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OH Nuts!
02-21-2019, 12:11 AM
Ricky to Lucy: Of course you can be in my act honey. I love the way you play Glow Worm.

ThisLittlePiggy
02-21-2019, 10:23 AM
Fred to Ethel: Sure, Honeybunch. Here's $200. Go out and buy yourself the prettiest dress you want! Nothing is too good for you!

OH Nuts!
02-21-2019, 10:58 AM
(Ha! Yes indeed; you’d NEVER hear that!)

Lucy to Ricky: I’ll never try to sneak into your act again!

ThisLittlePiggy
02-22-2019, 06:14 AM
Ricky: Lucy is a special talent who should be fit into as many of my shows as possible!

OH Nuts!
02-22-2019, 08:52 AM
Fred to Ethel: Hey Honeybunch, how’d you like a $10,000 mink stole. My treat!

ThisLittlePiggy
02-22-2019, 01:49 PM
Ethel: Lucy! You have on the exact same dress as me! Aren't we cute? We're like twins! Of course I'm not jealous!

OH Nuts!
03-05-2019, 12:03 AM
Lucy to Carolyn Appleby: Of couse I’ll tell you my age...43!

ThisLittlePiggy
03-05-2019, 09:52 PM
Ethel: My husband is the most generous man I've ever known!

OH Nuts!
03-05-2019, 10:37 PM
Lucy: I just want to be a housewife. Show business is for the birds.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-06-2019, 09:30 PM
Ethel: Fred and I don't sing. We can't sing. We used to work in a factory when we were young.

stevea
03-09-2019, 08:28 PM
Ethel, to Lucy: Doesn't Fred look cute in those baggy pants pulled up to his ribcage?

Lucy: Uh...yeah.

OH Nuts!
03-09-2019, 10:48 PM
Ethel to Lucy: I’m not hungry-I couldn’t eat a thing.

Bonniegirl
03-10-2019, 12:22 AM
Ethel, to Lucy: Doesn't Fred look cute in those baggy pants pulled up to his ribcage?

Lucy: Uh...yeah.



:lol::D

stevea
03-10-2019, 07:09 PM
Ethel, to Fred: Kiss me, you fool!

OH Nuts!
03-10-2019, 11:27 PM
Fred to Ricky: Nah Ricky, I don’t wanna go to the fights. Let’s play Go Fish with the girls!

stevea
03-15-2019, 08:44 AM
Lucy to Ethel: What a silly idea, Ethel. I really don't want to do anything Ricky tells me not to. So just forget about John Wayne's footprints.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-15-2019, 11:43 PM
Fred: Oh, Ava Gardner is here in this restaurant? Big deal. She's just people, remember? Just like you and me, Ethel.

OH Nuts!
03-16-2019, 12:35 AM
Lucy to Carolyn: Of course I’ll tell you my age and weight!

stevea
03-17-2019, 07:50 PM
Lucy: Thanks for the five dollars spending money, Mr. Hickox. That'll be enough for the month.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-18-2019, 07:49 PM
Ricky: What do you know about rice?
Fred: I had it thrown at me on the happiest day of my life!

stevea
03-18-2019, 09:28 PM
Lucy: Ethel, Charles Boyer is sitting at the next table.

Ricky: Now, Lucy...

Lucy: Don't worry, dear. I had enough of movie stars in Hollywood. I really don't care about him. I just thought I'd let Ethel know.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-19-2019, 07:55 PM
Lucy: Oh, Ethel. Pleeeease don't insult me. Ricky does not need to put me on a budget. In fact, he begs me to stop being so thrifty and SPEND MORE OF HIS MONEY!

stevea
03-19-2019, 09:35 PM
Carolyn Appleby (aka Lillian): Don't bother looking for my glasses, Ethel. I don't care about seeing Clark Gable or Harpo Marx.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-20-2019, 07:35 AM
Carolyn Appleby (aka Lillian): Don't bother looking for my glasses, Ethel. I don't care about seeing Clark Gable or Harpo Marx.

