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You children in the New York area.

Superman will be making personal appearances this week at Macy's

Store. Check your local paper for all details.

Okay, Superman Jr., time to go to bed.

Oh, no, Mommy.

Come on now, honey. Superman's going to bed. He always goes to bed right after

his show.

Yeah, come on, Fernand. I'll talk you in.

Oh, wait a minute now. Superman always takes his cape off before he goes to

There we are.

Okay, sweetheart.

Bye, Mommy.

Good night, Angel.

Don't forget to say your prayers.

Mommy! What, dear? Can Superman come to my birthday party Saturday?

Superman come to your birthday party?

Well, I don't know about that, honey. But I'll tell you what, if you're a good

boy, I'll take you down to Macy's to see him, huh?

Oh, boy!

Bye, Ricky!

Oh,

they're just perfect. How much do I owe you? Oh, they're our treat.

$5 .32.

Fred, oh, now you shouldn't pay for all these things.

You see, Ethel, those were my exact words.

Oh, Fred, you'll have to excuse him. We still haven't rented that apartment next

door to you, and that's why he's acting so stingy. I mean, stingier than usual.

Ha, ha.

Oh, now...

Are those the favors for Little Ricky's party? Yeah, aren't they cute?

Yeah. Since we're Little Ricky's godparents, we're buying all the favors.

that's very generous of you.

You're telling me.

Fred, of course we also want to get him a gift. A gift, too?

Yes, a gift, too.

What do you think he'd like, Lucy?

Oh, I don't know. If I don't rent that apartment next door, I'll be glad to

him the whole building.

Stop grousing.

Look, you've already done enough. Now forget about a gift.

Hey, you have to lay off those nuts. They're for company.

Oh, thanks a lot.

I just meant that you're not company, dear. You're more like family.

Oh. Gee, I should have known they weren't for us. They're fresh. Oh, come

Who's coming over?

Carolyn and Charlie Appleby. Oh. Yeah, they were in the neighborhood and called

us, and we couldn't think of an excuse fast enough, so they're dropping by.

An excuse?

I thought Carolyn was a good friend of yours. Oh, she is, but she's so boring.

She's one of those mothers who's always bragging about her child.

Yeah. And Charlie's even worse.

Her Stevie is so cute. Her Stevie is so sweet. Her Stevie is so smart.

Ooh, I get so sick of it. Yeah.

But everyone knows that little Ricky is a lot cuter, a lot sweeter, and

certainly a lot smarter.

Yeah. But for boars, they're really awfully nice people, so I guess we can

up with them, huh? Besides Stevie, little Rick is best friend.

Yeah, that's right.

Oh, I must remember to invite Stevie to the party Saturday.

Sure you got invited to the party.

What are you looking for, dear?

I'm looking for the new pictures I took of Little Ricky.

Oh. Oh, here they are. What do you want with them?

Well, when Charlie Appleby starts to bore me with his pictures of Little

I'm going to be ready.

Come on, Fred, let's get out of here. I don't want to stick around for the bore

war.

mansion. Okay. Good night.

What's the matter with you, boy?

I'm practicing.

For once, I'm gonna beat Charlie Appleby to the draw.

Hit up Marilyn Monroe, slung her over his shoulder, and carried her off.

Oh, Carolyn, that just sounds like a wonderful movie. We have to see that,

honey. Yeah.

Yeah, it was good, all right. Say, do you realize we've been here almost an

and not one of us has even mentioned our children?

You know, you're absolutely right, Charlie. Seems like whenever people with

children get together, that's all they can talk about.

Personally, I think it's a terrible bore.

Yeah, yeah, me too.

Of course, every once in a while, Stevie does something so cute, I just can't

resist telling about it.

Like the other day, we were talking about his birthday. He'll be five next

He came up to me and he said... He said, Daddy, are you five

years old yet?

Are you five years old yet?

Are you five years old yet?

That's very cute.

Yeah, cute.

Oh, say, speaking of birthdays, we want to invite little Ricky to Stevie's

party. Well, thank you very much. You want to invite Stevie to Ricky's party,

too? Oh, well, good. He'd love to come.

I just remember the kids were born four days apart.

That's right.

Well, then we'll expect little Ricky at 2 o 'clock Saturday afternoon. That's

fine. Saturday afternoon?

That's when we're having little Ricky's party.

Oh, my goodness, what a shame. Oh, this is awful.

Well, honey, neither of the kids' birthday is really on Saturday, so one

will change the day of the party.

Sure, and that way all our little friends can go to both parties. Yeah.

Well, that's a good idea. One of us will change.

Yeah. One of us will have to change.

What day are you going to have your party on, Carolyn?

Now, wait a minute, Lucy. I don't want Stevie's party another day.

