02x02 - The Saxophone

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Ah!

Lucy, are you up in the attic?

Yeah. Come on up, Ethel.

Hi.
Hi.

What are you doing up here?

Oh, I'm getting this trunk ready.

Ricky's going on tour, you know.
Really?

Yeah, he's taking the band on the
road for three weeks.

Oh.

Well, I guess this is big enough for
my clothes.

What can I find for Ricky's things
now?

Well, I guess this will do.

You mean you're going with him?

Why, sure. You don't think he'd go
away for three weeks

and leave me here all alone, do you?

Um, no, I guess not.

Besides, what fun could he have on
the road all alone

with just the boys in the band?

Lucy, when did he ask you to go with
him?

Lucy, when did he ask you to go with
him?

Lucy...

Well, he will!

He just hasn't thought of it yet.

Oh, look at all the junk in here.

Oh, here's that fish that Ricky
caught

in Lake Chautauqua.

He had it mounted.

My, a rainbow sardine.

Oh, Ethel, look at this.

Would you believe that five years ago

I wore this on th Avenue

and I was the hit of the Easter
parade?

Oh, you must have been a doll.

I was-- a veritable doll.

Oh, this was my Greta Garbo period.

Oh, no!

Oh, I had forgotten

all about this.

What?

My saxophone.

Your saxophone?

My saxophone.

I used to play it in the high school
band

at Celeron, New York.

Oh, no. Not a girl saxophone player
in a band.

Well, I had a reason.

I was dating a football player

and the band got to go on trips with
the team.

I did it the hard way.

I played left tackle.

Come on, play something for me.

Play something.

I guess I'm a little out of practice.

Well, I knew what it was.

"Glow Worm"?

That's right.

Now what do you want to hear?

Uh, "Stardust."

Okay.

Hey... Lucy?

Hey, Lucy!

Hey!

That sounds like "Glow Worm."

I know. Everything I play sounds like
"Glow Worm."

That's the only piece I ever learned.

Well, how'd you play with the band?

Well, I used "Glow Worm" for the
audition

and then I just marched up and down

and puffed my cheeks out and wiggled
my fingers.

Oh, no.

I'll bet I marched a million miles

for that stale football player.

Well, enough of my grimy amors.

I got to get this trunk out of here.

I'll get Fred to haul it down for
you.

Oh, will you, honey?
Thanks.

Oh, hi, honey.

How's everything?

Oh, everything's wrong, honey.

Oh?

Yeah, some of the arrangements are
missing,

one of the guys got the flu and I got
to replace him

and the tailor won't have my tuxedo
ready in time.

Oh, that's too bad.

He won't have it ready till Friday

and we got to leave Wednesday.

Would you do me a favor and send it
to me?

Send it to you?

Yes, please.

Well, I wasn't figuring on being
here.

Oh? You didn't tell me you were
planning to go out of town, too.

You going to visit your mother?

No. I was going to visit my husband.

Oh?

Well, I know it's presumptuous of
me--

I'm only your wife--

but I kind of expected to go along,
too.

Oh, no, honey, now, now, that's
impossible.

Why?

Well, that's just out of the
question, that's all.

Now, I'll write out the address for
you,

and you can mail the tuxedo out to
me.

I think I will visit my mother--
permanently.

Oh, now look, honey, let's not have a
scene.

Well, why can't I go along, too?

Honey, we're doing one-nighters,
one-night stands.

It's a very, very terrible life.

You travel all day long.

You work all night long.

Well, I don't want to stay here all
alone.

Look, besides, we're going on a bus.

We need every inch of space

for the people in the show.

Maybe I could lie up on top of the
luggage.

Honey, just relax, will you?

Here's the address.

I got to call some saxophone players.

Saxophone players?

Hello.

Hello, is Ralph Brady there?

Will you please tell him to call
Ricky Ricardo

when he comes home?

Ricky Ricardo.

R-i-c-k-y...

c, c-- like in "Cuba."

No, no, no. Cuba.

C-u-b-a.

B, B-- like in "barracuda."

That's right.

Ricky Ricardo.

Yeah. Please have him call me, will
you?

Thank you very much.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Lucy, what are you doing with that
thing?

Well, it's mine.
I used to play

in the high school band at Celeron,
New York,

and you don't have to look any
further

for a saxophone player.

Look, honey, even if you could play

you couldn't go on the tour.

You couldn't travel with a bunch of
men.

You wouldn't fit in.

You're not one of the boys.

What about your harp player, Nancy?

She's not going and neither are you.

Ay-yi-yi.

Hello, Ned?

Look, Ned, this is Ricky Ricardo.

We're having rehearsals tomorrow

at : in the afternoon at the club.

I'm trying out some saxophone
players.

