"Job Switching" is the season premiere of the second season of I Love Lucy. It first aired on CBS September 15, 1952. The episode was written by Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Pugh Davis[1]

Plot

edit

Ricky and Fred think house work is easier that having a job and Lucy and Ethel disagree. Lucy and Ethel get a job at the candy factory and hilarity ensues...

Production

edit

Is information available on the original writing and production? Unknown!

Broadcast and reception

edit

Anita Gates wrote in The New York Times in 2001 that while I Love Lucy was humorous Lucy herself did not serve as a positive female role model in the series. gates specifically discusses this episode and the manner in which Ricky addresses Lucy after she overdrafts her checking account. Gates notes that Lucy taught many young girls about marriage and gender roles while portraying a character showing women as "frivolous, inept little fools".[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Gates, Anita (2001-10-14). "Television/Radio: The Good, the Bad, the Lucy: A Legacy of Laughs; Endlessly Lovable, But Damaging, Too". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
edit

Google news Google books Google scholar imdb MSN Job Switching Lucy Barbie doll