I Love Lucy (1951–1957): Season 1, Episode 9 - The Fur Coat - full transcript
Lucy thinks a mink coat that Ricky rented for a dance number at the club is actually her anniversary gift. She's so thrilled that Ricky can't bring himself to tell her the truth. He plans to fake a burglary to get it away from her.
( "I Love Lucy"
theme song playing)
( theme song ending)
Lucy!
I'm home!
Lucy!
( in high voice): Yoo-hoo!
Where are you?
I'm right here, dear.
Lucy, how you've changed!
Yes, it's a new way
I'm doing my hair.
Where is she, Fred?
She's gone to market.
Oh, well, I'm glad to see
that you're finally
fixing that drain.
What do you mean, finally?
When was the first time
you told me this drain leaked?
The day after we moved
here... August 6, 1948.
That's right, and that's pretty
good service for my building.
Fred, aren't you finished
with that drain yet?
Not quite.
Well, come on
downstairs... Dinner's ready.
Stop ordering me
around, will you?
Now, listen, Fred Mertz...
Come here. Come in, Ethel.
I want to show you something.
Come in here.
You, too, curly.
FRED: All right, all right.
( gasps)
Oh, a mink coat!
Oh, Ricky, Lucy will
just go out of her mind!
I ought to slug you.
What are you trying to do...
Make a bum out of me?
Don't blame that on him.
You were a bum
before he was born.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah!
Hold it, hold it!
This coat is not for Lucy.
It isn't?
No.
Saved by the bell.
I just rented it.
One of the girls
is going to wear it
in a dance number
down at the club.
Oh.
Well, don't show it to Lucy.
You know how she's
always wanted a mink coat.
Yeah, I know, but
she can't have this one.
You know how
much this thing costs?
3,500 bucks.
I may faint!
Ricky?
Yes?
Could I play like it's mine,
just for a little while?
Sure, come here, put it on.
Oh!
Ooh!
Be careful, now.
Don't wrinkle it.
I won't.
And don't get attached to it,
Miss Minnie Mink.
Oh, I can dream, can't I?
Hi, everybody!
ALL: Hi!
Ethel, a mink coat!
When did you get it?
Uh...
Just now.
But from whom?
Him.
Fred!
Oh, uh, wasn't that
generous of old fat Fred?
Oh, my goodness, yes!
What was the occasion, Fred?
Oh, I just thought it was about
time to buy the old battle-ax...
the-the little woman
a trinket of some kind,
so I picked up
that bunch of skins.
Oh, bunch of skins.
Isn't he wonderful?
Oh, Ethel you look so
beautiful and so glamorous.
Honey, look, I got
something to tell you.
Don't talk to me, you tightwad!
Lucy!
It's a pity you
couldn't buy me a coat
if he could buy one for her.
How can you stand
there and laugh
when I feel so awful?
You know I've always
wanted a mink coat,
and now she... ( sobs) she...
( wailing)
Oh, Lucy!
( door slams, Lucy crying)
Oh, I'm sorry, Ricky.
That's all right, Ethel.
I'll straighten it out.
( chuckling)
Lucy!
( crying)
Honey! Honey, don't cry.
Let me explain.
Don't bother.
Oh, honey, I'm
trying to tell you
that coat doesn't
belong to Ethel.
It's all right.
I can wear this
ratty old cloth coat
for another four...
It doesn't?
No, I brought the coat home.
Ethel was just trying it on.
Oh, honey, you big,
wonderful husband!
Wait, wait!
Honey, you don't
understand, honey!
Yes, I do understand.
You were just making
a big joke with me.
Now, honey...
Where's my coat?
Where's my coat?
It's mine.
Oh, it's mine, Ethel!
Oh, isn't it beautiful?
It's just dreamy.
Honey, honey, wait.
Before you get
too excited, honey,
it's something I
have to tell you.
What?
Well, honey, you see...
You know what's wonderful
about this present, Ricky?
You didn't forget
our anniversary.
Well, look, honey, I...
It's the most perfect present.
How did you know it was
just what I wanted, honey?
Well, honey, you see,
what I was... I only...
I had a hunch you'd like it.
Oh, you had a hunch.
And you two sly ones
in on the joke all the time.
Yeah.
Happy anniversary.
Thank you!
Oh, Ricky, I'm so
in love with this coat
that I'm never
going to take it off.
Never, never, never!
Come on, Ethel, let's see how
I look in the full-length mirror.
Come on!
Okay.
Come on, already!
All right.
