October 15, 2021 – National I Love Lucy Day | National Cheese Curd Day

This Was The First TV Show To Be Filmed Before A Live Audience. Welcome to October 15, 2021 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate love at first sight and bringing back that squeaky feeling.  If your life ever feels like an episode of Job Switching, where Lucy has to beat the conveyor belt of candy by hiding them in her mouth, chances are you’ve already fallen in love with Lucy.  This iconic tv show first aired on October 15, 1951 and for audiences it was love at first sight.  That’s because the show featuring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley was a program of firsts, including the first show to be performed before a live studio audience.  In four of its six seasons, I Love Lucy was the most-watched television show in the United States and to this day it still stands on TIME Magazine’s list of top 100 shows.  On National I Love Lucy Day, catch up on your favorite episodes and fall in love all over again.  In the mid 1800s settlers from all over Europe brought their cheese making secrets to Wisconsin. By 1922 there were more than 2,800 factories in the rich farmland of this state. Today Wisconsin produces over 2 billion pounds of cheese each year.  This process starts with separating the curd from the whey, but the curds that eventually become cheddar are the gold standard for snacking. These ones contain the long proteins that squeak against our teeth.  If your curds have lost that squeaky feeling, a few seconds in the microwave can bring it back. On National Cheese Curd Day fry up a batch of the freshest you can find and enjoy a true American favorite.  I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson.  Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day.