I Love Lucy (1951–1957): Season 2, Episode 26 - The Ricardos Change Apartments - full transcript
Lucy tries everything to convince Ricky to let them move to a bigger apartment.
Oh.
Hi, Lucy.
Oh, hi.
Look around, Ethel.
You wouldn't know there
was a baby in this apartment,
would you?
Well, I might get a slight clue
from that bundle you're
carrying in your arms.
No, I mean you wouldn't
know that a baby lived here,
you know, with all the things
you have to have for a baby.
Just by looking at this room
you wouldn't notice that.
You know, a high
chair and a crib
and diapers and bottles
and bottle warmers and toys.
So, what's your point?
So, it just shows what you
can do with a little system.
I had to find a
place for everything
if we're going to be
stuck in this apartment.
What do you mean, "stuck"?
Well, I've been trying
to convince Ricky
that we need a larger apartment
now that we have the baby,
but I can't get
anywhere with him.
Well, I'm glad.
I don't want you moving away,
and I haven't got a bigger
apartment that's vacant.
Well, it wouldn't
matter if you did.
Ricky says we can't afford it.
Yeah, honey.
Well, you sure did a good job
of putting everything
away, honey.
I came up to borrow
a cup of sugar.
Will you loan it to me?
Yeah.
What a matter?
Here's your sugar.
Lucy... Hmm?
I might be slightly confused
because I've only lived
in this building 16 years,
but isn't the kitchen that way?
Yeah.
Well, do you always keep
the sugar in the bedroom?
Oh, it wasn't in the bedroom;
it was in the bathroom.
You see, I found a
place for each thing,
but when I came to the sugar,
the kitchen was all full.
Uh-huh.
Well, thanks for the sugar.
I got to go bake my cake.
Oh, that reminds me,
I got to get a
roast in the oven.
So long.
Bye.
Lucy, I'm home.
Oh, hi, honey.
Oh, hi.
Lucy.
Yeah?
There's no room in
the closet for my coat.
Nonsense... I reorganized
the entire apartment today
and there is a
place for everything.
You're right.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
What am I going to do with this?
I guess you'll just
have to wear it.
Listen, have I got time
before dinner to do some work?
I'll say.
Lucy!
Yeah?
What are all my socks
doing in the desk?
I'm keeping them there now.
Your underwear is
in the other drawer.
So what happened to the dresser?
I had to have more
room for the baby's things.
I'm putting things away
for three now, dear.
All right, all right, all
right, all right, okay.
Ay, qué barbaridad!
Mira, ¿qué tienen las
cosas?, los juguetes aquí
y las medias allí
los calzoncillos allá
y no se puede
sentar en la casa...
Temper, temper...
temper.
Why don't you put these
things away where they belong?
Gladly... where do they belong?
Well, there must
be some better place
to put all this junk
than under the cushions
in the living room.
Not in this stuffy
little crackerbox.
Ricky, I worked very hard
finding a place for everything.
You don't realize
what a problem it is.
After all, I'm only human.
I can only do so much, you know.
All right, all right,
all right, all right!
Let's not go through that again.
Go through what again?
"This apartment
is entirely too small
"for the two of
us and little Ricky,
and if we don't move to a
larger apartment, I'll go crazy."
Well, I'm glad you
finally agreed with me.
Never mind that.
Now, look, honey, I
know it's crowded here,
and I would love to move
just as much as you would,
but we can't afford it.
Can't afford it!
Can't afford it!
That's all you ever say anymore.
Well, we can't afford it!
There you go again!
Well, we can't!
Well, I can't afford
to work so hard either.
You don't know how tough it is.
I'm wasting away to nothing.
Well, you're the fattest
nothing I've ever seen.
Well!
Now, look, we are
staying right here
and that's all there is to it.
Hey, I forgot to tell you...
Well, I'll see you later.
Wait a minute, Ethel.
Come back here.
I'm just trying to reason
with Mr. Ricky Ricardo,
the Cuban skinflint.
