"I Love Lucy" aired on this day in 1951 and featured Lucy getting
into trouble for the first time. In one episode she decided to sand and
repaint the kitchen cabinets. She seemed to have done everything right
at first, covering the floors and counters before sanding and setting up
a window fan to draw out the dust. This worked well, sending the dust
outside instead of throughout the Ricardo household. Seemed like a great
idea, until Fred and Ethel pounded on the front door complaining that
the dust was blowing into their next-door apartment. Moments later,
Ricky stormed in, screaming that the particles were blowing all over his
shiny, clean car. "Lucy, you got some splainin' to do." When they left,
Lucy pondered the problem. Going to the garage, she picked up a furnace
filter. Inside, she placed it in front of the window fan, where it would
trap the dust before it blew outside. She then completed her work
without dusting the neighborhood. Ricky later said, "Lucy, splain to me
how you did that." And that's the On The House tip for today.