I agree 100 per cent ! And they didn't have to use profanity or vulgar language to keep the audience entertained ! Classic comedy stands the test of time !
The actor who plays the drunk is Vincente Padula. Born in Argentina, he moved to Mexico in the mid 1930's and made several Mexican films. He also did much work for Walt Disney, dubbing various cartoons and films into Spanish. Padula moved to the United States in 1949 and thereafter made a career out of playing foreign characters of various languages on TV and in movies. Padula also kept busy working for studios dubbing American films into Spanish.
@@eman610 not that unusual. Babe Ruth and lou gehrig both spoke German at home, and Dean Martin spoke Italian until he went to school and all 3 were born in the US. in his case, and considering he has an Italian last name, maybe the reason he spoke German is because of his mother's side of the family.
I speak English and Spanish fluently, my German is really good, I speak a little bit of French, a tiny bit of Japanese. And I am fluent in American Sign Language, not sure if that counts as a foreign language or not.
He yells almost as loudly in Spanish to the drunk as he's yelling in English to Lucy - am wondering if in real life Desi was hard of hearing since he usually always yelled out his lines.
Actually, John Mylong (the "other cop") speaking in German to the drunk (Vincent Padua) did not mention a life term. But Padua mentioned it when talking in Spanish to Ricky, and Ricky in English to Lucy.
I was following the exchanges in French and German, and Mylong's statement in German--I could translate it--did not mention a life sentence. I think there is even a version of the video which has captioning which allows you to follow the dialog in all the languages.
As a language teacher,I just adore this episode! " I Love Lucy " is a stunning example of genius in comedy! The talent & timing of the" players " are unsurpassed,! I grew up during the greatest time for televised entertainment! The proof is in the fact, that these iconic shows are still shown all over the world today !They are greatly enjoyed & they will go on forever! Thanks for showing this great video!
This scene is so funny. It makes me laugh and laugh every time I see it. it was pure Genius of the writers to come up with this. I saw a video on TH-cam when they won their first Emmy for I Love Lucy. Lucy and Desi both commented that they should have an Emmy for the writers as well. After seeing this, I definitely think that they are right.
My parents were from Germany so I understood two of them. In school I took french for a couple of years but I dropped it. Spanish would have been easier I think.
One of the best moments from the series. A testimony to its cleverness, it could serve as a self-contained comedy sketch, but happily resides in the wonderful 5th season 'Trip to Europe' episodes of ILL.
OMG this is BRILLIANT. I'm 32 and I remember watching reruns of this on Nick at night when I was a kid and it was entertaining enough when there was nothing on but holy shit that I not appreciate this show. This is fantastic
This is one of the best scenes along with the chocolate factory scene, the rice scene with fred and ricki, and the vitametavegamin comercial. Some of the best scenes ever. 😂😂😂😂😂
I grew up watching this on Nick at nite and it was one of my all time favorite routines. It became so much more perfect for me that I grew up to become a linguist. I still refer to this bit all the time. It’s a true work of genius.
Speaking of, I saw the shortened version of this scene, it's better with the full version. For one, the shortened version doesn't have the translated shrugs. Or the "Eeeuuugh"
I was once in a Madrid bookstore translating into French for a Danish lady who spoke English, so my partner (who is French and teaches Spanish) then translated into Spanish for the bookseller ..
This is easily the best show I've ever seen. Born in the 90s, I watched it every morning before the school bus came. I always loved the show. One episode that I remember well, was the one where Lucy and Ethel are working in the tobacco plant and have to smoke the tobacco to keep from losing their jobs 😂
It's interesting how the French speaking cop mentioned lifelong forced labor, the second cop left that out in German but the drunk guy mentioned it again in Spanish and so did Ricky in English. Maybe the drunk guy actually spoke French and just had some fun there lol
I've watched this scene and all the other episodes thousands of time since I was a little kid watching the reruns on KTTV Los Angeles in the 70s. I've always loved the parts where Ricky speaks Spanish because I understood what he is saying. This scene is probably my favorite of the entire series. I just crack up every time. Best show ever on TV.
I was thinking if this scene recently because there was an MMA fight in China, the English commentator was interviewing a Russian fighter to a Chinese crowd. Each question and answer had to go through the English-to-Russian translator, then the English-to-Chinese translator. You could hear the Chinese crowd laugh because of the chain of translation.
Once in the San Francisco area, a Tartar had been accused of assault by a Spaniard. But the trial was delayed because the Tartar and his witnesses could not speak English. Finally they found a Tartar who could speak Chinese, and a Chinese who could speak Spanish. So the trial proceeded in four languages.
