Jess Carey wrote:

So then, Jerry's claim should have been, "I have never seen a COMPLETE episode of I Love Lucy." He phrased it as if has never seen the show at all.

I don't think channel surfing past a show counts as watching it. If that were so I would be have to admit to watching "The Love Boat: the Next Wave" and I absolutely refuse to admit to any such thing. How am I suppose to successful not watch a show if I happen to pass by it while channel surfing?

Do I recall correctly a monologue on Seinfeld where he describes the gender differences in channel surfing styles? I seem to recall that he claims that women don't know how to channel surf because they stop too long in between channels.

Jess Carey wrote:

IIRC, regarding 'clicking', Jerry says, "Woman want to see what is on TV; Men want to see what ELSE is on TV."

My husband and I are just the opposite. In my mind, any longer then the time it takes to identify the show constitutes actually watching the show. This is not simply looking to see what else is on, as my husband keeps claiming he does. I like to identify the show and move on. If nothing else looks as good, then maybe all come back to it.

I follow a different pattern. I start with a solid core of about 6 channels that, percentagewise, are more likely to be showing something I'd be interested in. If none of these prime channels bear fruit, I widen my search to include about a dozen secondary channels. If there's nothing to be found on these either, it's usually about 15 minutes into the half hour, which means it's only a few minutes until sports scores on CNN Headline News, followed by a quick scan of the 40-or-so tertiary channels (which is usually an exercise in futility) and it's right back up the the top of the half hour and I'm back to the "Solid 6"...

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Dave wrote:

Is that like George's parking? You start at the center and drive in "concentric circles" until you find a good spot?

As my wife says when I do this, "Ever hear of TV GUIDE!!!" :-)

Great. ANOTHER way I'm like George.

Thanks a bunch, Mike.

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Actually, that's just how I do it. The main channels depend on my mood. If I'm in a learning mood it's A&E, History, Discover and the Learning Channel. If I'm in a news mood, go to the news block. If I'm in the mood for sitcoms, I go to the WBs and UPNs, then to the Nicks. For movies, I go straight movie blocks. If I really don't know what I'm in the mood for, I cycle through the whole thing a couple of times, and usually I don't find anything. Otherwise, the channel surfing is "just the facts, ma'am.

I think the reason Jerry doesn't watch I Love Lucy is because he watched the station for the cartoons not the old sitcoms.

.......Jerry doesn't watch I Love Lucy......

I have it on very good authority that Lucy Ricardo has never seen any episodes of Seinfeld. (and probably never will.)

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I think it's obvious. For many years, I Love Lucy on Nick at Nite was on at the same time as Seinfeld. I never saw much Lucy when Seinfeld was on either. And I have still never seen an episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show, which has been on Nick at Nite even longer than Lucy has.

Are you suggesting that the character, of Jerry Seinfeld, never watched I Love Lucy on Nick At Nite because he was watching his own show, even though in the television world the show "Seinfeld" did not exist (not on this show anyway, though we did come close to having "Jerry" and other shows in I suppose alternate TV universes have had Seinfeld as a series.)

Yes, but for the most part (as long as I can remember anyway) Dick Van Dyke (a great show) has always been on in a bad time slot...Lucy's always been at a prime prime-time time slot (though these days it's on at 11, against Seinfeld in reruns, so I hardly watch Lucy...but that's not Jerry's excuse!)

Here's my (just arrived) theory...we talk about the fact that the world on television is not the same world as our world...for that reason, chances are the television networks and shows are different in that world then in our world...so perhaps the schedule on Nick At Nite in the Seinfeld tv world does not show I Love Lucy...