"(I Love Lucy theme music plays)" "(theme song ending)" "Nah!" "Ricky?" "I can't figure out which kind of makeup to use for that show tonight." "Ricky, I just called the doctor." "You did?" "Why?" "Oh, I feel sort of funny." "Oh?" "What did he say?" "He said it might be any time now." "Oh, that's nice, honey." "We can always..." "Any time now?" "!" "Now, honey, please, please, please don't get excited." "Don't worry, l-l'll know when it's time to leave for the hospital." "Now, honey, I-l think we better go now." "Now-now-now Ricky, just relax, dear." "There's plenty of time." "Now, just relax." "(sighs) ls there anything I can get you?" "No, dear, not a thing." "Are you sure you're all right?" "Yes, honey." "I'm fine." "Now-now, you just sit down and relax." "Huh?" "Look, now, Ricky." "It may be hours, may be days." "Why don't you go down to the club?" "Go down to the club when you going to have a baby?" " Yeah." "They can get along without me for one night." "Oh, but not on opening night." "This is a brand-new show." "Oh, I forgot all about that." "How do you like that?" "Opening a show on the night that you going to have a baby." "What lousy planning." "Well, I don't care." "I'm going to stay right here with you." "Now, Ricky, be sensible." "The doctor will be there." "I'll have the best of care." "You can't be in where I am anyway." "All you can do is just sit there and worry." "I know, I know, but I want you to know that I am sitting there worrying." "I want you to feel that I'm near." "Well, I'd like to feel that you're near, too, but I don't want you to lose your job." "I'd like to feel that the baby's going to eat for a while." "Oh, honey, I-l don't..." "Now, Ricky, it's the only sensible thing to do." "I insist that you go to the club." "All right, honey." "If that's what you want me to do," "I'll..." "I'll go to the club." "(sighs)" "Hey, honey, will you do something for me?" "Anything, dear." "What is it?" "Well, look, I don't have to be at the club until 8:00." "Mm-hmm." "That gives you three and a half hours." "I'll do the best I can." "As a matter of fact, you know," "I don't go on stage until 9:00." "I can get there in 15 minutes." "15 minutes to make up-- you can have till 8:30." "Thank you." "Ricky...?" "Hey, is it time?" "No." "Now, honey, calm down, or you're going to fall apart." "Why don't you do something?" "Do something." "Okay." "What am I going to do?" "Uh, get me something to drink." "Okay, honey." "Sure." "Uh, what would you like?" "Oh, glass of milk." "A glass of milk?" "Okay." "Would you like something else, baby?" "Oh, some cookies." "Cookies." "That'd be nice." "Okay." "Now, don't go anyplace." "I'll be right back." "Stay right there." "Hello, Ethel." "Ethel, will you do me a favor?" "Could you and Fred come up here for a few minutes?" "Well, the doctor said it would be any minute now and Ricky's driving me crazy." "Yeah, he keeps staring at me like I'm going to explode any minute." "Yeah, well, come up and treat the whole thing very casually, will you?" "Okay." "Bye-bye" "Oh, thank you, dear." "There you are, honey." "Cookie?" "Uh-huh." "(doorbell ringing)" "Hello?" "Honey, it's the door." "Oh." " Hi, Ricky." " Oh, hi." "Hi." "Hi, folks." "Hiya, Fred." " Hi." " Hi, Lucy." "We weren't doing anything, so we thought we'd just come up and see how you are." "Well, what a nice surprise." "Well, what's new?" "Uh, Lucy's due to leave for the hospital any minute." "Oh, that's nice." "I guess you didn't hear what I said." "The baby's due any minute-- right now, maybe this very second." "Oh." "What else is new?" "Fred, did you hear what I said?" "The baby's due any minute." "What's so amazing about that?" "You knew it would happen