The drunk speaks with an Argentinian accent. I don't know about his German but I'd guess is good cuz a lot of people in Argentina are of German descent. This is one of the funniest scenes of ILL.
The French officer was my Great Uncle C.S. Ramsay Hill. He actually knew 5 languages, also built The Djinn Palace in Kenya, 1927 (Oserian) he was an amazing man who did amazing things.
How anyone could hate this is beyond me! I know a little Spanish, so I tried keeping up with Ricky and German Guy this time and was pleasantly surprised.
I'm from Texas but raised in Germany, and I saw this episode as a very young kid (8ish?). It's the most memorable episode of I Love Lucy I ever watched. I speak English and German and I understand Spanish and French. As a kid, my eyes popped out of my head on this scene and my entire family laughed HARD!
This is probably the second funniest scene in all of I Love Lucy (the chocolate factory is as the top). But, THIS is the one I always remember. It came to mind a few years back when the Big Band Theory did a loosely similar scene with the guys speaking Klingon and the gals speaking Ubbi Dubbi.
I first saw this episode when I was about 11 or 12, in the early 60's. It was hilarious. I saw it again 10 years later after I had learned German and French and it was hilarious. I subsequently saw it once or twice more by only but chance before TH-cam. Now I can simply call it up and it is just as hilarious as it ever was. And I still wonder how the heck that drunk managed to wander around the streets of Paris with only Spanish and German. But hey, Paris is for lovers.
One of my favorite scenes and episodes, lol. Bob, Bob, Bob and Madelyn (the I Love Lucy writing team, aka "3 Bobs and a Babe") were geniuses coming up with this stuff. Nothing on TV even comes close to this nowadays. I wonder if this was an old vaudeville gag or they came up with it on their own?
I love when they do a too-short variation of this scene when Ricky and the British Earl don't understand each other and Lucy sits between them and translates.
Sargent: _Shrugs in French_
Police: _Shrugs in German_
Drunk: _Shrugs in Spanish_
Ricky: _Shrugs in English_
hahahahahahahahaha
Still hilarious after almost 70 years
I agree 100 per cent ! And they didn't have to use profanity or vulgar language to keep the audience entertained ! Classic comedy stands the test of time !
Has it been that long?? Wow.
@@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89It was 1956, so it's not 70 years until 2026.
@@godsrevolver9737The episode is from 1956, so it won't be 70 until two more years from now.
Just shows how timeless and genius the idea was
this scene is great!
¡esta escena es genial!
diese szene ist großartig!
cette scène est géniale !
Hilarious comment 😂
I know!
¡Lo se!
Ich weiß!
Je sais!
j
ajajajajajajajaja
The actor who plays the drunk is Vincente Padula. Born in Argentina, he moved to Mexico in the mid 1930's and made several Mexican films. He also did much work for Walt Disney, dubbing various cartoons and films into Spanish. Padula moved to the United States in 1949 and thereafter made a career out of playing foreign characters of various languages on TV and in movies. Padula also kept busy working for studios dubbing American films into Spanish.
Thank you for this information!
Good to know
Wow thank you for that info 😊
Interesting, he is _from_ Argentina, yet speaks German. Hmmm....
@@eman610 not that unusual. Babe Ruth and lou gehrig both spoke German at home, and Dean Martin spoke Italian until he went to school and all 3 were born in the US.
in his case, and considering he has an Italian last name, maybe the reason he spoke German is because of his mother's side of the family.
one of the most brilliant scenes in the series, absolutely
I agree 100 per cent !!
One of the most brilliant scenes in all of television.
I totally agree! Those writers were just geniuses
Una de la scenes mas brillantes en la serie, absolutamente.
I saw this as a child and it inspired my interest in learning foreign languages.
how did it go?
I speak English and Spanish fluently, my German is really good, I speak a little bit of French, a tiny bit of Japanese. And I am fluent in American Sign Language, not sure if that counts as a foreign language or not.
How did you learn Spanish
I spoke it with my family all the time, and every time I met a Spanish Speaker.
I also love learning languages! I wish I had thought of it when in High School and gone for a BA in language studies.
1:26 Ricky's "Where'd you get the money!" and his tone of voice always make me laugh 🙂
It's great haha It makes me laugh every time haha
He yells almost as loudly in Spanish to the drunk as he's yelling in English to Lucy - am wondering if in real life Desi was hard of hearing since he usually always yelled out his lines.
Desi Arnaz was an extremely talented musician, who also had great comedic ability.
I love him.
