WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:40.916 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.000 (audience laughter) 5 00:00:48.541 --> 00:00:49.916 JESS: It was a scary week. 6 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.625 'Cause here's what you got to understand. 7 00:00:52.708 --> 00:00:54.416 A hit television show today– 8 00:00:54.500 --> 00:00:57.500 a big hit television show– what does it get? 9 00:00:57.583 --> 00:00:58.625 Ten million viewers. 10 00:00:58.708 --> 00:01:01.166 Let's go crazy and say 15. 11 00:01:01.250 --> 00:01:05.041 15 million viewers, 'cause this is a big, giant hit. 12 00:01:05.125 --> 00:01:07.208 Here's what you got to understand. 13 00:01:07.291 --> 00:01:10.333 I Love Lucy: 60 million. 14 00:01:10.416 --> 00:01:12.083 Oh, yeah. (chuckles) 15 00:01:12.166 --> 00:01:15.500 It's been a long time, but I remember that week. 16 00:01:15.583 --> 00:01:18.416 That was a scary week. 17 00:01:18.500 --> 00:01:20.291 It was a very scary week. 18 00:01:20.375 --> 00:01:22.750 Those guys scare too easy. 19 00:01:22.833 --> 00:01:24.166 I'm from the Midwest. 20 00:01:24.250 --> 00:01:26.083 I've lived through the Depression, the Dust Bowl. 21 00:01:26.166 --> 00:01:27.250 I don't scare that easy. 22 00:01:27.333 --> 00:01:30.500 But, yeah, it was a scary goddamn week. 23 00:01:30.583 --> 00:01:33.291 Department stores used to be open late on Monday nights. 24 00:01:33.375 --> 00:01:35.250 Then they switched to Thursday night. 25 00:01:35.333 --> 00:01:36.458 You know why? 26 00:01:36.541 --> 00:01:40.166 'Cause nobody was leaving home during I Love Lucy on Mondays. 27 00:01:40.250 --> 00:01:44.166 There was a significant drop-off in the number of people using water 28 00:01:44.250 --> 00:01:46.500 between 9:00 and 9:30 on Monday nights. 29 00:01:46.583 --> 00:01:47.833 Out of the blue… 30 00:01:47.916 --> 00:01:50.125 Everyone almost lost their jobs. 31 00:01:50.208 --> 00:01:52.875 Lucy and Desi almost lost their lives. 32 00:01:52.958 --> 00:01:54.375 Out of thin air. 33 00:01:54.458 --> 00:01:56.833 You're asking when did they find out? 34 00:01:56.916 --> 00:01:59.750 Same time as everyone else, listening to Walter Winchell. 35 00:01:59.833 --> 00:02:04.416 I'm minding my own business, listening to Walter Winchell, and bam. 36 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:06.666 At the end of the broadcast. 37 00:02:06.750 --> 00:02:09.000 This is what you got to understand. 38 00:02:09.083 --> 00:02:13.291 It wasn't small potatoes when Winchell ended his broadcast by saying… 39 00:02:13.375 --> 00:02:15.958 “Lucille Ball is a Communist.” 40 00:02:17.291 --> 00:02:18.500 Just like that. 41 00:02:18.583 --> 00:02:21.875 Lucille Ball is a member of the Communist Party. 42 00:02:21.958 --> 00:02:24.833 -Yeah. -And she'd already seen the magazine story 43 00:02:24.916 --> 00:02:28.250 about Desi when Winchell came on. 44 00:02:28.333 --> 00:02:29.875 The magazine came out on Mondays, 45 00:02:29.958 --> 00:02:32.333 but her publicist brought her a copy on Sunday night. 46 00:02:32.416 --> 00:02:34.500 What were they doing when they first heard the news? 47 00:02:34.583 --> 00:02:35.500 What were they doing? 48 00:02:35.583 --> 00:02:37.750 I don't know what Lucy and Desi were doing, 49 00:02:37.833 --> 00:02:41.000 but it was Lucy and Desi, so they were either tearing each other's heads off 50 00:02:41.083 --> 00:02:42.583 or tearing each other's clothes off. 51 00:02:42.666 --> 00:02:45.791 ANNOUNCER (over radio): It's time, America, time for Walter Winchell. 52 00:02:45.875 --> 00:02:48.875 Presented to you by Gruen, the Precision watch. 53 00:02:48.958 --> 00:02:51.166 Gruen, the finest watch you can wear. 54 00:02:51.250 --> 00:02:53.625 -Gruen, the finest watch you can give, brings you the man… -(door opens) 55 00:02:53.708 --> 00:02:55.833 -DESI: Lucy, I'm home. -(door closes) 56 00:02:55.916 --> 00:02:58.791 LUCILLE: Where the hell have you been, you Cuban dimwit?! 57 00:02:58.875 --> 00:03:00.208 DESI: Oye, easy does it. 58 00:03:00.291 --> 00:03:02.125 LUCILLE: You philandering bongo player! 59 00:03:02.208 --> 00:03:03.500 -DESI: I was playing cards with– -(slap) 60 00:03:03.583 --> 00:03:05.583 -Hey! I was playing cards with– coño. -(slap) 61 00:03:05.666 --> 00:03:07.708 -Oh, damn it. -You tell me when it starts to hurt. 62 00:03:07.791 --> 00:03:09.041 ♪ ♪ 63 00:03:09.125 --> 00:03:11.333 -LUCILLE: The boat? The… -DESI: Yes, we were playing cards on the boat. 64 00:03:11.416 --> 00:03:14.166 LUCILLE: Since last night? Since 27 hours ago? 65 00:03:14.250 --> 00:03:16.250 -DESI: Yes. -And you couldn't get to a phone? 66 00:03:16.333 --> 00:03:17.416 -DESI: No. -Why? 67 00:03:17.500 --> 00:03:18.666 DESI: I was passed out a lot of that time. 68 00:03:18.750 --> 00:03:19.791 (Lucille groans angrily) 69 00:03:21.125 --> 00:03:23.833 LUCILLE: That's tomorrow's Confidential. 70 00:03:23.916 --> 00:03:25.583 DESI: Why do you even read that magazine? 71 00:03:25.666 --> 00:03:27.125 -LUCILLE: Why do I even– Well, in this case… -(Desi groans) 72 00:03:27.208 --> 00:03:29.208 …it's 'cause my husband's on the cover with another woman. 73 00:03:29.291 --> 00:03:30.916 So it caught my eye. 74 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.083 The story chronicles a night on the town with you and the… 75 00:03:33.166 --> 00:03:34.625 DESI: That's somebody's niece. 76 00:03:34.708 --> 00:03:36.583 -LUCILLE: What the hell do I care if it's somebody's niece? -From Westinghouse. 77 00:03:36.666 --> 00:03:38.500 That's the Westinghouse corporate– You were there. 78 00:03:38.583 --> 00:03:40.041 That's the guy's niece. 79 00:03:40.125 --> 00:03:43.416 That picture was taken last summer. 80 00:03:44.916 --> 00:03:46.125 LUCILLE: You're right. 81 00:03:46.208 --> 00:03:48.833 This was taken at the Westinghouse corporate retreat. 82 00:03:48.916 --> 00:03:50.958 -DESI: Yes. -I apologize. 83 00:03:51.041 --> 00:03:54.000 -DESI: Hmm. Say, “Desi, I apologize for doubting you…” -No. 84 00:03:54.083 --> 00:03:58.208 DESI: “…for I see now that this picture was taken not last Wednesday night 85 00:03:58.291 --> 00:04:01.083 “but six months ago at the Westinghouse corporate retreat, 86 00:04:01.166 --> 00:04:03.666 and I will never doubt your love for me again.” 87 00:04:03.750 --> 00:04:05.833 -Say that. -No, and you're doing it again. 88 00:04:05.916 --> 00:04:08.125 You're pronouncing it “Westing-gouse.” 89 00:04:08.208 --> 00:04:09.625 DESI: It is “Westing-gouse.” 90 00:04:09.708 --> 00:04:11.083 LUCILLE: “Westinghouse.” 91 00:04:11.166 --> 00:04:14.083 DESI: Say, “G-H-O-S-T.” 92 00:04:14.166 --> 00:04:15.208 LUCILLE: “Ghost.” 93 00:04:15.291 --> 00:04:17.208 DESI: You don't pronounce an “H” after a “G.” 94 00:04:17.291 --> 00:04:18.791 “Westing-gouse.” 95 00:04:19.958 --> 00:04:22.500 LUCILLE (breathlessly): Everything in the magazine was made up? 96 00:04:22.583 --> 00:04:24.291 DESI: I haven't read the story in the magazine, 97 00:04:24.375 --> 00:04:26.541 but unless the story's about me playing cards on the boat… 98 00:04:26.625 --> 00:04:28.750 -LUCILLE (panting): It's not. -Then, yes, it's made up. 99 00:04:28.833 --> 00:04:30.458 Amor, get it through your head. 100 00:04:30.541 --> 00:04:33.833 -You are the only thing I want. -(kissing) 101 00:04:33.916 --> 00:04:35.500 LUCILLE: Well, then you're an idiot. 102 00:04:35.583 --> 00:04:37.291 -DESI: Ah, come here. -(both moaning) 103 00:04:37.375 --> 00:04:38.875 WINCHELL: The House Committee on Un-American Activities is holding 104 00:04:38.958 --> 00:04:40.375 a secret session in California. 105 00:04:40.458 --> 00:04:42.541 The most popular of all television stars 106 00:04:42.625 --> 00:04:46.500 was confronted with her membership in the Communist Party. 107 00:04:47.583 --> 00:04:50.583 -Wait! (panting) -Wait. 108 00:04:50.666 --> 00:04:51.750 Wait. 109 00:04:51.833 --> 00:04:54.000 (panting) 110 00:04:54.083 --> 00:04:55.666 What did he say? 111 00:04:55.750 --> 00:04:58.875 He said, “The most popular of all television stars was…” 112 00:04:58.958 --> 00:05:02.166 “Was confronted with her membership in the Communist Party.” 113 00:05:02.250 --> 00:05:04.375 Yes. 114 00:05:04.458 --> 00:05:06.708 He could have been talking about Imogene Coca. 115 00:05:06.791 --> 00:05:08.125 Fuck you. 116 00:05:08.208 --> 00:05:10.625 He was not talking about Imogene Coca. 117 00:05:20.208 --> 00:05:22.208 (quiet chatter) 118 00:05:27.166 --> 00:05:28.875 VIVIAN: This is nonsense. 119 00:05:28.958 --> 00:05:32.083 It's nonsense, and it will get worse before it gets better. 120 00:05:32.166 --> 00:05:35.958 Little Rusty Hamer, when he signed his contract– 121 00:05:36.041 --> 00:05:38.291 or the guardian, whoever signs the contract for him– 122 00:05:38.375 --> 00:05:40.833 he had to sign a loyalty pledge. 123 00:05:40.916 --> 00:05:42.000 Did anyone know that? 124 00:05:44.166 --> 00:05:45.500 Hmm? 125 00:05:45.583 --> 00:05:47.208 Bill? 126 00:05:49.208 --> 00:05:50.833 Bill? 127 00:05:52.291 --> 00:05:53.416 Is she talking to me? 128 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:54.708 Yeah. 129 00:05:54.791 --> 00:05:56.000 'Cause she knows I'm here? She can see me? 130 00:05:56.083 --> 00:05:57.416 Yes. 131 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:59.750 VIVIAN: Did you know Little Rusty had to sign a loyalty pledge? 132 00:05:59.833 --> 00:06:01.333 I don't know who the fuck Little Rusty is. 133 00:06:01.416 --> 00:06:03.250 Rusty Hamer from The Danny Thomas Show. 134 00:06:03.333 --> 00:06:04.666 -That's not his name. -It is his name. 135 00:06:04.750 --> 00:06:06.458 -The littlest kid from Danny's show? -Yes. 136 00:06:06.541 --> 00:06:08.541 Rusty is the character's name, not the actor. 137 00:06:08.625 --> 00:06:11.583 They're both named Rusty. Rusty Williams is played by Rusty Hamer. 138 00:06:11.666 --> 00:06:12.750 And Hamer's a Communist? 139 00:06:12.833 --> 00:06:14.541 He's seven years old. 140 00:06:14.625 --> 00:06:16.791 -And he's interested in politics? -No, imbecile. 141 00:06:16.875 --> 00:06:20.250 I'm saying he's seven years old and they made him sign a loyalty pledge. 142 00:06:20.333 --> 00:06:21.666 Uh-huh? 143 00:06:21.750 --> 00:06:23.541 This is getting out of hand was my point. 144 00:06:23.625 --> 00:06:26.583 Why isn't Danny Thomas's kid named Rusty Thomas? 145 00:06:26.666 --> 00:06:27.916 Are you drunk? 146 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.708 It's 10:00 a.m., Vivian, so, you know, of course. 147 00:06:30.791 --> 00:06:32.416 Bob and Jess and I were up all weekend 148 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:33.916 working on the script you're about to read, 149 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:38.041 so on behalf of all of us, I want to say how much we appreciate your respect. 150 00:06:38.125 --> 00:06:40.500 Believe me, you do not want me to read this sober. 151 00:06:40.583 --> 00:06:42.458 I'm starting to get a little tired of your casual insults. 152 00:06:42.541 --> 00:06:45.208 Well, my insults don't feel like putting on a fucking tuxedo for you, kid. 153 00:06:45.291 --> 00:06:48.083 Jess, why don't you tell your supporting cast that we don't work for him either. 154 00:06:48.166 --> 00:06:49.833 You all work for me! 155 00:06:50.916 --> 00:06:54.291 Wh… What you all have to understand is this. 156 00:06:55.583 --> 00:06:57.458 Here's what you have to understand. 157 00:06:58.541 --> 00:06:59.625 We're all tense. 158 00:07:07.208 --> 00:07:09.166 Seriously? That was it? 159 00:07:09.250 --> 00:07:12.083 We're all tense. And the cure for that is just do the show. 160 00:07:12.166 --> 00:07:14.125 Normal production week. 161 00:07:14.208 --> 00:07:15.416 We're gonna need someone to play Lucy and Ricky. 162 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:16.500 Those are critical roles. 163 00:07:16.583 --> 00:07:18.791 The two of them are in Desi's office 164 00:07:18.875 --> 00:07:20.583 meeting with the network and the sponsor right now. 165 00:07:20.666 --> 00:07:22.125 I'm sure there's an explanation. This will all be over by show night. 166 00:07:22.208 --> 00:07:23.958 One way or the other. 167 00:07:24.041 --> 00:07:25.208 Yeah. No. 168 00:07:25.291 --> 00:07:26.625 Let me be clear. 169 00:07:26.708 --> 00:07:28.458 I said, “This will all be over by show night.” 170 00:07:28.541 --> 00:07:30.250 Bill said, “One way or the other.” That's gallows humor. 171 00:07:30.333 --> 00:07:31.416 I said, “Yeah,” but I did not… 172 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:34.041 -The sooner you stop talking… -Yeah. 173 00:07:34.125 --> 00:07:37.708 I think everyone's acquainted, but let's go around. Joe. 174 00:07:37.791 --> 00:07:38.833 Uh, Joe Strickland, CBS. 175 00:07:38.916 --> 00:07:40.458 Howard Wenke, also CBS. 176 00:07:40.541 --> 00:07:42.583 Roger Otter, Philip Morris. 177 00:07:42.666 --> 00:07:45.125 Irwin Gotlieb, attorney for Desilu. 178 00:07:45.208 --> 00:07:47.791 Sam Stein, attorney for Lucille Ball. 179 00:07:47.875 --> 00:07:50.333 Tip Tribby, VP of Public Relations for Philip Morris. 180 00:07:50.416 --> 00:07:53.958 Tip, if Winchell had it cold, he'd have used her name, 181 00:07:54.041 --> 00:07:56.625 it would have been at the top of the show, not the bottom, 182 00:07:56.708 --> 00:08:00.000 and this morning, we'd be reading about it on the front page of every paper. 183 00:08:00.083 --> 00:08:01.541 -Am I right? -Yes. 184 00:08:01.625 --> 00:08:02.875 They don't have it. 185 00:08:02.958 --> 00:08:05.541 Can you see where CBS might be concerned that there's an it to have? 186 00:08:05.625 --> 00:08:07.916 -Do you see that? -Uh, couldn't follow you. 187 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.708 Lucy, you need to tell me right here and now what the hell is going on. 188 00:08:10.791 --> 00:08:12.375 You don't want to talk to my wife like that, amigo. 189 00:08:12.458 --> 00:08:13.750 Or what, Des, you're gonna beat me up? 190 00:08:13.833 --> 00:08:14.916 Oh, she will. 191 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.166 So we're done with introductions? 192 00:08:17.250 --> 00:08:19.333 I'm not a Communist, I've never been a Communist, 193 00:08:19.416 --> 00:08:21.125 but technically, yeah, I am. 194 00:08:21.208 --> 00:08:22.666 JOE: Jesus Christ. 195 00:08:22.750 --> 00:08:23.916 Do you get what's happening here? 196 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:25.416 Do you know that this is not funny? 197 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:28.041 Yes, I do get what's happening, and, yes, I know it's not funny. 198 00:08:28.125 --> 00:08:30.250 -Lucy… -My father died when I was very young. 199 00:08:30.333 --> 00:08:33.083 I was raised by my mother and my grandfather, a man named Fred C. Hunt. 200 00:08:33.166 --> 00:08:35.291 I'd like everyone but Howard to leave the room. 201 00:08:35.375 --> 00:08:37.250 Philip Morris pays for the show. 202 00:08:37.333 --> 00:08:40.833 And they get their money's worth, so give us a minute, would you? 203 00:08:40.916 --> 00:08:43.625 ROGER: (sighs) She's smoking a Chesterfield. 204 00:08:43.708 --> 00:08:46.125 Could she at least smoke one of the seven brands Philip Morris offers? 205 00:08:46.208 --> 00:08:48.208 -Got it. Got it. -(door opens) 206 00:08:48.291 --> 00:08:50.833 -Thank you. -(sighs) 207 00:08:50.916 --> 00:08:52.333 (Desi clears throat) 208 00:08:53.541 --> 00:08:54.583 (door closes) 209 00:08:54.666 --> 00:08:57.750 Fred C. Hunt, my grandfather, was a member of the party. 210 00:08:57.833 --> 00:09:00.208 This was in the early '30s. I was in my early 20s. 211 00:09:00.291 --> 00:09:02.708 He never used the word “Communist.” 212 00:09:02.791 --> 00:09:04.500 But he cared about workers, the working man. 213 00:09:04.583 --> 00:09:09.083 He raised my little brother and me, and I wanted to please him. 214 00:09:09.166 --> 00:09:11.541 So I checked the box. 215 00:09:11.625 --> 00:09:14.083 Back then, it wasn't considered much worse than being a Republican. 216 00:09:14.166 --> 00:09:15.166 DESI: Hmm. 217 00:09:15.250 --> 00:09:16.833 -HOWARD: Have you been to a meeting? -No. 218 00:09:16.916 --> 00:09:17.916 -Never? -No. 219 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.916 -You were at a cocktail party, later you found out that people… -No. 220 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:22.916 Have you ever subscribed to a publication… 221 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:26.500 My entire relationship with Communism is, 20 years ago, I checked a box. 222 00:09:26.583 --> 00:09:28.458 Why is this coming out now? 223 00:09:28.541 --> 00:09:31.333 The committee investigated her and cleared her. 224 00:09:31.416 --> 00:09:34.833 But then last week, uh, William Wheeler convened a special session out here, 225 00:09:34.916 --> 00:09:38.750 a private session, called her in again, and that's why we're sitting here. 226 00:09:41.375 --> 00:09:43.000 (sighs) 227 00:09:43.083 --> 00:09:44.500 (Howard exhales sharply) 228 00:09:47.250 --> 00:09:48.291 And nobody's picked it up? 229 00:09:48.375 --> 00:09:50.125 Nobody's picked up the story. 230 00:09:50.208 --> 00:09:52.625 Not a single paper, not a single news network, including your own. 231 00:09:55.083 --> 00:09:56.583 Maybe. 232 00:09:56.666 --> 00:09:58.041 Maybe we're out of this. 233 00:09:58.125 --> 00:09:59.333 We just don't know yet. 234 00:10:00.416 --> 00:10:01.625 When will we? 235 00:10:02.708 --> 00:10:06.000 If you tape a show Friday night, means you still have a show. 236 00:10:10.500 --> 00:10:11.875 Okay. 237 00:10:20.291 --> 00:10:22.583 -You and me, -(door closes) 238 00:10:22.666 --> 00:10:24.791 we've been through worse than this. 239 00:10:24.875 --> 00:10:26.625 (sighs) We have? 240 00:10:26.708 --> 00:10:27.916 No. 241 00:10:29.458 --> 00:10:31.791 That's what I thought. 242 00:10:31.875 --> 00:10:33.250 (Desi clears throat) 243 00:10:33.333 --> 00:10:36.583 Hey. The whole piece was invented out of thin air? 244 00:10:36.666 --> 00:10:40.333 -Huh? -Four pages, 1,500 words? 245 00:10:40.416 --> 00:10:42.000 Are you being funny right now? 246 00:10:42.083 --> 00:10:44.500 That is the second time someone's asked me that this morning. 247 00:10:44.583 --> 00:10:46.708 I'm Lucille Ball. When I'm being funny, you'll know it. 248 00:10:46.791 --> 00:10:49.333 -(chuckles) -They invented the whole thing? 249 00:10:49.416 --> 00:10:51.250 You don't think we got bigger fish to fry? 250 00:10:51.333 --> 00:10:54.041 -They invented the whole thing? -Yes, they invented the whole thing. 251 00:10:54.125 --> 00:10:55.375 I was on the boat playing cards. 252 00:10:55.458 --> 00:10:57.875 They invented the whole thing, and I'm angry at them. 253 00:10:57.958 --> 00:10:59.541 And I'll do something about it, but right now… 254 00:10:59.625 --> 00:11:00.625 -Got it. -Hmm. 255 00:11:00.708 --> 00:11:01.958 Priorities. 256 00:11:02.041 --> 00:11:03.041 You're right. 257 00:11:03.125 --> 00:11:05.208 Say that again. “Desi, you're right.” 258 00:11:05.291 --> 00:11:06.875 No. 259 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:11.333 Everything's gonna be fine. 260 00:11:11.416 --> 00:11:13.500 Nothing's gonna happen to you. I won't allow it. 261 00:11:13.583 --> 00:11:16.291 I just won't. 262 00:11:16.375 --> 00:11:17.583 Hmm? 263 00:11:30.250 --> 00:11:32.000 -You've never done that before. -I know. 264 00:11:32.083 --> 00:11:34.291 I've seen other people do it in movies I've been in. 265 00:11:34.375 --> 00:11:35.583 (Desi chuckles) 266 00:11:38.916 --> 00:11:41.583 For the love of God, old man, this isn't hard. 267 00:11:41.666 --> 00:11:44.625 Rusty Hamer plays Rusty Williams on The Danny Thomas Show. 268 00:11:44.708 --> 00:11:47.500 He's in second grade, and they made him sign a loyalty oath 269 00:11:47.583 --> 00:11:49.875 when he signed his contract, which I think is ugly. 270 00:11:49.958 --> 00:11:52.708 I don't know why this is tripping you up. It wasn't confusing. 271 00:11:52.791 --> 00:11:54.791 There's no such thing as The Danny Thomas Show. 272 00:11:54.875 --> 00:11:57.583 It's called Make Room for Daddy. Don't tell me comedy. 273 00:11:57.666 --> 00:11:59.666 And if Little Rusty is a Communist, 274 00:11:59.750 --> 00:12:01.875 then I'm gonna beat the shit out of a seven-year-old kid. 275 00:12:01.958 --> 00:12:03.708 -I have no problem with that. -I'm done. 276 00:12:03.791 --> 00:12:05.291 That, right there, 277 00:12:05.375 --> 00:12:07.750 was funnier than anything you've written so far this year. 278 00:12:07.833 --> 00:12:09.041 (chuckles) 279 00:12:09.125 --> 00:12:10.208 That's not… 280 00:12:10.291 --> 00:12:12.791 -I've written plenty of funny… -No. 281 00:12:12.875 --> 00:12:14.250 (doors opening) 282 00:12:16.125 --> 00:12:18.125 ♪ ♪ 283 00:12:22.416 --> 00:12:23.541 Good morning! 284 00:12:25.625 --> 00:12:29.125 Mm. Don Glass is directing this week? 285 00:12:29.208 --> 00:12:31.083 -We'll be fine. -(sighs) 286 00:12:31.166 --> 00:12:32.333 You're wondering what's going on. 287 00:12:32.416 --> 00:12:35.416 No matter what's going on, we all support you a thousand percent. 288 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:38.000 I'd like to find out what's going on before I make that commitment. 289 00:12:38.083 --> 00:12:42.208 A long time ago, Lucy accidentally checked the wrong box on her voter registration. 290 00:12:42.291 --> 00:12:44.500 That's the first act of a new episode right there. 291 00:12:44.583 --> 00:12:46.916 -Yeah, “Lucy Gets Blacklisted.” -That's not a joke, Bob. 292 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.000 You made the joke. I just put the button… 293 00:12:49.083 --> 00:12:50.916 Last week, she testified in a closed session. 294 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:52.750 -She was cleared. -Okay. 295 00:12:52.833 --> 00:12:54.041 Yeah? She was cleared. 296 00:12:54.125 --> 00:12:56.708 So I don't know where Winchell got his information, but it was wrong. 297 00:12:56.791 --> 00:12:59.083 As you can see, it was not picked up by any newspaper. 298 00:12:59.166 --> 00:13:00.416 So let's do our show. 299 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:02.333 Jess, it's your stage. 300 00:13:02.416 --> 00:13:03.583 (clears throat) 301 00:13:03.666 --> 00:13:05.208 I Love Lucy , episode 204. 302 00:13:05.291 --> 00:13:07.458 Season two, episode four. 303 00:13:07.541 --> 00:13:09.208 “Ethel and Fred Fight.” 304 00:13:09.291 --> 00:13:11.916 Teleplay by Bob Carroll, Madelyn Pugh and myself. 305 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.500 Took three of you to write this one? 306 00:13:13.583 --> 00:13:16.500 Okay, come on. And directing this week, Donald Glass is back with us. 307 00:13:16.583 --> 00:13:18.875 -Let's give him a hand. -(applause) -Hey, thanks. It's good to be back. 308 00:13:22.291 --> 00:13:25.291 JESS: Act one, “Interior, the Ricardo's living room, night.” 309 00:13:25.375 --> 00:13:27.208 Excuse me. Donald. 310 00:13:27.291 --> 00:13:29.166 -Y-Yes? -Good morning. I'm Lucille Ball. 311 00:13:29.250 --> 00:13:30.875 I sure know that, Lucy. 312 00:13:30.958 --> 00:13:33.208 I wanted to make sure because you haven't been here in a while. 313 00:13:33.291 --> 00:13:34.916 Is it because you've been going through puberty? 314 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:38.250 I look young, yes, but I went through it a long time ago, 315 00:13:38.333 --> 00:13:41.083 and I haven't been here because I've been directing at Danny Thomas. 316 00:13:41.166 --> 00:13:42.833 WILLIAM: With the Communist kid? 317 00:13:42.916 --> 00:13:44.083 -Fuck off. -Jesus Christ. 318 00:13:44.166 --> 00:13:45.541 LUCILLE: You don't have to fuck off, 319 00:13:45.625 --> 00:13:49.166 but you do need to know that Danny does jokes– few people do it better. 320 00:13:49.250 --> 00:13:50.958 I do physical comedy. 321 00:13:51.041 --> 00:13:54.541 -I've seen every episode of the show. -So have 60 million other people. 322 00:13:54.625 --> 00:13:56.666 Are none of them professional television directors? 323 00:13:56.750 --> 00:13:57.666 DESI: (chuckles) She's kidding. 324 00:13:57.750 --> 00:13:58.833 -I can tell. -Ah. 325 00:13:58.916 --> 00:14:01.041 LUCILLE: I'm hazing you a little, Donald. 326 00:14:01.125 --> 00:14:03.541 It's just my way of saying I have no confidence in you at all. 327 00:14:03.625 --> 00:14:05.833 (laughs) All right, all right, all right. 328 00:14:05.916 --> 00:14:08.583 We haven't gotten off to a great start this morning, I think. 329 00:14:08.666 --> 00:14:10.791 And I have no idea what the fuck you were talking about, Bill. 330 00:14:10.875 --> 00:14:12.875 Ah, Des, I'm begging you, don't ask. 331 00:14:12.958 --> 00:14:14.083 All right, no problem. 332 00:14:14.166 --> 00:14:17.333 I just wanted to say that this show is made by Desilu Productions, 333 00:14:17.416 --> 00:14:19.958 whose president is speaking to you right now. 334 00:14:20.041 --> 00:14:24.208 And for the next 30 minutes, I don't want to hear a word that is not in this script. 