I Love Lucy (1951–1957): Season 2, Episode 17 - Sales Resistance - full transcript
Lucy seems to be unable to resist buying junk from fast-talking salesmen.
♪ There's a brand-new
baby at our house ♪
♪ The nicest little
gift we've ever had ♪
♪ How much fuller
life's become ♪
♪ No one knows
what makes it hum ♪
♪ Till you call each
other Mommy and Dad ♪
♪ There's a brand-new
baby at our house ♪
♪ And though he's been
there just a little while ♪
♪ In the parlor, in the hall ♪
♪ Every picture on the wall ♪
♪ Seems to know because
they all wear a smile ♪
♪ I can't explain what
he does to my heart ♪
♪ With his infant charms ♪
♪ I never knew what heaven was ♪
♪ Till I held an
angel in my arms ♪
♪ There's a brand-new
baby at our house ♪
♪ He's twice as sweet
as honey from the comb ♪
♪ He's the image of my spouse,
he's the tricky Mickey Mouse ♪
♪ Who has changed our
happy house to a home ♪
♪ We thank the Lord ♪
♪ Whose love and
wondrous powers ♪
♪ Gave us that brand-new ♪
♪ Grand-new ♪
♪ Baby of ours. ♪
Oh, Ricky, that was wonderful.
That's great.
Rick, did you really
write that song?
Yeah. I wrote it for Lucy.
I'm going to take it
down to the hospital
and play it for her.
See, I was recording
it while I was singing it.
Oh, isn't that clever?
Where did you get this thing?
Well, Lucy bought it to
record the baby's first words.
How could she buy it
if she's in the hospital?
Well, the lady in the next bed
is a salesman for the
tape recorder company.
What?
Yeah, no kidding.
This lady has a baby every year
and she sells enough
recorders to pay for the baby.
And you know how Lucy is.
We certainly do.
Remember that Handy
Dandy Company?
Ay-yi-yi.
Oh, gee, I'll never forget
the expression on
Lucy's face that morning
when I brought
the mail up to her.
Good morning, Lucy.
Hi.
What's the matter with you?
Oh, it's that Cuban
sorehead I'm married to.
I just had my weekly lecture
about spending too much money.
What'd he have to say this time?
I couldn't
understand most of it.
All I could get was that
pesos don't grow on trees.
Well, it's over
for another week.
I brought up your mail.
Good.
What's this?
Oh, no.
Oh, I don't want Ricky
to know that I bought this.
This is a kitchen gadget that I
saw demonstrated on television.
Where can I hide it?
How about the refrigerator?
That's a good idea.
He'd never look in there.
He'll never think of looking
in here in a million years.
No, I guess not.
There, you think that's safe?
Yeah, I think it's safe.
Ricky!
What's in the package
you don't want me to see?
Nothing.
Let me see the package. Nothing.
Statue-of-liberty play, Ethel.
Okay.
Throw it here, Ethel!
Now, Ricky, give me that thing.
That's mine, Ricky.
Now, wait a minute. Let me see.
Let's see what's in the package.
Let's see what's in the package.
What is it?
It's a Handy Dandy
kitchen helper.
I saw it demonstrated
on television.
It's a tremendous bargain
when you think of all the
things you can do with it.
How much is it?
Uh, it rices,
dices, and splices.
Lucy, how much?
It cuts down on the time
that a housewife has
to spend in the kitchen.
How much?
About two hours a day.
Lucy...
$7.98.
$7.98!
Yeah, but you'd think it
was cheap at twice the price
if you saw all the things
the man does
with it on television.
I watch him every
day. Here, I'll show you.
Ethel? Yeah.
You'd better come
down and let me see
what you want me to
do with that clothesline.
Just a minute. Come on in.
Lucy's going to give
us a demonstration.
Of what?
A woman's stupidity.
That shouldn't take very long.
All right, now you
all stand over there.
Now, ladies and gentlemen
I am about to demonstrate
the Handy Dandy kitchen helper.
It's something you
shouldn't be without.
It peels and splices,
cuts and rices
skins and dices
at lowest prices.
Now watch me closely,
ladies and gentlemen.
I will set the dial
for French fries,
and then by turning this handle,
I will cut this potato
into 16 identical slices.
Here we go.
Oh, I must have had
it set for baked potato.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I didn't have it right
on French fries.
