The Lucy Show-S5E7: Lucy Gets A Roommate
30min | Comedy | TV Series (1962–1968)
In order to cut down on expenses, Lucy advertises for a roommate, selecting the shy Carol Bradford. In order to get Carol to come out of her shell, Lucy and Mary Jane throw a party and invite a group of musicians to perform.
Creators: Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Davis, Bob Schiller
Stars: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Vivian Vance
30min | Comedy | TV Series (1962–1968)
In order to cut down on expenses, Lucy advertises for a roommate, selecting the shy Carol Bradford. In order to get Carol to come out of her shell, Lucy and Mary Jane throw a party and invite a group of musicians to perform.
Creators: Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Davis, Bob Schiller
Stars: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Vivian Vance
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00:00The Lucy Show, starring Lucille Ball, co-starring Vivian Banks.
00:26THE LUCY SHOW
00:48Good morning, Mr. Mooney.
00:50Good morning. I see you finally got here.
00:53Oh, well, I had to stop and pick up the mail.
00:55Well, let me have it, please.
00:56Oh no, this is all for me, sir.
00:58All for you?
00:59Yes, I put an ad in the paper.
01:02An ad?
01:03Yes, you know, I have done something
01:04that's going to make you very happy.
01:09You're looking for another job?
01:11No, no, no, no.
01:14I'm advertising for a roommate.
01:17Why would that make me happy?
01:19Well, you're always criticizing me
01:20for spending so much money.
01:21And if I have a roommate,
01:23I'll cut my expenses right in half.
01:25Just think, half of the utilities,
01:26half of the rent, half of the groceries.
01:28And half of the morning has gone by
01:31and you haven't done any work yet.
01:33Oh, I have to read these letters very carefully.
01:35You know, it's a big decision picking a roommate.
01:38It's very difficult for two people to live together.
01:41Those are the very words I said to my wife this morning.
01:44Oh, well, out of all these,
01:47I should be able to find a roommate.
01:49Yeah.
01:52Wait a minute, you hardly glanced at that.
01:55Why did you throw it away so quickly?
01:56Because I don't want a roommate named Irving.
01:58I am a college graduate
02:01and presently employed as a librarian.
02:04Here's truly Carol Bradford.
02:07Oh, she sounds just perfect.
02:10How do you do?
02:12How do you do?
02:13I'm Carol Bradford.
02:14I answered your am.
02:16Yes, yes.
02:17And I'm Lucy...
02:18I'm Lucy Carmichael.
02:20I was expecting you.
02:22Can I help you?
02:24Can I help you?
02:25Can I help you?
02:26Yeah, okay.
02:27Tell him that I love him.
02:28I love him.
02:29I love you.
02:30I know.
02:31I'll let you know if,
02:32I'm going to see her next Tuesday.
02:34I'm going to see Carol Bradford.
02:35I don't know how long it's going to take.
02:36I don't know if I'm going to see her again.
02:38Can I help you with your thing?
02:41May I take that?
02:46Oh, no, no, no, thank you.
02:48I'll just put it right over here.
02:50Oh, okay.
02:51Oh, don't you come in.
02:52Oh!
02:53Oh, I'm sorry.
02:54I should have warned you about that step.
02:55No, I'm all right.
02:56I'm just glad it happened.
02:57Oh, I'm sorry.
02:58I should have warned you about that step.
02:59Oh, I'm sorry.
03:00I should have warned you about that step.
03:01No, I'm all right.
03:02I'm just glad it happened.
03:03Oh, I'm sorry.
03:04I should have warned you about that step.
03:05No, I'm all right.
03:06I'm just glad it happened.
03:07Oh, I'm sorry.
03:08No, I'm just glad it happened here instead of at the library.
03:10Oh.
03:11They're very strict about noise.
03:12Yeah.
03:13Oh, look, you broke your glasses.
03:14Oh, look, you broke your glasses.
03:15Oh, no, I always wear them like that.
03:16Oh, no, I always wear them like that.
03:17Without lenses?
03:18I have on contact lenses, see?
03:19Oh, well, then why do you wear them?
03:20So people won't think I'm vain.
03:21Oh, I don't think you can ever be vain.
03:22You're much too refined and dignified to be vain.
03:23Oh, no.
03:24I'm sorry.
03:25I should have warned you about that step.
03:26No, I'm all right.
03:27I should have warned you about that step.
03:28Oh, I'm sorry.
03:29I should have warned you about that step.
03:30Oh, I don't think you can ever be vain.
03:36You're much too refined and dignified for that.