335 00:14:24.291 --> 00:14:25.708 -It's your stage. -JESS: Thank you. 336 00:14:26.791 --> 00:14:29.625 “Lucy's putting the finishing touches on a fancy dinner table– 337 00:14:29.708 --> 00:14:31.458 good china, silver, et cetera.” 338 00:14:31.541 --> 00:14:34.083 Uh, the table is set for four but there are only three chairs. 339 00:14:34.166 --> 00:14:36.791 -I-I should've put that in the, in the stage direction. -JESS: Okay. 340 00:14:36.875 --> 00:14:38.625 Well, technically, it's two chairs and a piano bench. 341 00:14:38.708 --> 00:14:39.875 For a total of? 342 00:14:39.958 --> 00:14:41.291 Three chairs. 343 00:14:41.375 --> 00:14:43.333 JESS: “Lucy's putting the finishing touches on a fancy dinner table– 344 00:14:43.416 --> 00:14:44.875 good china, silver, et cetera.” 345 00:14:44.958 --> 00:14:47.791 Table's set for four but there's only three chairs. 346 00:14:47.875 --> 00:14:48.958 “After a moment, 347 00:14:49.041 --> 00:14:50.375 “the door opens and Ricky enters. 348 00:14:50.458 --> 00:14:52.750 “Lucy doesn't hear him. 349 00:14:52.833 --> 00:14:53.791 “Ricky tiptoes in back of her. 350 00:14:53.875 --> 00:14:55.791 -Ricky puts his…” -Why not? 351 00:14:56.750 --> 00:14:57.750 Sorry? 352 00:14:59.083 --> 00:15:00.375 Why doesn't Lucy hear him? 353 00:15:00.458 --> 00:15:01.708 Well, he's about to do that thing where you cover someone's eyes 354 00:15:01.791 --> 00:15:02.791 and you say, “Guess who.” 355 00:15:02.875 --> 00:15:04.083 I understand it's a setup. 356 00:15:04.166 --> 00:15:05.166 I understand 357 00:15:05.250 --> 00:15:06.875 why we need Lucy to not hear him. 358 00:15:06.958 --> 00:15:11.000 I just don't understand why, in an apartment this size, Lucy doesn't hear– 359 00:15:11.083 --> 00:15:15.458 or, for that matter, see– the front door open when she's standing 12 feet from it. 360 00:15:18.541 --> 00:15:19.791 We'll work on that. 361 00:15:19.875 --> 00:15:20.916 Thanks. 362 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.833 “Ricky tiptoes in back of her and reaches around 363 00:15:22.916 --> 00:15:24.666 and covers her eyes with his hands.” 364 00:15:24.750 --> 00:15:25.750 RICKY: Guess who it is. 365 00:15:25.833 --> 00:15:27.625 LUCY: Bill? Pat? 366 00:15:27.708 --> 00:15:29.625 -Sam? -No. 367 00:15:29.708 --> 00:15:31.458 -Ralph? -JESS: “Ricky reacts to this.” 368 00:15:31.541 --> 00:15:32.958 No, it's me. 369 00:15:33.041 --> 00:15:35.750 Oh, yes, of course. 370 00:15:35.833 --> 00:15:37.166 Oh, hang on. 371 00:15:37.250 --> 00:15:40.291 Are we supposed to believe that Ricky believes that Lucy 372 00:15:40.375 --> 00:15:42.166 -really doesn't know it's him? -Want to do this now? 373 00:15:42.250 --> 00:15:45.541 That Ricky believes that Lucy is not only unfamiliar with his voice– 374 00:15:45.625 --> 00:15:48.125 which, let's not forget, has a Cuban accent– 375 00:15:48.208 --> 00:15:50.666 but that he really believes there are at least seven other men 376 00:15:50.750 --> 00:15:53.000 who routinely walk into their apartment? 377 00:15:53.083 --> 00:15:55.000 DESI (chuckles): She has a pretty good point. 378 00:15:55.083 --> 00:15:58.041 -She has four or five pretty good points. -JESS: All right. 379 00:15:58.125 --> 00:16:00.125 W-We'll write a better joke or Ricky will know that Lucy's joking. 380 00:16:00.208 --> 00:16:01.541 -Ah. -BOB: We can change the names. 381 00:16:01.625 --> 00:16:04.208 -Pedro, Pablo, Jose. -What? 382 00:16:04.291 --> 00:16:05.375 Because they're Spanish names. 383 00:16:05.458 --> 00:16:07.166 I mean Latin names. 384 00:16:07.250 --> 00:16:08.666 They're Cuban names. 385 00:16:08.750 --> 00:16:10.416 (sighs) Thanks for clearing that up, professor. 386 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:12.375 -I'm just, you know… -JESS: Okay, “Ricky takes his hands away 387 00:16:12.458 --> 00:16:13.625 and turns her around.” 388 00:16:13.708 --> 00:16:15.916 -No, it's me. -Oh, yes, of course. 389 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.833 -Uh, uh… -JESS: “She snaps her fingers 390 00:16:17.916 --> 00:16:20.041 -and pretends she can't remember his name.” -(fingers snapping) 391 00:16:20.125 --> 00:16:22.083 -Very funny. -“Ricky kisses her 392 00:16:22.166 --> 00:16:23.291 and then notices the table setup.” 393 00:16:23.375 --> 00:16:24.583 Hey, company for dinner? 394 00:16:24.666 --> 00:16:25.958 -Uh-huh. -Who is it? 395 00:16:26.041 --> 00:16:27.583 JESS: “Lucy elaborately ignores him.” 396 00:16:27.666 --> 00:16:30.166 LUCY: How do you like the new water glasses, Ricky? 397 00:16:30.250 --> 00:16:31.375 RICKY: Who's coming for dinner, Lucy? 398 00:16:31.458 --> 00:16:33.875 Doesn't the table look beautiful tonight? 399 00:16:33.958 --> 00:16:35.083 Lucy, who is it? 400 00:16:35.166 --> 00:16:36.708 Some people. 401 00:16:36.791 --> 00:16:37.958 (audience laughter) 402 00:16:38.041 --> 00:16:39.541 RICKY (annoyed): Lucy… 403 00:16:40.958 --> 00:16:44.333 Whom is coming here for dinner tonight? 404 00:16:44.416 --> 00:16:47.083 Whom? You mean besides “meem” and “youm”? 405 00:16:47.166 --> 00:16:49.000 (laughter) 406 00:16:49.083 --> 00:16:50.708 RICKY: Never mind that. What are their names? 407 00:16:50.791 --> 00:16:53.750 -Fred and Ethel Mertz. -Wait a minute. 408 00:16:53.833 --> 00:16:56.750 I thought you said Fred and Ethel had a big fight and they were mad at each other. 409 00:16:56.833 --> 00:16:57.916 -They are. -(audience laughter) 410 00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:59.708 RICKY: I thought you said they weren't speaking to each other. 411 00:16:59.791 --> 00:17:01.250 -They aren't. -(audience laughter) 412 00:17:01.333 --> 00:17:03.625 -And that he was staying at the Y. -He is. 413 00:17:03.708 --> 00:17:06.083 -And that she won't let him in the house. -She won't. 414 00:17:06.166 --> 00:17:11.041 Well, if they are and they aren't and he is and she won't, how come? 415 00:17:11.125 --> 00:17:12.708 Well… 416 00:17:12.791 --> 00:17:15.541 Lucy Esmeralda McGillicuddy Ricardo. 417 00:17:15.625 --> 00:17:16.875 Oh… 418 00:17:16.958 --> 00:17:19.458 That's nice, but is the rhythm getting old too early? 419 00:17:19.541 --> 00:17:20.750 We'll work on that. 420 00:17:20.833 --> 00:17:23.625 'Cause we want to live up to the quality of the writing you were used to at RKO. 421 00:17:27.583 --> 00:17:29.458 -That was gutsy. -That was… 422 00:17:29.541 --> 00:17:33.958 (chuckles) It was a joke about the writing at RKO and not… 423 00:17:34.041 --> 00:17:35.708 Yeah? 424 00:17:35.791 --> 00:17:37.750 Obviously not an insult aimed at Lucy. 425 00:17:37.833 --> 00:17:39.708 ♪ ♪ 426 00:17:39.791 --> 00:17:42.791 Looking back, it may have been an insult aimed at Lucy. 427 00:17:42.875 --> 00:17:44.750 Which was very unusual. 428 00:17:44.833 --> 00:17:46.125 Lucy and I were close. 429 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.708 -(laughs) -JESS: Okay, let's take it from… 430 00:17:49.791 --> 00:17:51.458 OLDER MADELYN: Look, she was always tough on the writing, 431 00:17:51.541 --> 00:17:53.333 she pressed down hard on each beat, 432 00:17:53.416 --> 00:17:55.791 but that week… 433 00:17:55.875 --> 00:18:00.083 it was like her life depended on whether a joke was a “B” or “B”-plus. 434 00:18:00.166 --> 00:18:01.875 JESS: “She tries to make her way past him on her way to the kitchen, 435 00:18:01.958 --> 00:18:04.125 but he holds out his hand and blocks the way.” 436 00:18:04.208 --> 00:18:05.458 OLDER BOB: There was a Broadway show 437 00:18:05.541 --> 00:18:07.625 called Too Many Girls. 438 00:18:07.708 --> 00:18:08.833 It was terrible. 439 00:18:08.916 --> 00:18:11.791 One of the stars of Too Many Girls was Desi. 440 00:18:11.875 --> 00:18:14.041 Too Many Girls. 441 00:18:14.125 --> 00:18:18.625 RKO decided to make a very bad Broadway show into– 442 00:18:18.708 --> 00:18:22.041 and I still can't believe it– an even worse movie. 443 00:18:22.125 --> 00:18:25.541 They kept Desi in the cast, but the second female lead was replaced 444 00:18:25.625 --> 00:18:28.333 by the queen of the “B” movies, Lucille Ball. 445 00:18:28.416 --> 00:18:30.166 A couple of days before shooting started, 446 00:18:30.250 --> 00:18:34.791 Desi was on a soundstage working with a piano and a drum and Ann Miller. 447 00:18:34.875 --> 00:18:37.166 Here's what you have to understand. 448 00:18:37.250 --> 00:18:42.041 A more handsome, charming man than Desi you've never met. 449 00:18:42.125 --> 00:18:45.708 Standing off, away from the pack of chorus girls, is Lucy, 450 00:18:45.791 --> 00:18:49.208 who was unrecognizable because she was still in the middle of shooting 451 00:18:49.291 --> 00:18:51.791 Dance, Girl, Dance, playing a burlesque girl 452 00:18:51.875 --> 00:18:53.541 who'd just been beaten up by her pimp. 453 00:18:53.625 --> 00:18:56.333 So she was… unrecognizable. 454 00:18:56.416 --> 00:18:58.083 That's how they met. 455 00:18:58.166 --> 00:19:00.750 DESI: ♪ She could shake the maracas ♪ 456 00:19:00.833 --> 00:19:02.375 (piano and bongo drum playing “She Could Shake the Maracas”) 457 00:19:02.458 --> 00:19:05.041 -♪ He could play the guitar ♪ -(women giggling) 458 00:19:05.125 --> 00:19:06.875 ♪ But he lived in Havana ♪ 459 00:19:06.958 --> 00:19:09.750 ♪ And she down in Rio del Mar ♪ 460 00:19:09.833 --> 00:19:11.750 (giggling continues) 461 00:19:11.833 --> 00:19:15.166 -♪ And she shook the maracas ♪ -(rhythmic shaking) 462 00:19:15.250 --> 00:19:18.750 ♪ In a Portuguese bar ♪ 463 00:19:18.833 --> 00:19:20.625 ♪ While he strummed in Havana ♪ 464 00:19:20.708 --> 00:19:23.416 ♪ The distance between them was far ♪ 465 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:28.291 ♪ But by and by ♪ 466 00:19:29.541 --> 00:19:32.541 ♪ He got a job with a band in Harlem ♪ 467 00:19:32.625 --> 00:19:36.541 ♪ She got a job with a band in Harlem ♪ 468 00:19:36.625 --> 00:19:39.583 ♪ Ay, ay, ay ♪ 469 00:19:39.666 --> 00:19:41.375 (rhythmic tapping) 470 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:48.416 ♪ He said, “I'm the attraction” ♪ 471 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:52.208 ♪ She said, “I am the star” ♪ 472 00:19:52.291 --> 00:19:54.208 ♪ But they finally married ♪ 473 00:19:54.291 --> 00:19:58.333 ♪ And now see how happy they are ♪ (chuckles) 474 00:19:58.416 --> 00:20:01.583 ♪ So shake your maracas ♪ 475 00:20:01.666 --> 00:20:04.750 ♪ And play your guitar. ♪ 476 00:20:04.833 --> 00:20:06.583 -(cheering, laughing) -(song ends) 477 00:20:06.666 --> 00:20:07.875 Thank you. 478 00:20:07.958 --> 00:20:09.416 -Mr. Arnaz? -Yes. 479 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:13.375 I'm Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, but just my mother calls me that. 480 00:20:13.458 --> 00:20:14.833 -Desi. Desi. -I'm Angie. 481 00:20:14.916 --> 00:20:17.083 I'm in the chorus and I wanted to say I'm looking forward to working with you. 482 00:20:17.166 --> 00:20:18.958 -I'm looking forward, too, Angie. -(laughs) 483 00:20:19.041 --> 00:20:20.750 -Patty. -Patty. 484 00:20:20.833 --> 00:20:22.750 -Uh, short for Patricia? -Yes. 485 00:20:22.833 --> 00:20:25.583 -DESI: Also in the chorus? -Mm-hmm. Dancing chorus. 486 00:20:25.666 --> 00:20:28.416 -Oh. -LUCILLE: “Do you remember the first time we met? 487 00:20:31.083 --> 00:20:34.833 You were rudely attentive, but now you're obnoxiously indifferent.” 488 00:20:34.916 --> 00:20:36.625 What? 489 00:20:36.708 --> 00:20:39.625 It's a line from our movie, dumb-dumb. 490 00:20:39.708 --> 00:20:41.583 Do we know each other? 491 00:20:41.666 --> 00:20:43.291 (chuckles) 492 00:20:43.375 --> 00:20:45.791 No. 493 00:20:45.875 --> 00:20:47.250 WOMAN: Desi? 494 00:20:47.333 --> 00:20:49.458 -I'm Daisy. -(guitar playing gentle lullaby) 495 00:20:49.541 --> 00:20:52.666 DESI: ♪ A la nanita nana ♪ 496 00:20:52.750 --> 00:20:57.083 ♪ Nanita ella, nanita ella ♪ 497 00:20:57.166 --> 00:20:59.541 ♪ Mi niña tiene sueño ♪ 498 00:20:59.625 --> 00:21:03.416 ♪ Bendito sea, bendito sea ♪ 499 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:10.208 ♪ Calla mientras la cuna se balancea ♪ 500 00:21:10.291 --> 00:21:17.750 ♪ A la nanita nana, nanita ella ♪ 501 00:21:18.750 --> 00:21:21.083 ♪ A la nanita nana ♪ 502 00:21:21.166 --> 00:21:25.166 ♪ Nanita ella, nanita ella ♪ 503 00:21:25.250 --> 00:21:27.708 ♪ Mi niña tiene sueño ♪ 504 00:21:27.791 --> 00:21:31.208 ♪ Bendito sea, bendito sea ♪ 505 00:21:32.291 --> 00:21:33.750 -♪ Mi… ♪ -(music stops) 506 00:21:34.833 --> 00:21:37.000 “Do you remember the first time we met?” 507 00:21:37.083 --> 00:21:40.333 If we'd met, I'd remember. 508 00:21:40.416 --> 00:21:42.250 “You were rudely attentive, but now you're obnoxiously…” 509 00:21:42.333 --> 00:21:44.041 Wait. 510 00:21:44.125 --> 00:21:46.458 -That was you? -”…indifferent.” 511 00:21:46.541 --> 00:21:48.250 That was me, yeah. 512 00:21:48.333 --> 00:21:50.583 -This studio has talented makeup artists. -“I'm Angie. 513 00:21:50.666 --> 00:21:51.875 “I'm in the chorus. 514 00:21:51.958 --> 00:21:53.916 I just want to say, when I drink, I take off my clothes.” 515 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:56.708 -(laughs) -I'm so curious, I have to ask. 516 00:21:56.791 --> 00:21:59.208 How did you know Patty was short for Patricia? 517 00:21:59.291 --> 00:22:01.250 -My name is Desiderio Alberto Arnaz… -Ah. 518 00:22:01.333 --> 00:22:03.208 I don't have that kind of time. 519 00:22:05.125 --> 00:22:06.541 And you're Lucille Ball. 520 00:22:08.458 --> 00:22:10.666 Use a line on me you've never road-tested on anyone. 521 00:22:10.750 --> 00:22:11.750 I dare you. 522 00:22:13.333 --> 00:22:16.125 (strumming guitar) 523 00:22:16.208 --> 00:22:17.958 Would you like to learn how to rumba? 524 00:22:19.250 --> 00:22:21.666 All right. Nice. 525 00:22:21.750 --> 00:22:23.291 And, yes, I would. 526 00:22:23.375 --> 00:22:26.375 -Ah. -But there's absolutely no chance you haven't used that before. 527 00:22:26.458 --> 00:22:28.625 (band playing “Rumba Internacional”) 528 00:22:28.708 --> 00:22:30.708 -(lively chatter, laughter) -(music continues) 529 00:22:49.958 --> 00:22:51.250 Mm-hmm. 530 00:22:54.833 --> 00:22:57.041 -(laughs) -I want you to know I'm not trying to be forward. 531 00:22:57.125 --> 00:22:59.041 I'm showing you this because it'll come in handy 532 00:22:59.125 --> 00:23:01.500 for your rumba number in the movie. 533 00:23:01.583 --> 00:23:04.000 I don't have a rumba number in the movie. 534 00:23:04.083 --> 00:23:06.041 -No rumba? -No. 535 00:23:06.125 --> 00:23:09.708 Oh, that's a sign of a poorly written screenplay. 536 00:23:09.791 --> 00:23:11.291 (chuckles) 537 00:23:11.375 --> 00:23:13.583 Well, we should dance to something else. 538 00:23:13.666 --> 00:23:15.500 Sure. 539 00:23:15.583 --> 00:23:17.583 (band playing slow jazz music) 540 00:23:22.791 --> 00:23:25.000 Why did you come to Hollywood? 541 00:23:27.458 --> 00:23:29.416 I got kicked out of New York. 542 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:32.333 -Seriously. -I mean it. 543 00:23:32.416 --> 00:23:35.625 I got kicked out of acting school for not being good enough. 544 00:23:36.708 --> 00:23:39.333 -Get out of here. -I will not. 545 00:23:41.333 --> 00:23:46.791 I got some modeling work, I was hired and fired as a Ziegfeld Girl 546 00:23:46.875 --> 00:23:50.541 but hired as a Goldwyn Girl, and that's what took me out here. 547 00:23:50.625 --> 00:23:52.041 Hmm. 548 00:23:52.125 --> 00:23:53.791 Why did you come to Hollywood? 549 00:23:53.875 --> 00:23:56.083 The Bolsheviks burned my house down. 550 00:23:58.708 --> 00:24:01.500 -So a different reason. -Mm, yeah. 551 00:24:03.083 --> 00:24:05.083 -♪ Lucille ♪ -(playing gentle music) 552 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:10.708 ♪ There's not much that rhymes with “Lucille” ♪ 553 00:24:10.791 --> 00:24:12.333 ♪ Mm… ♪ 554 00:24:12.416 --> 00:24:14.875 ♪ Bastille ♪ 555 00:24:14.958 --> 00:24:18.958 ♪ But who'd write a song about that? ♪ 556 00:24:19.958 --> 00:24:21.958 (footsteps approaching) 557 00:24:22.041 --> 00:24:24.041 (plays gentle guitar riff) 558 00:24:26.083 --> 00:24:28.291 I borrowed part of your tuxedo. 559 00:24:36.333 --> 00:24:37.375 (Desi clears throat) 560 00:24:37.458 --> 00:24:40.750 It comes with pants, but, uh, I'm wearing them. 561 00:24:40.833 --> 00:24:42.666 Not for long, pal. 562 00:24:45.833 --> 00:24:47.416 So… 563 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.875 Yes? 564 00:24:48.958 --> 00:24:50.416 Can I call you Lucy? 565 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:52.916 I think we should keep this professional, don't you? 566 00:24:54.291 --> 00:24:55.958 -I was kidding. -So was I. 567 00:24:56.041 --> 00:24:58.541 Mm. Nice dry delivery. 568 00:24:58.625 --> 00:25:02.083 Uh, what's your, mm… 569 00:25:02.166 --> 00:25:03.166 ambition? 570 00:25:03.250 --> 00:25:05.208 My ambition? For tonight? 571 00:25:05.291 --> 00:25:06.833 I wasn't making myself clear? 572 00:25:06.916 --> 00:25:09.083 No, I don't mean ambition. 573 00:25:09.166 --> 00:25:10.541 Ay, what do I mean? 574 00:25:10.625 --> 00:25:12.375 Uh… 575 00:25:12.458 --> 00:25:14.250 -Goals? -No. 576 00:25:14.333 --> 00:25:16.250 Mm… future. 577 00:25:16.333 --> 00:25:18.500 -Dreams. -What are my future dreams? 578 00:25:18.583 --> 00:25:20.291 I should've stuck with ambition. 579 00:25:20.375 --> 00:25:21.583 Are you interviewing me? 580 00:25:21.666 --> 00:25:22.875 Yes. 581 00:25:22.958 --> 00:25:24.583 Okay. 582 00:25:24.666 --> 00:25:26.041 I live in a small house. 583 00:25:26.125 --> 00:25:27.625 And your ambition is to live in a bigger house. 584 00:25:27.708 --> 00:25:29.291 My ambition is to live in a home. 585 00:25:29.375 --> 00:25:31.375 Like for old folks? 586 00:25:31.458 --> 00:25:34.458 Not a home, not an institution. 587 00:25:34.541 --> 00:25:36.291 -A home. -Ah. 588 00:25:36.375 --> 00:25:38.625 With a family and dinnertime. 589 00:25:38.708 --> 00:25:41.208 Can I ask an impertinent question? 590 00:25:41.291 --> 00:25:43.750 You gonna ask me why I'm not married? 591 00:25:43.833 --> 00:25:46.166 No, I was going to ask you why you're not a movie star. 592 00:25:46.250 --> 00:25:50.583 Why are you playing the second female lead in Too Many Girls? 593 00:25:50.666 --> 00:25:52.375 I'm a contract player at RKO. 594 00:25:52.458 --> 00:25:54.333 I play the roles I'm told to play. 595 00:25:54.416 --> 00:25:56.250 My career's gone as far as it's gonna go. 596 00:25:56.333 --> 00:25:58.500 It's hit cruising altitude. 597 00:25:58.583 --> 00:26:00.166 I'm at peace with that. 598 00:26:00.250 --> 00:26:02.916 So I'd like to be at peace. 599 00:26:04.083 --> 00:26:05.250 I want a home. 600 00:26:05.333 --> 00:26:09.166 You have a lot more talent than the roles you play have allowed you to exhibit. 601 00:26:09.250 --> 00:26:11.000 Now, how would you know I have talent? 602 00:26:11.083 --> 00:26:12.958 Because I have talent. 603 00:26:13.041 --> 00:26:16.166 You could be a serious actor. You should be a star by now. 604 00:26:17.375 --> 00:26:19.416 -But… -But what? 605 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:22.000 There is also something about your physicality. You are, you are… 606 00:26:22.083 --> 00:26:23.208 Half naked? 607 00:26:23.291 --> 00:26:25.750 Uh, sure. 608 00:26:25.833 --> 00:26:28.375 -But… -But? 609 00:26:28.458 --> 00:26:32.125 You, uh… There isn't an English word. 610 00:26:32.208 --> 00:26:35.875 Tú estás… dotada cineticamente. 611 00:26:35.958 --> 00:26:37.041 What does that mean? 612 00:26:37.125 --> 00:26:40.916 It means you're kinetically gifted. 613 00:26:42.416 --> 00:26:43.916 No one's noticed that? 614 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:46.208 ♪ ♪ 615 00:26:52.083 --> 00:26:54.083 (panting) 616 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:09.000 ♪ ♪ 617 00:27:19.333 --> 00:27:21.083 Hi. Sorry. 618 00:27:21.166 --> 00:27:23.250 I need to use the phone to call my fiancé. 619 00:27:23.333 --> 00:27:24.541 Sure. 620 00:27:25.916 --> 00:27:27.291 Wait, what? 621 00:27:27.375 --> 00:27:29.041 It'll just take a second. 622 00:27:29.125 --> 00:27:31.666 Your fiancé? 623 00:27:31.750 --> 00:27:33.250 Outside line please. 624 00:27:33.333 --> 00:27:35.958 -I mean, not that I haven't… -(dialing) 625 00:27:36.041 --> 00:27:39.166 It's just that I got the sense that we… 626 00:27:39.250 --> 00:27:40.500 -One sec. -Yeah. 627 00:27:40.583 --> 00:27:41.708 (dialing) 628 00:27:41.791 --> 00:27:44.000 Last night, I felt it was… 629 00:27:44.083 --> 00:27:46.416 It's me. Hey. 630 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:48.041 You don't love me, and I don't love you, 631 00:27:48.125 --> 00:27:49.541 and you cheat on me every chance you can get, 632 00:27:49.625 --> 00:27:52.625 and I pretend I'm stupid, so I'm moving out. 633 00:27:52.708 --> 00:27:55.875 I'll send someone to pick up my clothes, okay? 634 00:27:55.958 --> 00:27:58.791 Love you. But, you know, not really. 635 00:28:00.166 --> 00:28:03.250 I interrupted you. What were you saying? 636 00:28:03.333 --> 00:28:05.291 (laughs) 637 00:28:05.375 --> 00:28:07.375 JESS: And we fade to black. End of show. 638 00:28:08.666 --> 00:28:09.666 Thank you. 639 00:28:09.750 --> 00:28:11.041 Notes upstairs. 640 00:28:11.125 --> 00:28:14.208 -ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Back onstage in an hour. -(soundstage bell rings) 641 00:28:14.291 --> 00:28:15.333 -All right. -All right. 642 00:28:15.416 --> 00:28:16.541 -We'll see ya. -Yeah. 643 00:28:16.625 --> 00:28:18.333 -Okay, honey. See you in a bit. -Mm-hmm. 644 00:28:18.416 --> 00:28:20.291 (indistinct chatter) 645 00:28:24.458 --> 00:28:26.250 -(door closes) -(chatter quiets) 646 00:28:34.791 --> 00:28:36.791 (footsteps receding) 647 00:28:37.875 --> 00:28:39.291 (Desi exhales heavily) 648 00:28:42.666 --> 00:28:43.666 It's madness. 649 00:28:43.750 --> 00:28:44.958 Yeah? 650 00:28:45.041 --> 00:28:47.500 I thought you'd be the first one to refuse to work with her. 651 00:28:47.583 --> 00:28:49.000 You mean that? 652 00:28:49.083 --> 00:28:51.125 Mm. 653 00:28:51.208 --> 00:28:52.750 You're not fond of Communists. 654 00:28:55.208 --> 00:28:57.250 I'm less fond of the committee. 655 00:28:57.333 --> 00:28:58.750 Ah. 656 00:29:00.958 --> 00:29:03.416 (grunts, sighs) 657 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:05.500 ♪ ♪ 658 00:29:07.583 --> 00:29:08.583 Des. 659 00:29:08.666 --> 00:29:10.833 Hmm? 660 00:29:10.916 --> 00:29:13.375 When the soldiers came 661 00:29:13.458 --> 00:29:15.083 for your family… 662 00:29:17.208 --> 00:29:18.666 …how scary was it? 663 00:29:22.708 --> 00:29:27.208 You're giving me that look that says, “I don't get scared of nothing.” 664 00:29:28.958 --> 00:29:30.958 Uh… (sighs) 665 00:29:31.041 --> 00:29:33.333 They killed all the animals. 666 00:29:33.416 --> 00:29:34.833 Uh, not-not for food. 667 00:29:34.916 --> 00:29:37.750 They just killed all the animals. 668 00:29:38.791 --> 00:29:40.291 I still don't know why they did that. 669 00:29:40.375 --> 00:29:41.500 Uh… 670 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:49.166 It's six to five and pick 'em 671 00:29:49.250 --> 00:29:52.541 we've already done the last episode of this show. 672 00:29:52.625 --> 00:29:55.166 This show, everyone who works here, 673 00:29:55.250 --> 00:29:58.333 Desilu, Lucy's whole career– mine, too– 674 00:29:58.416 --> 00:30:01.500 it may have ended last night and we just don't know it yet. 675 00:30:04.416 --> 00:30:06.291 Are you out of your mind? 676 00:30:06.375 --> 00:30:08.125 I get plenty scared. 677 00:30:12.166 --> 00:30:14.166 (footsteps receding) 678 00:30:18.250 --> 00:30:19.875 Fucking madness. 679 00:30:28.708 --> 00:30:30.708 ♪ ♪ 680 00:30:39.791 --> 00:30:40.916 Lucy? 681 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.625 Come on in. 682 00:30:43.708 --> 00:30:46.833 Madelyn was way out of line, and I'll talk to Jess. 683 00:30:46.916 --> 00:30:49.291 -No, I don't care about that. -I care about it. 684 00:30:49.375 --> 00:30:51.750 You told them I checked the wrong box. 685 00:30:51.833 --> 00:30:53.041 Who? 686 00:30:53.125 --> 00:30:55.583 Before the table read. You told them I checked the wrong box. 687 00:30:55.666 --> 00:30:58.250 Ah. (sighs) 688 00:30:58.333 --> 00:31:02.708 Uh, uh, well, it takes fewer words to say that than the truth. 689 00:31:02.791 --> 00:31:04.375 Doesn't make me look like a simpleton 690 00:31:04.458 --> 00:31:06.875 who's ill-equipped to participate in democracy? 691 00:31:06.958 --> 00:31:09.458 It was simpler, and it's nobody's goddamn business. 692 00:31:09.541 --> 00:31:11.500 Well, no. 693 00:31:11.583 --> 00:31:13.458 Pretty obviously it's everybody's goddamn business. 694 00:31:13.541 --> 00:31:15.958 (sighs): Ay. 695 00:31:16.041 --> 00:31:18.375 (sighs) 696 00:31:18.458 --> 00:31:20.625 You-you… you don't have to keep checking the papers. 697 00:31:20.708 --> 00:31:23.875 I've got people who'll let me know the moment an editor thinks about it. 698 00:31:23.958 --> 00:31:25.791 There's something wrong with the story, they know it, 699 00:31:25.875 --> 00:31:27.791 and that's why no one's reporting on Winchell. 