That was it.
Here we go.
16 identical slices.
It looked so easy when
the man did it on television.
Oh, honey, maybe you just
haven't got the hang of it yet.
Well, I did what they told me.
Honestly, Fred,
why is it that women
have no sales
resistance whatsoever?
I don't know.
They'll buy anything.
Lucy doesn't know
the meaning of the word "no."
Ethel doesn't either.
Lucy is a sucker
for any sales pitch.
Ethel is too.
Lucy and Ethel make me sick.
Now, honey, you, you must admit
that you'll buy anything
that comes along.
I'm no worse than you are.
How about that little
purchase you made
at the war surplus store?
That was a necessary item.
Oh, sure. You never know
when you're going to use
a 20-foot rubber life raft.
What are you laughing at, fatso?
You're just as bad.
What are you talking about?
Now, look, look, look.
The fact is that you've
just thrown eight dollars
down the drain for... this.
$7.95, and it isn't
down the drain.
I got it on a
three-day free trial.
If I don't want it,
I just call them up
and tell them to take it back.
Well, then call them up.
No.
Lucy, either you're
going to call them up
and tell them to take it back,
or I'm going to use it to
demonstrate how to cut a wife
into 16 identical slices.
Really?
Mrs. Ricardo?
Yes?
I'm Harry Martin of the
Handy Dandy Company.
Oh, yes, I've been
expecting you.
Won't you come in, please?
Mr. Martin, this Handy Dandy
kitchen helper does not work
and I have it on a three-day
free trial and I don't want it.
You'll have to
take it back. Gladly.
It isn't any good, and
I'm not going to pay for it.
Of course you're not.
I see no reason why I should...
What'd you say?
I said of course you're
not going to pay for it.
We don't want you to
keep any merchandise
that you're not happy with.
You don't?
No, of course not,
and you're quite
right not to want that.
Why, that isn't
a wise buy at all.
In fact, Mrs. Ricardo,
I wouldn't let you keep
this dreadful little gadget
even if you begged me to.
I'm glad you didn't want that.
That shows me that you're a
woman of judgment and taste.
Really?
Yes, indeed.
When you opened that
door, I said to myself, I said,
"Harry, there stands a
woman of judgment and taste."
Is that so?
Mm-hmm.
Mrs. Ricardo, you have no idea
of the inferior type of humanity
that I have to contend
with in my profession.
Why, you just wouldn't believe
some of the women
that I have to talk to.
They... they have
no intelligence at all.
My goodness.
Mm-hmm.
Why, just this
morning, I ran in...
Say, I'll bet I'm keeping you
from something important.
Oh, no, no. Not at all.
Well, I find you're such
an easy person to talk to
and, I don't know, I'd just
like to get this off my chest.
Oh, well, go right ahead.
May I tell you about what
happened to me this morning?
Certainly.
Thank you, thank you.
Now, you just pretend
that you're this woman
I'm calling on, eh?
All right.
Just stay right there.
What's that?
I also represent
the Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner.
Oh.
So this morning when the
woman opened the door
and I threw the
dirt on the floor,
just like I did now
and then I handed
her a ten-dollar bill,
just like this, you see,
and then I said to her
I said, "Madam,
that ten-dollar bill,
"that sawbuck, that
one-tenth of a C-note
"is all yours if this Handy
Dandy vacuum cleaner
"fails to clean up all this dirt
in less than two minutes flat."
I said that to her, see?
And then I, uh... I took
my Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner
and I... I plugged
it in... like this,
and then I...
went right to work.
That's funny.
Oh, this plug is
controlled by this switch.
So's that light, see?
Oh, I see.
Go.
45 seconds.
My!
That was fast.
Yes, it was, wasn't it?
But do you know that
woman was angry with me?
About what?
Because I threw
dirt on her floor.
But you cleaned it right up
with your wonderful Handy
Dandy vacuum cleaner.
Yes, yes, of course I
did, but she was still angry
and do you know
what she did next?
What?
Why, when I told her
that this Handy
Dandy vacuum cleaner
and the attachments
that it sold for
$8.95 for the works,
why, that shortsighted,
narrow-vision female
did not even have the
intelligence to buy one.
What a dope.
Well, it shows you
what you've got to put up with.