03:38Well, that's my library training.
03:41Believe me, it isn't always easy, especially when you get some of those people in the library
03:46who are looking for a book, and they can't remember the title or the author's name, and
03:52you go through shelf after shelf, after book, after book, and you want to say to them, drop
03:59it.
04:00But you don't dare because it's a library.
04:05Well, it must be very difficult to control yourself at times.
04:10Yes.
04:11Well, I'm very dedicated.
04:12Oh.
04:13One time, I was way up high on a ladder, putting a book back on a shelf, and somebody came
04:19along and took the ladder right out from under me and let me hang.
04:25Do you know something?
04:28What?
04:29I waited until that library closed before I would yell, HELP!
04:34Why?
04:35Well, you certainly are dedicated.
04:41I like to be considerate of other people.
04:43Oh, well, that's good.
04:44That's just the kind of girl that I was hoping to have for a roommate, I can tell you.
04:49Well, that's the kind of girl you got.
04:52I'm so glad.
04:55Why don't we, uh...
05:00You know, even though we just met, I have a feeling that just by little things that
05:08we're going to be very compatible.
05:09Well, you know, the little things are important.
05:12Yeah, you said it.
05:14Some things can really drive me batty.
05:16Oh, I know what you mean.
05:17You know, one of the little things that drives me crazy at the library is when we get one
05:22of those loud finger wetters.
05:25Loud finger wetters?
05:28You know the kind I mean.
05:33Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:36Yeah, I knew a girl like that in school, and we never knew whether she was going to read
05:42the book or eat it.
05:46Oh, I'm so glad you have a sense of humor.
05:57I don't dare laugh down at the library.
06:00I can understand that.
06:02You know, I think I'll just clear this off a little bit and make us some coffee.
06:08Excuse me.
06:11Bless you.
06:13Bless you.
06:14I think I better close the window.
06:15Maybe you're catching cold.
06:16Oh, no, no.
06:17It's all right.
06:18It's just an allergy.
06:19Oh, what are you allergic to?
06:20Well, we found out it's something in the air.
06:23What?
06:24Oxygen.
06:25What?
06:31I think I better close the window.
06:33Oh, no, no.
06:34Leave it open.
06:35Harvey likes it open.
06:36Who's Harvey?
06:38My goldfish.
06:40Don't you have a goldfish?
06:42Well, I hope he's welcome here.
06:44Oh, of course he is, of course.
06:46Well, actually, the manager doesn't allow pets, but as long as he's housebroken.
06:57Oh, you have a wonderful sense of humor.
07:00Oh, thank you.
07:02I'll get the coffee.
07:03All right.
07:04And I'll get Harvey.
07:05He doesn't like to be left out of things.
07:06No, you bring him in.
07:12I forgot about that step again.
07:15I'm so embarrassed.
07:16Well, don't be embarrassed.
07:17I do it all the time.
07:18I'm going to have to put in a ski lift.
07:23Harvey's going to love you.
07:26It's a little baby.
07:28Oh, that's Harvey, huh?
07:30Yeah, well, you better let me carry him.
07:32I wouldn't want an anything.
07:39Oh, I hope Harvey's all right.
07:42Oh, he's fine.
07:43He likes to play rough.
07:44Oh, good.
07:45Well, make him feel right at home.
07:47I'll get the coffee.
07:48All right.
07:49I'll just put him on this table.
07:51Oh, this place is so nice.
07:54I know I'm going to love it here.
07:56I'm glad.
07:57Oh, is it all right if I hang something up?
07:59You bet it is.
08:00This is your home, too, you know.
08:12Well, let's see.
08:29So just put this right up here.
08:32Oh, that looks so much better.
08:34Don't you think so?
08:36Now, what else do you think we should do?
08:38Well, I know.
08:39We can put this nice chair right over here like that.
08:44And then we can take this table with the flowers on it.
08:48And we can put that right over here.
08:51And make that a nice, cozy little corner like that.
08:55And don't you think that looks better?
08:57Well, I think the room could be angled a little.
09:01Now, let me see.
09:03Let's take the couch.
09:04And we can move that back here like that.
09:07Doesn't that look better?
09:09Yeah.
09:10And now we'll take this chair.
09:12And we can put that right back up.
09:14Oh, thank you.
09:15Right here like that.
09:17And let's see.
09:18One more thing.
09:19Oh, yes.
09:20We'll take Harvey.
09:21And we'll put him right over here.
09:26Why?
09:27He likes to watch television.
09:32He's crazy about Flipper.
09:35He'll be right there, sweetheart, while Mommy has her coffee.
