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you are, dear.

Oh, thank you, honey.

Hey, what goes here?

Just two eggs?

Where's the bacon?

Bacon happens to be 75 cents a pound.

Look, Lucy, I can't eat eggs that way. They look absolutely naked.

Well, look the other way when you eat them.

Now, Lucy, where's the bacon?

As far as I'm concerned, it's still on the hog.

I'm economizing.

Well, look, honey, that's a very good attitude, but why do you have to cut

on food?

There's just no other place to cut down.

Is that so, eh?

What about all the money that you spend on clothes and the beauty parlor?

Why don't you cut them out? Well, all right, if you think you'd like your meal

served by an ugly brunette wearing a flower sack.

You know what I mean. There must be some other way to economize.

Well, as a matter of fact, there is, Ricky. Look.

Save money with a home freezer. Get your meat wholesale.

I knew it. I knew it had to be something being back of all this.

But it won't cost us a cent, Ricky. Look, it says right here, this freezer

for itself.

Oh, well, let me see.

Hey, maybe we ought to get one. Really?

Sure.

As soon as it gets through paying for itself, tell it to give us a call and

over.

Now, you know what I meant.

Honey, I can't afford a freezer. Not even one that... It pays for itself.

But, Ricky, listen, it's only going to save us money. I kind of do it, honey,

now.

Kind of afford it.

See you later.

What about your eggs?

Oh, I got a feeling that they won't go away.

Ethel is coming up, isn't she?

Goodbye. Goodbye.

Good morning, Lucy.

Oh, yeah.

Goodbye, Lucy.

Come back, Ethel.

If I'd have wanted to be with somebody grumpy, I'd have stayed downstairs with

Fred.

What's the matter with you?

Oh, I asked Ricky if we couldn't have this freezer, and he says he can't

it. Can't afford it.

I asked Fred to buy us a freezer, too. What'd he say?

I'll tell you what I said.

Please, please, there are ladies present.

I just came up to tell you not to expect any heat today. I put all new fire

brick in that furnace and we can't use it till the cement dries.

This house might be a home freezer itself by night.

Charm boy.

See,

why is it everything that's wonderful costs money?

I don't know.

Say, why didn't I think of this before? Uncle Oscar.

Uncle Oscar? My Uncle Oscar's a butcher, and he's got a big cold check.

Why don't you knit him a sweater?

Well, of course, if you don't want to hear my plan... I do, I do. Well, he's

retiring from the meat business, and he's got a great big old freezer. You

the kind you walk into and hang up the meat?

I'll bet he'd sell us that for practically nothing.

Really? I'm going to call him up.

If we could buy it and put it in the basement, we'd have a real home freezer.

How much do you think he'd sell it for? I don't know, but there's no harm in

asking, because this would be a great way... Hello, Uncle Oscar.

This is Little Ethel.

Little?

Uncle Oscar, how much do you want for that big old freezer of yours?

For me?

Well, that sounds like a fair price. How much? You'll sell it to us for nothing.

For nothing?

pay for the hauling and installation?

How much is that? How much is that?

Fifty dollars.

Sold. We'll take it.

When can we have it installed?

This afternoon.

Oh, gee, that's fine.

Kiss that Emmy for me, will you?

Goodbye, Unc.

Lucy, we now own a home freezer.

Thank you. Let's get busy.

Look out.

What are you doing?

Ordering meat. The sooner we get the meat in the freezer, the quicker we'll

saving money.

Oh, 20, 25 pounds, maybe 30.

Gee, that sounds like a lot of meat. Honey, at last.

Hello? Hello, this is Mrs. Ricky Ricardo with 623 East 68th Street.

I'd like to order some meat for our freezer.

Beef.

Oh, I see.

Just a minute. It's only 69 cents a pound.

No kidding?

Yeah. My steak's $1 .89. I know. I better order right away before he

what a bargain he's giving us.

All right, that'll be fine.

Oh, by the side.

Oh, well, just a minute.

That's the price by the side. How big is a side of beef?

Well, a side of bacon's about this big.

Oh, well, that's okay.

All right, I'll take a side.

Better make it two sides.

One for each of us.

Uh, yeah, can you send it over this afternoon?

East 68th Street.

That's right.

Thank you.

In the meantime, we'll go downtown.

What for?

Well, with all that money we're saving on the freezer, we can afford to buy

ourselves new dresses.

Hurry up, get ready.

Oh, yeah, it was a lot of money, but after all, it's a very basic style. I

can wear it for years.

Oh, I can hardly wait to try these things on. I'm going right down to my

apartment and put this on.

Oh, say, maybe that's the meat.

Yes, sir? Mrs. Ricardo?

Yes, sir?

Johnson's Meat Company.

Gee, that sure is a lot, isn't it?

Oh, there's more.

Oh?

Look at the way they wrap it.

Yeah.

My goodness.

That isn't a side of beef. That must be a side of elephant.

Lucy, what have we got ourselves into?

What's all this going to cost, Cecil?

We're getting 700 pounds of meat.

59 cents a pound. That's $483.

If there's been a mistake, you're going to have to take most of this meat back.

All but 30 pounds. Yeah.

Sorry, ladies. Once a side of beef has been cut, we're not allowed to bring it

back.

Come on, Ethel. Let's get busy. What are we going to do? I'm going to paste this

animal back together again.

Try to keep the fit set.

Look, ladies.

Even if you defrosted it, pasted it together, and taught it to walk, I

take it back.

Well, that's one side. Now let's go down and get the other.

saved him at least $500.

I hope you can explain all that before their fingers tighten around our

Maybe we could sell some of it.

