S5.E18

Paris at Last

Name: Paris at Last
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1956-02-27
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance

Episode aired Feb 27, 1956
TV-Y
30m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

374

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Comedy

Lucy and the gang have adventures on the streets of Paris.Lucy and the gang have adventures on the streets of Paris.Lucy and the gang have adventures on the streets of Paris.

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

374

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5User reviews

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Trivia
The actor who played the policeman who only spoke French really did speak it as his native language. The actor who played the policeman that spoke French and German spoke German as his native language. The actor who spoke German and Spanish spoke Spanish as his native language.

Goofs
The bottle of wine Lucy drinks at the sidewalk cafe is not French, but Paul Masson from California.

Quotes
Ricky Ricardo: What are you gonna do?
Lucy Ricardo: Oh, I kinda want to get off by myself, you know, feel the pulse of the city, get the true flavor of Paris.
Ricky Ricardo: Honey, you can't go running around Paris all by yourself... Paris is a big city, and not knowing the language, you're liable to get into a lot of trouble.
Lucy Ricardo: Oh, pooh. When you first came to the United States, you didn't get into a lot of trouble because you didn't know the language, did you?
Ricky Ricardo: I'm married, aren't I?
[to Fred and Ethel]
Ricky Ricardo: She told me that "I do" meant "Pleased to meet you" and then she introduced me to the preacher.

Alternate versions
The original script had an additional part at the ending, after everyone exchanges the identical paintings. The police knock on the Ricardos' hotel door and say that Ricky paid with counterfeit money at the police station. Ricky got change from Charpentier when he bought his copy of the painting, and Charpentier used the counterfeit money Lucy bought the painting with to give Ricky his change.

Connections
Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Classic I Love Lucy Moments (2019)

Soundtracks
Theme From 'I Love Lucy' (Instrumental)
Written by Eliot Daniel
Performed by Wilbur Hatch and the Desi Arnaz Orchestra

The language translations are definitely what everybody remembers the most, but the episode overall is one classic scene after another. The painter scamming Lucy, Lucy at the restaurant pretending to be a French citizen ordering snail, pretending she doesn't know Fred and Ethel, trying to talk the police into calling her husband Ricky, and the end all of them buying the same paining thinking they all bought an original. Yes, the French, German, Spanish, English translation scene is the best writing in comedy show. Hands down. But the scenes leading up to it is as great. Bob Caroll Jr. The writer dressed as a French man nod to Lucy at the table, nice little wink, wink.