Why didn't you
tell her the truth?
If I tell her the truth,
it'd get me in
worse hot water...
Forgetting our anniversary.
I should have
brought her something.
You brought her
something now, brother.
She can't keep it.
I got to get it back somehow.
How? She's never
going to take it off!
"Never, never, never!"
She's got to take it off
when she goes to bed.
Hey! I'll sneak it
away during the night.
I'll open a few drawers,
mess things up a little bit
and I'll tell her it was
stolen by a burglar.
( chortles)
Hey, you got something up there.
How'd you ever
get an idea like that?
It's easy... I think
of it in Spanish
and then I translate
it into English.
( door opens)
( fakes snoring)
Wh-What happened?
Nothing, honey.
Go back to sleep.
Lucy!
Yes?
What are you doing?
Washing dishes.
Washing dishes!
Ricky, anything wrong, dear?
Wrong? Oh, no, honey, no.
Good.
No, there's nothing wrong.
I'm going in and get dressed.
I want to go downtown
to show my coat
off to everybody.
All right.
Lucy...
You see, it's not for me.
It's just that I want
everybody to realize
what a wonderful,
wonderful husband I have.
Anybody home?
Come in, Fred.
I gather from the
look on your face
that Lucy is still
attached to that coat.
I'm beginning to think that
the coat is attached to Lucy.
I don't know what to do, Fred.
The show is tomorrow.
I got to get that coat
back tonight or else.
Well, you got any ideas?
No.
But there must be some way.
I got it!
What? It's simple!
Just tell her there was an
epidemic of sick minks last year
and one of the bad skins
slipped past the fur inspector.
What? Sure.
And you have to have
that coat fumigated.
Otherwise, she might break out
with a very bad
case of mink pox.
Mink's pox?
Yeah, and it sounds even
worse with your accent.
Now look, Fred, never
mind, I don't like that.
Look, you remember the
idea I had about the burglar?
Yeah.
All right, the burglar is
going to show up tonight.
What?
Tonight when we sound sleep,
a phony burglar is
going to come in here
and demand that coat
at the point of a gun.
Hey, that's wonderful!
Besides, there's
been a burglar scare
in the neighborhood lately.
Yeah, that's what
gave me the idea.
Do you suppose she'll
think he's a phony?
Not if you cover
your face with a mask.
That's a good idea.
Hey, wait a minute, now.
I draw the line at
prowling around
in other people's apartments
in the middle of the night.
Now, look, Fred.
Uh... let's look at it this way.
If you don't do it,
Lucy will keep the coat.
Yeah.
Now, Ethel wants
everything that Lucy gets.
Yeah.
So pretty soon,
you will have to buy Ethel...
All right, what time do
you want me to break in?
( door opens)
( rattling of drawers)
Hey, what kept you?
You're late.
Stick them up!
Ouch!
What are you doing
with that thing?
Come on, let's wake her up.
I said stick them up!
Stop fooling
around with that gun.
Why do you have to ham it up
all over the joint all the time?
Come on.
Now, listen, you stay right here
until I wake her up.
Shh.
Lucy! What?
Lucy! What?
I got a feeling
there's somebody else
in this room besides us.
Really? Yeah.
( screaming)
Ah!
Hands up and keep them up!
What's in this box?
Please, Mr. Burglar,
take our money, take our jewels,
but don't take my
wife's mink coat.
It's worth 3,500 bucks... ow!
Is that real mink?
No, no, it's mink-dyed
imitation skunk.
Ew! Smells awful,
you wouldn't want it.
Hand it over.
No, no, no!
No, no!
Hand me that coat.
No, you can't have it.
No!
Give me that coat.
No!
Lady!
Hand over that
coat or I'll shoot.
Wait a minute.
Okay, go ahead and shoot.
Look, lady, I don't
want to get nasty.
Hand me that coat.
No! Ricky, do something.
All right, honey.
Listen, you, are you
really going to shoot us
if we don't give you this coat?
Yeah.
( screams)
My hero!
Honey, your life is
worth much more to me
than a hunk of fur.
( rattling)
What's that?
A ladder!
Hey, there's something
screwy about this joint.
I'm getting out of here.
Hey, you forgot the coat!
Ricky, are you crazy?!
Give me that!
What's the matter with you?!
Honey, be careful.
I'm going to call the police.
Be careful.
Stick them up!
( screams)
Pretty good, eh, Rick?
Oh, you've already been here.
I have?
I have not!
Y-Y-You mean that...
that... that guy was real?
What do you mean?