I'm glad you let me
get that off my chest.
Mr. Martin... did
you say, uh, 8.95?
That's right.
And, uh, now I
think I'll have to go...
Mr. Martin, aren't
you going to give me
a chance to buy one of those?
Oh, Mrs. Ricardo,
when I told you about
this other woman,
I didn't mean to
get you to buy...
Oh, but Mr. Martin, our
sweeper is so outdated.
It's old, it doesn't
work right or anything
and we really do
need one of those.
Well, as a matter of fact, I...
I was bringing
this little gem home
as a present for my wife, but...
Oh...
Well, I don't know.
I suppose if you
really need one.
Oh, we do, we do.
You talked me into it.
Oh, thank you, Mr. Martin.
Thank you.
Uh... five,
six,
seven,
eight...
Mm-hmm.
Let's see... 95. Is that right?
That's the price...
for the works.
Now that you own the works
don't you think
that you would like
this nice gray metal cover
to keep it from getting dirty?
But didn't I just buy the...?
You bought the
most important part...
Yeah, the... the works.
Now, there are
a few more little accessories,
like, like the hose,
and the electric cord
and the attachments there.
Gee, that must run
into quite a bit of money.
No, no, no, not at all.
This, this electric
cord, for instance,
is only five dollars.
Five dollars?!
Well, it's extra long.
Oh.
And, uh... the
attachments, uh...
are $2.50.
$2.50?
Apiece. Oh.
And then there's
a utility lamp...
Oh?
There's a carrying
case for the cleaner...
Oh?
Carrying case for
the attachments...
Oh?
There's a switch that
turns it on and off...
Hi, Lucy.
Did the man take
back the kitchen helper?
Did you have any
trouble with him?
What's the matter with...?
Lucy, did you buy
all this stuff from him?
Oh, Lucy, I thought you
were going to have sales
resistance from now on.
What happened?
I don't know.
Right after he took
back the kitchen helper,
everything went black.
Oh?
When the lights came on again,
I was short $102.40.
$102.40 for just this?
No. For a bonus, he
threw in the kitchen helper.
That was nice of him.
For a dollar and a half.
What a salesman he must be!
Yeah, but this is really
a wonderful machine
and it just works beautifully.
Turn on the switch
and I'll show you.
Okay.
What's this one for, Lucy?
Lucy?
Try this one, Lucy.
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yi... ♪
That's Ricky! That's Ricky!
I don't want him
to see this stuff.
Help me hide it.
Hide it? Yeah.
Oh. He can't see this.
Aren't you going to tell
him you bought all this?
Someday, yes, when we're
old and grey, but not now.
Where will I put it?
In the closet.
In the closet?
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yi ♪
♪ Canta y no llores ♪
♪ Porque cantando
se alegran, cielito lin... ♪
Hello.
Oh, look. Here's Ricky.
Hi, Ricky.
Hello, Ricky.
Good-bye, Ricky.
Well, she's in a hurry.
Yeah.
Oh, I'll hang it
up for you, dear.
Oh, thank you.
What did you do today?
Why do you ask that?
I always ask that.
Oh, yeah.
That's right.
Uh, nothing much.
It's dark in here.
Oh...
What's that?
What's what?
That.
What?
That.
Oh, that. That's me.
What?!
My stomach's growling.
It's been growling all day.
Now, Lucy, you know darn well
you're not making that noise.
It sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
Where's it coming from?
Oh, that sound.
Oh, Ethel must be
cleaning her rugs.
All right, Ethel, break
it up down there!
That's all.
There. I guess she's finished.
Whoops. Not quite.
Ricky?
What?
Kiss me?
After I see what's at
the end of this cord.
All right?
You'd better kiss me
now if you're ever going to.
Lucy, what is this?
Oh, darn. You found
your Christmas present.
"The Handy Dandy vacuum cle..."
Oh, no. Lucy, you didn't!
Yeah, I sort of did, I guess.
Okay, come on.
Call the man. Tell
him to take it back.
No.
Come on.
You'll be sorry. Why?
'Cause he'll probably sell me
a Handy Dandy bulldozer.
Never mind.
But Ricky, Ricky, really,
he does sell other things,
and you know how I am.
Yes. I know only too well.
Now, look, you're
going to call him back
and you're going to get
rid of that vacuum cleaner
and you're going to get your
money back, understand?