700 00:31:27.875 --> 00:31:31.250 No. The Confidential story. 701 00:31:31.333 --> 00:31:33.041 That's what's getting picked up. 702 00:31:33.125 --> 00:31:35.291 ♪ ♪ 703 00:31:35.375 --> 00:31:36.791 (Desi sighs) 704 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:42.708 (groans, mutters) 705 00:31:51.583 --> 00:31:53.541 I like this a lot, Tommy. 706 00:31:53.625 --> 00:31:55.791 -That's a great color for you. -Oh, I really like this. 707 00:31:55.875 --> 00:31:57.625 And I can cinch the back a little. 708 00:31:57.708 --> 00:31:59.833 -I can lower the neckline. -Oh, not on CBS you can't. 709 00:31:59.916 --> 00:32:01.458 (both laugh) 710 00:32:01.541 --> 00:32:03.083 But still, now we're talking. 711 00:32:03.166 --> 00:32:04.500 Now we're cooking with gas. 712 00:32:04.583 --> 00:32:07.583 -Should I bring out some shoes? -Oh, yes, please. 713 00:32:08.875 --> 00:32:10.750 (wolf whistle) 714 00:32:10.833 --> 00:32:11.916 Yeah? 715 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.416 That's a nice dress. 716 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:15.625 I thought so, too. 717 00:32:15.708 --> 00:32:18.041 You borrowing it from wardrobe for a cocktail party? 718 00:32:18.125 --> 00:32:19.500 (sighs) Dinner party. 719 00:32:19.583 --> 00:32:20.583 Where? 720 00:32:20.666 --> 00:32:23.583 The apartment of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo. 721 00:32:23.666 --> 00:32:24.666 This is for the show? 722 00:32:24.750 --> 00:32:26.958 -Lucy's invited Ethel… -Oh, Viv. 723 00:32:27.041 --> 00:32:28.125 I know, but listen. 724 00:32:28.208 --> 00:32:29.833 I'm thinking Lucy's invited her to dinner. 725 00:32:29.916 --> 00:32:33.333 She thinks she's being fixed up with an eligible guy. 726 00:32:33.416 --> 00:32:34.750 She'd want to look nice. 727 00:32:36.916 --> 00:32:38.625 It's something new for the character. 728 00:32:38.708 --> 00:32:41.208 LUCILLE: But the character's still Ethel Mertz, right? 729 00:32:41.291 --> 00:32:42.500 Yeah. 730 00:32:46.375 --> 00:32:47.291 Hey, don't. 731 00:32:47.375 --> 00:32:50.000 “Does Desi Love Lucy Loosely?” 732 00:32:50.083 --> 00:32:51.791 They took time on that. 733 00:32:51.875 --> 00:32:54.750 “If neighbors hear screams of rage followed by the sound of…” 734 00:32:54.833 --> 00:32:56.750 -Isn't there enough going on with… -”…breaking crockery coming from 735 00:32:56.833 --> 00:32:58.958 -the Arnaz house this month…” -I'd be more concerned about… 736 00:32:59.041 --> 00:33:00.791 “…they'll know what is happening without having to investigate. 737 00:33:00.875 --> 00:33:02.458 “The red-haired missus has just finished reading 738 00:33:02.541 --> 00:33:03.875 -Confidential's report on…” -In your life, have you ever 739 00:33:03.958 --> 00:33:05.708 taken this stuff seriously? 740 00:33:05.791 --> 00:33:07.916 I take my marriage seriously. 741 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.708 And Desi said? 742 00:33:09.791 --> 00:33:13.166 “Lucy, I ain't been with no girls since the moment I saw you.” 743 00:33:13.250 --> 00:33:15.125 -Then believe him. -I do believe him. 744 00:33:15.208 --> 00:33:16.541 It's an old picture. We were there together. 745 00:33:16.625 --> 00:33:18.375 He was playing cards on the boat Wednesday. 746 00:33:18.458 --> 00:33:20.458 You'd be more concerned about what? 747 00:33:20.541 --> 00:33:23.041 -What? -You said you'd “be more concerned about,” 748 00:33:23.125 --> 00:33:24.166 and I cut you off. 749 00:33:24.250 --> 00:33:25.291 The Winchell broadcast? 750 00:33:25.375 --> 00:33:26.958 Yeah. 751 00:33:27.041 --> 00:33:29.000 I don't get to choose just one. 752 00:33:29.083 --> 00:33:31.458 I'm concerned with both, the first thing, second thing. 753 00:33:31.541 --> 00:33:33.833 Understood. What about the third? 754 00:33:33.916 --> 00:33:35.291 What'd they say? 755 00:33:35.375 --> 00:33:38.708 We didn't think yesterday was the best day to tell them about the third thing. 756 00:33:38.791 --> 00:33:40.583 -Right. -We're doing it now. 757 00:33:40.666 --> 00:33:45.000 First Jess, then the network, then Philip Morris. 758 00:33:46.083 --> 00:33:47.958 Could be worse. 759 00:33:48.041 --> 00:33:49.208 How? 760 00:33:49.291 --> 00:33:51.083 You could be playing Ethel. 761 00:33:51.166 --> 00:33:52.666 Got it. 762 00:33:53.666 --> 00:33:55.666 ♪ ♪ 763 00:34:00.666 --> 00:34:02.666 (phone ringing in distance) 764 00:34:06.125 --> 00:34:08.291 Is Lucy on the phone too long at the top? 765 00:34:08.375 --> 00:34:11.791 We only hear one side of the call. Are we staying too long at the fair? 766 00:34:13.208 --> 00:34:15.958 You don't need to write down everything we say in here. 767 00:34:19.708 --> 00:34:21.250 We'll know when it's on its feet. 768 00:34:21.333 --> 00:34:22.666 -(knocking) -DESI: Good morning. 769 00:34:22.750 --> 00:34:24.625 Morning, guys. 770 00:34:24.708 --> 00:34:25.791 Hey. 771 00:34:25.875 --> 00:34:28.041 Mary Pat, would you mind giving us the room for a moment please? 772 00:34:28.125 --> 00:34:30.750 -Of course, Mr. Arnaz. -Thank you. 773 00:34:36.458 --> 00:34:38.958 -“Of course, Mr. Arnaz.” -She's nice. 774 00:34:39.041 --> 00:34:40.166 You're in enough trouble. 775 00:34:40.250 --> 00:34:41.458 LUCILLE: You're not in trouble. 776 00:34:41.541 --> 00:34:43.000 We need to talk. 777 00:34:43.083 --> 00:34:45.125 -No, don't tell me… -No, no, no, no. No, we're… 778 00:34:45.208 --> 00:34:46.208 No, no, we're still okay. 779 00:34:46.291 --> 00:34:47.458 -No one's picked up the story. -JESS: All right. 780 00:34:47.541 --> 00:34:48.791 (chuckles): Looking at Lucy's face, I thought for sure… 781 00:34:48.875 --> 00:34:50.208 I'm pregnant. 782 00:34:51.625 --> 00:34:52.625 (chuckles softly) 783 00:34:54.666 --> 00:34:56.500 That's not at all what I was gonna say. 784 00:34:56.583 --> 00:34:58.458 That's what we came to talk about. 785 00:34:58.541 --> 00:35:01.416 We were gonna have this conversation yesterday, but other things were… 786 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:04.000 -Yeah, yeah, sure. -Well, this is a one-two punch. 787 00:35:04.083 --> 00:35:05.541 It's not a punch. I'm having a baby. 788 00:35:07.083 --> 00:35:09.041 What do we do now? 789 00:35:12.833 --> 00:35:15.041 I know it seems like no one said congratulations, 790 00:35:15.125 --> 00:35:16.750 -but that cannot be, as these are three of… -JESS: No, no, no, no. 791 00:35:16.833 --> 00:35:18.541 -…our closest friends and colleagues. -You're right. You're right. Sorry. 792 00:35:18.625 --> 00:35:19.916 -Oh, it's wonderful news. -Yeah, hey, congratulations. 793 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.125 -Yes! Congratulations. -Yeah, that's great. 794 00:35:21.208 --> 00:35:22.458 -Thank you. -Another baby. 795 00:35:22.541 --> 00:35:23.916 -Gracias. -Yeah, mazel tov. 796 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:25.541 -Gracias. Gracias. -Really, really. -Congratulations, Des. 797 00:35:25.625 --> 00:35:27.666 -Very happy. Very happy. -Yeah. 798 00:35:27.750 --> 00:35:29.625 -Very exciting. Yeah. -So, uh… 799 00:35:29.708 --> 00:35:31.166 -(clears throat) -LUCILLE: Yeah. 800 00:35:31.250 --> 00:35:33.250 With Lucie, I was the size of a phone booth, so… 801 00:35:33.333 --> 00:35:34.791 JESS (chuckles): Yeah. 802 00:35:34.875 --> 00:35:36.875 You've got about seven weeks before you have to start 803 00:35:36.958 --> 00:35:39.166 hiding me behind boxes and chairs, 804 00:35:39.250 --> 00:35:43.125 and then another seven weeks after that before I won't fit in the frame. 805 00:35:43.208 --> 00:35:44.541 -What do you want to do? -Do? 806 00:35:44.625 --> 00:35:46.250 Whatever there was to do, we've done it. 807 00:35:46.333 --> 00:35:49.083 -Where does that leave us? -Without a choice. 808 00:35:49.166 --> 00:35:51.583 Lucy Ricardo is gonna have a baby on television. 809 00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.875 -No, no, Des. -How many scripts in the bank? 810 00:35:54.958 --> 00:35:56.125 We're-we're five ahead of production. 811 00:35:56.208 --> 00:35:57.333 We're shooting four and we're writing nine. 812 00:35:57.416 --> 00:35:59.291 Four. No harm done. 813 00:35:59.375 --> 00:36:02.000 But whatever script you're working on now, 814 00:36:02.083 --> 00:36:04.375 -episode nine, scratch it. -(chuckles): Okay. 815 00:36:04.458 --> 00:36:07.708 Episode– no, episode nine is now “Lucy Tells Ricky She's Pregnant,” 816 00:36:07.791 --> 00:36:09.666 and we work from there. What's that one? 817 00:36:10.791 --> 00:36:12.833 -JESS: Which one? -LUCILLE: “Lucy Goes to Italy.” 818 00:36:12.916 --> 00:36:14.416 We want to send the four of you to Italy. 819 00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:16.583 -Why? -MADELYN: We think it'd be nice to get off our set. 820 00:36:16.666 --> 00:36:18.916 No, why do the Ricardos and Mertzes go to Italy? 821 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:21.333 -JESS: A vacation. -DESI: They don't vacation in Europe. 822 00:36:21.416 --> 00:36:23.583 They go to the Grand Canyon. 823 00:36:23.666 --> 00:36:25.500 -They go to Niagara Falls. -Work. 824 00:36:25.583 --> 00:36:27.708 -Ricky's got a gig at a club in Rome. -And what does Lucy do? 825 00:36:27.791 --> 00:36:30.000 She stomps grapes. 826 00:36:30.083 --> 00:36:32.291 Lucy and Ethel go to an Italian vineyard. 827 00:36:32.375 --> 00:36:34.083 -DESI: Why? -We don't know yet. 828 00:36:34.166 --> 00:36:35.875 And she stomps grapes. 829 00:36:35.958 --> 00:36:38.708 DESI: This vineyard is located in the 19th century? 830 00:36:38.791 --> 00:36:40.583 -JESS: They don't stomp grapes anymore? -(chuckles): No. 831 00:36:40.666 --> 00:36:43.250 MADELYN: Okay, so we find the one vineyard where they still stomp grapes. 832 00:36:43.333 --> 00:36:45.041 -(knocking) -LUCY: Come in. 833 00:36:45.125 --> 00:36:47.833 -Sì, signora. You sent for me? -Yes. 834 00:36:47.916 --> 00:36:49.916 Are there any grape vineyards around here? 835 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.666 I'd like to know how they make the wine, 836 00:36:51.750 --> 00:36:54.750 how they pick the grapes, how they press the juice out with their feet. 837 00:36:54.833 --> 00:36:56.500 BELLMAN: There is one little town called Turo 838 00:36:56.583 --> 00:36:59.000 -where they still make the wine that way. -MADELYN: Easy. 839 00:36:59.083 --> 00:37:01.083 DESI: Why does she want to go to a vineyard? 840 00:37:01.166 --> 00:37:02.958 We don't know yet. 841 00:37:03.041 --> 00:37:04.958 She has an audition for an Italian movie. 842 00:37:05.041 --> 00:37:06.708 MADELYN: What does that have to do with stomping grapes? 843 00:37:06.791 --> 00:37:07.958 BOB: The part. 844 00:37:08.041 --> 00:37:10.166 VITTORIO: She happens to be just the type I need. 845 00:37:10.250 --> 00:37:12.833 The role of a beautiful Italian redhead 846 00:37:12.916 --> 00:37:15.416 who, uh– como si dice– uh, steps on grapes. 847 00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:17.958 (audience laughter) 848 00:37:18.041 --> 00:37:19.833 JESS: We'll get there. The point is 849 00:37:19.916 --> 00:37:21.875 (chuckles): Lucy in a vat of grapes for five minutes. 850 00:37:21.958 --> 00:37:23.625 I can see it. 851 00:37:24.708 --> 00:37:25.958 (speaks Italian) 852 00:37:27.041 --> 00:37:28.625 (audience laughter) 853 00:37:34.208 --> 00:37:36.000 (audience laughter) 854 00:37:37.083 --> 00:37:39.000 (footsteps squishing) 855 00:37:39.083 --> 00:37:41.375 (audience laughter continues) 856 00:37:46.333 --> 00:37:48.958 What can happen in the vat of grapes? What can she do? 857 00:37:50.041 --> 00:37:52.125 -(audience whispering) -(man in audience clears throat) 858 00:37:54.541 --> 00:37:56.166 JESS: It doesn't matter right now. 859 00:37:56.250 --> 00:37:59.333 We need to get back to– Des, the network isn't gonna allow it 860 00:37:59.416 --> 00:38:01.125 and neither will Philip Morris. Lucy… 861 00:38:01.208 --> 00:38:02.833 Just hang on. 862 00:38:02.916 --> 00:38:04.916 (audience whispering) 863 00:38:08.166 --> 00:38:09.791 -She loses an earring. -BOB: Yes. 864 00:38:09.875 --> 00:38:10.958 -MADELYN: There it is. -What are you talking about? 865 00:38:11.041 --> 00:38:12.083 In the grapes. 866 00:38:12.166 --> 00:38:13.625 (audience laughter) 867 00:38:17.875 --> 00:38:19.875 (audience laughter continues) 868 00:38:25.083 --> 00:38:26.791 (laughter grows) 869 00:38:32.541 --> 00:38:34.208 Push it to next year. 870 00:38:34.291 --> 00:38:36.083 They're not going to Italy while she's pregnant. 871 00:38:36.166 --> 00:38:38.458 I'll bet you my next paycheck against your next paycheck 872 00:38:38.541 --> 00:38:40.708 that CBS won't even allow us to use the word “pregnant.” 873 00:38:40.791 --> 00:38:43.750 -“Lucy Tells the Truth.” -BOB: That one's Madelyn's idea. 874 00:38:43.833 --> 00:38:46.375 -She got it just seconds after I pitched it. -Folks… 875 00:38:46.458 --> 00:38:49.166 MADELYN: Ricky bets Lucy that she can't go two days without lying, 876 00:38:49.250 --> 00:38:51.000 and we put her in situations where it's hard not to lie. 877 00:38:51.083 --> 00:38:53.000 LUCY: Okay, it's started. 878 00:38:53.083 --> 00:38:54.750 For the next 48 hours. 879 00:38:54.833 --> 00:38:56.208 -Okay. -All right. 880 00:38:56.291 --> 00:38:58.833 ETHEL: I can hardly wait to hear you tomorrow afternoon, Lucy. 881 00:38:58.916 --> 00:39:00.000 LUCY: Why? 882 00:39:00.083 --> 00:39:01.500 We're playing bridge at Carolyn's, remember? 883 00:39:01.583 --> 00:39:04.125 Oh, no, no, no. 884 00:39:04.208 --> 00:39:05.833 I can't spend the afternoon 885 00:39:05.916 --> 00:39:07.583 with three women and have to tell the truth. 886 00:39:07.666 --> 00:39:10.750 -(audience laughter) -I'll call Carolyn and tell her I'm sick. 887 00:39:12.458 --> 00:39:14.416 MADELYN: After 47 hours, 888 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:16.958 -she's winning, but in the final hour… -BOB: Here it is. 889 00:39:17.041 --> 00:39:19.458 MADELYN: …Ricky gets a visit from the IRS, and the guy wants to ask about 890 00:39:19.541 --> 00:39:22.416 some questionable things that Ricky's claiming on his deductions. 891 00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:25.166 Lucy's sitting in the living room, too, and of course when she's asked 892 00:39:25.250 --> 00:39:28.041 by the IRS agent to corroborate, she can't tell a lie, so… 893 00:39:28.125 --> 00:39:29.333 That's a funny premise. 894 00:39:29.416 --> 00:39:30.750 Yes, it is. 895 00:39:30.833 --> 00:39:32.458 But lose the IRS scene. 896 00:39:32.541 --> 00:39:33.833 -Could be a good scene. -He's correct. 897 00:39:33.916 --> 00:39:35.083 Once I write it, it could be good. 898 00:39:35.166 --> 00:39:36.833 Ah, Ricky Ricardo loves America. 899 00:39:36.916 --> 00:39:38.208 He loves being an American. 900 00:39:38.291 --> 00:39:40.083 He's grateful to this country. 901 00:39:40.166 --> 00:39:41.416 He'd never cheat on his taxes. 902 00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:44.125 -It's very relatable. Everybody does. -I don't! Neither does Ricky. 903 00:39:44.208 --> 00:39:47.000 Especially when his wife is accused of being un-American. 904 00:39:47.083 --> 00:39:50.708 Look for something else, and start working on the first pregnancy show. 905 00:39:50.791 --> 00:39:52.125 -Listen to me. -What? 906 00:39:52.208 --> 00:39:53.791 They're not gonna let us do it. 907 00:39:53.875 --> 00:39:56.583 -Let that be my problem. -Oh, I wish I could, Des, 908 00:39:56.666 --> 00:39:58.458 but it's very much my problem, okay? 909 00:39:58.541 --> 00:40:01.750 So instead of talking about goddamn grapes, why don't… 910 00:40:02.833 --> 00:40:04.583 Look, what you got to understand is this. 911 00:40:04.666 --> 00:40:06.250 -We don't know… -Jess, they're free to take us off the air 912 00:40:06.333 --> 00:40:09.375 for the rest of the year while continuing to pay our contracts 913 00:40:09.458 --> 00:40:12.083 and answering questions about why motherhood is too salacious 914 00:40:12.166 --> 00:40:16.041 to put on CBS, but something tells me they're not gonna go that route. 915 00:40:16.125 --> 00:40:19.750 Instead, I think Broadcast Standards and Practices will give you 916 00:40:19.833 --> 00:40:22.666 a list of insane restrictions, which might even include 917 00:40:22.750 --> 00:40:24.791 you winning your bet with Desi, and which I have no doubt 918 00:40:24.875 --> 00:40:28.375 the three of you will navigate beautifully. 919 00:40:28.458 --> 00:40:29.583 You told me to be nice. 920 00:40:29.666 --> 00:40:31.541 Good? 921 00:40:31.625 --> 00:40:33.125 Yeah. 922 00:40:33.208 --> 00:40:35.208 (phone ringing in distance) 923 00:40:38.958 --> 00:40:42.083 I don't care what your first thoughts out of the gate were, 924 00:40:42.166 --> 00:40:45.208 but your first words out of the gate were no good. 925 00:40:45.291 --> 00:40:47.291 And what was with you at the table read? 926 00:40:48.375 --> 00:40:50.833 I'm sorry. She was jumping on every stage direction. 927 00:40:50.916 --> 00:40:51.958 It's her process. 928 00:40:52.041 --> 00:40:54.500 -But that process usually happens in private. -BOB: Yes. 929 00:40:54.583 --> 00:40:56.791 And following your advice, maybe every once in a while, 930 00:40:56.875 --> 00:40:59.916 the first words out of her mouth could be “good script.” 931 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:04.041 Well, is this the right week for this shit? 932 00:41:04.125 --> 00:41:06.500 -Hey. -We do seem to be having some success, no? 933 00:41:06.583 --> 00:41:09.208 We're all really tired from working on this week's script. 934 00:41:09.291 --> 00:41:11.291 Oh, are you sleepy? You need a nap? 935 00:41:11.375 --> 00:41:13.166 -Can I talk to you for a second, boss? -Sure. 936 00:41:20.208 --> 00:41:21.791 I'm the executive producer of this show. 937 00:41:21.875 --> 00:41:23.833 You can't manhandle me like that in front of other people. 938 00:41:23.916 --> 00:41:25.458 You just can't do it. My show. 939 00:41:25.541 --> 00:41:26.916 And Madelyn was a hundred percent right. 940 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:28.916 -Ricky pays his taxes. -I get it. 941 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:31.041 And we're having the baby on the show. 942 00:41:31.125 --> 00:41:33.125 There's no chance they say yes. 943 00:41:34.208 --> 00:41:36.875 There's no chance they say yes to you. 944 00:41:41.458 --> 00:41:43.458 Did you get all that? 945 00:41:43.541 --> 00:41:44.458 Yes. 946 00:41:44.541 --> 00:41:46.125 That was a joke. 947 00:41:47.125 --> 00:41:49.416 DONALD: Back to right before Vivian's entrance. 948 00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:51.166 “When do we eat?” 949 00:41:51.250 --> 00:41:53.333 Settle. And action. 950 00:41:53.416 --> 00:41:55.875 Uh, when do we eat? 951 00:41:55.958 --> 00:41:58.083 I've been living on peanut butter sandwiches. 952 00:41:58.166 --> 00:42:00.166 DONALD: Bill, that line's got to take you over to the table. 953 00:42:00.250 --> 00:42:01.833 -Hmm? -You need to cross to the table on that. 954 00:42:01.916 --> 00:42:03.166 Why? 955 00:42:03.250 --> 00:42:04.666 -Because we need to… -LUCILLE: So you can see the table, 956 00:42:04.750 --> 00:42:07.666 notice that a fourth place is set and say your next line. 957 00:42:09.833 --> 00:42:11.791 Uh, someone else coming? 958 00:42:11.875 --> 00:42:16.250 Well, Fred, I took the liberty of asking a young lady to be your dinner companion. 959 00:42:16.333 --> 00:42:18.500 -A young lady? -A cute young chick. 960 00:42:18.583 --> 00:42:21.041 -Oh, boy, bring her on. -Uh-uh. 961 00:42:21.125 --> 00:42:22.625 -Hang on. -What? 962 00:42:22.708 --> 00:42:24.916 LUCILLE: When I say, “I took the liberty of asking 963 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.833 -a young lady to be your dinner companion…” -Mm-hmm. 964 00:42:26.916 --> 00:42:30.375 …Ricky should take a sip from a glass of water on the table to keep from laughing. 965 00:42:30.458 --> 00:42:32.083 -And then when I say, “A cute young chick…” -Uh-huh. 966 00:42:32.166 --> 00:42:33.541 …he should choke on his water a little. 967 00:42:33.625 --> 00:42:35.375 -I like that. -I like it, too. 968 00:42:35.458 --> 00:42:39.416 The very idea that Ethel's a cute young chick should make Desi choke. 969 00:42:41.250 --> 00:42:42.708 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: That's 15. 970 00:42:42.791 --> 00:42:44.916 -Okay. -That's 15 minutes! 971 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:46.416 (indistinct chatter) 972 00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.708 I'll be funny by Friday. 973 00:42:47.791 --> 00:42:50.458 And when can we expect you to be funny? 974 00:43:04.708 --> 00:43:07.416 -(door closes) -“Exactly what makes a husband leave home 975 00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:10.958 -is something that has been baffling wives since Adam and Eve.” -Enough. 976 00:43:11.041 --> 00:43:14.500 “For an outstanding example, let's take one of the nation's most famous husbands.” 977 00:43:14.583 --> 00:43:17.083 -You've memorized it? -I've memorized worse writing than this. 978 00:43:17.166 --> 00:43:19.708 -Yes, it's a tabloid. -“With a curvy, red-haired tidbit 979 00:43:19.791 --> 00:43:24.333 like Lucy waiting for him at home, would Desi be foolish enough…” 980 00:43:24.416 --> 00:43:27.083 -Stop it. -”…to prowl Hollywood like a bachelor wolf? 981 00:43:27.166 --> 00:43:29.166 -If so, why?” -It's made up. 982 00:43:30.250 --> 00:43:32.375 -20 million readers want to know. -Lucy… 983 00:43:32.458 --> 00:43:34.625 -20 million and one. -How many times 984 00:43:34.708 --> 00:43:37.708 I got to 'splain where I was and what I was doing? 985 00:43:37.791 --> 00:43:39.833 How many times you got to 'splain? 986 00:43:39.916 --> 00:43:42.291 (chuckles) I can't get enough of that joke. 987 00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:45.125 They document an entire night. 988 00:43:45.208 --> 00:43:47.083 Someone in your gang's a rat. 989 00:43:47.166 --> 00:43:48.166 My gang. 990 00:43:48.250 --> 00:43:49.875 (scoffs) 991 00:43:49.958 --> 00:43:53.500 The night they're talking about, I was with Red Skelton and Xavier Cugat. 992 00:43:53.583 --> 00:43:56.708 -Which one of them you think squealed? -They made it up from nothing? 993 00:43:56.791 --> 00:43:58.958 I heard on Winchell the other night that you were a Communist. 994 00:43:59.041 --> 00:44:01.083 That was true, you idiot! 995 00:44:01.166 --> 00:44:03.083 Yeah. That was a bad example. 996 00:44:03.166 --> 00:44:04.666 And I didn't check the wrong box. 997 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:07.750 Okay, I'm sorry about that. 998 00:44:09.208 --> 00:44:11.416 I believe you. 999 00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:13.583 -I'm just messing around. -Good. 1000 00:44:14.916 --> 00:44:18.000 No. That gets you out of the woods, but it puts you into other woods. 1001 00:44:18.083 --> 00:44:19.250 What are the other woods? 1002 00:44:19.333 --> 00:44:21.375 You don't come home anymore. Did you know that? 1003 00:44:21.458 --> 00:44:23.791 -You change subjects faster than… -Keep up. 1004 00:44:23.875 --> 00:44:25.166 It's not hard. 1005 00:44:25.250 --> 00:44:28.416 I asked, “Did you know you don't come home anymore?” 1006 00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.833 Of course I come home. 1007 00:44:29.916 --> 00:44:32.750 Sometimes I go to the boat and play cards. 1008 00:44:32.833 --> 00:44:35.875 We drink, it goes late, it's easier to sleep on the boat. 1009 00:44:37.625 --> 00:44:39.375 That used to be once a week, then twice. 1010 00:44:39.458 --> 00:44:41.875 Now it's four or five times. 1011 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:46.125 I go home after work, you go to the boat. 1012 00:44:48.416 --> 00:44:50.208 You once asked me what my ambition was. 1013 00:44:50.291 --> 00:44:51.291 You remember? 1014 00:44:51.375 --> 00:44:53.666 Mm-hmm. 1015 00:44:53.750 --> 00:44:55.750 And you liked my answer. 1016 00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:00.458 She used the word “home” a lot. 1017 00:45:00.541 --> 00:45:04.000 She talked about having a home. 1018 00:45:04.083 --> 00:45:08.041 Lucy owned three houses, but sometimes, when she fell into a funk, 1019 00:45:08.125 --> 00:45:11.833 she'd say… she didn't have a home. 1020 00:45:11.916 --> 00:45:14.000 They eloped. 1021 00:45:14.083 --> 00:45:15.625 They bought a ranch in Chatsworth. 1022 00:45:15.708 --> 00:45:19.833 They were deeply in love and deliriously happy. 1023 00:45:19.916 --> 00:45:23.625 What you got to understand is they weren't very happy. 1024 00:45:23.708 --> 00:45:25.458 They never saw each other. 1025 00:45:25.541 --> 00:45:28.916 Desi and his orchestra were booked at Ciro's. 1026 00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:31.875 Lucy was under contract at RKO. 1027 00:45:31.958 --> 00:45:36.458 Desi would be done with work around 4:00 a.m. 1028 00:45:36.541 --> 00:45:38.625 Lucy had to be in hair and makeup at 5:00 a.m. 1029 00:45:38.708 --> 00:45:40.833 They'd meet at the top of Mulholland. 