sooner or later." "I would think you'd get a little excited or something." "Why?" "It's a perfectly natural thing." "Sure." "Babies are born every day." "You see, dear?" "The Mertzes don't get excited." "There's nothing to get upset... upset about." "Is it really due any minute?" "!" "How do you feel?" "!" "Are you sure you're all right?" "I think we ought to have a rehearsal!" "A rehearsal?" "For what?" "A rehearsal for when you get the signal." "Everything should go like clockwork." "I don't want to lose a minute getting you to the hospital." " She's right." "She's right." "Oh, that's a wonderful idea, Ricky." " Yeah." " Now, Ricky, Ricky, Ricky" "T-There's no problem, dear." "The room is reserved at the hospital." "The doctor's number is right here by the phone." "My suitcase is all packed." "All we have to do is go downstairs, get a cab, and go." "I know, I know, but who's going to call the doctor?" "Who's going to carry the suitcase?" "Who's going to hail the cab?" "That's what we got to rehearse." "(all talking at once)" "(whistling)" "Hold it." "Hold it, group." "Look, you-you split it up any way you want." "I'm going to go lie down." "All right, honey." "I think that's a good idea." "You need your rest." "Here." "I'll help you in." "That's nice." "Come on, honey." "Don't you worry about anything, now." "No." "I won't." "You leave everything to us, honey." "Okay." "Take it easy." "Ricky, it seems to me..." "Now, listen, I'll tell you how we ought to do this..." "Now, wait a, wait a, now wait a minute, wait a minute." "I'm in charge of this thing." "After all, I'm the baby's father." "Take over, captain." "All right." "Now, let's see." "First of all, one of us has to call the doctor." " Who's going to do that?" "l'll do that." "Okay." "Soon as we get the signal, you rush to the phone." "Okay." "All right." "Now, you carry the suitcase." " Right." "l'll look after Lucy." "I'll get her coat, see that she gets downstairs all right, and we'll hail a cab." "Now, let's rehearse." " Okay." " Good." "Okay." "Let's go." "Now, let's make believe that Lucy just came out of the bedroom." "See?" "And she comes out of the bedroom and she says, "The time has come."" "Go!" "Hello, Dr. Harris." "We're leaving for the hospital with Mrs. Ricardo now." "Good-bye." "Hey, that was pretty good." "We did that in a few seconds." " Fine." " Let's do it again so we'll have everything perfect." " Okay." "Now, the main thing is to be calm so we don't get Lucy excited." "That's right." "We got to keep calm." " Good." "Yeah, right, put that over there, Fred," "so we can start right now." " Get it over there..." "Get it over where it was at the beginning, now, all right?" " Go back over there, now." " Right." "Are you ready?" "Yep." "Yep." "Okay." "Now, Lucy comes out of the room and she says," ""The time has come."" "Go!" "Hello, Dr. Harris." "We're leaving for the hospital with Mrs. Ricardo now." "Good-bye." "Hey, that was even better than before." " Great!" " Sure it was!" "Yeah, that was wonderful." "Well organized." "Okay, now we know what to do." "Now, let's put this stuff right where it was so we know where everything is." "ETHEL:" "Now all we have to do is just wait." "That was fine, kids." "That's wonderful." "All righty." "Just think-- tomorrow night at this time," "I'm going to be a father." "Yes, sir, and I'm going to be a godfather." "And I'm going to be a godmother." "Uh-huh." "Ricky, this is it." "This is...?" "ALL:" "This is it!" "Let's go!" "Come on!" "Let's get going!" "Somebody ought to call the doctor." "Call the doctor!" "No." "That's my job!" "That's my job!" "You get the suitcase!" "The suitcase!" "The suitcase!" "I got it, Fred!" "We got to get the