Could you be down?

Hey!

Hey!

What?

Have you seen Ethel?

She went shopping, Fred.

What are you doing with that
saxophone?

I'm practicing.

I'm going to audition for Ricky's
band today, you know.

Oh. I'm glad I found out it was you
making that noise.

I thought there was something wrong
with the plumbing.

Oh, Fred, come here a minute.

Fred, you used to be around a lot of
musicians

when you were in vaudeville, didn't
you?

Yeah. Why?

Well, the real reason Ricky won't let
me go on tour with him

is because he doesn't think I'll fit
in with the musicians.

What can I do to show him that I'm
one of the boys?

You know, how can I act like a
musician?

Well, that's easy.

Stay up late, don't eat right, get
circles under your eyes

and read nothing but the Racing Form.

No. Now Fred, I'm serious.

Tell me how to act like one of the
fellas.

All right, then, I got to tell you.

Now, first you got to dress like
musicians.

Oh?

They have their own getups.

Then you have to speak their
language.

They don't talk like human beings.

They don't?

No. When one musician meets another
musician...

That's good, Ralph.

You got yourself a job.

Will you go in the office and make
the deal?

Thanks, Rick.

You're welcome.

All right, fellas, let's take ,
huh?

Got it?

Here we go-- one... two...

Lucy!

Greetings, gates.

Slip me some skin, boy.

Hiya, cats.
How are ya?

Hi!

Where do I sit, dad?

Lucy, I want to speak to you.

Later, gator.

I got to get up here and get my
kicks, man.

Lucy, you come on out of
there.

Let her play.

Yeah!

Yeah, you ought to hear me.

You never heard me blow!

I'm the wildest, man.

I'm wild, boy, I'm wild.

Okay, okay, okay.

What do you want to play?

Do you cats know hep little "Glow
Worm"?

Be-bop, be-bop, be-bop...

You know that?

Never mind that, never mind that.

You got to play what all the other
saxophone players

play right in front of you there.

Oh, okay, man.

Are you ready?
Okay, man.

Marco, give me an A, will you?

Hit an A, fellas.

Hiya, man!

Hit an A.

A. A, A.
Hiya, man.

Okay.

Hit an A, please.

Oh, boy, was that the craziest A

you ever heard?

All right, all right.

That was a crazy A, wasn't it, boys?

Let's go. Hit it.

One, two...

Lucy...

that was supposed to be your solo.

Oh. Oh, yeah, yeah.

How'd I ever miss that?

Yeah, well, it was pretty good up
till then, wasn't it?

Do I get the job?

Well, you know, to tell you the
truth, I can't make up my mind.

Oh, well, take your time, man.
Take your time.

I think we'd better try it
again.

Right, man.

All right, here we go.
A-one... a-two...

That was pretty cool, huh, man?

How ya like those hot licks, dad?

Or don't you dig be-bop, be-bop?

Look, Lucy, this might come as a big
surprise to you

after that brilliant audition that
you just gave us...

Yeah, dad.

...but, um, you cannot have the job.

Ew...

When I go on the road, I want you to
stay home

and be a good little girl.

Yeah, well, I'll stay home.

What do you mean by that?

Oh, nothing.

Hi.

Hi.

Here's Fred's hat and gloves.

Oh, thank you.

What'd you want with them?

Meet my secret lover.

What are you talking about?

Well, yesterday down at rehearsal,

I got a wonderful idea.

You know, I think Ricky would take me
on tour with him

if I can convince him of one thing.

What?

That it isn't safe to leave me at
home.

I don't get you.

Well, I'm just going to leave these
things lying around,

and when Ricky finds them,

I'm going to be very flustered

and I'm going to be unable to explain
to whom they belong.

You mean he'll think you've got a...

Uh-huh.

Oh, come now, it isn't that funny.

You think you're safe?

You'd better be careful.

You know Ricky's temper.

Well, you keep an ear cocked,

and if you hear too much commotion,

you come up and save me, huh?

Okay. I hope I get here on time.

Okay.

Lucy, I'm home.

Oh!

Oh, Ricky, you're, you're home so
soon.

I didn't expect you to come so soon.

I thought you'd call like you usually
do.

Oh.

I sure wish you'd called.

Gee, don't you look nice.

Where did you go this afternoon?

Oh, nowhere.
Nowhere at all.

Well, why are you all dressed up for?

No reason, no reason.

Oh.

Uh... honey, could I have a piece of
the paper?

Sure, dear.

Thank you.

Lucy.

Yes, dear?

What is this?

Oh! Uh, tha...
uh, your hat.

I don't remember buying a hat like
this.

You sure this is my hat?

Yes.

Your head must have shrunk.

I suppose these are my gloves too.

Lucy, who was here this afternoon?