Hey, I came up to
tell you something.
You know the
Bensons that live in 3B?
Yeah.
Their daughter got
married this afternoon.
Really?
Yeah, I just saw Mr. and
Mrs. Benson in the hall.
They both reacted
in the strangest way
to their daughter's wedding...
She was crying
and he was laughing.
He probably thought that
he would never unload her.
Oh, I'll have Mrs. Benson
crying on my
shoulder for months.
Every time she faces her
daughter's empty room,
she'll rush right...
Empty room.
They've got an extra
room they don't need!
Oh, gee, I hope they don't move.
I hope they do.
Why, Lucy!
That way we could
move to a larger apartment
and still stay in the building.
Yeah, but we'd lose a tenant.
Oh.
Maybe they'll trade.
Hey, that's a wonderful idea.
Do you think they'd do it?
Now, wait a minute.
There's no harm in asking them.
I bet we could
talk them into it.
That would just be ideal. Lucy.
We could take their
daughter's room,
make it into the nursery.
I know just how the
furniture would go.
And then she wouldn't Ethel.
Have to face that empty room...
I "wun't swish aparments."
Did you understand what I said?
All right.
What did I say?
You "wun't swish aparments."
"Buh" why?
Look, the Bensons' apartment
is larger than this apartment.
Therefore, it must cost more
than this apartment.
$20 a month more.
You see?
Now, there you are.
Now, I told you, I
would love to move
just as much as you would,
but we can't afford it.
I know, I know.
Those must be
the first English
words you ever learned.
Ricky, I know
this isn't any of my business,
but Lucy is awful crowded here,
and, well, you know there is
that extra room downstairs...
Ethel, Ethel, never mind.
Ricky is right.
After all, Ricky is my husband,
he's little Ricky's father,
and I respect his judgment.
In all the years that
we've been married,
I've never known
him to be anything
but generous and kindhearted
and wonderful.
Kiss me.
I can't afford it.
What do you mean,
you can't afford it?
That kiss will cost
me $20 a month.
You don't love me
anymore, Ricky!
You don't care how hard I work!
You don't care
if little Ricky is so crowded
that he can't even move around!
I do, too, Lucy!
I love you very much
and I care that little
Ricky is so crowded
and I think it's terrible...
Oh, shut up!
Come on, Ethel!
Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay!
Ay!
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
Any new developments
since last night?
No.
Is there anything
you can think of
that we can do
to help you, Lucy?
Anything?
Anything at all?
No.
Thanks, Fred.
We'll just have to go on
living exactly the way we are.
Little Ricky is going
to get awfully cramped
sleeping in that crib
until he's 21 years old.
Gee, I wish there was
something we could do.
Of course, it's just the extra
rent that stands in the way.
If we could get the
Benson apartment
for the same amount of
money that we pay here,
there wouldn't be any problem.
Don't you think
that possibly...?
Maybe you could...?
No.
It wouldn't be fair
to the other tenants.
Oh...
I guess you're right, Fred.
We'll just have to
stay the way we are
until we get so crowded
we can't turn around.
Can't turn around.
What are you talking about?
What a dope I've been!
Of course Ricky is
willing to stay here
if I break my back
putting everything away.
I've been doing
everything all wrong.
Look at that gleam in her eye.
Lucy?
Yes, dear?
Hey, what is all this stuff?
What's this thing doing here?
That's little Ricky's slide.
Oh, no, come on, now, Lucy!
What's going on?
Nothing, dear.
Just a few things we
needed for the baby
and I didn't have any
other place to put them.
Lucy...!
Oh, I know it's crowded, dear,
but you'll just
have to bear with it
if we're going to stay
in this teensy apartment.
Lucy, I sw...
How am I supposed
to get in here?
Be my guest.
Look out for the Super Chief!
Look out for the Super Chief!
Na-na-na!
Na-na-na-na!
Na-na-na, na-na-na!
