I Love Lucy (1951) s03e13 Episode Script
Ricky Minds the Baby
(I Love Lucy theme music plays) Lucy, if you're gonna watch television, go in the living room.
If you're gonna eat your dinner, sit down and eat it.
If you'd gotten home on time, we could have finished dinner before this program started.
Well, I'm sorry, but I have to earn a living.
Hi, folks! Hi.
Hi.
Hi, kids.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought you'd be through dinner.
Oh, Ricky had to work late.
Want some coffee? Just coffee? Ethel, you can't be hungry again! Oh, I just want a little sweet taste.
I have some some brownies, but I'm afraid they're pretty stale.
Stale brownies taste better.
Okay.
(chuckling) (thudding) Just coffee will be fine.
All right, we'll have it in the living room.
All right.
Come on, Federico.
Can I help you? Yeah, get me a couple more demitasse cups there, will you, dear? How've you been, Fred? Fine, thanks.
How are you? Okay, boy.
Hey, who's going to win that fight Wednesday night? I don't know, I haven't decided yet.
Say, how about, uh, me getting a couple of tickets and we go and see it, huh? How can you go? Don't you have to work? Oh, didn't I tell you? They're painting the club.
I got a week off.
Oh, great! A whole week off? Well, how come you didn't tell me before? Well, I guess I figured that Lucy would tell Ethel and Ethel would tell you.
Ethel didn't say a word.
I wonder why old blabbermouth kept it a secret.
Here's your coffee.
Oh, oh.
RICKY: Good, good.
There we are.
There you are, Fred.
Ethel, why didn't you tell me Ricky had a week off? What?! Lucy, why didn't you tell me Ricky had a week off? Why didn't you tell me Ricky had a week off? I tol' you.
No, you didn't "tol" me.
Well, I guess I thought I did.
Well, you didn't.
They're painting the club, so everybody gets a vacation.
They're painting the club, so everybody gets a vacation.
They're painting the club I heard, I heard! Oh, honey, that's sensational.
When does it start? It's already started.
They're beginning to paint tomorrow.
Oh.
Oh, boy, Ricky.
What are you going to do with all that time off? Oh, don't worry about that.
I should say not.
Fred and I are going to see the fights Wednesday night, on Thursday night I got a poker game, and some of the boys are lining up a hunting trip for the rest of the week.
Well, haven't you forgotten something, dear? No.
Are you sure? Mm-hmm.
Well, I hate to tell you this, but the Lucy Ricardo Travel Bureau has made other reservations for you.
Such as what? I can arrange for you to spend seven glorious days at 623 East 68th Street.
The cuisine is wonderful, the rates are reasonable, and we have facilities for all the popular sports such as vacuuming, washing dishes, hanging diapers out to dry.
Now, Lucy Besides, there's a gentleman who lives in this neighborhood who's just dying to meet you.
He's heard a lot about you and I think it's high time you two got together.
Who's that? His name is Ricky Ricardo, Jr.
You mean Little Ricky? Oh, then you have heard of him! Now, look, I don't want to start any Uh, let's go, Fred.
Yeah.
We'll go through the kitchen, pick up those brownies on the way out.
Ethel! Oh, I'm not gonna eat them.
I'm afraid they're gonna start throwing things.
If they use those brownies, they'll kill each other! Now, just a minute.
Nobody has to go anyplace.
There's not going to be any arguments.
Lucy's absolutely right.
Oh, ye I am? Yes, you are.
I'm going to cancel everything and stay right here at home with my child.
It's a boy, you know.
(chuckles) Oh! I've heard.
Isn't that wonderful! Sit down, you two.
Oh, honey, that's just great.
I'll go get Little Ricky.
He should be through with his book by now.
All right.
Book? Yeah, he likes to spend about an hour with a good book before he goes to sleep.
Reading it? No, tearing it.
He sometimes eats a page or two.
Oh, you're crazy.
I'll be right back.
(Ricky and Fred laugh) Imagine that! A whole week off with nothing to do but just hang around the house.
Yeah, I ought to take a week off myself sometime.
From what? You've been hanging around the house for 23 years.
I wish you'd take a week off and go someplace! Has it only been 23 years? Time to go, beddy-bye.
That's a fella.
Aw Say good night to Aunt Ethel.
Good night, darling.
Say good night to Uncle Fred.
Night, son.
