“Men Are Messy”, Season 1, Episode 8, Filmed 10/25/51, Aired 12/3/51

Today was my day off. I always use the days off to straighten house, Laundry, wash dishes, things like that. I tried to be a Lucy and even bake some cookies...except now the apt smells like burnt cookies. Baking, cooking in general, is not my strong suit. I’ll stick to watching Lucy, I found it appropriate on a day like today I would watch “Men are Messy”
We find Lucy, being the perfect 1950’s housewife, cleaning the house before Ricky gets home. The second Ricky walks in the house, it’s messy again. Lucy and Ricky decide to separate the apt, Lucy will keep it the way she wants and Ricky will keep his the way he wants. Next day Ricky is offered a spread in a magazine about him and his home life. As a joke Lucy makes the apt look like a “Pig Sty”. Once the photographer comes over and gets a look at the “Pig Sty” and Lucy as a “Pig Sty” wife. Just when Lucy thinks it only for the musician's magazine, she finds out it for “Look” magazine. She doesn’t make the article, she makes the cover!
Everytime I turn on “I Love Lucy”, I just love the theme song, that cuban beat brings a smile to my face that reaches from ear to ear. I can’t help but do a little dance every time I hear it. I’m embarrassed to say even my ringtone on my cell phone is the theme song. It was written by Harold Adamson and Eliot Daniel. Harold Adamson wrote many songs that were in lots of movies from the 50’s such as “A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening”, “It’s A Most Unusual Day” and from Gentlemen Prefer Blonds “When Love Goes Wrong”. Eliot Daniel composed a lot of theme songs for television shows. He composed all the extra music for most of the Lucy shows. Even “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”. The version you hear before the show is Desi Arnaz orchestra playing. There’s also a version with Desi singing it. The words are also very sweet.


"There's a certain couple that I know. 
They're strictly lovebirds, 
A pair of turtle dove birds. 
He's a guy who wants the world to know. 
So ev'ry day 
You'll hear him say 

I Love Lucy and she loves me, 
We're as happy as two can be, 
sometimes we quarrel but then again 
How we love making up again. 

Lucy kisses like no one can, 
She's my missus and I'm her man; 
And life is heaven you see 
Cause I Love Lucy 
Yes I Love Lucy 
and Lucy loves me. "