30min | Comedy, Drama | Episode aired 4 December 1967
Lucy becomes a trainee flight attendant at Gobal Workd Airlines. She's teamed with fellow trainee Carol Tilford, who's afraid of heights. On their very first flight, the movie breaks, leaving the two to entertain the passengers.
Director: Jack Donohue
Writers: Robert O'Brien, Irene Kampen
Stars: Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Rhodes Reason
Lucy becomes a trainee flight attendant at Gobal Workd Airlines. She's teamed with fellow trainee Carol Tilford, who's afraid of heights. On their very first flight, the movie breaks, leaving the two to entertain the passengers.
Director: Jack Donohue
Writers: Robert O'Brien, Irene Kampen
Stars: Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Rhodes Reason
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00:00Starring Lucille Ball, co-starring Gail Gordon.
00:26Edited by Gail Gordon.
00:47Good morning, Mr. Mooney.
00:49Good morning. I see you finally got here.
00:51Oh, well, I had to stop and pick up the mail.
00:54Well, let me have it, please.
00:55Oh, no. This is all for me, sir.
00:57All for you?
00:58Yes. I put an ad in the paper.
01:00An ad?
01:01Yes. You know, I have done something that's going to make you very happy.
01:07You're looking for another job?
01:11Oh, Mooney, no. I'm advertising for a roommate.
01:15Why would that make me happy?
01:17Well, you're always criticizing me for spending so much money.
01:20And if I have a roommate, I'll cut my expenses right in half.
01:23Just think, half of the utilities, half of the rent, half of the groceries.
01:27And half of the morning has gone by and you haven't done any work yet.
01:31I have to read these letters very carefully.
01:34You know, it's a big decision picking a roommate.
01:36It's very difficult for two people to live together.
01:39Those are the very words I said to my wife this morning.
01:45Out of all these, I should be able to find a roommate.
01:48Yeah.
01:53Wait a minute. You hardly glanced at that. Why did you throw it away so quickly?
01:57Because I don't want a roommate named Irving.
02:02Oh, this one looks very promising.
02:06Listen to this.
02:07My dear Mrs. Carmichael, I am very interested in sharing an apartment with such a person as you describe in your ad.
02:14I, too, am young, intelligent, refined, and pleasant.
02:19I am a college graduate and presently employed as a librarian.
02:24Here's truly Carol Bradford.
02:26Oh, she sounds just perfect.
02:29If she's five foot six and a half.
02:32What difference does it make how tall she is?
02:35Well, so we can wear each other's clothes.
02:39I just can't wait to interview my new roommate.
02:42If you don't get to work, I will be interviewing new office mates.
02:48Yes, yes.
02:56Oh, hi Mary Jane. Is she here yet?
02:59No, not yet.
03:00What's that?
03:01Oh, those are elephant bells from India. Aren't they beautiful?
03:04Oh.
03:05Let's see now. Oh, yes. I'm going to put this here. That's a good height for that.
03:09For heaven's sake, you think you were expecting royalty instead of a roommate?
03:14Well, I can tell by her letter she's very refined and dignified.
03:17That's just the kind of girl I'm looking for.
03:19You know, she's a college graduate and I want to make a very favorable impression.
03:23Hey, that's new.
03:25Yeah, yeah. You like it?
03:27Uh, yeah.
03:29What is it?
03:30It's an abstract.
03:32Gee, I paid almost a whole week's salary for that thing, but I think it will impress her.
03:38Oh, that must be her.
03:40I mean, it must be she. I'm going to have to watch my grammar.
03:43I'll see what you get.
03:44Okay, thanks for coming over.
04:06How do you do?
04:08I'm Carol Bradford. I answered your ad.
04:11Yes, yes. And I'm Lucy...
04:14I'm Lucy Carmichael.
04:16I was expecting you.
04:18May I help you with your thing?
04:25May I take that?
04:26Oh, no, no, no. Thank you. I'll just put it right over here.
04:30Okay.
04:37Well, don't you come in.
04:43Carol, I'm sorry. I should have warned you about that staff.
04:46No, I'm all right. I'm just glad it happened here instead of at the library.
04:50Oh.
04:51They're very strict about noise.
04:53Yeah. Oh, look. You broke your glasses.
04:56Oh, no. I always wear them like that.
04:59Without lenses?
