THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S3;E1) “Strike Up The Band”
The episode’s soundtrack includes two songs originally sung by Desi Arnaz: “Spic n’ Spanish” and “Conga” – both from the film TOO MANY GIRLS (1940), the film where Arnaz met Lucille Ball.
This episode is set during Christmas 1959, when Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s marriage was dissolving due to Desi’s drinking and infidelity. At the time, they were in production for “Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: The Desilu Revue” which aired on December 25, 1959.

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