Saturday's the best day. It's a non -school day.

But it makes much more sense for you to change, Carolyn. After all, Stevie's

birthday isn't on Saturday. It's on Thursday, isn't it? Well, so what?

Ricky's birthday isn't until next Monday.

Well, Monday's much closer to Saturday than Thursday.

figure. Well, Monday's all part of the weekend. You know, Saturday, Sunday,

Monday. But Thursday is Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Thursday is miles from Saturday.

Oh, that's ridiculous. Thursday is just as close to Saturday as Monday.

Well.

What time was little Stevie born?

Twelve noon.

Uh -huh. Little Ricky was born at eleven in the morning. And eleven o 'clock

Monday is closer to two o 'clock Saturday. than 12 o 'clock Thursday.

So you'll just have to change your party, Carolyn.

Oh, now, wait, wait.

Stevie was born in California. That's Pacific Standard Time, so that means he

actually would have been born three hours later in New York. Well, if you're

gonna drag in those phony technicalities.

Well, you're the one who started it. Well, we'll just see who'll change their

party, Carolyn. Yeah, we'll just see. Yes, we will.

All right, all right, now, girls, there's no use getting upset over

Don't worry, you'll work something out. Anyone care for a cigarette?

No, thank you. Lucy?

No, thank you.

Ricky? Yes, let's have a cigarette.

Oh, I just remembered I've got some new pictures here.

Is that cute?

Is that the cutest?

That thing about Pacific Standard Time.

Ricky, what do you want for breakfast, dear? Nothing, honey. I'm awful late.

Okay. If there's one thing I can't stand is someone who's pig -headed. Now, it

wouldn't have hurt her a bit to change her party to another day.

Well, it wouldn't hurt you to change yours, either.

Whose side are you on?

Well, I'm in little Ricky's camp. Well, all right.

Well, why can't you both have your parties on Saturday?

Because Stevie and Ricky are in the same class at school, and they'll each be

inviting the same children.

Well, can't you just split the guest list down the middle? No, that won't

She's invited a clown, a magician, she's having a puppet show.

All the little kids will want to go to Stevie's party. Oh.

Well, why don't you get some entertainment that'll top Carolyn's, and

they'll all want to come to little Ricky's party.

Who am I gonna get?

Oh, boy!

There goes Superman!

Ethel!

That's it!

That's what?

I'll get Superman for Ricky's party.

How could you do that?

Ricky'll get him for me. He met him when we were in Hollywood, and Superman's in

town. I heard it on television.

Oh, boy, that'd be great! Wouldn't it?

Honey, will you do me a favor? Will you call Superman this afternoon?

Sure, dear. Goodbye.

Superman!

Yeah, for Ricky's party Saturday.

Oh, oh, oh, yeah. Hey, that would be a wonderful idea.

Will you get him for me?

Okay, honey, I'll call him the minute I get to the club. Okay, dear. All right.

You're going to get your wish.

Who do you think is coming to your party Saturday?

Soup!

Look, Lucy, if you're determined to have Little Ricky's party on Saturday, I'm

afraid he's going to be awfully lonesome.

All the children seem so anxious to see the magician and the puppets and the

clowns. Yes, Little Ricky was, too, until he found out that Superman's going

be at his party.

Superman's coming to Little Ricky's party?

our party.

Well, if you insist, dear.

See you Saturday then. Toodle -oo.

Lucy,

what?

Will you hide my sterling silver for me?

Sure, but why?

Oh, it's Fred. He's frantic because that apartment next door is still empty.

What's that got to do with this?

He's getting that look in his eye that means he's going to pawn the family

silver.

Oh, Ethel, he wouldn't do that. Not your mother's flat. Not where.

He'd pawn me if I had a few more gold fillings.

Not though.

Call the police. Somebody stole our silver.

Oh, there it is.

What did you want with it, Fred?

Well, I noticed last Thanksgiving that it was getting a little tarnished and I

want to clean it. Oh, sure.

Well, then give it to me so I can clean it. Oh, no.

Nothing doing.

Well,

then what did you do with my mandolin?

It's downstairs in a box in the basement.

But you won't... Get more than 50 cents on that. Well, 50 cents is two

hamburgers, and that'll keep us eating for another day.

Isn't that a pitiful sight?

Poor friend.

Oh, here, girl.

What's this? That's your invitation to the party. I thought it was sort of

to mail it with the others.

Oh, honey, you didn't have to invite us. I insist that you come. I need your

help. Our help?

Ethel, we're having ten five -year -olds. When they start wrestling and

fighting, I want you and Fred to help referee.

Oh, but don't forget you'll have Superman here to keep them in line.

might help a little. Yeah.

Gee,

honey, that's a cute invitation.

