Animated Buffers Featuring Ricky and Lucy (film #1 in The Lost Lucy Themes section of TVParty). [Category: Early Film and TV]

First we see the cute animated buffers that appeared as transitions to commercial breaks in the original run of “I Love Lucy.” Then we get to see a great campy commercial for Fluffo Shortening. We’re supposed to admire the golden brown color Fluffo gives fried chicken compared to chicken fried in The Other Leading Brand, but in grainy black and white, what’s the difference? Then it goes to the closing credits for “I Love Lucy,” featuring a bizarre animated guy in pajamas. A great sampling of mildly weird early tv.

Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ****. Weirdness: ****. Historical Interest: *****. Overall Rating: *****.