“The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub”, Season 1, Episode 2, Filmed 9/15/51, Aired 10/5/51

The fun thing about slaving away scrubbing your bathroom all night the night before, you get to take a bath and watch “The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub” before you go to work.
It’s Fred and Ethel’s 18th wedding anniversary. Ethel wants to go to a nightclub and Fred wants to go to the “fights”. Of course Ricky takes Fred’s side and Lucy takes Ethel. When the girls decide they are going to go to a nightclub anyways and take “tall, dark, handsome and young” dates, the boys try to get dates of their own to keep an eye on the girls. Guess who the boys get set up with? That’s right, Lucy and Ethel dressed up as cast members of the Beverly Hillbillies. In the end, the boys tell the girls they’ll take them to a nightclub, but the still end up at the fights. “Happy anniversary Ethel” “Thank You Lucy”.
Vivian Vance and William Frawley hated eachother, which made it so believable that Fred and Ethel had been married forever and were bitter towards eachother. Vivian Vance walked on the set the first day and Lucille looked her up and down and said “I thought she was suppose to be fat!” After that, Vivian and Lucille were the best of friends. Desi Arnaz only wanted William Frawley for the part of Fred. The Network warned Desi that William was a drunk with a bad reputation, Desi still insisted on hiring William. Desi took William aside and told him what a risk it was hiring him and to not let him down. William was never late and was prepared to work. The comedic quartet was making history, and they didn't even know it.