I Love Lucy Down the Line of Translation

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Sargent: _Shrugs in French_ Police: _Shrugs in German_ Drunk: _Shrugs in Spanish_ Ricky: _Shrugs in English_

[@danielgregg2530]

hahahahahahahahaha

[@ritzmarii]

THE ACCURACY!!!!!! 💀

[@TomBarrister]

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.

[@tanylok36]

Thank you for this information!

[@feliciawilliams8587]

Good to know

[@geminifox475]

Wow thank you for that info 😊

[@eman610]

Interesting, he is _from_ Argentina, yet speaks German. Hmmm....

[@Jerseybytes2]

​@@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.

[@SpitefulAZ]

I saw this as a child and it inspired my interest in learning foreign languages.

[@nigellim9729]

how did it go?

[@SpitefulAZ]

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.

[@anareynoso4318]

How did you learn Spanish

[@SpitefulAZ]

I spoke it with my family all the time, and every time I met a Spanish Speaker.

[@sweetadelinedrummer]

I also love learning languages! I wish I had thought of it when in High School and gone for a BA in language studies.

[@megposting]

this scene is great! ¡esta escena es genial! diese szene ist großartig! cette scène est géniale !

[@godsrevolver9737]

Hilarious comment 😂

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

I know! ¡Lo se! Ich weiß! Je sais!

[@danielgregg2530]

j ajajajajajajajaja

[@isaaclevipatinocastillo1183]

It aged very well! Envejeció muy bien Sehr gut gealtert Très bien vieilli

[@Darioquendero]

It's funnier because the actress almost laughs Es más gracioso porque la actriz casi se rie Es ist lustiger, weil die Schauspielerin fast lacht C'est plus drôle parce que l'actrice rit presque

[@patricezappa-porter5011]

one of the most brilliant scenes in the series, absolutely

[@jubalcalif9100]

I agree 100 per cent !!

[@frndofbear]

One of the most brilliant scenes in all of television.

[@BonnieDuthe]

I totally agree! Those writers were just geniuses

[@christopheragro1953]

Una de la scenes mas brillantes en la serie, absolutamente.

[@mtnbkr19551]

Still hilarious after almost 70 years

[@jubalcalif9100]

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 !

[@godsrevolver9737]

Has it been that long?? Wow.

[@AngryNerdBird]

​@@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89It was 1956, so it's not 70 years until 2026.

[@AngryNerdBird]

​@@godsrevolver9737The episode is from 1956, so it won't be 70 until two more years from now.

[@UrBoiEthanMikl]

Just shows how timeless and genius the idea was

[@Sunny105121]

1:26 Ricky's "Where'd you get the money!" and his tone of voice always make me laugh 🙂

[@ElizabethMcQMusic]

It's great haha It makes me laugh every time haha

[@alexisdiva9]

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.

[@radiorob7543]

Desi Arnaz was an extremely talented musician, who also had great comedic ability.

[@landocommando8]

I love him.

[@cloevaldes2254]

Cubes tend to speak loud and use their hands .​@alexisdiva9

[@Cloverrun676]

"Hooray!" "¡Olé!" "Wunderbar!" "merveilleux!" with an embrace. 😄

[@djgamerpon3]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ElizabethMcQMusic]

That was great 🤣 I love it 🤣

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

And I thought Spanish for “hooray!” was “¡hurra!”.

[@ElJules33]

​@@Autistic_Gallant-92. Actually, yes, but they said olé like in Spain maybe to make it more expressive.

[@motherstation]

I just showed this to my 20yo son. He laughed his head off! Thank you for posting it.

[@clpeters23]

One of my favorite scenes from the whole series.

[@Dimes4Donuts]

mine too!

[@aileenblas7669]

Same here! Genius!

[@happydayz7857]

Cathy P it also shows Desi’s comedic talent.

[@mightisright]

The whole European trip was full of classic scenes.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

@@mightisright I agree, the grape crushing scene was hilarious

[@francinelima5963]

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!

[@andylatino]

As a Spanish speaker I absolutely love this show I Love Lucy, it's so much fun and so many funny moments.

[@vrinda5303]

Well-said, Francine! ❤

[@GigawingsVideo]

*Shrug* in French *shrug* in German *shrug* in Spanish *shrug* in English.

