Being the Ricardos

00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:10,958 -is something that has been baffling wives since Adam and Eve.” -Enough. 974 00:43:11,041 --> 00:43:14,500 “For an outstanding example, let's take one of the nation's most famous husbands.” 975 00:43:14,583 --> 00:43:17,083 -You've memorized it? -I've memorized worse writing than this. 976 00:43:17,166 --> 00:43:19,708 -Yes, it's a tabloid. -“With a curvy, red-haired tidbit 977 00:43:19,791 --> 00:43:24,333 like Lucy waiting for him at home, would Desi be foolish enough…” 978 00:43:24,416 --> 00:43:27,083 -Stop it. -”…to prowl Hollywood like a bachelor wolf? 979 00:43:27,166 --> 00:43:29,166 -If so, why?” -It's made up. 980 00:43:30,250 --> 00:43:32,375 -20 million readers want to know. -Lucy… 981 00:43:32,458 --> 00:43:34,625 -20 million and one. -How many times 982 00:43:34,708 --> 00:43:37,708 I got to 'splain where I was and what I was doing? 983 00:43:37,791 --> 00:43:39,833 How many times you got to 'splain? 984 00:43:39,916 --> 00:43:42,291 (chuckles) I can't get enough of that joke. 985 00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:45,125 They document an entire night. 986 00:43:45,208 --> 00:43:47,083 Someone in your gang's a rat. 987 00:43:47,166 --> 00:43:48,166 My gang. 988 00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:49,875 (scoffs) 989 00:43:49,958 --> 00:43:53,500 The night they're talking about, I was with Red Skelton and Xavier Cugat. 990 00:43:53,583 --> 00:43:56,708 -Which one of them you think squealed? -They made it up from nothing? 991 00:43:56,791 --> 00:43:58,970 I heard on Winchell the other night that you were a Communist. 992 00:43:59,041 --> 00:44:01,083 That was true, you idiot! 993 00:44:01,166 --> 00:44:03,083 Yeah. That was a bad example. 994 00:44:03,166 --> 00:44:04,666 And I didn't check the wrong box. 995 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:07,750 Okay, I'm sorry about that. 996 00:44:09,208 --> 00:44:11,416 I believe you. 997 00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:13,583 -I'm just messing around. -Good. 998 00:44:14,916 --> 00:44:18,000 No. That gets you out of the woods, but it puts you into other woods. 999 00:44:18,083 --> 00:44:19,250 What are the other woods? 1000 00:44:19,333 --> 00:44:21,375 You don't come home anymore. Did you know that? 1001 00:44:21,458 --> 00:44:23,791 -You change subjects faster than… -Keep up. 1002 00:44:23,875 --> 00:44:25,166 It's not hard. 1003 00:44:25,250 --> 00:44:28,416 I asked, “Did you know you don't come home anymore?” 1004 00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:29,833 Of course I come home. 1005 00:44:29,916 --> 00:44:32,750 Sometimes I go to the boat and play cards. 1006 00:44:32,833 --> 00:44:35,875 We drink, it goes late, it's easier to sleep on the boat. 1007 00:44:37,625 --> 00:44:39,375 That used to be once a week, then twice. 1008 00:44:39,458 --> 00:44:41,875 Now it's four or five times. 1009 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,125 I go home after work, you go to the boat. 1010 00:44:48,416 --> 00:44:50,208 You once asked me what my ambition was. 1011 00:44:50,291 --> 00:44:51,291 You remember? 1012 00:44:51,375 --> 00:44:53,666 Mm-hmm. 1013 00:44:53,750 --> 00:44:55,750 And you liked my answer. 1014 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,458 She used the word “home” a lot. 1015 00:45:00,541 --> 00:45:04,000 She talked about having a home. 1016 00:45:04,083 --> 00:45:08,041 Lucy owned three houses, but sometimes, when she fell into a funk, 1017 00:45:08,125 --> 00:45:11,833 she'd say… she didn't have a home. 1018 00:45:11,916 --> 00:45:14,000 They eloped. 1019 00:45:14,083 --> 00:45:15,625 They bought a ranch in Chatsworth. 1020 00:45:15,708 --> 00:45:19,833 They were deeply in love and deliriously happy. 1021 00:45:19,916 --> 00:45:23,625 What you got to understand is they weren't very happy. 1022 00:45:23,708 --> 00:45:25,458 They never saw each other. 1023 00:45:25,541 --> 00:45:28,916 Desi and his orchestra were booked at Ciro's. 1024 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,875 Lucy was under contract at RKO. 1025 00:45:31,958 --> 00:45:36,458 Desi would be done with work around 4:00 a.m. 1026 00:45:36,541 --> 00:45:38,625 Lucy had to be in hair and makeup at 5:00 a.m. 1027 00:45:38,708 --> 00:45:40,833 They'd meet at the top of Mulholland. 1028 00:45:41,916 --> 00:45:44,708 (band playing “Babalú”) 1029 00:45:45,833 --> 00:45:47,916 ♪ Babalú ♪ 1030 00:45:48,958 --> 00:45:51,083 -♪ Babalú ♪ -(audience shouting excitedly) 1031 00:45:52,375 --> 00:45:53,583 ♪ Babalú ♪ 1032 00:45:53,666 --> 00:45:55,208 ♪ Ayé ♪ 1033 00:45:55,291 --> 00:45:58,000 ♪ Babalú ayé ♪ 1034 00:45:58,083 --> 00:46:00,750 -(women laughing) -(lively music continues) 1035 00:46:07,750 --> 00:46:09,375 (horns stop, drumming continues) 1036 00:46:09,458 --> 00:46:11,791 ♪ Olé, olé, olé, olé ♪ 1037 00:46:11,875 --> 00:46:14,750 -♪ Ol é, ol é, ol é, olé ♪ -♪ Olé, olé, olé, olé ♪ 1038 00:46:14,833 --> 00:46:16,500 ♪ Olé, olé, olé, olé ♪