suitcase!" "We have to hurry, Ricky!" "We have to hurry, she says!" "Oh!" "The line is busy!" " Ricky, the line's busy!" " The line is busy!" "(all muttering nervously)" "Somebody better put me in a cab" "and then you call Dr. Harris." " Go!" "Go get a cab!" "Go get a cab!" " Go get a cab!" " Go get a cab!" "BOTH:" "I'll get the cab." "Hey!" "Wait for me!" "Lucy!" "Lucy, this is no time to play games!" "Where are you, Lucy?" "!" " Go get her coat!" " Get her coat!" "Ricky, get her coat!" "Ricky, get her coat!" " Her coat!" " Her coat!" "Get her coat." " My bag." " Don't worry about a thing..." "Here you are, honey!" "Here you are!" "(all talking frantically at once)" "Don't put the coat on me." "Put the coat on her!" "Here, honey!" "There you are, honey." "My suitcase!" " Her suitcase!" "l'll get it!" "I'll get it!" "I'll get it." "Another maternity case coming in." "Are you sure you're all right?" "I'm all right, I'm all right." "I just got a little dizzy, that's all." "Now, would you like to answer a few questions for me?" "Uh, what are they?" "Honey, please, I'll take care of it." "I'm fine." "Really, I'm fine." "L-I just got a little dizzy in the cab." "I see, I see." "Must have been something I ate, that's all." "Has your doctor reserved a room?" "Oh, yeah, sure." "Yes, it was Dr., uh... uh..." "Harris, Dr. Joe Harris." "Yeah, Dr. Harris, Joe Harris." "And, uh, that's reserved under the name of Mrs...?" "Mrs., uh..., Mrs., uh..." " Ricardo, dear." " Ricardo, dear." "And what is your address?" "Uh, 623 East 68th Street." "Now, let's see, is there any more information I need?" "She's going to have a baby." "Yes, I sense that." "Will you please take Mrs. Ricardo to room 354?" "Oh, you'll have to say good-bye to your wife down here." "You're not allowed upstairs." "Now, uh, I-I'm going to be right here." "You-You just take it izzy." "Okay, I'll take a tizzy." "Gee, I only have 45 minutes." "I'll have to hurry." "You take good care of him, now." "NURSE:" "Before you go to the father's waiting room, would you like to give us a check?" "What?" "A deposit." "Money." "Oh... oh, money, yes." "Oh, I-l brought my checkbook, yes, right here." "I have my pen." "(clears throat)" "My wife is going to have a baby." "Oh." "Are you expecting?" "Yup." "You don't seem very excited." "Nope." "Is this your first?" "My last." "Y-You have other children?" "Six." "Oh." "All girls." "Oh, darn it." "What's the matter?" "I forgot my makeup." "Well, you... you look all right to me." "No, it's, uh, stage makeup." "I wear a very heavy makeup for a number I do at the club." "Oh, oh." "What are you, a singer?" "Yes, sir." "Yes." "You have been to the Tropicana?" "No." "Oh." "Oh... um, are we allowed to use that phone?" "Yeah, go right ahead." "Thank you." "It has no dial here." "H-how do you get your number?" "Just tell the girl." "She'll give you the number." "Thank you very much." "Hello?" "This is Mr. Ricardo." "Yes, I-l, I would like Circle 1-2099, please." "Thank you." "Oh, hello, Fred." "No, Fred..." "Fred..." "Fred, no." "Relax, Fred." "Calm down." "Fred, take it easy, will you?" "Fred..." "No, Fred, it's not here yet." "No, listen, Fred, will you do me a favor?" "I forgot my makeup kit." "Yes, you know, for the woodoo number down at the club." "The woodoo number." "Woodoo" " V-O-O-D-O-O, woodoo." "That's right, Fred." "Will you bring it over to me?" "I'm at the hospital." "In the waiting father's room." "That's right." "All right, thank you, Fred." "Bye." "Here's the makeup, Rick." "Oh, thank you, Fred." "Any news yet?" "No, no news." "Boy, this waiting is killing me." "Well, it's not so easy on us godparents waiting at home either." "Gee, I only got a couple of more