05:01I have on contact lenses. See?
05:04Oh. Well, then why do you wear the...
05:07So people won't think I'm vain.
05:13Oh, I don't think you can ever be vain.
05:15You're much too refined and dignified for that.
05:18Well, that's my library training.
05:21Believe me, it isn't always easy.
05:23No.
05:24Especially when you get some of those people in the library who are looking for a book
05:28and they can't remember the title or the author's name,
05:31and you go through shelf after shelf after book after book,
05:36and you want to say to them,
05:38Drop dead!
05:43You don't dare because it's a library.
05:46Well, it must be very difficult to control yourself at times.
05:49Yes. Well, I'm very dedicated.
05:52One time, I was way up high on a ladder putting a book back on a shelf.
05:57Yeah.
05:58And somebody came along and took the ladder right out from under me
06:02and let me hang.
06:06And do you know something?
06:08What?
06:09I waited until that library closed before I would yell,
06:12Hell!
06:16Why?
06:17Well, you certainly are dedicated.
06:20I like to be considerate of other people.
06:23Oh, well, that's good.
06:24That's just the kind of girl that I was hoping to have for a roommate, I can tell you.
06:28Well, that's the kind of girl you've got.
06:33I'm so glad.
06:34Why don't we...
06:40You know, even though we just met, I have a feeling that just by little things
06:47that we're going to be very compatible.
06:49Well, you know, the little things are important.
06:52Yeah, you said it.
06:53Some things can really drive me batty.
06:56Oh, I know what you mean.
06:57You know, one of the little things that drives me crazy at the library,
07:01it's when we get one of those loud finger wetters.
07:08Loud finger wetters?
07:10You know the kind I mean.
07:14Oh, yeah, yeah.
07:17Yeah, I knew a girl like that in school,
07:21and we never knew whether she was going to read the book or eat it.
07:25Ah!
07:33Oh, I'm so glad you have a sense of humor.
07:37I don't dare laugh down at the library.
07:40I can understand that.
07:43You know, I think I'll just clear this off a little bit and make us some coffee.
07:47Excuse me.
07:52Bless you.
07:53Bless you.
07:54I think I better close the window.
07:55Maybe you're catching cold.
07:56Oh, no, no.
07:57It's all right.
07:58It's just an allergy.
07:59Oh, what are you allergic to?
08:00Well, we found out it's something in the air.
08:02What?
08:03Oxygen.
08:11I think I better close the window.
08:12Oh, no, no.
08:13Leave it open.
08:14Harvey likes it open.
08:16Who's Harvey?
08:17My goldfish.
08:20Oh, you have a goldfish?
08:22Oh, I hope he's welcome here.
08:24Oh, of course he is.
08:26Of course.
08:27Well, actually, the manager doesn't allow pets, but as long as he's housebroken.
08:37Oh, you have a wonderful sense of humor.
08:40Oh, thank you.
08:42I'll get the coffee.
08:43All right, and I'll get Harvey.
08:44He doesn't like to be left out of things.
08:47You bring him in.
08:55I don't want that stuff again.
08:56I'm so embarrassed.
08:57Well, don't be embarrassed.
08:58I do it all the time.
08:59I'm going to have to put in a ski lift.
09:04Harvey's going to love you.
09:07He's a little baby.
09:09Oh, that's Harvey.
09:11Yeah, but you better let me carry him.
09:13I didn't want any.
09:14Eddie!
09:20Oh, I hope Harvey's all right.
09:22Oh, he's fine.
09:23He likes to play rough.
09:26Make him feel right at home.
09:27I'll get the coffee.
09:28All right.
09:29I'll just put him on this table.
09:32Oh, this place is so nice.
09:34I know I'm going to love it here.
09:36I'm glad.
09:37Oh, is it all right if I hang something up?
09:39You bet it is.
09:40This is your home, too, you know.
10:09I'll just put this right up here.
10:12Oh, that looks so much better.
10:14Don't you think so?
10:16Now, what else do you think we should do?
10:18Well, I know.
10:19We can put this nice chair right over here like that.
10:24And then we can take this table with the flowers on it,
10:28and we can put that right over here
10:31and make that a nice, cozy little corner like that.
10:35And don't you think that looks better?
10:37Well, I think the room could be angled a little for more damage.
10:42Now, let me see.