Cubes tend to speak loud and use their hands .@alexisdiva9
*Shrug* in French *shrug* in German *shrug* in Spanish *shrug* in English.
*shrugs in French*
@@TheRedPhoneVideos
*shrugs in German*
@@DakariKingMykan shrugs in spanish
@@victorvaldivieso1769 shrugs in English
@@morphmaster1823 I AM INNOCENT!
"Hooray!"
"¡Olé!"
"Wunderbar!"
"merveilleux!" with an embrace. 😄
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That was great 🤣 I love it 🤣
And I thought Spanish for “hooray!” was “¡hurra!”.
@@Autistic_Gallant-92. Actually, yes, but they said olé like in Spain maybe to make it more expressive.
I lost it when Ricky started yelling at Lucy with the whole WHERE DID YOU GET THE MONEY and her famous ewwww facial expression she does. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love how Ricky says Yo soy innocente!
Yo tambien!!!
I also love how everyone copied the tone of everyone. Especially, "WHERE DID YOU GET THE MONEY?!"
Reminded me of Alberto Fujimori's yo soy inocente, but his was a real trial.
@@sophiagallegosyarrow6417 El Corrupto Fujimori
@@gusa8006 exaaaacto.
I don't know why I thought of this scene randomly today. Still one of my favorites! The drunk guy makes it 😂
I just showed this to my 20yo son. He laughed his head off! Thank you for posting it.
2:47 - French officer : 🤷♂️ German officer: . 🤷♂️ Drunk man: 🤷♂️ :. Ricky :🤷♂️
Looking good babygirl.
@@dominicvallejos1628 thank you. Blessings to you
Hi beautiful.
LUCY RICARDO: I AM INNOCENT!
@@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89 YO SOY INOCENTE!
I’m surprised nothing got lost in translation
faiz abbas So hard to do
Actually, John Mylong (the "other cop") speaking in German to the drunk (Vincent Padua) did not mention a life term. But Padua mentioned it when talking in Spanish to Ricky, and Ricky in English to Lucy.
@@dougmontgomery1868 dude why do you know this -_-
I was following the exchanges in French and German, and Mylong's statement in German--I could translate it--did not mention a life sentence. I think there is even a version of the video which has captioning which allows you to follow the dialog in all the languages.
Yes... and when Ricky translates to Lucy the first time he added details that weren't even mentioned by the others
One of my favorite scenes from the whole series.
mine too!
Same here! Genius!
Cathy P it also shows Desi’s comedic talent.
The whole European trip was full of classic scenes.
@@mightisright I agree, the grape crushing scene was hilarious
Their writers were brilliante!!!
Indeed they were !!
As a language teacher,I just adore this episode! " I Love Lucy " is a stunning example of genius in comedy! The talent & timing of the" players "
are unsurpassed,! I grew up during the greatest time for televised entertainment! The proof is in the fact, that these iconic shows are still shown all over the world today !They are greatly enjoyed & they will go on forever! Thanks for showing this great video!
As a Spanish speaker I absolutely love this show I Love Lucy, it's so much fun and so many funny moments.
Well-said, Francine! ❤
I would not get through the acting without cracking up this is really the game of operator absolutely hysterical
I've always been fascinated with this scene when I saw it as a young girl. I later took Spanish & it still holds.
But are you innocente?
¡fantástica!
This has to be one of the funniest skits ever.
Right on !!
Lucy's shocking annoyance transcends the language barrier.
i don't know who this actor is playing the drunk, but he makes the scene
His name is Vicente Padua.
G.H. Guy I think that guy shows up again in Lucy goes to Mexico from the Lucy Desi Comedy Hour.
Actually, his name is Vicente Padula. Here is his IMDB page:
www.imdb.com/name/nm0655893/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
I just saw he also played the hotel manager in Lucy is Homesick in Italy
He was from Argentina, he has a long list of films ...wikipedia
English. German. French. Spanish. This is fun i study all those language
violet erin I am the drunk dude, I know German, Spanish, and English.
I talk those 4 languages 😁
violet erin you must have had fun watching this.
violet erin same for me and in the same order 🤗
I've studied all of them except French.
"WHERE'D YOU GET THE MONEY?!" And her flinch, hahaha!!! Perfect scene!
Lucy, *in English* "UGH"
Ricky, *in Spanish* "UGH"
Guy and Cops, *in German and French* "UGH"
T. W. Spears that part gets me everytime😂😂😂😂 I can't stop laughing😂😂😂😂
I can't either.
RICKY: No no no no no no no!
