“Vacation from Marriage”, Season 2, Episode 5, Filmed 8/1/52, Aired 10/27/52

Today was a sad day...My beloved fish died. His name was Ricky-Lucy and he was a good fish. Matt thinks I am nuts, but I honestly believe he knew who I was. The reason for his name is because when I first bought Ricky-Lucy, I named him Lucy because he was a beautiful red Betta fish. I also bought a beautiful yellow Betta fish and named it Ethel. Ethel didn’t live very long, but Lucy lived on. One day I looked at Lucy’s bowl and there was a big foam looking pile on the top. I thought something was wrong and googled “Betta’s bubble foam”, amazingly enough something came up. Male Betta’s make a nest for their mates to lay their eggs in it. If the Male was doing it without a woman fish around that just means they are happy and doing what feels natural. That is where the name Ricky-Lucy was born. So this blog is dedicated to Ricky-Lucy.
Lucy is bored with married life. She claims that she is bored with doing the same thing everyday with Ricky. Ethel agrees and they decide to take a break from marriage, Lucy lives with Ethel in her apartment and Fred lives with Ricky in his. By Saturday, the girls are bored and want to throw in the towel and go back to their husbands. However they don’t want to admit they miss them, in true Lucy fashion, they pretend they have dates and get all dress up to show the boys. Lucy and Ethel think the boys are just as bored as they are and after the boys see them in their beautiful outfits, they’ll beg them to stay with them. However, the boys lie and say they have dates to and the plan backfires. In an effort to spy on the boys and see if they are lying, the girls get locked out on top of the roof. In the end the boys find them and all four of them admit they want to be “in a rut” with each other.
One of my favorite parts about the “I Love Lucy” show is the dresses Lucy wears. I wish I lived in a world where I could wear a Lucy dress everyday. The girls look amazing when they go over to the boys apartment to fool them, they have evening gowns on with gloves, jewels and fabulous furs. I’ve searched to see who designed the dresses Lucy wore for the show, not much luck. I found out that a lady named Elois uuuuu was in charge of costumes for 57 episodes, but she wanted more money and left. The class “Lucy dresses” have are untouchable nowadays.