Original subtitles

Hi, Lucy.

Here's the tray you wanted. Oh, thanks, doll.

Oh, look at the hors d 'oeuvres. Boy, are you fancy.

Now, stop that. I've got them arranged just right.

Who's coming?

Some of Ricky's friends from Cuba.

Really? Yeah. Stop it!

Gee, you know, Ethel, we've been married all these years, and it's the first

time any of Ricky's friends have ever visited us.

And you know they're all going to go back and tell everybody what kind of a

Ricky married. My entire Cuban reputation depends on how I handle

afternoon. Ah, you'll do fine.

Who are these people? Well, they're members of a dance group that Ricky

with in Cuba. And he's booked them into the club to start off their American

tour. Gee, that's exciting. How do you like my new dress?

Dreamy. They'll go back to Cuba and say... Oh, here they come, honey. Jenny,

drop this in the kitchen on your way out, will you? Yeah.

Good luck. Thank you.

Lucy? Hello.

Señora y señora Ortega?

How do you do? Carlos?

Maria? How do you do? Lucy? May I take your coat?

Gracias. Siéntese.

Siéntese, a favor. Gracias.

Gracias.

Lucy,

did Fred bring the wine?

Wine? Yeah, I told him to bring two special bottles of wine. Honey, I

seen it.

Oh, I hope he didn't forget.

I'll be right back.

Well, it certainly is nice to meet some of Ricky's friends from Cuba after all

these years.

I'll bet you wondered what I looked like.

What kind of a girl did you think Ricky would marry?

No, don't tell me. I shouldn't have asked that.

How do you like the apartment?

I decorated it myself.

I think it has sort of a homey atmosphere, don't you think so?

Would you have an hors d 'oeuvre?

I made them myself.

Oh, gracias.

Muchas gracias.

Ricky told me all about your dancing group and what a success it was in Cuba.

Where do you think you'll go from here?

Do you know where you'll go from here?

We donut.

We donut?

Sounds like someplace in Arkansas.

Oh.

We donut speak English.

English. Oh, well.

Well.

Will you have another hors d 'oeuvre?

Si, gracias.

No, gracias.

Would you like a drink?

Como? Oh, I forgot.

Would you like -o el drink -o?

El drink -o.

I'm sorry it took so long.

nice talk.

Oh, I forgot to tell you, Carlos and Maria don't speak in English.

Yes, I sensed that while you were gone.

Well, I'm back now.

Estamos encantados de conocer a tu mujer.

Sí, chico.

Oh, muchas gracias, muchas gracias.

They want me to tell you that they're very happy to meet you. Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

¿Un poquito de vino, Maria? Gracias.

Lucy?

Carlos, ¿quieres un poquito de vino? Sí, muchas gracias.

Bueno, ¿eh? ¡A sus saludes! ¡A la salud!

¡A cubita bella!

¡A la jaim!

¡Buen vino, eh!

¡Muy bueno el vino! Well, it certainly is nice to meet some of Ricky's friends

from Cuba.

Lucy quiere que le diga que está muy contenta de conocer a los amigos míos de

Cuba después de tantos años de casados. Ah, muchas gracias.

Did you have a nice boat trip up here?

Honey, they're not hard of hearing, you know.

Oh, did you have a nice... Well, honey, you asked me if they had a nice boat

trip.

Lucy wants to know if you had a... Oh, fine.

The first day I was

just beautiful.

The second day, the seas got a little rough.

The third day, the waves were big, big, big.

Maria and I were extremely dizzy.

The third day, the waves... Never mind, never mind.

I understand more Spanish than I thought.

She wants to know if the color of your hair is natural.

Oh, well, certainly tell them it's natural.

My father and my mother both had red hair.

Well, Ricky, go ahead and tell them.

I

have

an idea my hair suffered in the translation.

Dino?

No, vino.

Muchas gracias, sí.

Gracias.

Oye, Renita llegará dentro de un momento.

Ah, sí.

He estado tratando de averiguar a qué hora llega el avión que tomó Ramón.

Parece que hubo una tardada.

Ah, lo siento muchísimo.

Oye, se me ocurre una cosa. ¿Qué cosa? Si Ramón no llega a tiempo para la

apertura, ¿por qué no bailas tú con Renita?

¿Yo bailar con Renita? Sí. No, viejo, ni pensé.

No, no, de verdad.

No, no, no.

Oh, go ahead.

Go ahead and what?

I don't know.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, they know what we're talking about. We're talking about Renita Perez.

Who? Renita Perez. She'll be here any minute.

Oh. Oh, she's with the troop, you know. Oh. And when I was in Cuba, I used to do

a number with her in which I played her father.

Oh, really?

She was the cutest little thing you ever saw.

So they were telling me, you know, that her partner hasn't arrived in New York,

and they want me to dance with her tomorrow night at the opening.

Well, honey, I think you should. Go ahead.

I'd love to see you and little Renita dance.

Oh, honey, I haven't done that kind of stuff in a long time. Oh, nonsense.

Besides, it would help the good neighbor policy.

The good neighbor policy would be helped.

All right, I'll do it. Okay, I'll do it.

Yes?

Good evening.

Good evening.

Ricky!

I wanted to meet my wife.

Lucy, this is Renita, right? This is my wife, Lucy. How do you do?

How do you do? It is so exciting. I haven't seen Ricky since I was a little

girl. Yeah, that's what he told me.

And I can't get over how he's developed.

Yeah.

You've done pretty well yourself.

Thank you.

Ricky, I think you're right, dear, about not doing that dance.

Oh, no, honey, I think you are right. I think I ought to do it.

As you said, I think it would help the good neighbor policy.