minutes." "I wish she'd hurry." "What can you do?" "Hey, I know how I can save some time." "I can put my makeup on in here." "That's a good idea." "Yeah, that's what I'll do." " Yeah." "Oh, listen, Fred, that's Mr. Stanley." "He's, uh... he's waiting for his seventh child." "He has six... all girls." " No kidding." " Yeah." "(chuckles)" "Six girls, huh?" "Yeah." "Mr. Stanley." "Yes?" "Well?" "We have a surprise for you this time." "I knew it!" "I knew it!" "It's a boy!" " Congratulations!" " It's a boy!" "I finally made it!" "Well, it's not a boy." "It's not a boy?" "You mean, I've got seven girls?" "No." "No?" "Come over here." "Triplets." "Nine girls." "Well, you can always plan on a girls' softball team." "(chuckles)" "(screams)" "Fred, it's Ricky." "Ricky!" "It's me!" "Oh." "Oh..." "Oh." "(laughs)" "Pretty frightening, huh?" "Oh, I'll say." "Listen, any word from Lucy?" "Nothing." "Not a thing." "Oh, darn it." "I'm going to have to leave, Fred." "I just barely have enough time to get a taxi and get down to the club." "No, no, no, no." "I'll get the taxi." "That will give you more time to wait here." "I'll get the taxi." "All right, Fred." "Thank you." "Cab's waiting, Rick." "Oh, thank you, Fred." "Now, don't you worry about a thing." "I'll call you at the club and let you know everything that happens." "Ah, you're a real pal, Fred." "And I think I'll call Ethel, too, and have her come down and wait with me." "Okay, Fred." "He was right in here a minute ago." "Well, he's not here now." "If he's in the hospital, we'll find him." "Come on." "♪ Day-a ♪" "♪ Day-a ♪" "♪ Day-a ♪" "♪ Day-a ♪" "♪ Oye-oye-oye-oye-Oye ♪" "♪ Oye-oye-oye-oye-oye a'" "♪ Day-a ♪" "♪ Day-a ♪" "♪ Go-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪" "♪ Go-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪" "♪ Go-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪" "♪ Go-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪" "♪ Wari-la ♪" "Oh!" "Hello?" "Hello, Fred?" "It's here?" "Yippee!" "I'll be right there, Fred." "Play something, play something!" "Hey, I'm a father, I'm a father!" "(all clamoring)" "MAN:" "Hey, what is it, a boy or a girl?" "I forgot to ask." "I'll tell you later." "Play!" "Fred, Fred!" "Oh, thank heavens you're back." "This is too much responsibility for me." "Listen, Fred, Fred, how's Lucy?" "Oh, she's great, but I'm a wreck." "From now on, you're going to have your babies alone." "Ah, listen, Fred, Fred, I forgot to ask you." "What is it?" "It's a... it's a..." "Fred, Fred!" "Fred!" "Tell me what is it?" "Fred!" "Fred, tell me..." "Fred!" "What is it?" "What?" "!" "We got here just in time." "Come on, let me out of here!" "You crazy?" "!" " What's going on here?" " Come on!" "Oh, Ethel, tell them it's me, Ricky!" "Tell them who I am, will you?" "That's Ricky Ricardo, the orchestra leader." "Fred?" "!" "What have you done to Fred?" "What are you doing in that outfit?" "I was doing a show down at the club when they called me that my wife just had the baby." " Now let me out of this thing." " Oh, we're sorry, Mr. Ricardo." "RICKY:" "All right." "Mr. Ricardo?" " This is Mr. Ricardo." " Yes?" "Uh, they're... bringing..." "your..." "little... boy to the window." "A boy." "You hear that, I had a boy." "(excited yelling)" "Come on, Fred!" "Let's go see him." "Yeah, let's go see him." "Coochie, coochie, coochie, coochie..." "Ethel, Fred..." "help me, will you?" "Aw..." "(I Love Lucy theme music plays)" "ANNOUNCER:" "Mr. Stanley was played by Charlie Lane." "Others in the cast were Peggy Rea, Adele Longmire," "Ruth Perrott, Barbara Pepper, Hazel Pierce, Bennett Green," "Marty Real, Ralph Montgomery, and William Hamel." "I Love Lucy is a Desilu Production."