Here we go, whoo-whoo!
Whoo-whoo!
Whoo-whoo.
Lucy, I know what you're up to
and we are not going to move!
Well, if you want
to live like this.
You are going to
take all this stuff back.
No, I'm not.
Oh, yes, you are.
No, I'm not.
Oh, yes, you are,
and not only that,
but I'm going to put you on
top of my knee and spank you.
Well, you have
to catch me first.
Oh-oh-oh!
Ricky!
Ricky, you're making me dizzy!
Ricky!
Oh, Ricky, you're
making me dizzy!
Ricky!
Oh!
Oh, Ricky!
Ow, Ricky!
I'll take them back,
I'll take them back!
Ricky!
Good morning, Mrs. Benson.
Hello, Mrs. Ricardo, Mrs. Mertz.
Come in, come in.
We just thought we'd
come down and chat a while.
Oh, how nice.
Now, sit down and
make yourselves at home.
I was just mixing a meat loaf.
Oh, it smells good.
Oh, thank you.
I'll be right with you.
Oh, take your time.
Take your time.
Gee, won't this be a
wonderful place for us to live in?
It'll be a wonderful place
for you to recuperate in
when Ricky finds
out what you're up to.
Oh, he won't mind.
I just used
the wrong approach
last night, that's all.
But I'm going to take
all those toys back.
Even if you do talk Mrs. Benson
into switching
apartments with you,
this apartment is still
going to cost Ricky
an extra $20 a month.
It isn't going to
cost Ricky anything.
It's going to cost
me $20 a month.
I'm going to scrimp and save
and pay it out of my allowance.
You're already drawn
on your allowance
seven months in advance!
Oh, you'll never
be able to pay me.
I will, too.
If I were smart,
I'd let you have this
place for the same price;
then we could
still stay friends.
Yeah!
But I'm not that smart.
Well, then you just have to
help me work on Mrs. Benson.
Okay.
Now, after all, it's
for her own good.
She won't have to worry
about her daughter being gone...
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Oh.
Well, now, there we are.
Uh, how have you
been, Mrs. Benson?
Oh, fine, just fine.
It's a beautiful
morning, isn't it?
Wonderful.
Don't you just love the spring?
Uh-huh.
Mmm!
Congratulations on
your daughter's marriage.
Uh...
My baby, my baby!
Oh...
Oh, the thorns of motherhood.
Oh, poor Mrs. Benson.
Yes, poor Mrs. Benson.
She's left me, my little baby.
Oh, well, don't feel
too badly, Mrs. Benson,
she'll come to see you often.
Oh, no, she won't.
And I'm all alone.
Oh, well, you still
have Mr. Benson.
Eh!
Oh, I... I feel so
sorry for Mrs. Benson,
rattling around in
this big apartment
and her daughter's room
standing there empty,
reminding her
that she's all alone.
Oh, I know.
What?
Um, this is a big
sacrifice to make,
but I can't stand
to see her suffer.
Our apartment would be
just perfect for the Bensons.
Why, yes, it's
just the right size.
No, no, no, I couldn't,
I couldn't...
It's $20 a month cheaper.
Oh?
Well, Mr. Benson
would like that.
Oh, yeah, when do
we switch? Today?
Oh, no, no, my dear.
I couldn't do it today.
You see, I'll be out all day
helping my baby get settled.
She'll get no help
from that nincompoop
she's married.
Well, why don't
you give me the key
and I'll have everything all
fixed up when you come back?
Oh, my dear, now, I don't know.
What about the moving?
Isn't that very expensive?
Oh, well, don't
you worry about it.
I'll take care of everything.
As a matter of fact,
some of my best friends
are furniture movers.
Really?
Oh, that's wonderful.
I certainly appreciate
all you're doing.
Oh, that's all right.
Bless you.
Well, I'll go and
get you the key.
All right.
Oh, dear.
If you think I'm going
to help you carry
all of this furniture...
Shh... be quiet.