1030 00:45:41.916 --> 00:45:44.708 (band playing “Babalú”) 1031 00:45:45.833 --> 00:45:47.916 ♪ Babalú ♪ 1032 00:45:48.958 --> 00:45:51.083 -♪ Babalú ♪ -(audience shouting excitedly) 1033 00:45:52.375 --> 00:45:53.583 ♪ Babalú ♪ 1034 00:45:53.666 --> 00:45:55.208 ♪ Ayé ♪ 1035 00:45:55.291 --> 00:45:58.000 ♪ Babalú ayé ♪ 1036 00:45:58.083 --> 00:46:00.750 -(women laughing) -(lively music continues) 1037 00:46:07.750 --> 00:46:09.375 (horns stop, drumming continues) 1038 00:46:09.458 --> 00:46:11.791 ♪ Olé, olé, olé, olé ♪ 1039 00:46:11.875 --> 00:46:14.750 -♪ Ol é , ol é , ol é , olé ♪ -♪ Olé, olé, olé, olé ♪ 1040 00:46:14.833 --> 00:46:16.500 ♪ Olé, olé, olé, olé ♪ 1041 00:46:16.583 --> 00:46:19.708 -♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 1042 00:46:19.791 --> 00:46:23.375 -♪ Arriba con la conga ♪ -♪ Arriba con la conga. ♪ 1043 00:46:23.458 --> 00:46:25.083 (drumming intensifies) 1044 00:46:25.166 --> 00:46:27.166 (audience cheering) 1045 00:46:27.250 --> 00:46:28.916 (horns join in, music builds) 1046 00:46:35.125 --> 00:46:37.375 -(song ends) -(audience cheering) 1047 00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:40.708 (lively chatter, laughter) 1048 00:46:40.791 --> 00:46:42.750 -What do we have here? -WOMAN: Yeah, Desi! 1049 00:46:42.833 --> 00:46:43.958 A lot of choices. 1050 00:46:44.041 --> 00:46:46.791 There's only one choice for me, and she's got a powerful right hook. 1051 00:46:46.875 --> 00:46:50.291 My friend and I saw the midnight show and the 2:00 a.m. 1052 00:46:50.375 --> 00:46:51.583 (chuckles) 1053 00:46:51.666 --> 00:46:53.250 Thank you. 1054 00:46:53.333 --> 00:46:55.125 WOMAN: Aw. 1055 00:46:55.208 --> 00:46:57.125 ♪ ♪ 1056 00:46:57.208 --> 00:46:59.208 (birds chirping) 1057 00:47:18.750 --> 00:47:20.083 I did the calculation. 1058 00:47:20.166 --> 00:47:21.541 In the course of one week, 1059 00:47:21.625 --> 00:47:24.583 I see you 1/20th as much as your second trombone player. 1060 00:47:25.666 --> 00:47:28.750 Well, learn to play the trombone, and I'll give you his job. 1061 00:47:28.833 --> 00:47:31.041 Well, how hard is the trombone? 1062 00:47:33.041 --> 00:47:36.500 Ay, maybe it'd be better if we didn't spend the little time we have 1063 00:47:36.583 --> 00:47:39.666 arguing about why we don't have more time. 1064 00:47:39.750 --> 00:47:43.000 Don't make me feel like a bitch because I want to see my husband. 1065 00:47:43.083 --> 00:47:45.416 -Hey. -(sighs) 1066 00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:49.625 I-I could stay home and be kept by my wife. 1067 00:47:50.625 --> 00:47:53.666 I mean, that'd really complete the picture Americans have of Cuban men. 1068 00:47:53.750 --> 00:47:55.916 What home are you talking about? 1069 00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:59.875 Or you could quit the film business and just be my wife. 1070 00:47:59.958 --> 00:48:01.875 But you ain't gonna do that, right? 1071 00:48:01.958 --> 00:48:03.333 No. 1072 00:48:03.416 --> 00:48:05.375 How about you come to the club more to watch the show? 1073 00:48:08.166 --> 00:48:09.875 I had a picture open five days ago. 1074 00:48:09.958 --> 00:48:12.125 You really want me to come down to the club? 1075 00:48:12.208 --> 00:48:13.708 Why not? 1076 00:48:15.208 --> 00:48:17.000 Okay. 1077 00:48:17.083 --> 00:48:19.625 (band playing “Cuban Pete”) 1078 00:48:19.708 --> 00:48:22.375 ♪ They call me Cuban Pete ♪ 1079 00:48:22.458 --> 00:48:24.916 ♪ I'm the king of the rumba beat ♪ 1080 00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:26.416 ♪ When I play the maracas, I go ♪ 1081 00:48:26.500 --> 00:48:29.500 ♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom ♪ 1082 00:48:29.583 --> 00:48:31.458 ♪ Yes, sir, I'm Cuban Pete ♪ 1083 00:48:31.541 --> 00:48:33.750 ♪ I'm the craze of my native street ♪ 1084 00:48:33.833 --> 00:48:35.666 ♪ When I start to dance, everything goes ♪ 1085 00:48:35.750 --> 00:48:38.166 ♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom ♪ 1086 00:48:38.250 --> 00:48:41.041 -♪ The señoritas, they sing ♪ -(women chattering excitedly) 1087 00:48:41.125 --> 00:48:43.666 ♪ And how they swing with this rumbero ♪ 1088 00:48:43.750 --> 00:48:45.666 ♪ It's very nice ♪ 1089 00:48:45.750 --> 00:48:47.041 ♪ So full of spice ♪ 1090 00:48:47.125 --> 00:48:48.125 (laughs) 1091 00:48:48.208 --> 00:48:50.041 ♪ And when they're dancing ♪ 1092 00:48:50.125 --> 00:48:52.541 ♪ They bring a happy ring, the maraquero ♪ 1093 00:48:52.625 --> 00:48:54.375 ♪ Singing a song ♪ 1094 00:48:54.458 --> 00:48:56.625 -♪ All the day long. ♪ -(song ends) 1095 00:48:56.708 --> 00:48:59.291 Ah! What do we have here? 1096 00:48:59.375 --> 00:49:01.083 -(cheering) -MAN: Lucy! 1097 00:49:01.166 --> 00:49:03.166 (excited chatter) 1098 00:49:03.250 --> 00:49:05.083 ♪ ♪ 1099 00:49:06.291 --> 00:49:07.875 MAN: This way, Miss Ball! Hollywood Citizen! 1100 00:49:07.958 --> 00:49:09.625 WOMAN: We love you in the movie! 1101 00:49:09.708 --> 00:49:11.708 -Thank you. -Wasn't the show fun? 1102 00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:18.666 -(knocking) -VIVIAN: Come on in. 1103 00:49:20.333 --> 00:49:21.333 Good morning. 1104 00:49:21.416 --> 00:49:23.083 Hey, Maddie. 1105 00:49:23.166 --> 00:49:24.916 (sighs) Some week, huh? 1106 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:27.041 Lucille Ball's a threat to the American way of life? 1107 00:49:27.125 --> 00:49:29.625 She's a threat to writers, camera operators and Desi, 1108 00:49:29.708 --> 00:49:30.791 but it really stops there. 1109 00:49:30.875 --> 00:49:32.708 Have you ever had a week like this? 1110 00:49:32.791 --> 00:49:35.083 No, but we work in Hollywood, and something tells me 1111 00:49:35.166 --> 00:49:37.583 we're all gonna have weeks like this before that committee's done. 1112 00:49:37.666 --> 00:49:39.291 (chuckles softly) 1113 00:49:39.375 --> 00:49:41.125 -Look what you can still do. -Still? 1114 00:49:41.208 --> 00:49:43.750 (chuckles): I regretted it even before I said it. 1115 00:49:43.833 --> 00:49:46.000 I can't do that, and I'm just impressed. 1116 00:49:46.083 --> 00:49:47.250 What's in your hands? 1117 00:49:47.333 --> 00:49:49.125 I got you some breakfast from the commissary. 1118 00:49:49.208 --> 00:49:50.791 They told me you didn't have any, but… 1119 00:49:50.875 --> 00:49:53.458 I did. I had a cup of coffee and half a grapefruit. 1120 00:49:53.541 --> 00:49:56.250 Well, I have French toast, bacon, eggs and potatoes. 1121 00:49:56.333 --> 00:49:58.291 -Enjoy it. -It's for you. 1122 00:49:58.375 --> 00:50:00.708 That was very sweet, but, no, thank you. 1123 00:50:02.583 --> 00:50:04.458 Is it just me or have you lost a little weight? 1124 00:50:04.541 --> 00:50:06.208 I have. 1125 00:50:06.291 --> 00:50:08.333 Well, you look great. 1126 00:50:08.416 --> 00:50:09.916 Thank you. 1127 00:50:14.541 --> 00:50:16.833 -I'll see you onstage. -Mm-hmm. 1128 00:50:16.916 --> 00:50:19.541 -Madelyn. -Yeah? 1129 00:50:19.625 --> 00:50:22.083 Who told you that I didn't have any breakfast? 1130 00:50:24.666 --> 00:50:26.666 (sighs) I don't know. 1131 00:50:26.750 --> 00:50:28.958 I think… 1132 00:50:29.041 --> 00:50:30.916 It was Tino. 1133 00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:32.250 The tall waiter. 1134 00:50:32.333 --> 00:50:33.791 (whispers): Okay. 1135 00:50:34.875 --> 00:50:36.083 (softly): Yeah. 1136 00:50:38.875 --> 00:50:41.041 (sighs): Jesus Christ. 1137 00:50:41.125 --> 00:50:43.625 Day three and still no pickup on the Winchell story. 1138 00:50:43.708 --> 00:50:45.541 -Fellas, I think we're out of this. -(chuckles): Might be. 1139 00:50:45.625 --> 00:50:47.500 -Might be. -Howard? 1140 00:50:47.583 --> 00:50:50.000 There's another shoe, and none of us are getting out of this alive. 1141 00:50:50.083 --> 00:50:51.250 JOE: Howard. 1142 00:50:51.333 --> 00:50:52.875 They're uncovering something new, 1143 00:50:52.958 --> 00:50:56.166 they're chasing the original testimony, something, 1144 00:50:56.250 --> 00:50:57.458 but there's another shoe. 1145 00:50:57.541 --> 00:50:59.500 There's nothing more to uncover. There are no more shoes. 1146 00:50:59.583 --> 00:51:01.875 -Lucy's pregnant. -Well, that. 1147 00:51:06.208 --> 00:51:07.250 What? 1148 00:51:07.333 --> 00:51:08.333 Lucy's pregnant. 1149 00:51:08.416 --> 00:51:09.750 With a baby? 1150 00:51:09.833 --> 00:51:11.583 Mm-hmm. 1151 00:51:11.666 --> 00:51:12.791 ROGER: How… 1152 00:51:12.875 --> 00:51:15.208 I'm… (clears throat) not sure what words to use. 1153 00:51:15.291 --> 00:51:18.250 How much pregnant are you? 1154 00:51:18.333 --> 00:51:20.625 Why did you think you didn't know what words to use? 1155 00:51:20.708 --> 00:51:22.916 He means how far, as a percentage of nine months– 1156 00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:24.833 where are you on-on the timeline of-of the… 1157 00:51:24.916 --> 00:51:26.625 Someone should point a goddamn camera at this. 1158 00:51:26.708 --> 00:51:27.875 DESI: She's 12 weeks pregnant. 1159 00:51:27.958 --> 00:51:28.916 So that means, uh… 1160 00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:30.916 12 weeks ago, I fucked my husband. 1161 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:31.958 -Whoa, whoa, whoa! -No, no, no. -(overlapping chatter) 1162 00:51:32.041 --> 00:51:34.083 (laughing) 1163 00:51:34.166 --> 00:51:36.000 DESI: She'll start showing in about 1164 00:51:36.083 --> 00:51:40.500 six weeks, and a month after that, (sighs) there won't be any hiding it. 1165 00:51:40.583 --> 00:51:42.000 This isn't a problem. 1166 00:51:42.083 --> 00:51:43.500 -It's not. -This has happened before. 1167 00:51:43.583 --> 00:51:46.666 I won't say names, but it's been dealt with. 1168 00:51:46.750 --> 00:51:49.250 Is he talking about having me killed? 1169 00:51:49.333 --> 00:51:51.166 No, you carry a basket of laundry, 1170 00:51:51.250 --> 00:51:53.958 stand behind chairs, you sit with a pillow on your lap. 1171 00:51:54.041 --> 00:51:55.625 Those are great ideas, especially having Lucy 1172 00:51:55.708 --> 00:51:57.166 carry a basket of laundry in every scene. 1173 00:51:57.250 --> 00:51:58.500 Or stand behind chairs. 1174 00:51:58.583 --> 00:52:01.833 Where in the Ricardo's living room are the giant chairs you're talking about? 1175 00:52:01.916 --> 00:52:04.041 Lucy and Ricky redecorate, huh? 1176 00:52:04.125 --> 00:52:05.625 The writers can get some fun out of this. 1177 00:52:05.708 --> 00:52:07.958 Maybe they get some large ficus trees. 1178 00:52:08.041 --> 00:52:09.291 They'd have to be California redwoods, 1179 00:52:09.375 --> 00:52:11.833 and I'd have to stand behind them anytime I wasn't doing the wash. 1180 00:52:11.916 --> 00:52:13.125 Well, what do you propose? 1181 00:52:13.208 --> 00:52:14.625 That the Ricardos have a baby. 1182 00:52:14.708 --> 00:52:16.916 (laughter) 1183 00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:18.666 What do you mean? 1184 00:52:18.750 --> 00:52:20.458 I told you it was gonna be like this. 1185 00:52:20.541 --> 00:52:24.000 Lucy Ricardo will be pregnant on the show. 1186 00:52:24.083 --> 00:52:29.166 An eight-episode arc starting with Lucy telling Ricky the happy news 1187 00:52:29.250 --> 00:52:32.083 -and ending with the birth of the baby. -ROGER (laughs): No. 1188 00:52:32.166 --> 00:52:33.833 No, no, no. 1189 00:52:33.916 --> 00:52:35.416 You can't have a pregnant woman on television. 1190 00:52:35.500 --> 00:52:36.625 DESI: Why not? 1191 00:52:36.708 --> 00:52:37.708 Because it's television. 1192 00:52:37.791 --> 00:52:39.375 We come into people's homes. 1193 00:52:39.458 --> 00:52:41.583 Pregnant women often vomit. 1194 00:52:41.666 --> 00:52:43.458 I know I could any second. 1195 00:52:43.541 --> 00:52:45.541 -May I say something? -Frankly, I can't wait. 1196 00:52:45.625 --> 00:52:48.625 If Lucy Ricardo's pregnant, the audience's mind immediately goes 1197 00:52:48.708 --> 00:52:50.000 to how did she get that way. 1198 00:52:50.083 --> 00:52:51.333 Lucy and Ricky sleep in separate beds. 1199 00:52:51.416 --> 00:52:53.333 We'll be pushing the beds together, too. 1200 00:52:53.416 --> 00:52:54.875 -Oh. -Oh, no. -Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1201 00:52:54.958 --> 00:52:57.416 I'm sorry, Des, we're gonna have to put our foot down on this one. 1202 00:52:57.500 --> 00:52:59.541 You can't do it. End of discussion. 1203 00:53:02.416 --> 00:53:03.666 (groans) 1204 00:53:03.750 --> 00:53:05.833 ♪ ♪ 1205 00:53:05.916 --> 00:53:09.458 Miss Rosen, will you come in please, with a pad and pen? 1206 00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:14.916 -My secretary. -(footsteps approaching) 1207 00:53:16.333 --> 00:53:17.875 What are you doing? 1208 00:53:17.958 --> 00:53:19.708 To Mr. Alfred Lyons, Chairman of the Board of Philip Morris. 1209 00:53:19.791 --> 00:53:21.208 HOWARD: We don't want to bring Mr. Lyons into this. 1210 00:53:21.291 --> 00:53:23.791 “Mr. Lyons, I guess it all comes down to you. 1211 00:53:23.875 --> 00:53:26.458 “You are the man who's paying the money for this show, 1212 00:53:26.541 --> 00:53:28.208 and I'll do whatever you decide.” 1213 00:53:28.291 --> 00:53:30.500 Mr. Lyons doesn't get involved at this level. 1214 00:53:30.583 --> 00:53:33.375 “There's only one thing I want to make certain that you understand.” 1215 00:53:33.458 --> 00:53:35.166 -Desi… -“We've given you 1216 00:53:35.250 --> 00:53:37.166 “the number one show on television, 1217 00:53:37.250 --> 00:53:41.500 “and up until now, the creative decisions have been in our hands. 1218 00:53:41.583 --> 00:53:45.208 They are now telling us that Lucy and Ricky can't have a baby on the show.” 1219 00:53:45.291 --> 00:53:46.416 That's not exactly what we said. 1220 00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:48.958 “All I ask from you, if you agree with them, 1221 00:53:49.041 --> 00:53:52.541 “is that you inform them that we will not accept them telling us what not to do 1222 00:53:52.625 --> 00:53:58.083 “unless, beginning with our next episode, they also tell us what to do. 1223 00:53:58.166 --> 00:54:00.708 Sincerely,” et cetera, et cetera. Thank you. 1224 00:54:00.791 --> 00:54:03.166 -And send it by telegram please. -Yes, sir. 1225 00:54:05.708 --> 00:54:08.125 And that wasn't even why I married him. 1226 00:54:11.791 --> 00:54:12.791 That was. 1227 00:54:15.375 --> 00:54:17.375 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Quiet please! Rehearsal's up! 1228 00:54:17.458 --> 00:54:20.166 Lucy, let me out of here! 1229 00:54:20.250 --> 00:54:21.708 Untie this coat! 1230 00:54:21.791 --> 00:54:23.625 Not until you kiss and make up. 1231 00:54:23.708 --> 00:54:26.416 I'll never make up with him after the things he said. 1232 00:54:26.500 --> 00:54:28.583 What about the things you said to me? 1233 00:54:28.666 --> 00:54:30.708 She said my mother looks like a weasel. 1234 00:54:30.791 --> 00:54:33.041 -Apologize, Ethel. -No. 1235 00:54:33.125 --> 00:54:36.458 Oh, come on, Ethel. Tell him you're sorry. 1236 00:54:36.541 --> 00:54:37.625 Well… 1237 00:54:37.708 --> 00:54:39.750 I'm sorry your mother looks like a weasel. 1238 00:54:39.833 --> 00:54:41.750 Now, Ethel. 1239 00:54:41.833 --> 00:54:43.125 Well, he should have more consideration. 1240 00:54:43.208 --> 00:54:45.291 After all, I gave him the best years of my life. 1241 00:54:45.375 --> 00:54:47.875 -Were those the best? -(gasps) 1242 00:54:47.958 --> 00:54:49.750 All right, all right, now you're even. 1243 00:54:49.833 --> 00:54:51.750 Now, what are your terms for making up, Ethel? 1244 00:54:51.833 --> 00:54:53.291 Well, he should… 1245 00:54:53.375 --> 00:54:56.041 We should go back to the dinner table. 1246 00:54:57.125 --> 00:54:59.750 -What was that? -We should go back to the dinner table. 1247 00:54:59.833 --> 00:55:02.958 I think, given the time, we should move on. 1248 00:55:03.041 --> 00:55:04.041 It was good. 1249 00:55:04.125 --> 00:55:05.833 Yeah, except, no, it wasn't. 1250 00:55:05.916 --> 00:55:06.958 -What? -Good. 1251 00:55:07.041 --> 00:55:08.666 -Wasn't good. -Uh… 1252 00:55:08.750 --> 00:55:09.750 Ah, let's go back. 1253 00:55:09.833 --> 00:55:11.125 WILLIAM: What's happening? 1254 00:55:11.208 --> 00:55:12.458 VIVIAN: (sighs) She wants to go back. 1255 00:55:12.541 --> 00:55:13.583 -WILLIAM: To what? -The dinner scene. 1256 00:55:13.666 --> 00:55:15.208 WILLIAM: What? 1257 00:55:15.291 --> 00:55:17.916 VIVIAN: The dinner scene, you drunken yontz! 1258 00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:19.750 WILLIAM: Have we hired anyone to play Ethel yet? 1259 00:55:19.833 --> 00:55:21.083 All right, let's go. 1260 00:55:21.166 --> 00:55:22.291 Go forward or go back to the dinner scene? 1261 00:55:22.375 --> 00:55:23.375 Back. 1262 00:55:23.458 --> 00:55:25.000 (sighs heavily) 1263 00:55:25.083 --> 00:55:27.625 Page 15. This is still scene “A.” 1264 00:55:27.708 --> 00:55:29.250 From, “You're right, he's not going to do me out of dinner.” 1265 00:55:29.333 --> 00:55:31.541 -Cameras reset. Props reset. -VIVIAN: Someone's gonna need to tell us 1266 00:55:31.625 --> 00:55:33.333 what was wrong with the scene in the first place. 1267 00:55:33.416 --> 00:55:34.666 -WILLIAM: You were in it. -DESI: Bill. 1268 00:55:34.750 --> 00:55:36.500 Something fundamental was wrong. I'll figure out what. 1269 00:55:36.583 --> 00:55:37.666 I can figure out what. 1270 00:55:37.750 --> 00:55:39.416 -Let's all do our individual jobs. -(sighs) 1271 00:55:39.500 --> 00:55:41.208 (quietly): I hit him in the face until he's bleeding– 1272 00:55:41.291 --> 00:55:43.458 -does our insurance cover that? -DESI: Yeah, I got the platinum plan. 1273 00:55:43.541 --> 00:55:44.791 Good job. 1274 00:55:44.875 --> 00:55:46.375 -Ready, ready. -Quiet please! 1275 00:55:46.458 --> 00:55:47.750 Rehearsal's up! 1276 00:55:47.833 --> 00:55:50.125 DONALD: From, “You're right, he's not going to do me out of dinner.” 1277 00:55:50.208 --> 00:55:51.250 Settle. 1278 00:55:51.333 --> 00:55:53.541 And action. 1279 00:55:53.625 --> 00:55:54.875 Uh, you're right. 1280 00:55:54.958 --> 00:55:57.041 He's not gonna do me out of dinner. 1281 00:55:57.125 --> 00:55:58.333 Good. 1282 00:55:58.416 --> 00:56:01.250 Oh. Now, sit down, everyone. 1283 00:56:03.250 --> 00:56:06.208 We don't have any more chairs. 1284 00:56:06.291 --> 00:56:08.916 You two don't mind sharing, do you? 1285 00:56:11.541 --> 00:56:13.375 The roast beef should be precut. 1286 00:56:13.458 --> 00:56:15.125 -It will be, dear. -DESI: How's that, Ethel? 1287 00:56:15.208 --> 00:56:17.166 -Not too much fat, is there? -VIVIAN: There certainly is. 1288 00:56:17.250 --> 00:56:18.250 He means the meat. 1289 00:56:18.333 --> 00:56:19.791 Oh, no, the meat is fine. 1290 00:56:19.875 --> 00:56:22.416 LUCILLE: Now do your thing. 1291 00:56:22.500 --> 00:56:24.375 Come on. 1292 00:56:24.458 --> 00:56:25.625 -Mm. -DONALD: Perfect. 1293 00:56:25.708 --> 00:56:27.041 -Yeah? -Moving on. 1294 00:56:27.125 --> 00:56:29.125 -MAN: Moving… -Staying put. -Why? 1295 00:56:29.208 --> 00:56:30.750 We need to work out the moves at the table. 1296 00:56:30.833 --> 00:56:32.208 Bill and I can work out the moves. 1297 00:56:32.291 --> 00:56:33.875 It's not that I'm not confident that you can't work out… 1298 00:56:33.958 --> 00:56:35.458 This is camera blocking. 1299 00:56:35.541 --> 00:56:37.958 We can work out the stage business during tomorrow's run-through. 1300 00:56:38.041 --> 00:56:40.416 I would strongly prefer that we do it now. 1301 00:56:40.500 --> 00:56:42.958 I have to exercise my directorial authority. 1302 00:56:43.041 --> 00:56:44.750 -You have to do what? -DESI: Let's take a break. 1303 00:56:44.833 --> 00:56:46.791 -It's not time for a break. -Good, then, that's ten minutes. 1304 00:56:46.875 --> 00:56:48.875 Ten minutes, we come back to scene “A”! 1305 00:56:48.958 --> 00:56:51.250 -No, we don't. -Maybe we don't. It's hard to say. 1306 00:56:51.333 --> 00:56:53.333 (indistinct chatter) 1307 00:56:57.166 --> 00:56:58.625 Tell me what's happening, honey. 1308 00:56:58.708 --> 00:56:59.708 (exhaling musically) 1309 00:56:59.791 --> 00:57:01.250 -You know what occurs to me? -Mm-hmm? 1310 00:57:01.333 --> 00:57:02.916 At the top, it should be clear 1311 00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:04.250 that I'm setting a nice table, right? 1312 00:57:04.333 --> 00:57:06.708 There should be flowers in a vase. 1313 00:57:06.791 --> 00:57:08.750 (humming) 1314 00:57:08.833 --> 00:57:10.708 And I'm trying to get them just right. 1315 00:57:10.791 --> 00:57:13.208 And I cut one of the stems, but now it's too short. 1316 00:57:14.166 --> 00:57:15.708 Then I cut the others, but now they're too short and… 1317 00:57:15.791 --> 00:57:17.833 -I get it. -What do you think? 1318 00:57:17.916 --> 00:57:19.625 I think you're having a little bit of a breakdown. 1319 00:57:19.708 --> 00:57:21.125 I meant about the flowers. 1320 00:57:21.208 --> 00:57:23.875 Tell me what's happening now. 1321 00:57:23.958 --> 00:57:25.916 Why is this so hard to understand? 1322 00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:27.500 The dinner table isn't working, 1323 00:57:27.583 --> 00:57:28.958 -and we need it to. -Mm-hmm. 1324 00:57:29.041 --> 00:57:32.500 Right there are the building blocks of drama. 1325 00:57:37.791 --> 00:57:39.791 ♪ ♪ 1326 00:57:59.750 --> 00:58:01.166 Viv. 1327 00:58:02.625 --> 00:58:03.958 It's not you. 1328 00:58:04.041 --> 00:58:05.625 Or Bill. 1329 00:58:05.708 --> 00:58:08.541 The dinner scene. It's Donald Glass. 1330 00:58:08.625 --> 00:58:10.708 Well… (chuckles) 1331 00:58:10.791 --> 00:58:11.833 it'll be funny. 1332 00:58:11.916 --> 00:58:13.666 I'm sure of that. 1333 00:58:13.750 --> 00:58:16.125 Can't get better till it gets bad. 1334 00:58:16.208 --> 00:58:18.708 -Cross step one off the list. -Yeah. 1335 00:58:18.791 --> 00:58:19.875 Okay. 1336 00:58:21.416 --> 00:58:22.958 You hanging in there? 1337 00:58:23.041 --> 00:58:24.791 Look, we've made 37 episodes. 1338 00:58:24.875 --> 00:58:28.125 You do 37 of anything, one of them's gonna be your 37th best. 1339 00:58:28.208 --> 00:58:30.166 Ours was directed by Donald Glass. 1340 00:58:30.250 --> 00:58:32.083 Honey, the committee. 1341 00:58:32.166 --> 00:58:34.416 They're not gonna base their findings based on how this week's sh… 1342 00:58:34.500 --> 00:58:35.666 Fuck the committee. 1343 00:58:35.750 --> 00:58:37.875 I said that. I'm talking about the show. 1344 00:58:37.958 --> 00:58:40.958 And unless you count his wardrobe, Donald Glass doesn't understand 1345 00:58:41.041 --> 00:58:44.166 the moving parts of physical comedy. 1346 00:58:44.250 --> 00:58:45.375 (sighs) 1347 00:58:45.458 --> 00:58:46.458 That's all. 1348 00:58:46.541 --> 00:58:49.458 My point is you're not the problem. 1349 00:58:49.541 --> 00:58:50.833 Mm-hmm. 1350 00:58:52.375 --> 00:58:53.666 Luce. 1351 00:58:53.750 --> 00:58:55.166 Yeah? 1352 00:58:56.166 --> 00:58:58.083 (sighs) 1353 00:58:58.166 --> 00:59:01.916 Uh, Madelyn brought me breakfast this morning. 1354 00:59:02.000 --> 00:59:05.291 French toast, bacon and potatoes. 1355 00:59:05.375 --> 00:59:08.875 She said that someone noticed I hadn't had breakfast. 1356 00:59:08.958 --> 00:59:10.541 She said it looked like I had lost some weight. 1357 00:59:10.625 --> 00:59:12.041 She's right. You look great. 1358 00:59:12.125 --> 00:59:15.041 Madelyn's a staff writer. She doesn't bring people their breakfast. 1359 00:59:16.833 --> 00:59:18.375 I'm not sure what you're asking. 1360 00:59:18.458 --> 00:59:19.583 It sounds like she was… 1361 00:59:19.666 --> 00:59:22.083 How would she know I hadn't had breakfast? 1362 00:59:24.500 --> 00:59:25.625 I really don't know. 1363 00:59:26.708 --> 00:59:28.708 -It was you, right? -Yeah. 1364 00:59:28.791 --> 00:59:31.416 Got to give me credit. When I lie, I give it up pretty quick. 1365 00:59:31.500 --> 00:59:34.000 -It's admirable. -Thanks. 1366 00:59:34.083 --> 00:59:38.750 You told her to bring me breakfast and remark on my weight loss. 1367 00:59:39.833 --> 00:59:40.916 Let me explain why. 1368 00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:42.166 Why? 1369 00:59:42.250 --> 00:59:44.250 Because I think you should get off this loony diet you're on. 1370 00:59:44.333 --> 00:59:45.416 It's working. 1371 00:59:45.500 --> 00:59:46.916 It's not good for you. 1372 00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:48.125 I feel great. 1373 00:59:48.208 --> 00:59:49.875 It's not good for Ethel. 1374 00:59:49.958 --> 00:59:51.750 Ah, it's not. 1375 00:59:51.833 --> 00:59:54.250 We're best friends, Viv. I don't want to fight. 1376 00:59:54.333 --> 00:59:56.041 -I just sent some breakfast over because… -You didn't just send it over. 1377 00:59:56.125 --> 00:59:58.375 You sent it over with Madelyn and a message 1378 00:59:58.458 --> 01:00:01.958 and now a new message, which is that I look too good. 1379 01:00:02.041 --> 01:00:05.000 Because we want you at the weight you were when we cast you. 1380 01:00:05.083 --> 01:00:06.375 Otherwise it'll be bad for Ethel? 