“The Saxophone”, Season 2, Episode 2, Filmed 6/16/52, Aired 9/22/52

Do you ever wake up in a good mood? The feeling that nothing could really bother you? I woke up feeling that way. I really think it had to do a lot with the “Job Switching” episode I watched last night. After work I decided I needed double laughter therapy and watched my Lucy episode “The Saxophone” and then watched “Bruce Almighty” for a little Jim Carrey therapy . I don’t care what anyone says, I love him and think he’s hilarious. I also love his relationship with his girlfriend of 4 years Jenny McCarthy. They are nuts for each other and you can tell it’s genuine. One of the main draws Jenny McCarthy has to Jim Carrey is his relationship with her seven year old son, Evan, who has autism. McCarthy said that her son didn’t like other people, however when Jim Carrey and Evan met, it was like nothing else she had ever seen before. She said Carrey spoke a language that only Evan could understand. In the last 4 years, she said Evan’s autism has improved by leaps and bounds and she thinks it’s because of Jim Carrey. If that’s not a great love story for this Valentines I don’t know what is.
In “The Saxophone” Ricky is going on tour for three weeks. Lucy just assumes that she is going with him. When Ricky tells her no, she tries to get into the band by playing the saxophone. She goes to the audition trying to act like a “musician”, baggy suit, long watch chain and using the word “man” a lot, obviously she didn’t get the job. Then Lucy tries to play a trick on Ricky by pretending she’s having an affair. She uses Fred's hat and gloves as a decoy. Once Ricky finds out it’s a lie, he decides to play a trick on Lucy by hiding men in the closet acting like Lucy was with all of them. She gets him back in the end.
I had never seen this episode before which is always fun for me. It was very cute for many reasons, especially when Ricky plays the musician, but a tiny part in the beginning was my favorite. In the beginning, Lucy is in the attic looking for trunk for Ricky and she’s playing with old hats and laughing with Ethel as she tries them on. It’s such an honest “girlfriend” moment that is just great. I like to think it was Lucille and Vivian really playing with each other. It’s so nice to know that Lucille and Vivian were really best friends. Sometimes friendship is the best therapy.