Say good night to Well, look who's here! Mr.
Ricardo.
How do you do, my boy! You know I heard a lot about you.
We're going to be spending a lot of time together from now on.
(chuckles) Well, I'll tuck him in and tell him his bedtime story.
Hey, let me do that.
Do what? Tuck him in and tell him his bedtime story.
Come on, my man.
Up you go.
Well, okay.
Give me his Okay.
bottle here.
What's your favorite bedtime story, huh? "Little Red Riding Hood.
" "Little Red Riding Hood.
" "Little Red Ri " Oh, yeah! You sure you know it? Of course I know it.
My mother used to tell it to me when I was little child.
Oh.
We have bedtime stories in Cuba, too, you know.
You just rest your mind at ease.
Yes, sir.
Come on, boy, come on.
I'll tell you your favorite bedtime story, "Caperucita Roja.
" Oh, isn't it wonderful seeing them together? Gee, you know, I "Capuracita Roja," what's that? I don't know.
Maybe it's "Little Red Riding Hood" in Spanish.
Oh, this I got to see! Can we come along? Sure.
Come on, hurry up! Oh, he's pushing the door for Papa and everything.
Boy, you're a big, strong boy.
Come on, now, come on.
(grunts) Now, you be a good boy.
(fussing) Shh I'm gonna bring your favorite toy.
Here we go.
(fussing) Okay, look at this! Whoo! (giggling) Come on! Okay, I'm going to tell you your favorite bedtime story, "Caperucita Roja.
" Now, once upon a time, habia una muchachita muy bonita que le decian Caperucita Roja, porque siempre tenia un red bonnet.
Now, una manana, su mama le dio un basket, y en el basket puso frijoles, tortillas, y tambien le puso alli vino.
Y le dijo, "Caperucita Roja, lleva este basket "a tu granmama que esta en su casa y tu y tu granmama esta feeling lousy.
" Caperucita Roja cogio el basket y dice, "All right, Mama, adios, Mama," y se fue.
(humming) Y entonces miro, y alli estaba el lobo.
(growling) Y el lobo dijo, "Buenos dias, Caperucita Roja.
" Y caperucita dijo, "Buenos dias, Señor Lobo.
" Y el lobo dijo, "¿Que tiene alli en el basket?" Y Caperucita dijo, "Aqui en el basket "Tengo frijoles, tortillas y vino "que se lo voy a llevar a granmama que esta feeling lousy.
" Y el lobo dijo, "muy bien.
Eh, ¿porque no vas por el jardin and pick some flowers?" Y Caperucita dijo, "All right, muy bien.
" Y se fue por el jardin to pick the flowers.
(humming a happy tune) (humming) Y entonces el lobo dijo, "Aha! Granmama en la casa!" Boom, boom, boom! Y granmama dice, "Halo, quien esta alli?" Y el lobo dijo, "Caperucita Roja.
" Y granmama dice, "Venga! Entra, entra!" Y el lobo abrio la puerta y entro y estaba la granmama en la cama.
(growling and eating noisily) (growling and eating noisily) Mmm mmm-mm, mmm! (smacking lips): Mmm Not bad! Mmm Y entonces se metio en la cama y cogio el blanket y se cubrio.
Y Caperucita estaba por alla por el bosque pickando the flowers.
(humming a happy tune) Y llego a la casa de granmama y abrio la puerta, "Buenos dias, Granmama.
" Y el lobo dijo, "Buenos dias, Caperucita.
" Y Caperucita dijo, "Granmama! What big orejas tu tienes!" Y el lobo dijo, "Si! Para oirte mejor, my dear.
" Y Caperucita dijo, "Granmama! What big ojos tu tienes!" Y el lobo dijo, "Si! Para verte mejor, my dear.
" Y Caperucita dijo, "Granmama!" Que boca tan grande tu tienes!" Y el lobo dijo, "To eat you with!" (growls) (screams) (growls and screams) (growls) (screams) (growls) (screams) Y entonces vino ya el hunter y el hunter hizo boom, boom, boom! Y el lobo se cayo muerto.
Dead! Y Caperucita, "Gracias, Señor Lobo.
"Gracias Señor Señor El Hunter.
Gracias por matar el lobo.
" Y el Señor Hunter dijo, "No hay de que, Caperucita Roja.
