I Love Lucy

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I Love Lucy is a classic and most popular American sitcom from the 1950s, starring comedienne Lucille Ball, her husband Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley.

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Quotes

"Marion, stop cackling. I've been waiting ten years for you to lay that egg." ~Lucy
"Well, I'm your Vitameatavigivac girl! Are you tired, run down, listless? Do you pop out at parties? Are you un-poopular? Well, are you?" ~Lucy (drunk)
"Lucy, you've got some 'splainin' to do." ~Ricky (Apocryphal -- this line was never actually spoken.)
"And as I recall, it was till death do us part. That event is about to take place right now!!" ~Ricky
Lucy: "Well, now, wait a minute, Ethel, look. You get yourself a little black, off-the-shoulder blouse, and a big crushy belt, and little ballet slippers, and you're all set!" Ethel: "What for, Halloween?"
Ethel: "I wanted a toaster!" Lucy: "Well Fred told me that but I couldn't believe you could be that dull!" Ethel: "Listen, I'd look better wearing a toaster than I would those checkerboard britches!"
Lucy: "I've got an idea!" Ethel: "How can you stand there in the middle of this mess and utter those four horrible words: I've got an idea?"
"Ethel to Tillie, Ethel to Tillie, come in Tillie. Over." ~Ethel
Lucy: "I saw them last month in Harper's Bazaar." Ethel: "Well they're certainly bizarre!"
"Oh just wait until Mickey Richardson hears about this!" ~Ethel
Lucy: "Once you get to know Ethel you'll find she's more fun than a barrel of monkeys." Ethel: "Monkeys that seldom get invited out of their barrels, that is."
Lucy: "We're in the egg business together, so half of those eggs belong to Ethel. Isn't that right dear?" Ethel: "Yes, the shells."
Lucy: "It's my mad money." Ricky: "There's over $200 here." Lucy: "Well, I get awfully mad."
"Oh no you don't. Not even for the love of sweet charity am I going to box three rounds with a kangaroo." ~Lucy
"Ever since we said 'I do' there are so many things we don't." ~Lucy
"Well done, Medium Raya." ~Fred
Ethel: (referring to Ava Gardner in a restaurant) "She's just people Fred, remember? Just like you and me." Fred: "She may be people Ethel but she's not like you and me."
Lucy: "You were just up here and said it sounded great." Ethel: "Well, I'm down here now and it sounds lousy!"
"Don't forget to drop a postcard to Mr. And Mrs. Fred Horninsky or as we are more commonly known, the Tagalong Mertzes." ~Ethel
"I'm surprised she's got time to make pralines she's so busy making signs." ~Fred
"I wonder if this bed stops in Chicago." ~Lucy
Ethel: (referring to hamburgers) "At least we put meat in ours." Lucy: "And just what are you insinuating we put in ours?" Ethel: "I'm not saying but you can bet on it in the afternoon and eat it at night!"
Fred: "Possession is over two tenths of the law!" Lucy: "Yeah, and I'm possessed!"
Lucy: "Butter? What do you want butter for?" Ricky: "I wanted to put some on my bread" Lucy: "Butter? On bread? I'll never get used to your crazy Cuban dishes"
Ricky to Ethel: (reading from the script Lucy wrote) "Is there something wrong with your lover?" Lucy: "LIVER!" (later on) Ethel to Ricky: "I think you go out to meet your liver" Lucy: "LOVER!"