:lol:

stevea
03-20-2019, 07:50 AM
Lucy, to Marion Strong: I've always just loved listening to your laugh. It's so contagious!

Ethel: Fred was raised on a farm, so it makes him feel right at home, just like he was feeding the hens.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-20-2019, 06:43 PM
Fred: My honeybunch is the most svelte woman in New York City. She looks like a goddess. I got so lucky!

stevea
03-20-2019, 08:22 PM
Ricky: Mrs. MacGillicuddy, it's so nice to see you. Of course, we'd love for you to come with us to California. And, feel free to keep calling me Mickey.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-23-2019, 01:28 PM
Ricky: Lucy, you don't ever need to 'splain anything to me. I trust you completely.

Bonniegirl
03-23-2019, 03:50 PM
Lucy saying " I better check with Mrs. Trumball at least a day in advance to see if she can babysit little Ricky, I can't just assume she is always home and available whenever I need her on the spur of the moment" !

stevea
03-23-2019, 04:22 PM
Lucy: Little Ricky, you're flat out hard to understand. We're gonna have to start repeating everything you say.

ThisLittlePiggy
03-25-2019, 05:24 PM
Fred: Drinks on me! I love to spend my money on friends and strangers!!

stevea
03-25-2019, 06:51 PM
Ethel: Little Ricky, just keep banging that drum...it's music to our ears!

ThisLittlePiggy
03-26-2019, 01:56 PM
Lucy: I don't ever want to go shopping for hats or dresses again. I'm happy with the four outfits I own and I can sew anything else I need.

Bonniegirl
03-26-2019, 02:00 PM
Lucy saying " Ya know, little Stevie Applebee is really much cuter than Little Ricky"!

stevea
03-26-2019, 02:55 PM
Ethel: Let's wait for a taxi to take us out to the Ricardos'. It's too cold to walk all that way.

Fred: Fine by me. Money's no object, honey bunch.

ThisLittlePiggy
05-11-2019, 05:26 PM
Lucy: William Holden is here? Who's that? Should I recognize the name?

stevea
05-11-2019, 08:57 PM
Lucy: Ethel, what if we drop this heavy cement block and it breaks? Grauman's will have us thrown into jail, not to mention what Ricky'll do. You need to think of these things!

Now let's go back to the hotel and get a suntan, and forget about John Wayne.

Bonniegirl
05-11-2019, 10:29 PM
Lucy saying " I'm tired of being a redhead, I want to go back to my natural brown hair color" !

stevea
05-11-2019, 10:55 PM
Lucy, to Ricky: Ya know, Ricky, I don't remember our anniversary, either.

ThisLittlePiggy
05-12-2019, 04:29 PM
Ethel: Lucy, you have a beautiful singing voice. I can't understand why Ricky won't put you in all his best shows!

stevea
05-12-2019, 04:31 PM
Or, Ethel: Keep going on that sax, Lucy--I just love the way you play "Glow Worm."

ThisLittlePiggy
05-13-2019, 05:52 PM
Fred (to Ethel): Honeybunch, of course you can have $100. to go shopping. Anything for you, Dollface!

stevea
05-14-2019, 10:51 AM
Mr Hickox: Well, Mrs. Ricardo, all your budget items are up to date and paid. Good job!

ThisLittlePiggy
05-16-2019, 03:21 PM
Ethel: Lucy, these checkerboard britches are adorable! What a practical gift, dearest friend!

stevea
05-16-2019, 05:35 PM
Ethel: No dessert for me, Lucy. I've had sufficient.

ThisLittlePiggy
05-20-2019, 12:59 PM
Ethel and Lucy: Wow, these watercress sandwiches are so filling!

stevea
05-20-2019, 01:04 PM
Lucy, to Ethel: So what if she's an ax murderer, as long as she gets us to Florida.

ThisLittlePiggy
05-22-2019, 03:25 PM
Ethel: Hey look there goes Gina Lollobrigida.
Fred: Who cares? I was trying to get to sleep.

stevea
05-23-2019, 05:55 PM
(at the Wednesday Afternoon ladies' meeting)

Ethel: Ladies, we're not here to gossip.

