“The Handcuffs”, Season 2, Episode 4, Filmed 5/30/52, Aired 10/6/52

I was bad and missed TWO DAYS of writing. I’m going to work really hard to make sure I don’t do that again. It gets me off my flow. I blame it on two good friends birthdays. One of my friends had his birthday at Splash, a bar in New York City where they have musical theater mondays. It’s fantastic! The bar has huge screens everywhere that shows different musical performances whether it’s from a movie, tony performance, tv special or the actual performance. One of the clips was of Judy Garland and Barbara Striesand singing “Get Happy/ Happy Days Are Here Again”. It is one of my favorite songs of all time. I have a very soft spot for Barbara Striesand. I think she is the best of the best, singer and actor wise. Lucy is my therapy, but Babs is my Therapist.
Fred is over at the Ricardo’s showing off his silly magic tricks, one of the tricks is handcuffs you “can’t get out of” of course, Lucy figures it our right away! After the Mertz’s leave, Ricky tells Lucy he has to rehearse for a tv special he is doing. In an effort to play a prank on Ricky, Lucy gets Fred’s magic handcuffs and locks herself to Ricky. Unfortunately, Lucy grabbed Fred's “Civil War” handcuffs that don’t have a key. Lucy and Ricky can’t find a locksmith who can get them out in time for the tv special. Ricky ends up performing with Lucy being Ricky’s “right hand”.
I grew up with my family having a very busy schedule, however when I was home, I was watching TV. I LOVED TV, and I still do. I grew up watching Nick at Nite. I missed out on all the tv shows that were actually going on in the 90’s. I was all about “I Love Lucy” ,“Dick Van Dyke”, “Mary Tyler Moore”, “Taxi” and so many more. I think my parents liked me watching shows they used to watch while they were growing up and knowing it was appropriate for me. I have very vivid memories sitting on the kitchen bar stool watching “I Love Lucy”. My wonderful dad would come home after a long day of work and would have to listen to me relive the whole episode “then Fred said, then Lucy cried, then Ricky said...” I never knew my dad felt like blowing his brains out. I remember Nick at Nite used to do commercials for their show that had a very vintage feel to them. There was a commercial for “I Love Lucy” called “The Pants that ate Fred Mertz!”. It’s done in the style of a 1950’s horror film. If you’ve noticed, Fred’s pants are higher up than most peoples. I searched high and low for youtube of “the pants that ate Fred Mertz”. I would be grateful to anyone that finds it! For now, we’ll just use this picture.