The characters of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo are introduced, living in a high-rise building in Manhattan. Ricky is a Latin bandleader, and Lucy is his ambitious wife. Lucy learns that Ricky is up for a big television audition, and she wants to be in the show. Eager to get ambitious Lucy out of the way, Ricky sends her on a bogus errand. When Pepito the Clown is injured on a bicycle rehearsing the show, Lucy replaces him at the audition.
