“Ricky Ricardo: Excuse me, Mrs. Shakespeare, but would you mind telling me what this is all about?
Lucy Ricardo: Well, you see, all the women's clubs in town are having a big play-writing contest.
Ricky Ricardo: I knew it, I knew it. This had to do with the Wednesday Afternoon Fang and Claw Society.
Lucy Ricardo: It's the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League. Gee, just think, if our play wins I just might become a big, famous playwright. I might become another Tennessee Ernie.
Ricky Ricardo: That's Tennessee Williams.
Lucy Ricardo: Oh.”
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