Lucy: Ooh, right, thanks for the reminder.

ThisLittlePiggy
05-24-2019, 02:02 PM
Lucy: Ethel, those slogans you made up calling me "a deadhead" and a "dyed head" are so clever and funny! Sure, I can laugh at myself!

stevea
05-28-2019, 10:47 PM
Lucy: Honey, Ethel and I are going to build the barbecue.

Ricky: Go ahead, dear. You'll both do a bang-up job.

ThisLittlePiggy
05-29-2019, 04:20 PM
Ethel: Oh, who cares if you lost our train tickets to Florida, Lucy. We can just stay home and bake bread.

PracTz
05-31-2019, 11:13 AM
Mr. Ricardo, you must be the most grammatically correct and eloquent English speaker I've ever heard!

stevea
05-31-2019, 12:02 PM
Ricky: I wish Cousin Ernie could stay longer.

Babalu
05-31-2019, 12:27 PM
Lucy: Hey Ricky! Mrs. Trumball must have found those joints we hid in Little Ricky's diaper. She's dancing naked on the ledge as high as a ******* kite!

stevea
05-31-2019, 08:47 PM
Lucy: Ricky, you ALWAYS remember our anniversary!

OH Nuts!
06-01-2019, 12:34 AM
Ethel: I’m not hungry in the least!

stevea
06-01-2019, 07:38 AM
Lucy: I don't know what to do, Ethel. I need an idea from you 'cause I never come up with plans.

OH Nuts!
06-01-2019, 07:55 AM
Lucy: Of course Carol, I’d be delighted to tell you my real age!

ThisLittlePiggy
06-01-2019, 02:26 PM
Lucy: Oh, sure you can look at my drivers license. I'm not ashamed to show you my age!

OH Nuts!
06-01-2019, 03:29 PM
Ricky to Lucy: Your rendition of Glow Worm is excellent. Of course you can be in my act!

stevea
06-02-2019, 06:03 PM
Ethel: Keep on playing the anvil chorus with the coins in your pocket, Freddy. I love it!
But, pull up your pants, honey. They're down below your ribcage.

stevea
06-04-2019, 11:15 AM
Lucy: Oh, Ethel, wasn't it cute when that bathing beauty said to Ricky, "I get a boot out of it when you sing Baba Lu?"

OH Nuts!
06-05-2019, 06:10 AM
Fred to Ethel: Let’s go on a big spending spree Honeybunch!

ThisLittlePiggy
06-05-2019, 08:41 PM
Fred: Ethel, you are just as pretty and slender as the day we wed. How do you stay so trim?

OH Nuts!
06-06-2019, 08:53 AM
Ethel to Fred: you are the most generous and sensitive man I know.

stevea
06-06-2019, 08:57 AM
Ricky: Ah, Lucy, so what if you put gas in a thermos and endangered Little Ricky? And so what if we wound up adrift at sea? We'll know to smell the thermos next time.

OH Nuts!
06-07-2019, 12:19 AM
Lucy: I’m sick of trying to break into show business.

ThisLittlePiggy
06-07-2019, 02:20 PM
Lucy: I just love eating watercress sandwiches; they taste like buttered popcorn!

stevea
06-07-2019, 05:36 PM
Lucy: Mr. Hickox, you're such a hunk*. I don't need a business manager, I need a new husband--you!

*or, whatever the 50s equivalent of "hunk" would be!

ThisLittlePiggy
06-07-2019, 08:39 PM
Lucy: I don't mind wearing that wool suit over my sunburn. It'll be fun!

OH Nuts!
06-07-2019, 10:26 PM
Ethel to Lucy: I just love your hair-brained schemes! What are we going to do now?

ThisLittlePiggy
06-08-2019, 09:26 AM
Ricky: Lucy! You need to stop being so thrifty! Start spending the money I give you!!!

stevea
06-08-2019, 09:58 AM
Lucy: Thanks for the invite, Ricky, but I'm not interested in meeting the queen.

