When Lucy makes herself and Rick late one too many times, Ricky decides to put her on a strict schedule in an attempt to impress his new boss.  Results vary. Discussions this week include Sherlock Holmes, John Wayne, and McCarthyism. 

"Did John Wayne Try To Pull Sacheen Littlefeather Offstage at 1973 Oscars?" (spoiler: yes, he did)

Edith Meiser: Sherlockian Extraordinaire

When Ricky tricks Lucy into thinking he knew all the answers to a radio trivia show, Lucy, as the title suggests, gets him on the show. Things get funky when Lucy tries to come up with answers for the show's questions. Discussions this week include the Oscars, our mother's barnacles, and pub quizzes. Apologies for fluctuating audio quality/sound levels.

The History of Popcorn: How One Grain Became a Staple Snack

British Scandal Podcast: The Coughing Major

Movin' Right Along

When Ricky needs some publicity, Lucy decides to pose as a foreign princess who is in love with him. Things go interestingly. Discussions this week include the long ago year of 2004 and good old fashioned 1950s racism. 

Benny Goodman "Body and Soul"

We finally made it! On this week's episode, Ricky needs someone to do a commercial on a TV show he's starring in, and Lucy connives to get the job.  While practicing her bit as the Vitameataegamin girl, she gets a little tipsy and things go just as well as you'd expect.  Discussions today include kombucha and Star Wars.

Video: clip of the Vitameatavegamin bit (because no one does it like Lucy)

Article: Lucy's iconic 'Vitameatavegamin' dress has a famous home

Video: Red Skelton performing Guzzler's Gin routine

"Speaking of that meat..." This week, Lucy and Ethel want to economize and get a home freezer. When an oppurtunity to get a free walk in freezer presents itself, the girls jump at it, and immediately order a couple of sides of beef to celebrate.  Anyone else see the problem here? Discussions this week mostly center around the fact that we both need a good freezer.

Mama Ines

Quantum Realm Podcast

When Ricky's old friends from Cuba visit, Ricky ends up agreeing to do a performance with an old friend, who is now a gorgeous young woman. Lucy gets terribly jealous, and things spiral as they tend to do. Discussions this week include Peggy Lee, the Muppets (yes, again), and John Dillinger.  

BTW, Miss Piggy rollerskates in The Muppets Take Manhattan.  Here's a clip!

The Mambo Kings Desi Arnaz Jr as Desi Arnaz

The Mambo Kings/I Love Lucy clip

Peggy Lee Discography

Peggy Lee's "Similau"

After a series of misunderstandings and coincidences, Ricky and Fred become convinced that Lucy is suffering from kleptomania.  Naturally, she and Ethel take revenge at them for jumping to conclusions by pretending to be embroiled in a life of crime. Discussions this week include Aunt Jemima and racism, Love Never Dies, and bananas. 

Slight correction: Tess Gardella performed in minstrel and vaudeville shows as Aunt Jemima, but she named herself this after the song "Old Aunt Jemima, written in 1875. The pancake flour mascot is also named after the song, but some of her image and mannerisms were inspired by Gardella's performance.

Aunt Jemima's Pancake House in Disneyland

The History Chicks Podcast Aunt Jemima episode

Still Processing Podcast Aunt Jemima episode

The Liberation of Aunt Jemima art piece by Betye Saar

The Major and the Minor trailer 

When Lucy discovers a spelling error on the Ricardo marriage license, she fears their marriage is invalid. Ricky decides to pull a joke on her, and they end up attempting to get remarried. Discussions this week include Charo and Bacardi Rum. Apologies for the level of background noise!

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Tailwaggers Society

After Ricky and Fred refuse Lucy and Ethel's demands for dishwashers, the men and women make a bet to see who can last longer without modern conveniences. Unfortunately this bet happens just as Lucy and Ethel are trying to join a new club.  Somehow, this leads to the largest loaf of bread ever. Discussions include Muhammad Ali and James Brown, The Muppets, and our high school band and choir.

"That time ‘I Love Lucy’ confronted antisemitism in front of millions of Americans" by Vctoria Myers

"While Strolling Through the Park" on Muppets Tonight

I couldn't find a clip of James Brown as Annie, but here's James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party lol

This week, the girls and the guys make a bet to see who can go without gossiping the longest. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Discussions today include Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, the rivalry between Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, and Lucy and Ethel's friendship manifesting in matching china.

You Must Remember This podcast "Gossip Girls" series on Hedda and Lolly

Gold Dust Twins

Unique Vintage Lucy line with "starlet duster"

Marion Davies showing her comedy chops