I Love Lucy

Lucy!

Is that you, sweetie pie?

Oh, gee, I'm glad you're home.

How's about a great big... I'll see you later.

Lucy!

Come here.

What's the matter?

I stopped by the bank on the way home, and they show me this.

What's that?

Your check to the beauty parlor.

I write a check to the beauty parlor every month.

Yes, I know that.

But they don't always have a little note in the back like this one.

Dear teller, be a lamb and don't put this through till next month.

Now, what are you going to say for yourself?

That's why they call them tellers.

They go around blabbing everything.

Lucy!

Now, look, I'm serious.

I don't know what's the matter with you.

Every month, every single month, your bank account is overdrawn.

Now, what is the reason?

You don't give me enough money?

I don't give you enough money!

Well, we both agree that must be the reason.

Now, look, Lucy.

Yes, sir?

Do you think this is a game we're playing?

No, sir.

Do you realize how tough it is for a guy to make a buck these days?

Yes, sir, yes, sir.

Do you think that the money grows on trees?

No.

Well, we'll see you later.

Come on, friend.

No, no, come on.

Come in and sit down.

Oh, thanks.

I went to the fights last night.

Fred, please come in, will you?

Come in, Ethel.

Yeah, please, please come in.

I, Fred, I want to ask your advice on a certain subject.

What subject?

Well, tell me something, will you?

How often is Ethel's checking account overdrawn?

Never.

Never?

How do you manage that?

It's easy.

I never had enough money at one time to open a checking account.

What?

But she spends money like I was printing it in the basement.

Basement.

Let's face it, Rick.

When it comes to money, there are two kinds of people.

The earners and the spenders.

Or as they are more popularly known, husbands and wives.

Yeah.

Brother, if they had to make their door, they would think twice before spending it that fast.

Yeah.

What's so tough about earning a living?

Yeah.

Have you ever done it?

No, but I could.

Ha!

I could, too.

Ha!

Listen, holding down a job is a lot more difficult than lying around the house all day long.

Lying around the house?

Is that all you think we do?

Yeah.

Well, now, let's be fair, Rick.

Every once in a while, they get up and play canasta.

Who do you think does the housework?

And who do you think cooks all the meals?

Yeah.

Oh, anybody can cook and do the housework.

Ha!

I'd just like to see you two try it for a week.

Okay, we will.

We will?

Yeah.

This I gotta see.

I wanna get a load of this.

Yeah, but wait a minute.

You will have to go out and earn the living.

Okay, we will.

We will?

Yeah.

We'll change places.

We'll get jobs and you take care of the house for a week, okay?

Okay.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Come on.

Come on.

Lucy, breakfast is ready.

Mommy's here.

Well, doesn't this look wonderful?

Did you have any trouble?

No, not a bit.

Well, happy housework.

Happy job, honey.

Thank you.

Oh, boy, does this look good.

I'm hungry this morning, too.

Mm, it is good.

Why, naturally.

There's nothing to cooking.

Mm.

Oh, the coffee's good, too.

Where'd you learn to do all this?

Oh, just a natural-born cook, I guess.

Honey, what kind of a job are you going to...

What kind of a job are you going to get?

Are you going to go to an employment office?

Lucy, why don't you answer me?

That's nice, dear.

Okay, I get your message.

Now you know what I go through every morning.

All right, I'll reform.

Oh, gee, these fried potatoes are just great.

I don't see why you're so surprised.

There's nothing to it.

Hello?

I'll get it.

Hello?

Yes?

Oh, yes.

Oh.

Well, thank you very much.

Yes, goodbye.

Who's that?

Gee, this is a sensational breakfast.

My gosh, but you're a good cook.

Who's that on the phone?

It was the drugstore.

You left your hat down there when you picked up these two breakfast orders.

You know, you could have tried to cook this yourself.

We have a dozen eggs in the refrigerator.

Well, um, they didn't turn out quite right.

The whole dozen?

Yep.

Oh, yeah.

Morning, everybody.

Hi, Uncle.

Morning.

Well, Lucy, are you ready to go to the office?

The employment office, that is.

All righty.

Okay, dear, bye-bye.

Bye.

Bye, Ricky.

Bye.

See you for dinner.

Bye, pal.

That's what you're leaving.

Yeah?

What about it?

Well, you forgot to kiss me goodbye.

Lucy, I'm nervous.

So am I.

Do you think this man can really get jobs for us?

Sure he can.

But we don't know how to do anything.

Shh.

Shh.

Here's the address.

Report for work first thing in the morning.

Who's next?

We are.

Uh, we're together.

I see.

Well, what job did you have in mind?

Uh, what kind of jobs do you have open?

Well, what do you do?

What kind of jobs do you have open?

Well, what do you do?

What kind of jobs do you have open?

You go first this time.

All right, what do you do?

What kind of jobs do you... No!

Please tell me, what do you do?

Are you stenographers?

Oh, yes, that's it.

We're stenographers.

Well, why didn't you say so?

I have a lot of stenographic jobs available.

Oh, good.

How fast can you type?

Oh, about this fast.

Oh, I see.

And how about your typing?

Uh, mine's not as good as hers.

No.

Look, ladies, let's be honest with one another.