I Love Lucy (1951–1957): Season 6, Episode 11 - I Love Lucy Christmas Show - full transcript

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How's it here, honey?

Over to the left a little.

No, no, the other way.

No, I want it in the middle

so the mantle
won't look lopsided.

Santa Claus doesn't care
if the mantle looks lopsided.



Oh, well.

There you are, partner.

Thank you, Daddy.

You're welcome.

Now, when you get up
in the morning, honey,

Santa Claus is going to
have that chock full of goodies.

Yes, sir.

Now, off to bed, son.

In a minute, Daddy.

What are you doing, dear?

I'm waiting for Santy Claus.

You've got to go to bed now.

I'll go to bed after
Santa Claus gets here.

But, honey,



Santa Claus is not going
to come and bring the tree

and the presents and everything

until you go to sleep.

He won't?

No.

Why, Mommy?

Yeah, why is that, Daddy?

Why?

Uh, why?

Well, uh,

you see, um...

partner, Santa Claus comes

all the way down
from the North Pole

and he has all these
reindeers with him.

And when he gets here,

he circles around in the sky

until he gets a signal.

Now, you know who
gives him the signal?

Who? Yeah, who?

Who?

I bet I know. It's the Sandman.

The San... the
Sandman, that's right.

Yeah, the Sandman
gives him the signal.

That's right.

When all the little
children are in bed,

the Sandman runs up to the roof

and he says, "Santa
Claus, all clear!"

So you got to go to bed.

Why, honey, that's fascinating.

You see, young man?

You got to go to bed right now.

Okay, Mommy.

Good boy.

Mommy.

What?

There aren't any steps.

How does Santa Claus
get down the chimney?

Yeah, how does
he do that, Daddy?

Well, I took care of
the "why" and the "who."

You take care of the "how."

Uh... how, huh?

Well, um... now, you see,

Santa Claus doesn't
need any steps, honey.

He, he...

When he comes, he brings
the North Pole with him

and he slides
down like a fireman.

Oh.

Good, good, good.

All right, son, off to bed.

Yeah, come on, honey.

Good night.

Night, Daddy.

Good night.

Fred, Ethel, come on.

Come on in.

Where do you want it?

Right there, Fred.
Wait a minute.

I'll show you. I'll show you.

I think right about in here.

Oh, it's a beauty, Fred.

How much do I owe you?

It's from us.

Well, that's very
generous of you.

Oh, it was nothing.

Nothing? The tree
cost five bucks.

Well, it's Christmas
Eve, all right.

The children are
tucked in their beds

waiting for Santa Claus,

the stockings are hung
by the chimney with care,

and we have our
very own Scrooge.

Look, honey!

Oh, that is a
beautiful tree. Isn't it?

It's a present from
me and Ebenezer.

Well, thank you very much.

Would you lay off, Ethel?

Anyway, I thought Santy
Claus was supposed

to foot the bill for the tree.

Well, he does ordinarily,

but this year, we're
doing it for him.

You just try and
think of yourself

as one of Santa's
little helpers.

Well, I'll try. Okay.

Come on. Let's get
the tree trimmed.

Yes. Okay.

Honey? What?

Is it right where you want it?

Back by the window a little bit.

Oh, okay. Here.

Come on. You help me, Ethel.

Yes, ma'am. Be very
careful with these now.

These are the only
bulbs that I have.

All right.

You take that box there.

Oh, I love doing this.

Isn't this wonderful?

Honey? Yes, dear?

See how it looks
from the front, eh?

What do you think?

Well, it looks pretty good,
except there's a branch

on the right side
that spoils the shape.

Which one, honey?

This one right up here.

Fred, would you go
down to the basement

and get your saw
and cut that off for me?

It's a little unbalanced.

Oh, now, honey,

maybe we can hang
something there.

He doesn't have to
go all the way down

to the basement and get a saw.

Now, look, honey, the
tree has to be balanced.

You know that.

We can't have one
branch out like...

I've been putting
up trees with that kid

for the last 15 years.

He came prepared.

That's right, Fred.

Gee, the four of us have spent

a lot of Christmases
together, haven't we?

We sure have.