This scene is so funny. It makes me laugh and laugh every time I see it. it was pure Genius of the writers to come up with this. I saw a video on TH-cam when they won their first Emmy for I Love Lucy. Lucy and Desi both commented that they should have an Emmy for the writers as well. After seeing this, I definitely think that they are right.
I've translated in a 4 person chain before, believe me, it's an experience!
My parents were from Germany so I understood two of them. In school I took french for a couple of years but I dropped it. Spanish would have been easier I think.
I understood two of them. I thought you were talking about your parents, @@bigw8549😅
@@bigw8549I'm able to follow the whole translation chain 👏🏿👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾 I am from Colombia, life has been kind to me.
One of the best moments from the series. A testimony to its cleverness, it could serve as a self-contained comedy sketch, but happily resides in the wonderful 5th season 'Trip to Europe' episodes of ILL.
This scene really shows the genius of Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll and Madelyn Pugh. Incredible comedy writers.
This skit was pure genius.
3:33 You can feel Ricky's frustration! All that work and now everyone's right back where they started!
This may have been the start of my interest in languages.
...now that's classic, classic writing!!...😉
I love the way they alternate verbal comedy with physical comedy here.
One of the best skits ever on TV!
Love the drunk guy
Tati that explains why he speaks German
He was in fact from Argentina originally
@@alexisdiva9 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Padula
The funniest episode of I Love Lucy ever!
How the cop in the background didn't laugh is beyond me.
The second Paris policeman who spoke French & German was priceless. As my late grandfather would say”man he’s telling them facts!”
This is one of the most iconic and classic scenes of I Love Lucy that is forgotten so much
Lucy and Vivian Vance dressed so beautifully in this series. Their clothes are classic.
The gift of bilingual languages Lucy’s real lucky.
OMG this is BRILLIANT. I'm 32 and I remember watching reruns of this on Nick at night when I was a kid and it was entertaining enough when there was nothing on but holy shit that I not appreciate this show. This is fantastic
I love how the guys even reenact each other’s gestures.
This was my favorite scene in the whole series. Iconic and free flowing writing and acting!
I have watched this scene a gazillion times. It NEVER gets old. It ALWAYS get a chuckle out of me!
This is best game of telephone ever!
This is one of the best scenes along with the chocolate factory scene, the rice scene with fred and ricki, and the vitametavegamin comercial. Some of the best scenes ever. 😂😂😂😂😂
I grew up watching this on Nick at nite and it was one of my all time favorite routines. It became so much more perfect for me that I grew up to become a linguist. I still refer to this bit all the time. It’s a true work of genius.
This scene makes me laugh outloud every time. After all these years! Thank you, Lucy, Desi, Viv, and Bill!
As an aspiring translator this my absolute favorite scene from this series
Nobody made us laugh like Lucy. Now God can have some laughs.
What about the Honneymooners?
What about Jerry Lewis, the male version of Lucille Ball?
@@DakariKingMykan I loved The Honeymooners as well.
If only today's comedy shows were half as good as this one.
One of the funniest things in television history!
Genius and legendary ! One of the absolute greatest scenes in the show!
This is the only scene I’ve remembered for all these years. Super funny and timeless.
C'est très intelligent et drôle aussi
Das ist auch sehr klug und lustig
Este muy inteligente y divertido también
This is very clever and funny too
*das ist sehr klug und auch lustig
*este es muy inteligente y gracioso también
DakariKingMykan *This is .....
In spanish I'd say: "Está muy ingenioso y divertido también".
en español latino "esto es muy inteligente y divertido tambien"
DakariKingMykan awesomeness, dare I say
I've been in an abbreviated version of that language line; it's not that easy! You really have to concentrate!
Speaking of, I saw the shortened version of this scene, it's better with the full version. For one, the shortened version doesn't have the translated shrugs. Or the "Eeeuuugh"
I was once in a Madrid bookstore translating into French for a Danish lady who spoke English, so my partner (who is French and teaches Spanish) then translated into Spanish for the bookseller ..
I could watch this scene all day long!!! Every time I watch, it cracks me up!!
Of all the hundreds and hundreds of I Love Lucy scenes over the years, this was by far my favorite.
Flawless. Brilliant. Still hilarious after 70 years. Bravo to all those involved. Thanks for posting.
🤣and that's where Spanglish came from🤣
This scene is one of my fav scenes in television . I’m so glad they made it
Classic comedy right here loved it 😂
This is easily the best show I've ever seen. Born in the 90s, I watched it every morning before the school bus came. I always loved the show. One episode that I remember well, was the one where Lucy and Ethel are working in the tobacco plant and have to smoke the tobacco to keep from losing their jobs 😂
It's interesting how the French speaking cop mentioned lifelong forced labor, the second cop left that out in German but the drunk guy mentioned it again in Spanish and so did Ricky in English.