We'll talk about it later.
You want us to
stay here, don't you?
Yes, but I'm not
going to help you carry
all this furniture
back and forth...
Fred will.
Fred wouldn't
touch a piece of it.
What do you mean?
Well, we're ready.
Oh, shh!
I told you not to come up here
until he had left.
Now, go on.
I'll pound on the
floor when I want you.
Go on. All right.
Hurry up, before he sees you.
You better hurry, dear,
you'll be late for rehearsal.
No, I got plenty of time.
What are you going to do today?
Why do you ask that?
I just thought you could
take my tux to the cleaners.
Oh... oh, sure, sure, sure.
I haven't got a thing to do.
I'm just going to be sitting
around, resting, relaxing.
Well, good-bye, dear.
Good-bye.
Bye.
Uh...
My foot went to sleep.
I forgot my music.
Oh. Don't be late for
your rehearsal, dear.
Oh, listen, honey,
there's something
I want to talk to you about.
What, dear?
Well, you know,
I've been thinking
the whole situation about
moving and everything,
you know, and really I
want you to understand
that I would like to very much,
but you don't seem to realize...
I do realize, dear...
No, you don't.
Yes, I do.
I understand exactly.
You don't...
Yes, I do, dear, good-bye.
Let's get started.
Hey, where's the baby?
Mrs. Trumbull is going
to take care of him today.
Now, okay, everybody
grab something up here,
take it downstairs, pick
up something downstairs,
bring it up here
and keep on going
till we get everything switched
around in both apartments.
Now, come on.
All right.
Well, my back has
been bothering me lately.
You've been using
that same gag for years.
Come on, now,
and do a man's work.
Lucy, give him
that coffee table.
That's too heavy for you.
There, that's better.
Yeah!
Come on.
Watch out, now.
Take it easy.
All right.
Take it easy going
around that corner.
Don't scratch
anything, now, Fred.
Watch your fingers.
Gee, this is heavy, isn't it?
Where do you want this?
Oh, right there, thank you.
Hey, we're pretty fast
movers, aren't we?
Yeah, we're the busy
little bees, all right.
Well, let's not lose
any time, busy bees.
Buzz on up and get
some more furniture.
All right, all right.
Say, Lucy.
Correct me if I'm wrong,
but we've been moving
for three hours now
and there's one member
of our little moving firm
that I haven't passed
on the stairs lately.
Has Fred goofed off?
I wasn't referring to Fred.
Well, Ethel, you
certainly don't mean me.
Don't I?
Why, I've been
working like a Trojan
overseeing things.
Someone's got to be in charge.
Well, let's take
turns being in charge.
Well!
Apparently one of our
busy bees is a sorehead.
Well, apparently
one of our busy bees
thinks she's the queen.
All right, all right.
Don't get your
stinger out of joint.
You just relax.
I'll move all the rest
of my furniture myself.
Everything!
Well, this is the last of it.
Nice timing.
Oh, come on, now,
let's not get mad.
We're all finished.
Let's all go down to
the corner drugstore
and relax over
an ice cream soda.
I'll buy.
Well, you talked me into it.
Come on.
You know, I may have a sandwich
and a piece of apple pie.
With whipped cream...
I'm hungry, huh?
Ricky will just
love this apartment
once he gets...
What happened?
What happened?
How did the Benson
furniture get back in here?
I can't understand it!
I didn't have anything stronger
than an ice cream soda.
Hi.
I can't... Hi.
How do you like it?
How do I like what?
Oh.
Oh, they didn't get here, huh?
Who didn't get here?
Honey, I had a
wonderful surprise for you,
but I guess they
didn't get here,
so I might as well tell you.
Tell me what?
I got Mr. Benson's okay,
and then I called Mrs. Trumbull
and asked her to call me
as soon as you
left the apartment,
and then I called the movers
and told them to rush over here
and switch all the furniture
from our apartment
to this apartment
and all the furniture
from this apartment to...