" Y entonces se sentaron para comer el dinner y se comieron las tortillas, los frijoles y el vino y todo el mundo vivio happily ever after! Now, good night, old man.
Good night.
Wasn't that cute! El lobo! Shh! (growling) Stop! He was cute! (humming a happy tune) Fred sit down.
Sit down.
(chuckling) Well, how did it go dear? Oh, fine, real good.
Isn't it fun telling him a bedtime story? Oh, yeah.
Did you see the expression on his face when I did el lobo? Yeah.
Wasn't that the cute What do you mean, did I see the ex Did you know we were out there? (chuckling) Well, I didn't know it all the time.
At first I thought it was mice, but I never heard a mice giggle before.
(laughing) I didn't know you were there till the very end.
It's wonderful taking care of the baby.
Why don't you let me take complete charge while I'm home? You mean everything? Yeah, all day, everything.
That means getting up at 6:00.
So? That's not so tough.
Well, I don't know if you've noticed, working nights and all, but there's a 6:00 in the morning, too.
I know, I know.
Now, look, starting tomorrow morning, you don't have to worry about anything.
I'll get up and take care of the baby, and you can stay in bed and sleep as long as you want.
Sleep as long as I want! Oh, honey, that sounds so wonderful! Isn't that great! Ricky! Ricky! Ricky! Ricky! Ricky, the baby's gone! Ricky! Ricky RICKY: Okay, my boy, are you ready for your breakfast? RICKY: Yes, sir, nothing like a big breakfast! Spanish omelet with green onions, green peppers and mushrooms.
Spanish omelet! Come on, you got to eat all of your oatmeal.
All your oatmeal, come on.
Come on.
Then you grow big and strong and you can have a Spanish omelet, like your old man.
Come on, there you go.
There you are.
Listen, we'd better put a napkin on you because if you get some RICKY: with that oatmeal, Mommy will get mad.
Don't you want any more? Okay, you had enough.
Come on.
We go get dressed for the day, eh? We're gonna go out and play football and we're gonna box and we're gonna have a wonderful time.
Come on.
Up we go! Up we go! That's a boy! That's a boy! Yes, sir! Shh! We don't want to wake Mommy up.
This is the first good rest she's had in a long time.
(snapping fingers) (sighs) Lucy, will you stop pacing back and forth! I'm getting a crick in my neck.
Sorry, I guess I'm a little nervous.
After all, this is the first time Ricky's had to take care of the baby all day all by himself.
Now, listen, Lucy.
(meow) What's that? What's what? I heard a cry.
Oh, wait a minute.
Oh, that was Mrs.
Trumbull's cat.
Are you sure? I am, unless Little Ricky's sitting on the windowsill going "meow.
" Come on, sit down, relax.
(nervous chuckle) All right.
Oh, go get your hat and coat.
We're going shopping.
Oh, yeah, I guess it would be better if I got away from here.
Sure.
This is your big day off, remember? Oh, yeah.
I'm just being silly.
I'll go get my things.
Look, Ricky.
(squeaking) Hey, Rick.
(laughing) How about that? Hi! Hi! Oh, hi.
How are you doing? Fine.
Just fine.
Uh, Ethel and I thought we'd go shopping.
Fine.
Good, honey, go ahead.
Uh (toy squeaking) He likes this horseback-riding business, you know? Yeah, what a jockey he'd make.
(Ricky and Fred laugh) Who do you like in the fifth at Santa Anita? (laughing) If you'd rather I didn't go shopping, I don't have to go.
Oh, now, honey, stop being a worrywart.
I'm not a worrywart! Well, you run along, we'll be just fine.
Say good-bye, Mommy.
Okay, bye.
Good-bye, Mommy.
Bye-bye, darling.
Good-bye, Mommy.
Bye-bye, darling.
Say "Bye-bye, Mommy.
" Bye-bye, darling.
Bye-bye, Mommy.
Oh baby.
Yeah.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye, Mommy.
FRED: Hey, Rick.
Bye-bye.
Yeah? What's the matter with this set? Oh, I'll tune it, Fred.
Oh, I can fix it.
No, no, no, no, Fred.
Wait a minute.
I'll do it, I'll do it.
Let me do it, wait, hold it.
No, hold it.
Wait a minute.
This is a very funny thing here.
You got to know how to do it.
FRED: Coming in now.
RICKY: It is? Yeah, that's the game.
There you are.
