Lucy & Ethel
3/25/09
The greatest comedic duo in TV history has to be Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz. What a dynamic pair. How is it even possible to laugh so hard at other people’s mishaps? Everyone has his or her favorite episode and for me it’s a toss up between the job at the candy factory and selling the Vitameatavegamin. Both are classics and even after watching them again, I still can’t decide between the two.
It’s so much fun to enjoy the old clips of the escapades but even more fun to reenact them. I am fortunate enough to have friends in my life that when we get together it is hard to tell us apart from Lucy and Ethel. I’ve just had the great joy of returning from a trip with one such friend. This friend is beautiful, smart, funny and a great travel mate. The longer we were away the more we became Lucy and Ethel. The funniest part however, is that we took turns being Lucy. In one instance I was the bubblehead and she the straight woman trying to clean up after me, and in the very next moment, we reversed roles.
One afternoon after working and studying very hard we had a break and went back to our room to rest. We weren’t in the room five minutes when one of us did something goofy (I don’t even remember who or what it was) and the next thing we know we are laughing hysterically. You know the kind of laughter that you cannot stop, nor can you explain it to another and get them to laugh. But at that moment you feel certain that nothing will ever be this funny again. The tears were flowing the pain in the cheeks and jaw line was real and the beautiful release of joy filled the room with a peace that cannot be explained. It can never be recreated, it is not funny to explain to someone else and thinking about it later it doesn’t seem that funny at all. But for that one brief second of time, it was pure joy. I felt like a kid again without a care in the world. What a glorious moment.
So to all the Lucy’s and Ethel’s out there embrace your friendship and cherish the special moments; and to my own little Spucy, this is for you. Thanks for being my friend and for lengthening my life with laughter and joy.
3/25/09
The greatest comedic duo in TV history has to be Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz. What a dynamic pair. How is it even possible to laugh so hard at other people’s mishaps? Everyone has his or her favorite episode and for me it’s a toss up between the job at the candy factory and selling the Vitameatavegamin. Both are classics and even after watching them again, I still can’t decide between the two.
It’s so much fun to enjoy the old clips of the escapades but even more fun to reenact them. I am fortunate enough to have friends in my life that when we get together it is hard to tell us apart from Lucy and Ethel. I’ve just had the great joy of returning from a trip with one such friend. This friend is beautiful, smart, funny and a great travel mate. The longer we were away the more we became Lucy and Ethel. The funniest part however, is that we took turns being Lucy. In one instance I was the bubblehead and she the straight woman trying to clean up after me, and in the very next moment, we reversed roles.
One afternoon after working and studying very hard we had a break and went back to our room to rest. We weren’t in the room five minutes when one of us did something goofy (I don’t even remember who or what it was) and the next thing we know we are laughing hysterically. You know the kind of laughter that you cannot stop, nor can you explain it to another and get them to laugh. But at that moment you feel certain that nothing will ever be this funny again. The tears were flowing the pain in the cheeks and jaw line was real and the beautiful release of joy filled the room with a peace that cannot be explained. It can never be recreated, it is not funny to explain to someone else and thinking about it later it doesn’t seem that funny at all. But for that one brief second of time, it was pure joy. I felt like a kid again without a care in the world. What a glorious moment.
So to all the Lucy’s and Ethel’s out there embrace your friendship and cherish the special moments; and to my own little Spucy, this is for you. Thanks for being my friend and for lengthening my life with laughter and joy.
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