One of these is "swell", the other one is "lousy". She'll be our medium tonight. I Love Lucy was different from other shows because the couple created the production company Desilu Productions and retained control of the direction of the show thanks to their role as producers. Lucy Ricardo: Time to make another call to Ethel. Lie down, honey, lie down! Ricky Ricardo: Oh, honey, come on, you better lie down. Lucy Ricardo: That's it. Ricky Ricardo: [in a heavy Spanish accent] You two are too nosy! Ha ha ha. What are you talking about? Percy Livermore: Percy: There are two words that I want you to promise me you will never use. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself. The Cuban Broadcasting System. Lucy Ricardo: [Looks at Ricky] Huh? Ricky Ricardo: I've got a joke you never heard in your life. From then on, I took anything that came into my pretty hands, even though it didn't say take one. Ricky Ricardo: Well, honey, *one* of us has to get up and answer it. Lucy Ricardo: You might be going through life with the wrong name. Fred Mertz: They're all there. We have to pay them five month's rent before we can leave. Yelling all those crazy things at me. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz agreed to a pay cut so the studio could use expensive high-quality film. [imitating Fred] 'Let's keep it down up there!' Vitameatavegamin contains vitamins, meat, megetables and vinerals. Lucy Ricardo: Well it all started when I was a little girl. Ricky Ricardo: I don't know whether to thank you or punch you in the nose! He didn't have any reason to do it. Ricky Ricardo: Okay. Ethel Mertz: Um... let's see. Lucy Ricardo: Well, just wait a minute. Ladies and little boys get in free! I'll blow the roof off the joint. I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. Fred Mertz: What do you mean "put on"? Ethel Mertz: What do you think it means? Fred Mertz: She said my mother looks like a weasel. Ricky Ricardo: [Gently slides her off while looking intently at the phone] Oh, now, come on, honey. Ricky Ricardo: [discussing operetta Lucy wrote, but does not know she wrote it] Who wrote this thing, anyway? I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways. I tell him to go into his room and play with his teddy bear. She can have mine. You're bound to be cranky in your condition. Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place. Lucy Ricardo: Yeah, that's your name in numerology, I figured it out. You have to take a whole tablespoonful after every meal. That's where I keep my money! Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. She doesn't look like a... Ethel Mertz: We're just jumping to conclusions. These Lucille Ball quotes make it obvious that her dedication and hard work, her life philosophy, and unique take on comedy are the reasons why the show was such a success.Featured Image: CC BY 2.0, by Molly, via Flickr. Lucille Ball is most famous for her iconic role as Lucy Ricardo on the 1950’s sitcom I Love Lucy, which premiered on October 15, 1951 — exactly 67 years ago. Ethel Mertz: Don't blame him. Lucy Ricardo: Well, are you? Lucy Ricardo: If some other woman were to take Fred away from you, you'd be singing a different tune, too. I don't know. I chase after him. Peggy: [Describing a boy she's got a crush on] He's got curly hair, sad puppy dog eyes and he looks like Gregory Peck. Lucille Ball made her comedic antics look effortless, but a lot of work went into her performances. Fred Mertz: What are you, a bird watcher? Ball got into radio broadcasting in the 1940s thanks to the program My Favorite Husband. Ricky Ricardo: (losing his temper after Lucy screwed up his chance to be in a Broadway Play) You did what? [Fred takes off the cake cover to reveal a cake barely one inch thick]. Fred Mertz: [working in a diner] Adam and Eve on a raft. Fred Mertz: See you at recess, Ricky. Lucy Ricardo: Yeah, if you hadn't have left Cuba to come to America, we wouldn't have gotten married and we never would've come to Switzerland in the first place. Ricky Ricardo: Did Ricky give you a tough day? We rope, we brand, we butcher. Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.