09:48That table should be centered.
09:58Hi, Lucy.
10:00Hi.
10:01Well?
10:03I came over to meet your new roomie.
10:05Where is she?
10:07She's in taking a shower.
10:09Oh, Lucy, you've rearranged your furniture.
10:13Yeah, my new roomie rearranged my furniture.
10:16I love it.
10:19Me, too.
10:21Oh, look at that.
10:23Yeah, how about that?
10:24That's some more of her handiwork.
10:26Ah!
10:29Lucy?
10:30Yes?
10:31Oh, I'm sorry.
10:32I didn't know.
10:33No, that's all right.
10:34Come here.
10:35I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, Mary Jane.
10:37This is Carol Bradford.
10:38Mary Jane Lewis.
10:39Hello, Carol.
10:40I found this ribbon on your dresser, and I wondered what it was for.
10:44Oh, I've had that thing for years.
10:47I won fourth place in a contest.
10:49What kind of contest?
10:50A beauty contest.
10:53Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
10:57Ah!
11:00She's empirical.
11:01Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
11:04Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
11:06Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
11:11I don't think I'm going to be able to take much of this.
11:14Ah!
11:17Carol, are you all right?
11:21I was vocalizing.
11:23Vocalizing?
11:24That's the way I vocalize.
11:26Ah!
11:32I sing in a choir.
11:34Oh, she sings in a choir.
11:37We meet every Saturday afternoon.
11:40Oh, well, that must be very nice for you.
11:42It is.
11:43I don't have much of a social life.
11:45Well, I'm kind of shy around people, but somehow when I'm singing, I feel more at ease.
11:50Oh.
11:51Well, besides singing, what else do you do for amusement?
11:54Oh, I read a lot.
11:56Oh, well, don't you ever go out after work?
11:59Oh, sure.
12:00Sometimes the girls and I go out after the library closes.
12:03Oh, where do you go?
12:06We know this after hours library.
12:09Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
12:17What's that?
12:19Well, it's a research library near the university.
12:21It's open till 10 o'clock.
12:24Well, I guess that must give you a chance to meet some of the boys from the university, huh?
12:30No, I haven't met any boys.
12:32You haven't?
12:33Why, I'll bet there are lots of boys that would like to go out with you, Carol.
12:36Yes.
12:38Oh!
12:39Oh!
12:40I'm sorry.
12:41When I get nervous, I get the hiccups.
12:45What are you nervous about?
12:47I think it's a topic of our conversation.
12:49Oh!
12:50Going out with boys makes you nervous?
12:53No, not going out with them.
12:55Oh!
12:56Oh!
12:57Oh!
12:58Oh!
12:59Oh!
13:00Oh!
13:01Oh!
13:02Oh!
13:03Oh!
13:04Oh!
13:05Oh!
13:06Oh!
13:07Oh!
13:08Oh!
13:09Oh!
13:10Oh!
13:11Oh!
13:12Oh!
13:13Oh!
13:14Oh!
13:15Oh!
13:16Wow!
13:17Gee, you brought your instruments.
13:19How wonderful!
13:20Well, this is a party, isn't it?
13:22Oh, well, I'm so glad you got here.
13:24I was afraid you wouldn't show up.
13:25Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow could keep us from our appointed freeloading.
13:29Appointed freeloading!
13:30Here's a pizza and a bottle of Chianti.
13:33Oh, thank you.
13:35That's very nice of you.
13:36Now, where's that swinging chick Mary Jane told us about?
13:39Swinging chick?
13:41Yeah!
13:42The doll that poses for all those bikini ads.
13:45Oh, Mary Jane!
13:48Well, you wanted them to show up, didn't you?
13:51Oh, really?
13:52Look, fellas, Carol's not exactly a swinging chick.
13:56She's very nice, but she's rather shy and inhibited.
14:00And I just thought if I had a few people over, it might bring her out of her shell.
14:04Oh!
14:05Mel can handle that.
14:06He's very good at getting girls out of things.
14:11Once he got a girl out of Cincinnati.
14:15I did not!
14:17They're just putting me on because I happen to be kind of shy myself.
14:21Oh, well, I'm sure you and Carol will get along just fine.
14:25Look, let's say we get the party started, huh?
14:27How about playing something?
14:28Good!
14:34I know you and Carol will get along fine.
14:38Hey, fellas, just play anything.
14:40I want the party really swinging when Carol comes in.
14:42Anything at all.
14:45Anything with a big guy.
14:47I've got one.
14:49Hey!
14:50Hey!
15:16Carol is here.