10:43We'll take this couch, and we can move that back here like that.
10:47Doesn't that look better?
10:50And now we'll take this chair, and we can put that right back up.
10:54Oh, excuse me.
10:55Right here like that.
10:57And let's see.
10:58One more thing.
10:59Oh, yes.
11:00We'll take Harvey, and we'll put him right over here.
11:07Why?
11:08He likes to watch television.
11:12He's crazy about Flipper.
11:15He stays right there, sweetheart, while money has her coffee.
11:28That table should be centered.
11:34I don't think I'm going to be able to take much of this.
11:40Carol, are you all right?
11:44I was vocalizing.
11:46Vocalizing?
11:48That's the way I vocalize.
11:55I sing in a choir.
11:57Oh, she sings in a choir.
12:01We meet every Saturday afternoon.
12:03Oh, well, that must be very nice for you.
12:05It is.
12:06I don't have much of a social life.
12:08Well, I'm kind of shy around people.
12:10But somehow when I'm singing, I feel more at ease.
12:13Oh.
12:14Well, besides singing, what else do you do for amusement?
12:17Oh, I read a lot.
12:19Oh, well, don't you ever go out after work?
12:22Oh, sure.
12:23Sometimes the girls and I go out after the library closes.
12:26Oh, where do you go?
12:30We know this after hours library.
12:41What's that?
12:42Well, it's a research library near the university.
12:45It's open until 10 o'clock.
12:48Well, I guess that must give you a chance to meet some of the boys from the university, huh?
12:53No, I haven't met any boys.
12:55You haven't?
12:56Well, I bet there are lots of boys that would like to go out with you, Carol.
12:59Yes.
13:01Oh.
13:03I'm sorry.
13:04When I get nervous, I get the hiccups.
13:08What are you nervous about?
13:10I think it's a topic of our conversation.
13:14Oh, that the boys make you nervous?
13:16No.
13:17Not going out with them.
13:31We're just going to have to do something to get that poor girl out of her shell.
13:35I suppose so, but what?
13:37Well, let me think a minute.
13:41Hey.
13:42What?
13:44We could have a party and introduce her to some boys.
13:47What boys?
13:50Well, how about those musicians that live across the hall?
13:52They're very nice, and they're just kooky enough to get Carol out of her shell.
13:57Maybe she belongs in a shell.
14:00Because I think she's some kind of a nut.
14:11Hey, I think I'll put these two tables together so we can put the stuff on there, huh?
14:14Yeah, that's good.
14:15And I'm going to push this divan back farther so we have more room to dance.
14:18Oh, that's much better.
14:19Oh, gosh.
14:20I wish those fellows would get here.
14:21I'd like to have the party started before Carol gets home.
14:24Don't worry.
14:25They'll come.
14:26They promised Lucy.
14:27There they are.
14:30Hi.
14:31Hi, Lucy.
14:32Come on, Carol.
14:33Oh.
14:34Oh.
14:37You brought your instruments.
14:38How wonderful.
14:40This is a party, isn't it?
14:41Oh, well, I'm so glad you got here.
14:43I was afraid you wouldn't show up.
14:44Neither rain nor sleet nor snow could keep us from our appointed freeloading.
14:49Here's a pizza and a bottle of Chianti.
14:52Oh, thank you.
14:54That's very nice of you.
14:55Now, where's that swinging chick Mary Jane told us about?
14:59Swinging chick?
15:00Yeah.
15:01The doll opposes for all those bikini ads.
15:06Oh, Mary Jane.
15:08Well, you wanted them to show up, didn't you?
15:10Oh, really?
15:12Look, fellas, Carol's not exactly a swinging chick.
15:15She's very nice, but she's rather shy and inhibited.
15:19And I just thought if I had a few people over, it might bring her out of her shell.
15:23Oh, Mel can handle that.
15:25He's very good at getting girls out of things.
15:30Once he got a girl out of Cincinnati.
15:33Oh.
15:34I did not.
15:36They're just putting me on because I happen to be kind of shy myself.
15:40Oh, well, I'm sure you and Carol will get along just fine.
15:43Look, let's say we get the party started, huh?
15:46How about playing something?
15:47Good.
15:53I know you and Carol will get along fine.
15:57Now, just play anything.
15:58I want the party really swinging when Carol comes in.
16:01Anything at all.
