I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Lucy Hires a Maid (1953)

Desi Arnaz: Ricky Ricardo

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• Ricky Ricardo : You know what I was thinkin', Ethel?

  Ethel Mertz : What?

  Ricky Ricardo : I ought to get Lucy a maid.

  Ethel Mertz : A maid? Oh, Ricky, that's wonderful.

  Ricky Ricardo : Well, it's a big 'spense, but she can't go on this way.

  Fred Mertz : So you're thinkin' of gettin' Lucy a maid, huh? Hey, that idea might be a good thing for us, too.

  Ethel Mertz : Why, Fred, are you thinkin' of gettin' me a maid?

  Fred Mertz : Nope, I'm thinkin' of hirin' you out to the Ricardos.

• Lucy Ricardo : [the new baby is exhausting Lucy]  I'm simply asking if the baby wake up, that you get up and take care of him.

  Ricky Ricardo : Well, honey, I know it's a lotta hard work taking care of the baby, but, eh, that's what mothers are for.

  Lucy Ricardo : Oh, and what are fathers for?

  Ricky Ricardo : Well, the father is the breadwinner. See, the father is supposed to get his rest at night so he can get up fresh in the morning, go out into the world and make money for his family.

  Lucy Ricardo : You wouldn't tell me the rules before the game started. And next time we have a baby, I get to be the father.