I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Equal Rights (1953)

William Frawley: Fred Mertz

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• Fred Mertz : Rick, did I ever tell you what happened to Ethel and me on our honeymoon?

  Ricky Ricardo : [with a touch of sarcasm]  Not lately.

  Fred Mertz : Oh. Did I tell you, Lucy?

  Lucy Ricardo : Yes.

  Ethel Mertz : [Fred turns toward Ethel]  I was there!

• Ricky Ricardo : Lucy, you remember the musicians' picnic last Fourth of July?

  Lucy Ricardo : Oh, what a day that was.

  Ethel Mertz : What happened?

  Lucy Ricardo : Oh, well, we...

  Ricky Ricardo : I'll tell it, Dear. The musicians' local was having a picnic... and all the boys in the band wanted to go... We left about, eh, ten o'clock.

  Lucy Ricardo : It was twelve o'clock.

  Ricky Ricardo : No, Dear, it was ten o'clock.

  Lucy Ricardo : No, Honey, it was twelve o'clock.

  Ricky Ricardo : Well, what's the difference?

  Fred Mertz : Two hours.

• Lucy Ricardo : I don't know how you treat your women in Cuba, but this is the United States, and I have my rights.

  Ricky Ricardo : I am not arguing about women's right. I am the first one to agree that women should have all the rights they want. As long as they stay in their place.

  Fred Mertz : That's tellin' her.

  Ethel Mertz : Oh, you're just as bad as he is, Fred. You men tell us that we have equal rights, but you certainly don't give us a chance to act like it.

  Fred Mertz : [indignant]  What do you want? You've got the vote, you wear pants, you drive buses, you wrestle, you go everyplace you please except the steam room in the YMCA.