Just so the audience doesn't forget that Lucy just had a baby, the episode (which has nothing to do with the new baby) opens up with Ricky singing a delightful song "There's a Brand New Baby at Our House" which Ricky is planning on taking to the hospital to play for the new mama. We get to see Lucy only through the lengthy flashback sequence which deals with her resistance to turn away sales people, buying a fancy potato slicer that ends up not working then ending up exchanging it for a ridiculously overpriced vacuum cleaner.
The terrific Sheldon Leonard is a bundle of energy as the aggressive salesperson, telling Lucy she doesn't have to keep the potato slicer then giving her a full demonstration of the vacuum cleaner which seems cheap on the surface but ends up being a bundle when you add on all the extras, including the electrical cord. Explaining to Ricky how it happened shows Lucy at her most panicked, and eventually Lucy start selling herself which results in a very funny scene with veteran character actress Verna Felton, whose voice you might recognize as the fairy godmother in Disney's "Cinderella".
It's too bad this episode didn't come before Lucy had the baby or a few episodes after because by presenting the episode as a welcome to baby with the opening song, you expect to see him, and this episode could have been aired at any other time.
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