Oh, yes.
Lucy?
I'm taking it back
this afternoon!
Oh...
I thought you were Ricky.
Oh. Are you really
going to take it back?
Yeah. I was just having
one last sweep for the road.
Oh, gee, Ethel, I don't
dare call Mr. Martin.
I'm absolute putty in his hands.
Obviously.
Why did I buy that thing anyway?
Why did you?
I couldn't resist it.
Hey... if I couldn't resist it
maybe someone
else won't be able to.
You mean you're going try
to sell it to somebody else?
Sure, I could sell it.
I remember everything
Mr. Martin said and did.
Don't look at me.
Oh, I'm going to
start on the next block
and I'm going to keep going
until I unload this monster.
Good afternoon, madam.
Are you the lady of the house?
Yeah.
Hey! What are you doing?
Madam, that ten-dollar
bill, that sawbuck,
that one-tenth of a
C-note is all yours
if my Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner
fails to clean up that
mess in two minutes flat.
You mean this ten dollars
is mine if you don't pick up
all that dirt in
two minutes flat?
That's right.
Let's see, now.
Here we are.
That's funny.
I can't imagine
why it doesn't work.
I can. The electricity
is turned off.
What?
We didn't pay our bill.
Oh, no.
Why didn't you tell me?
You didn't ask me.
Oh, dear.
I'm sorry I made such
a mess on your floor.
I don't know how you're
going to clean it up.
I do.
Ew...
Where can she be, Ethel?
It's so late.
I don't know. Maybe
she had to call
on more houses than
she thought she would.
Well, there's nothing
to worry about.
She's prob... Shh!
I hear somebody.
Lucy!
What happened?
You'll be glad to know, Ricky,
that there are plenty
of women in town
with sales resistance.
Couldn't you sell
the vacuum cleaner?
Oh, you poor little thing.
Come on, honey, and sit down.
Here. Sit there.
I'll take your shoes off.
That will help.
Lucy, where's your other shoe?
Stuck in the door at
310 East 69th Street.
Oh, dear.
I was kicked downstairs,
bitten by a dog
and chased three
blocks by a policeman
that wanted to see
my peddler's license.
One more hour,
they'd have reported
the death of another salesman.
Now, honey, I'm sorry
that you had to go
through all of that
but you know
it's your own fault.
Why didn't you call
Mr. Martin like I told you to do?
Oh, sure.
Well, I'll call him.
What's his number?
It's right there on the pad.
Okay.
Oh, Fred, I don't know
what these women would do
without us men getting them out
of all these messes
that they get into.
I don't either.
Hello, Mr. Martin.
This is Ricky Ricardo.
Look. You sold my wife a
vacuum cleaner yesterday.
Yes. That's right.
Well, uh, we decided
not to keep it after all.
So we'd like you to
come back tonight
and take it back.
8:00? Yes, that will be fine.
Thank you very much. Good-bye.
There. You see
how simple it was?
Ricky, you shouldn't
have him come over here.
You don't know what he's like.
He'll say that
he'll take it back,
but he'll sell you
something else.
Oh, nonsense.
Well, I'm not going to be here.
I'm going to a movie.
Come on, Ethel,
let's get out of here.
Okay. I'm going
to get cleaned up.
Have you ever seen
anything like that?
Never in my life.
You take my advice.
You put that vacuum
cleaner out in the hall,
lock the door and
sit here in the dark.
Hi.
Oh, hi. How was the movie?
Fine.
Did, uh... Mr. Martin get here?
Yeah. He was here.
Did he take back
the vacuum cleaner?
Of course he did.
He had no trouble at all.
Oh?
As a matter of fact, he
paid me a great compliment.
He said I was a man of
great judgment and real taste.
Oh.
And not only that, but he said
he didn't blame me in the least
for not buying such
an inferior product.
Uh-oh.
What happened then?
Nothing.
Come on.
Nothing.
Come on. Where is it?
Ethel, guess what?
We have a new Handy
Dandy refrigerator.
Oh, Ricky, I'm glad
you don't have any
sales resistance either.
Aw, Lucy.
You get all the breaks.
Nobody could sell
ol' Fred anything.
Oh, no?
Oh?
Fred?
Come on down and see
your Handy Dandy
washing machine.
