“Lucy Plays Cupid”, Season 1, Episode 15, Filmed 12/13/51, Aired 1/21/52

Sore throats are not fun. As a singer-actress I try to be as careful as I can with my voice. Sadly today it was hurting really bad and I’m having to miss Miss Olivia Jane Long birthday party. I have a long work weekend so I didn’t want to strain it. This calls for a hot bowl of “Lucy Therapy”. Olivia’s real birthday is on Valentines day, so It’s fitting that I would watch “Lucy Plays Cupid” today.
Lucy’s elderly neighbor Miss Lewis has a crush on the grocer, Mr. Ritter. Lucy says she’ll help tell him how Miss Lewis feels. However, while Lucy is dropping hints to Mr. Ritter, he thinks Lucy likes him. In an attempt to scare him away Lucy tries to give Miss Lewis tips on how to snag a man and Lucy tries to make herself unattractive to Mr. Ritter. Making Lucy “ugly” is a hard task, no matter what, she’s completely adorable! In the end Miss Lewis snags her man Mr. Ritter.
A lady named Bea Benaderet played Miss Lewis, she had a REMARKABLE career. Not only was she on huge televisions shows such as “I Love Lucy”, “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”, “Green Acres”, “Petticoat Junction” and “The Beverly Hillbillies”, she did a TON of voices for different cartoons including the voice of Betty Rubble from “The Flintstones”. Look her up on IMDB.com, she was a very busy lady!
The actor who played Mr. Ritter was Edward Everett Horton. If you thought Bea Benaderet was busy, he was even busier! He’s listed in over 170 different TV shows and movies. To name a few, he was in one of my favorite movies “Arsenic and Old Lace” with Cary Grant (HILARIOUS! get it and watch it if you’ve never seen it), He’s the voice of the narrator for all the “Rocky and Bullwinkle”, and really became a household name when he played Roaring Chicken, the medicine man on “F Troop”. He also was on the “Red Skelton” show. Red Skelton was Lucille's mentor and taught her the art of comedy. He saw her when she was working on one of her “B Movies” and knew there was something special about her. With his help the whole world found out there was something special about her.