VLVL2 (15): "A Salute to Ricky Ricardo"

[Dave Monroe]

   "He was nodding his head now, with a faraway look,
as the Local 369 folks played 'A Salute to Ricky
Ricardo,' a medley of tunes actually sung by Desi
Arnaz on the 'I Love Lucy' show, including 'Babalu,'
'Acapulco,' 'Cuba,' and 'We're Having a Baby (My Baby
and Me),' from the episode in which first mention is
made of what turns out to be Little Ricky, a character
in whom Hector took an unusual interest." (VL, Ch. 15,
p. 347)


Hm ... now, "Babalu" we've already covered ...

http://members.tripod.com/TropicanaNightclub/babalu.html

And "Acapulco" is likely "In Acapulco" ...

http://www.harrywarren.org/songs/0225.htm

>From Diamond Horseshoe (1945) ...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037640/maindetails

Episode 71 of I Love Lucy, "Baby Pictures" ...

Caroline: "You mean he speaks Spanish?"
Lucy: "Only when he's mad"

http://www.eaglerock-is.com/ilovelucy/ep.asp?e=71

Available on, e.g., ...

http://www.parabrisas.com/m_arnazd2.html

But "Cuba" ...

http://www.eaglerock-is.com/ilovelucy/ill-x2.asp

"Cuban Caddy"?  "Cuban Pete"?  Strange ... 

On the other hand, back to "We're Having a Baby (My
Baby and Me)."  Again ...

On the evening of May 25, 1944, show business veteran
Eddie Cantor was to perform on TV a song he'd
introduced on Broadway, entitled "We're Having a Baby,
My Baby and Me." Forty minutes before airtime, NBC
officials ordered Cantor to eliminate the song because
its lyrics were offensive.

Cantor argued that he hadn't enough time to prepare 
another number. Apparently the NBC staff relented and 
allowed him to begin the song on the air, performed 
with a female partner, Nora Martin.
 
But part way through the song, NBC's engineers shut 
off the audio signal ...
 
http://web.cnjnet.com/~mweinber/cantor.html
 
"Lucy Is Enciente," I Love Lucy Episode #50, first 
aired on CBS Television Network 49 years ago this
week, on December 8, 1952. It was the first of seven 
consecutive episodes chronicling Lucy Ricardo's 
pregnancy -- or should we say "expectancy."

http://www.lucyfan.com/photoweek109.html

Censorship, an unspeakable word ("pregnancy") ...


	
		
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