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What's the matter, honey?

Oh, nothing, nothing.

Well, honey, it can't be nothing, nothing.

You don't pace around at 3 o 'clock in the morning just to put mileage on your

new bedroom slippers.

If you want to know the truth,

I'm worrying about that new house in the country.

Oh, honey, now there's nothing to worry about.

Mr. Spalding accepted our offer. The bank's got all the papers. That house is

ours. That's what I'm worrying about. That house is ours.

Isn't it wonderful?

We own a home.

What's so wonderful about it? You know how much money that house is going to

cost me?

Yeah, it's going to cost... Oh, please, don't say it out loud.

That house is worth it.

Oh, well.

You realize how many times I'm going to have to sing Babaloo to pay for that

house?

Oh, well, you don't have to give all the money at one time.

There's a mortgage. Oh, dear me, a mortgage.

Well, now, that'll be paid off in 20 years.

20 years!

I'll be 56 and you'll be... Never mind.

Now, honey, I know how old you are. I know, but I've been juggling my age for

many years, I've kind of forgotten what it is and I want to leave it that way.

I don't know what made me decide to buy that place.

I must have been out of my mind.

You realize all the extra expenses we're going to have?

We're not going to have so many extra expenses.

Not much.

There's a lot of taxes in that territory over there.

And then you've got all those browns to keep up, and you've got a big barn house

in the place, and you've got a chicken house. And what are we going to perform

anyway? Who do I think I am, old McDougal?

Honey, it's old McDonald, and calm down.

It's the heating.

It takes a lot of heat to heat a big place like that, you know?

And then, oh, you've got to buy a new car, and take the money that...

The train going back and forward to Connecticut to New York.

That's a lot of money. Then the furniture.

The furniture.

You know how much it's going to cost to fill that big house with new furniture?

No, no, honey. No, no. We're going to use all of our own furniture. We don't

have to buy new. This will fit perfectly. Oh, good, good.

Thank you.

Now, honey. That's a big load off my mind. Yeah, why don't you go back to bed

and just try to relax now, honey. All right, dear.

Now, come on. All right.

Maybe things will look a lot better in the morning. Sure they will, honey.

You've just got a bad case of homeowner's heebie -jeebies, that's all.

You're right. This furniture is nice.

Sure, it's fine. This should look good there. Sure will, honey. It's well

this stuff. Yes, all solid stuff.

And we got a lot of pictures and knick -knacks and everything to go there.

Pleasant dreams, darling. Thank you, honey.

Go right to sleep.

You don't have to buy anything, maybe. No, honey, nothing. That's good.

What's the

matter,

honey? Nothing, nothing.

What do you mean, nothing? You don't get up at 4 o 'clock in the morning for

nothing? What's wrong?

Well, maybe...

Calm down, honey, calm down.

How can you be calm with a mortgage staring you in the face? That house

ours for 20 years.

Oh, now, honey, now, now.

There's nothing to cry about.

Oh, no, I just figured out how old I'll be in 20 years.

Now, now, you just relax, honey.

You were right, honey, you were right.

We just got a butt case of homeowners' jibby -heebies, that's all.

You got the jibby -heebies, all right.

Come on, let me go back to bed, dear.

We'll work on something, honey. Are you sure?

Sure, dear.

We'll manage somehow.

Good night, honey.

Good night.

Maybe I can get a hit record or something.

You never had one before.

That's right. Well, good night, dear. Good night.

you sure, honey, that we're doing the right thing?

Positive.

We bought the house, we are going to keep it, and we're going to be very

living in the country. Oh, I'm glad you feel that way because I feel just the

same way about it. Good.

I'm all ready.

Ready for what?

Ready to move to the country. Ready to move to the country?

Well, we're not moving yet, partner.

We're not? No.

Where are we going, Daddy?

Well, in about a week or so.

Well, honey, you shouldn't put Fred in a bag like that.

Here, you go out in the kitchen and give him his breakfast, okay?

Okay, Mom. Okay.

He's ready to move to the country. Got to hurry away.

He's going to be a farmer.

Hi. Hi, Fred.

Hi, Fred. How are you?

Fine. I hate to bring this up, but do you remember this?

Oh, for goodness sake. What's that?