1381 01:00:06.458 --> 01:00:07.708 -Yes. -Or bad for you? 1382 01:00:11.708 --> 01:00:12.791 All right. 1383 01:00:12.875 --> 01:00:14.875 No one's gonna stop loving Lucy when you're pregnant. 1384 01:00:14.958 --> 01:00:16.291 You're not a pinup girl. 1385 01:00:18.125 --> 01:00:19.416 Thanks for that, Viv. 1386 01:00:19.500 --> 01:00:22.041 VIVIAN: I'm saying take it easy, that's all. 1387 01:00:22.125 --> 01:00:25.708 Everyone here stands shoulder to shoulder with you and no one feels funny 1388 01:00:25.791 --> 01:00:28.208 'cause we're scared to death, and you're not helping 1389 01:00:28.291 --> 01:00:30.708 by jumping up and down on everyone who works here 1390 01:00:30.791 --> 01:00:32.500 and doing it in front of the whole crew! 1391 01:00:32.583 --> 01:00:35.791 Goddamn it, Viv, most American women look like you, not me. 1392 01:00:35.875 --> 01:00:38.041 They want to see themselves on television. 1393 01:00:43.458 --> 01:00:45.166 (door opens) 1394 01:00:48.125 --> 01:00:50.458 What the hell are the two of you screaming about? 1395 01:00:50.541 --> 01:00:52.333 -LUCILLE: Nothing. -Nothing! 1396 01:00:52.416 --> 01:00:54.583 I'm in my room taking my midmorning nap. 1397 01:00:54.666 --> 01:00:57.291 VIVIAN: Don't you usually do that while we're rehearsing? 1398 01:00:58.291 --> 01:01:01.416 I'd love to hear more of that Moss Hart wit on the show. 1399 01:01:08.708 --> 01:01:10.791 VIVIAN: Don't worry about it. 1400 01:01:10.875 --> 01:01:13.583 The weight always comes back. I can't keep it off anymore. 1401 01:01:15.458 --> 01:01:17.333 This conversation went poorly. 1402 01:01:17.416 --> 01:01:19.333 I thought it was great. 1403 01:01:19.416 --> 01:01:23.916 I definitely feel like performing for tens of millions of people now. 1404 01:01:26.208 --> 01:01:28.083 All right. 1405 01:01:28.166 --> 01:01:29.875 -So… -(page turns) 1406 01:01:29.958 --> 01:01:31.375 Okay. 1407 01:01:32.375 --> 01:01:34.375 (thunder rumbling softly) 1408 01:01:36.541 --> 01:01:38.958 -Lucille. -Yeah? 1409 01:01:40.416 --> 01:01:42.125 Come with me for a drink. 1410 01:01:42.208 --> 01:01:43.625 It's 10:00 a.m. 1411 01:01:43.708 --> 01:01:45.500 I'm sure it's 10:15 somewhere. 1412 01:01:45.583 --> 01:01:47.250 We have to be back onstage. 1413 01:01:47.333 --> 01:01:49.041 -I wonder if they'll wait for you. -Bill, I'm not… 1414 01:01:49.125 --> 01:01:50.291 Kid. 1415 01:01:50.375 --> 01:01:52.666 Tell the stage Mrs. Arnaz is taking some personal time 1416 01:01:52.750 --> 01:01:54.125 and she'll be back when she's back. 1417 01:01:54.208 --> 01:01:56.375 -Probably 15 minutes. -Yes, ma'am. 1418 01:01:56.458 --> 01:01:59.041 And you should remind props that I need garden shears in the opening scene. 1419 01:01:59.125 --> 01:02:00.541 -Copy. -WILLIAM: Let's go. 1420 01:02:00.625 --> 01:02:02.833 We have to establish right away that I'm setting a fancy table. 1421 01:02:02.916 --> 01:02:04.708 -You don't have to explain it to him. -We'll have flowers in a vase. 1422 01:02:04.791 --> 01:02:06.291 I'll cut one of the flowers. 1423 01:02:06.375 --> 01:02:08.291 -He doesn't care. -It'll be too short. 1424 01:02:08.375 --> 01:02:10.333 I'll cut the other flowers, they'll be too short, and so on. 1425 01:02:10.416 --> 01:02:11.875 -Got it. -So I need garden shears. 1426 01:02:11.958 --> 01:02:12.958 Copy. 1427 01:02:13.041 --> 01:02:15.250 Regular scissors aren't strong enough to cut through the stems. 1428 01:02:15.333 --> 01:02:17.208 He's thinking a lot about killing you now. 1429 01:02:17.291 --> 01:02:18.291 -Fine. -Go. 1430 01:02:18.375 --> 01:02:20.000 Yep. 1431 01:02:20.083 --> 01:02:21.708 (rain falling) 1432 01:02:21.791 --> 01:02:23.291 It's raining. 1433 01:02:23.375 --> 01:02:24.583 -Your hair gonna be all right? -(thunder rumbling) 1434 01:02:24.666 --> 01:02:26.041 I'm fine. 1435 01:02:26.125 --> 01:02:30.250 Ever since I started doing this show, rain bounces off my hair. 1436 01:02:30.333 --> 01:02:32.166 -That's helpful. -Mm. 1437 01:02:32.250 --> 01:02:34.958 Honestly had no idea this place was here. 1438 01:02:35.041 --> 01:02:37.625 WILLIAM: They like to keep a low profile. 1439 01:02:37.708 --> 01:02:39.791 LUCILLE: Can't imagine why. 1440 01:02:39.875 --> 01:02:43.166 Kind of people go to a bar on a Wednesday morning? 1441 01:02:43.250 --> 01:02:45.500 WILLIAM: It's an eclectic group. 1442 01:02:45.583 --> 01:02:48.208 -What are you having? -(“Junker's Blues” playing over radio) 1443 01:02:48.291 --> 01:02:50.083 LUCILLE: I'll take a tetanus shot. 1444 01:02:50.166 --> 01:02:52.083 -Jim Beam, two times. -BARTENDER: Sure, Bill. 1445 01:02:52.166 --> 01:02:54.208 (sighs) I thought you and Desi had a deal. 1446 01:02:54.291 --> 01:02:56.791 You don't drink at work. 1447 01:02:56.875 --> 01:02:59.416 Desi and I have a deal that I won't be drunk at work. 1448 01:02:59.500 --> 01:03:01.625 Have you ever seen me drunk at work? 1449 01:03:01.708 --> 01:03:03.708 -Would I know? -No. 1450 01:03:03.791 --> 01:03:04.958 Here's to your new baby. 1451 01:03:05.041 --> 01:03:06.458 All right, then. 1452 01:03:07.750 --> 01:03:09.916 Are they being polite or do they not recognize us? 1453 01:03:10.000 --> 01:03:11.583 They don't own television sets. 1454 01:03:13.083 --> 01:03:14.416 Why didn't I think of that? 1455 01:03:14.500 --> 01:03:16.833 Honey, I read seven newspapers every day. 1456 01:03:16.916 --> 01:03:18.833 Seven? When do you have time to do that? 1457 01:03:18.916 --> 01:03:21.666 It's 30 minutes between races at Santa Anita, 1458 01:03:21.750 --> 01:03:23.708 and it takes me a minute and a half to pick a horse. 1459 01:03:23.791 --> 01:03:25.333 -Aren't you at work? -Yeah. 1460 01:03:25.416 --> 01:03:28.291 We have bookies now and telephones. 1461 01:03:28.375 --> 01:03:31.083 Know all about that. Did a Damon Runyon picture. 1462 01:03:31.166 --> 01:03:33.000 In none of those seven newspapers 1463 01:03:33.083 --> 01:03:36.958 have I read anything about Lucille Ball being a Communist. 1464 01:03:38.416 --> 01:03:40.791 I don't hear anyone talking about it. 1465 01:03:40.875 --> 01:03:42.458 Since when do you talk to anyone? 1466 01:03:42.541 --> 01:03:44.958 I got news for you: the less you talk, the more things you hear, 1467 01:03:45.041 --> 01:03:46.875 and I haven't heard anything. 1468 01:03:46.958 --> 01:03:48.916 So… 1469 01:03:49.000 --> 01:03:50.208 problems at home? 1470 01:03:51.750 --> 01:03:53.416 Problems at home? 1471 01:03:53.500 --> 01:03:55.541 -Yeah. -No. 1472 01:03:55.625 --> 01:04:00.291 I'd like very much to have problems at home, but my problem's not home that much. 1473 01:04:00.375 --> 01:04:01.458 Few times a week. 1474 01:04:01.541 --> 01:04:02.708 He was playing cards on the boat Wednesday night. 1475 01:04:02.791 --> 01:04:04.125 I know. 1476 01:04:04.208 --> 01:04:05.458 The picture's six months old. 1477 01:04:05.541 --> 01:04:07.958 I was there when it was taken. 1478 01:04:08.041 --> 01:04:10.541 I'm saying, why wasn't he home, where I and our daughter were? 1479 01:04:10.625 --> 01:04:14.875 Your husband is in love with America like no man I have ever known 1480 01:04:14.958 --> 01:04:19.583 since George M. Cohan, who loved America so much he wrote the same song five times. 1481 01:04:19.666 --> 01:04:20.708 Okay? 1482 01:04:20.791 --> 01:04:24.208 Desi loves America as much as that guy. 1483 01:04:24.291 --> 01:04:26.500 But that doesn't mean he's not Cuban. 1484 01:04:26.583 --> 01:04:28.208 -I know that. -The world he's from 1485 01:04:28.291 --> 01:04:30.916 has a very narrow definition of manhood. 1486 01:04:31.000 --> 01:04:33.291 -I know that, too. -The man is the man. 1487 01:04:33.375 --> 01:04:34.416 Mm-hmm. 1488 01:04:34.500 --> 01:04:36.333 And not for nothing, but the women are happy. 1489 01:04:36.416 --> 01:04:38.208 (scoffs softly) You've asked them? 1490 01:04:38.291 --> 01:04:40.000 They look happy. 1491 01:04:41.083 --> 01:04:42.500 I see. 1492 01:04:44.083 --> 01:04:46.125 -But that's neither here nor there. -It really isn't. 1493 01:04:46.208 --> 01:04:49.333 He's mesmerized by you, Lucille. 1494 01:04:49.416 --> 01:04:52.500 And he misses you when you're in two different places. 1495 01:04:52.583 --> 01:04:54.708 He does. I'm a witness. 1496 01:04:54.791 --> 01:04:56.333 -He doesn't have to. -He… 1497 01:04:56.416 --> 01:04:57.666 We live in the same house. 1498 01:04:57.750 --> 01:04:59.625 He does have to. 1499 01:04:59.708 --> 01:05:00.958 That's what I'm saying. 1500 01:05:02.791 --> 01:05:07.083 He has to spend time away from you so that he can feel like he's not the… 1501 01:05:07.166 --> 01:05:08.458 Second banana. 1502 01:05:08.541 --> 01:05:11.166 I navigate male egos for a living, bud. 1503 01:05:11.250 --> 01:05:13.333 Then why are you running the set? 1504 01:05:13.416 --> 01:05:15.958 Why are you running rehearsals? 1505 01:05:16.041 --> 01:05:17.666 You're doing it right in front of him. 1506 01:05:17.750 --> 01:05:20.458 I can't prioritize the director's feelings over the health of the show. 1507 01:05:20.541 --> 01:05:23.500 No, no, not– I couldn't care less about Donald's feelings if I tried hard. 1508 01:05:23.583 --> 01:05:24.666 He's a hack. 1509 01:05:24.750 --> 01:05:28.916 But we'll overcome that because, frankly, we're not doing Uncle Vanya. 1510 01:05:30.291 --> 01:05:31.500 Got it. 1511 01:05:31.583 --> 01:05:33.250 But the business at the dinner table has to be precise. 1512 01:05:33.333 --> 01:05:35.083 Really? 1513 01:05:35.166 --> 01:05:36.708 I was only in vaudeville 40 years, 1514 01:05:36.791 --> 01:05:39.375 so I wouldn't know about these things of which you speak. 1515 01:05:39.458 --> 01:05:40.500 I know you know. 1516 01:05:40.583 --> 01:05:41.750 I'm just saying… 1517 01:05:41.833 --> 01:05:44.625 You did it in front of Desi is my point. 1518 01:05:45.833 --> 01:05:47.500 Let me tell you something about Desi. 1519 01:05:47.583 --> 01:05:49.416 He runs this show. 1520 01:05:50.500 --> 01:05:53.000 Every creative decision goes through him. 1521 01:05:53.083 --> 01:05:56.083 Every business decision– the network, Philip Morris. 1522 01:05:56.166 --> 01:05:58.916 And if that wasn't enough, he is camera-ready on Monday. 1523 01:05:59.000 --> 01:06:02.541 Takes me five days to get a laugh. 1524 01:06:02.625 --> 01:06:04.458 He's killing it at the table read. 1525 01:06:04.541 --> 01:06:06.458 (chuckles softly) 1526 01:06:06.541 --> 01:06:09.708 And that man, believe me, is nobody's second banana. 1527 01:06:11.083 --> 01:06:12.666 How many people know that? 1528 01:06:12.750 --> 01:06:14.041 Know what? 1529 01:06:14.125 --> 01:06:16.458 That Desi runs the show. 1530 01:06:16.541 --> 01:06:18.541 How many people know that? 1531 01:06:23.250 --> 01:06:24.875 OLDER MADELYN: There was a minute there 1532 01:06:24.958 --> 01:06:28.125 when Lucy was gonna be a serious actress. 1533 01:06:28.208 --> 01:06:29.708 In serious movies. 1534 01:06:29.791 --> 01:06:33.583 She was gonna compete for roles with Crawford, Hayworth. 1535 01:06:35.208 --> 01:06:37.375 Might've been Lucy in All About Eve. 1536 01:06:37.458 --> 01:06:41.041 And you know what? She'd have blown the doors off the place. 1537 01:06:42.291 --> 01:06:44.875 It was almost like that. 1538 01:06:44.958 --> 01:06:46.250 For a minute there. 1539 01:06:46.333 --> 01:06:48.333 ♪ ♪ 1540 01:06:55.666 --> 01:06:57.250 Desi! 1541 01:06:58.708 --> 01:07:00.708 (tuning guitar) 1542 01:07:01.708 --> 01:07:02.708 Desi! 1543 01:07:02.791 --> 01:07:04.125 (pants, grunts) 1544 01:07:04.208 --> 01:07:05.208 Lucy? 1545 01:07:05.291 --> 01:07:06.416 What happened? 1546 01:07:06.500 --> 01:07:08.666 (panting) 1547 01:07:08.750 --> 01:07:10.250 Flat tire! 1548 01:07:10.333 --> 01:07:11.958 Quarter of a mile back. 1549 01:07:12.041 --> 01:07:14.125 And you abandoned the car there? 1550 01:07:14.208 --> 01:07:16.666 -I sprinted the last 500 yards. -What's going on? 1551 01:07:16.750 --> 01:07:19.166 Also you ran with a bottle of champagne in your hand? 1552 01:07:19.250 --> 01:07:21.625 (breathlessly): Bringing it… 1553 01:07:22.875 --> 01:07:23.958 …more festive. 1554 01:07:24.041 --> 01:07:25.041 I got it. 1555 01:07:25.125 --> 01:07:26.583 I got the part. 1556 01:07:26.666 --> 01:07:28.666 -Which part? -I got the part, Des. 1557 01:07:28.750 --> 01:07:30.125 The Big Street. 1558 01:07:30.208 --> 01:07:32.291 You said it was going to Rita Hayworth. 1559 01:07:32.375 --> 01:07:33.791 Scheduling problems. 1560 01:07:33.875 --> 01:07:35.458 Then they went to Judy Holliday. 1561 01:07:35.541 --> 01:07:37.375 Scheduling problems. 1562 01:07:37.458 --> 01:07:41.708 I got the female lead in The Big Street. 1563 01:07:41.791 --> 01:07:43.958 That's tremendous. 1564 01:07:44.958 --> 01:07:46.041 That's tremendous. 1565 01:07:46.125 --> 01:07:49.000 I'm opposite Henry Fonda. 1566 01:07:49.083 --> 01:07:51.875 But when does it start photography? 1567 01:07:51.958 --> 01:07:52.958 Two weeks. 1568 01:07:53.041 --> 01:07:54.666 (panting continues) 1569 01:07:54.750 --> 01:07:56.916 -I still can't catch my breath. -(groans) 1570 01:07:58.208 --> 01:08:00.208 -It's Damon Runyon. -I know! 1571 01:08:00.291 --> 01:08:03.041 I know. I read the script, and I'm very, I'm very happy, Lucy, 1572 01:08:03.125 --> 01:08:05.458 but I was looking forward to you coming out on tour. 1573 01:08:07.250 --> 01:08:09.375 Rita Hayworth had scheduling problems. 1574 01:08:09.458 --> 01:08:11.791 Mm, so did you. 1575 01:08:11.875 --> 01:08:15.125 You don't think I want to be in the same city at the same time as my husband? 1576 01:08:15.208 --> 01:08:16.708 -I know. I know. -What do I– 1577 01:08:16.791 --> 01:08:18.958 Every decision I make is based on being near you. 1578 01:08:19.041 --> 01:08:20.916 Every single decision. 1579 01:08:21.000 --> 01:08:24.458 Well, yes, but obviously not every single decision. 1580 01:08:24.541 --> 01:08:26.958 -No? Hmm? -(sighs) 1581 01:08:27.041 --> 01:08:29.500 You know how many years I've spent sticking my head into frame, 1582 01:08:29.583 --> 01:08:31.416 saying something bitchy and going away? 1583 01:08:31.500 --> 01:08:34.916 Crappy little roles in pictures I wouldn't pay a nickel to see 1584 01:08:35.000 --> 01:08:37.916 if the theater had the only available air-conditioning. 1585 01:08:38.000 --> 01:08:40.416 -Uh-huh. -If The Big Street is a hit, 1586 01:08:40.500 --> 01:08:45.250 I'll be getting the roles that go to Rita and Judy and Bette. 1587 01:08:45.333 --> 01:08:46.333 Which Judy? 1588 01:08:46.416 --> 01:08:47.500 -Holliday. -Ah. 1589 01:08:47.583 --> 01:08:49.291 Who's the baseball player that you talk about? 1590 01:08:49.375 --> 01:08:52.500 The one who sat down and let Lou Gehrig start that streak. 1591 01:08:52.583 --> 01:08:54.000 Oh, Wally Pipp. 1592 01:08:54.083 --> 01:08:55.875 Gehrig was his understudy. 1593 01:08:55.958 --> 01:08:58.416 -Backup. -And the guy took a rest one day. 1594 01:08:58.500 --> 01:09:00.916 Gehrig came in, didn't come out for 40 years. 1595 01:09:01.000 --> 01:09:02.416 14 years, and it was Wally Pipp. 1596 01:09:02.500 --> 01:09:05.166 Okay, well, imagine if Wally Pipp had scheduling problems, 1597 01:09:05.250 --> 01:09:09.833 Lou Gehrig, instead of grabbing his glove, toured with his husband's Latin orchestra. 1598 01:09:09.916 --> 01:09:11.458 It would've changed the course of baseball. 1599 01:09:11.541 --> 01:09:13.666 -And the course of Latin music. -(sighs) 1600 01:09:13.750 --> 01:09:15.541 Rita Hayworth is Wally Pipp. 1601 01:09:15.625 --> 01:09:16.791 I'm Lou Gehrig. 1602 01:09:16.875 --> 01:09:18.500 The Big Street is the Yankees. 1603 01:09:18.583 --> 01:09:20.958 I understood the metaphor so long ago. 1604 01:09:22.500 --> 01:09:25.083 You don't have to tour. You could stay in town. 1605 01:09:26.500 --> 01:09:29.333 -And do what? -Sell out Ciro's every night. 1606 01:09:29.416 --> 01:09:31.208 ♪ ♪ 1607 01:09:31.291 --> 01:09:34.125 We're not a house band. 1608 01:09:34.208 --> 01:09:36.416 I'd like to sell out New York. 1609 01:09:36.500 --> 01:09:39.291 I'd like to sell out Chicago and Miami, too. 1610 01:09:39.375 --> 01:09:41.208 -I know. -Hmm. 1611 01:09:41.291 --> 01:09:42.958 Eight weeks. 1612 01:09:43.041 --> 01:09:45.416 I'll come wherever you are on the weekends. 1613 01:09:46.625 --> 01:09:48.708 So it'll be important that you not fall in love with someone else 1614 01:09:48.791 --> 01:09:50.208 Mondays through Fridays. 1615 01:09:50.291 --> 01:09:52.208 Agreed. 1616 01:09:52.291 --> 01:09:53.958 Should we open the champagne, take our clothes off 1617 01:09:54.041 --> 01:09:55.458 and go skinny-dipping in the pool? 1618 01:09:55.541 --> 01:09:57.750 That bottle of champagne is basically a grenade now, 1619 01:09:57.833 --> 01:09:59.583 but all your other ideas were good. 1620 01:09:59.666 --> 01:10:02.875 Lucy, Lucy, Jesus. 1621 01:10:02.958 --> 01:10:04.208 Wow. 1622 01:10:04.291 --> 01:10:05.666 You're gonna be a movie star. 1623 01:10:07.500 --> 01:10:09.708 You comfortable with that? 1624 01:10:10.958 --> 01:10:13.458 Am I comfortable with that? 1625 01:10:23.500 --> 01:10:25.541 That bottle has comic timing. 1626 01:10:26.541 --> 01:10:28.541 ♪ ♪ 1627 01:10:36.375 --> 01:10:38.750 I've been at the studio for almost ten years. 1628 01:10:38.833 --> 01:10:40.500 I've never been in the president's office. 1629 01:10:40.583 --> 01:10:43.708 Mr. Koerner isn't the president. He's the head of production. 1630 01:10:44.791 --> 01:10:46.875 Second in command. 1631 01:10:46.958 --> 01:10:48.583 Still higher than I've ever gotten. 1632 01:10:48.666 --> 01:10:51.125 (intercom buzzes) 1633 01:10:51.208 --> 01:10:53.041 -Yes, sir. -KOERNER: Send her in. 1634 01:10:53.125 --> 01:10:54.291 You can go on in. 1635 01:10:59.666 --> 01:11:01.375 -Lucille. -(sighs) 1636 01:11:01.458 --> 01:11:03.625 -Charles Koerner. -Lucille Ball. (chuckles) 1637 01:11:03.708 --> 01:11:05.416 You like Lucille or Lucy? 1638 01:11:05.500 --> 01:11:07.125 Lucy's fine. I mean either's fine. 1639 01:11:07.208 --> 01:11:08.750 -Lucy. -All right. 1640 01:11:08.833 --> 01:11:10.708 And do I call you Charlie? 1641 01:11:10.791 --> 01:11:12.791 Anyone as brilliant as you were in The Big Street 1642 01:11:12.875 --> 01:11:14.583 can call me Betsy and I wouldn't care. 1643 01:11:14.666 --> 01:11:16.250 (laughs) Thank you. 1644 01:11:16.333 --> 01:11:18.333 Please, sit. Sit here. 1645 01:11:19.583 --> 01:11:20.583 (Lucille sighs) 1646 01:11:21.625 --> 01:11:23.208 Thank you. 1647 01:11:23.291 --> 01:11:24.333 (sighs heavily) 1648 01:11:24.416 --> 01:11:27.375 That was a whole new side of you we've never seen. 1649 01:11:27.458 --> 01:11:28.625 Where's that been? 1650 01:11:28.708 --> 01:11:30.875 -It's been buried under bad movies. -(laughs) 1651 01:11:30.958 --> 01:11:33.583 I've heard you make some form of that joke before. 1652 01:11:33.666 --> 01:11:37.000 Keep putting me in pictures like The Big Street, you won't hear it again. 1653 01:11:39.291 --> 01:11:41.375 We're dropping your contract, Lucy. 1654 01:11:41.458 --> 01:11:43.500 (laughs) 1655 01:11:43.583 --> 01:11:45.583 -No, it-it's not a joke. -That was… 1656 01:11:47.500 --> 01:11:50.000 RKO is dropping your contract. 1657 01:11:52.291 --> 01:11:53.875 I don't understand. 1658 01:11:55.000 --> 01:11:57.000 We don't have anything for you. 1659 01:11:59.250 --> 01:12:01.458 But that… 1660 01:12:01.541 --> 01:12:02.833 (exhales sharply) 1661 01:12:06.083 --> 01:12:07.666 This is happening fast. 1662 01:12:07.750 --> 01:12:08.916 The Big Street was a hit. 1663 01:12:09.000 --> 01:12:10.583 It was a critical hit. 1664 01:12:10.666 --> 01:12:12.625 I get that there wasn't a stampede to the box office, 1665 01:12:12.708 --> 01:12:14.000 but you didn't lose money, did you? 1666 01:12:14.083 --> 01:12:16.250 -No. -Do you understand the conditions 1667 01:12:16.333 --> 01:12:18.583 under which this picture was finished? 1668 01:12:18.666 --> 01:12:19.791 No, it has nothing to do with conditions… 1669 01:12:19.875 --> 01:12:22.625 Damon Runyon left town before principal photography, 1670 01:12:22.708 --> 01:12:25.791 our director joined the Army during postproduction, 1671 01:12:25.875 --> 01:12:28.833 and our editor died. 1672 01:12:28.916 --> 01:12:31.083 He just flat-out died. 1673 01:12:31.166 --> 01:12:33.458 -There were a number of obstacles. -That's accurate. 1674 01:12:33.541 --> 01:12:35.666 -Did you read the reviews? -They were very impressive. 1675 01:12:35.750 --> 01:12:37.041 They were more than impressive. 1676 01:12:37.125 --> 01:12:40.000 This has nothing to do with your performance in The Big Street. 1677 01:12:40.083 --> 01:12:43.125 But it should have everything to do with my performance in The Big Street. 1678 01:12:43.208 --> 01:12:47.666 I… I showed what I can do, and that's just the beginning of what I can do. 1679 01:12:47.750 --> 01:12:49.458 That is just the beginning of it. 1680 01:12:49.541 --> 01:12:51.833 (Lucille sighs) 1681 01:12:52.916 --> 01:12:54.666 Are you sure this isn't a joke? 1682 01:12:54.750 --> 01:12:56.375 It's a tough business. 1683 01:12:56.458 --> 01:12:57.500 I know that! 1684 01:12:57.583 --> 01:12:59.666 I've been in it since I was 14! 1685 01:12:59.750 --> 01:13:01.375 But you're 35 now. 1686 01:13:03.416 --> 01:13:05.458 -And that is the problem? -No. 1687 01:13:05.541 --> 01:13:08.625 The problem is you're really 39, aren't you? 1688 01:13:10.041 --> 01:13:11.333 Hmm. 1689 01:13:11.416 --> 01:13:15.000 39-year-olds don't go to see your movies? 1690 01:13:16.083 --> 01:13:18.375 They don't want to see stories about themselves? 1691 01:13:18.458 --> 01:13:22.500 You came through for us when Judy Holliday and Rita Hayworth were on other pictures, 1692 01:13:22.583 --> 01:13:24.875 and we didn't want to lose Fonda. 1693 01:13:24.958 --> 01:13:28.333 Now, this studio has a handshake understanding with Metro and Warner, 1694 01:13:28.416 --> 01:13:31.083 and they'll loan us Holliday or Hayworth, 1695 01:13:31.166 --> 01:13:35.500 so we just don't have enough for you to warrant keeping you under contract. 1696 01:13:35.583 --> 01:13:38.541 Judy Holliday does one thing very well, but it's just one thing. 1697 01:13:38.625 --> 01:13:40.333 I know how you're feeling right now. 1698 01:13:40.416 --> 01:13:43.708 I've had to have this conversation a hundred times. 1699 01:13:43.791 --> 01:13:46.416 I'm surprised because you're terrible at it. 1700 01:13:47.875 --> 01:13:49.291 Can I make a suggestion? 1701 01:13:50.875 --> 01:13:52.166 Radio. 1702 01:13:53.791 --> 01:13:55.375 The hell did you just say to me? 1703 01:13:55.458 --> 01:13:57.333 You've got the voice for it. 1704 01:13:57.416 --> 01:13:59.833 Look, I've noticed there's a lot you can do with your voice. 1705 01:13:59.916 --> 01:14:02.208 You should think about radio, Lucy. 1706 01:14:05.541 --> 01:14:07.833 And you should go fuck yourself, Betsy. 1707 01:14:07.916 --> 01:14:09.916 ♪ ♪ 1708 01:14:11.250 --> 01:14:13.250 (crickets chirping) 1709 01:14:22.916 --> 01:14:24.208 (sighs softly) 1710 01:14:27.916 --> 01:14:29.416 DESI: Lucy? 1711 01:14:30.708 --> 01:14:32.416 What are you doing? 1712 01:14:32.500 --> 01:14:34.625 I'm reading scripts. 1713 01:14:36.166 --> 01:14:39.375 Oh, it's 3:00 in the morning. 1714 01:14:39.458 --> 01:14:41.708 I know. 1715 01:14:41.791 --> 01:14:43.583 I'm drunk, too. 1716 01:14:44.583 --> 01:14:46.250 I know why you like drinking. 1717 01:14:46.333 --> 01:14:49.083 I didn't get it till about two hours ago. 1718 01:14:50.875 --> 01:14:52.875 You read any good movies? 1719 01:14:52.958 --> 01:14:55.291 These are radio pilots. 1720 01:14:55.375 --> 01:14:57.250 Oh, yeah? 1721 01:14:57.333 --> 01:14:58.375 Yeah. 1722 01:14:58.458 --> 01:15:01.625 There's nothing wrong with radio. 1723 01:15:01.708 --> 01:15:02.958 I do it all the time. 1724 01:15:03.041 --> 01:15:04.875 You're a bandleader. 1725 01:15:17.083 --> 01:15:19.375 You know, Bataan was a hit, too. 1726 01:15:20.541 --> 01:15:21.625 I didn't hear you. 1727 01:15:21.708 --> 01:15:23.750 Bataan was a hit. 1728 01:15:23.833 --> 01:15:26.208 I was good. 1729 01:15:26.291 --> 01:15:29.041 The reviews were valentines, and I didn't bang a drum. 1730 01:15:30.125 --> 01:15:32.250 It would have led to better parts, except I had to go to– 1731 01:15:32.333 --> 01:15:34.166 what do you call it?– 1732 01:15:34.250 --> 01:15:37.041 fight World War II. 1733 01:15:39.416 --> 01:15:42.541 And now those crappy little parts in pictures you wouldn't pay a nickel to see 1734 01:15:42.625 --> 01:15:45.708 -if it was the only available air-conditioning in the… -Des. 1735 01:15:45.791 --> 01:15:47.791 I can't get them. 1736 01:15:53.166 --> 01:15:55.166 ♪ ♪ 1737 01:15:57.333 --> 01:15:58.750 (sighs softly) 1738 01:16:13.416 --> 01:16:15.583 DESI: Gee, honey, are you sure those bandages are fake? 1739 01:16:15.666 --> 01:16:18.000 -Oh, yeah. -Are you sure you're all right? 