Episode 45
“Sales Resistance™”
Mattel© Product - 2004
“I Love Lucy®” is one of the world’s very favorite television shows. Since its inception in October of 1951, Lucy Ricardo – along with her husband Ricky Ricardo and neighbors Fred and Ethel Mertz – is an unforgettable character, always funny and unique. Classic, timeless, and eternally hilarious, “I Love Lucy®” remains a benchmark of comedy.
Originally broadcast on January 26, 1953, “Sales Resistance™” begins with Fred and Ethel around the piano as Ricky records a sound he wrote for Lucy, who is in the hospital after having a baby. In fact, Lucy bought the new tape recorder from the woman in the next bed. This story causes the trio at home to reminisce about their sales experience.
Lucy is in her kitchen, showing Ethel the “Handy Dandy Kitchen Helper” she had ordered from TV. When Ricky discovers yet another frivolous purchase, he demands that Lucy return it to the company. Lucy tells Ricky how difficult it is for her to resist a salesman, but Ricky insists. When the salesman comes that afternoon, he happily takes back the kitchen gadget, but bamboozles Lucy into buying a “Handy Dandy” vacuum cleaner. Again, Ricky insists that Lucy return this new acquisition, but she knows that the salesman can sell her anything. Ricky finally agrees to return it himself. To avoid another sales pitch, take off for the movies with Ethel. The duo returns later to find indeed that the vacuum is gone. But Ricky has bought a new “Handy Dandy” refrigerator. And the notorious penny-pincher Fred even bought a washing machine!
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