Monday, January 19, 2009
Here’s To Lucy—May The Laughs Never End!
In “Lucy Goes To The Hospital,” Episode #56 of I Love Lucy™, the Ricardos become parents. When this episode aired on January 19, 1953, it was the most-watched television program ever, beating out Queen Elizabeth’s coronation and President Eisenhower’s inauguration! The hilarious events leading up to Little Ricky’s birth are exactly the kind of laughs that made I Love Lucy such a memorable program then, and one of our favorite television memories today.
Who could forget Lucy and Ethel’s foray into the working world in Episode #39, “Job Switching?” Or when the gang went to Europe, and the gals wore their “Paris gowns” in Episode #147? And no matter what the foursome bickered about, we always knew they would patch things up at the end.
The last original episode of I Love Lucy was broadcast on May 6, 1957. Almost fifty-two years later, Lucy is never far from our hearts. We never tire of watching the kooky redhead worm her herself in and out of every preposterous situation and improbable predicament imaginable, time and time again. The enduring appeal of the show is why Lucy will always be the Queen of Comedy here at Betty’s Attic. Long may she reign!
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