Ew... Ew... Ew...
I Love Lucy is a
Desilu production.
Lucille Ball and Desi
Arnaz will be back next week
at this same time.
This is the CBS
television network.
Hi, Lucy.
Oh, hi.
Look around, Ethel.
You wouldn't know there
was a baby in this apartment,
would you?
Well, I might get a slight clue
from that bundle you're
carrying in your arms.
No, I mean you wouldn't
know that a baby lived here,
you know, with all the things
you have to have for a baby.
Just by looking at this room
you wouldn't notice that.
You know, a high
chair and a crib
and diapers and bottles
and bottle warmers and toys.
So, what's your point?
So, it just shows what you
can do with a little system.
I had to find a
place for everything
if we're going to be
stuck in this apartment.
What do you mean, "stuck"?
Well, I've been trying
to convince Ricky
that we need a larger apartment
now that we have the baby,
but I can't get
anywhere with him.
Well, I'm glad.
I don't want you moving away,
and I haven't got a bigger
apartment that's vacant.
Well, it wouldn't
matter if you did.
Ricky says we can't afford it.
Yeah, honey.
Well, you sure did a good job
of putting everything
away, honey.
I came up to borrow
a cup of sugar.
Will you loan it to me?
Yeah.
What a matter?
Here's your sugar.
Lucy... Hmm?
I might be slightly confused
because I've only lived
in this building 16 years,
but isn't the kitchen that way?
Yeah.
Well, do you always keep
the sugar in the bedroom?
Oh, it wasn't in the bedroom;
it was in the bathroom.
You see, I found a
place for each thing,
but when I came to the sugar,
the kitchen was all full.
Uh-huh.
Well, thanks for the sugar.
I got to go bake my cake.
Oh, that reminds me,
I got to get a
roast in the oven.
So long.
Bye.
Lucy, I'm home.
Oh, hi, honey.
Oh, hi.
Lucy.
Yeah?
There's no room in
the closet for my coat.
Nonsense... I reorganized
the entire apartment today
and there is a
place for everything.
You're right.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
What am I going to do with this?
I guess you'll just
have to wear it.
Listen, have I got time
before dinner to do some work?
I'll say.
Lucy!
Yeah?
What are all my socks
doing in the desk?
I'm keeping them there now.
Your underwear is
in the other drawer.
So what happened to the dresser?
I had to have more
room for the baby's things.
I'm putting things away
for three now, dear.
All right, all right, all
right, all right, okay.
Ay, qué barbaridad!
Mira, ¿qué tienen las
cosas?, los juguetes aquí
y las medias allí
los calzoncillos allá
y no se puede
sentar en la casa...
Temper, temper...
temper.
Why don't you put these
things away where they belong?
Gladly... where do they belong?
Well, there must
be some better place
to put all this junk
than under the cushions
in the living room.
Not in this stuffy
little crackerbox.
Ricky, I worked very hard
finding a place for everything.
You don't realize
what a problem it is.
After all, I'm only human.
I can only do so much, you know.
All right, all right,
all right, all right!
Let's not go through that again.
Go through what again?
"This apartment
is entirely too small
"for the two of
us and little Ricky,
and if we don't move to a
larger apartment, I'll go crazy."
Well, I'm glad you
finally agreed with me.
Never mind that.
Now, look, honey, I
know it's crowded here,
and I would love to move
just as much as you would,
but we can't afford it.
Can't afford it!
Can't afford it!
That's all you ever say anymore.
Well, we can't afford it!
There you go again!
Well, we can't!
Well, I can't afford
to work so hard either.
You don't know how tough it is.
I'm wasting away to nothing.
Well, you're the fattest
nothing I've ever seen.
Well!
Now, look, we are
staying right here
and that's all there is to it.
Hey, I forgot to tell you...
Well, I'll see you later.
Wait a minute, Ethel.
Come back here.
I'm just trying to reason
with Mr. Ricky Ricardo,
the Cuban skinflint.