There was a real
burglar here a minute ago.
Oh, no!
Yes!
Come on, let's go catch him.
I don't want to catch him.
What are you afraid of?
You've got a gun.
I don't think I'd
better use it on him.
Why not?
Good morning, Lucy.
Hello.
What's the matter with you?
Oh.
Gee, I thought you'd
be happy this morning.
Believe me, I'd be happy
if a burglar came and
didn't get my mink coat.
Well, I'm happy about that,
but I'm so disappointed in Ricky.
Ethel, I'm married to a coward.
Are you still moping
'cause Ricky didn't struggle
with an armed burglar?
Well, you should have seen it.
Ricky gave him the coat.
I'm surprised he didn't
gift-wrap it for him.
Oh...
Well, the way Ricky was acting,
it's good the burglar didn't
come in and ask for me.
Now, Lucy.
I'm sure Ricky would
have been brave
if he'd known it
was a real burglar.
( gasps) Uh... I think I
hear Fred calling me.
Ethel, what are you saying?
What do you
mean... real burglar?
Uh... nothing, just, uh...
Ethel, what did
you start to say?
Well, I might as well tell you.
It's better than
your thinking Ricky
is a coward, anyway.
Was it a real
burglar or wasn't it?
It really was, but Ricky
thought it was Fred.
Fred?
Yes, that's why he
didn't try to fight him.
Well, why would Fred
pretend to be a burglar?
Uh... I can't tell you any more.
Lucy!
Please! I'm not a yo-yo!
Ethel, I want the whole story.
All right, Your Honor.
Well, you see, Ricky didn't
intend to give you the coat.
He just rented it to use for a
dancing number down at the club.
You mean this isn't my coat?
No, honey.
Oh...
But at least you know
Ricky isn't a coward.
How do you like that?
All this time he let me go
on thinking this was my coat.
I've been living in
a mink's paradise.
Now, Lucy, don't get upset.
Oh, I'm going to
get even with him
if it's the last thing I do.
I ought to carve
my initials in it
with an electric razor.
Ohh!
What are you going to do?
You know that
costume store downtown
where they sell
imitation fur coats?
Yeah.
Well, I'm going down there today
and I'm going to get
a coat exactly like this.
And tonight when
Ricky comes home...
Lucy, this is a
pretty poor imitation.
Don't you think Ricky
will know it isn't real mink?
Well, honey, I will,
but I don't think Ricky will.
You know how men are. Yeah.
I've got this thing fixed
so it'll scare him to death.
Now, when we go out there,
this is what I want you to do.
Have you figured out
how to get the
coat away from her?
Yup.
How?
I'm going to tell her the truth.
Gosh, I hadn't thought of that.
But what of the anniversary?
Well, I'll get her
a couple of minks
and let her raise her own coat.
Hiya, fellas! RICKY: Hi, girls.
FRED: Ethel, what are
you doing in that coat?
I asked her to put it on.
I want to take a look at it.
I'm thinking of restyling it.
Restyling it?
Yeah, I think I look better
in a short jacket,
don't you, Ethel?
Uh-huh.
What are you cutting?
What are you cutting?!
What are you cutting?
Oh, no! No, no, no!
( babbling in Spanish)
Just a minute.
Oh, no, no, it's terrible!
They've gone crazy.
Crazy they've
gone, both of them.
You know what I think?
I think that it's unbalanced.
I think it needs
shorter sleeves.
No, please, please.
Please don't cut it no more.
Please...
Oh! look at that.
Well, it'll make a nice muff.
Hey, look at me,
I'm a fur stylist!
Oh... oh, no, no!
Oh, no, no.
There you are.
Congratulations, Ethel.
You're the first woman to
ever wear a mink T-shirt.
Look, Ricky.
Ohh!
How do you like it?
It's darling.
Ricky sent it to me at noon
and, at 3:00, these came
and, at 5:00, this arrived.
Oh! Isn't it dreamy?
Yeah.
Even though you
didn't get a mink coat,
I think you did pretty
well for your anniversary.
So do I, considering it
wasn't our anniversary.
Lucy, what do you mean?
Well, whenever there's
a good present in sight,
I always tell Ricky
it's our anniversary.
Oh, no!
When is your anniversary?
It's on, um... uh...
Well, how do you like that?
I've fibbed about it so
much and now I've forgotten.
( doorknob jiggles)
Ricky, darling, I just
love the things you sent!
I'm glad, honey.
You know, I actually
ordered all these things
for your anniversary last week,
but, uh, the store
forgot to send them.