Well, that policy just lapsed.

Ricky! They just told me you're going to dance with me tonight. Si.

Won't that be...

Come on, we've got two more apartments to make. Now let's go. Wait just a

minute. How did your meeting with Ricky's friends go?

We've got two more apartments to make. I said let's go. Oh, now, Fred, I'm sorry

you're in such a hurry.

I kind of wanted to ask your advice about a sexy Cuban girl that was here

night. Come on.

Sexy Cuban girl?

What about the sexy Cuban girl?

Push your eyes back in your head, fatso.

Come on, tell me. What happened?

Well, it seems... that when this girl, Renita, was a child, she and Ricky used

to dance together.

She was much younger than he was.

Yeah, what happened?

Well, somehow she caught up with him.

So? So now her partner hasn't arrived and they want Ricky to dance with her

tonight. So?

So? So?

You haven't seen Renita.

I'd just like to get a load of that dancer doing that, so.

Why don't you go to rehearsal?

Oh, I can't do that. I'm not going down there and have Ricky think that I'm

jealous and spying on him.

Well, I could go watch and then report to you.

Oh, no, you couldn't.

I could go.

No, that's no good. Well, you know, in the afternoon down at that club, there's

always a couple of those scrub women hanging around.

Scrub women?

Scrub women.

All right, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.

Listen. In that part of the brass, let's bite him off a little more, eh? Let's

go.

All right?

Now let's hear it.

Just the brass.

Give you two.

A one, a two.

Everybody's a comic.

All right, come on. You know what I mean. From the top, eh?

Right from the top now.

That work of art without a question.

Who gives you hard and clear suggestions?

Say, have you ever seen the dream in the red velvet town?

If you would pardon my suggestion, you better ride her no more down.

She's a doll, isn't she?

The fellows are crazy for their lady in red.

She says it's gaudy, what's bloody, what a personality.

Lady in red, fresh as a daisy when the town is in bed.

Dancing and dining and shining with originality.

She's very proper.

All right, guys.

Oh,

it is.

It's from Ramon. He's in New York. He's going to be here this afternoon.

Oh, good. Now you can do the number with him.

Oh, no, Ricky.

Oh, yes, honey. I'm not as good a shape as I used to be.

Besides, I'd like to see you do that native wedding dance you told me about.

right, I'll get the music. It's in my dressing room. No, I'll get it.

You get it.

No price from you, character.

Would you care for some cookies, Renita, dear?

No, gracias.

It's been lovely visiting with you, though, Lucy, and I must really hurry

to the club. I have to get ready for the opening, you know. Oh, well, Renita,

it's been just wonderful getting to know you.

Lucy!

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you had company. That's all right, Ethel.

Renita, this is Ethel Merck. How do you do? How do you do?

Well, you don't mind if I go freshen up a bit, do you? Oh, no, not a bit. Right

in through there, dear. Right in through the bedroom. Thank you.

Oh, isn't she cute?

Lucy, I don't trust you being so palsy -walsy with her. What are you planning

do? Oh, you're so smart.

Listen, I'm going to do that lady in red number with Ricky tonight if it's the

last thing I do.

Wait till you see the beautiful costume I have.

Oh, now, Lucy, this is just silly. Why don't you let her do the dance with him?

You don't even know the steps.

Listen, a Roomba is a Roomba. You just wiggle your hips and jump up and down.

What about her?

I have plans.

Goodbye, Lucy.

call you a cab. Pardon me. No, no, that's it. I will take the subway. No,

no. I wouldn't hear of it. Nonsense. Now sit down. I'll call a cab.

Como esta?

Oh! Usted también habla español.

Por luz y no me diga que usted habla español porque toda la gente habla

y no sabe lo que está diciendo.

Oui.

Hello. Hello. I'd like you to send a cab to 623 East 68th Street.

Right away, please.

Apartment 4A.

Yes, thank you.

Cab will be right over.

Thank you.

Did you call a cab, lady?

Well, yes, I did.

I'd have been here sooner, Odie, but traffic was against me.

Now, Cabby, I want you to take very good care of this little lady. I want you to

take her to the Tropicana Club.

Don't you worry, lady. I know a shortcut through, uh, Philadelphia.

Adios, Lucy.

Adios. Goodbye, lady.

Adios.

very much, Carlos and Maria. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm indeed very happy that you like those wonderful people because they were

ones that gave me my star in show business.

And now, for the highlight of the evening, I'd like to introduce to you

and Renita doing their version of the African wedding dance.

So now, we take you to...

Africa!

Just me.

I only want to get you into the mood.

You know, on the night of the full moon, the high priest goes

to a jungle clearing and sings a song of love and then follows the courtship

dance in which the bridegroom tries to impress his bride -to -be with his

fierceness and strength.

So now let's pretend...

That this is a jungle clearing, there is a full moon, and the high priest is

singing his song.

Spirit in the wood, beat the hollow cane.

Spirit in the wood, blow the wave of pain.

Make the body right, find a life again.

I sing me low, I sing me low, I sing me low.

Spirit in the heart, make the blood flow fast.

Spirit in the heart, make the muscle last.

Keep their hope alive while the news go past.

I say me low. I say me low.

I say me low.

When the woman come upon the scene, drop a petal from

a tree.

Clean the mountain up into the sky.

Feel the river in the sea.

Spirit in the wood, let the hollow came.

Echo in the afterglow.

Waiting for the flame to burn again.

I see me low. I see me low.

I see me low.

Thank you.

The part of Renita was played by Lita Barrett. Carlos was played by Alberto

Morin. The part of Maria was played by Rita Condi.

I Love Lucy is a Desilu production.