FRED: Well, get over there, sit down, let's watch it.
This is the big game, yeah.
Oh, kickoff.
Wow, wow, wow, what's he doing?! Well, I'm ready.
I'm sorry I took so long.
I wasn't going to Lucy, you going to look like that all afternoon? Probably.
Now, listen, honey, you got to get used to being separated from your son.
That's part of being a mother.
(sniffles) I don't see why.
Well it just is.
Uh, first, he'll go to school, and then he'll go away to college, and then he'll get married and leave home altogether.
(wailing): Oh no! Oh, don't cry.
He'll come home for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Oh.
That is, if his mother-in-law doesn't mind.
(sobbing): Oh Come on, you'll feel better when we get in the stores.
(sniffles) Well, maybe you're right.
Oh! Oh, Little Ricky! What was he doing in the hall?! That's what I'd like to know! Honey, are you all right? Lucy! Honey What? Your door's open! He must have crawled out and they didn't even miss him! Oh, no! Oh, no, honey, sneak sneak down and close that door.
Okay.
I've got an idea.
(crowd applauding and cheering on TV) I closed the door.
Listen listen, you take care of the baby.
I'm gonna give a certain absent-minded Cuban a lesson he'll never forget.
Okay.
Come on here, darling.
Yes, it's all right, sweetie pie.
Come on, sweetie.
Here we are.
(phone rings) Turn that down a little bit, will you, Fred? Yeah.
Hello.
Oh, hello, dear.
Oh, hi, honey.
Ethel and I were just getting ready to leave and I thought I'd check and see how Little Ricky was.
Oh, honey, stop worrying.
He's fine.
He's just fine.
Oh, is he? Sure, sure.
Uh, well, uh, put him on, dear.
I'd like to say good-bye to him.
Wait a minute! Fred, where's Little Ricky? I don't know.
Look in the bedroom, will you? Little Ricky? Little Ricky! Little Ricky? He's not in there, Rick.
Uh uh Honey, Little busy's Ricky right now.
What's that? Little Ricky's busy right now.
Busy, doing what? He's watching the, the football game with-with his Uncle Fred.
Oh.
Yeah, I'll have him call you right after the game.
Gee, I didn't want to upset Lucy.
Fred, where is he?! Where is he?! I haven't got him! He-he couldn't have left.
The door is closed.
He's got to be in the apartment someplace.
Maybe he's hiding.
Yeah, he's playing hide-and-seek, that's it! Little Ricky! Little Ricky! Little Ricky? Little Ricky! Little Ricky? Olly olly outsenfree! Little Ricky? Little Ricky! Fred, he must have gotten out in the hallway someplace.
I'll go, I'll go get him.
I'll call the police.
Call the police, what for? Well, every time a kid wanders away, you go down and look in the police station, and you find them there eating an ice-cream cone.
Okay, call the police.
Hello-o-o! Hello.
I forgot my gloves.
Oh.
Where's Little Ricky? Uh he-he's taking a nap.
Oh, another nap? He already had one, dear.
I- I-I know, yeah, but his little eyes got very tired watching television, and he wants to take another nap.
Oh, well, maybe I'd better take a look at him, then.
No! Lucy Why not? Uh, uh, uh, well, uh You see, his team lost, and he's pretty upset.
That's right, yeah, his team lost, he's very upset.
Oh, well Yeah.
You-you run along, dear.
No, no, I-I think I'll wait and see him when he wakes up.
I miss him, darling.
Oh.
I'd better go look at the furnace.
Yeah, look at the furnace.
It's cold in here.
Go ahead, Fred.
Good-bye.
He, he, he might sleep for a long time.
He was very tired.
I'll wait.
Oh.
Anything wrong? Wha-Whatcha? Nothing's wrong, everything is fine.
I want to see my baby.
Now, Lucy, wait a minute.
I don't like the way you're acting.
I'll bet he isn't even in there.
Now, honey RICKY: Now, honey, don't be silly.
He couldn't possibly be Aha! Aha.
He's here! I mean, he's here.
Hel-Hel-Hello, son! Hello, sweetheart.
(under breath): How wonderful Uh, uh, come here, come to Mama, darling.
Hello, baby.
Hi, baby.
Hello.
Hi, sweetheart.
Hello, dear.
Hello, Honey.
ETHEL: Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Yeah? He's gone! Who's gone? Uh uh uh, Fred.
