I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Lucy Wants to Move to the Country (1957)

Lucille Ball: Lucy Ricardo

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• Ethel Mertz : [Lucy, Fred and Ethel pose as gangsters working for 'The Brains' - i.e., Ricky - so they can get their house deposit back]  Now The Brains'll have to find another house. He ain't gonna like this.

  Fred Mertz : [pretending to be 'Fingers']  What do I care what he likes?

  Lucy Ricardo : Watch out, or you'll step on The Brains' toes, Fingers.

• Lucy Ricardo : [after a visit to Connecticut]  Grace Munson is so sweet. Look what she gave me to bring home. Country butter.

  Ethel Mertz : [she smells it]  Oh, that's wonderful.

  Lucy Ricardo : Grace made that herself. And look.

  [she holds up a jar] 

  Ethel Mertz : Grape jelly!

  Lucy Ricardo : From the grapes in their own arbors. Grace made that, too. And look at the size of these eggs.

  Ethel Mertz : Now, don't tell me that Grace...

• Fred Mertz : [Ethel is crying when Lucy comes into the room]  Come on, Ethel, we'd better get out of here.

  Lucy Ricardo : No, now wait a minute Fred, something's wrong. What is it, Ethel?

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, Lucy, I know you're not gonna move, but if you ever do move, *don't move*!

• Lucy Ricardo : [after Ricky puts down a deposit on a house in the country, Lucy changes her mind and doesn't want to leave Ethel and Fred]  There must be some way to get that $500 back. Fred, you know about real estate and things. Isn't there some way that we can make Mr Spaulding give, um, give that deposit back?

  Fred Mertz : Well, I don't know, unless you could fix it some way to make him think you're undesirable, and he didn't want you to have the house.

  Lucy Ricardo : Hey, that's a good idea.

  Fred Mertz : Yeah.

  Lucy Ricardo : Now let's think. How can we do that?

  Ethel Mertz : *We*? How did we get in on this?

  Lucy Ricardo : Well, for heaven's sake, Ethel, you and Fred are the reason that I don't want to move. The least you can do is help me out of this fix.

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, you're right. Let's see, now, how can we be undesirable?

  Fred Mertz : That shouldn't be hard for you, Ethel.