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Well, good morning there. Good morning.

Lucy. Huh?

I know you must have a very good reason, but you just dropped two cups of coffee

out of the window, didn't you?

Oh, no. I gave it to the painters down at Scaffold out there.

Oh, I forgot I paint in the building.

How about some breakfast for a non -painter? Yes, sir. Coming right up.

Hello, Mrs. Foster.

This is Ricky Ricardo.

Oh, good morning. How are you? Fine, thank you. Is Bill home? No, Bill's gone

out of town for a few days.

Oh, I see.

Well, look, I might as well tell you, Monday is our wedding anniversary.

Oh? And I want to get Lucy some real pearls.

And, well,

they're so darn expensive, you know.

And Bill told me that you work at Joseph Jewelry Company.

And, well, sometimes they give the employees the discount.

And I thought that maybe... I can serve you 20%. 20 %?

All right, Sam.

Yeah, that's right, Sam.

How do you want your eggs, scrambled or fried? Sam. I'll talk to you later,

Scramble.

Scramble. Did Lucy just come in?

That's right, Sam.

Well, look.

Why don't you come down to my apartment and we'll talk about it?

I'll be here for another half hour.

Okay, I'll do that, Sam.

Goodbye, Sam.

See you later.

Who was that?

Uh, Sam.

He plays the tuba.

He's a tuba player, you know?

Oh.

Scramble.

to Ricky for a reason.

I don't get it.

Well, now, suppose you were my husband and I served you rice for breakfast,

would you think?

I think I'd eat at the drugstore from now on.

The rice is a symbol. It means something.

Oh, you want him to stop by the Chinese laundry.

No, day after tomorrow is our wedding anniversary.

Oh, the rice is just a subtle reminder, huh? And if the rice doesn't get to him,

I have a lot of other things planned.

I have the date on the calendar circled, see?

Well, that's subtle.

And I left my wedding ring by his plate.

Lucy, did you ever think of saying, Ricky, day after tomorrow is our wedding

anniversary? Oh, I wouldn't say a thing like that. If he can't think of this by

himself, I'm just not interested.

Well, I can't stay and watch this tender little scene.

Let me know how you make out, okay?

Sure does.

Makes me think of when I was a little boy in Cuba.

We used to eat rice for breakfast all the time.

Sweet of you to think about it, honey.

Oh, that's all right.

Honey, what day is it?

Saturday. Why?

Are you sure?

Well, now, let me see.

Yesterday was Friday.

I know tomorrow is Sunday.

Friday, Saturday, yeah.

Saturday.

Well, I'm not sure. I better check.

Oh, yeah, it's Saturday, all right. Well, I'm glad that's settled.

Oh, look, there's a big red circle around Monday. I wonder what that's for.

Monday, huh?

Yeah. Can you think of anything important that happens on that day?

Honey, that little ring means a lot to you, doesn't it? It sure does, honey.

Cost me 50 bucks.

Nobody down in our apartment. Are you sure he's looking for me?

Sure, that's what he said.

Well, maybe he's looking for me up on the roof.

Why don't you sit down and have a cup of coffee? He's got to come back.

No, thanks. I'll find him.

Well, he couldn't have said more than a couple of words.

Oh, well, you know, he's busy with the painting and the stuff, you know, so I

told him I'd talk to him tonight.

See you later.

Bye. Listen, Ricky, you know, that isn't the garbage collection, Jay.

No, I wish I could figure out what that's circled for.

Look at that date again. Are you sure that doesn't mean anything to you?

No.

Hey, Lucy, I can't find that guy anyplace.

Who are you looking for now?

Ricky. Ricky, you were just talking to him. I was not.

Fred, what's the matter with you? Ricky just went out the front door and said he

was talking to you a minute ago.

Just talked to me?

Yeah. Well, I better catch him. Why?

Because one of us has cracked his crack.

No. Yeah, why would Ricky make up a story like that?

Where do you suppose he really was?

Um, I gotta go, Lucy. Goodbye.

Ethel, what's the matter with you?

What do you know? Look me in the eye.

Ethel? Look me in the eye.

You know something, don't you?

Who, me?

No, I don't know anything.

Ethel? Now, Lucy.

Ethel? Oh,

Lucy, I wasn't going to tell you, but...

So, Ricky coming out of... Now, I know he's got a reason. I know there's a good

explanation.

But where do you suppose Ricky was when he told you he was downstairs talking

with Fred?

Where? In the Foster's apartment.

So what? Why wouldn't he want me to know he was talking to Bill Foster?

Well, there's no reason except that Bill Foster's out of town.

So, Bill Foster's out of town. I still don't know why he wouldn't want me...

conclusions. I trust Ricky.

That's good.