1740 01:16:18.083 --> 01:16:20.541 -Yeah, honey, I'm fine. -Oh, yeah– oh, let me help you. 1741 01:16:20.625 --> 01:16:21.625 (groans): Oh. 1742 01:16:21.708 --> 01:16:24.708 It's a good thing the Mertzes had their awning up. 1743 01:16:24.791 --> 01:16:26.208 -Oh, honey. -(groans) 1744 01:16:26.291 --> 01:16:28.583 It was all my fault. 1745 01:16:28.666 --> 01:16:30.958 No, it was my fault, honey. 1746 01:16:31.041 --> 01:16:32.250 Weren't we silly? 1747 01:16:32.333 --> 01:16:34.000 DESI: Yes. We will never argue again. 1748 01:16:34.083 --> 01:16:36.083 Ah, baby. 1749 01:16:37.375 --> 01:16:40.458 -Lucy, are you okay?! -Yeah, I'm fine. 1750 01:16:40.541 --> 01:16:41.958 -You sure? -I'm sure. 1751 01:16:42.041 --> 01:16:43.500 WILLIAM: Thank goodness you're all right. 1752 01:16:43.583 --> 01:16:44.833 LUCILLE: Why? What's the matter? 1753 01:16:44.916 --> 01:16:47.125 When I told Ethel the whole gag was my idea, 1754 01:16:47.208 --> 01:16:48.875 she got mad and went home to her mother. 1755 01:16:48.958 --> 01:16:50.541 -Oh…! -Oh, no. 1756 01:16:50.625 --> 01:16:52.250 DONALD: And we cut. Good. 1757 01:16:52.333 --> 01:16:53.541 -Is that lunch? -(indistinct chatter) 1758 01:16:53.625 --> 01:16:54.958 That's one hour for lunch! 1759 01:16:55.041 --> 01:16:57.250 We'll do notes onstage after and go again. 1760 01:16:57.333 --> 01:16:59.208 Uh, one quick thing. 1761 01:16:59.291 --> 01:17:00.625 The table scene is getting good. 1762 01:17:00.708 --> 01:17:01.708 Yeah, it's not. 1763 01:17:01.791 --> 01:17:03.541 I wanted to circle back again and express 1764 01:17:03.625 --> 01:17:06.458 my serious concern about Ricky's entrance at the top. 1765 01:17:06.541 --> 01:17:09.208 I brought it up at the table read Monday. There haven't been new pages. 1766 01:17:09.291 --> 01:17:11.083 -Because it's gonna work. -Hear me out. 1767 01:17:11.166 --> 01:17:12.666 -Okay. -Right now, 1768 01:17:12.750 --> 01:17:14.416 Lucy is trimming the flowers on the table. 1769 01:17:14.500 --> 01:17:16.416 Ricky opens the door and comes in. 1770 01:17:16.500 --> 01:17:18.166 We're gonna have to cut the flowers. 1771 01:17:18.250 --> 01:17:21.000 I don't mean “cut the flowers.” I mean cut the flowers. 1772 01:17:21.083 --> 01:17:23.833 I couldn't understand the difference between those two line readings. 1773 01:17:23.916 --> 01:17:26.250 We're running long. We have to cut the bit with the flowers. 1774 01:17:26.333 --> 01:17:27.458 How long? 1775 01:17:27.541 --> 01:17:28.791 About a minute. 1776 01:17:28.875 --> 01:17:31.125 All right, well, we'll get back to the flowers. 1777 01:17:31.208 --> 01:17:33.541 The front door opens, Ricky comes in. 1778 01:17:33.625 --> 01:17:35.333 Lucy doesn't see or hear him, which is unusual 1779 01:17:35.416 --> 01:17:37.208 because the front door is, you know, 1780 01:17:37.291 --> 01:17:38.583 -right there. -Mm-hmm. 1781 01:17:38.666 --> 01:17:40.291 And in previous episodes, we've established 1782 01:17:40.375 --> 01:17:42.250 Lucy's eyes and ears are connected to her brain. 1783 01:17:42.333 --> 01:17:44.083 We-we buy the conceit. 1784 01:17:44.166 --> 01:17:46.500 -I'm sorry? -We buy it. 1785 01:17:46.583 --> 01:17:49.500 Lucy is so focused on making the table nice 1786 01:17:49.583 --> 01:17:51.708 she doesn't even notice Ricky coming in the door. 1787 01:17:51.791 --> 01:17:53.500 -Okay, I'll run with that. -Yeah. 1788 01:17:53.583 --> 01:17:55.208 Ricky walks up to her quietly. 1789 01:17:55.291 --> 01:17:57.791 He puts his hands over her eyes and says… 1790 01:17:57.875 --> 01:17:59.500 “Guess who it is.” 1791 01:17:59.583 --> 01:18:03.125 -And then Lucy says, “Bill? Sam? Pat? Ralph?” -Yeah. 1792 01:18:03.208 --> 01:18:04.666 -She's teasing him. -Yes, she's teasing him. 1793 01:18:04.750 --> 01:18:06.208 That's clear. Ricky responds… 1794 01:18:06.291 --> 01:18:07.583 -“No.” -“No.” 1795 01:18:07.666 --> 01:18:10.875 And the stage direction for Ricky says “burning.” 1796 01:18:10.958 --> 01:18:11.958 “No!” 1797 01:18:12.041 --> 01:18:13.333 He's upset. 1798 01:18:13.416 --> 01:18:14.833 Lucy continues the teasing. 1799 01:18:14.916 --> 01:18:16.750 “George? Julius? Stephen? Ivan?” 1800 01:18:16.833 --> 01:18:18.333 -Yeah. -We changed that to 1801 01:18:18.416 --> 01:18:19.708 “Pedro? Julio? Juan? Guillermo?” 1802 01:18:19.791 --> 01:18:21.250 MADELYN: “Because those are Spanish names. 1803 01:18:21.333 --> 01:18:23.708 “I mean Mexican. Cuban. Latin. 1804 01:18:23.791 --> 01:18:25.208 “They're Brazilian names. 1805 01:18:25.291 --> 01:18:26.875 Turkish.” 1806 01:18:26.958 --> 01:18:28.291 -You done? -Yeah. -ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: We're moving into a meal penalty. 1807 01:18:28.375 --> 01:18:29.500 Yeah, okay. 1808 01:18:29.583 --> 01:18:30.958 LUCILLE: Lucy guesses some names. 1809 01:18:31.041 --> 01:18:32.166 Yeah, teasingly. 1810 01:18:32.250 --> 01:18:36.958 And the script indicates that Ricky takes his hands away from Lucy's eyes, 1811 01:18:37.041 --> 01:18:38.541 turns her around and says… 1812 01:18:38.625 --> 01:18:42.041 -“No, it's me.” -So my question again, Jess: 1813 01:18:42.125 --> 01:18:46.416 Does Ricky honestly, truly believe that there might be eight different men 1814 01:18:46.500 --> 01:18:51.750 who routinely walk into their apartment, all of whom sound exactly like Desi Arnaz? 1815 01:18:52.833 --> 01:18:54.666 You think we're saying Ricky's stupid? 1816 01:18:54.750 --> 01:18:56.625 I think you're saying the audience is. 1817 01:18:56.708 --> 01:18:59.416 And that's something for which they won't soon forgive you. 1818 01:18:59.500 --> 01:19:01.291 You charge for these lessons? 1819 01:19:01.375 --> 01:19:02.416 A ton. 1820 01:19:02.500 --> 01:19:05.875 For the sake of the joke, the audience will take the leap with us. 1821 01:19:05.958 --> 01:19:08.833 They will, but you'll need a busload of orthopedists when they land. 1822 01:19:08.916 --> 01:19:09.916 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Jess. 1823 01:19:10.000 --> 01:19:11.708 Let's talk about this after lunch, huh? 1824 01:19:11.791 --> 01:19:13.666 -I have an idea. -I got a crew here, 1825 01:19:13.750 --> 01:19:15.125 and we're about to run into a penalty, so… 1826 01:19:15.208 --> 01:19:18.333 -Lucy is working on the flowers. -We're cutting the flowers for time. 1827 01:19:18.416 --> 01:19:19.833 I don't mean literally cutting the flowers in the scene… 1828 01:19:19.916 --> 01:19:21.583 I cannot go through that again. 1829 01:19:21.666 --> 01:19:23.208 Ricky opens the door, comes in, 1830 01:19:23.291 --> 01:19:26.416 shuts the door, as we've seen him do in 37 episodes. 1831 01:19:26.500 --> 01:19:28.250 Lucy doesn't acknowledge him. 1832 01:19:28.333 --> 01:19:30.041 -Uh, so far, you're describing the script. -Right. 1833 01:19:30.125 --> 01:19:32.375 But instead of playing the hands-over-the-eyes guessing game, 1834 01:19:32.458 --> 01:19:34.333 Ricky just stands there. 1835 01:19:34.416 --> 01:19:37.833 He can't understand why Lucy doesn't notice he's home any more than we can. 1836 01:19:37.916 --> 01:19:41.208 He stands there for a full beat, and then another, 1837 01:19:41.291 --> 01:19:45.083 and then merrily, in a slightly exaggerated manner, 1838 01:19:45.166 --> 01:19:48.208 as we've heard him do a hundred times, he says… 1839 01:19:48.291 --> 01:19:50.250 “Lucy, I'm home!” 1840 01:19:50.333 --> 01:19:51.625 (laughter) 1841 01:19:51.708 --> 01:19:53.708 For Ricky is funny. 1842 01:19:53.791 --> 01:19:55.500 Hey, Luce? 1843 01:19:55.583 --> 01:19:57.875 Let's talk about it after lunch. 1844 01:19:59.541 --> 01:20:01.416 -Jim. -That's lunch! 1845 01:20:01.500 --> 01:20:02.583 One hour! 1846 01:20:02.666 --> 01:20:04.666 Back onstage for notes! 1847 01:20:04.750 --> 01:20:06.500 -MAN: All right, lunch! -(indistinct chatter) 1848 01:20:10.458 --> 01:20:11.666 Hang on! 1849 01:20:11.750 --> 01:20:13.458 Desi, does that work for you? 1850 01:20:13.541 --> 01:20:15.166 Works perfect. 1851 01:20:16.250 --> 01:20:18.250 We'll talk about it after lunch. 1852 01:20:20.166 --> 01:20:22.041 It needed to be fixed. 1853 01:20:22.125 --> 01:20:24.875 ♪ ♪ 1854 01:20:32.333 --> 01:20:33.833 BOB: I think we can get more out of “hypocrite.” 1855 01:20:33.916 --> 01:20:35.583 -MADELYN: Yeah. -Yeah? Like what? 1856 01:20:35.666 --> 01:20:38.333 Like Lucy turns to Desi and says, 1857 01:20:38.416 --> 01:20:40.708 “Well, it's nice to know I'm married to a hypocrite.” 1858 01:20:40.791 --> 01:20:42.666 And Desi gets his back up and says… 1859 01:20:42.750 --> 01:20:44.041 “Hypocrite?” 1860 01:20:44.125 --> 01:20:46.375 Then turns to Fred and says, “What's a hypocrite?” 1861 01:20:46.458 --> 01:20:48.750 Fred tells him, “It's a person who says one thing 1862 01:20:48.833 --> 01:20:50.208 -but does another.” -Mm-hmm. 1863 01:20:50.291 --> 01:20:52.541 Desi says, “Thank you,” turns back to Lucy and says… 1864 01:20:52.625 --> 01:20:54.708 -“Oh, yeah?” (chuckles) -Yeah, that's good. That's good. 1865 01:20:54.791 --> 01:20:56.500 Yeah, that's exactly what I was gonna pitch. 1866 01:20:56.583 --> 01:20:58.541 -But I pitched it faster. -By interrupting me. 1867 01:20:58.625 --> 01:21:00.166 How do you think I got to be a woman in a comedy room? 1868 01:21:00.250 --> 01:21:01.250 (knocking) 1869 01:21:01.333 --> 01:21:02.833 Hey, is now a good time? 1870 01:21:02.916 --> 01:21:04.083 JESS: Yeah. Madelyn had a good idea. 1871 01:21:04.166 --> 01:21:07.833 Desi's entrance, we shoot it both ways and see which one gets the bigger laugh. 1872 01:21:07.916 --> 01:21:09.208 That was my idea. 1873 01:21:09.291 --> 01:21:10.833 It's a bad idea. 1874 01:21:10.916 --> 01:21:12.250 Mm. It's just not your day. 1875 01:21:12.333 --> 01:21:14.291 -Can I have a minute in your office? -JESS: Yeah. 1876 01:21:14.375 --> 01:21:15.625 Sure. 1877 01:21:15.708 --> 01:21:17.458 (sighs): All right. 1878 01:21:17.541 --> 01:21:18.958 (phone ringing in distance) 1879 01:21:19.041 --> 01:21:21.416 What's wrong with shooting it both ways? 1880 01:21:21.500 --> 01:21:23.875 You'll be on the floor during the show, right? 1881 01:21:23.958 --> 01:21:25.458 I'll be where I always am. 1882 01:21:25.541 --> 01:21:27.291 In full view of the audience? 1883 01:21:27.375 --> 01:21:28.875 I suppose. 1884 01:21:28.958 --> 01:21:30.375 Since we're doing it both ways, 1885 01:21:30.458 --> 01:21:33.458 how about we do it once with your pants on and once with your pants off? 1886 01:21:33.541 --> 01:21:35.458 -That's not the same. -It is. 1887 01:21:35.541 --> 01:21:39.166 And I don't want to do the version with my pants off in front of 200 people. 1888 01:21:39.250 --> 01:21:42.125 But that's not what I need to talk to you about. 1889 01:21:42.208 --> 01:21:44.208 You're not gonna tell me you're pregnant again, are you? 1890 01:21:44.291 --> 01:21:47.333 No. I'm still pregnant from before, but no. 1891 01:21:47.416 --> 01:21:50.125 Jess, you know how much I value you. 1892 01:21:50.208 --> 01:21:52.333 -I think I do. -You know you do. 1893 01:21:52.416 --> 01:21:53.500 Okay. 1894 01:21:53.583 --> 01:21:55.708 And you also know what it is Desi does around here. 1895 01:21:55.791 --> 01:21:57.458 Sure. 1896 01:21:57.541 --> 01:22:00.125 -I mean, every business decision goes through Desi. -Mm-hmm. 1897 01:22:00.208 --> 01:22:03.208 In fact, most business decisions are made by Desi. 1898 01:22:03.291 --> 01:22:06.083 -You married a very bright man. -I did. 1899 01:22:06.166 --> 01:22:08.458 He makes a lot of creative decisions, too. 1900 01:22:08.541 --> 01:22:10.500 Mm. I'm not sure I'd say a lot. 1901 01:22:10.583 --> 01:22:11.791 I would. I'd say a lot. 1902 01:22:11.875 --> 01:22:13.625 He devised the camera system that we use. 1903 01:22:13.708 --> 01:22:16.625 He's the reason the East Coast doesn't see the show on a foggy kinescope. 1904 01:22:16.708 --> 01:22:18.583 -Yeah. -And even though we use three cameras, 1905 01:22:18.666 --> 01:22:20.916 the studio audience can see every scene. 1906 01:22:21.000 --> 01:22:22.916 -That's him, too. -Mm-hmm. 1907 01:22:23.000 --> 01:22:24.500 And the four of us, the cast, we can see the audience. 1908 01:22:24.583 --> 01:22:25.708 I give him a lot of credit for that. 1909 01:22:25.791 --> 01:22:29.166 He's the one who thought up Lucy being pregnant on the show. 1910 01:22:30.250 --> 01:22:32.791 That is never gonna happen, 'cause no matter what CBS says, 1911 01:22:32.875 --> 01:22:34.125 Philip Morris is never gonna let it happen. 1912 01:22:34.208 --> 01:22:36.125 But, like I said, I give him credit. 1913 01:22:36.208 --> 01:22:38.708 That's the thing, though. You don't. 1914 01:22:38.791 --> 01:22:39.958 What do you mean? 1915 01:22:40.041 --> 01:22:42.291 He doesn't get credit as an executive producer, 1916 01:22:42.375 --> 01:22:44.750 which, let's face it, is what he is. 1917 01:22:44.833 --> 01:22:47.125 -(sighs) -You get sole credit. 1918 01:22:47.208 --> 01:22:49.708 I didn't win my credit in a raffle! I earn it. 1919 01:22:49.791 --> 01:22:52.625 I'm the showrunner! Not to mention being the creator of the show. 1920 01:22:52.708 --> 01:22:54.833 I don't see how we could do the show without you. 1921 01:22:54.916 --> 01:22:56.083 You absolutely could not. 1922 01:22:56.166 --> 01:22:59.000 I don't see how we could do the show without Desi either. 1923 01:22:59.083 --> 01:23:02.083 Because he plays Ricky, which he does get a screen credit for. 1924 01:23:02.166 --> 01:23:03.625 -Jess… -Is this something our agents should be talking about? 1925 01:23:03.708 --> 01:23:06.041 -No. -'Cause I'm not at all comfortable with this conversation. 1926 01:23:06.125 --> 01:23:08.375 I'm about to make you less comfortable. 1927 01:23:09.416 --> 01:23:11.666 I need you to help me save my marriage. 1928 01:23:11.750 --> 01:23:14.166 ♪ ♪ 1929 01:23:14.250 --> 01:23:17.083 I need you to help me save my marriage. 1930 01:23:25.083 --> 01:23:27.541 What do you think they're talking about in there? 1931 01:23:27.625 --> 01:23:30.375 I think they're talking about you. 1932 01:23:30.458 --> 01:23:33.291 I think they want to pay you less because you're not as funny as I am. 1933 01:23:33.375 --> 01:23:35.791 Mary Pat, would you mind asking Desi if I can come see him? 1934 01:23:35.875 --> 01:23:37.291 Sure. 1935 01:23:37.375 --> 01:23:39.083 (door closes) 1936 01:23:39.166 --> 01:23:40.500 LUCILLE: Madelyn? 1937 01:23:40.583 --> 01:23:41.583 Yeah. 1938 01:23:42.625 --> 01:23:44.625 (phone ringing in distance) 1939 01:23:48.291 --> 01:23:50.833 -Was everything all right in there? -Yeah. 1940 01:23:50.916 --> 01:23:52.000 -So, listen. -Mm-hmm. 1941 01:23:52.083 --> 01:23:55.041 It has to be coherent, because if it's anything goes, then nothing's funny. 1942 01:23:55.125 --> 01:23:57.833 -Anything Goes was a hit. -Not Cole Porter's Anything Goes. 1943 01:23:57.916 --> 01:23:59.750 -I mean if an… -I know. 1944 01:23:59.833 --> 01:24:01.750 -Why are you telling me? -The opening, 1945 01:24:01.833 --> 01:24:04.625 Ricky's entrance with his hands over my eyes, that was Jess, right? 1946 01:24:06.583 --> 01:24:11.041 Outside of that room, we make it a point not to talk about who wrote what. 1947 01:24:11.125 --> 01:24:12.708 It wasn't Jess? 1948 01:24:12.791 --> 01:24:13.833 Again… 1949 01:24:13.916 --> 01:24:15.250 You know I'm right about the logic. 1950 01:24:15.333 --> 01:24:19.166 Why aren't you backing me up instead of endorsing a plan to shoot it both ways? 1951 01:24:19.250 --> 01:24:22.291 Listen, why don't we get together for a drink or a swim this weekend, 1952 01:24:22.375 --> 01:24:23.916 and we can put it on the agenda? 1953 01:24:24.000 --> 01:24:27.416 Because the show is tomorrow and I'm fine talking about it now. 1954 01:24:27.500 --> 01:24:30.166 By all means, let's unnecessarily add more to what you're worried about this week. 1955 01:24:30.250 --> 01:24:32.500 -I'm not worried! I'm… -Shh. 1956 01:24:32.583 --> 01:24:33.791 (hushed): I'm not worried. 1957 01:24:33.875 --> 01:24:36.666 I'm saying I count on you to be the firewall, to be– 1958 01:24:36.750 --> 01:24:40.500 to-to make sure– just– logic, okay? 1959 01:24:40.583 --> 01:24:42.833 I won't say who wrote what, but I can tell you 1960 01:24:42.916 --> 01:24:45.000 that I'm the lady in there trying to make Lucy smarter. 1961 01:24:45.083 --> 01:24:46.166 Excuse me? 1962 01:24:46.250 --> 01:24:48.791 I'm the one trying, every week, to… 1963 01:24:48.875 --> 01:24:50.583 Lucy's dumb? 1964 01:24:50.666 --> 01:24:51.875 I didn't say that. 1965 01:24:51.958 --> 01:24:54.208 You're trying… 1966 01:24:54.291 --> 01:24:58.125 struggling, it sounds like– to make Lucy smarter? 1967 01:24:58.208 --> 01:25:00.541 I created this character with you. (chuckles softly) 1968 01:25:00.625 --> 01:25:02.416 And she needs to be smarter? 1969 01:25:02.500 --> 01:25:07.166 She sometimes, for the sake of comedy, is infantilized. 1970 01:25:08.458 --> 01:25:10.666 -(exhales sharply) -This is a crazy week, 1971 01:25:10.750 --> 01:25:12.791 time and place to be having this conversation. 1972 01:25:12.875 --> 01:25:15.125 -This is important… -How is she infantilized? 1973 01:25:15.208 --> 01:25:16.750 She literally says, “Waah.” 1974 01:25:16.833 --> 01:25:18.750 'Cause when she does, 60 million people laugh, 1975 01:25:18.833 --> 01:25:22.125 just like with Lou Costello and Stan Laurel, and you get paid. 1976 01:25:22.208 --> 01:25:25.041 When those two grown men play slow-witted five-year-olds, I cringe. 1977 01:25:25.125 --> 01:25:26.875 Then I question your comedy IQ. 1978 01:25:26.958 --> 01:25:28.375 No, you don't. 1979 01:25:28.458 --> 01:25:29.750 You think I'm the funniest writer in the room, 1980 01:25:29.833 --> 01:25:32.250 and that's why you're talking to me and not Jess. 1981 01:25:35.666 --> 01:25:37.333 Many people regard Lucy as clever. 1982 01:25:37.416 --> 01:25:39.625 I mean, she always has a plan to overcome an obstacle. 1983 01:25:39.708 --> 01:25:43.375 Yeah, but oftentimes that obstacle is her husband's permission. 1984 01:25:43.458 --> 01:25:47.958 You really think, this week, right now, is the best time to talk about this? 1985 01:25:48.041 --> 01:25:51.625 -No! I literally said that 30 seconds ago. -(sighs) 1986 01:25:52.625 --> 01:25:54.541 Look… 1987 01:25:54.625 --> 01:25:58.208 it's just a female perspective from another generation. 1988 01:25:58.291 --> 01:26:00.083 Another generation? 1989 01:26:00.166 --> 01:26:02.000 Ah, you're on a roll. 1990 01:26:02.083 --> 01:26:04.916 Bette Davis, Bacall, Hepburn. 1991 01:26:05.000 --> 01:26:06.333 -Funny women. -Judy Holliday. 1992 01:26:06.416 --> 01:26:08.041 Judy Holliday? Go to hell. 1993 01:26:08.125 --> 01:26:09.625 They are funny women. 1994 01:26:09.708 --> 01:26:12.208 And they're smart and tough and they outsmart the men. 1995 01:26:12.291 --> 01:26:13.666 So why do you and Gracie Allen feel like you have to… 1996 01:26:13.750 --> 01:26:15.250 Oh, stop. Okay. 1997 01:26:15.333 --> 01:26:16.500 Stop, stop, stop, stop. 1998 01:26:16.583 --> 01:26:18.458 Maddie, I love you. 1999 01:26:18.541 --> 01:26:19.916 You're like, I guess, 2000 01:26:20.000 --> 01:26:22.583 -a great-granddaughter to me from another generation. -Hmm. 2001 01:26:22.666 --> 01:26:25.208 And my fervent wish for you is that, one day, 2002 01:26:25.291 --> 01:26:26.791 you will be half as funny as Gracie Allen. 2003 01:26:26.875 --> 01:26:31.166 In the meantime, please remember that Lucy and Ricky and Fred and Ethel, 2004 01:26:31.250 --> 01:26:34.000 if they live past tomorrow, have to live in a reality 2005 01:26:34.083 --> 01:26:36.458 that accepts the physical laws of the universe. 2006 01:26:36.541 --> 01:26:38.208 Ricky knows that Lucy doesn't believe 2007 01:26:38.291 --> 01:26:40.791 there are possibly eight other men in the apartment! 2008 01:26:40.875 --> 01:26:42.083 Understood. 2009 01:26:42.166 --> 01:26:43.458 (sighs heavily) 2010 01:26:43.541 --> 01:26:45.083 But I don't make that decision. 2011 01:26:45.166 --> 01:26:46.375 (door opens) 2012 01:26:46.458 --> 01:26:48.166 JESS: Let's go! 2013 01:26:49.625 --> 01:26:51.000 (sighs) 2014 01:26:53.416 --> 01:26:54.916 Mary Pat, cut the flowers. 2015 01:26:55.000 --> 01:26:56.500 And to be clear, by “cut the flowers,” I mean… 2016 01:26:56.583 --> 01:26:59.000 -She knows exactly what you mean. -Yeah, let's go. 2017 01:27:00.750 --> 01:27:02.458 (mutters): Judy Holliday. 2018 01:27:03.500 --> 01:27:04.833 This isn't happening. 2019 01:27:04.916 --> 01:27:06.375 ♪ ♪ 2020 01:27:06.458 --> 01:27:07.750 (clears throat) 2021 01:27:11.625 --> 01:27:14.250 -(knocking) -Mr. Arnaz? 2022 01:27:14.333 --> 01:27:16.000 Come in. 2023 01:27:16.083 --> 01:27:18.750 Mr. Oppenheimer is here to see you with Mr. Carroll and Miss Pugh. 2024 01:27:18.833 --> 01:27:21.333 Uh, nothing from Mr. Lyons yet? 2025 01:27:21.416 --> 01:27:22.375 No. 2026 01:27:22.458 --> 01:27:23.625 (sighs) 2027 01:27:23.708 --> 01:27:25.291 Anyone at Philip Morris? 2028 01:27:25.375 --> 01:27:26.708 No. 2029 01:27:31.833 --> 01:27:33.750 Gracias. 2030 01:27:33.833 --> 01:27:36.166 -(phone ringing) -Acompáñame al escenario. 2031 01:27:36.250 --> 01:27:38.083 Walk me to the stage. We're an hour behind. 2032 01:27:38.166 --> 01:27:40.041 Okay, Madelyn's got a new joke for the second act. 2033 01:27:40.125 --> 01:27:42.875 I just this minute told Lucy that we don't talk about who wrote what. 2034 01:27:42.958 --> 01:27:45.000 Madelyn came up with the joke just seconds after I did. 2035 01:27:45.083 --> 01:27:47.791 Isn't it possible that two comedy writers working on the same script 2036 01:27:47.875 --> 01:27:49.250 came up with the same joke at the same time? 2037 01:27:49.333 --> 01:27:50.416 -It's possible. -Thank you. 2038 01:27:50.500 --> 01:27:52.708 -Just not what happened. -Do I need to be here for any of this? 2039 01:27:52.791 --> 01:27:55.000 Uh, “Hypocrite? What's a hypocrite?” 2040 01:27:55.083 --> 01:27:57.791 -So that's to Fred. -Got it. Good. 2041 01:27:57.875 --> 01:27:59.333 -Is that what you wanted me for? -Okay, no, no, no, no, no. 2042 01:27:59.416 --> 01:28:01.958 The hypocrite joke is for episode nine. That's the script we're working on, okay? 2043 01:28:02.041 --> 01:28:03.958 If Lucy's gonna be pregnant– Lucy Ricardo– 2044 01:28:04.041 --> 01:28:06.375 then we have to introduce it in nine, according to your timetable. 2045 01:28:06.458 --> 01:28:09.541 -Yeah. -So I just want to confirm that there's no chance we're doing that, right? 2046 01:28:09.625 --> 01:28:11.333 We are doing that. 2047 01:28:11.416 --> 01:28:13.166 You know Philip Morris won't let us. 2048 01:28:13.250 --> 01:28:15.375 And-and even if they did, we don't want to see this girl pregnant. 2049 01:28:15.458 --> 01:28:16.583 We don't want to know that she's pregnant. 2050 01:28:16.666 --> 01:28:17.833 We don't want to know how she got pregnant. 2051 01:28:17.916 --> 01:28:20.833 Do we have viewers who don't know how women get pregnant? 2052 01:28:20.916 --> 01:28:22.416 Yeah, they're called children. 2053 01:28:22.500 --> 01:28:25.375 Uh, do any of these children have younger brothers or sisters? 2054 01:28:25.458 --> 01:28:28.208 You know what, you know what else a lot of our viewers are? Christian. 2055 01:28:28.291 --> 01:28:30.083 Ah, I'm way ahead of you. 2056 01:28:30.166 --> 01:28:35.708 I'm going to have a priest, a minister and a rabbi review every script. 2057 01:28:35.791 --> 01:28:37.916 I'm gonna get rewritten by a priest, a minister and a rabbi? 2058 01:28:38.000 --> 01:28:39.666 -Mm-hmm. -A joke in there somewhere. 2059 01:28:39.750 --> 01:28:41.916 Good, because if I'm rewritten by a priest, a minister and a rabbi, 2060 01:28:42.000 --> 01:28:43.208 there aren't gonna be many left in the script. 2061 01:28:43.291 --> 01:28:44.541 -(laughs) Good one. -Uh, Des… 2062 01:28:44.625 --> 01:28:46.083 No, no, e-enough. Enough. 2063 01:28:46.166 --> 01:28:48.083 I sent a telegram to Alfred Lyons. 2064 01:28:48.166 --> 01:28:49.291 -You did. -Yes. 2065 01:28:49.375 --> 01:28:50.791 And I've put the decision in his hands. 2066 01:28:50.875 --> 01:28:52.833 -Okay. Okay. -All right. 2067 01:28:52.916 --> 01:28:54.250 (chuckles): Okay, good. 2068 01:28:54.333 --> 01:28:57.000 -You're that sure he's gonna say no, huh? -I am. 2069 01:28:57.083 --> 01:28:59.083 -That it? Okay. -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. 2070 01:28:59.166 --> 01:29:02.333 Oh, Bob, Bob, tell Desi that thing you were saying before. 2071 01:29:03.416 --> 01:29:04.500 Me? 2072 01:29:04.583 --> 01:29:06.625 Yeah. 2073 01:29:06.708 --> 01:29:08.333 -Really? -DESI: Guys. 2074 01:29:08.416 --> 01:29:09.958 JESS: No, it was interesting. 2075 01:29:10.041 --> 01:29:11.666 -Bob was saying that you… -Hmm? 2076 01:29:11.750 --> 01:29:13.791 …are really the title character of the show. 2077 01:29:13.875 --> 01:29:17.708 Because you are the “I” in I Love Lucy. 2078 01:29:18.916 --> 01:29:20.375 Mm-hmm. 2079 01:29:20.458 --> 01:29:21.875 So strictly speaking, you have top billing. 