Our 99 -year lease.

If you recall, I gave it to you two years ago in a sudden fit of

Now, don't tell me that you're going to make us stay here for 97 more years. Of

course not.

Oh, well, thank you, friend.

That's very decent of you, friend. Now, there's just one thing. Since I've let

you off the hook for 97 years' rent, I'd like permission to let me show the

apartment for two or three days before you leave. Oh, sure. Sure.

Of course, I'm not going to barge in on you. I'm going to give you plenty of

notice. Anytime at all. Thank you very much. Okay, Brad. Thank you.

Oh, gee, what a sweet guy.

Yeah, he's the nicest landlord in the world. That's right.

Hi!

Well, I'm giving you notice that I'm showing your apartment.

It's Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. How do you do? How do you do? I hope we're not barging

in. Oh, no, that's perfectly all right. This apartment is a perfect love nest

for newlyweds. Oh, yes, it certainly is.

Oh, are you newlyweds, too?

Oh, well, not exactly.

It's a little chilly in here.

Is it always this cold?

Oh, mercy, no.

The Ricardos like it this way. If there's one thing I give my tenants,

plenty of heat.

What is all that?

Oh, who knows?

This is only from one closet.

Boy, what you can accumulate after 15 years. Yeah.

You want me to help you, honey?

Yeah, will you put all this stuff over there in that big box? I want to give it

to the Salvation Army.

All right, then.

Hi, fellas. Hi.

Hi, hi.

Guess what?

What? We rented your apartment.

No. Oh, the newlyweds you met yesterday. Oh, they were so nice.

Gee, I hope they're going to be as happy in here as Ricky and I have been.

Yeah.

We sure had 15 wonderful years in this apartment.

Oh!

Oh, Ethel, not again.

Oh, I can't help it.

Dry up, honey. We've got a problem to settle. Yes, I know, I know.

What's the problem, Fred?

Well, the Taylors will move in only if they can have the apartment right away.

Tomorrow? Yeah. Oh, that's impossible.

but we can't get into our house for four more days.

That's right, Fred. You know, we can't move until the papers are all signed and

that won't be till Friday. We can't possibly move now.

That's the thanks I get for being so nice.

It was so nice of old Fred to throw me out of my own apartment.

Did I or did I not tear up a lease of yours that had 97 more years to run?

Yeah, so?

Do you know how much I saved you by being a good -hearted schnook?

Here, look at these figures.

$125 a month rent for 97 years comes to $145 ,500.

So that's what you set up all night, figuring.

Well, Fred, that's very nice of you, but we can't possibly move out so fast.

Listen, I'm saving you almost $150 ,000.

The least you could do would be to move out a couple of measly days ahead of

time. Now, just a minute, Fred. Oh, now, wait a minute, fellas. There's no

problem. It's just for four days.

You can move in with us.

Well, thanks a lot, Ethel, but what are we going to do with all of our

furniture? Yeah, it would be ridiculous to store this for only four days.

That's no problem either. The tailors like your furniture so much they want to

buy it.

Buy it?

Oh, no, no. We're not going to sell our furniture. Why not?

Why not?

Because we're going to use it in our new house.

This tacky stuff, it'll never fit in our house.

enough to want to buy it. We can buy all new furniture.

Now, just a minute. Just a minute.

Did you realize how much money it would cost to furnish that whole new house

with new furniture? Are you going to quibble about a few sticks of furniture

when you just made $150 ,000?

No.

Come on, honey.

Fred can bring the rest of the stuff.

Okay.

Well, Ethel, this is it.

This is what?

I'll never see this apartment again.

Oh, now, let's not get sentimental.

It's just another apartment.

Just another apartment.

There's 15 years of memories here.

Yeah, I know.

Do you remember the day I got locked in a trunk right there?

Remember the day we were redecorating the apartment and you wallpapered me

the closet?

How about the day the pressure cooker exploded?

so much since the day I got married.

Come on, honey, let's get out of here.

You go ahead, Ethel. I'll be right over.

Oh. Oh, we're sorry, Mrs. Ricardo. We thought you'd already gone.

Oh, that's all right. I was just leaving.

I'll get all these boxes out of here soon.

No hurry.

