“I Love Lucy” Friday: Lucy does the tango with Ricky – as her blouse is stuffed with dozens of raw eggs!!!

Here’s another classic gem from the archives of I Love Lucy to send you into the weekend with a smile.

The episode is Lucy Does the Tango and in this scene, Lucy and Ethel attempt to plant eggs on their hens so that Ricky won’t give up his chicken business.

Ethel stuffs her shirt and pockets with a couple of dozen, while Lucy fills her blouse with three more. When Ricky comes home to rehearse their dance for the PTA show — the tango — panic fills Lucy’s eyes.

As the dance progresses, Lucy successfully keeps from breaking an egg … until the dramatic conclusion of the dance. I love how after the eggs break, Lucy wipes away the slime, rests her hands on the mess, smiles that crooked, guilty smile and tries to make Ricky think that it was no big deal.

This scene includes the longest sustained laugh in the history of I Love Lucy! For 65 seconds, the live TV audience could not stop laughing.

All these years later, we are still laughing.