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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?

Please, please. Please, please, don't get excited.

Don't worry. I'll know when it's time to leave for the hospital.

Honey, I think we'd better go now. Ricky, just relax, dear. There's plenty

time.

Now, just relax.

Is there anything I can get you? No, dear, not a thing.

Are you sure you're all right?

Yes, honey, I'm fine. 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're going to have a baby? Yeah.

They can get along without me for one night.

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're 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 wearing.

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

eat for a while.

Oh, honey, I 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 go to the club.

Hey, honey, would you do something for me?

Anything, dear. What is it?

Well, look, I don't have to be at the club until 8 o 'clock.

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 till 9 o 'clock.

I can get there in 50 minutes. 50 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?

Get me something to drink.

Okay, honey, sure.

Oh, what would you like?

Oh, a 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.

It's a door.

Hi, Rick. Oh, hi, hi.

Hi, folks. Hi, a friend. Hi, Lucy. Hi.

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?

Lucy's due to leave for the hospital in a 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 get a little excited or something.

What? 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

about.

Christopher, when you get the signal, everything should go like clockwork. I

don't want to lose a minute getting you to the hospital. Oh, that's a wonderful

idea, Ricky. Now, Ricky, Ricky, Ricky, 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?

Look, you split it up any way you want. I'm going to go lie down.

All right, honey. I think it's a good idea. You need your rest. Here, I'll

you there.

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.

Now, listen here. I'll tell you how we ought to do this. 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 now.

First of all, one of us has to call... Call the doctor.

Who's going to do that? I'll do that.

Okay. As soon as we get the signal, you rush to the phone.

Okay. All right.

Now, you carry the suitcase.

Right.

I'll look after Lucy.

I'll get her coat, see that she gets downstairs all right, and we'll hail a

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.

Goodbye.

Hey, that was pretty good. We did that in a few seconds. Well, now 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've got to keep calm. Good. Get right. Put that over there so we can

start right. Get it over there.

Get it all where it was at the beginning now. Right. Go back over there. Right.

Are you ready?

Yeah. Okay.

Now, Lucy comes out of the room and she says, The time has come.

We're leaving for the hospital with Mrs. Ricardo now.

Goodbye.

Hey, that was even better than before.

Yeah, that was wonderful.

Okay, now we know what to do. Now let's put this stuff right where it was so we

know where everything is. Now all we have to do is just wait. That was fine,

kids. That was wonderful.

Tomorrow night at this time, I'm going to be a father.

Yes, sir.

I'm going to be a godfather.

And I'm going to be a godmother.

Uh -huh.

Ricky, this is it. This is it.

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?

Please, I'll take care of it.

I'm fine. Really, I'm fine.

I just got a little dizzy in the cab.

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... Harris,

Dr. Joe Harris.

Yeah, Dr. Harris, Joe Harris.

And that's reserved under the name of Mrs.? Mrs., uh... Mrs., um...

Ricardo, dear.

Ricardo, dear.

Edna, what is your address?

623 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 will have to say goodbye to your wife down here. You're not allowed

upstairs.

to be right here.

You just take it easy.

Okay, I'll take it easy.

Gee, I only have 45 minutes. I'll have to hurry.

You take good care of him now.

you go to the father's waiting room, would you like to give us a check?

A deposit.

Money.

Oh, money, yes.

Oh, I brought my checkbook. Yes, right here.

I have my pen.

My wife is going to have a baby.

Oh.

Are you expecting?

Yep.

You don't seem very excited.

Nope.

Is this your first?

Six. Oh.

All girls.

What's the matter?

I forgot my makeup.

Well, you look all right to me.

No, it's the stage makeup.

I wear a very heavy makeup for a number I do at the club.

Oh. What are you, a singer?

Yes, sir. Yes.

You ever been to the Tropicana?

No. Are we allowed to use that phone?

Yeah, go right ahead.

Thank you.

It has no dial here. 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 would like circle 12099, please.

Thank you.

Oh, hello, Fred.

No, Fred.

Fred. Fred, no. Relax, Fred. Calm down.

Fred, take it easy, will you?

Fred. No, Fred. He's not here yet.

No, listen, Fred.

Will you do me a favor? I forgot my makeup kit.

Yes, you know, for the voodoo number down at the club.

The voodoo number.

Voodoo. V -O -O -D -O -O. Voodoo.

That's right, Fred.

Will you bring it over to me?

I'm at the hospital.

In the waiting father's room.

All right.

Thank you, Fred.

Bye.

Here's the makeup, Rick. Oh, hi. 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.

See, I only got a couple more minutes. I wish you 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 waiting for his seventh child.

He had six old girls.

No kidding.

Yeah.

Six girls, huh?

Yeah.

Mr. Stanley.

Yes? Well?

We have a surprise for you this time.

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.

Any word from Lucy?

Nothing. Not a thing.

Oh, Tony.

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'll give you more time to wait here. I'll get the taxi. All right, Fred.

Thank you.

Now, don't you worry about a thing. I'll call you at the club and let you know

everything that happens.

You're a real pal. 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.

He's here?

I'll be right there, Fred.

Play something.

Play something.

I'm a father. I'm a father.

Hey, what is it? A boy or a girl?

I forgot to ask.

I thought you were a boy.

Fred. Fred.

Oh, thank heaven you're back.

This is too much responsibility for me.

Fred, Fred. Fred, how's Lucy? Oh, she's great.

But I'm a wreck.

Now, from now on, you can have your babies alone.

Now, listen, Fred, Fred, I forgot to ask you, Fred, what is it?

It's a, it's a... Fred, Fred!

down at the club when they called me that my wife just had the baby. Now let

out of this thing. Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Ricardo.

All right.

Mr. Ricardo?

This is Mr. Ricardo. Yes.

They're bringing your little boy to the window.

Boy, you hear that? I had a...

They wouldn't.

Mr. Stanley was played by Charlie Lane.

Others in the cast were Peggy Ray, Adele Longmire, Ruth Parrott, Barbara Pepper,

Hazel Pierce, Bennett Green, Marty Reel, Ralph Montgomery, and William Hamill.

of Lucy is a Desilu production.

This is the CBS television network.