My husband made a list of all the furniture. This is the inventory here.

thank you, thank you. I'll go over it and I'll give your husband a check this

afternoon. Well, we'll be in the apartment across the hall if you want to

about anything.

We sure do appreciate your selling us the furniture.

Saved us a lot of expense and trouble. Well, we were glad to do it.

I, uh... I sure hope you're going to be happy here, as happy as we've been.

Thank you.

Honey, that pink shade will go just fine on this lamp.

Pink shade?

Yes. I've got a lovely pink shade that my mother gave me, and it'll look

beautiful on this lamp.

Oh.

Well, um, this, uh, this shade was made especially for this lamp, and it's only

two years old.

It's very nice, but I really think the pink shade will look better.

Oh.

Would you mind terribly if I took this lamp off the inventory? I'd kind of like

to buy it back.

I guess that'd be all right with us, huh?

I guess so. We can buy another lamp.

Thank you very much. You were right, dear. This table will look stunning

black. Oh, sure.

Black?

Black?

This is getting to look like the will call department at Macy's.

Oh, now, Fred, it's just for four days. Why do you have to grumble so much?

Because grumbling is my hobby.

Like nagging is yours.

Honestly, Fred.

Hey, you got room for these?

Why, honey, I thought the tailors bought those things.

Well, they did, but they were going to ruin them, so I bought them back.

Oh.

Well, I guess we can make room.

Yeah, we can move out.

Now, Fred.

Well, I guess there's room for that table in the kitchen. Come on, give me a

hand with it. Sure, yeah, come on.

There's room in the kitchen.

All right.

Excuse me. Yeah?

I wonder if I can borrow Mr. Mertz's saw.

Saw? My wife wants to cut the legs off the sofa.

off its legs.

It was my wife's idea.

I think I better have a little talk with your wife.

Lucy, please don't buy back any more of your old stuff.

Don't worry, I won't. Thank goodness.

There's nothing else left.

Where's Ethel and little Ricky?

They went to the delicatessen to get some sandwiches.

Sandwiches? Yeah. After the way we've been working, I was kind of looking

forward to a hot meal.

Yeah, so was I, but the kitchen is so jam -full of stuff, Ethel couldn't find

the stove.

She could see it all right, but she couldn't reach it.

Come on, I fixed a little nook back in here where we can have something to eat.

Oh. We're going to be a little cramped, but we'll have to make a do.

Just so I get to sit down for a few minutes. There's a place for you.

Where is everybody?

sweetheart. Hurry up.

Where's my mustard?

Oh, I forgot it. I'll have to go out in the kitchen and get it.

Oh, Fred wants the mustard.

Oh, well, here, you take this. I'll get the mustard. Honey, you'd never be able

to find it. I'll have to get it.

Oh.

Okay.

I'll have to go with you.

Oh, he wants chocolate milk.

Oh, well, back up, honey, and then you can go get it.

Well, Ethel, you back up. I backed up the last two times.

That's not worth my mustard.

I got a hungry husband. Well, I got a thirsty child.

Let me back up.

There we are.

Now, now, honey, don't bump your head.

There we are.

I'm backing up. I want hot mustard on my sandwich, and I'm starved.

Well, Fred, you back up. I have a thirsty child.

Little Ricky, where are you?

Here, Mommy.

How'd you get back there?

I took a shortcut under the furniture.

He took a shortcut under the furniture.

Do you mind if I play through?

Well, we'll just see about that now. Come on. All right, we will see about

Oh, Fred, come on. Back up. You back up. Come on. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Why push me? I'm an innocent bystander.

Come on now, Ethel. Back up.

No.

Fred. No.

Well, we could starve to death this way.

Oh, okay. I give up. Let's eat.

So stubborn.

I convinced him it was right to sell it, so I'll convince him it was right to

buy it back.

You know how I have Ricky trained.

He's putty in my hands.

Lucy?

Speak of the putty.

in four days.

Yes, sir.

What?

They have?

It was?

Oh.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, thanks for calling.

Goodbye. What'd he say?

The title search for the house has been delayed.

We will have to stay here two more weeks.

starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz has been presented for your pleasure by

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I Love Lucy is a Desilu production.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz will be back next week at this same time.