Really?
Yes... happy anniversary, Lucy.
Happy anniversary, darling.
("I Love Lucy"
theme song playing)
theme song playing)
( theme song ending)
Lucy!
I'm home!
Lucy!
( in high voice): Yoo-hoo!
Where are you?
I'm right here, dear.
Lucy, how you've changed!
Yes, it's a new way
I'm doing my hair.
Where is she, Fred?
She's gone to market.
Oh, well, I'm glad to see
that you're finally
fixing that drain.
What do you mean, finally?
When was the first time
you told me this drain leaked?
The day after we moved
here... August 6, 1948.
That's right, and that's pretty
good service for my building.
Fred, aren't you finished
with that drain yet?
Not quite.
Well, come on
downstairs... Dinner's ready.
Stop ordering me
around, will you?
Now, listen, Fred Mertz...
Come here. Come in, Ethel.
I want to show you something.
Come in here.
You, too, curly.
FRED: All right, all right.
( gasps)
Oh, a mink coat!
Oh, Ricky, Lucy will
just go out of her mind!
I ought to slug you.
What are you trying to do...
Make a bum out of me?
Don't blame that on him.
You were a bum
before he was born.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah!
Hold it, hold it!
This coat is not for Lucy.
It isn't?
No.
Saved by the bell.
I just rented it.
One of the girls
is going to wear it
in a dance number
down at the club.
Oh.
Well, don't show it to Lucy.
You know how she's
always wanted a mink coat.
Yeah, I know, but
she can't have this one.
You know how
much this thing costs?
3,500 bucks.
I may faint!
Ricky?
Yes?
Could I play like it's mine,
just for a little while?
Sure, come here, put it on.
Oh!
Ooh!
Be careful, now.
Don't wrinkle it.
I won't.
And don't get attached to it,
Miss Minnie Mink.
Oh, I can dream, can't I?
Hi, everybody!
ALL: Hi!
Ethel, a mink coat!
When did you get it?
Uh...
Just now.
But from whom?
Him.
Fred!
Oh, uh, wasn't that
generous of old fat Fred?
Oh, my goodness, yes!
What was the occasion, Fred?
Oh, I just thought it was about
time to buy the old battle-ax...
the-the little woman
a trinket of some kind,
so I picked up
that bunch of skins.
Oh, bunch of skins.
Isn't he wonderful?
Oh, Ethel you look so
beautiful and so glamorous.
Honey, look, I got
something to tell you.
Don't talk to me, you tightwad!
Lucy!
It's a pity you
couldn't buy me a coat
if he could buy one for her.
How can you stand
there and laugh
when I feel so awful?
You know I've always
wanted a mink coat,
and now she... ( sobs) she...
( wailing)
Oh, Lucy!
( door slams, Lucy crying)
Oh, I'm sorry, Ricky.
That's all right, Ethel.
I'll straighten it out.
( chuckling)
Lucy!
( crying)
Honey! Honey, don't cry.
Let me explain.
Don't bother.
Oh, honey, I'm
trying to tell you
that coat doesn't
belong to Ethel.
It's all right.
I can wear this
ratty old cloth coat
for another four...
It doesn't?
No, I brought the coat home.
Ethel was just trying it on.
Oh, honey, you big,
wonderful husband!
Wait, wait!
Honey, you don't
understand, honey!
Yes, I do understand.
You were just making
a big joke with me.
Now, honey...
Where's my coat?
Where's my coat?
It's mine.
Oh, it's mine, Ethel!
Oh, isn't it beautiful?
It's just dreamy.
Honey, honey, wait.
Before you get
too excited, honey,
it's something I
have to tell you.
What?
Well, honey, you see...
You know what's wonderful
about this present, Ricky?
You didn't forget
our anniversary.
Well, look, honey, I...
It's the most perfect present.
How did you know it was
just what I wanted, honey?
Well, honey, you see,
what I was... I only...
I had a hunch you'd like it.
Oh, you had a hunch.
And you two sly ones
in on the joke all the time.
Yeah.
Happy anniversary.
Thank you!
Oh, Ricky, I'm so
in love with this coat
that I'm never
going to take it off.
Never, never, never!
Come on, Ethel, let's see how
I look in the full-length mirror.
Come on!
Okay.
Come on, already!
All right.
Why didn't you
tell her the truth?
If I tell her the truth,
it'd get me in
worse hot water...
Forgetting our anniversary.
I should have
brought her something.
You brought her
something now, brother.
