We Love Lucy

I have this "wacky calendar" app on my phone that gives me a daily look at out-of-the-ordinary "holidays."  Some are fun to celebrate, like "Taco Day" and "Chocolate Day" and some are better known than others, like "May the Fourth."  This morning when I looked at my wacky calendar, it listed "I Love Lucy Day."  When I checked the news afterward, I saw where today is the 65th anniversary of the I Love Lucy show.

We love Lucy.  I'm happy to say that Leah and Aaron appreciate the genius of Lucille Ball.  OK, that may be over-reaching:  they think Lucy is hilarious.  The show is available on Amazon Prime so we've watched many episodes.  Sometimes, we have to explain the significance of a guest star, like Bob Hope, but most things just translate easily.   "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (Vitameatavegamin) and "Job Switching" (chocolate factory) are of course favorites.  Today, to celebrate, we watched a two-episode special colorized version from CBS that we DVR'd when it aired featuring "Lucy Visits Grauman's" and "Lucy and John Wayne."  It's one of Aaron's favorites.

The I Love Lucy show is great for us to watch as a family because we all enjoy it, it's not some crazy cartoon and Matt and I don't have to worry about inappropriate content.  The funny thing about watching the show lately is I've come to realize that Ricky (Desi Arnaz) looks a lot like my dad did during the same time period.  It might just be a 1950s thing.  I used to think my dad's celebrity doppelganger was Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain, but I think Desi is a better match.  My dad was Caucasian Ricky Ricardo--you be the judge.

Richard vs. "Ricky"