"The Baby Song", written by
Desi Arnaz and Eddie Maxwell,
has just been recorded
on a Columbia record,
with the hit song "I Love
Lucy" on the reverse side.
This is the CBS
Television Network.
baby at our house ♪
♪ The nicest little
gift we've ever had ♪
♪ How much fuller
life's become ♪
♪ No one knows
what makes it hum ♪
♪ Till you call each
other Mommy and Dad ♪
♪ There's a brand-new
baby at our house ♪
♪ And though he's been
there just a little while ♪
♪ In the parlor, in the hall ♪
♪ Every picture on the wall ♪
♪ Seems to know because
they all wear a smile ♪
♪ I can't explain what
he does to my heart ♪
♪ With his infant charms ♪
♪ I never knew what heaven was ♪
♪ Till I held an
angel in my arms ♪
♪ There's a brand-new
baby at our house ♪
♪ He's twice as sweet
as honey from the comb ♪
♪ He's the image of my spouse,
he's the tricky Mickey Mouse ♪
♪ Who has changed our
happy house to a home ♪
♪ We thank the Lord ♪
♪ Whose love and
wondrous powers ♪
♪ Gave us that brand-new ♪
♪ Grand-new ♪
♪ Baby of ours. ♪
Oh, Ricky, that was wonderful.
That's great.
Rick, did you really
write that song?
Yeah. I wrote it for Lucy.
I'm going to take it
down to the hospital
and play it for her.
See, I was recording
it while I was singing it.
Oh, isn't that clever?
Where did you get this thing?
Well, Lucy bought it to
record the baby's first words.
How could she buy it
if she's in the hospital?
Well, the lady in the next bed
is a salesman for the
tape recorder company.
What?
Yeah, no kidding.
This lady has a baby every year
and she sells enough
recorders to pay for the baby.
And you know how Lucy is.
We certainly do.
Remember that Handy
Dandy Company?
Ay-yi-yi.
Oh, gee, I'll never forget
the expression on
Lucy's face that morning
when I brought
the mail up to her.
Good morning, Lucy.
Hi.
What's the matter with you?
Oh, it's that Cuban
sorehead I'm married to.
I just had my weekly lecture
about spending too much money.
What'd he have to say this time?
I couldn't
understand most of it.
All I could get was that
pesos don't grow on trees.
Well, it's over
for another week.
I brought up your mail.
Good.
What's this?
Oh, no.
Oh, I don't want Ricky
to know that I bought this.
This is a kitchen gadget that I
saw demonstrated on television.
Where can I hide it?
How about the refrigerator?
That's a good idea.
He'd never look in there.
He'll never think of looking
in here in a million years.
No, I guess not.
There, you think that's safe?
Yeah, I think it's safe.
Ricky!
What's in the package
you don't want me to see?
Nothing.
Let me see the package. Nothing.
Statue-of-liberty play, Ethel.
Okay.
Throw it here, Ethel!
Now, Ricky, give me that thing.
That's mine, Ricky.
Now, wait a minute. Let me see.
Let's see what's in the package.
Let's see what's in the package.
What is it?
It's a Handy Dandy
kitchen helper.
I saw it demonstrated
on television.
It's a tremendous bargain
when you think of all the
things you can do with it.
How much is it?
Uh, it rices,
dices, and splices.
Lucy, how much?
It cuts down on the time
that a housewife has
to spend in the kitchen.
How much?
About two hours a day.
Lucy...
$7.98.
$7.98!
Yeah, but you'd think it
was cheap at twice the price
if you saw all the things
the man does
with it on television.
I watch him every
day. Here, I'll show you.
Ethel? Yeah.
You'd better come
down and let me see
what you want me to
do with that clothesline.
Just a minute. Come on in.
Lucy's going to give
us a demonstration.
Of what?
A woman's stupidity.
That shouldn't take very long.
All right, now you
all stand over there.
Now, ladies and gentlemen
I am about to demonstrate
the Handy Dandy kitchen helper.
It's something you
shouldn't be without.
It peels and splices,
cuts and rices
skins and dices
at lowest prices.
Now watch me closely,
ladies and gentlemen.
I will set the dial
for French fries,
and then by turning this handle,
I will cut this potato
into 16 identical slices.
Here we go.