Yes, sir, and it's been great.

It's even been better since
little Ricky came along.

That's right, honey.

Oh, Fred, now that
you've cut that branch off,

it makes the other
side look too full.

You better trim that branch

on the other side,
make it all even.

You know, honey,

I've been thinking.

Our life has sure been different

since you told me you
were going to have the baby.

I almost never got to tell you.

What do you mean?

Don't you remember?

Oh, Fred, that skinny
branch on the top

just looks awful.

It's going to have to come off.

Don't you remember, Ricky?

I tried to tell you all day,

and I never got a chance
because you were so busy?

Oh, now the other
side looks uneven.

That lower branch there.

Honey, finally, in desperation,

I had to go down to the club

while you were
working and give a note

to the maitre 'd for you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much,
ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you. And now for the...

For you, Ricky.

Oh, thank you. Excuse me.

Pardon me, please.

Oh, isn't this wonderful?

Listen to this.

"Dear Mr. Ricardo,

"My husband and I are
going to have a blessed event.

"I just found out
about it today,

"and I haven't told him yet.

"I heard you sing
a number called

"'We're Having a
Baby, My Baby and Me.'

"If you will sing it for us now,

it will be my way of
breaking the news to him."

Isn't that wonderful?

Of course I'll do it for you.

Sure. Eh, mae...?

Oh, wait a minute.

I got a wonderful idea.

Why don't we bring
the couple up here,

and I'll sing it
right to them, eh?

Come on, let's bring
them up on the floor.

Come on, folks.

Come on. We just
want to wish you luck.

Who is it?

♪ Rock-a-bye, baby ♪

♪ On the treetop... ♪

No?

♪ When the wind blows ♪

♪ The cradle will rock... ♪

No?

♪ When the bough breaks ♪

♪ The cradle will fall ♪

♪ And down will come baby ♪

♪ Cradle and all ♪

♪ Rock-a-bye, baby ♪

♪ On the... ♪

Hiya, honey. Hi.

♪ On the treetop ♪

♪ When the wind blows ♪

♪ The cradle will fall ♪

♪ When the bough breaks ♪

♪ The cradle will fall ♪

♪ An... ♪

Honey, honey...

Honey, no.

Yes.

Really? Yes.

Why didn't you tell me?

Well, you didn't
give me a chance.

Are you kidding?

No. I tri... It's me!

I'm going to be a father!

How about that?

I want you to meet my mother.

I mean, my wife, my wife.

Do the baby song!

What?

Do the baby song!
Do the baby song!

♪ We're having a baby ♪

♪ My baby and me ♪

♪ You'll read it in Winchell ♪

♪ That we're adding a limb ♪

♪ To our family tree ♪

♪ While pushing that carriage ♪

♪ How proud I will be ♪

♪ There's nothing
like marriage ♪

♪ Ask your father and mother ♪

♪ And they'll agree ♪

♪ He'll have toys ♪

♪ Baby clothes ♪

♪ He'll know he's come
to the right house ♪

♪ By and by ♪

♪ When he grows ♪

♪ Maybe he'll live in
the White House... ♪

Really?

And why not?

♪ Our future looks brighter ♪

♪ But definitely ♪

♪ We're having a baby... ♪

I bet he's going to
look just like you.

Oh, I hope not.

♪ We're having a baby... ♪

I'll bet she'll speak
with an accent like you.

She?

Yeah.

♪ We're having a baby ♪

♪ My baby... ♪

♪ And... me. ♪

It's silly.

It happened five years ago,

and I'm crying all over again.

It's okay, honey. So am I.

I'm crying, too.

Me, too, but for
a different reason.

Fred, what have
you done to that tree?

Well, I got so carried
away with the story,

I forgot what I was doing.

Oh, Fred, for heaven's sake.

Well, you got to admit

that it's even on both sides.

Well, how do you think
we're going to trim that?

Well, why can't we trim it

with those branches
I just cut off?

Fred Mertz, you march
right down to the corner

and get another tree.

Okay, but who's
going to pay for it?

I will. I will.

No, you won't.

He will, and one
word out of you,

and I'll tell Santa Claus
that you were a bad little boy,

and you won't get any presents.

