Today in Television History (May 5th, 1952): The "I Love Lucy" Episode, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", Airs on Television!

"It's so tasty, too!"

On May 5th, 1952, the iconic episode of "I Love Lucy", titled "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", aired on television. Considered the most famous episode of the show, Lucille Ball appears as a drunk Lucy Ricardo who is hired to do a television commercial for a health tonic called, Vitameatavegimin, which is "so tasty, too". In the initial airing, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" was viewed by 68% of the television viewing audience at the time.

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