Aren't they sweet?

Hello. Oh, hi, honey.

Oh, hi. We all set with Superman?

Well, I'm afraid not, dear.

You see, I talked to his secretary, and he's leaving Saturday for Terry Hood.

For Terry who?

Can he take a later plane?

That's the only flight that day.

Oh, if he's Superman, what does he need a plane for?

All right, all right.

Oh, I've already told little Ricky and all the other children.

Well, honey, I'm sorry, but you shouldn't cross your bridges before

hatched.

What?

You shouldn't burn your chickens behind you.

Oh, you know what I mean. You shouldn't tell people anything until you're sure.

Oh, well, I was so certain you'd get him. Well, I try, honey, but I can't, so

don't worry about it. Little Ricky will have a very nice body anyway.

Oh, I hope so.

All right, dear. Goodbye.

Goodbye, dear.

Oh, dear.

Gee, that's a shame, Lucy.

What are you going to do now?

I don't know.

If I can't produce Superman, my name will be Super Mud.

Well, knowing you, I'm surprised you don't dress up like Superman and play

part yourself.

Oh, Ethel, I can never get away with a silly thing like that. I'll say you

couldn't.

Although... Maybe I could find some ballet tights and make some sort of a

and then run around the room like crazy and they wouldn't know the difference.

Are you serious?

Well, I don't want to disappoint those kids.

Now look, here's what we'll do. Sometime during the party, you rush over to the

window, look up into the sky and announce my...

You mean like this?

Kids, guess who's here? It's soup... The window?

Oh, now you're not going to fly in here.

Well, not exactly.

During the party, I'll slip away and I'll go to the vacant apartment next

I'll go out the window and walk along the ledge.

The ledge? Honey, that's three stories high. You might break your neck.

Well, I'd rather break my neck than break my promise to little Ricky.

Oh, gee, Lucy, I don't know.

Isn't there some other way Superman comes into a room?

Well, sometimes he comes bursting through a wall, but you know how Fred

feel about that.

Yep, you better fly him.

Stevie's been asking me when Superman's coming. When is he coming, dear?

Oh, I have a feeling he'll be long any minute. Okay, here we go. Come on, dear.

Here we go. Here we go.

He came pretty close.

See, I still say the helmet's wrong.

Superman doesn't wear a helmet. He would if he wanted to cover his long red

hair.

I'm just afraid you won't be able to fool the kids, that's all.

Let's hope they're so logy with ice cream and cake they won't know the

difference. Yeah, let's hope so. Now, look, wait ten minutes and then give the

signal. Yeah, I will.

You didn't tell Fred, did you? Oh, of course not.

Good. Hey, what'll I tell Ricky if he comes home before you come in? Oh, just

tell him anything.

Anything? Anything but the truth.

Oh, good luck. All right. Now, Lucy, be careful. I will.

Yes. Oh, look, Martha, a party.

With the landlord here, we saw the note on his door. We'd like to look at the

apartment that's for Red. Oh, well, he's busy just now. You'll have to come back

tomorrow. Do those folks want to see the apartment?

Yes, but I'll show it to them. You're having so much fun.

Right over here.

messages.

to ask you a few questions.

Oh, you would?

Yes. Would you redecorate if we signed a lease?

Well, yes. I think we could do that. Uh -huh. Yes.

Oh, all right. Why don't you go to Central Park? There's a million statues

there.

off a walk I wish I knew some pigeon English

Lucy, isn't she in the kitchen?

No. Well, guess who is? Who?

Superman. Superman.

Well, you know what?

When he heard that it was a birthday party, he didn't want to disappoint the

kids. Isn't that great?

Yeah. Where is she going? Well, Apple said she would offer some more ice cream

and she hadn't come back yet. Oh, dear.

I want her to be here for the surprise, but I can't keep him too long. You know

what? Well, we'll have to do it. All right, children.

your wish, young man. Just close your eyes right there, honey. Close your

Don't look now.

And when I tell you to look, you look.

You're gonna see your...

lovely apartment, but I'm not sure my wife ought to be up so high.

Yes, you see, I get dizzy spells.

Oh. Well, you make up your mind, and then you let me know.

Scooch, scat, scooch, scat.

Plenty of closet space here.

Here.

Martha, what is it? I just saw something strange.

Something strange?

Three flights up? Was it a bird?

No. Was it a plane?

Mrs. Merckx.

pleasure. I'm only sorry I didn't get to meet Lucy.

I've heard so much about her.

Yeah, well, I don't know. Where is Lucy, Ethel? Oh, she'll be here in a minute.

She's out on the ledge.

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Our guest star tonight was George Reeves, star of the Superman...

I Love Lucy is a Desilu production.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz will be back next week at this same time.