Be and Vinitas, that's California for welcome to the October 28th edition of National Reviews.

Radio Free California podcast. I'm Will Swain, president of the California Policy Center. You can find my colleagues and me at California PolicyCenter.org. You can find my friend and co-host David Bonson, Wright-Cha. He's an economist. He's the host of the Capitol Record podcast. He's the author of the book full-time, work in the meaning of life. And of course, he's the founder of the eponymous investment from the Bonson Group. Hello, David.

Hello, Will. Good to be with you in person. And with you. Later in the show, we're going to have a

conversation, my conversation with Lance Christensen about some of the bills that, 800 bills, Gavin Newsom signed.

And it's almost like Marshall McLuhan's the medium is the message that number is the message

how do you add 800 new statutes to an over-regulated state do they do a thing where with each

new statute they also got rid of 1600s that's a brilliant idea I'm sure Gavin Newsom would do that

like we pass one and get rid of two yeah wouldn't that be interesting no even pass one and get rid of two? Yeah, wouldn't that be interesting?

No.

Or even pass one and get rid of one.

That would be fine.

Just to break even.

Yeah.

No, we did not do that.

But anyway, that conversation is coming.

David, I just wanted to also do a quick history note here.

It was 74 years ago this month that I Love Lucy premiered in October 1951 with an episode called The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub. In keeping

with the title there, Lucy and Ethel clash with their husbands over plans to celebrate Fred Nethel's

18th anniversary. As the title suggests, Lucy and Ethel want to go to a posh nightclub, David,

Ricky and Fred want to go to a night of boxing. Here's what's really interesting, though, about the show. Of course, it goes on to become iconic. It was set in New York, but it was produced in Hollywood, was, in fact, David, the first TV show produced in Hollywood. The reason for that came down to domestic politics. Hollywood veterans, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, were already established in the city. Desi is a local band leader and an actor in some minor roles.

He hung out with Ronald Reagan, who was head of the Screen Actors Guild.

Lucy was a former leading lady who turned to slapstick comedy,

...