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(More customer reviews)"Job Switching" (Episode #36, September 15, 1952), is the classic episode of "I Love Lucy" that I always show to my television classes so they know what a classic sit com looks like. Ricky is tired of the way Lucy spends money without regard for where it comes from, so the boys and girls switch places: Lucy and Ethel will get jobs and Ricky and Fred will do the household chores. One of the greatest moments in television history comes when Lucy and Ethel have to work a conveyor belt in a candy factory. Elvia Allman is the supervisor ("Let 'er roll!") and Amanda Milligan, an actual candy dipper at the Farmer's Market in Hollywood is, uh, the candy dipper. Meanwhile, Ricky is ironing stockings and making rice while Fred bakes a cake. Note: The bit Lucy and Ethel do at the job placement service with Alvin Hurwitz is lifted from the two sisters in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."
Then in "The Fashion Show" (#117 February 28, 1955), Lucy decides she has to have a fancy Don Loper dress just like all the other Hollywood wives. Since the dress she buys costs $500, she lies out in the sun to get sunburned so Ricky will feel sorry for her and pay for the dress. However, not only does Lucy get a really bad case of sunburn, she then learns that if she wears a tweed suit (ouch) in one of Loper's charity fashion shows, she can get her dress for free. Lucy gets mondo laughs just from the pained looks on her face as she endures the pain. This is also a classic comedy episode, but if you ever watch one episode of "I Love Lucy" it has to be the "Job Switching" episode. It is part of our comedic heritage.
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