She can't keep it.
I got to get it back somehow.
How? She's never
going to take it off!
"Never, never, never!"
She's got to take it off
when she goes to bed.
Hey! I'll sneak it
away during the night.
I'll open a few drawers,
mess things up a little bit
and I'll tell her it was
stolen by a burglar.
( chortles)
Hey, you got something up there.
How'd you ever
get an idea like that?
It's easy... I think
of it in Spanish
and then I translate
it into English.
( door opens)
( fakes snoring)
Wh-What happened?
Nothing, honey.
Go back to sleep.
Lucy!
Yes?
What are you doing?
Washing dishes.
Washing dishes!
Ricky, anything wrong, dear?
Wrong? Oh, no, honey, no.
Good.
No, there's nothing wrong.
I'm going in and get dressed.
I want to go downtown
to show my coat
off to everybody.
All right.
Lucy...
You see, it's not for me.
It's just that I want
everybody to realize
what a wonderful,
wonderful husband I have.
Anybody home?
Come in, Fred.
I gather from the
look on your face
that Lucy is still
attached to that coat.
I'm beginning to think that
the coat is attached to Lucy.
I don't know what to do, Fred.
The show is tomorrow.
I got to get that coat
back tonight or else.
Well, you got any ideas?
No.
But there must be some way.
I got it!
What? It's simple!
Just tell her there was an
epidemic of sick minks last year
and one of the bad skins
slipped past the fur inspector.
What? Sure.
And you have to have
that coat fumigated.
Otherwise, she might break out
with a very bad
case of mink pox.
Mink's pox?
Yeah, and it sounds even
worse with your accent.
Now look, Fred, never
mind, I don't like that.
Look, you remember the
idea I had about the burglar?
Yeah.
All right, the burglar is
going to show up tonight.
What?
Tonight when we sound sleep,
a phony burglar is
going to come in here
and demand that coat
at the point of a gun.
Hey, that's wonderful!
Besides, there's
been a burglar scare
in the neighborhood lately.
Yeah, that's what
gave me the idea.
Do you suppose she'll
think he's a phony?
Not if you cover
your face with a mask.
That's a good idea.
Hey, wait a minute, now.
I draw the line at
prowling around
in other people's apartments
in the middle of the night.
Now, look, Fred.
Uh... let's look at it this way.
If you don't do it,
Lucy will keep the coat.
Yeah.
Now, Ethel wants
everything that Lucy gets.
Yeah.
So pretty soon,
you will have to buy Ethel...
All right, what time do
you want me to break in?
( door opens)
( rattling of drawers)
Hey, what kept you?
You're late.
Stick them up!
Ouch!
What are you doing
with that thing?
Come on, let's wake her up.
I said stick them up!
Stop fooling
around with that gun.
Why do you have to ham it up
all over the joint all the time?
Come on.
Now, listen, you stay right here
until I wake her up.
Shh.
Lucy! What?
Lucy! What?
I got a feeling
there's somebody else
in this room besides us.
Really? Yeah.
( screaming)
Ah!
Hands up and keep them up!
What's in this box?
Please, Mr. Burglar,
take our money, take our jewels,
but don't take my
wife's mink coat.
It's worth 3,500 bucks... ow!
Is that real mink?
No, no, it's mink-dyed
imitation skunk.
Ew! Smells awful,
you wouldn't want it.
Hand it over.
No, no, no!
No, no!
Hand me that coat.
No, you can't have it.
No!
Give me that coat.
No!
Lady!
Hand over that
coat or I'll shoot.
Wait a minute.
Okay, go ahead and shoot.
Look, lady, I don't
want to get nasty.
Hand me that coat.
No! Ricky, do something.
All right, honey.
Listen, you, are you
really going to shoot us
if we don't give you this coat?
Yeah.
( screams)
My hero!
Honey, your life is
worth much more to me
than a hunk of fur.
( rattling)
What's that?
A ladder!
Hey, there's something
screwy about this joint.
I'm getting out of here.
Hey, you forgot the coat!
Ricky, are you crazy?!
Give me that!
What's the matter with you?!
Honey, be careful.
I'm going to call the police.
Be careful.
Stick them up!
( screams)
Pretty good, eh, Rick?
Oh, you've already been here.
I have?
I have not!
Y-Y-You mean that...
that... that guy was real?
What do you mean?
There was a real
burglar here a minute ago.
Oh, no!
Yes!
Come on, let's go catch him.
I don't want to catch him.
What are you afraid of?