I can't find him anywhere.
Here I am! Fred's here.
Hello, son.
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If you're gonna eat your dinner, sit down and eat it.
If you'd gotten home on time, we could have finished dinner before this program started.
Well, I'm sorry, but I have to earn a living.
Hi, folks! Hi.
Hi.
Hi, kids.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought you'd be through dinner.
Oh, Ricky had to work late.
Want some coffee? Just coffee? Ethel, you can't be hungry again! Oh, I just want a little sweet taste.
I have some some brownies, but I'm afraid they're pretty stale.
Stale brownies taste better.
Okay.
(chuckling) (thudding) Just coffee will be fine.
All right, we'll have it in the living room.
All right.
Come on, Federico.
Can I help you? Yeah, get me a couple more demitasse cups there, will you, dear? How've you been, Fred? Fine, thanks.
How are you? Okay, boy.
Hey, who's going to win that fight Wednesday night? I don't know, I haven't decided yet.
Say, how about, uh, me getting a couple of tickets and we go and see it, huh? How can you go? Don't you have to work? Oh, didn't I tell you? They're painting the club.
I got a week off.
Oh, great! A whole week off? Well, how come you didn't tell me before? Well, I guess I figured that Lucy would tell Ethel and Ethel would tell you.
Ethel didn't say a word.
I wonder why old blabbermouth kept it a secret.
Here's your coffee.
Oh, oh.
RICKY: Good, good.
There we are.
There you are, Fred.
Ethel, why didn't you tell me Ricky had a week off? What?! Lucy, why didn't you tell me Ricky had a week off? Why didn't you tell me Ricky had a week off? I tol' you.
No, you didn't "tol" me.
Well, I guess I thought I did.
Well, you didn't.
They're painting the club, so everybody gets a vacation.
They're painting the club, so everybody gets a vacation.
They're painting the club I heard, I heard! Oh, honey, that's sensational.
When does it start? It's already started.
They're beginning to paint tomorrow.
Oh.
Oh, boy, Ricky.
What are you going to do with all that time off? Oh, don't worry about that.
I should say not.
Fred and I are going to see the fights Wednesday night, on Thursday night I got a poker game, and some of the boys are lining up a hunting trip for the rest of the week.
Well, haven't you forgotten something, dear? No.
Are you sure? Mm-hmm.
Well, I hate to tell you this, but the Lucy Ricardo Travel Bureau has made other reservations for you.
Such as what? I can arrange for you to spend seven glorious days at 623 East 68th Street.
The cuisine is wonderful, the rates are reasonable, and we have facilities for all the popular sports such as vacuuming, washing dishes, hanging diapers out to dry.
Now, Lucy Besides, there's a gentleman who lives in this neighborhood who's just dying to meet you.
He's heard a lot about you and I think it's high time you two got together.
Who's that? His name is Ricky Ricardo, Jr.
You mean Little Ricky? Oh, then you have heard of him! Now, look, I don't want to start any Uh, let's go, Fred.
Yeah.
We'll go through the kitchen, pick up those brownies on the way out.
Ethel! Oh, I'm not gonna eat them.
I'm afraid they're gonna start throwing things.
If they use those brownies, they'll kill each other! Now, just a minute.
Nobody has to go anyplace.
There's not going to be any arguments.
Lucy's absolutely right.
Oh, ye I am? Yes, you are.
I'm going to cancel everything and stay right here at home with my child.
It's a boy, you know.
(chuckles) Oh! I've heard.
Isn't that wonderful! Sit down, you two.
Oh, honey, that's just great.
I'll go get Little Ricky.
He should be through with his book by now.
All right.
Book? Yeah, he likes to spend about an hour with a good book before he goes to sleep.
Reading it? No, tearing it.
He sometimes eats a page or two.
Oh, you're crazy.
I'll be right back.
(Ricky and Fred laugh) Imagine that! A whole week off with nothing to do but just hang around the house.
Yeah, I ought to take a week off myself sometime.
From what? You've been hanging around the house for 23 years.
I wish you'd take a week off and go someplace! Has it only been 23 years? Time to go, beddy-bye.
That's a fella.
Aw Say good night to Aunt Ethel.
Good night, darling.
Say good night to Uncle Fred.
Night, son.
Say good night to Well, look who's here! Mr.
Ricardo.
How do you do, my boy! You know I heard a lot about you.
