I Love Lucy (TV Series)

Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy (1956)

Lucille Ball: Lucy Ricardo

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Quotes 

• Giuseppe : [while shining Lucy's shoes, Giuseppe notices she is upset]  Why you cry, signora?

  Lucy Ricardo : Well, I'm lonesome for my little boy back in America. It's his birthday today, and I'm just lonesome for him.

  Giuseppe : Ahhh, I'm-a sorry.

  Lucy Ricardo : Y'know, he looks something like you.

  [she shows him a picture] 

  Giuseppe : Si.

  Lucy Ricardo : Of course, he's much younger.

  Giuseppe : I use-a to be younger.

  Lucy Ricardo : My little boy'll be three years old today.

  Giuseppe : Hey, you wanna know sump-a-thing? Today, she's-a my birthday, too.

  Lucy Ricardo : It is?... Well, how old are you?

  Giuseppe : Eight and a half... I mean-a, nine. I forget!

• Ricky Ricardo : [the international telephone operator doesn't understand what Lucy wants, so Ricky takes over]  Didn't have any trouble understandin' me.

  Lucy Ricardo : Just my luck. I had to get an operator in Italy who studied English in Cuba.

• Ethel Mertz : [on arrival in Florence]  Fred, are you sure this is the right hotel?

  Fred Mertz : Well, the sign said Hotel Grande.

  Lucy Ricardo : Well, it is kind of picturesque.

  Ethel Mertz : Why did you bring us to this picturesque dump?