Sell it? Yeah, you know, we could go to a butcher shop and grab some of the

customers before the butcher gets to them.

We could sell this for 79 cents a pound, but it only costs 69.

Well, we might as well make a little something on it.

Oh, no, Lucy, we couldn't sell it. It wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be fair.

Why not?

Well, don't just stand there. We got a...

Get ready for business.

Come here.

Are you tired of paying high prices?

Are you interested in a little high -class beef?

Do you want a bargain?

I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

Up a little closer. I don't want to block the traffic.

Now, you look like a smart dame. What'll it be?

I got sirloin, tenderloin, T -bone, rump, pot roast, chuck roast, oxtail

I got a special on T -bone, 79 cents a pound.

Well, really, I... 79 cents? Shh, quiet. Get them while they last, lady. Step

right over here and help yourself.

Ethel, help the little lady, will you? What do you have?

Well, I'd like a sirloin. A sirloin coming up? Keep it down, kid. Keep it

How much does this weigh?

Weigh?

Three pounds.

I'll take it.

Come in.

Are you interested in some high -class meat?

Are you tired of paying high prices?

Do you want a bargain?

I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

Is this choice meat?

Absolutely. Give the little lady her choice, Ethel.

Tell you what I'm going to do.

That's not what I meant. Get away from me, kid. You bother me.

Tell you what I'm going to do.

Any cut you want, 79 cents a pound. But how can you afford to sell it so cheap?

I'm glad you asked that, lady. This is all made possible because we do

everything ourselves.

We rope. We brand. We butcher. We market.

We do everything but eat it for you, 79 cents a pound.

I'm sorry.

Okay, step right over here. That's a little lady. That's a little lady.

Oh, thank goodness.

Oh, 700 pounds of meat is a lot to carry.

from the inside. We better have this lock taken off tomorrow.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Molly.

Well, we did it.

It's all in there. Yeah.

Now we just got to explain all this meat to Ricky and Fred.

Yeah.

You don't suppose they believe that a cow wandered in there and fell apart?

No.

No, I guess not.

What's that?

It's Ricky and Fred. They're coming down here.

Oh, no. They're up in the apartment. We can hear them through the furnace. Are

you sure? Sure. I'll show you.

Don't touch that. Honey, it's hot.

No. Fred's fixing it. Remember?

Oh.

One of our hearts is doing home already. I'll see.

Lucy, they're looking for us. What are we going to tell them? Come on. We can't

let them find us down here.

Oscar today.

Start packing, Ethel.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. We're not mad at you.

We think it's a wonderful idea that you got the freezer.

Yeah, that was a real smart business deal.

Yeah, how about that?

In fact, we think you did so well getting the freezer that we want to do

share, too.

That's right.

I guess to get you started, here's what we got.

Thirty pounds of meat.

freezer. Yeah, let's go into the freezer. Go on. No, no, wait a minute. I

couple of things that I think we ought to do it all in one trip. Come here and

help me, Ethel.

What's with her?

Listen, you stall them while I get that meat out of the freezer. How can I stall

them? Listen, if I can move 700 pounds of meat, you ought to be able to keep

husbands occupied for a couple of minutes.

What can I do?

Dance with them. Talk.

Sing. That's it. Ask Ricky to sing.

Sing? You know he won't. Oh, won't he? Listen, you take care of the ham. I'll

take care of the beef.

What's the delay?

Delay? Yeah. Where's Lucy? Come on. Lucy?

The freezer was dirty, and she wanted to go down and clean it all up before you

saw it. Oh, honey, what's the difference? Come on, we want to see it.

down. Come on, let's get down. Now, wait a minute, Fred.

You know, Lucy, if she... Ricky,

I think you sing better than anybody in the whole world. Would you sing for me?

Sing? Now?

What's the matter with you? Are you losing your mind?

Come on, we've got a freezer down there and a lot of meat to put in. Now, let's

go right now.

Wait, wait a minute, Fred. Wait a minute.

If she wants to hear me sing that bad, gee, I wouldn't want to deprive her of

the pleasure of it. Oh, no.

Would you like to hear me sing, eh?

All right.

You really think I sing good, eh?

Gee, that's very nice of you.

What would you like to hear?

lot of choruses. Oh, boy.

A lot of choruses, eh? All right.

Here's one.

I'm a mining.

I'm a...

Yo fui hasta Jesús María, yo te buscaba y no te encontré.

I went to Jesus, Mary, I looked for you and I didn't find you.

I was in Casa Madrina, that yesterday I was sent to look for, in the south of La

Quina.

What would you like to hear now? How about that dandy little ditty entitled,

Let's Vamuso to El Frizo?

And what would you like to hear, Ethel?

Anything. All right, here's one you should like.

is is

It's the moon that lies next to the mouth.

This is wonderful.

Yeah, look how big and roomy. I bet you could hang a whole side of beef in

there. Are you kidding? I bet that you...

But where's the key? Come on, where's the key? Where's the key, Lucy?

The key, Lucy.

The key for the door.

Honey, you sure you're going to be all right?

Yeah. Put the blanket up another notch.

All right.

But we can be sure of one thing. That freezer really freezes. Oh, boy. You can

say that again.

Well, how's our little quick frozen redhead? Okay, Fred.

Good.

Hey. What smells so good?

Barely makes me hungry, whatever it is. Yeah.

Hey, smells like somebody's cooking a roast.

Yeah.

That's delicious.

Yeah.

Fred, where were you just now?

Down right in the furnace. Why?

The part of the delivery man was played by Frank Sully. The women shoppers were

Kay Wiley and Barbara Pepper.

I Love Lucy is a Desilu production.