Hey, I came up to
tell you something.
You know the
Bensons that live in 3B?
Yeah.
Their daughter got
married this afternoon.
Really?
Yeah, I just saw Mr. and
Mrs. Benson in the hall.
They both reacted
in the strangest way
to their daughter's wedding...
She was crying
and he was laughing.
He probably thought that
he would never unload her.
Oh, I'll have Mrs. Benson
crying on my
shoulder for months.
Every time she faces her
daughter's empty room,
she'll rush right...
Empty room.
They've got an extra
room they don't need!
Oh, gee, I hope they don't move.
I hope they do.
Why, Lucy!
That way we could
move to a larger apartment
and still stay in the building.
Yeah, but we'd lose a tenant.
Oh.
Maybe they'll trade.
Hey, that's a wonderful idea.
Do you think they'd do it?
Now, wait a minute.
There's no harm in asking them.
I bet we could
talk them into it.
That would just be ideal. Lucy.
We could take their
daughter's room,
make it into the nursery.
I know just how the
furniture would go.
And then she wouldn't Ethel.
Have to face that empty room...
I "wun't swish aparments."
Did you understand what I said?
All right.
What did I say?
You "wun't swish aparments."
"Buh" why?
Look, the Bensons' apartment
is larger than this apartment.
Therefore, it must cost more
than this apartment.
$20 a month more.
You see?
Now, there you are.
Now, I told you, I
would love to move
just as much as you would,
but we can't afford it.
I know, I know.
Those must be
the first English
words you ever learned.
Ricky, I know
this isn't any of my business,
but Lucy is awful crowded here,
and, well, you know there is
that extra room downstairs...
Ethel, Ethel, never mind.
Ricky is right.
After all, Ricky is my husband,
he's little Ricky's father,
and I respect his judgment.
In all the years that
we've been married,
I've never known
him to be anything
but generous and kindhearted
and wonderful.
Kiss me.
I can't afford it.
What do you mean,
you can't afford it?
That kiss will cost
me $20 a month.
You don't love me
anymore, Ricky!
You don't care how hard I work!
You don't care
if little Ricky is so crowded
that he can't even move around!
I do, too, Lucy!
I love you very much
and I care that little
Ricky is so crowded
and I think it's terrible...
Oh, shut up!
Come on, Ethel!
Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay!
Ay!
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
Any new developments
since last night?
No.
Is there anything
you can think of
that we can do
to help you, Lucy?
Anything?
Anything at all?
No.
Thanks, Fred.
We'll just have to go on
living exactly the way we are.
Little Ricky is going
to get awfully cramped
sleeping in that crib
until he's 21 years old.
Gee, I wish there was
something we could do.
Of course, it's just the extra
rent that stands in the way.
If we could get the
Benson apartment
for the same amount of
money that we pay here,
there wouldn't be any problem.
Don't you think
that possibly...?
Maybe you could...?
No.
It wouldn't be fair
to the other tenants.
Oh...
I guess you're right, Fred.
We'll just have to
stay the way we are
until we get so crowded
we can't turn around.
Can't turn around.
What are you talking about?
What a dope I've been!
Of course Ricky is
willing to stay here
if I break my back
putting everything away.
I've been doing
everything all wrong.
Look at that gleam in her eye.
Lucy?
Yes, dear?
Hey, what is all this stuff?
What's this thing doing here?
That's little Ricky's slide.
Oh, no, come on, now, Lucy!
What's going on?
Nothing, dear.
Just a few things we
needed for the baby
and I didn't have any
other place to put them.
Lucy...!
Oh, I know it's crowded, dear,
but you'll just
have to bear with it
if we're going to stay
in this teensy apartment.
Lucy, I sw...
How am I supposed
to get in here?
Be my guest.
Look out for the Super Chief!
Look out for the Super Chief!
Na-na-na!
Na-na-na-na!
Na-na-na, na-na-na!
Here we go, whoo-whoo!