Oh, I must have had
it set for baked potato.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I didn't have it right
on French fries.
That was it.
Here we go.
16 identical slices.
It looked so easy when
the man did it on television.
Oh, honey, maybe you just
haven't got the hang of it yet.
Well, I did what they told me.
Honestly, Fred,
why is it that women
have no sales
resistance whatsoever?
I don't know.
They'll buy anything.
Lucy doesn't know
the meaning of the word "no."
Ethel doesn't either.
Lucy is a sucker
for any sales pitch.
Ethel is too.
Lucy and Ethel make me sick.
Now, honey, you, you must admit
that you'll buy anything
that comes along.
I'm no worse than you are.
How about that little
purchase you made
at the war surplus store?
That was a necessary item.
Oh, sure. You never know
when you're going to use
a 20-foot rubber life raft.
What are you laughing at, fatso?
You're just as bad.
What are you talking about?
Now, look, look, look.
The fact is that you've
just thrown eight dollars
down the drain for... this.
$7.95, and it isn't
down the drain.
I got it on a
three-day free trial.
If I don't want it,
I just call them up
and tell them to take it back.
Well, then call them up.
No.
Lucy, either you're
going to call them up
and tell them to take it back,
or I'm going to use it to
demonstrate how to cut a wife
into 16 identical slices.
Really?
Mrs. Ricardo?
Yes?
I'm Harry Martin of the
Handy Dandy Company.
Oh, yes, I've been
expecting you.
Won't you come in, please?
Mr. Martin, this Handy Dandy
kitchen helper does not work
and I have it on a three-day
free trial and I don't want it.
You'll have to
take it back. Gladly.
It isn't any good, and
I'm not going to pay for it.
Of course you're not.
I see no reason why I should...
What'd you say?
I said of course you're
not going to pay for it.
We don't want you to
keep any merchandise
that you're not happy with.
You don't?
No, of course not,
and you're quite
right not to want that.
Why, that isn't
a wise buy at all.
In fact, Mrs. Ricardo,
I wouldn't let you keep
this dreadful little gadget
even if you begged me to.
I'm glad you didn't want that.
That shows me that you're a
woman of judgment and taste.
Really?
Yes, indeed.
When you opened that
door, I said to myself, I said,
"Harry, there stands a
woman of judgment and taste."
Is that so?
Mm-hmm.
Mrs. Ricardo, you have no idea
of the inferior type of humanity
that I have to contend
with in my profession.
Why, you just wouldn't believe
some of the women
that I have to talk to.
They... they have
no intelligence at all.
My goodness.
Mm-hmm.
Why, just this
morning, I ran in...
Say, I'll bet I'm keeping you
from something important.
Oh, no, no. Not at all.
Well, I find you're such
an easy person to talk to
and, I don't know, I'd just
like to get this off my chest.
Oh, well, go right ahead.
May I tell you about what
happened to me this morning?
Certainly.
Thank you, thank you.
Now, you just pretend
that you're this woman
I'm calling on, eh?
All right.
Just stay right there.
What's that?
I also represent
the Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner.
Oh.
So this morning when the
woman opened the door
and I threw the
dirt on the floor,
just like I did now
and then I handed
her a ten-dollar bill,
just like this, you see,
and then I said to her
I said, "Madam,
that ten-dollar bill,
"that sawbuck, that
one-tenth of a C-note
"is all yours if this Handy
Dandy vacuum cleaner
"fails to clean up all this dirt
in less than two minutes flat."
I said that to her, see?
And then I, uh... I took
my Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner
and I... I plugged
it in... like this,
and then I...
went right to work.
That's funny.
Oh, this plug is
controlled by this switch.
So's that light, see?
Oh, I see.
Go.
45 seconds.
My!
That was fast.
Yes, it was, wasn't it?
But do you know that
woman was angry with me?
About what?
Because I threw
dirt on her floor.
But you cleaned it right up
with your wonderful Handy
Dandy vacuum cleaner.
Yes, yes, of course I
did, but she was still angry
and do you know
what she did next?
What?
Why, when I told her
that this Handy
Dandy vacuum cleaner
and the attachments
that it sold for
$8.95 for the works,
why, that shortsighted,
narrow-vision female
did not even have the
intelligence to buy one.
What a dope.
Well, it shows you
what you've got to put up with.