You can't squeal on me.

I'm one of his helpers.

Oh, get out of here.

You might as well get
the lights ready, dear.

Okay, honey.

Gee, I just love
this old ornament.

It's been on our tree
ever since I can remember.

♪ Cascabeles, cascabeles ♪

♪ Llenos de alegria ♪
♪ All the way ♪

♪ Oh what fun it is to ride ♪

♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪

Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh... ♪

I don't know what's
happened to my voice lately.

I don't seem to
sing well anymore.

Lately?

Anymore?

Now, that's not very nice.

I grant you, my voice isn't
quite what it used to be.

It's exactly what it used to be.

That's, uh, what's
wrong with it.

Why do you say that?

I used to sing quite
well, as I recall.

Well, dear girl, then something
is wrong with your memory.

What do you mean?

Well, a few months
after you told me

that the baby was
going to be born,

you wanted to sing at the
club in a barbershop quartet.

Oh, I remember that.

Fred and I did
that with you. Right.

Boy, that was a
terrible evening.

It was not. It
turned out very well.

It was one of the most
embarrassing nights

of my career.

Well!

I'll never forget it.

The three of us
started the number

thinking George Watson
was under the sheet

in the barber chair.

Little did we know

that the tuneless
wonder was there instead.

♪ In the evening, when
I sit alone a-dreamin' ♪

♪ Of days gone by, love ♪

♪ To me so dear... ♪

♪ There's a picture that
in fancy oft' appearing ♪

♪ Brings back the time, love ♪

♪ When you were near... ♪

♪ When you were near ♪

♪ It is then I wonder
where you are, me darling ♪

♪ And if your heart to
me is still the same ♪

♪ For the sighing wind
and nightingale a-singin' ♪

♪ Are breathing only ♪

♪ Your own sweet name ♪

♪ Your own sweet name ♪

♪ Sweet Adeline ♪

♪ Sweet Ad... ♪

♪ My Adeline ♪

♪ My Ade... ♪

♪ At night, dear heart ♪

♪ A... ♪

♪ For you I pine ♪

♪ For y... ♪

♪ In all my dreams ♪

♪ In all... ♪

♪ Your fair face beams ♪

♪ You're the flower ♪

♪ Of my heart... ♪

♪ Sweet Adeline... ♪

♪ Sweet Adeline. ♪

That's it. Yeah,
that looks beautiful.

Hey! Hey, Fred!

Isn't this a dandy?

Oh, boy!

Look at that; that's
a beauty, Fred!

Fred, that's better
than the first one.

And the best thing of it is,

because it's getting so late,

they guy let me have
it for a half a buck.

It has just been proven to Fred,

once and for all,
there is a Santy Claus.

You bet! And he also
gave me some mistletoe.

Now don't go getting
any wild ideas, Ethel.

I'll try to restrain myself.

Oh, Fred, this
tree is just perfect.

Absolutely perfect. Yeah!

Except for this one
little branch right here.

Now if you could just...

No! Oh, no you don't.

Nothing doing.

Okay, leave it alone. All right.

Hey, Fred, let me...

help me put the lights on, eh?

Sure. Let me help, too, huh?

Okay, here. Oh, boy.

Give me a strand. Okay, Fred.

Want to help me? There you are.

Fine, thanks.

Ricky?

Yeah, honey?

Won't you give me
just one little hint

about what you're
giving me for Christmas?

You know, you're
worse than your son.

You'll find out
tomorrow morning.

I know, but I just
want to think about it.

Come on, give
me one little clue.

All right, I'll give
you one clue.

Good, what is it?

It's a gift.

Oh!

Merry Christmas, sweetheart.

Merry Christmas, you
great big wonderful,

adorable, lovable husband you.

Do you love me? Mm-hmm.

How much?

A lot, but not
enough to tell you

what your Christmas present is.

Oh! Now what makes you think
that's what I wanted to know?

And what is it?

You'll find out
tomorrow morning.

Oh, all right.

Freddy?

Yeah?

Go ahead.

Go ahead and what?

You know what this
means, don't you?

Yeah, it means you're
an incurable optimist.

Oh, Fred!

