1957, September 17 – debut of “LUCY DOES THE TANGO”
TV Episode – on this date aired this episode of the TV comedy “I Love Lucy”…discouraged by the returns of his new chicken-raising business, Ricky declares that he’ll sell all his hens unless they starting laying more eggs…hoping to mollify Ricky, Lucy (born Aug. 6, 1911, Leo) and Ethel purchase five dozen eggs to plant them in the hen’s nests…
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Unfortunately, Fred unexpectedly shows up, and rather than admit her subterfuge, Lucy stuffs dozens of eggs in her clothes…It is at this point that Ricky arrives home, insisting that he and Lucy rehearse their tango routine for the upcoming PTA show…the slapstick routine that follows elicited the loudest and longest sustained audience laughter of any episode in the history of I Love Lucy
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- CLICK HERE – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixkijZYcPE8 to see a clip from the episode in which Ricky and Lucy dance a tango to the “Cumparsita” (written in 1924 by Gerardo Matos Rodriguez)
TODAY IN TANGO ! 