We're going to be spending a lot of time together from now on.
(chuckles) Well, I'll tuck him in and tell him his bedtime story.
Hey, let me do that.
Do what? Tuck him in and tell him his bedtime story.
Come on, my man.
Up you go.
Well, okay.
Give me his Okay.
bottle here.
What's your favorite bedtime story, huh? "Little Red Riding Hood.
" "Little Red Riding Hood.
" "Little Red Ri " Oh, yeah! You sure you know it? Of course I know it.
My mother used to tell it to me when I was little child.
Oh.
We have bedtime stories in Cuba, too, you know.
You just rest your mind at ease.
Yes, sir.
Come on, boy, come on.
I'll tell you your favorite bedtime story, "Caperucita Roja.
" Oh, isn't it wonderful seeing them together? Gee, you know, I "Capuracita Roja," what's that? I don't know.
Maybe it's "Little Red Riding Hood" in Spanish.
Oh, this I got to see! Can we come along? Sure.
Come on, hurry up! Oh, he's pushing the door for Papa and everything.
Boy, you're a big, strong boy.
Come on, now, come on.
(grunts) Now, you be a good boy.
(fussing) Shh I'm gonna bring your favorite toy.
Here we go.
(fussing) Okay, look at this! Whoo! (giggling) Come on! Okay, I'm going to tell you your favorite bedtime story, "Caperucita Roja.
" Now, once upon a time, habia una muchachita muy bonita que le decian Caperucita Roja, porque siempre tenia un red bonnet.
Now, una manana, su mama le dio un basket, y en el basket puso frijoles, tortillas, y tambien le puso alli vino.
Y le dijo, "Caperucita Roja, lleva este basket "a tu granmama que esta en su casa y tu y tu granmama esta feeling lousy.
" Caperucita Roja cogio el basket y dice, "All right, Mama, adios, Mama," y se fue.
(humming) Y entonces miro, y alli estaba el lobo.
(growling) Y el lobo dijo, "Buenos dias, Caperucita Roja.
" Y caperucita dijo, "Buenos dias, Señor Lobo.
" Y el lobo dijo, "¿Que tiene alli en el basket?" Y Caperucita dijo, "Aqui en el basket "Tengo frijoles, tortillas y vino "que se lo voy a llevar a granmama que esta feeling lousy.
" Y el lobo dijo, "muy bien.
Eh, ¿porque no vas por el jardin and pick some flowers?" Y Caperucita dijo, "All right, muy bien.
" Y se fue por el jardin to pick the flowers.
(humming a happy tune) (humming) Y entonces el lobo dijo, "Aha! Granmama en la casa!" Boom, boom, boom! Y granmama dice, "Halo, quien esta alli?" Y el lobo dijo, "Caperucita Roja.
" Y granmama dice, "Venga! Entra, entra!" Y el lobo abrio la puerta y entro y estaba la granmama en la cama.
(growling and eating noisily) (growling and eating noisily) Mmm mmm-mm, mmm! (smacking lips): Mmm Not bad! Mmm Y entonces se metio en la cama y cogio el blanket y se cubrio.
Y Caperucita estaba por alla por el bosque pickando the flowers.
(humming a happy tune) Y llego a la casa de granmama y abrio la puerta, "Buenos dias, Granmama.
" Y el lobo dijo, "Buenos dias, Caperucita.
" Y Caperucita dijo, "Granmama! What big orejas tu tienes!" Y el lobo dijo, "Si! Para oirte mejor, my dear.
" Y Caperucita dijo, "Granmama! What big ojos tu tienes!" Y el lobo dijo, "Si! Para verte mejor, my dear.
" Y Caperucita dijo, "Granmama!" Que boca tan grande tu tienes!" Y el lobo dijo, "To eat you with!" (growls) (screams) (growls and screams) (growls) (screams) (growls) (screams) Y entonces vino ya el hunter y el hunter hizo boom, boom, boom! Y el lobo se cayo muerto.
Dead! Y Caperucita, "Gracias, Señor Lobo.
"Gracias Señor Señor El Hunter.
Gracias por matar el lobo.
" Y el Señor Hunter dijo, "No hay de que, Caperucita Roja.
" Y entonces se sentaron para comer el dinner y se comieron las tortillas, los frijoles y el vino y todo el mundo vivio happily ever after! Now, good night, old man.