15:17Come on, Carol.
15:18We're having a party.
15:19Oh, thank you.
15:20I'm not much of a party crasher.
15:21Oh, now, you're not crashing.
15:22Come on, honey.
15:23No, Lucy, I have this book I have to finish.
15:25Oh, come on.
15:26Now, you're the guest of honor, Carol.
15:38Honey, I want you to meet the fellas.
15:40Fellas, this is Carol.
15:45Yeah, we thought we'd have a little get-together tonight.
15:48And these fellas...
15:49They brought pizza and wine.
15:50Yeah, help yourself, everybody.
15:51Oh, wonderful.
15:52Salute.
15:53Salute.
15:54Salute.
15:55Salute, Lucy.
15:56Aren't you going to have some, Carol?
15:57No, thank you.
15:58I don't drink.
15:59Oh, well, this is just wine.
16:01It goes with the pizza that the fellas brought.
16:04In Italy, they drink this just like water.
16:19I'm a firm believer in drinking a lot of water.
16:27Uh, Carol, this is Mel.
16:29Hi, Carol.
16:31I'm Mel.
16:34Uh, Carol works in a library.
16:36Oh, that's very interesting.
16:38Yeah, well, tell her what you do, Mel.
16:40I don't work in a library.
16:45That's very interesting.
16:47Look, why don't you two go over there and talk a little while,
16:50and we'll get the stuff ready for the party,
16:52and you just enjoy yourself now.
17:05Um, did you know that there are 6,950,000 books
17:10in the New York Public Library?
17:12No.
17:18Did you know that contrary to popular belief,
17:21the first public library was not founded in Boston, Massachusetts,
17:25but in Peterborough, New Hampshire?
17:28No.
17:40Did you know?
17:48Did you know that more than 42,000 library books
17:52are stolen annually?
17:54I didn't know that.
17:56Well, that's classified information and shouldn't be given out.
17:59I'm going to my room.
18:01Come on, Mel.
18:02Go find your room, darling.
18:03Now, stay here.
18:04Come on, now, honey, and enjoy yourself.
18:05I can't.
18:06Now, listen.
18:07Stop.
18:08Just try to relax.
18:09I can't.
18:10Don't be so self-conscious.
18:11I'm so nervous when I get around men,
18:12and you know what happens when I get nervous?
18:14I get the...
18:16Help me!
18:19Carol, for heaven's sake, just try to relax.
18:23Listen, honey.
18:24You said sometimes when you sing, you feel more at ease.
18:26That's true.
18:27Yeah, well, then, come on.
18:28Why don't you sing a song?
18:29Me sing?
18:30Yeah.
18:31Come on.
18:33Yes, you can.
18:34You can pretend that you're singing with your choir.
18:36Choir?
18:37Yeah, come on.
18:38Try it, honey.
18:39Come on.
18:42Carol said that she likes to sing a song.
18:45She wants you to accompany her.
18:47Come on, Carol.
18:48Well, what do you want to sing, honey?
18:50They wouldn't know anything I know.
18:52Oh, don't you worry about that.
18:54You just start the melody, and we'll jump in.
18:56Sure.
18:57Go ahead, honey.
18:58Go ahead.
19:02Try a little more of that Italian water.
19:14Come on.
19:23Oh, please gather round me, brethren,
19:27and listen to this hymn
19:30about how evil battles virtue
19:34and the fight to sink or swim.
19:38Blech.
19:43There's a lost sheep that I know of
19:46caught in Satan's web of sin,
19:50and I sing for the forgiveness
19:53of the evil plight she's in.
19:58They call her hard-hearted Hannah
20:06and call her Hannah
20:10and call her Hannah
20:15and call her Hannah
20:18and call her Hannah
20:21She's a girl who loves to see men suffer.
20:27She's a girl who loves to see men suffer.
20:30She's a girl who loves to see men suffer.
20:33It's worth a life, I say.
20:38I saw her at the seashore with a great big pan.
20:43There was Hannah pouring water on a drowning man.
20:48She's a girl who loves to see men suffer.
20:52There's a lost sheep that I know of
20:58castles in the air
21:00castles in the air
21:03castles in the air
21:07castles in the air
21:14Oh, wonderful.
21:17We love it.
21:19Oh, wonderful!
21:21I mean, they're sweet!
21:22Look, Al, you're just wonderful!
21:25Like I said, music does something to me.
21:28-♪♪
21:29Lovely, we got her out of her shell!
21:31Yeah, way out!
21:33-♪♪
21:37-♪♪
22:07-♪♪