Ricky Ricardo

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Desi Arnaz
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz ye de Acha the Third was born in Santiago, Cuba on March 2, 1917. His father ...

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Ricky Ricardo Quotes

	Season 6 / Episode 13: - Lucy and Superman Superman: You mean to tell me that you've been married to her for 15 years? Ricky Ricardo: Yes, 15 years! Superman: And they call me Superman.
	Season 6 / Episode 8: - Desert Island Ricky Ricardo: [From unboarding on the deserted beach, Ricky looks at a lot of coconuts on the sand] Hey, they have CACA Nuts here. Ricky Ricardo: CACA Nuts? Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo: [Lucy looks at the coconuts] Oh, yes, a lot of CACA Nuts.
	Season 3 / Episode 17: - Oil Wells Ricky Ricardo: Now what do you think this pleasant surprise could be? Fred Mertz: Maybe they're leaving us?
	Season 3 / Episode 17: - Oil Wells Lucy Ricardo: [Lucy, dressed in a stunning, skin-tight evening gown prances into the room, showing off her new glamorous look] May I have a light, please? Thanks awfully, darling. Ricky Ricardo: Who is that? Fred Mertz: It looks like Lucy. Ricky Ricardo: Lucy? Lucy Ricardo: Yes, dah-ling? Ricky Ricardo: It is Lucy. Fred Mertz: Well, what do you know. Lucy Ricardo: [Door buzzer sounds] That must be my dear friend, Ethel. Please Fred, I'll open the door. Fred Mertz: Open it? I was going to LOCK it! Lucy Ricardo: Oh my dear fellow. You have such a refreshing wit. [Opens door] Ethel Mertz: [Ethel strolls in, dressed in a tight leopard skin evening gown] I hope I didn't hold up the party. Lucy Ricardo: Not at all, darling. Do come in. Ricky Ricardo: [Can't believe his eyes regarding Ethel's transformation] Who's that? Fred Mertz: Who's that? WHAT'S that?
	Season 1 / Episode 30: - Lucy Does a TV Commercial Ricky Ricardo: [Lucy is angry at Ricky and will not speak or acknowledge him] Honey, could you please make my breakfast? [She ignores him] Lucy, why won't you answer me? [She still ignores him] What do you want me to do, starve to death? Lucy Ricardo: Would you, please?
	Season 1 / Episode 27: - The Kleptomaniac Fred Mertz: You don't think she's a kleptomaniac do you? Ricky Ricardo: No, I think she just steals.
	Season 1 / Episode 27: - The Kleptomaniac Fred Mertz: [Ricky finds blueprints] What is it? Ricky Ricardo: The Shashe National Bank! Dr. Tom Robinson: Oh no. That's where I keep my money! Oh this is serious!
	Season 1 / Episode 24: - The Gossip Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo: Let's make it a bet. Fred Mertz: How about $10? Ethel Mertz: What's wrong with $20? Ricky Ricardo: What's wrong with $30? Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo: What's wrong with $50? Fred Mertz: What was wrong with $10?
	Season 1 / Episode 21: - New Neighbors Lucy Ricardo: 10 o' clock in the living room and all's well! Ricky Ricardo: 10 o' clock in the bedroom and all is well! Fred Mertz: 10 o' clock in the hallway and all's well! Ethel Mertz: [muffled] 10 o' clock in the kitchen and all's well! Lucy Ricardo: Kitchen inspector. [Ethel comes out with a turkey leg] Ethel Mertz: Yes sir? Lucy Ricardo: Ethel, are you eating on duty? Ethel Mertz: No sir. Lucy Ricardo: What's that? Ethel Mertz: Oh uh, well I'm not very good with a gun so I thought if anybody came in the back door I'd beat 'em to death. Lucy Ricardo: I hope he gets here before you eat your club away. Fred Mertz: [entering living room] Ho, hee, ho. Lucy Ricardo: Fred, what're you doing away from your post? Fred Mertz: I'm hungry! And I demand transfer to kitchen. [Ricky enters] Lucy Ricardo: What do you want? Ricky Ricardo: I'm lonesome in there all by myself!
	Season 1 / Episode 21: - New Neighbors Ricky Ricardo: Lucy, were you snooping? Lucy Ricardo: Yes I was a bad girl and you can spank me tomorrow if there's anything left to spank!