Good night.
Wasn't that cute! El lobo! Shh! (growling) Stop! He was cute! (humming a happy tune) Fred sit down.
Sit down.
(chuckling) Well, how did it go dear? Oh, fine, real good.
Isn't it fun telling him a bedtime story? Oh, yeah.
Did you see the expression on his face when I did el lobo? Yeah.
Wasn't that the cute What do you mean, did I see the ex Did you know we were out there? (chuckling) Well, I didn't know it all the time.
At first I thought it was mice, but I never heard a mice giggle before.
(laughing) I didn't know you were there till the very end.
It's wonderful taking care of the baby.
Why don't you let me take complete charge while I'm home? You mean everything? Yeah, all day, everything.
That means getting up at 6:00.
So? That's not so tough.
Well, I don't know if you've noticed, working nights and all, but there's a 6:00 in the morning, too.
I know, I know.
Now, look, starting tomorrow morning, you don't have to worry about anything.
I'll get up and take care of the baby, and you can stay in bed and sleep as long as you want.
Sleep as long as I want! Oh, honey, that sounds so wonderful! Isn't that great! Ricky! Ricky! Ricky! Ricky! Ricky, the baby's gone! Ricky! Ricky RICKY: Okay, my boy, are you ready for your breakfast? RICKY: Yes, sir, nothing like a big breakfast! Spanish omelet with green onions, green peppers and mushrooms.
Spanish omelet! Come on, you got to eat all of your oatmeal.
All your oatmeal, come on.
Come on.
Then you grow big and strong and you can have a Spanish omelet, like your old man.
Come on, there you go.
There you are.
Listen, we'd better put a napkin on you because if you get some RICKY: with that oatmeal, Mommy will get mad.
Don't you want any more? Okay, you had enough.
Come on.
We go get dressed for the day, eh? We're gonna go out and play football and we're gonna box and we're gonna have a wonderful time.
Come on.
Up we go! Up we go! That's a boy! That's a boy! Yes, sir! Shh! We don't want to wake Mommy up.
This is the first good rest she's had in a long time.
(snapping fingers) (sighs) Lucy, will you stop pacing back and forth! I'm getting a crick in my neck.
Sorry, I guess I'm a little nervous.
After all, this is the first time Ricky's had to take care of the baby all day all by himself.
Now, listen, Lucy.
(meow) What's that? What's what? I heard a cry.
Oh, wait a minute.
Oh, that was Mrs.
Trumbull's cat.
Are you sure? I am, unless Little Ricky's sitting on the windowsill going "meow.
" Come on, sit down, relax.
(nervous chuckle) All right.
Oh, go get your hat and coat.
We're going shopping.
Oh, yeah, I guess it would be better if I got away from here.
Sure.
This is your big day off, remember? Oh, yeah.
I'm just being silly.
I'll go get my things.
Look, Ricky.
(squeaking) Hey, Rick.
(laughing) How about that? Hi! Hi! Oh, hi.
How are you doing? Fine.
Just fine.
Uh, Ethel and I thought we'd go shopping.
Fine.
Good, honey, go ahead.
Uh (toy squeaking) He likes this horseback-riding business, you know? Yeah, what a jockey he'd make.
(Ricky and Fred laugh) Who do you like in the fifth at Santa Anita? (laughing) If you'd rather I didn't go shopping, I don't have to go.
Oh, now, honey, stop being a worrywart.
I'm not a worrywart! Well, you run along, we'll be just fine.
Say good-bye, Mommy.
Okay, bye.
Good-bye, Mommy.
Bye-bye, darling.
Good-bye, Mommy.
Bye-bye, darling.
Say "Bye-bye, Mommy.
" Bye-bye, darling.
Bye-bye, Mommy.
Oh baby.
Yeah.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye, Mommy.
FRED: Hey, Rick.
Bye-bye.
Yeah? What's the matter with this set? Oh, I'll tune it, Fred.
Oh, I can fix it.
No, no, no, no, Fred.
Wait a minute.
I'll do it, I'll do it.
Let me do it, wait, hold it.
No, hold it.
Wait a minute.
This is a very funny thing here.
You got to know how to do it.
FRED: Coming in now.
RICKY: It is? Yeah, that's the game.
There you are.
FRED: Well, get over there, sit down, let's watch it.
This is the big game, yeah.
Oh, kickoff.