You've got a gun.
I don't think I'd
better use it on him.
Why not?
Good morning, Lucy.
Hello.
What's the matter with you?
Oh.
Gee, I thought you'd
be happy this morning.
Believe me, I'd be happy
if a burglar came and
didn't get my mink coat.
Well, I'm happy about that,
but I'm so disappointed in Ricky.
Ethel, I'm married to a coward.
Are you still moping
'cause Ricky didn't struggle
with an armed burglar?
Well, you should have seen it.
Ricky gave him the coat.
I'm surprised he didn't
gift-wrap it for him.
Oh...
Well, the way Ricky was acting,
it's good the burglar didn't
come in and ask for me.
Now, Lucy.
I'm sure Ricky would
have been brave
if he'd known it
was a real burglar.
( gasps) Uh... I think I
hear Fred calling me.
Ethel, what are you saying?
What do you
mean... real burglar?
Uh... nothing, just, uh...
Ethel, what did
you start to say?
Well, I might as well tell you.
It's better than
your thinking Ricky
is a coward, anyway.
Was it a real
burglar or wasn't it?
It really was, but Ricky
thought it was Fred.
Fred?
Yes, that's why he
didn't try to fight him.
Well, why would Fred
pretend to be a burglar?
Uh... I can't tell you any more.
Lucy!
Please! I'm not a yo-yo!
Ethel, I want the whole story.
All right, Your Honor.
Well, you see, Ricky didn't
intend to give you the coat.
He just rented it to use for a
dancing number down at the club.
You mean this isn't my coat?
No, honey.
Oh...
But at least you know
Ricky isn't a coward.
How do you like that?
All this time he let me go
on thinking this was my coat.
I've been living in
a mink's paradise.
Now, Lucy, don't get upset.
Oh, I'm going to
get even with him
if it's the last thing I do.
I ought to carve
my initials in it
with an electric razor.
Ohh!
What are you going to do?
You know that
costume store downtown
where they sell
imitation fur coats?
Yeah.
Well, I'm going down there today
and I'm going to get
a coat exactly like this.
And tonight when
Ricky comes home...
Lucy, this is a
pretty poor imitation.
Don't you think Ricky
will know it isn't real mink?
Well, honey, I will,
but I don't think Ricky will.
You know how men are. Yeah.
I've got this thing fixed
so it'll scare him to death.
Now, when we go out there,
this is what I want you to do.
Have you figured out
how to get the
coat away from her?
Yup.
How?
I'm going to tell her the truth.
Gosh, I hadn't thought of that.
But what of the anniversary?
Well, I'll get her
a couple of minks
and let her raise her own coat.
Hiya, fellas! RICKY: Hi, girls.
FRED: Ethel, what are
you doing in that coat?
I asked her to put it on.
I want to take a look at it.
I'm thinking of restyling it.
Restyling it?
Yeah, I think I look better
in a short jacket,
don't you, Ethel?
Uh-huh.
What are you cutting?
What are you cutting?!
What are you cutting?
Oh, no! No, no, no!
( babbling in Spanish)
Just a minute.
Oh, no, no, it's terrible!
They've gone crazy.
Crazy they've
gone, both of them.
You know what I think?
I think that it's unbalanced.
I think it needs
shorter sleeves.
No, please, please.
Please don't cut it no more.
Please...
Oh! look at that.
Well, it'll make a nice muff.
Hey, look at me,
I'm a fur stylist!
Oh... oh, no, no!
Oh, no, no.
There you are.
Congratulations, Ethel.
You're the first woman to
ever wear a mink T-shirt.
Look, Ricky.
Ohh!
How do you like it?
It's darling.
Ricky sent it to me at noon
and, at 3:00, these came
and, at 5:00, this arrived.
Oh! Isn't it dreamy?
Yeah.
Even though you
didn't get a mink coat,
I think you did pretty
well for your anniversary.
So do I, considering it
wasn't our anniversary.
Lucy, what do you mean?
Well, whenever there's
a good present in sight,
I always tell Ricky
it's our anniversary.
Oh, no!
When is your anniversary?
It's on, um... uh...
Well, how do you like that?
I've fibbed about it so
much and now I've forgotten.
( doorknob jiggles)
Ricky, darling, I just
love the things you sent!
I'm glad, honey.
You know, I actually
ordered all these things
for your anniversary last week,
but, uh, the store
forgot to send them.
Really?
Yes... happy anniversary, Lucy.
Happy anniversary, darling.
("I Love Lucy"
theme song playing)