ThisLittlePiggy
06-08-2019, 02:44 PM
Lucy: Going to California?! Nah, I'll sit this one out. You go have fun.

stevea
06-09-2019, 05:04 PM
Lucy: Give Carolyn her glasses, Ethel. I want her to see my Jimmy Durante imitation.

ThisLittlePiggy
06-11-2019, 04:08 PM
Lucy (on the airplane): My baby's name is Baby Gouda.

stevea
06-11-2019, 05:48 PM
Lucy: Oh, it's so nice to meet you, Mrs. MacRae. I don't want to be in the Loper fashion show. Thanks for asking, though.

ThisLittlePiggy
06-12-2019, 01:30 PM
Lucy: Honestly, Ethel! How would I know who somebody named Charles Boyer is? Is he a bus driver or what?

stevea
06-12-2019, 05:41 PM
Lucy: Hey, everybody! Leave me in this freezer. I just love icicles hanging off my face.

OH Nuts!
06-12-2019, 10:06 PM
Ricky lapsing into French when he gets really steamed by Lucy

ThisLittlePiggy
06-13-2019, 04:47 PM
Fred: Let's go out tonight, everyone. I'm paying!

OH Nuts!
06-13-2019, 09:46 PM
Lucy playing a PERFECT rendition of “Glow Worm”

stevea
06-14-2019, 08:27 AM
Ricky: Lucy, you got matinee tickets? Now what are we gonna do?

Fred: I'll just buy us all some more tickets. And this dinner's on me.

OH Nuts!
06-14-2019, 08:41 AM
Lucy: Show business bores me. I just wanna be an everyday housewife.

stevea
06-14-2019, 09:15 AM
(In Italy)

Ricky: Lucy! Little Ricky's on the line!

Lucy: I'm not coming down all those stairs just to talk to that kid.

ThisLittlePiggy
06-23-2019, 06:49 PM
Lucy: Can I be in the show?
Ricky: YES!

OH Nuts!
06-23-2019, 10:59 PM
Lucy: I will never die my hair again or lie about my age!

stevea
06-24-2019, 05:10 PM
Ricky: Lucy, listen! I'm trying to tell you about my old girlfriend, Carlotta Romero. She's in town--

Lucy (cutting him off): Your past life is of no concern to me. Have her drop by...we'll talk about old times.

ThisLittlePiggy
06-25-2019, 11:17 AM
Fred: Ethel, you look so gorgeous today!

MISST3
06-25-2019, 01:57 PM
Lucy: "I wanted to meet William Holden, but I think I'll just sit here and eat my spaghetti."

ThisLittlePiggy
06-25-2019, 03:44 PM
Lucy to Ethel: We are going to rock this job at the candy factory, aren't we?

stevea
06-25-2019, 11:01 PM
Lucy: Cornel Wilde is upstairs, you say? So what?

MISST3
06-26-2019, 06:42 PM
Lucy: "My nose is on fire? Can't be . . . it's probably just an illusion!"

OH Nuts!
06-26-2019, 11:15 PM
Lucy’s Mother to Ricky: so nice to see you again Ricky

ThisLittlePiggy
06-27-2019, 02:03 PM
Lucy: I'm a 'natural' redhead, right out of the bottle. Naturally.

OH Nuts!
06-27-2019, 10:53 PM
Carolyn Appleby to Lucy: Lucy my dear, I would never try to trick you into revealing your age.

stevea
06-29-2019, 10:43 AM
Lucy, yelling to the candy factory conveyor operator: SPEED IT UP A LITTLE!

ThisLittlePiggy
10-31-2019, 02:11 PM
Ethel at the candy factory: Fred said I should steal as much candy as possible so he doesn't have to spend money on Halloween treats.

stevea
11-06-2019, 09:43 PM
Lucy: Carolyn, welcome to Hollywood. First thing I want to tell you, I haven't met any stars out here. All my letters to you were a pack of lies.

ThisLittlePiggy
11-10-2019, 07:11 PM
Lucy to Ricky: Ricky, are you kidding? You want me in your show? But I'm a horrible singer. Get another girl!

