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Today, we're talking the 5 best eps of season two, plus the absolute worst.

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The weather outside is as cold as Lucy's dark roots, but inside we're as toasty as her red hair. 

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Never give up. Always take comfort in your friends at 623 E. 68th St. 

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In which Ethel is EVERYTHING and Ricky is just Ken.

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My GOD this episode is racy.

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Ethel is a girl boss and Lucy is kind of a d*ick and every New Yorker feels so seen by the struggles of this episode.

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Continuing last week's theme:

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Mrs. Porter, the Child Wonder, is here to teach us all about self love.

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Ring the Trum-bell, Mrs. Trumbell has arrived! (See what I did there?).

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Hi everyone. Long time no talk. 

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Justice for Harry Henderson.

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More like “AKA Sarah Royal Stans Fred Mertz.”

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This episode contains discussion of domestic violence. Listener discretion is advised.

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CaroLillian Appleby is here!

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I am very grateful to this episode for existing.

Episode Coverage starts @ 8:25 in case you don’t want all the shoutouts and whatnot!

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Welcome to an episode that is certainly an episode. But I do talk about the Barbie movie, so that’s a thing!

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I am so honored that our first-ever guest is someone SO brilliant: Sarah Royal, author of the upcoming A.K.A. Lucy, which you absolutely, positively MUST preorder. I am thrilled Sarah joined me (and she'll be back soon!).

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At last, an episode that finally answers the question: Was Michaelangelo wrong?

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Call the New York Herald Time Tribune, we’re back with another episode!

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Ribbety pippety ay! To what do you attribute your plethora of fatigue? We’ve got a fun one today :)

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Sweet Adeline, we’re here! I had no idea how special this episode was until I started writing. Enjoy!

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Hello. Its me.

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We’re having a baby, my babies (the Ricardos) and me! Yes, the Ricardo baby is ALL of our baby.

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Ricky is a big baby, and this episode is a delight.

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Or, “The One Where Lucy and Ethel Bicker Like Real Best Friends.”

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Yep. I'm talking Wife Guys, and I'm bringing it back to Desi Arnaz.

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Please enjoy the Law and Order reference at the beginning of this episode. Oh, if only this was executive produced by Dick Wolf.

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The Ricardos and Mertzes are in a rut. Rut rut rut. So what’s Lucy to do but move in with Ethel and hide on the roof?

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Today it's a bonus episode - the top five episodes of season one of “I Love Lucy” that aren’t “Lucy Does a TV Commercial,” plus honorable mentions, including the worst and second worst episodes of the season. 

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She is Lily of the Valley, he is the good Prince Lancelot, Lucy is in a pickle. Its “The Operetta,” a delightful little satire that reminds us just how talented Vivian Vance and William Frawley are.

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Fred’s solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5fc9ksqawA 

Ethel’s solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9pPJQSzaA 

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Lucy handcuffs Ricky to her because she wants a date night. That’s pretty saucy if you ask me! 

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Grace Foster is a queen. That’s it. That’s the synopsis.

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Gloria Blondell as Daisy Duck playlist (I did not make this playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXTBH3fHuyM&list=PLOkhbMqb35EpRIL3lNHRg8Dir0nIhFhXT 

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Hiya, cats! Lucy breaks out the old saxophone to try and get into Ricky’s band tour. But when it doesn’t work, the Ricardos trade tricks and pranks until, of course, Lucy wins. Stay up here and get your kicks, man! 

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The Tropicana Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q8WvdjDpi4 

What Glow Worm *Actually* Sounds Like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opSpd8Z5hms 

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Speed it up a little! It’s time to talk about the iconic chocolate factory scene. And feminism, and capitalism, and history, and failure.  This one has so much to talk about!

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The chocolate factory scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQ58I53mjk&t=0s

My embarrassingly painstaking comic analysis on the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMsPh9ArAcQ&t=1055s 

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Wow, we made it to the end of the 1st season, and with a splash! When Ricky is out of work, Lucy, Ethel, and our boy Fred work to show the Tropicana how many people love Ricky…by pretending to be all those many people. Plus, Xavier Valdez deserved more. Plus plus, a quick update on the summer and a note of sincere gratitude.

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Lucy Ricardo shows that sometimes she’s the reasonable one in this marriage when Ricky hears an offhanded comment and takes it way too far. But why wait for someone to move on from a little moment of insecurity when you can spend your entire emergency fund on it and beat your husband with a whisk? 

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Break out your bullet journals, the Ricardos are getting organized! This time, Lucy and Ricky are facing the biggest enemy of our time - gross patriarchal ideology. We meet WASPS icon Phoebe Littlefield, and I am forced to admit that Fred Mertz is not a perfect angel baby. I’m sad, but that’s what you get when you’re a butt.

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