[@TheRedPhoneVideos]

*shrugs in French*

[@DakariKingMykan]

@@TheRedPhoneVideos *shrugs in German*

[@victorvaldivieso1769]

@@DakariKingMykan shrugs in spanish

[@morphmaster1823]

@@victorvaldivieso1769 shrugs in English

[@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89]

@@morphmaster1823 I AM INNOCENT!

[@rubedogg6969]

I love how Ricky says Yo soy innocente!

[@robinrobyn1714]

Yo tambien!!!

[@SomeRandomGuy789]

I also love how everyone copied the tone of everyone. Especially, "WHERE DID YOU GET THE MONEY?!"

[@sophiagallegosyarrow6417]

Reminded me of Alberto Fujimori's yo soy inocente, but his was a real trial.

[@gusa8006]

@@sophiagallegosyarrow6417 El Corrupto Fujimori

[@sophiagallegosyarrow6417]

@@gusa8006 exaaaacto.

[@maryammure5151]

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. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Trackrace29582]

I’m surprised nothing got lost in translation

[@sandralee9155]

faiz abbas So hard to do

[@dougmontgomery1868]

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.

[@quora7370]

@@dougmontgomery1868 dude why do you know this -_-

[@dougmontgomery4851]

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.

[@atarah6898]

Yes... and when Ricky translates to Lucy the first time he added details that weren't even mentioned by the others

[@geligel1991]

2:47 - French officer : 🤷‍♂️ German officer: . 🤷‍♂️ Drunk man: 🤷‍♂️ :. Ricky :🤷‍♂️

[@dominicvallejos1628]

Looking good babygirl.

[@geligel1991]

@@dominicvallejos1628 thank you. Blessings to you

[@charlespayne9230]

Hi beautiful.

[@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89]

LUCY RICARDO: I AM INNOCENT!

[@alexisdiva9]

@@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89 YO SOY INOCENTE!

[@jo_jo-dt9sl]

I don't know why I thought of this scene randomly today. Still one of my favorites! The drunk guy makes it 😂

[@lowkeyastronomygeek1]

Lucy, *in English* "UGH" Ricky, *in Spanish* "UGH" Guy and Cops, *in German and French* "UGH"

[@aliciasanchez6699]

T. W. Spears that part gets me everytime😂😂😂😂 I can't stop laughing😂😂😂😂

[@lowkeyastronomygeek1]

I can't either.

[@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89]

RICKY: No no no no no no no!

[@Sapphire586]

I've always been fascinated with this scene when I saw it as a young girl. I later took Spanish & it still holds.

[@muckymucks]

But are you innocente?

[@SuperC888]

¡fantástica!

[@8u88a]

Lucy's shocking annoyance transcends the language barrier.

[@lyssah8506]

I would not get through the acting without cracking up this is really the game of operator absolutely hysterical

[@blockmasterscott]

I've translated in a 4 person chain before, believe me, it's an experience!

[@bigw8549]

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.

[@claudiamendoza2211]

I understood two of them. I thought you were talking about your parents, ​@@bigw8549😅

[@claudiamendoza2211]

​@@bigw8549I'm able to follow the whole translation chain 👏🏿👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾 I am from Colombia, life has been kind to me.

[@GHGuy-tn9ls]

i don't know who this actor is playing the drunk, but he makes the scene

[@dougmontgomery1868]

His name is Vicente Padua.

[@happydayz7857]

G.H. Guy I think that guy shows up again in Lucy goes to Mexico from the Lucy Desi Comedy Hour.

[@jmtwaters5686]

Actually, his name is Vicente Padula. Here is his IMDB page: www.imdb.com/name/nm0655893/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[@alexisdiva9]

I just saw he also played the hotel manager in Lucy is Homesick in Italy

[@atarah6898]

He was from Argentina, he has a long list of films ...wikipedia

[@mca1218]

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.

[@Queen.Sindel]

English. German. French. Spanish. This is fun i study all those language

[@azurenotation488]

violet erin I am the drunk dude, I know German, Spanish, and English.

[@saimakurtisi9105]

I talk those 4 languages 😁

[@hannahcruz1440]

violet erin you must have had fun watching this.