2080 01:29:22.958 --> 01:29:25.250 I am the “I” in I Love Lucy. 2081 01:29:25.333 --> 01:29:27.291 (chuckles): Yeah. 2082 01:29:27.375 --> 01:29:28.875 I never thought of it that way. 2083 01:29:28.958 --> 01:29:30.916 -Yeah, you like that? -I like that. 2084 01:29:31.000 --> 01:29:32.000 Yeah. 2085 01:29:32.083 --> 01:29:33.875 (chuckles): Jess… 2086 01:29:33.958 --> 01:29:37.333 patronize me again, and I'll stick my hand down your throat 2087 01:29:37.416 --> 01:29:39.958 and pull your fucking lungs out. (pops lips) 2088 01:29:40.041 --> 01:29:41.791 -Look… (stammers) -ROSEN: Excuse me. 2089 01:29:41.875 --> 01:29:42.875 What is it? 2090 01:29:42.958 --> 01:29:44.666 It-It's a telegram for Mr. Arnaz. 2091 01:29:44.750 --> 01:29:47.416 -It's from Mr. Lyons and Philip Morris. -Mm. 2092 01:29:48.833 --> 01:29:50.833 -Vamos a ver. -Yeah. 2093 01:29:54.875 --> 01:29:56.041 Let's go, please. 2094 01:29:56.125 --> 01:29:58.166 -We are an hour behind. -Yeah. 2095 01:30:03.833 --> 01:30:05.666 What does it say? 2096 01:30:06.750 --> 01:30:09.791 “To all Philip Morris and CBS employees: 2097 01:30:11.041 --> 01:30:13.166 Don't fuck with the Cuban.” 2098 01:30:14.375 --> 01:30:16.958 (thunder rumbling) 2099 01:30:19.916 --> 01:30:22.625 LUCILLE: “He didn't come home and he hasn't called. 2100 01:30:22.708 --> 01:30:25.916 Not that it makes any difference to me.” 2101 01:30:26.000 --> 01:30:28.708 “Oh, I can see that it doesn't make any difference to you. 2102 01:30:28.791 --> 01:30:31.750 Why don't you call Ricky and tell him you're sorry?” 2103 01:30:31.833 --> 01:30:35.125 “What? You think I'd allow my pride…” Hmm. 2104 01:30:35.208 --> 01:30:38.416 “Do you think I'd swallow my pride like that?” 2105 01:30:38.500 --> 01:30:39.500 (whispers): Never. 2106 01:30:41.125 --> 01:30:42.333 (whispers): What are you doing up? 2107 01:30:42.416 --> 01:30:45.208 (hushed): I woke up and you weren't there. 2108 01:30:45.291 --> 01:30:49.291 So I went to the nursery to see if everything was okay, and… 2109 01:30:49.375 --> 01:30:51.416 she kicked her blanket off, so I fixed it. 2110 01:30:51.500 --> 01:30:53.416 That woke her up. 2111 01:30:53.500 --> 01:30:56.125 But as you can see, I got her back to sleep. 2112 01:30:56.208 --> 01:30:57.833 (thunder rumbling softly) 2113 01:30:57.916 --> 01:31:00.791 You know we pay a housekeeper to do the laundry, right? 2114 01:31:01.875 --> 01:31:04.375 I like doing laundry. I never get the chance. 2115 01:31:05.458 --> 01:31:08.166 Okay, I'm going to put her back in her little apartment now. 2116 01:31:09.250 --> 01:31:10.416 You should come back to bed. 2117 01:31:10.500 --> 01:31:11.708 I will. 2118 01:31:13.500 --> 01:31:15.041 (exhales heavily) 2119 01:31:17.791 --> 01:31:20.416 “Do you think I'd call him and go crawling back?” 2120 01:31:20.500 --> 01:31:23.083 “What? Do you think I'd swallow my pride?” 2121 01:31:23.166 --> 01:31:26.791 “Do you think I'd call and go crawling…” 2122 01:31:26.875 --> 01:31:29.041 -(thunder rumbling softly) -(sighs heavily) 2123 01:31:29.125 --> 01:31:30.500 (inhales sharply) 2124 01:31:30.583 --> 01:31:33.375 ♪ ♪ 2125 01:31:35.625 --> 01:31:39.666 (whispers): “What? Do you think I'd swallow my pride like that?” 2126 01:31:56.541 --> 01:31:58.541 ♪ ♪ 2127 01:32:23.000 --> 01:32:25.000 ♪ ♪ 2128 01:32:50.000 --> 01:32:52.000 ♪ ♪ 2129 01:33:05.333 --> 01:33:07.208 -WILLIAM: Lucy? -LUCILLE: Over here. 2130 01:33:07.291 --> 01:33:08.750 Thanks, Bobby. 2131 01:33:08.833 --> 01:33:10.500 BOBBY: You got it, Bill. 2132 01:33:10.583 --> 01:33:12.125 WILLIAM: (sighs) What the hell? 2133 01:33:12.208 --> 01:33:14.125 LUCILLE: Thanks for coming down. 2134 01:33:15.208 --> 01:33:18.083 -It's 2:00 in the morning. -Sorry about that. 2135 01:33:20.541 --> 01:33:21.541 Kid, what's going on? 2136 01:33:21.625 --> 01:33:23.875 I'm gonna restage the dinner scene. 2137 01:33:23.958 --> 01:33:26.291 Let's go to my dressing room and call Desi. 2138 01:33:26.375 --> 01:33:29.166 No, Desi's at home with the baby. We can do this. 2139 01:33:29.250 --> 01:33:31.250 -Does he know you're here? -He's sleeping. 2140 01:33:31.333 --> 01:33:33.125 Let me take you home. 2141 01:33:34.125 --> 01:33:36.416 -Is that him? -That's Viv. 2142 01:33:36.500 --> 01:33:38.583 You called her, too? 2143 01:33:38.666 --> 01:33:41.750 -I'm restaging the dinner scene. -(car door opens, closes) 2144 01:33:41.833 --> 01:33:43.750 This isn't for beginners, you know. This isn't school. 2145 01:33:43.833 --> 01:33:45.541 I don't hire the directors. 2146 01:33:45.625 --> 01:33:47.958 I know. I'm just saying. 2147 01:33:48.041 --> 01:33:50.875 -VIVIAN: What's happening here? -Thanks for coming, Viv. 2148 01:33:50.958 --> 01:33:53.083 -Is everything all right? -WILLIAM: The three of us 2149 01:33:53.166 --> 01:33:55.208 are on an empty soundstage at 2:00 in the morning, 2150 01:33:55.291 --> 01:33:57.541 she's drunk, I'm not. 2151 01:33:57.625 --> 01:33:59.458 So, yeah, everything's great. Why do you ask? 2152 01:33:59.541 --> 01:34:01.458 Your call just said to come to the stage, that it was an emergency. 2153 01:34:01.541 --> 01:34:03.333 -So I… -We need to re-block the dinner scene. 2154 01:34:03.416 --> 01:34:05.333 It's not gonna take long. 2155 01:34:05.416 --> 01:34:06.833 -What? -You heard her right. 2156 01:34:06.916 --> 01:34:10.291 It won't take long. We just need to make an adjustment. 2157 01:34:11.625 --> 01:34:15.333 Two people who are fighting have to share a seat at a dinner table. 2158 01:34:15.416 --> 01:34:21.166 First thing, we take this, move it upstage so the camera can see you. 2159 01:34:21.250 --> 01:34:24.875 Now, this can't just be a mishmash of pushing. 2160 01:34:24.958 --> 01:34:27.166 Can't just be a scrum. 2161 01:34:27.250 --> 01:34:29.000 Each move has to be articulate. 2162 01:34:29.083 --> 01:34:31.416 So Ethel elbows Fred. 2163 01:34:31.500 --> 01:34:32.500 Elbow him. 2164 01:34:32.583 --> 01:34:33.916 (audience laughter) 2165 01:34:34.000 --> 01:34:36.166 Fred elbows Ethel a little harder. 2166 01:34:36.250 --> 01:34:37.250 -Ow! -(audience laughter) 2167 01:34:37.333 --> 01:34:39.708 Ethel elbows Fred harder. 2168 01:34:39.791 --> 01:34:41.208 -Hey! -Then Fred. 2169 01:34:42.375 --> 01:34:44.583 Now hit each other at the same time and fall off the chair. 2170 01:34:45.666 --> 01:34:47.833 (audience laughter, clapping) 2171 01:34:47.916 --> 01:34:48.875 That's that. 2172 01:34:48.958 --> 01:34:52.583 Let's run it a couple of times at speed. Hmm? 2173 01:34:53.583 --> 01:34:54.750 Did something happen? 2174 01:34:54.833 --> 01:34:56.916 -I'm sorry? -At home. 2175 01:34:57.000 --> 01:34:59.250 -Did something just happen? -Uh… (exhales) 2176 01:34:59.333 --> 01:35:01.708 No. I was, um… 2177 01:35:03.708 --> 01:35:05.500 No. 2178 01:35:05.583 --> 01:35:07.583 I was doing some laundry and… 2179 01:35:07.666 --> 01:35:09.166 No. 2180 01:35:11.916 --> 01:35:13.916 Yeah. (sniffs) Yeah. 2181 01:35:14.000 --> 01:35:15.333 I wanted to fix this beat. 2182 01:35:15.416 --> 01:35:18.000 I… (exhales heavily) I couldn't sleep. 2183 01:35:23.291 --> 01:35:26.791 It's like when you're not sure if you've left the oven unlocked. 2184 01:35:26.875 --> 01:35:28.375 -Door unlocked. Nothing. -(fingers snap) 2185 01:35:28.458 --> 01:35:29.458 I wanted to fix this beat. 2186 01:35:29.541 --> 01:35:31.375 Let's do it again. 2187 01:35:37.083 --> 01:35:40.208 You know I did this show so Desi and I could be together? 2188 01:35:40.291 --> 01:35:42.041 ♪ ♪ 2189 01:35:42.125 --> 01:35:44.500 I had no idea it was gonna be a hit. 2190 01:35:47.208 --> 01:35:49.166 I just thought, “Well, the construction department's gonna 2191 01:35:49.250 --> 01:35:52.208 build us a little apartment, and that's where we'll live most of the time.” 2192 01:35:52.291 --> 01:35:53.958 You know? 2193 01:35:57.541 --> 01:35:59.416 And it worked out. 2194 01:35:59.500 --> 01:36:01.250 This is where… 2195 01:36:08.250 --> 01:36:10.791 It's like a story you'd read a little girl. 2196 01:36:11.875 --> 01:36:13.875 A witch puts a curse on a woman. 2197 01:36:13.958 --> 01:36:17.125 She'll be adored by the man she loves, 2198 01:36:17.208 --> 01:36:20.541 but only as long as she stays on this… 2199 01:36:20.625 --> 01:36:22.250 (whispers): patch of ground. 2200 01:36:23.583 --> 01:36:24.791 (chuckles softly) 2201 01:36:26.041 --> 01:36:29.166 It's still a lot more than most people get. 2202 01:36:34.500 --> 01:36:35.708 Let's run it at speed. 2203 01:36:38.208 --> 01:36:39.666 I'm gonna drive you home. 2204 01:36:39.750 --> 01:36:42.250 -Let me take… -I am the biggest asset 2205 01:36:42.333 --> 01:36:45.375 in the portfolio of the Columbia Broadcasting System, 2206 01:36:45.458 --> 01:36:51.083 the biggest asset in the portfolio of Philip Morris tobacco, Westinghouse. 2207 01:36:51.166 --> 01:36:54.833 I get paid a fortune to do exactly what I love doing. 2208 01:36:54.916 --> 01:36:59.958 I work side by side with my husband, who is genuinely impressed by me. 2209 01:37:00.041 --> 01:37:04.041 And all I have to do to keep it is kill every week for 36 weeks in a row, 2210 01:37:04.125 --> 01:37:07.291 and then do it again the next year. 2211 01:37:07.375 --> 01:37:09.833 Kill. 2212 01:37:09.916 --> 01:37:12.625 So let's do it again. 2213 01:37:12.708 --> 01:37:14.708 ♪ ♪ 2214 01:37:23.083 --> 01:37:25.333 OLDER MADELYN: After RKO dropped Lucy's contract, 2215 01:37:25.416 --> 01:37:28.250 MGM had her in for a Technicolor test, 2216 01:37:28.333 --> 01:37:33.958 which she didn't know yet would be one of the most important moments in her life. 2217 01:37:34.041 --> 01:37:38.833 A man named Sydney Guilaroff was Metro's chief hair stylist. 2218 01:37:38.916 --> 01:37:43.833 Looked at Lucy and said, “The hair is brown but the soul is on fire.” 2219 01:37:45.333 --> 01:37:47.000 He dyed her hair a new color. 2220 01:37:47.083 --> 01:37:48.375 -(indistinct chatter) -Quiet, please. 2221 01:37:48.458 --> 01:37:50.416 (band playing lively theme music) 2222 01:37:50.500 --> 01:37:53.708 It's time for My Favorite Husband, starring Lucille Ball. 2223 01:37:53.791 --> 01:37:54.833 (applause) 2224 01:37:54.916 --> 01:37:56.916 Jell-O, everybody! 2225 01:38:00.500 --> 01:38:02.500 ANNOUNCER: Yes, it's the gay family series, 2226 01:38:02.583 --> 01:38:04.666 starring Lucille Ball with Richard Denning, 2227 01:38:04.750 --> 01:38:07.708 transcribed and brought to you by the Jell-O family of desserts. 2228 01:38:07.791 --> 01:38:10.291 -♪ J-E-L-L-Oh! ♪ -(band playing jingle) 2229 01:38:10.375 --> 01:38:14.041 ♪ The big red letters stand for the Jell-O family ♪ 2230 01:38:14.125 --> 01:38:18.125 ♪ Oh, the big red letters stand for the Jell-O family ♪ 2231 01:38:18.208 --> 01:38:19.666 -♪ That's Jell-O ♪ -♪ Yum, yum, yum ♪ 2232 01:38:19.750 --> 01:38:21.750 -♪ Jell-O puddings ♪ -♪ Yum, yum, yum. ♪ 2233 01:38:21.833 --> 01:38:23.125 (jingle ends) 2234 01:38:23.208 --> 01:38:25.333 ANNOUNCER: And now, Lucille Ball with Richard Denning 2235 01:38:25.416 --> 01:38:29.291 as Liz and George Cooper, two people who live together and like it. 2236 01:38:29.375 --> 01:38:30.958 -(light music playing) -As we look in on the Coopers, 2237 01:38:31.041 --> 01:38:33.500 it's a beautiful spring day and Liz is just going to the kitchen 2238 01:38:33.583 --> 01:38:35.208 -to talk to Katy, the maid. -(birds chirping) 2239 01:38:35.291 --> 01:38:38.125 -Oh, Katy? -Yes, Mrs. Cooper? 2240 01:38:38.208 --> 01:38:40.458 Katy, I've got some good news for you. 2241 01:38:40.541 --> 01:38:42.125 -Uh-oh. -“Uh-oh”? 2242 01:38:42.208 --> 01:38:43.458 What do you mean, “Uh-oh”? 2243 01:38:43.541 --> 01:38:46.625 I say I've got some good news and you say, “Uh-oh”? 2244 01:38:46.708 --> 01:38:48.500 (audience laughter) 2245 01:38:48.583 --> 01:38:54.000 Every time you say you've got good news, it's usually good for you and bad for me. 2246 01:38:54.083 --> 01:38:56.916 Oh, well… 2247 01:38:57.000 --> 01:38:59.125 that's a little true. 2248 01:38:59.208 --> 01:39:00.500 (audience laughter) 2249 01:39:04.541 --> 01:39:05.958 -(knocking) -JESS: Lucy? 2250 01:39:06.041 --> 01:39:07.708 Come on in. 2251 01:39:09.958 --> 01:39:11.625 That was a good show. 2252 01:39:11.708 --> 01:39:12.958 Yeah, I thought so, too. 2253 01:39:13.041 --> 01:39:15.000 Pass it on to Maddie and Bob, would you? 2254 01:39:15.083 --> 01:39:18.000 Mm-hmm. I've, uh, I got two gentlemen out here who'd like to meet you, 2255 01:39:18.083 --> 01:39:20.416 and you're gonna want to hear what they have to say. 2256 01:39:20.500 --> 01:39:22.541 Does it need to sound ominous? Can't they just come in? 2257 01:39:22.625 --> 01:39:24.083 (chuckles softly) 2258 01:39:24.166 --> 01:39:25.625 Yeah. Please, come in. 2259 01:39:28.583 --> 01:39:30.708 -Lucille Ball. -Yes, sir. 2260 01:39:30.791 --> 01:39:33.500 David Levy, head of comedy development, CBS. 2261 01:39:33.583 --> 01:39:35.083 David Hart, head of current programming, CBS. 2262 01:39:35.166 --> 01:39:38.125 Well, David and David, 2263 01:39:38.208 --> 01:39:41.250 I've been in a current comedy at CBS and I've never heard of either of you. 2264 01:39:41.333 --> 01:39:43.166 CBS Television. 2265 01:39:43.250 --> 01:39:45.291 CBS does television? 2266 01:39:45.375 --> 01:39:48.333 -Yeah. Edward R. Murrow is one of our t… -I was kidding. 2267 01:39:48.416 --> 01:39:49.458 -Understood. -That was funny. 2268 01:39:49.541 --> 01:39:50.791 Thank you. 2269 01:39:50.875 --> 01:39:53.291 These, uh, these men have an interesting idea. 2270 01:39:53.375 --> 01:39:55.750 LEVY: Lucy, we've been here to the show a few times now. 2271 01:39:55.833 --> 01:39:58.875 We noticed that when you do the show, you use gestures and expressions. 2272 01:39:58.958 --> 01:40:00.125 You mean the acting? 2273 01:40:00.208 --> 01:40:01.208 Yeah. 2274 01:40:01.291 --> 01:40:04.583 My face, my body, my voice, that's all I get to work with. 2275 01:40:04.666 --> 01:40:06.750 It's just unusual because it's radio. 2276 01:40:06.833 --> 01:40:07.833 I watched Jack Benny. 2277 01:40:07.916 --> 01:40:10.541 He plays it for the studio audience. 2278 01:40:10.625 --> 01:40:12.208 It works pretty well for him. 2279 01:40:12.291 --> 01:40:13.375 It does. 2280 01:40:13.458 --> 01:40:15.708 And it works pretty well for you, too. Very well. 2281 01:40:15.791 --> 01:40:18.750 And we think it's a shame that no one gets to see it. 2282 01:40:18.833 --> 01:40:20.833 Invent a way to see what's on the radio. 2283 01:40:20.916 --> 01:40:23.083 We did. It's television. 2284 01:40:23.166 --> 01:40:25.833 -Are you here to sell me one? -JESS: Lucy. 2285 01:40:25.916 --> 01:40:29.583 They want to put My Favorite Husband on TV. 2286 01:40:31.041 --> 01:40:33.041 ♪ ♪ 2287 01:40:36.708 --> 01:40:38.333 -LUCILLE: I'm very interested. -(lively chatter) 2288 01:40:38.416 --> 01:40:39.875 ROGER: That's great. 2289 01:40:39.958 --> 01:40:42.583 LEVY: Is it too early to raise a glass? 2290 01:40:42.666 --> 01:40:44.208 To My Favorite Husband. 2291 01:40:44.291 --> 01:40:45.541 -LUCILLE: Yes. -(chuckles) 2292 01:40:45.625 --> 01:40:47.875 Except I don't want to do My Favorite Husband. 2293 01:40:49.916 --> 01:40:52.958 -I'm confused. -Yeah, me, too. 2294 01:40:53.041 --> 01:40:54.708 Don't panic. It's simple. 2295 01:40:54.791 --> 01:40:57.708 I'm interested in the idea of doing My Favorite Husband on television. 2296 01:40:57.791 --> 01:40:59.375 I just want it to be a different show. 2297 01:41:00.750 --> 01:41:03.250 (chuckles): What kind of show do you want it to be? 2298 01:41:03.333 --> 01:41:05.833 One where Desi plays my husband. 2299 01:41:08.416 --> 01:41:11.291 I understand there's a casting issue. 2300 01:41:11.375 --> 01:41:13.875 -Was that to me? -Yes. 2301 01:41:13.958 --> 01:41:16.041 I wasn't sure. You're quite a ways away. 2302 01:41:16.125 --> 01:41:18.583 Our casting department has come up with a list 2303 01:41:18.666 --> 01:41:21.333 of very exciting names that we think you'll like. 2304 01:41:21.416 --> 01:41:23.833 -Pass this down to Lucy. -These are all very funny men. 2305 01:41:23.916 --> 01:41:25.291 I think we have mimeos for everyone. 2306 01:41:25.375 --> 01:41:27.666 One of the best lists I've seen in a while. 2307 01:41:27.750 --> 01:41:28.708 Number 12 died last week. 2308 01:41:28.791 --> 01:41:30.416 -That's my fault. -There's no issue. 2309 01:41:30.500 --> 01:41:32.458 What was that? 2310 01:41:32.541 --> 01:41:34.458 I was answering Mr. Macy. 2311 01:41:34.541 --> 01:41:35.750 There's no casting issue. 2312 01:41:35.833 --> 01:41:39.875 I'm ready and eager to do a half-hour domestic comedy for CBS, 2313 01:41:39.958 --> 01:41:44.416 if the role of my husband– let's call him Shmezy– is played by Desi. 2314 01:41:44.500 --> 01:41:46.541 -Can I remark on this? -Please. 2315 01:41:46.625 --> 01:41:50.541 On My Favorite Husband, your husband is the fifth vice president of a bank. 2316 01:41:50.625 --> 01:41:52.708 -Yes. -Can I ask you, in all candor, 2317 01:41:52.791 --> 01:41:56.125 do you see Desi as the fifth vice president of a bank? 2318 01:41:56.208 --> 01:41:59.000 I can't see him being the fifth vice president of anything. 2319 01:41:59.083 --> 01:42:00.666 I can see him owning the bank. 2320 01:42:01.625 --> 01:42:02.833 You see the problem? 2321 01:42:02.916 --> 01:42:04.958 I see what you think is the problem. 2322 01:42:05.041 --> 01:42:06.333 -MACY: Lucy. -Yes. 2323 01:42:06.416 --> 01:42:08.875 I don't ordinarily come to meetings like this. 2324 01:42:08.958 --> 01:42:13.166 This meeting is several floors below my general interest. 2325 01:42:13.250 --> 01:42:16.958 I'm here to deliver a hard truth. 2326 01:42:17.041 --> 01:42:23.416 We cannot have an all-American girl married to a man who isn't American. 2327 01:42:23.500 --> 01:42:25.083 He is American. 2328 01:42:25.166 --> 01:42:29.083 He was a sergeant in the U.S. Army and he served in the war. 2329 01:42:29.166 --> 01:42:31.916 You know exactly what I mean, Lucy. 2330 01:42:32.000 --> 01:42:34.125 -He's Spanish. -Still no. 2331 01:42:34.208 --> 01:42:35.625 He's never been to Spain in his life. 2332 01:42:35.708 --> 01:42:37.250 He speaks Spanish. He was born in Cuba. 2333 01:42:37.333 --> 01:42:41.500 His father was the mayor of Santiago, Cuba's second largest city. 2334 01:42:41.583 --> 01:42:43.583 -You know exactly what… -What you mean? Yes. 2335 01:42:43.666 --> 01:42:44.708 I do. 2336 01:42:44.791 --> 01:42:47.250 Look, I'm not here to get a job for my nephew. 2337 01:42:47.333 --> 01:42:49.958 Desi Arnaz is a phenomenally talented man. 2338 01:42:50.041 --> 01:42:52.833 Not just a world-class musician, but a very good actor 2339 01:42:52.916 --> 01:42:56.416 who would be a movie star if there was such a thing as a Cuban movie star. 2340 01:42:56.500 --> 01:42:59.041 Moreover, we work very well together. 2341 01:42:59.125 --> 01:43:02.500 I go out and meet him when he's touring, he brings me up for some sketches, 2342 01:43:02.583 --> 01:43:03.833 and it works. 2343 01:43:03.916 --> 01:43:05.166 -Jess? -Yeah, it works. 2344 01:43:05.250 --> 01:43:08.000 Any cultural differences will make for good comedy. 2345 01:43:08.083 --> 01:43:09.208 Am I right, Jess? 2346 01:43:09.291 --> 01:43:10.875 You're not wrong. 2347 01:43:10.958 --> 01:43:12.583 Now, I don't want to take another meeting like this 2348 01:43:12.666 --> 01:43:14.666 'cause I don't know how many more people will fit around the table. 2349 01:43:14.750 --> 01:43:16.916 My position is not gonna change. 2350 01:43:17.000 --> 01:43:18.416 You want me on television? 2351 01:43:18.500 --> 01:43:21.000 There is only one television show that I'm willing to do. 2352 01:43:21.083 --> 01:43:23.791 So, what's it gonna be? 2353 01:43:24.875 --> 01:43:26.458 (sighs softly) 2354 01:43:27.541 --> 01:43:30.708 (band playing I Love Lucy theme) 2355 01:43:37.250 --> 01:43:38.666 (lively chatter) 2356 01:43:50.541 --> 01:43:51.916 All right, holding. Get Des. 2357 01:43:57.500 --> 01:44:00.375 -(music ends) -(applause) 2358 01:44:00.458 --> 01:44:02.416 (applause continues in distance) 2359 01:44:03.500 --> 01:44:04.958 We think it's about 15 minutes. 2360 01:44:06.041 --> 01:44:07.541 -You think? -We're holding for something. 2361 01:44:07.625 --> 01:44:10.375 -I'm not sure what. -Okay, thanks. 2362 01:44:10.458 --> 01:44:11.875 Holding? 2363 01:44:13.083 --> 01:44:14.250 (knocking) 2364 01:44:14.333 --> 01:44:16.333 Yeah, come in. 2365 01:44:17.375 --> 01:44:19.000 (sighs) 2366 01:44:20.541 --> 01:44:22.875 -Can I have a second? -Sure. 2367 01:44:23.833 --> 01:44:25.833 -(footsteps receding) -(band playing in distance) 2368 01:44:27.333 --> 01:44:29.041 I think I know why you want to see me. 2369 01:44:29.125 --> 01:44:31.208 -Do you? -Hear me out. 2370 01:44:31.291 --> 01:44:32.416 I asked you to do me a favor, Jess. 2371 01:44:32.500 --> 01:44:34.416 -I asked you to give him an E.P. credit. -Mm-hmm. 2372 01:44:34.500 --> 01:44:38.250 Instead, you tried to convince him he was the title character or some bullshit. 2373 01:44:38.333 --> 01:44:39.375 What the hell was that?! 2374 01:44:39.458 --> 01:44:40.791 -I'm sorry if he was insulted. -(sighs) 2375 01:44:40.875 --> 01:44:42.416 I mean, I know he's insulted, so I'm sorry. 2376 01:44:42.500 --> 01:44:44.916 He wasn't insulted. He was laughing about it. 2377 01:44:45.000 --> 01:44:46.541 But, yeah, he's insulted. 2378 01:44:46.625 --> 01:44:48.208 No, he's offended. I'm insulted. 2379 01:44:48.291 --> 01:44:51.458 -I asked you to do me a small favor. -Yeah. 2380 01:44:51.541 --> 01:44:53.416 And it's not like you don't owe me a couple. 2381 01:44:53.500 --> 01:44:55.583 (sighs) 2382 01:44:55.666 --> 01:44:57.666 It wasn't a small favor. 2383 01:44:57.750 --> 01:44:59.541 And I don't know what you think I owe you. 2384 01:44:59.625 --> 01:45:01.375 -Really? -It wasn't a small favor. 2385 01:45:01.458 --> 01:45:04.250 -You asked me to save your marriage. -No, I… 2386 01:45:04.333 --> 01:45:06.333 And-and it's not the first time you've asked me to do that, is it? 2387 01:45:06.416 --> 01:45:09.208 I asked you to give him an E.P. credit, that's all. 2388 01:45:09.291 --> 01:45:11.416 Oh, no problem. Can my wife play Lucy once in a while? 2389 01:45:11.500 --> 01:45:13.250 If your wife played Lucy once in a while, 2390 01:45:13.333 --> 01:45:15.958 I would think it appropriate she be so credited. 2391 01:45:16.041 --> 01:45:17.583 And what do you mean it's not the first time 2392 01:45:17.666 --> 01:45:19.625 -I asked you to save my marriage? -(scoffs) 2393 01:45:19.708 --> 01:45:21.375 (imitating Lucille): “Jess, Jess, we'll have Desi play my husband. 2394 01:45:21.458 --> 01:45:23.583 -It'll save my marriage.” -Was that supposed to be me? 2395 01:45:23.666 --> 01:45:25.083 -Yeah, yeah. -Don't do voices. 2396 01:45:25.166 --> 01:45:27.083 Oh, are you insulted? Desi's offended? 2397 01:45:27.166 --> 01:45:29.875 You asked me to give away my job title like it was a parking spot! 2398 01:45:29.958 --> 01:45:31.208 You're right. 2399 01:45:31.291 --> 01:45:32.708 -I'm sorry! -Jesus Christ, Lucy! 2400 01:45:32.791 --> 01:45:34.625 Sometimes I think that you… 2401 01:45:37.625 --> 01:45:38.833 Wait, what? 2402 01:45:40.416 --> 01:45:42.125 You're right. I'm sorry. 2403 01:45:42.208 --> 01:45:43.375 I was dead wrong. 2404 01:45:43.458 --> 01:45:45.666 I wasn't expecting that. 2405 01:45:45.750 --> 01:45:47.250 -I know. -Have you ever said that to me before? 2406 01:45:47.333 --> 01:45:49.250 I doubt it, but… 2407 01:45:49.333 --> 01:45:51.791 I've thought it, if that means anything. 2408 01:45:51.875 --> 01:45:53.708 It does. 2409 01:45:54.708 --> 01:45:57.875 It's just been a compound fracture of a week. 2410 01:45:59.875 --> 01:46:01.500 Hey. 2411 01:46:01.583 --> 01:46:03.625 -Why are we holding? -I'm not sure. 2412 01:46:03.708 --> 01:46:05.208 We're holding. Someone has to know why. 2413 01:46:05.291 --> 01:46:07.250 -He's-he's coming. -(knocking) 2414 01:46:07.333 --> 01:46:09.625 -(sighs) -Come in. 2415 01:46:09.708 --> 01:46:11.458 Desi's asking to see you in his office. 2416 01:46:12.541 --> 01:46:14.583 -You mean in his dressing room? -No, he's in his office 2417 01:46:14.666 --> 01:46:17.083 with some CBS executives and some men from Philip Morris. 2418 01:46:19.875 --> 01:46:21.583 Why is he in his office at showtime? 2419 01:46:24.000 --> 01:46:26.250 ♪ ♪ 2420 01:46:28.125 --> 01:46:30.875 The evening editions just came out. 2421 01:46:34.833 --> 01:46:36.250 Listen to me. 2422 01:46:36.333 --> 01:46:38.000 Memorize this. 2423 01:46:38.083 --> 01:46:40.041 “It's none of your fucking business.” 2424 01:46:44.208 --> 01:46:45.291 There. 2425 01:46:45.375 --> 01:46:47.791 Let that be the best thing I ever wrote. 2426 01:46:54.416 --> 01:46:55.625 Nah. 2427 01:46:55.708 --> 01:46:57.416 It's still “Vitameatavegamin.” 2428 01:47:00.500 --> 01:47:01.958 (sighs) 2429 01:47:05.208 --> 01:47:07.208 (hushed chatter) 2430 01:47:10.791 --> 01:47:12.208 (chatter quiets) 2431 01:47:15.875 --> 01:47:17.041 (clears throat) 2432 01:47:19.125 --> 01:47:20.541 DESI: The evening edition. 2433 01:47:25.375 --> 01:47:26.791 -It's all right. -(sighs) 2434 01:47:26.875 --> 01:47:28.291 It's all right. 2435 01:47:29.583 --> 01:47:30.583 (exhales sharply) 2436 01:47:30.666 --> 01:47:32.500 It's in four-inch type. 2437 01:47:32.583 --> 01:47:34.583 I'm gonna fix this. 2438 01:47:34.666 --> 01:47:36.000 That's Hindenburg type. 2439 01:47:36.083 --> 01:47:38.041 I've already made the calls. 