I Love Lucy: The Young Fans (1952)
Season 1, Episode 20
3/10
Missing Ethel and Fred
14 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
In the first season there were a handful of episodes that didn't show Fred and or Ethel. I think they were too important to the success of the show. While not a horrible episode the constant interacting with these annoying teens wears thin quickly. Teenagers is something this show seemed not to understand or know anything about. Interesting as the later Lucy shows did better.

The entire episode consist of two irritating teenagers and their infatuation with Ricky and Lucy and Lucy and Ricky teaming up to discourage them . It's mildly amusing at times and Lucy and Desi do a good job playing much older than they were but it feels more like something that would have worked better as a shorter sketch and not drawn out for a 25 minute show.

The actors playing the teens were actually very talented Janet Waldo is particularly known as the voice of Judy Jetson and Richard Crenna had a distinguished career as an actor and also directed.
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