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Oh, brother, am I beat.

Well, what a sale, huh?

These little piggies may never go to market again.

Wouldn't you know I wouldn't be able to find anything and you've got the cutest

dress in town.

Truthfully, Ethel, isn't this the biggest bargain you've ever seen?

Absolutely. Oh, of course, now it's a question of how to get Ricky to let me

keep it. Oh, you'll have to... to let you keep it. You got it at sale. They

won't take it back.

Yeah, well, that's the gamble I'm taking. I have to get Ricky to say that

keep it without letting him know that even if he says I can't keep it, I'll

to keep it because the store will make me keep it anyway.

Well, that ought to confuse him enough.

Oh, I guess I'll be able to smooch him into it. Sure.

Well, I'll just get this out of his sight till I get him good and mellow and

then I'll spring it on him.

Well, I guess I'll go down and smooch Brad and see if I can talk him into

letting me keep this.

Take off your coat, honey.

Are your feet wet?

No. Well, sit down, darling. You must be awfully tired. Put the tootsies up.

That's a boy.

There you are. Oh, you great, big, handsome husband, you.

Lucy.

Yes, dear? What have you done?

Nothing. I'm just glad that I had the cutest, sweetest, most wonderful husband

in the whole wide world.

Kiss me.

You have something to tell me.

What is it?

Well, I don't think you're ready for it yet.

I know you bought something.

Boy, am I losing my touch.

How much is it going to cost me?

How much is it going to cost me?

Isn't this the cutest thing you've ever seen?

How much?

Notice the full skirt and the sensational neckline?

How much? Isn't it a divine color? How much?

Of course, I have to shorten it a little. How much?

About two and a half inches.

I'll have that done tomorrow. Let me see that.

Let me see that.

That means you like it, doesn't it? Now, Lucy, you don't need that dress. You

got plenty of clothes.

No, I haven't. I looked in my closet this morning, and you know what?

I haven't a thing to wear.

Well, I haven't. Honey, you got a closet full of clothes. Well, all my friends

have seen me in them.

Well, then get yourself a new set of friends.

Very funny.

Look, honey, I'm not going to pay for that dress.

Then I will.

All right, you pay for it. I'm not going to stand here and argue.

I got to get dressed to go to the show.

She's going to pay for it.

I have an ascent to air.

wife, if you are going to send me out into the world of business to earn my

money, you can just treat me like a fellow businessman.

All right, fellow businessman.

Hey, pardon me, will you pass the sugar, mister?

Any good jobs open, Mac?

Lots of them. I just have to take my choice.

Stenographer? Nah.

Bookkeeper? Nah.

Cook? No.

Lady wrestler?

Oh,

this is terribly unfair.

What? Well, apparently you can't get a job in this town unless you can do

something.

Yeah, how about that?

Well, goodbye, fellow.

Goodbye.

Oh, listen, honey, I won't be home till late tonight. Jerry had me booking some

charity affair or something. Okay.

I'll see you later. Bye.

Bye.

Good morning, Lucy.

Hi.

Well, how'd you make out last night? Did you get to keep the dress?

I can keep it if I pay for it. I'm going to get a job.

Job?

nasty about it. There's a lot of things in here that I can do.

What, for instance?

Well, I could be a... Well,

I could... I could be a babysitter.

Yeah? Fifty cents an hour.

See, it's disgusting.

The measly wages they pay babysitters.

But that rate, it'd take you a year to pay for that dress.

Look at that.

Babysitter, fifty cents an hour.

Babysitter, fifty cents an hour.

Babysitter, fifty dollars... Five dollars an hour?

Oh, that must be a misprint. No, it isn't. Right there.

Babysitter, $5 an hour.

I'm going to call up and see if that's right.

Susquehanna 7.

Listen, Lucy, if they're willing to pay $5 an hour for a babysitter, there's a

catch in it someplace.

I don't care.

Wonder what kind of a baby it could be.

Listen, for $5 an hour, I'll sit with a baby gorilla.

Hello?

Hello, I'm calling about your ad in the paper.

$5 an hour. for babysitting, is that correct?

Well, why do you pay so much?

I mean, what kind of a baby is it?

A little boy.

A little boy what?