[@christinebethencourt6197]

violet erin same for me and in the same order 🤗

[@TheRedPhoneVideos]

I've studied all of them except French.

[@GROOVYJOJO]

Their writers were brilliante!!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indeed they were !!

[@SamK1281]

This has to be one of the funniest skits ever.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Right on !!

[@Telecasterluvr]

This scene really shows the genius of Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll and Madelyn Pugh. Incredible comedy writers.

[@CaptChrispy]

This may have been the start of my interest in languages.

[@hanwellhanwell]

I love how they all do the I am innocent in the same tone and in the same exact way it's hysterical

[@danielmoore2320]

This is one of the most iconic and classic scenes of I Love Lucy that is forgotten so much

[@pieterhanson3570]

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.

[@jandixon2222]

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 KZbin 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.

[@DTittle]

The second Paris policeman who spoke French & German was priceless. As my late grandfather would say”man he’s telling them facts!”

[@oneeyedman99]

I love the way they alternate verbal comedy with physical comedy here.

[@dezeraejames7934]

How the cop in the background didn't laugh is beyond me.

[@GC0077]

"WHERE'D YOU GET THE MONEY?!" And her flinch, hahaha!!! Perfect scene!

[@richardlawson4317]

I've been in an abbreviated version of that language line; it's not that easy! You really have to concentrate!

[@jimwormmaster]

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"

[@WDH59510]

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 ..

[@tamamoni8908]

This was my favorite scene in the whole series. Iconic and free flowing writing and acting!

[@faithfulforever6331]

Lucy and Vivian Vance dressed so beautifully in this series. Their clothes are classic.

[@joaniesoprano]

One of the best skits ever on TV!

[@GoGo-qi1yr]

...now that's classic, classic writing!!...😉

[@proudasiangirl576]

I have watched this scene a gazillion times. It NEVER gets old. It ALWAYS get a chuckle out of me!

[@jessiemcfarland3666]

This skit was pure genius.

[@DakariKingMykan]

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

[@gleann_cuilinn]

*das ist sehr klug und auch lustig *este es muy inteligente y gracioso también

[@kerllypj7187]

DakariKingMykan *This is .....

[@ikarumizu]

In spanish I'd say: "Está muy ingenioso y divertido también".

[@lizschindlerstarr8780]

en español latino "esto es muy inteligente y divertido tambien"

[@sandrajovic7735]

DakariKingMykan awesomeness, dare I say

[@imjustlucy_29]

I love how the guys even reenact each other’s gestures.

[@shelleynobleart]

Flawless. Brilliant. Still hilarious after 70 years. Bravo to all those involved. Thanks for posting.

[@erinmalone2669]

This is the only scene I’ve remembered for all these years. Super funny and timeless.

[@melirose89]

Genius and legendary ! One of the absolute greatest scenes in the show!

[@ronaldfields9778]

I could watch this scene all day long!!! Every time I watch, it cracks me up!!

[@rdbull5890]

3:33 You can feel Ricky's frustration! All that work and now everyone's right back where they started!

[@svetcovladich9996]

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.

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

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

[@RECamacho4]

This got the best comedy show in history. I never knew how they could keep from laughing during those scenes

[@NeonLeonNoel]

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.

[@dougmontgomery1868]

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.

[@marthaleebailey4798]

Oh, you should post a link! I would

[@15minoflame]

This scene is one of my fav scenes in television . I’m so glad they made it

[@BeckyB11]

This scene makes me laugh outloud every time. After all these years! Thank you, Lucy, Desi, Viv, and Bill!

[@1981deloreanfan]

This is best game of telephone ever!

[@kyokugami5134]

As an aspiring translator this my absolute favorite scene from this series

[@arlenehamby5224]

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

[@christineking8183]

The gift of bilingual languages Lucy’s real lucky.

[@jlei1995]

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. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JoshuaReynolds-b3m]

And to top it off, The classic Tennessee Ernie Ford episodes

[@elfuturomio]

🤣and that's where Spanglish came from🤣

[@confusioneternelle]

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

[@charleneendecavage]

Terrific observation. You're so smart!

[@RocLobo358]

He said hard work he didn't forget. Maybe it's not the best translation of "hard labor"

[@happydayz7857]

One of my favorite scenes from any show.