I'm glad you let me
get that off my chest.
Mr. Martin... did
you say, uh, 8.95?
That's right.
And, uh, now I
think I'll have to go...
Mr. Martin, aren't
you going to give me
a chance to buy one of those?
Oh, Mrs. Ricardo,
when I told you about
this other woman,
I didn't mean to
get you to buy...
Oh, but Mr. Martin, our
sweeper is so outdated.
It's old, it doesn't
work right or anything
and we really do
need one of those.
Well, as a matter of fact, I...
I was bringing
this little gem home
as a present for my wife, but...
Oh...
Well, I don't know.
I suppose if you
really need one.
Oh, we do, we do.
You talked me into it.
Oh, thank you, Mr. Martin.
Thank you.
Uh... five,
six,
seven,
eight...
Mm-hmm.
Let's see... 95. Is that right?
That's the price...
for the works.
Now that you own the works
don't you think
that you would like
this nice gray metal cover
to keep it from getting dirty?
But didn't I just buy the...?
You bought the
most important part...
Yeah, the... the works.
Now, there are
a few more little accessories,
like, like the hose,
and the electric cord
and the attachments there.
Gee, that must run
into quite a bit of money.
No, no, no, not at all.
This, this electric
cord, for instance,
is only five dollars.
Five dollars?!
Well, it's extra long.
Oh.
And, uh... the
attachments, uh...
are $2.50.
$2.50?
Apiece. Oh.
And then there's
a utility lamp...
Oh?
There's a carrying
case for the cleaner...
Oh?
Carrying case for
the attachments...
Oh?
There's a switch that
turns it on and off...
Hi, Lucy.
Did the man take
back the kitchen helper?
Did you have any
trouble with him?
What's the matter with...?
Lucy, did you buy
all this stuff from him?
Oh, Lucy, I thought you
were going to have sales
resistance from now on.
What happened?
I don't know.
Right after he took
back the kitchen helper,
everything went black.
Oh?
When the lights came on again,
I was short $102.40.
$102.40 for just this?
No. For a bonus, he
threw in the kitchen helper.
That was nice of him.
For a dollar and a half.
What a salesman he must be!
Yeah, but this is really
a wonderful machine
and it just works beautifully.
Turn on the switch
and I'll show you.
Okay.
What's this one for, Lucy?
Lucy?
Try this one, Lucy.
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yi... ♪
That's Ricky! That's Ricky!
I don't want him
to see this stuff.
Help me hide it.
Hide it? Yeah.
Oh. He can't see this.
Aren't you going to tell
him you bought all this?
Someday, yes, when we're
old and grey, but not now.
Where will I put it?
In the closet.
In the closet?
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yi ♪
♪ Canta y no llores ♪
♪ Porque cantando
se alegran, cielito lin... ♪
Hello.
Oh, look. Here's Ricky.
Hi, Ricky.
Hello, Ricky.
Good-bye, Ricky.
Well, she's in a hurry.
Yeah.
Oh, I'll hang it
up for you, dear.
Oh, thank you.
What did you do today?
Why do you ask that?
I always ask that.
Oh, yeah.
That's right.
Uh, nothing much.
It's dark in here.
Oh...
What's that?
What's what?
That.
What?
That.
Oh, that. That's me.
What?!
My stomach's growling.
It's been growling all day.
Now, Lucy, you know darn well
you're not making that noise.
It sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
Where's it coming from?
Oh, that sound.
Oh, Ethel must be
cleaning her rugs.
All right, Ethel, break
it up down there!
That's all.
There. I guess she's finished.
Whoops. Not quite.
Ricky?
What?
Kiss me?
After I see what's at
the end of this cord.
All right?
You'd better kiss me
now if you're ever going to.
Lucy, what is this?
Oh, darn. You found
your Christmas present.
"The Handy Dandy vacuum cle..."
Oh, no. Lucy, you didn't!
Yeah, I sort of did, I guess.
Okay, come on.
Call the man. Tell
him to take it back.
No.
Come on.
You'll be sorry. Why?
'Cause he'll probably sell me
a Handy Dandy bulldozer.
Never mind.
But Ricky, Ricky, really,
he does sell other things,
and you know how I am.
Yes. I know only too well.
Now, look, you're
going to call him back
and you're going to get
rid of that vacuum cleaner
and you're going to get your
money back, understand?
