← Lucy Becomes A Sculptress I Love Lucy Sales Resistance → Lucy Goes To The Hospital Episode Info Series: I Love Lucy Season: 2 Episode: 16 Broadcast Info Air Date: January 19, 1953 Channel: CBS Production Info Directed By: William Asher Written By: Jess Oppenheimer Madelyn Pugh Bob Carroll, Jr. Produced By: Jess Oppenheimer Lucy Goes To The Hospital is the sixteenth episode of the second season of I Love Lucy, and the fifty-first episode overall. It first aired January 19, 1953. Contents[show] SynopsisEdit Lucy tells Ricky that the baby may arrive any day now, freaking Ricky out. She tries to calm him down, until she actually has to go to the hospital. PlotEdit To be added. CastEdit Cast Lucy Ricardo Lucille Ball Ricky Ricardo Desi Arnaz Ethel Mertz Vivian Vance Fred Mertz William Frawley Mr. Stanley Charlie Lane Wheelchair Nurse Peggy Rea Desk Nurse Adele Longmire Nursery Nurse Barbara Pepper Nursery Nurse Hazel Pierce Nurse Ruth Perrot Orderly Bennett Green Policeman Ralph Montgomery Maitre D' William Hamel Baby James John Ganzer CrewEdit Crew Producer Jess Oppenheimer Director William Asher Writers Jess OppenheimerMadelyn PughBob Carroll, Jr. Director of Photography Karl Freund Music Director Wilbur Hatch Production Manager Argyle Nelson Supervising Editor Dann Cahn Original Music Eliot Daniel Assistant Director James Paisley Make-up Max Factor Executive Producer Desi Arnaz Memorable QuotesEdit "I don't have to be at the club until 8:00. That gives you three and a half hours.""I'll do the best I can." - Ricky, Lucy "Fred, did you hear what I said? The baby's due any minute. ""What's so amazing about that? 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