16:07Hey!
16:32Oh, there's Carol!
16:34Carol is here.
16:35Come on, Carol.
16:36We're having a party.
16:37No, thank you.
16:38I'm not much of a party crasher.
16:40Oh, no, you're not crashing.
16:41Come on, honey.
16:42No, Lucy, I have this book I have to finish.
16:44Oh, come on.
16:45Now, you're the guest of honor, Carol.
16:56Honey, I want you to meet the fellas.
16:58Fellas, this is Carol.
17:03Yeah, we thought we'd have a little get-together tonight.
17:06And these fellas...
17:07They brought pizza and wine.
17:08Yeah.
17:09Help yourself, everybody.
17:10Oh, wonderful.
17:11Salute.
17:12Salute.
17:13Salute.
17:14Aren't you going to have some, Carol?
17:15No, thank you.
17:16I don't drink.
17:17Oh, well, this is just wine.
17:19It goes with the pizza that the fellas brought.
17:22In Italy, they drink this just like water.
17:34I'm a firm believer in drinking a lot of water.
17:42Carol, this is Mel.
17:44Hi, Carol.
17:46I'm Mel.
17:49Uh, Carol works in a library.
17:52Oh, that's very interesting.
17:54Yeah, well, tell her what you do, Mel.
17:56I don't work in a library.
17:58That's very interesting.
17:59Uh, look, why don't you two go over there and talk a little while,
18:02and we'll get the stuff ready for the party,
18:04and you just enjoy yourself now.
18:15Um, uh, did you know that there are 6,950,000 people
18:20in the United States who don't have a job?
18:23Uh, did you know that there are 6,950,000 books
18:28in the New York Public Library?
18:30No.
18:36Did you know that contrary to popular belief,
18:39the first public library was not founded in Boston, Massachusetts,
18:43but in Peterborough, New Hampshire?
18:46No.
18:53No.
18:59Did you know...
19:07...more than 42,000 library books are stolen annually?
19:13I didn't know that.
19:15Well, that's classified information and shouldn't be given out.
19:18I'm going to my room.
19:20Go to your room, darling.
19:21Now, stay here.
19:22Come on now, honey, and enjoy yourself.
19:24I can't.
19:25Now, listen, stop.
19:26Just try to relax.
19:27I can't.
19:28Don't be so self-conscious.
19:29I'm so nervous when I get around men,
19:30and you know what happens when I get nervous?
19:32I get the...
19:37Oh, for heaven's sake, just try to relax.
19:41Listen, honey, you said sometimes when you sing,
19:43you feel more at ease.
19:44That's true.
19:45Yeah, well, then come on.
19:46Why don't you sing a song?
19:47Me sing?
19:48Yeah.
19:51No, you can't.
19:52You pretend that you're singing with your choir.
19:54Choir?
19:55Yeah, come on, try it, honey.
19:56Come on.
19:57Come on.
20:00Carol says that she likes to sing a song.
20:02She wants you to accompany her.
20:05Come on, Carol.
20:06What do you want to sing, honey?
20:08They wouldn't know anything I know.
20:11Oh, don't you worry about that.
20:12You just start the melody, and we'll jump in.
20:14Sure.
20:15Go ahead.
20:16Go ahead, honey.
20:17Go ahead.
20:19Can I have a little more of that Italian water?
20:40Oh, please gather round me, brethren
20:44And listen to this hymn
20:48About how evil battles virtue
20:51And the fight to sink or swim
21:01There's a lost sheep that I know of
21:04Caught in Satan's web of sin
21:07And I sing for the forgiveness
21:11Of the evil plight she's in
21:19They call her hard-hearted Hannah
21:24But that's not the Hannah
21:27That we know and love
21:37For she's the girl who loves to see men suffer
21:43Suffer!
21:50It hurts a life, eh?
21:55I saw her at the seashore
21:57With a great big pan
22:00There was Hannah pouring water
22:03On a drowning man
22:13Oh, Hannah
22:16Oh, Hannah
22:18Oh, Hannah
22:21Yeah
22:25♪ Hold on to that one, baby.
22:27♪ It's your life, it's your life.
22:31♪ Hold on to that one, baby.
22:33♪ It's your life, it's your life.
22:37Oh, what a performance.
22:39What a swing!
22:40♪
23:10♪