Ricky Ricardo PM

The trick with pointing your readers to your punch line is twofold. First, don't get them there too early. That has sometimes forced me to change what the final punchline was. Second, they need to buy into the premise. So, for Ricky Ricardo, I needed at least one phrase that was uniquely his. I knew I wanted either "Lucy, I'm home" or "Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do." Once I found the phrases, I had to either name a specific character (which I do not like to do) or use something that sounded like the name. Then, when I thought of loose-y, I knew what my final panel would be. Then, I established that Ricky was in "show business" and added the final "Waaah" of Lucy Ricardo.