Oh, yes.
Lucy?
I'm taking it back
this afternoon!
Oh...
I thought you were Ricky.
Oh. Are you really
going to take it back?
Yeah. I was just having
one last sweep for the road.
Oh, gee, Ethel, I don't
dare call Mr. Martin.
I'm absolute putty in his hands.
Obviously.
Why did I buy that thing anyway?
Why did you?
I couldn't resist it.
Hey... if I couldn't resist it
maybe someone
else won't be able to.
You mean you're going try
to sell it to somebody else?
Sure, I could sell it.
I remember everything
Mr. Martin said and did.
Don't look at me.
Oh, I'm going to
start on the next block
and I'm going to keep going
until I unload this monster.
Good afternoon, madam.
Are you the lady of the house?
Yeah.
Hey! What are you doing?
Madam, that ten-dollar
bill, that sawbuck,
that one-tenth of a
C-note is all yours
if my Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner
fails to clean up that
mess in two minutes flat.
You mean this ten dollars
is mine if you don't pick up
all that dirt in
two minutes flat?
That's right.
Let's see, now.
Here we are.
That's funny.
I can't imagine
why it doesn't work.
I can. The electricity
is turned off.
What?
We didn't pay our bill.
Oh, no.
Why didn't you tell me?
You didn't ask me.
Oh, dear.
I'm sorry I made such
a mess on your floor.
I don't know how you're
going to clean it up.
I do.
Ew...
Where can she be, Ethel?
It's so late.
I don't know. Maybe
she had to call
on more houses than
she thought she would.
Well, there's nothing
to worry about.
She's prob... Shh!
I hear somebody.
Lucy!
What happened?
You'll be glad to know, Ricky,
that there are plenty
of women in town
with sales resistance.
Couldn't you sell
the vacuum cleaner?
Oh, you poor little thing.
Come on, honey, and sit down.
Here. Sit there.
I'll take your shoes off.
That will help.
Lucy, where's your other shoe?
Stuck in the door at
310 East 69th Street.
Oh, dear.
I was kicked downstairs,
bitten by a dog
and chased three
blocks by a policeman
that wanted to see
my peddler's license.
One more hour,
they'd have reported
the death of another salesman.
Now, honey, I'm sorry
that you had to go
through all of that
but you know
it's your own fault.
Why didn't you call
Mr. Martin like I told you to do?
Oh, sure.
Well, I'll call him.
What's his number?
It's right there on the pad.
Okay.
Oh, Fred, I don't know
what these women would do
without us men getting them out
of all these messes
that they get into.
I don't either.
Hello, Mr. Martin.
This is Ricky Ricardo.
Look. You sold my wife a
vacuum cleaner yesterday.
Yes. That's right.
Well, uh, we decided
not to keep it after all.
So we'd like you to
come back tonight
and take it back.
8:00? Yes, that will be fine.
Thank you very much. Good-bye.
There. You see
how simple it was?
Ricky, you shouldn't
have him come over here.
You don't know what he's like.
He'll say that
he'll take it back,
but he'll sell you
something else.
Oh, nonsense.
Well, I'm not going to be here.
I'm going to a movie.
Come on, Ethel,
let's get out of here.
Okay. I'm going
to get cleaned up.
Have you ever seen
anything like that?
Never in my life.
You take my advice.
You put that vacuum
cleaner out in the hall,
lock the door and
sit here in the dark.
Hi.
Oh, hi. How was the movie?
Fine.
Did, uh... Mr. Martin get here?
Yeah. He was here.
Did he take back
the vacuum cleaner?
Of course he did.
He had no trouble at all.
Oh?
As a matter of fact, he
paid me a great compliment.
He said I was a man of
great judgment and real taste.
Oh.
And not only that, but he said
he didn't blame me in the least
for not buying such
an inferior product.
Uh-oh.
What happened then?
Nothing.
Come on.
Nothing.
Come on. Where is it?
Ethel, guess what?
We have a new Handy
Dandy refrigerator.
Oh, Ricky, I'm glad
you don't have any
sales resistance either.
Aw, Lucy.
You get all the breaks.
Nobody could sell
ol' Fred anything.
Oh, no?
Oh?
Fred?
Come on down and see
your Handy Dandy
washing machine.
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