Lucy and Ethel want to spend Ethel's wedding anniversary at a nightclub, while their husbands want to go to a wrestling match. When the women pretend to have dates, the men quickly decide to follow up and get dates as well. Hilarity Ensues when Lucy and Ethel find out and think their husbands are cheating on them.
Tropes for this episode include:
- Actually Pretty Funny: When Ricky and Fred manage to get their wives to break character, they do say that their posing as abhorrent dates really got them going for a bit.
- Double Standard: Lucy and Ethel pretend to have dates to the nightclub, but they take offense on hearing Ricky and Fred called for dates as well. Also, Lucy made Ricky burn his datebook of his previous lovers but kept hers.
- Now It's My Turn: When the men realize who their dates are, they scare them off and make them break character with the same antics.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Downplayed; Lucy and Ethel manage to scare off Ricky and Fred while in disguise as their dates, but Ricky realizes their true identities on seeing that Lucy knew where the cigarettes were kept.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: After everything that happened, Ricky and Fred win the argument about how to celebrate the anniversary. Cue everyone at the wrestling match, with Lucy and Ethel looking miserable but resigned.
