I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Little Ricky Gets a Dog (1957)

Lucille Ball: Lucy Ricardo

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Quotes 

• Ethel Mertz : I'm goin' over to the market, honey. You need anything?

  Lucy Ricardo : [feeding Little Ricky's pets]  Well, not for us, but Alice and Phil could use some bird seed, and Tommy and Jimmy could use some turtle food, and Mildred and Charles could use some fish food.

  Ethel Mertz : Wouldn't it be easier if they just ate each other?

• Lucy Ricardo : [Lucy and Ricky both sneak out to avoid being the one to tell Little Ricky that he can't keep a dog in their apartment, but they meet each other in the hallway]  All right, Ricky Ricardo, will you please tell me where you were going?

  Ricky Ricardo : Me? Uhhh, rehearsal. Yeah, that's it! Rehearsal at the club.

  Lucy Ricardo : At 7 o'clock in the morning?

  Ricky Ricardo : Well, yeah, well, uhhh, never mind about me. Where were you going?

  Lucy Ricardo : To the market.

  Ricky Ricardo : The market is open at 7 o'clock in the morning?

  Lucy Ricardo : If you can have a rehearsal, the market can be open.

  Ricky Ricardo : I know what you were tryin' to do. You were tryin' to sneak out of the apartment so you didn't have to tell Little Ricky.

  Lucy Ricardo : Yeah, well you gotta get up awful early in the mornin' to sneak out of *this* apartment!

  Ricky Ricardo : You can say that again. Yeah, you're right, Honey. I'm his father. I guess I should tell him.

  Lucy Ricardo : [relieved]  Oh, well, Honey, I'm glad you finally decided.

  Little Ricky Ricardo : [Little Ricky comes in]  Hi, Mommy. Hi, Daddy.

  Ricky Ricardo : Hi, son.

  Lucy Ricardo : Well, good morning, Sweetheart.

  Ricky Ricardo : Say, I want to talk to you, pardner.

  [Little Ricky continues walking into the kitchen] 

  Lucy Ricardo : He went to get his dog.

  Ricky Ricardo : Oh.

  Little Ricky Ricardo : [comes back holding his puppy]  Yes, Daddy?

  Ricky Ricardo : All right. We have to have a talk here. I want to tell you that, uh... I want to tell you that, uh... I want to tell you that your mother has something to tell you. I'm late, I gotta go. Good bye, everybody.

  [he bolts out the front door]