Maybe the drunk guy actually spoke French and just had some fun there lol
Terrific observation. You're so smart!
He said hard work he didn't forget. Maybe it's not the best translation of "hard labor"
One of the greatest scenes in television.
One of my favorite scenes from any show.
I've watched this scene and all the other episodes thousands of time since I was a little kid watching the reruns on KTTV Los Angeles in the 70s. I've always loved the parts where Ricky speaks Spanish because I understood what he is saying. This scene is probably my favorite of the entire series. I just crack up every time. Best show ever on TV.
I was thinking if this scene recently because there was an MMA fight in China, the English commentator was interviewing a Russian fighter to a Chinese crowd. Each question and answer had to go through the English-to-Russian translator, then the English-to-Chinese translator. You could hear the Chinese crowd laugh because of the chain of translation.
Once in the San Francisco area, a Tartar had been accused of assault by a Spaniard. But the trial was delayed because the Tartar and his witnesses could not speak English. Finally they found a Tartar who could speak Chinese, and a Chinese who could speak Spanish. So the trial proceeded in four languages.
Oh, you should post a link! I would
This got the best comedy show in history. I never knew how they could keep from laughing during those scenes
One of my favorite scenes in the history of the show.
I just literally watch the scene and I’m so glad it’s on TH-cam I can watch it over and over again it’s so funny
Truly one of the funniest scenes. So well written.
🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣 💃
Such brilliant casting! And writing!
The drunk speaks with an Argentinian accent. I don't know about his German but I'd guess is good cuz a lot of people in Argentina are of German descent. This is one of the funniest scenes of ILL.
The French officer was my Great Uncle C.S. Ramsay Hill. He actually knew 5 languages, also built The Djinn Palace in Kenya, 1927 (Oserian) he was an amazing man who did amazing things.
Awesome!!
I was born in 1965 and I Love Lucy.
How anyone could hate this is beyond me!
I know a little Spanish, so I tried keeping up with Ricky and German Guy this time and was pleasantly surprised.
Wow that’s like the first time I’ve seen someone talking German in a sitcom...and it’s actually German.
Lucy is one of my favorite actress it just natural for Lucy.I love to watch I love Lucy.i watch her in the morning before. going to work
So I speak fluent Spanish and English, learning German might as well learn French too..lol
This scene had me DEAD when I first saw it as a small child
Hooray!
¡Olé!
Wunderbar!
[French Kisses the Captain]
😂😂
The french policeman, says tres bien, and then kisses him.
Brilliant, simply Brilliant.
One of the best shows ever!
This scene is even better if you know at least one more of the other languages haha
Well, one good way to look at the artist situation. He got stiffed with the counterfeit cash by Lucy, Fred and Ethel by lying to sell the paintings.
I love this scene so much.
I'm from Texas but raised in Germany, and I saw this episode as a very young kid (8ish?). It's the most memorable episode of I Love Lucy I ever watched. I speak English and German and I understand Spanish and French. As a kid, my eyes popped out of my head on this scene and my entire family laughed HARD!
This is probably the second funniest scene in all of I Love Lucy (the chocolate factory is as the top). But, THIS is the one I always remember. It came to mind a few years back when the Big Band Theory did a loosely similar scene with the guys speaking Klingon and the gals speaking Ubbi Dubbi.
I first saw this episode when I was about 11 or 12, in the early 60's. It was hilarious. I saw it again 10 years later after I had learned German and French and it was hilarious. I subsequently saw it once or twice more by only but chance before TH-cam. Now I can simply call it up and it is just as hilarious as it ever was.
And I still wonder how the heck that drunk managed to wander around the streets of Paris with only Spanish and German. But hey, Paris is for lovers.
One of the funniest moments in the whole show
Simply the best!! I really love Lucy!
This was before Google Translate on every phone lol
This is one of the most hilarious I love lucy scenes!
Oh this is a classic scene! It'll never stop being funny!!!!
One of my favorite scenes and episodes, lol. Bob, Bob, Bob and Madelyn (the I Love Lucy writing team, aka "3 Bobs and a Babe") were geniuses coming up with this stuff. Nothing on TV even comes close to this nowadays. I wonder if this was an old vaudeville gag or they came up with it on their own?
I love when they do a too-short variation of this scene when Ricky and the British Earl don't understand each other and Lucy sits between them and translates.
This is pure comedic genius.