Whoo-whoo!
Whoo-whoo.
Lucy, I know what you're up to
and we are not going to move!
Well, if you want
to live like this.
You are going to
take all this stuff back.
No, I'm not.
Oh, yes, you are.
No, I'm not.
Oh, yes, you are,
and not only that,
but I'm going to put you on
top of my knee and spank you.
Well, you have
to catch me first.
Oh-oh-oh!
Ricky!
Ricky, you're making me dizzy!
Ricky!
Oh, Ricky, you're
making me dizzy!
Ricky!
Oh!
Oh, Ricky!
Ow, Ricky!
I'll take them back,
I'll take them back!
Ricky!
Good morning, Mrs. Benson.
Hello, Mrs. Ricardo, Mrs. Mertz.
Come in, come in.
We just thought we'd
come down and chat a while.
Oh, how nice.
Now, sit down and
make yourselves at home.
I was just mixing a meat loaf.
Oh, it smells good.
Oh, thank you.
I'll be right with you.
Oh, take your time.
Take your time.
Gee, won't this be a
wonderful place for us to live in?
It'll be a wonderful place
for you to recuperate in
when Ricky finds
out what you're up to.
Oh, he won't mind.
I just used
the wrong approach
last night, that's all.
But I'm going to take
all those toys back.
Even if you do talk Mrs. Benson
into switching
apartments with you,
this apartment is still
going to cost Ricky
an extra $20 a month.
It isn't going to
cost Ricky anything.
It's going to cost
me $20 a month.
I'm going to scrimp and save
and pay it out of my allowance.
You're already drawn
on your allowance
seven months in advance!
Oh, you'll never
be able to pay me.
I will, too.
If I were smart,
I'd let you have this
place for the same price;
then we could
still stay friends.
Yeah!
But I'm not that smart.
Well, then you just have to
help me work on Mrs. Benson.
Okay.
Now, after all, it's
for her own good.
She won't have to worry
about her daughter being gone...
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Oh.
Well, now, there we are.
Uh, how have you
been, Mrs. Benson?
Oh, fine, just fine.
It's a beautiful
morning, isn't it?
Wonderful.
Don't you just love the spring?
Uh-huh.
Mmm!
Congratulations on
your daughter's marriage.
Uh...
My baby, my baby!
Oh...
Oh, the thorns of motherhood.
Oh, poor Mrs. Benson.
Yes, poor Mrs. Benson.
She's left me, my little baby.
Oh, well, don't feel
too badly, Mrs. Benson,
she'll come to see you often.
Oh, no, she won't.
And I'm all alone.
Oh, well, you still
have Mr. Benson.
Eh!
Oh, I... I feel so
sorry for Mrs. Benson,
rattling around in
this big apartment
and her daughter's room
standing there empty,
reminding her
that she's all alone.
Oh, I know.
What?
Um, this is a big
sacrifice to make,
but I can't stand
to see her suffer.
Our apartment would be
just perfect for the Bensons.
Why, yes, it's
just the right size.
No, no, no, I couldn't,
I couldn't...
It's $20 a month cheaper.
Oh?
Well, Mr. Benson
would like that.
Oh, yeah, when do
we switch? Today?
Oh, no, no, my dear.
I couldn't do it today.
You see, I'll be out all day
helping my baby get settled.
She'll get no help
from that nincompoop
she's married.
Well, why don't
you give me the key
and I'll have everything all
fixed up when you come back?
Oh, my dear, now, I don't know.
What about the moving?
Isn't that very expensive?
Oh, well, don't
you worry about it.
I'll take care of everything.
As a matter of fact,
some of my best friends
are furniture movers.
Really?
Oh, that's wonderful.
I certainly appreciate
all you're doing.
Oh, that's all right.
Bless you.
Well, I'll go and
get you the key.
All right.
Oh, dear.
If you think I'm going
to help you carry
all of this furniture...
Shh... be quiet.
We'll talk about it later.
