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Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, and Shepard Menken in I Love Lucy (1951)

Desi Arnaz: Ricky Ricardo

Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined

I Love Lucy

Desi Arnaz credited as playing...

Ricky Ricardo

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  • Ricky Ricardo: How about having dinner with us tonight?
  • Bill Parker: Wonderful. Like to meet your wife.
  • Ricky Ricardo: That's right, you haven't met Lucy, have you?
  • Bill Parker: Not yet.
  • Ricky Ricardo: OK, I'll call her.
  • [he starts to dial the 'phone]
  • Bill Parker: Y'know, it'll be a real pleasure to spend an evening with some folks who aren't trying to audition for my show.
  • Ricky Ricardo: [he stops dialing] Uh oh.
  • Bill Parker: What's the matter?
  • Ricky Ricardo: Look, if you want to spend a real pleasant evening, I better introduce you as Bill Parker, an old friend of mine, and not mention anything about your connections with show business.
  • Bill Parker: Has your wife got aspirations?
  • Ricky Ricardo: No, no, she's feeling all right. Just that she wants to get in show business.
  • Bill Parker: [after their jitterbug audition] Pretty good, pretty good.
  • Arthur Walsh: Pretty good? Say, Dad, this cat's real nervous.
  • Lucy Ricardo: Awww, man, you're the craziest!
  • Arthur Walsh: And you're a gasser!
  • Lucy Ricardo: You're the mostest!
  • Ricky Ricardo: Hmmph. And people say I'm hard to understand.

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