	Season 1 / Episode 18: - Breaking the Lease Ricky Ricardo: How do you like that guy? [imitating Fred] 'Let's keep it down up there!' Well, nertz to the Mertz. Lucy Ricardo: Yeah.
	Season 1 / Episode 18: - Breaking the Lease Ricky Ricardo: Honey I won't be home until late tonight. I have to rehearse down at the club. Lucy Ricardo: Ricky, why don't you hold the rehearsal here? Ricky Ricardo: Honey are you crazy? I got a 16 piece band, I'll blow the roof off the joint! Lucy Ricardo: Well? It doesn't look like rain. Ricky Ricardo: [thinks about it] I'll do it!
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer Ricky Ricardo: [while Lucy thinks that Ricky is going into the army while Ricky thinks Lucy is pregnant] Ricky Ricardo: Me daddy? Fred Mertz: Yes. You, daddy. Lucy, mommy. Me, Tarzan.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - The Diet Lucy Ricardo: [getting weighed] How much do I weigh? Ricky Ricardo: 47 pounds and stop leaning on me.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - The Diet Ricky Ricardo: [Lucy was hiding under the table with the dog to steal tablescraps] What do you have to say for yourself? Lucy Ricardo: [holds her hands up like a dog] Arf arf arf!
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub Lucy Ricardo: What's the matter? What are you standing up for? Ricky Ricardo: Because two gorgeous ladies entered the room. Lucy Ricardo: They did? Where? Ethel Mertz: They mean us. Lucy Ricardo: Oh! You great big latin lover you! [she pinches Ricky's cheek] Ethel Mertz: Oh! You sweet, handsome man you! [she pinches Fred's cheek] Ricky Ricardo: You gorgeous, exciting, woman you! [he pinches Lucy's cheek] Fred Mertz: I pass.
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: There's no need making fun of my English. Lucy Ricardo: That's English?
	Unknown Episode: Lucy Ricardo: I want the names to be unique and euphonious. Ricky Ricardo: Okay. Unique if it's a boy, and Euphonious if it's a girl.
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: Look, all I know is that Columbus discovered Ohio in 1776.
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: Lucy's actin' crazy. Fred Mertz: Crazy for Lucy, or crazy for ordinary people?
	Unknown Episode: Mr. Merriweather: Oh, you study numerology? Lucy Ricardo: Of course. Mr. Merriweather: I'm a 1. Lucy Ricardo: I'm a 3. Ricky Ricardo: I'm a 5. Mr. Merriweather: We're all odd, aren't we?
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: Hey, Lucy, a funny thing happened to me on the way to the theater. Lucy Ricardo: What? Ricky Ricardo: Some tramp comes up to me on the street and says he hadn't had a bite in three days. Lucy Ricardo: What did you do, bite him?
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: What do you know about rice? Fred Mertz: Well, I had it thrown at me on one of the darkest days in my life.
	Unknown Episode: Lucy Ricardo: Ricky, we're revolting. Ricky Ricardo: No more than usual.
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: Something's wrong with the electricity. My shaver isn't working. Lucy Ricardo: Something's wrong with the gas. My chicken isn't working.
	Unknown Episode: Lucy Ricardo: Lets see, it was either the upstairs maid or the butler Ricky Ricardo: It was her husband Lucy Ricardo: Her husband? He didn't have any reason to do it Ricky Ricardo: He was married wasn't he
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: (losing his temper after Lucy screwed up his chance to be in a Broadway Play) You did what? Lucy Ricardo: I was only trying to help. Ricky Ricardo: (shouting) Help? Lucy Ricardo: HELP.
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: Lucy! I'm Home!
	Unknown Episode: Ricky Ricardo: I've got a joke you never heard in your life. I know a girl who's so dumb she thinks a football coach has four wheels. Ha ha ha. [Audience is silent] Lucy Ricardo: How many wheels does it have? [Audience laughs]

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