Saturday, March 10, 2018

Celebrity Rock: Cuban Pete & Sally Sweet (1951)

Most of today's generation only know of "Cuban Pete" from Jim Carrey's show-stopping cover in 1994's "The Mask". However, it's roots go deeper. Way deeper.

A year before I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz were on a tour, where they performed "Cuban Pete & Sally Sweet". Now, if you know Lucy, you know the running subplot had Lucy Ricardo (Ball) trying to be included in husband Ricky's nightclub act any way she could. In the episode, "The Diet", she succeeds......

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