Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

- Yeah. - We changed that to

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

♪ So, señorita, please ♪

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

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

Oh, no, no, no.

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

Ricky just stands there.

- ♪ All the day long. ♪ - (song ends)

I do physical comedy.

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

It's a privilege doing this show with you.

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

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

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

Let me be clear.

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

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

David Hart, head of current programming, CBS.

None of that matters right now.

Something dies inside a man...

arguing about why we don't have more time.

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

for your rumba number in the movie.

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

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

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

Philip Morris pays for the show.

I'm at peace with that.

♪ I come from Havana ♪

than had ever watched a television program before.

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

♪ All the day long ♪

Grandpa Fred was wrong, Lucy!

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

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

Not until you kiss and make up.

At the end of the broadcast.

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

Understood. What about the third?

Seven? When do you have time to do that?

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

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

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

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

And I'm trying to get them just right.

You're asking when did they find out?

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

Lucy, I'm home!

He's thinking a lot about killing you now.

Bataan was a hit.

I think we have mimeos for everyone.

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

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

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

as a voter intending to affiliate with the Communist Party.

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

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

She'd want to look nice.

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

WILLIAM: Good show.

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

You're trying...

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

It was the new bit Lucy put in.

They want to put My Favorite Husband on TV.

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

- DESI: No. - Why?

Every reporter within 20 minutes of this soundstage.

How many people know that?

LUCILLE: Lucy guesses some names.

Sometimes I go to the boat and play cards.

♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom ♪

I'm going to show them the canceled document,

and I haven't heard anything.

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

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

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

He plays it for the studio audience.

- Very happy. Very happy. - Yeah.

This is a critical moment, Lucy.

good china, silver, et cetera."

If they boo you...

First Jess, then the network, then Philip Morris.

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

You absolutely could not.

DESI: (chuckles) She's kidding.

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

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

- Lucy. - All right.

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

Who's coming for dinner, Lucy?

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

(Desi clears throat)

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

- It's possible. - Thank you.

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

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

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

but it's very much my problem, okay?

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

(audience cheering)

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

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

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

(clears throat)

- Mr. Arnaz? - Yes.

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

I'll be funny by Friday.

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

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

Your original question?

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

- Pedro, Pablo, Jose. - What?

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

(audience laughter)

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

I'm gonna restage the dinner scene.

(audience laughter continues)

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

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

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

No, I don't mean ambition.

I'm here to deliver a hard truth.

Each move has to be articulate.

Roger Otter, Philip Morris.

You borrowing it from wardrobe for a cocktail party?

We are doing that.

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

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

(audience laughter)

- Right. - We're doing it now.

JESS: Let's go!

the moving parts of physical comedy.

No, you carry a basket of laundry,

- Might be. - Howard?

You know Philip Morris won't let us.