OH Nuts!
07-17-2020, 09:23 AM
Lucy to Carolyn: of course I’ll tell you my age!

Babalu
10-03-2020, 05:13 PM
Mrs. Trumbull: "Damn I'm horny. Where's Babalu?"

Bonniegirl
10-03-2020, 05:43 PM
Mrs. Trumbull: "Damn I'm horny. Where's Babalu?"

:eek:

:lol::lol::lol::D:D:D

OH Nuts!
10-03-2020, 05:50 PM
:lol:LMAO!

Ethel: I couldn’t eat another bite!

ThisLittlePiggy
10-04-2020, 03:32 AM
Fred: Take all of my money, Ethel, because it's burning a hole in my pocket.

OH Nuts!
10-04-2020, 08:41 AM
Ricky: From now on Lucy, I’m going to yell at you in French.

PracTz
10-04-2020, 01:47 PM
Fred: Rick, since you paid for our rooms in Hollywood, I'm going to pay for everyone's transport and lodging in Europe!

OH Nuts!
10-04-2020, 02:01 PM
Lucy: Show Biz bites it. I’d much rather be a housewife.

ThisLittlePiggy
10-11-2020, 02:08 AM
Lucy: I'm going to dye my hair black from now on.

PracTz
10-11-2020, 04:05 AM
Fred: I accidently used Lucy's henna rinse instead of my hair tonic for a week- and no one noticed!

OH Nuts!
10-11-2020, 09:22 AM
Ricky: Lucy you are soooo talented—you absolutely belong in show biz.

ThisLittlePiggy
10-11-2020, 09:29 AM
Ricky: Lucy, I liked your face better when you had that beard.

OH Nuts!
10-11-2020, 12:54 PM
Lucy to William Holden: Oh my, what a dump! Did I do that! LOL

ThisLittlePiggy
10-12-2020, 09:53 AM
Lucy: Ethel, I think we should stop gossiping. It's really not very healthy for our minds.

OH Nuts!
10-12-2020, 11:38 AM
Lucy (singing to the tune from South Pacific): “I’m gonna wash that die right outta my hair”

PracTz
10-12-2020, 01:07 PM
Ethel: Lucy, now that we're in Hollywood, I'm going to see if I can get Blanche Morton to switch places with me so I can get a break from your physical stunts and she can get a break from Gracie's illogical logic!

OH Nuts!
10-12-2020, 02:04 PM
Lucy: Of course I know how much a side of beef is —about eight ounces.

ThisLittlePiggy
10-13-2020, 01:12 AM
Ethel: Fred, that 7-layered chocolate cake you made is so fluffy and wonderful!

OH Nuts!
10-13-2020, 04:13 PM
Fred to Ethel: Honeybunch, let’s go to the most expensive steak house in town. The sky’s the limit!

ThisLittlePiggy
10-14-2020, 08:41 AM
Ethel: The happiest day of my life was when Fred married me!!!

OH Nuts!
10-14-2020, 10:28 AM
Ethel: Fred, you are the most generous man ever!

ThisLittlePiggy
10-16-2020, 08:27 AM
Ethel: Lucy, would you help me murder Fred in his sleep?

OH Nuts!
10-16-2020, 12:33 PM
Ethel: Yecch: I don’t want that big platter of fried chicken and French fries, I’d much rather have those parsley sprigs to eat.

ThisLittlePiggy
10-17-2020, 10:25 AM
Ethel: Lucy, let's have watercress sandwiches for lunch. I love the taste of buttered grass!

OH Nuts!
10-17-2020, 08:29 PM
Mrs. Porter: That’s OK Mrs. Ricardo, I’m not hungry at all.

ThisLittlePiggy
10-18-2020, 02:14 AM
Ricky: Fred, you should become a fashion consultant with your taste in clothes.

Babalu
10-18-2020, 06:41 AM
Ricky: "Lucy, remind me to ask Fred why sometimes we have a window in our living room, and sometimes we dun't."

OH Nuts!
10-18-2020, 09:02 AM
Lucy to Carolyn: Of course I’ll tell you my age and weight: 43 , 127.

