Lucy Goes to the Hospital Lucy Goes to the Hospital "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" is an episode of the 1950s American television show "I Love Lucy" in which the title character, Lucy Ricardo, gives birth to her son, "Little Ricky," after a "predictably chaotic" sequence of events. Twelve hours before the broadcast, the actress who played Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball, had given birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. by cesarean section. The episode had actually been filmed on November 14, 1952. The episode was the culmination of an unprecedented pairing of the fictional pregnancy of Lucy with the real-life pregnancy of Lucille Ball; "real-time pregnancy
Let's Go to the Mall front of a giant Canadian flag. A robot is also featured in the video. Portions of the music video were shown in "Slap Bet". The full three-minute footage became available on MySpace and CBS.com after its TV premiere; there was a tag at the end of the episode that encouraged viewers to watch the full video online. It was also included in the show's season 2 DVD release. "Let's Go to the Mall" garnered generally positive reviews from both television and music critics. Perigard was impressed by Robin Sparkles's "genius" first appearance, and further called the song "an insanely catchy