No one. No one, really.

Lucy... this hat, these gloves...

Hey, he must still be here.

Where is he?

I don't know what you're talking
about.

And don't you go in that bedroom.

The bedroom! Aha!

He was in the closet all the time.

Lucy, who is he?!

I don't know what you're talking
about.

My goodness!
If you're going to act like this,

I'll be glad to have you away for
three weeks.

Now, Lucy, I'm telling you...

Hey, what's all the ruckus up here?

Fred, I'm glad you're here.

Maybe you can calm him down.

I've had enough.

Well!

What's the matter, Rick?

Oh, Fred, something awful happened.

Well, now, pull yourself together.

Pull yourself together and tell me
all about it.

Well, I don't know how to tell you
about it.

I don't know how to start.

I just came home here...

What's my hat doing up here?

There are more important things.

I came home...

Did you say your hat?

Yeah, it's my old derby.

Are you sure?

Sure, I'm sure. Look.

Feels pretty good.

Looks pretty good, too.

I think I'll start wearing it again.

I suppose these are your gloves, too.

Yeah, those are my gloves.

It couldn't be him.

I wonder why Lucy...

Why, the little devil.

She wants to make me jealous

so I'll take her on that tour with
me.

You mean she's pretending

that these things belong to another
man?

Yeah, not that I believed her for a
minute.

Yeah, I could see that when I came
in.

How do you like that?

She was pretending

that this fellow was in the closet
all the...

Hey, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

What's that gleam in your eye?

Oh, I'm going to catch that little
redheaded mouse

in her own trap.

How?

I'm going to get a real guy to come
over here tonight

and I'm going to hide him in that
closet

and I'm going to say to her,

"Someone is hiding in that closet,"

and then I will demand that she opens
the door,

and when she does,

oh, brother, will she be surprised.

I'm going to call the musicians
union.

I'll bet that Julie will dig up
someone for me.

That's a pretty dirty trick.

Yeah, I know.

She's got it coming to her, though.

Hello.

Hello, Julie.

This is Ricky Ricardo.

Oh, hello, Ricky. How are you?

Fine, thank you.

Listen, Julie, will you do me a
favor?

I want you to dig up some guy for
me--

someone that I don't know.

Uh, wait a minute.

Make it three or four guys.

We might as well do it right.

Ricky, I'm sorry you're so upset.

I didn't know it had such an awful
effect on you.

Not have an effect on me?

When my happy home is turned
asoonder?

Oh, honey, your happy home is not
turned "asoonder."

Look, Ricky, I thought maybe if I
could make you jealous,

you'd take me on your trip with you.

There isn't anyone else, honey, I
just made that up.

No, don't try to make me feel good.

I heard that guy come out of that
closet

and go out the front door.

Now, honey, I did that.

Ha!

Well, I did.

When you went into the bedroom

I went over to the closet door, I
opened it, and I slammed it.

Then I went to the front door and I
slammed it.

That's impossible.

All right, it's impossible.

It is impossible.

It is a physical impossible.

What do you want me to do, draw you a
diagram?

Look, when you went into the bedroom,

I ran over here, I opened the
closet...

Aah!

Aah!

What's the matter?

Nothing, nothing.

Uh... nothing.

Lucy...

there's somebody in that closet now,
isn't there?

Oh, no.

That's the silliest thing I ever
heard of.

Lucy, I want to see who's in that
closet.

No.

No! No! Uh...

No.

Whoever is in that closet better come
out!

It's no use pretending.

He caught us.

What are you talking about?

I never saw this man before in my
life.

If you never saw him before in your
life,

how come he's in the closet?

I don't know.

Now, Lucy, I want an answer.

Uh... uh...

Well?

He was giving me saxophone lessons?

Lucy, why don't you tell the truth?

Yes, Lucy, tell the truth.

Oh, shut up!

Look, Ricky, if I'd known

there was anybody in there,

do you think I'd be fool enough to
come over here and...

Uh...

Well?

When he gives me saxophone lessons

he turns the music.

We're going to clear out that closet.

There's more?

Everybody in that closet come out!

Oh, no!

I wonder where can she be.

She's been gone for two hours.

It would serve you right if she never
came back.

What a dirty trick.

Now, Ethel, it was only a joke.

Some joke.

She must have been terribly upset

to be gone this long.

There she is. Hello!

Hello, Ricky, this is Julie.

Oh. Hello, Julie.

Gee, I should have called you sooner,

but I've been trying all over town

and it's just no soap.

What are you talking about, Julie?

Well, I'm sorry, but I couldn't find
anybody

to send over there tonight.

Well, that's all right. You...

Esta metido en el closet!

Ay... ay, dios mio!

Lucy! Lucy!

Lucy!