If Bill Foster's out of town and Grace Foster stayed here and Ricky said he was

going down to talk to Fred and he went to Grace Foster's apartment instead, he

must have a good, simple, logical explanation for it.

Oh, Lucy, you sure are sensible.

You got a better figure.

You got much more personality.

As a matter of fact, Grace Foster hasn't got anything that you haven't got.

You'll find your life will begin the very moment you're in

Argentina. Yeah!

If you're romantic, senor, then you will surely adore Argentina.

You'll be as gay as can be if you will learn to see sea like a Latin.

Oh, mister, soon as you learn, then you will never return.

When you hear yo te amo, you'll want to kiss and then kiss.

If teacher say mañana, he's yet to let you know you're going to meet a

girl.

I'll bet an old casa nieta you will never forget Argentina.

Yeah!

For there are rumbas and tangos to tickle your spine.

When I was in the office before, some dame called.

She says her name is Grace Foster.

What are you whispering about? That's business.

Yeah? Yeah. What kind of business?

She says she can't come down to the club tonight and she wants you to go up to

her apartment.

She says she'll phone you when the coast is clear.

Well, look, I can tell you what it's all about, but it is business.

Business, huh?

I've been looking for you since yesterday morning. What did you want?

What do you mean, what do I want?

Well, Lucy told me you wanted to see me. What do you want?

Oh.

Well, I wasn't really looking for you, Fred.

I wanted to go down and see Grace Buster.

And I used you as an excuse.

Oh, yeah?

No, not oh, yeah.

Monday's our wedding anniversary.

Tomorrow? Yeah.

I want to get Lucy some real pearls.

And Grace is going to get them for me at a discount.

I'm waiting for her to call me right now. Ah, too bad.

I thought maybe something exciting was going to happen around here for once.

Lucy thinks that I've forgotten that it's our wedding anniversary and she's

real grumpy.

Yeah, just forget an anniversary and they grump right up.

She won't even speak to me. No?

That's what I want you to do, Fred. Don't worry, I'll look after it, Rick.

you, man.

you folks later.

Hello? Hello, Ricky. This is Grace. Can you talk?

Oh, hello, Sam.

Yeah, that's right, Sam.

Oh, uh, she left the room. I can talk now. I brought home a whole selection of

pearls. for you to choose from.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Does Lucy suspect anything yet?

No, not a cent.

Oh, it would be terrible if she found out what we're up to. Oh, yeah, it'd be

awful. Yeah.

Well, don't you worry.

I think we got her completely fooled. When can you come down?

I'll be down right away.

was going to let me go like this, he'd at least give me a gold watch.

Or a letter of recommendation.

Gee, Ricky and Grace Foster.

I gotta see what's going on in that apartment right now. How can I do it?

Gee, that's a tough one.

You could hang me by my heels and lower me out the window.

way we can see what's going... Hey, wait a minute.

Why do we have to see?

We still have ears, don't we? The furnace pipe. The furnace pipe. The

friend. Let's go.

Come on.

Here's a nice set. How do you like these?

Oh, these are beautiful.

Yeah, I'll take this.

Oh, why don't you look at the rest?

is full all right here's one with three strands i'll just slip them on so you

can see what they look like oh those are real pretty i'll take those oh wait a

minute we've got lots more to look at all right you know furnace

4B is coming in good and clear. Where's 2A?

Come in, 2A. Come in, 2A.

Over.

Stand over here by the window, Gray, so I can see you better.

Well?

That's the most beautiful sight I've ever seen.

He always tells me to get away from the window. He says I'm standing in his

light.

I've always heard you Cubans were great flatterers.

Grace, let's open up another cave.

Okay.

They're up there drinking.

You certainly know how to give expensive presents, Ricky.

Oh, well, what's money?

After all, these are for the sweetest, most wonderful woman in the whole world.

Oh, what a guy.

Grace, you should be wonderful.

And I finally made up my mind. You have?

Yeah. It's a tough choice to have to make.

But the one for me is...

Oh, you better look at them both again. After all, if you're going to spend that

much money, you want to be sure.

I'll try these on for you. Okay, thank you.

What's the matter?

Oh, will you help me get these unfastened, Ricky? Sure.

What are you doing in here?

What are you doing in Grace Foster's apartment when her husband's out of

Well, you both got the same story.

Now, listen, Lucy.

Well, Grace, I guess we might as well tell her the whole truth.

I'm afraid so.

Yeah.

Lucy, this is going to be a...

shot to you.

Well?

Well, you know Grace works at Joseph Jewelry Company.

And you know how valuable pearls are.

Real pearls.

Well, she took all these pearls from the store.

Thousands of dollars worth.

There's enough in there for two people to run away to Mexico and live there for

the rest of their lives.

You mean...

Grace and I finally decided that these are the pearls that I should buy you for

your anniversary.

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