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
If I Had A Son For Each Star In Old Glory (Uncle Sam, I'd Give Them All To You!) If I Had A Son For Each Star In Old Glory (Uncle Sam, I'd Give Them All To You!) "If I Had A Son For Each Star In Old Glory (Uncle Sam, I'd Give Them All To You!)" is a World War I song written by James E. Dempsey and composed by Joseph A. Burke. This song was published in 1917 by Leo. Feist, Inc., in New York, NY. The sheet music cover, illustrated by Rosenbaum Studios, features a mother looking at a picture of her son with an inset photo of Monte Austin. Other editions feature Brice and King;