2440 01:47:38.125 --> 01:47:39.916 -And they used red ink. -Yeah. 2441 01:47:40.000 --> 01:47:42.416 I didn't even know newspapers had red ink. 2442 01:47:42.500 --> 01:47:43.833 I guess they do. 2443 01:47:43.916 --> 01:47:46.208 I was cleared. 2444 01:47:46.291 --> 01:47:49.541 Somehow, the city editor, a woman named Agness Underwood, 2445 01:47:49.625 --> 01:47:54.375 has a photostatic copy of the affidavit showing you registered in 1936 2446 01:47:54.458 --> 01:47:56.750 as a voter intending to affiliate with the Communist Party. 2447 01:47:56.833 --> 01:47:58.000 But I was cleared. 2448 01:47:58.083 --> 01:48:00.041 After the testimony, they stamped “canceled” on the card, 2449 01:48:00.125 --> 01:48:01.166 and I saw the card. 2450 01:48:01.250 --> 01:48:02.791 Other papers are showing the canceled card. 2451 01:48:02.875 --> 01:48:05.750 They're running a caption that says, “Note the cancellation at left.” 2452 01:48:05.833 --> 01:48:10.125 But the Herald-Express took the word “canceled” out of the document altogether. 2453 01:48:10.208 --> 01:48:11.583 Other papers? 2454 01:48:11.666 --> 01:48:14.666 Yes, yes, but I've-I've made calls and we are taking care of this. 2455 01:48:14.750 --> 01:48:16.791 -We– Eh? -Calls to who? 2456 01:48:16.875 --> 01:48:18.833 Every reporter within 20 minutes of this soundstage. 2457 01:48:18.916 --> 01:48:20.000 That's why we're holding. 2458 01:48:20.083 --> 01:48:22.250 -You're saying reporters are coming here? -Yeah. 2459 01:48:22.333 --> 01:48:24.416 We'll seat them in the back of the bleachers. 2460 01:48:24.500 --> 01:48:26.541 You think we're still filming a show? 2461 01:48:26.625 --> 01:48:29.000 Why are none of you talking? 2462 01:48:29.083 --> 01:48:30.500 Desi has an idea. 2463 01:48:30.583 --> 01:48:34.833 I'm going to warm up the audience the way I always do, 2464 01:48:34.916 --> 01:48:38.666 except instead of “Cuban Pete” and the joke about the turtle, 2465 01:48:38.750 --> 01:48:40.875 I'm going to tell them what happened. 2466 01:48:40.958 --> 01:48:44.291 I'm going to explain that you checked the wrong box, 2467 01:48:44.375 --> 01:48:47.291 I'm going to show them the canceled document, 2468 01:48:47.375 --> 01:48:49.750 and then I'm going to bring you out 2469 01:48:49.833 --> 01:48:52.500 so the press sees them give you a round of applause. 2470 01:48:52.583 --> 01:48:53.666 Yes. 2471 01:48:54.666 --> 01:48:55.875 Hmm? 2472 01:48:57.250 --> 01:48:59.208 Fellas, can we, um… 2473 01:48:59.291 --> 01:49:01.375 have the room for just a moment? 2474 01:49:14.625 --> 01:49:18.541 You're not telling these people that I checked the wrong box. 2475 01:49:18.625 --> 01:49:20.625 This is a critical moment, Lucy. 2476 01:49:20.708 --> 01:49:22.625 -If I'm gonna die… -You're not. 2477 01:49:22.708 --> 01:49:24.541 …I would rather die standing up. 2478 01:49:24.625 --> 01:49:25.916 (scoffs) I don't have any idea what that is suppo… 2479 01:49:26.000 --> 01:49:27.791 I'm not an idiot. I didn't check the wrong box. 2480 01:49:27.875 --> 01:49:28.875 You saw the headline. 2481 01:49:28.958 --> 01:49:31.833 -You can see the headline from outer space. -Then please… 2482 01:49:31.916 --> 01:49:34.958 Grandpa Fred raised me from when I was age four. 2483 01:49:35.041 --> 01:49:38.125 He cared about the little guy. He cared about workers' rights. 2484 01:49:38.208 --> 01:49:41.000 It was a tribute to him, and to say that I checked the wrong… 2485 01:49:41.083 --> 01:49:42.458 Grandpa Fred, Grandpa Fred. 2486 01:49:42.541 --> 01:49:45.458 Grandpa Fred was wrong, Lucy! 2487 01:49:45.541 --> 01:49:49.083 Yes, he didn't tell you the part where they throw your father in prison 2488 01:49:49.166 --> 01:49:51.291 for the crime of being the mayor of a city. 2489 01:49:51.375 --> 01:49:55.666 I was chased to this country, Lucy! 2490 01:49:55.750 --> 01:49:57.833 Believe me, you checked the wrong box! 2491 01:50:00.791 --> 01:50:02.333 And if they don't applaud? 2492 01:50:03.958 --> 01:50:06.666 They will. And the press will write that they did. 2493 01:50:09.208 --> 01:50:11.541 You're gonna tell them I was accused of… 2494 01:50:11.625 --> 01:50:14.083 They're going to read it in the morning anyway. 2495 01:50:14.166 --> 01:50:17.875 We have a sample population of 200 people on our stage, so… 2496 01:50:17.958 --> 01:50:19.541 Miss Rosen! 2497 01:50:19.625 --> 01:50:21.625 If they boo me? 2498 01:50:23.000 --> 01:50:24.666 If they boo you… 2499 01:50:27.000 --> 01:50:28.958 …then we're done. 2500 01:50:29.041 --> 01:50:31.250 -Here, tonight. -(door opens) 2501 01:50:38.750 --> 01:50:40.375 Call this man. 2502 01:50:41.833 --> 01:50:44.583 Tell them it's for me. 2503 01:50:44.666 --> 01:50:46.000 They'll find him. 2504 01:50:46.083 --> 01:50:48.250 He's expecting my call. 2505 01:50:48.333 --> 01:50:49.833 Tell me when you have him. 2506 01:50:49.916 --> 01:50:51.333 ROSEN: Yes, sir. 2507 01:50:52.666 --> 01:50:54.041 (door closes) 2508 01:50:58.916 --> 01:51:00.916 (rumba music playing faintly) 2509 01:51:02.875 --> 01:51:04.875 (music continues inside) 2510 01:51:09.500 --> 01:51:11.916 Someone said they spotted you going out here. 2511 01:51:13.083 --> 01:51:14.750 (sighs) 2512 01:51:17.666 --> 01:51:18.875 I was just told. 2513 01:51:18.958 --> 01:51:20.250 (sighs) 2514 01:51:20.333 --> 01:51:23.333 Jesus, Lulu. Four-inch type? 2515 01:51:23.416 --> 01:51:25.041 Red ink. 2516 01:51:27.916 --> 01:51:29.625 I shouldn't have piled on this week. 2517 01:51:29.708 --> 01:51:31.125 It just… 2518 01:51:32.250 --> 01:51:33.583 What? 2519 01:51:34.583 --> 01:51:36.791 None of that matters right now. 2520 01:51:39.416 --> 01:51:41.166 May be the last time we're out here. 2521 01:51:41.250 --> 01:51:43.041 Say it. 2522 01:51:43.125 --> 01:51:44.750 (sighs) 2523 01:51:47.291 --> 01:51:50.666 Lucy Ricardo is married to a man six years younger than she is, 2524 01:51:50.750 --> 01:51:54.041 and Ethel is married to her grandfather, and it's understood, 2525 01:51:54.125 --> 01:51:56.958 as the underlying premise for a running joke, 2526 01:51:57.041 --> 01:51:59.333 that I'm not pretty enough for him. 2527 01:51:59.416 --> 01:52:00.625 (clicks tongue) 2528 01:52:02.166 --> 01:52:04.333 It got to me. 2529 01:52:04.416 --> 01:52:06.166 And at the world's worst time. 2530 01:52:13.583 --> 01:52:15.666 That was a knockout dress. 2531 01:52:16.750 --> 01:52:18.958 (chuckles) 2532 01:52:19.041 --> 01:52:21.416 Oh. You two want to be alone out here? 2533 01:52:21.500 --> 01:52:22.666 -No. -Yes. 2534 01:52:22.750 --> 01:52:24.583 (Madelyn chuckles) 2535 01:52:28.208 --> 01:52:29.791 (Madelyn sighs) 2536 01:52:32.083 --> 01:52:33.708 You're my hero. 2537 01:52:35.666 --> 01:52:37.583 I care about what works, Maddie. 2538 01:52:37.666 --> 01:52:39.416 ♪ ♪ 2539 01:52:39.500 --> 01:52:42.125 I care about what's funny. 2540 01:52:42.208 --> 01:52:47.500 I don't see myself caring about a woman's perspective from a new generation. 2541 01:52:47.583 --> 01:52:49.583 I care about you. 2542 01:52:52.875 --> 01:52:54.666 I'd love for someone to bring me breakfast. 2543 01:52:54.750 --> 01:52:58.333 -That's not what we were talking about. -(chuckles) 2544 01:52:58.416 --> 01:53:01.166 Doesn't a P.A. bring you breakfast every day? 2545 01:53:01.250 --> 01:53:02.916 -Yes. -Okay. 2546 01:53:03.000 --> 01:53:04.583 Never French toast. 2547 01:53:04.666 --> 01:53:06.958 -We'll look into that. -I came out here 2548 01:53:07.041 --> 01:53:11.791 to try to distract you with nonsense, but I assume these two beat me to it. 2549 01:53:11.875 --> 01:53:15.458 Viv doesn't like the jokes about Ethel being unappealing. 2550 01:53:15.541 --> 01:53:18.625 Yeah, there's no one within the sound of her voice who doesn't know that. 2551 01:53:18.708 --> 01:53:21.166 I said what I felt. 2552 01:53:21.250 --> 01:53:24.541 You've been saying what you felt since the first day of work. 2553 01:53:24.625 --> 01:53:27.500 It's not like you've suddenly given voice to your feelings. 2554 01:53:29.958 --> 01:53:31.166 You know what? 2555 01:53:33.500 --> 01:53:35.208 Sweet ladies? 2556 01:53:38.250 --> 01:53:40.583 Something dies inside a man… 2557 01:53:41.916 --> 01:53:44.958 …it just dies… 2558 01:53:46.083 --> 01:53:49.458 …the first time he hears a girl call him old. 2559 01:53:53.083 --> 01:53:58.375 So on the subject of Jess, Bob and Madelyn writing Ethel jokes, 2560 01:53:58.458 --> 01:54:00.166 I'm indifferent. 2561 01:54:00.250 --> 01:54:03.250 (groans) You two… 2562 01:54:06.083 --> 01:54:08.208 …are good actors. 2563 01:54:10.958 --> 01:54:12.958 It's a privilege doing this show with you. 2564 01:54:13.041 --> 01:54:14.958 Now you're scaring the shit out of me. 2565 01:54:15.041 --> 01:54:16.125 I was just gonna say. 2566 01:54:16.208 --> 01:54:18.083 LUCILLE: Desi's gonna tell the audience. 2567 01:54:18.166 --> 01:54:19.375 He's invited press. 2568 01:54:19.458 --> 01:54:21.791 He's betting that the audience will accept the truth, 2569 01:54:21.875 --> 01:54:24.291 give their approval, and the press will write about it. 2570 01:54:30.916 --> 01:54:32.541 I'd take the other side of that bet. 2571 01:54:32.625 --> 01:54:33.625 -(door opens) -P.A.: Excuse me. 2572 01:54:33.708 --> 01:54:35.666 Sorry. Mr. Arnaz is ready to do the warm-up. 2573 01:54:35.750 --> 01:54:38.250 Uh, they told me you wanted to know. 2574 01:54:38.333 --> 01:54:39.750 LUCILLE: Thank you. 2575 01:54:43.291 --> 01:54:45.166 All right. (clears throat) 2576 01:54:47.625 --> 01:54:49.541 See you out there. 2577 01:54:53.166 --> 01:54:55.333 -Good show. -Good show. 2578 01:54:55.416 --> 01:54:56.666 WILLIAM: Good show. 2579 01:55:00.125 --> 01:55:01.458 Luce. 2580 01:55:03.333 --> 01:55:07.125 The dinner scene is inarguably better. 2581 01:55:10.083 --> 01:55:12.083 (band playing lively music) 2582 01:55:13.333 --> 01:55:15.333 (music continues) 2583 01:55:18.541 --> 01:55:20.458 (indistinct chatter) 2584 01:55:29.458 --> 01:55:31.083 (music ends) 2585 01:55:31.166 --> 01:55:33.875 Now, ladies and gentlemen, give a warm welcome 2586 01:55:33.958 --> 01:55:36.583 to one of the stars of I Love Lucy. 2587 01:55:36.666 --> 01:55:38.875 -You know him as Ricky Ricardo. -(women gasping) 2588 01:55:38.958 --> 01:55:41.083 Here's Desi Arnaz! 2589 01:55:41.166 --> 01:55:43.083 -(applause) -(band plays bright riff) 2590 01:55:43.166 --> 01:55:44.500 Thank you. 2591 01:55:44.583 --> 01:55:45.875 Oh, thank you. 2592 01:55:45.958 --> 01:55:48.416 (people shouting “Desi!") 2593 01:55:48.500 --> 01:55:51.416 Thank you. Thank you. 2594 01:55:51.500 --> 01:55:54.000 Thank you very much. (sighs) 2595 01:55:54.083 --> 01:55:56.833 Usually, right now, I'd be doing the final audience warm-up. 2596 01:55:56.916 --> 01:55:58.333 I'd tell you an old joke about a turtle. 2597 01:55:58.416 --> 01:56:00.166 -(laughter) -And I'd point out 2598 01:56:00.250 --> 01:56:03.250 our groundbreaking camera system that allows the studio audience 2599 01:56:03.333 --> 01:56:08.375 to watch the show unobstructed and introduce you to the rest of the cast. 2600 01:56:08.458 --> 01:56:11.958 I'm not doing that tonight, and here's why. 2601 01:56:12.041 --> 01:56:16.416 Last week, my wife, Lucille Ball, 2602 01:56:16.500 --> 01:56:19.541 was asked to testify in front of a closed session 2603 01:56:19.625 --> 01:56:23.000 of the House Un-American Activities Committee. 2604 01:56:23.083 --> 01:56:24.583 (audience murmuring) 2605 01:56:24.666 --> 01:56:28.000 Yes, the congressmen who investigate Communism. 2606 01:56:29.083 --> 01:56:33.916 After hours of testimony, the committee concluded unambiguously 2607 01:56:34.000 --> 01:56:38.500 that Lucy was and is in no way involved with the Communist Party. 2608 01:56:38.583 --> 01:56:40.875 So everything's swell, right? 2609 01:56:40.958 --> 01:56:42.791 No. 2610 01:56:42.875 --> 01:56:46.958 Because this is the evening edition headline in the Herald-Express. 2611 01:56:48.958 --> 01:56:50.708 (audience gasping, murmuring) 2612 01:56:54.958 --> 01:56:57.458 ♪ ♪ 2613 01:57:02.458 --> 01:57:03.833 So… (clears throat) 2614 01:57:03.916 --> 01:57:05.583 I made some phone calls. 2615 01:57:05.666 --> 01:57:07.750 I called the editor of the Herald-Express. 2616 01:57:07.833 --> 01:57:10.291 I called the chairman of the committee. 2617 01:57:10.375 --> 01:57:13.250 I called all the members of the committee. 2618 01:57:13.333 --> 01:57:16.500 And I made one more call to someone, and I believe he's still on the line. 2619 01:57:16.583 --> 01:57:17.583 Thank you. 2620 01:57:18.958 --> 01:57:20.541 Are you still with me, sir? 2621 01:57:20.625 --> 01:57:22.583 MAN (on phone, amplified): Yes. 2622 01:57:22.666 --> 01:57:26.000 I'm now standing in front of a studio audience in Hollywood, California, 2623 01:57:26.083 --> 01:57:28.916 and we are joined by a number of members of the press. 2624 01:57:29.000 --> 01:57:30.041 MAN: That's fine. 2625 01:57:32.166 --> 01:57:36.666 We want to know, sir, does the FBI have any case against Lucy? 2626 01:57:36.750 --> 01:57:41.291 Does the FBI have any evidence of wrongdoing? 2627 01:57:41.375 --> 01:57:47.500 Does the FBI have any reason to believe that Lucille Ball is a Communist? 2628 01:57:47.583 --> 01:57:49.541 No. Absolutely nothing. 2629 01:57:49.625 --> 01:57:52.458 -She's 100% clear. -(audience murmuring) 2630 01:57:52.541 --> 01:57:53.958 Thank you, sir. One more question. 2631 01:57:54.041 --> 01:57:55.625 Will you tell us your name please? 2632 01:57:55.708 --> 01:57:57.583 This is J. Edgar Hoover. 2633 01:57:57.666 --> 01:57:59.041 -(audience gasping) -DESI: Thank you, sir. 2634 01:57:59.125 --> 01:58:00.458 Enjoy your evening. 2635 01:58:00.541 --> 01:58:02.541 (applause) 2636 01:58:07.583 --> 01:58:11.000 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my wife 2637 01:58:11.083 --> 01:58:13.583 and the star of I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball! 2638 01:58:13.666 --> 01:58:15.666 (audience cheering) 2639 01:58:15.750 --> 01:58:17.791 ♪ ♪ 2640 01:58:34.541 --> 01:58:36.916 (cheering continues) 2641 01:58:47.833 --> 01:58:49.833 So enjoy the show! 2642 01:58:51.250 --> 01:58:53.041 -(band playing I Love Lucy theme) -(applause) 2643 01:59:02.541 --> 01:59:04.958 -(sighing) -(music, applause continue in distance) 2644 01:59:05.041 --> 01:59:06.666 (footsteps approaching) 2645 01:59:07.875 --> 01:59:09.208 It's all over! 2646 01:59:09.291 --> 01:59:10.333 Thank you. 2647 01:59:10.416 --> 01:59:12.166 -It's over now. -Thank you. 2648 01:59:12.250 --> 01:59:13.333 They love you. 2649 01:59:13.416 --> 01:59:15.583 I love you. 2650 01:59:15.666 --> 01:59:18.583 No one's gonna mess with you ever, Lucy. 2651 01:59:18.666 --> 01:59:20.583 I thought they were gonna boo. 2652 01:59:20.666 --> 01:59:22.541 (laughs) You want to do a show? 2653 01:59:22.625 --> 01:59:24.125 Have you been cheating on me? 2654 01:59:25.208 --> 01:59:27.583 -What? -Have you been cheating on me? 2655 01:59:27.666 --> 01:59:29.500 -(laughs) Is this a bit? -No. 2656 01:59:30.583 --> 01:59:31.666 No, I haven't been. 2657 01:59:31.750 --> 01:59:34.208 When you stay out all night, you're on the boat playing cards? 2658 01:59:34.291 --> 01:59:36.083 -Yes. -You haven't been with anybody else? 2659 01:59:36.166 --> 01:59:38.666 -What's going on with you, honey? -Don't gaslight me. 2660 01:59:38.750 --> 01:59:39.875 Where did this come from? 2661 01:59:39.958 --> 01:59:41.958 I mean, they just cheered for you out there. 2662 01:59:42.041 --> 01:59:43.458 They got it right, didn't they? 2663 01:59:43.541 --> 01:59:46.625 -Lucy… -They only got the picture wrong. 2664 01:59:46.708 --> 01:59:48.666 -Luc… -Did they get it right? 2665 01:59:48.750 --> 01:59:50.583 -Lucy… -Did they get it exactly right? 2666 01:59:50.666 --> 01:59:55.041 Jesus Christ, I just proved out there that the Herald-Express got it wrong. 2667 01:59:55.125 --> 01:59:57.541 You think Confidential magazine– 2668 01:59:57.625 --> 01:59:59.916 Conf– We're about to do a show. 2669 02:00:00.000 --> 02:00:01.458 -(whispers): Just tell me. -Tell me why you think– 2670 02:00:01.541 --> 02:00:04.541 other than that garbage– 2671 02:00:04.625 --> 02:00:07.125 tell me why you think I've cheated on you. 2672 02:00:10.541 --> 02:00:13.208 That is your lipstick. 2673 02:00:13.291 --> 02:00:16.125 Remember? You kissed me at the beginning of the week, 2674 02:00:16.208 --> 02:00:18.458 and then took my handkerchief and wiped the lipstick off 2675 02:00:18.541 --> 02:00:19.833 and put it back in my pocket. 2676 02:00:19.916 --> 02:00:21.291 And you said you'd never done that before. 2677 02:00:21.375 --> 02:00:22.458 I hadn't. 2678 02:00:22.541 --> 02:00:24.208 Then what the hell are we talking about? 2679 02:00:25.875 --> 02:00:28.166 This is my lipstick. 2680 02:00:28.250 --> 02:00:29.416 (chuckles softly) 2681 02:00:29.500 --> 02:00:31.500 ♪ ♪ 2682 02:00:43.166 --> 02:00:45.583 They were just call girls. 2683 02:00:45.666 --> 02:00:47.041 Hmm. 2684 02:00:49.583 --> 02:00:50.875 They're hookers. 2685 02:00:50.958 --> 02:00:52.375 (exhales heavily) 2686 02:00:57.916 --> 02:01:00.000 It doesn't mean anything, Lucy. 2687 02:01:01.000 --> 02:01:03.208 -Look, Lucy, it doesn't mean… -Mm. 2688 02:01:03.291 --> 02:01:04.750 Let's do the show. Yeah? 2689 02:01:04.833 --> 02:01:06.500 Let's just forget about this for a half hour. 2690 02:01:06.583 --> 02:01:07.875 Yeah? Let's do the show. 2691 02:01:07.958 --> 02:01:10.500 Jim, let's go! 2692 02:01:10.583 --> 02:01:13.166 -It's not gonna get better than this. -Copy that. 2693 02:01:13.250 --> 02:01:15.458 -All right, everybody! -Let's do a show! 2694 02:01:15.541 --> 02:01:17.416 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: This is places for scene “A”! 2695 02:01:17.500 --> 02:01:19.166 -MAN 1: Scene “A”! -MAN 2: Scene “A,” places! 2696 02:01:19.250 --> 02:01:21.291 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Okay, positions, everyone. 2697 02:01:21.375 --> 02:01:22.875 -Cameras up. -Cameras up. 2698 02:01:22.958 --> 02:01:24.291 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Quiet on set. Bell! 2699 02:01:24.375 --> 02:01:25.375 (soundstage bell rings) 2700 02:01:25.458 --> 02:01:26.791 -Quiet please! -Quiet please! 2701 02:01:26.875 --> 02:01:28.208 Picture's up! 2702 02:01:28.291 --> 02:01:30.083 -Picture's up. -Quiet, everyone! 2703 02:01:30.166 --> 02:01:32.166 -Let's roll sound. -Rolling! -Rolling! 2704 02:01:32.250 --> 02:01:33.541 -Sound speed. -And mark. 2705 02:01:33.625 --> 02:01:35.541 -Speed mark. -Dolly. 2706 02:01:35.625 --> 02:01:37.791 Settle. And action. 2707 02:01:38.875 --> 02:01:40.958 OLDER MADELYN: It ended up being a good show that night. 2708 02:01:41.041 --> 02:01:43.958 We did both versions of the opening, 2709 02:01:44.041 --> 02:01:46.250 but it was the original version that made it on the air, 2710 02:01:46.333 --> 02:01:47.541 the one with all the names. 2711 02:01:47.625 --> 02:01:51.000 You must've gotten a copy of the “B” negative, 2712 02:01:51.083 --> 02:01:52.583 'cause your original question was… 2713 02:01:52.666 --> 02:01:55.500 For the record, I won my bet with Desi. 2714 02:01:55.583 --> 02:01:57.958 CBS wouldn't let us use the word “pregnant.” 2715 02:01:59.541 --> 02:02:01.375 But more people watched the birth of Little Ricky 2716 02:02:01.458 --> 02:02:04.666 than had ever watched a television program before. 2717 02:02:05.833 --> 02:02:07.083 Your original question? 2718 02:02:07.166 --> 02:02:10.458 You asked about why Lucy stopped when we were doing the alt. 2719 02:02:10.541 --> 02:02:11.708 The alternate version. 2720 02:02:11.791 --> 02:02:14.833 We were doing Lucy's version of Ricky's entrance first. 2721 02:02:14.916 --> 02:02:16.541 She was doing the bit with the flowers, 2722 02:02:16.625 --> 02:02:19.208 which we couldn't use 'cause we were running long. 2723 02:02:21.500 --> 02:02:24.250 (audience laughter) 2724 02:02:27.791 --> 02:02:31.833 She takes a pitcher and pours water into the vase… 2725 02:02:31.916 --> 02:02:34.625 Which makes all the flowers come up to the surface. 2726 02:02:37.916 --> 02:02:40.083 (audience laughter) 2727 02:02:44.083 --> 02:02:47.500 It seemed like she just got lost in her own head for a second. 2728 02:02:47.583 --> 02:02:49.333 I can't remember what her cue was. 2729 02:02:49.416 --> 02:02:52.041 It may have been the only time she ever went up on a line. 2730 02:02:52.125 --> 02:02:55.083 I can't remember the first line, but we… 2731 02:02:55.166 --> 02:02:56.583 we had to stop and go again. 2732 02:02:56.666 --> 02:02:58.666 It was Desi's line. 2733 02:02:58.750 --> 02:03:00.500 It was the new bit Lucy put in. 2734 02:03:01.708 --> 02:03:03.166 (chuckles): What was his line? 2735 02:03:03.250 --> 02:03:06.750 Lucy, I'm home! 2736 02:03:06.833 --> 02:03:08.833 (audience laughter) 2737 02:03:11.791 --> 02:03:13.791 ♪ ♪ 2738 02:03:31.458 --> 02:03:32.666 (chuckles softly) 2739 02:03:35.458 --> 02:03:36.666 Sorry. 2740 02:03:36.750 --> 02:03:38.416 -I got lost for a second. -(audience chuckles) 2741 02:03:38.500 --> 02:03:39.916 DONALD: All right, let's cut and go again. 2742 02:03:40.000 --> 02:03:44.291 We never went back to do another take of the alternate opening. 2743 02:03:44.375 --> 02:03:46.541 Lucy just wanted to move on. 2744 02:03:46.625 --> 02:03:48.625 ♪ ♪ 2745 02:03:55.583 --> 02:03:57.583 (audience laughter) 2746 02:04:00.583 --> 02:04:02.708 -Oh! -Guess who it is. 2747 02:04:02.791 --> 02:04:05.500 Bill? Sam? 2748 02:04:05.583 --> 02:04:07.416 -Pat? -No. 2749 02:04:07.500 --> 02:04:11.083 -(audience laughter) -Pedro? Pablo? 2750 02:04:11.166 --> 02:04:12.333 Jose? 2751 02:04:12.416 --> 02:04:13.708 No, it's me. 2752 02:04:13.791 --> 02:04:16.291 -Ah, yes, of course. -(laughter continues) 2753 02:04:16.375 --> 02:04:19.166 -Uh… -Very, very funny. 2754 02:04:19.250 --> 02:04:21.666 -♪ ♪ -Hey, company for dinner? 2755 02:04:21.750 --> 02:04:22.750 Who is it? 2756 02:04:22.833 --> 02:04:24.833 How do you like the new water glasses, Ricky? 2757 02:04:24.916 --> 02:04:26.458 Who's coming for dinner, Lucy? 2758 02:04:26.541 --> 02:04:29.166 Doesn't the table look beautiful tonight? 2759 02:04:29.250 --> 02:04:32.208 -Lucy, who is it? -Some people. 2760 02:04:32.291 --> 02:04:34.291 ♪ ♪ 2761 02:04:51.000 --> 02:04:53.000 ♪ ♪ 2762 02:05:23.000 --> 02:05:25.000 ♪ ♪ 2763 02:05:55.000 --> 02:05:57.000 ♪ ♪ 2764 02:06:27.000 --> 02:06:29.000 ♪ ♪ 2765 02:06:53.916 --> 02:06:55.916 (music fades) 2766 02:06:56.000 --> 02:06:58.000 (“Cuban Pete” playing) 2767 02:07:01.958 --> 02:07:04.041 ♪ They call me Cuban Pete ♪ 2768 02:07:04.125 --> 02:07:06.333 ♪ I'm the king of the rumba beat ♪ 2769 02:07:06.416 --> 02:07:08.166 ♪ When I play the maracas, I go ♪ 2770 02:07:08.250 --> 02:07:11.083 ♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom ♪ 2771 02:07:11.166 --> 02:07:13.250 ♪ Yes, sir, I'm Cuban Pete ♪ 2772 02:07:13.333 --> 02:07:15.500 ♪ I'm the craze of my native street ♪ 2773 02:07:15.583 --> 02:07:17.333 ♪ When I start to dance, everything goes ♪ 2774 02:07:17.416 --> 02:07:20.166 ♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom ♪ 2775 02:07:20.250 --> 02:07:24.875 ♪ The señoritas, they sing and how they swing with this rumbero ♪ 2776 02:07:24.958 --> 02:07:26.916 ♪ It's very nice ♪ 2777 02:07:27.000 --> 02:07:29.375 ♪ So full of spice ♪ 2778 02:07:29.458 --> 02:07:30.833 ♪ And when they're dancing ♪ 2779 02:07:30.916 --> 02:07:33.916 ♪ They bring a happy ring, the maraquero ♪ 2780 02:07:34.000 --> 02:07:36.333 ♪ Singing a song ♪ 2781 02:07:36.416 --> 02:07:38.500 ♪ All the day long ♪ 2782 02:07:38.583 --> 02:07:40.708 ♪ So if you like the beat ♪ 2783 02:07:40.791 --> 02:07:42.916 ♪ Take a lesson from Cuban Pete ♪ 2784 02:07:43.000 --> 02:07:44.833 ♪ And I'll teach you to chick chicky boom ♪ 2785 02:07:44.916 --> 02:07:47.541 ♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom ♪ 2786 02:07:47.625 --> 02:07:48.833 ♪ Sí, señorita ♪ 2787 02:07:48.916 --> 02:07:52.250 ♪ I know that you would like to chicky boom chick ♪ 2788 02:07:52.333 --> 02:07:54.458 ♪ Because it's the dance ♪ 2789 02:07:54.541 --> 02:07:56.666 ♪ Of Latin romance ♪ 2790 02:07:56.750 --> 02:08:01.375 ♪ And Cuban Pete doesn't teach you in a hurry like Arthur Murray ♪ 2791 02:08:01.458 --> 02:08:03.416 ♪ I come from Havana ♪ 2792 02:08:03.500 --> 02:08:06.041 ♪ And there's always mañana ♪ 2793 02:08:06.125 --> 02:08:08.166 ♪ So, señorita, please ♪ 2794 02:08:08.250 --> 02:08:10.416 ♪ Take it easy, do it with ease ♪ 2795 02:08:10.500 --> 02:08:12.166 ♪ And you'll love it when you do the chick ♪ 2796 02:08:12.250 --> 02:08:16.500 -♪ Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom. ♪ -(song ends) 2797 02:08:17.541 --> 02:08:19.541 ♪ ♪ 2798 02:08:49.000 --> 02:08:51.000 ♪ ♪ 2799 02:09:21.000 --> 02:09:23.000 ♪ ♪ 2800 02:09:53.000 --> 02:09:55.000 ♪ ♪ 2801 02:10:25.000 --> 02:10:27.000 ♪ ♪ 2802 02:10:57.000 --> 02:10:59.000 ♪ ♪ 2803 02:11:07.000 --> 02:11:09.000 (music fades)