Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

(audience laughter)

So, yeah, everything's great. Why do you ask?

- DESI: No. - Why?

- ♪ All the day long. ♪ - (song ends)

(audience cheering)

good china, silver, et cetera."

I don't see myself caring about a woman's perspective from a new generation.

as a voter intending to affiliate with the Communist Party.

Yeah, but oftentimes that obstacle is her husband's permission.

She'd want to look nice.

How many people know that?

♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom ♪

Madelyn's a staff writer. She doesn't bring people their breakfast.

Understood. What about the third?

No, you carry a basket of laundry,

I'm gonna restage the dinner scene.

- DESI: Hmm. Say, "Desi, I apologize for doubting you..." - No.

This is a critical moment, Lucy.

And they're smart and tough and they outsmart the men.

And it works pretty well for you, too. Very well.

- Might be. - Howard?

You know we pay a housekeeper to do the laundry, right?

- You think? - We're holding for something.

- That's not the same. - It is.

I don't have a rumba number in the movie.

- Pedro, Pablo, Jose. - What?

It was the new bit Lucy put in.

than had ever watched a television program before.

- Hey. - We do seem to be having some success, no?

(audience laughter)

but it's very much my problem, okay?

A man named Sydney Guilaroff was Metro's chief hair stylist.

You're trying...

They want to put My Favorite Husband on TV.

for your rumba number in the movie.

Let me be clear.

arguing about why we don't have more time.

"Lucy, I ain't been with no girls since the moment I saw you."

like Lucy waiting for him at home, would Desi be foolish enough..."

Your call just said to come to the stage, that it was an emergency.

- (exhales sharply) - This is a crazy week,

Who's coming for dinner, Lucy?

so the press sees them give you a round of applause.

- ♪ That's Jell-O ♪ - ♪ Yum, yum, yum ♪

Your original question?

You're asking when did they find out?

♪ All the day long ♪

If Lucy Ricardo's pregnant, the audience's mind immediately goes

Each move has to be articulate.

Lucy, I'm home!

JESS: Let's go!

At the end of the broadcast.

I'm going to show them the canceled document,

- I'm looking forward, too, Angie. - (laughs)

Why did you think you didn't know what words to use?

I'm interested in the idea of doing My Favorite Husband on television.

- Confidential's report on..." - In your life, have you ever

Bataan was a hit.

LUCILLE: Lucy guesses some names.

DESI: You don't pronounce an "H" after a "G."

(audience laughter continues)

(clears throat)

Lucy's sitting in the living room, too, and of course when she's asked

Grandpa Fred was wrong, Lucy!

I asked, "Did you know you don't come home anymore?"

Where in the Ricardo's living room are the giant chairs you're talking about?

I'll be funny by Friday.

- Could be a good scene. - He's correct.

- Very happy. Very happy. - Yeah.

VIVIAN: Don't you usually do that while we're rehearsing?

Philip Morris pays for the show.

♪ I come from Havana ♪

I'm at peace with that.

- You don't have to explain it to him. - We'll have flowers in a vase.

Every reporter within 20 minutes of this soundstage.

- It's possible. - Thank you.

Oh, no, no, no.

- where they still make the wine that way. - MADELYN: Easy.

and I haven't heard anything.

- Right. - We're doing it now.

First Jess, then the network, then Philip Morris.

- Mr. Arnaz? - Yes.

- Yes, it's a tabloid. - "With a curvy, red-haired tidbit

- Yeah. - We changed that to

You borrowing it from wardrobe for a cocktail party?

For the love of God, old man, this isn't hard.

Sometimes I go to the boat and play cards.

Use a line on me you've never road-tested on anyone.

I'm sure it's 10:15 somewhere.

Well, Fred, I took the liberty of asking a young lady to be your dinner companion.

You know Philip Morris won't let us.

Not until you kiss and make up.

No, I don't mean ambition.

I think we have mimeos for everyone.

who would be a movie star if there was such a thing as a Cuban movie star.

He's thinking a lot about killing you now.

It's a privilege doing this show with you.

He plays it for the studio audience.

What do you think they're talking about in there?

- and ending with the birth of the baby. - ROGER (laughs): No.

You'll be on the floor during the show, right?

None of that matters right now.

WILLIAM: Good show.

(piano and bongo drum playing "She Could Shake the Maracas")

Ricky just stands there.

JESS: "Lucy's putting the finishing touches on a fancy dinner table...

He can't understand why Lucy doesn't notice he's home any more than we can.

You absolutely could not.

And I'm trying to get them just right.

who routinely walk into their apartment, all of whom sound exactly like Desi Arnaz?

You asked about why Lucy stopped when we were doing the alt.

David Hart, head of current programming, CBS.

- Lucy. - All right.

if they live past tomorrow, have to live in a reality

Fred C. Hunt, my grandfather, was a member of the party.

the moving parts of physical comedy.

We are doing that.

(Desi clears throat)

I'm here to deliver a hard truth.

the first words out of her mouth could be "good script."

♪ And you'll love it when you do the chick ♪

Something dies inside a man...

but unless the story's about me playing cards on the boat...

I said, "This will all be over by show night."

Mr. Lyons doesn't get involved at this level.

- LUCILLE: I'm very interested. - (lively chatter)

"Lucy's putting the finishing touches on a fancy dinner table...

Roger Otter, Philip Morris.

Seven? When do you have time to do that?

"You are the man who's paying the money for this show,

I do physical comedy.

♪ So, señorita, please ♪

I can't prioritize the director's feelings over the health of the show.

- she's winning, but in the final hour... - BOB: Here it is.

DESI: (chuckles) She's kidding.

If they boo you...

that CBS won't even allow us to use the word "pregnant."