I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Ricky and Fred Are TV Fans (1953)

Vivian Vance: Ethel Mertz

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Quotes 

• Sergeant Nelson : You used to be a brunette, didn't you? Dyed your hair.

  Lucy Ricardo : A lot you know. My hair is naturally red. Isn't it Ethel?

  Ethel Mertz : Look Lucy, lets not add perjury to our other charges.

• Lucy Ricardo : Remember when we used to go to the movies on Ricky nights off?

  [Lucille Ball misspoke her line] 

  Ethel Mertz : Movies?

  Lucy Ricardo : [Wistfully]  Yeah...

  Ethel Mertz : What's that?

  Lucy Ricardo : Oh, you know, it's sort of like television except the screen is bigger and it's just one channel.

• Ethel Mertz : Hey, do you think we can talk the guys out of watching tonight?

  Lucy Ricardo : [Incredulous]  Are you kidding? Tonight's the big fight.

  Ethel Mertz : [Disgusted]  Every week's the big fight.

  Lucy Ricardo : Well tonight's the BIG big fight. EVERYBODY'S talking about it.

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, who's fighting?

  Lucy Ricardo : I don't know. It's always the same: Rocky Somebody versus Kid Something-or-Other.

• Lucy Ricardo : [Fred has just run through the kitchen on his way to the corner store]  Well, he sure was in a hurry.

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, they only allow him ONE minute between rounds.

  Lucy Ricardo : Yeah.

  Ethel Mertz : [Both women look disgusted]  You know he's got himself trained so he can do ANYTHING in less than a minute?

  Lucy Ricardo : [Lucy nods knowingly, in a Peg Bundy-ish way; the live audience howls]  Yeah, I know what you mean.