Wow, wow, wow, what's he doing?! Well, I'm ready.
I'm sorry I took so long.
I wasn't going to Lucy, you going to look like that all afternoon? Probably.
Now, listen, honey, you got to get used to being separated from your son.
That's part of being a mother.
(sniffles) I don't see why.
Well it just is.
Uh, first, he'll go to school, and then he'll go away to college, and then he'll get married and leave home altogether.
(wailing): Oh no! Oh, don't cry.
He'll come home for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Oh.
That is, if his mother-in-law doesn't mind.
(sobbing): Oh Come on, you'll feel better when we get in the stores.
(sniffles) Well, maybe you're right.
Oh! Oh, Little Ricky! What was he doing in the hall?! That's what I'd like to know! Honey, are you all right? Lucy! Honey What? Your door's open! He must have crawled out and they didn't even miss him! Oh, no! Oh, no, honey, sneak sneak down and close that door.
Okay.
I've got an idea.
(crowd applauding and cheering on TV) I closed the door.
Listen listen, you take care of the baby.
I'm gonna give a certain absent-minded Cuban a lesson he'll never forget.
Okay.
Come on here, darling.
Yes, it's all right, sweetie pie.
Come on, sweetie.
Here we are.
(phone rings) Turn that down a little bit, will you, Fred? Yeah.
Hello.
Oh, hello, dear.
Oh, hi, honey.
Ethel and I were just getting ready to leave and I thought I'd check and see how Little Ricky was.
Oh, honey, stop worrying.
He's fine.
He's just fine.
Oh, is he? Sure, sure.
Uh, well, uh, put him on, dear.
I'd like to say good-bye to him.
Wait a minute! Fred, where's Little Ricky? I don't know.
Look in the bedroom, will you? Little Ricky? Little Ricky! Little Ricky? He's not in there, Rick.
Uh uh Honey, Little busy's Ricky right now.
What's that? Little Ricky's busy right now.
Busy, doing what? He's watching the, the football game with-with his Uncle Fred.
Oh.
Yeah, I'll have him call you right after the game.
Gee, I didn't want to upset Lucy.
Fred, where is he?! Where is he?! I haven't got him! He-he couldn't have left.
The door is closed.
He's got to be in the apartment someplace.
Maybe he's hiding.
Yeah, he's playing hide-and-seek, that's it! Little Ricky! Little Ricky! Little Ricky? Little Ricky! Little Ricky? Olly olly outsenfree! Little Ricky? Little Ricky! Fred, he must have gotten out in the hallway someplace.
I'll go, I'll go get him.
I'll call the police.
Call the police, what for? Well, every time a kid wanders away, you go down and look in the police station, and you find them there eating an ice-cream cone.
Okay, call the police.
Hello-o-o! Hello.
I forgot my gloves.
Oh.
Where's Little Ricky? Uh he-he's taking a nap.
Oh, another nap? He already had one, dear.
I- I-I know, yeah, but his little eyes got very tired watching television, and he wants to take another nap.
Oh, well, maybe I'd better take a look at him, then.
No! Lucy Why not? Uh, uh, uh, well, uh You see, his team lost, and he's pretty upset.
That's right, yeah, his team lost, he's very upset.
Oh, well Yeah.
You-you run along, dear.
No, no, I-I think I'll wait and see him when he wakes up.
I miss him, darling.
Oh.
I'd better go look at the furnace.
Yeah, look at the furnace.
It's cold in here.
Go ahead, Fred.
Good-bye.
He, he, he might sleep for a long time.
He was very tired.
I'll wait.
Oh.
Anything wrong? Wha-Whatcha? Nothing's wrong, everything is fine.
I want to see my baby.
Now, Lucy, wait a minute.
I don't like the way you're acting.
I'll bet he isn't even in there.
Now, honey RICKY: Now, honey, don't be silly.
He couldn't possibly be Aha! Aha.
He's here! I mean, he's here.
Hel-Hel-Hello, son! Hello, sweetheart.
(under breath): How wonderful Uh, uh, come here, come to Mama, darling.
Hello, baby.
Hi, baby.
Hello.
Hi, sweetheart.
Hello, dear.
Hello, Honey.
ETHEL: Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Yeah? He's gone! Who's gone? Uh uh uh, Fred.
I can't find him anywhere.
Here I am! Fred's here.
Hello, son.
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