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First Aired: Oct. 22, 1951 on CBS

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Season 1 » Episode #02 - Be a Pal

Summary: Lucy tries to be Ricky's pal to improve their marriage.

Charlie	played by Tony Michaels (II)
Hank	played by Richard Reeves

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Goof (continuity error): Ricky reads the same newspaper two mornings in a row.
Goof (crew or equipment visible): When Lucy and the guys play poker, you can hear a crew member cough very clearly.

Before this show, in which Lucille Ball lip-synchs to a record of Carmen Miranda singing "Mama Yo Quiero", Lucy asked Miranda for permission to impersonate her.
Rosalind Russell and Teresa Wright were in the studio audience when this episode was filmed. After the show, they posed for a photograph with Desi and Lucy, who was still wearing her "Carmen Miranda" costume. The picture appears in "The I Love Lucy Book" by Bart Andrews (II).
This episode is based on an episode of Ball's radio show "My Favorite Husband" also titled "Be a Pal".