I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Lucy Hires a Maid (1953)

Lucille Ball: Lucy Ricardo

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Quotes 

• Lucy Ricardo : [the new baby is exhausting Lucy]  I'm simply asking if the baby wake up, that you get up and take care of him.

  Ricky Ricardo : Well, honey, I know it's a lotta hard work taking care of the baby, but, eh, that's what mothers are for.

  Lucy Ricardo : Oh, and what are fathers for?

  Ricky Ricardo : Well, the father is the breadwinner. See, the father is supposed to get his rest at night so he can get up fresh in the morning, go out into the world and make money for his family.

  Lucy Ricardo : You wouldn't tell me the rules before the game started. And next time we have a baby, I get to be the father.

• Lucy Ricardo : [Lucy interviews and hires the new maid]  Oh, I forgot, what is your name?

  Mrs. Porter : Mrs Porter.

  Lucy Ricardo : [timidly]  Oh. And what do I call you?

  Mrs. Porter : Mrs Porter.

• Mrs. Porter : [the maid answers the phone, then addresses Lucy]  Are you in to a Mrs Mertz?

  Lucy Ricardo : [Lucy is putting on airs]  Ask her WHICH Mrs Mertz.

  Mrs. Porter : Which Mrs Mertz?

  [covers the phone with her hand and addresses Lucy] 

  Mrs. Porter : The one you owe two months' rent to.

  [Lucy tosses her magazine in disgust and grabs the phone] 

• Lucy Ricardo : [Lucy arrives at Ethel's]  Hi.

  Ethel Mertz : [Lucy has been putting on airs, due to having a maid]  Oh, pardon my answering the door dressed like this, your highness, if you'll excuse me I'll go put on a formal gown.

  [Bows down] 

  Lucy Ricardo : Oh shut up.

  Ethel Mertz : What's the matter?

  Lucy Ricardo : Oh Ethel, let's face it, I'm not the type to have a maid. Some people are cut out for champagne and caviar, I'm more the beer and pretzel type.

• Lucy Ricardo : [Lucy and Ethel have just realized that Mrs Porter would leave if she had to do a lot of hard work every day]  How can we make my apartment look like a pigpen?

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, that's easy, let Fred stay there for awhile.