Honey, I'm only fooling.

Merry Christmas!

Ah, Merry Christmas,

you great big adorable husband!

All right, Fred,
plug in the lights

and see if they work.

Hey!

Hey!

Fred, congratulations.

This is the only time that
the lights have worked

on the first time in 15 years.

We usually have to spend an hour

testing all the bulbs

to see which one
hasn't burned...

Out.

Okay, let's start
testing the bulbs.

You know, I'm kind
of glad it happened.

It makes it seem
more like Christmas.

Girls, why don't you
get the ornaments, huh?

Oh, yeah, come on,
this is the part I love.

What's little Ricky
getting this year?

Well, I don't know what Santa
Claus is going to bring him,

but we're getting him a
new set of drums and a bike.

Hmm!

Yeah, we're
probably spoiling him,

but he won't be little for long.

Gee, it's amazing
how much he's grown.

Seems like only
yesterday that he was born.

Will you ever forget that night?

I had a new show at the club,

and Lucy insisted
that I make it,

and I was going crazy trying
to be in two places at once.

Well, it wasn't any
picnic for me, either,

waiting at that hospital while
you were doing the show.

Well, what about me?

I thought I'd lose my mind

sitting at home,
waiting for the news.

Of course, I was lucky.

All I had to do
was have the baby.

You're right, honey.

You three were so
nervous that night.

I remember, it was almost
time for me to go to the hospital,

and you all sat and watched me

like I was going to
explode any minute.

Is it really due any minute?!

How do you feel?!

Are you sure you're all right?!

I think we ought
to have a rehearsal.

A rehearsal? For what?

A rehearsal for 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. He's right, he's right.

Now, Ricky, Ricky, Ricky,
there's no problem, dear.

The room is reserved
at the hospital.

The doctor's number's
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?

That's what we got to rehearse.

Rick, I'll do anything
you suggest.

Hey, hold it, hold it, group.

Look, you split it up
any way you want.

I'm going to go lie down.

All right, honey, I
think that's a good idea.

You need your rest.
Here, I'll help you, dear.

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, Rick,

I'll tell you how
we ought to do this.

Now, wait a... wait
a... 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 the doctor.

Who's going to do that?

I'll do that.

Okay. 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 cab.

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.

Good-bye.

Hey, that was pretty good.

We did that in a few seconds.

Fine. 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 got
to keep calm. Good.

Put that over there so we
can start right where we were.

Get it over there and...

Get it all where it was
at the beginning, now.

Go back over there now.

Right.

Are you ready?

Yep. Yep.

Okay.

Now, Lucy comes out of the room,

and she says, "The
time has come."

Go!

Hello, Dr. Harris.

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

Good-bye.

Hey, that was even
better than before.

Sure it was!

Yeah, that was wonderful.

Fine. Well organized.

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.

Just think...

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

Yes, sir, and I'm
going to be a godfather.

And I'm going to be a godmother.

Uh-huh.

Ricky, this is it.

This is it. This
is it! This is it!

Let's go!

Come on! Let's get going!

Somebody better call the doctor.

Call the doctor!

No. That's my
job! That's my job!

You get the suitcase!

The suitcase! Suitcase!

I got it, Fred!

Give me the suitcase!

We have to hurry, Ricky!

We have to hurry, she says!

Oh! The line is busy! Ricky!

The line's busy!
The line is busy?

Why doesn't somebody
go hail the cab,

and then you call
Dr. Harris. Go! Go get a cab!

Go get the cab!

Go get a cab! Go get a cab!

I'll get the cab!

I'll get the cab!
I'll get the cab!

Hey! Wait for me!

For heaven's sake.

Why didn't we get
together on this?

The four of us sure got
the same idea at once.

We sure did.

Mommy, Daddy,

is it time to get up?

He can't find four of us here.

Come on, go in the kitchen.

Yeah.

Oh, boy!

Listen, as long as we've
gone to this much trouble,

one of us ought to go in
there and let Little Ricky see us.

Yeah.

That's right.

Boy, you've got to get up early

if you want to be Santa
Claus around here.

Just a minute.

Ouch!

Merry Christmas, everybody.

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