[@evalex71]

Love the drunk guy

[@georgewang2947]

Tati that explains why he speaks German

[@alexisdiva9]

He was in fact from Argentina originally

[@WDH59510]

@@alexisdiva9 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Padula

[@maximilicich]

🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@deborahpensa5211]

Nobody made us laugh like Lucy. Now God can have some laughs.

[@DakariKingMykan]

What about the Honneymooners?

[@renarga6886]

What about Jerry Lewis, the male version of Lucille Ball?

[@alexisdiva9]

@@DakariKingMykan I loved The Honeymooners as well.

[@davemitchell116]

Of all the hundreds and hundreds of I Love Lucy scenes over the years, this was by far my favorite.

[@feliciawilliams8587]

The funniest episode of I Love Lucy ever!

[@elizabethgrant6836]

One of the funniest things in television history!

[@godsrevolver9737]

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 😂

[@escstuff]

If only today's comedy shows were half as good as this one.

[@jessiemartinez975]

3:54 Lucy's doubletake at the guy drinking his booze. 😂😂😂

[@robertgerlich8352]

Such brilliant casting! And writing!

[@MNT1416]

This scene is even better if you know at least one more of the other languages haha

[@brandonleague3641]

One of my favorite scenes in the history of the show.

[@garrengroom3831]

Truly one of the funniest scenes. So well written. 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣 💃

[@peaceandlove544]

Something like this happened to me outside the ticket office in St Petersburg Russia. I didn't understand where to by tickets nor for a special exhibition nor where to go in, etc, so I was in a line and I that speak Spanish started talking in English to a girl that spoke English and Chinese and her friend spoke only Chinese but the friend of that friend spoke Chinese and Russian. So I started asking all the questions about tickets, exhibition, St Petersburg and it would go through the girls and the last one would answer or go ask at the ticket office and she would tell the girls and than to me. It was soooo 😂😂😂😂 funny. I remembered this I love Lucy for sure.

[@reelsoffortuneslotsplay4267]

Came to this video because of the Frasier episode called "An Affair to Forget" where they had to translate multiple languages...

[@JTforeverL]

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.

[@HerbalMoon17]

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.

[@stevarino1989]

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?

[@charleneendecavage]

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.

[@christinamcqueen8803]

One of the best shows ever!

[@ORF5519]

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.

[@roseprimviolet5852]

Wow that’s like the first time I’ve seen someone talking German in a sitcom...and it’s actually German.

[@vhanderlan]

Simply the best!! I really love Lucy!

[@reginabaker567]

Congratulation to person who came across putting these clippings together, I have found it quite entertaining.An example of this would be like sitting back and watch rerun that really reflect on true comedy. It proceeds through to the reason what led to watching the " I Love Lucy " show.

[@reginabaker567]

One cannot dispute the fact that both Desiderio Alberto Arnaz III and Lucille Desiree Ball became well-known through the moral support in which they gave each other. The fact that appeared from being the reason why the " I Love Lucy show became so popular.

[@SuperC888]

They both have Desi in their names. Desiderio and Desirée

[@ginomoreno5117]

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!

[@lalocadefer]

Esta escena es brillante me encanta

[@juvisage8427]

was it just me or lucille almost laughed at 2:20 ??

[@rafisantos6305]

ju visage yup, she did 😅 you can't deny it was funny af, I'm pretty sure even Lucy enjoyed so much those lines.

[@stevarino1989]

haha you can totally tell she was trying so hard not to break character. Desi often broke character or tried not to laugh a lot of times too. =P

[@vgn135]

One of the funniest scenes on TV, ever.

[@smileysvlogs2505]

I just literally watch the scene and I’m so glad it’s on KZbin I can watch it over and over again it’s so funny

[@ricoludovici2825]

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 KZbin. 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.

[@rgracia633]

Brilliant, simply Brilliant.

[@manu_spawn]

That Argentine accent is so awesome

[@kathyoneill4011]

This is one of the most hilarious scenes I have ever seen! Thanks for uploading!!

[@radiogirl85]

One of the greatest scenes in television.

[@yque4733]

This scene had me DEAD when I first saw it as a small child

[@lyannamillen8095]

This is one of the most hilarious I love lucy scenes!

[@captaincrow6966]

Classic comedy right here loved it 😂