I mean, is it human?

What is it? It's all right, it's just a little boy.

There's something fishy.

Yes, yes, yes, you can bring him around this afternoon.

The name is Mrs. Ricardo, 623 East 68th Street.

About 2 o 'clock?

Fine.

All right, goodbye.

Just think, Ethel, if she leaves him here four hours this afternoon, I'll

$20. If you're still alive.

Oh, don't be so pessimistic. It's just a little boy.

Now, what do you think I better have ready for him when he gets here?

A little girl.

Come in, please. Thank you. This must be your little boy.

Yes, this is our little Jimmy.

Hello, Jimmy.

Want me to help you up with your... I can take it off myself.

What's the matter, Jimmy?

Don't you like me? I like you.

We're going to have lots of fun together today now, aren't we? Oh, brother.

Well, I'll... running along now and leave Jimmy with you.

I'm due at the hairdresser.

We're going to be in a show this evening. Oh, really?

Well, it's just an amateur contest that our club is giving. It's for charity.

I'm hungry! Oh, Jimmy, dear, your mother is talking. I'm hungry! I'm hungry!

Oh!

Well,

I'll leave you two alone and I'll be back. back about five o 'clock. I'm sure

we'll be all right.

Now, Jimmy, you behave.

Yeah.

Oh, all these lovely things.

Well, goodbye.

Goodbye.

Hey, I said I was hungry. All right, all right. Yeah, cookies and milk in the

kitchen. Come on.

Right over there.

Cookies, Jimmy?

Yeah. Help yourself.

Here, Elmer. Eat that.

What do you have in there?

It's my pet frog, Elmer. Oh, well, put that thing away. How can you carry

something like that around with you?

for me will be it. I'll play games with you. Now go ahead.

Well, here I am. Game time.

Well, I've invited for you. What took you so long?

Well, what game would you like to play?

Who wants to play games?

I'm hungry.

Hungry? How could you possibly be hungry?

those dirty hands.

Oh, you go wash your hands.

I don't want to. You go into the living room, into the bathroom and wash your

hands. Now go on.

I

said

go wash your hands.

What for? They're clean.

What kind of a nitwit do you think I am? I don't know. What kind are you?

Well, they're clean. I don't know how you did it so fast.

But come on.

What kind of a game do you want to play?

I guess I can face anything.

enough for it.

place with the boys at the amateur contest tonight.

What? If you win, I'll let you keep the prize money.

A hundred dollars.

A hundred dollars?

Well... Oh, thank you, Mrs.

Ricardo.

I don't... Hello?

Hello?

Okay, boys.

Meet the new partner in your act. You're going to do that instead of mom?

Yeah, but I have a hunch I'd be better off if I just let you burn me at the

stake.

the guitar with her feet.

Well, I'll try playing the guitar with my hands.

She probably does better with her feet.

Are you ready, girls?

Here we go.

Oh, this is a song, a brand new ballad. It's called I'm Breaking My Back,

Putting Up a Front for You.

A one, a two.

I'm breaking my back, putting up a front for you.

I bought an aeroplane, it's just for kicks. It holds twice as many passengers

as a DC -6. I'm breaking my back, putting up a front for you.

Oh, say, my heart goes bang, babe, when I look at you, sister, I'm

gone.

the hang, babe, if my bank account's overdrawn.

I'm getting pedicures and manicures just ever since I took a

look at that fan of yours.

Breaking my back, putting up a front.

Yeah, let's hear it, boys. Let's hear it.

I own a

private train.

I got a French valet, a Camp D .A.,

a very famous movie star is my upstairs maid.

Breaking my back, putting up the front for you. Are you for ya?

When I look at you, sister, I choke.

Who gives a hang, babe? I'm a Cuban who's got to go broke.

I bought a diamond ring worth 20 grand. But I would classily trade

it in for a wedding band.

I'm breaking my back, putting up a front for you.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

And now, the last contestant of the evening is Mrs.

Hudson and the twins.

Are you ready?

Let's see. Oh, this is your music? Okay.

They are going to do Ragtime Cowboy Joe.

There you are.

Ragtime Cowboy Joe, Mrs. Hudson and the twins.

of Lucy is a Dazzy Lou production.