Satirical commentary of I Love Lucy every Friday! Here’s all the WTFacts for this week.
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I Love Lucy S01 E22 – Fred and Ethel Fight
(Or: FINALLY! Go get yours, Ethel!)
**More WTFacts are at this week’s Episode Watch Party.**
We open on Lucy setting the table for dinner and Ricky playing peekaboo because the guy legit thinks he’s married a 6 month old.
“WHOM is coming to dinner?” Ricky asks, all proud of himself like he checked fucking Grammar Girl or something. Except he clearly didn’t, because WHOM is incorrect.
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Episode Watch Party S01 E22: “Fred and Ethel Fight”
Satirical commentary of I Love Lucy every Friday! Here’s all the WTFacts for this week.
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I Love Lucy S01 E21 – New Neighbors
(Or: War is a force that gives us meaning)
**More WTFacts are at this week’s Episode Watch Party.**
We open on the living room window, which we’ve never seen before. Lucy and Ethel are snooping on the new neighbors moving in while Ricky demands his breakfast. I’m not sure which is ruder.
Episode Watch Party S01 E21: “New Neighbors”
Satirical commentary of I Love Lucy every Friday! Here’s all the WTFacts for this week.
I Love Lucy S01 E20 – The Young Fans
(Or: Stalking can be fun!)
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Happy 20th episode, Ballers! We open on Lucy reading a New York Times about Hitler.
Actually, the person on the cover is Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, who was put in charge of British forces in 1952 during the “Malayan Emergency.” But, being Jewish, I can’t go five sentences without mentioning Hitler.
Lucy is a highly educated woman with a strong handle on world affairs… as long as Ricky’s not looking.
Ricky comes in totally creeped out by a perverted teenage psychopath named Peggy. She lives next door, she’s “like a spook,” and she’s legit stalking him. Lucy thinks it’s hilarious, and reminds Ricky that teenage girls are totally unreasonable.
I used to have a massive crush on Ricky myself, and considering he was a) fictional and b) 80 years old by that point, I have to side with Lucy on this.
Episode Watch Party S01 E20: “The Young Fans”
Satirical commentary of I Love Lucy every Friday! Here’s all the WTFacts for this week.
I Love Lucy S01 E19 – The Ballet
OR: Lucy Shows Her Stems
Happy Friday, Ballers!
Enough with the chit chat.
We open on Ricky looking through a bunch of papers as the rest of the gang enters. Lucy wants him to hurry up because “the picture starts at 8:22.” That’s awfully specific. Was that really how it worked back in the 50s? No wonder people hate millennials. A millennial hears “8:22” and has a panic attack mixed with a peanut allergy.
Ricky can’t go, though. He’s having trouble finding acts. He needs a ballerina and two comics.
Episode Watch Party S01 E19: “The Ballet”
Satirical commentary of I Love Lucy every Friday! Here’s all the WTFacts for this week.
I Love Lucy S01 E18 – Breaking the Lease
(Or: Lucy and Ricky do something together for once)
Welcome back, my dear Ballers. I’ve missed you like Ethel misses singlehood. Let’s dive in.
We open on our typical Ricardo-Mertz double date. Everyone’s standing around the piano singing “I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad.” Freud’s like, “Yeah, I know! I’ve been saying this for decades!”
Those lyrics are creepy as hell. Here’s the first verse of that song (emphasis mine):
WTF Lucy 