ThisLittlePiggy
10-19-2020, 01:17 AM
Lucy: Ethel, did you lose weight? You look stunning! Do you have a new man?!

OH Nuts!
10-24-2020, 04:09 PM
Fred: Hey Rick, let me treat you to a box ring seat at the fights!

ThisLittlePiggy
10-30-2020, 09:08 AM
Lucy: Well, Ethel, I guess we could make giant sandwiches with this huge loaf of bread we baked, and donate them to the soup kitchens downtown.

OH Nuts!
10-30-2020, 10:00 AM
Ethel: I ALWAYS like your wacky schemes Lucy!

stevea
11-03-2020, 08:30 AM
Ricky: Play it again, darling. I just love "Sweet Sue" on your sax!

OH Nuts!
11-03-2020, 08:47 AM
Mrs. Porter: Just a light salad for me-I’m not hungry.

PracTz
11-03-2020, 10:48 AM
Lucy: Oh, no, Mrs. Trumbull left her apartment! Ethel, it looks like I'll have to take care of Little Ricky instead of scheme with you!

OH Nuts!
11-03-2020, 10:53 AM
Lucy to Ethel: Working on this chocolate assembly line is so easy-peasy!

ThisLittlePiggy
11-04-2020, 10:41 AM
Fred: Hey, everybody listen up! I'm paying the bill and that's final! I'm feeling generous today!!

OH Nuts!
11-04-2020, 12:38 PM
Ricky: Lucy, I want you to be the star of my big act tonight cause you have SO MUCH talent!

ThisLittlePiggy
11-05-2020, 02:23 AM
Ethel: Lucy should go on that singing contest; she'd be sure to win!

OH Nuts!
11-05-2020, 09:26 AM
Ethel: I’m going to fast until Fred buys me a mink!

PracTz
11-06-2020, 09:38 AM
Fred: Money's no object when it comes to my Honeybunch's happiness!

ThisLittlePiggy
11-11-2020, 10:40 AM
Fred: Ethel, I wish you and I could have a baby of our own. Is it too late for us?

OH Nuts!
11-11-2020, 11:26 AM
Carolyn to Lucy: I’d NEVER try to pry personal information out of you.

PracTz
11-12-2020, 09:40 AM
Fred: Ethel, I wish you and I could have a baby of our own. Is it too late for us?

Believe it or not, in the Season One episode 'Drafted', after Lucy and Ethel somehow get the idea that Ricky and Fred are going into the military, they start to knit and CRY- so both Ricky and, yes, Fred each believe that these are signs that their wives are pregnant! Hence, not just Ricky but FRED believed that they were fooling around enough and YOUNG enough to have a little one! :eek:

OH Nuts!
11-12-2020, 12:29 PM
Lucy: I’d never disguise my appearance in front of a celebrity.

ThisLittlePiggy
11-28-2020, 08:55 AM
:eek::lol:Believe it or not, in the Season One episode 'Drafted', after Lucy and Ethel somehow get the idea that Ricky and Fred are going into the military, they start to knit and CRY- so both Ricky and, yes, Fred each believe that these are signs that their wives are pregnant! Hence, not just Ricky but FRED believed that they were fooling around enough and YOUNG enough to have a little one! :eek:

:lol::crazy:

ThisLittlePiggy
11-28-2020, 08:58 AM
Fred to Ethel: Honeybunch, you look as scrumptious today as the day we met!

OH Nuts!
11-28-2020, 12:05 PM
William Holden: Hey Lucy, your nose is sooo smokin’ lol

ThisLittlePiggy
12-22-2020, 07:08 AM
Lucy: There's Cary Grant!

Ethel: Who's that?

OH Nuts!
12-22-2020, 09:39 AM
Lucy: No more crazy break-into-show-business schemes for me!

ThisLittlePiggy
01-05-2021, 09:24 AM
Ethel: Lucy, let's open a watercress cafe since we love the stuff so much.

Babalu
07-16-2021, 07:51 PM
Fred: "Hey Ricky, Ethel's away visiting her mother. Think Lucy can come down and keep me company tonight?"