You want us to
stay here, don't you?
Yes, but I'm not
going to help you carry
all this furniture
back and forth...
Fred will.
Fred wouldn't
touch a piece of it.
What do you mean?
Well, we're ready.
Oh, shh!
I told you not to come up here
until he had left.
Now, go on.
I'll pound on the
floor when I want you.
Go on. All right.
Hurry up, before he sees you.
You better hurry, dear,
you'll be late for rehearsal.
No, I got plenty of time.
What are you going to do today?
Why do you ask that?
I just thought you could
take my tux to the cleaners.
Oh... oh, sure, sure, sure.
I haven't got a thing to do.
I'm just going to be sitting
around, resting, relaxing.
Well, good-bye, dear.
Good-bye.
Bye.
Uh...
My foot went to sleep.
I forgot my music.
Oh. Don't be late for
your rehearsal, dear.
Oh, listen, honey,
there's something
I want to talk to you about.
What, dear?
Well, you know,
I've been thinking
the whole situation about
moving and everything,
you know, and really I
want you to understand
that I would like to very much,
but you don't seem to realize...
I do realize, dear...
No, you don't.
Yes, I do.
I understand exactly.
You don't...
Yes, I do, dear, good-bye.
Let's get started.
Hey, where's the baby?
Mrs. Trumbull is going
to take care of him today.
Now, okay, everybody
grab something up here,
take it downstairs, pick
up something downstairs,
bring it up here
and keep on going
till we get everything switched
around in both apartments.
Now, come on.
All right.
Well, my back has
been bothering me lately.
You've been using
that same gag for years.
Come on, now,
and do a man's work.
Lucy, give him
that coffee table.
That's too heavy for you.
There, that's better.
Yeah!
Come on.
Watch out, now.
Take it easy.
All right.
Take it easy going
around that corner.
Don't scratch
anything, now, Fred.
Watch your fingers.
Gee, this is heavy, isn't it?
Where do you want this?
Oh, right there, thank you.
Hey, we're pretty fast
movers, aren't we?
Yeah, we're the busy
little bees, all right.
Well, let's not lose
any time, busy bees.
Buzz on up and get
some more furniture.
All right, all right.
Say, Lucy.
Correct me if I'm wrong,
but we've been moving
for three hours now
and there's one member
of our little moving firm
that I haven't passed
on the stairs lately.
Has Fred goofed off?
I wasn't referring to Fred.
Well, Ethel, you
certainly don't mean me.
Don't I?
Why, I've been
working like a Trojan
overseeing things.
Someone's got to be in charge.
Well, let's take
turns being in charge.
Well!
Apparently one of our
busy bees is a sorehead.
Well, apparently
one of our busy bees
thinks she's the queen.
All right, all right.
Don't get your
stinger out of joint.
You just relax.
I'll move all the rest
of my furniture myself.
Everything!
Well, this is the last of it.
Nice timing.
Oh, come on, now,
let's not get mad.
We're all finished.
Let's all go down to
the corner drugstore
and relax over
an ice cream soda.
I'll buy.
Well, you talked me into it.
Come on.
You know, I may have a sandwich
and a piece of apple pie.
With whipped cream...
I'm hungry, huh?
Ricky will just
love this apartment
once he gets...
What happened?
What happened?
How did the Benson
furniture get back in here?
I can't understand it!
I didn't have anything stronger
than an ice cream soda.
Hi.
I can't... Hi.
How do you like it?
How do I like what?
Oh.
Oh, they didn't get here, huh?
Who didn't get here?
Honey, I had a
wonderful surprise for you,
but I guess they
didn't get here,
so I might as well tell you.
Tell me what?
I got Mr. Benson's okay,
and then I called Mrs. Trumbull
and asked her to call me
as soon as you
left the apartment,
and then I called the movers
and told them to rush over here
and switch all the furniture
from our apartment
to this apartment
and all the furniture
from this apartment to...
Ew... Ew... Ew...
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