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Newspaper gossip columnist Hedda Hopper arrives at the Ricardo's Connecticut home to interview Lucy and Ricky on how their romance began. A flashback transports us back twenty years to the deck of a cruise ship headed for Havana, Cuba. Two young New York stenographers, Lucille McGillicuddy and Susie MacNamara are anxious to enjoy their vacation in the popular Latin resort city - and hope to meet a man. The ship is sorely lacking, however, in male companions. Susie says "I have searched this boat stern to stern, top to bottom, fore to aft, and I haven't found one available man. I hate to tell you, Lucy. We're traveling on a floating YWCA." Lucy says "Brother, they weren't kidding when they said this ship was on its maiden voyage!" The girls do encounter a pair of honeymooners, Fred Mertz (with hair) and Ethel, "his charming child bride of 1934,: and singing idol Rudy Vallee, who is hoping for a little peace and quiet. When the boat docks, Lucy and Susie meet a couple of natives who run a combination taxi-sightseeing service, Ricky Ricardo and Carlos Garcia. At a Cuban nightclub, El Tambor, Lucy and Ricky get romanic and pledge their affection for each other in a specialty drum number, "That Means I Love You." Lucy soon discovers that Ricky's real wish is for a musical career in America, and she pesters Vallee into giving the boys jobs with his orchestra. He agrees, but a misunderstanding leads to a public brawl, and Lucy and Susie land in jail. They inadvertantly drink from a barrel of water that has been laced with rum. They get drunk and nearly miss their boat home.
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