I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Never Do Business with Friends (1953)

Vivian Vance: Ethel Mertz

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Quotes 

• Fred Mertz : [the Ricardos have just told the Mertzes they're buying a new washer and dryer]  Hey, wait a minute!

  [Looks at Ethel] 

  Fred Mertz : How'd you like to have a new washing machine?

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, Fred, do you really mean it?

  Fred Mertz : Sure, I'll buy you the Ricardos' old one.

  Ethel Mertz : Old one? You just said a NEW one.

  Fred Mertz : Well, it'd be new to you.

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, fine, all I ever get is hand-me-downs.

  Fred Mertz : Alright, if you don't want it, you don't...

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, no, no, I'll take it. We can give our old one to the Smithsonian Institute.

• Mrs. Trumbull : [Mrs Trumbull has just arrived on the back porch, where she finds Lucy and Ethel locked in head-to-head combat, each pushing a washing machine in opposite directions]  Good morning, Mrs Mertz.

  Ethel Mertz : [Grunts]  Good morning.

  Mrs. Trumbull : What are you doing?

  Lucy Ricardo : [Grunting]  We're moving Mrs Mertz's washing machine in front of her door.

  Ethel Mertz : [Grunting]  No, we're moving Mrs Ricardo's washing machine in front of her door.

  Mrs. Trumbull : Well, if you don't mind my saying so, you're doing it the hard way!

• Mrs. Trumbull : [Lucy and Ethel are having a heated, animated argument]  Why Mrs Ricardo, your temper is as hot as your red hair!

  Lucy Ricardo : Well, what about her?

  [gesturing at Ethel] 

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, mine's as cold as your dark roots.