'Look what happened to Your washer machine !' I love this episode because it's the Ricardos versus the Mertzes feud, those are the best.
4 Reviews
The washer machine
angelahptrio12 August 2020
So Funny
brackney-164394 October 2023
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I like it when Ethel is singing off-key and Fred comes out and says, "Oh, it's you. I thought there was something wrong with the washing machine." I also like when Fred said, "Get the dukes up, Champ", and Little Ricky gets scared. I love it when Lucy was trying to get a dryer out of Ricky after he said he already did it, and Lucy says,
"NEW WASHER AND DRYER?!?!" It's SO hilarious when the washing machine falls off the balcony. I love how everybody dies laughing when the dealer says they'd pay seventy-five dollars for the washing machine. They had the right to laugh, as the washing machine was a piece of junk.
How quickly friends will turn on each other
FlushingCaps19 June 2014
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This is a fairly funny episode overall, but it always troubled me the way the friends turned on each other.
Lucy's kitchen is full of clothes hanging to dry because of expected rain outside that day. She (again) pleads for Ricky to buy a dryer but he insists they can't afford it. Lucy tells Ethel she's going to insist on it when Ricky gets home that evening. (I always thought it funny how this night-club performer arrives home from work almost every evening just like the guys with the 9-5 jobs.) Rickey surprises her with news that he found a good deal and is getting her a dryer AND a brand new washer. She already had a nice washer. When Ricky says he got a good deal and the man is going to give him $35 trade in for their washer, Ethel and Fred talk him into selling it to them instead, because Ethel's washer is very old and doesn't work well. Fred is about to get a check for Ricky but is told not to worry about that now, let's get the machine moved to your apartment.
The first time they try to use it, the top door opens on its own and spews out water and clothes all over the Mertz's kitchen. Ethel says, "Good thing we found out in time!" Now starts the big argument. Fred and Ethel insist they are not going to pay for this. Ricky and Lucy insist they took possession and it is theirs and they have to pay for it. With welchers like that for friends, Ricky should have insisted on cash before they took possession.
A fix-it man says he'll buy it for $50. Both Ethel and Lucy find this out separately, and think the other side doesn't know. Now they fight over who owns it, only the opposite way than they fought before.
The rare scenes of the couples' back porches were cool. Two times the machine was being pushed or pulled along the narrow walkway as they argued over who the owner was.
I enjoyed the funny lines and think this a decent episode. What troubled me was that the script didn't carefully write the lines so you could side with either couple. Instead, each of them stated things that were flat out lies, such as Ethel saying, "You practically forced us to buy it." as she accused them of plotting the whole thing in advance, knowing the machine was no good. Earlier that day she had been admiring what a nice machine Lucy had, compared with her own.
Like most Lucy shows, you have to ignore part of the plot to enjoy the show. Here, the poor way each pair treats the other couple needs to be ignored to enjoy the episode.
Lucy's kitchen is full of clothes hanging to dry because of expected rain outside that day. She (again) pleads for Ricky to buy a dryer but he insists they can't afford it. Lucy tells Ethel she's going to insist on it when Ricky gets home that evening. (I always thought it funny how this night-club performer arrives home from work almost every evening just like the guys with the 9-5 jobs.) Rickey surprises her with news that he found a good deal and is getting her a dryer AND a brand new washer. She already had a nice washer. When Ricky says he got a good deal and the man is going to give him $35 trade in for their washer, Ethel and Fred talk him into selling it to them instead, because Ethel's washer is very old and doesn't work well. Fred is about to get a check for Ricky but is told not to worry about that now, let's get the machine moved to your apartment.
The first time they try to use it, the top door opens on its own and spews out water and clothes all over the Mertz's kitchen. Ethel says, "Good thing we found out in time!" Now starts the big argument. Fred and Ethel insist they are not going to pay for this. Ricky and Lucy insist they took possession and it is theirs and they have to pay for it. With welchers like that for friends, Ricky should have insisted on cash before they took possession.
A fix-it man says he'll buy it for $50. Both Ethel and Lucy find this out separately, and think the other side doesn't know. Now they fight over who owns it, only the opposite way than they fought before.
The rare scenes of the couples' back porches were cool. Two times the machine was being pushed or pulled along the narrow walkway as they argued over who the owner was.
I enjoyed the funny lines and think this a decent episode. What troubled me was that the script didn't carefully write the lines so you could side with either couple. Instead, each of them stated things that were flat out lies, such as Ethel saying, "You practically forced us to buy it." as she accused them of plotting the whole thing in advance, knowing the machine was no good. Earlier that day she had been admiring what a nice machine Lucy had, compared with her own.
Like most Lucy shows, you have to ignore part of the plot to enjoy the show. Here, the poor way each pair treats the other couple needs to be ignored to enjoy the episode.
Uncomfortable episode
kellielulu27 July 2022
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There are actually quite a few laughs in this episode especially when the washing machine the Ricardo's sell the Mertz's goes wild and breaks and shoots laundry everywhere. Ricky buys Lucy a new washer and dryer and with the other three pushing him Ricky sells it to the Mertz's.
Then they all start fighting over who actually owns it . It's really just a funnier rehash of the episode when Lucy and Ricky give the Mertz's a television set for their anniversary and it breaks.
Yes it's uncomfortable when they turn against one another over money. I just don't care for those episodes much as a rule. I also don't care for it when the couples turn on each other. It always feels more mean spirited than when they do the women vs the men . It usually more fun and goes with the flow of the series better.
Then they all start fighting over who actually owns it . It's really just a funnier rehash of the episode when Lucy and Ricky give the Mertz's a television set for their anniversary and it breaks.
Yes it's uncomfortable when they turn against one another over money. I just don't care for those episodes much as a rule. I also don't care for it when the couples turn on each other. It always feels more mean spirited than when they do the women vs the men . It usually more fun and goes with the flow of the series better.
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