“Fred and Ethel Fight”, Season 1, Episode 22, Filmed 1/30/52, Aired 3/10/5

What a nasty nasty day today in New York City, snowing a lot but it only turns into slush on the ground. It’s good day to catch up cleaning and writing. I like to find the perfect soundtrack for days where the weather is like this, Today the perfect soundtrack was Jamie Cullum. If you haven’t heard him before, LISTEN TO HIM! He is a jazz singer and amazing piano player. I love his husky voice and crazy fingers on the keys. The first song I heard of his was his version of “Singin in the Rain”, it was love at first note! I just downloaded “Nothings going to harm you”, “Be still my heart”, “Singin in the Rain” and now “Sweeny Todd” HELLO? How can you not love him? Music, good music, is so therapeutic, nothing like laughter therapy though.
Ricky comes home to see Lucy setting up a nice dinner for four, Lucy tells him the Mertzes are coming. The Mertzes have recently had a big fight to the point they hadn’t spoken to each other in 3 days and Fred was staying at the YMCA. Lucy was hoping this was going to get them back together. It didn’t look to promising at the beginning of dinner, but it turned out the Mertzes made up. While they talked about how silly it was to argue, Lucy and Ricky start to talk about a fight they had and stir up the feelings again. Ricky leaves in an angry state and stays at his club. Ethel and Fred try to work to get the two of them to make up. Ethel comes up with an idea that if they say Lucy has been hit by a bus, Ricky will come running back to her. Fred comes up with an idea to pretend the building is on fire and Ricky will “save Lucy” then she’ll forgive him. Ethel bandages Lucy up and she lays in her bed waiting for Ricky to come home. While laying there, Ricky comes home and with the help of Fred start the fire. When Lucy thinks there is a fire, she jumps out the window. When Ricky finds her and finds out she’s OK, they make up.
When Lucy thinks the apartment is on fire she starts throwing some of her favorite dresses and hats out the window to save them. We see her run out to the bathroom and come out with two huge jugs of something called “Henna Rinse” she throws out the window. Henna Rinse, I have gathered after googling, is a natural hair dye conditioning treatment that lots of red heads use. That would be the first thing Lucy and Lucille would save I think. There was never a funnier Red Head.