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00:00The Lucy Show
00:04Starring Lucille Ball
00:07Co-starring Vivian Vance
00:30Ah, me. Me, ah, me. Ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah. Me, ah, ah.
00:59Aunt Viv. What? How come you're practicing?
01:04Oh, our lady's volunteer fire department portet is going to rehearse here tonight.
01:08We just organized it. We're calling ourselves the Four Alarms.
01:15You know, Four Alarm Fire. Get it?
01:20Oh, that's a cute name.
01:22We think so. And at our age, we can hardly call ourselves the Four Freshmen.
01:26Me, ah, ah, ah, ah, me. Ah, ah, ah, ah.
01:37Aunt Viv. Aunt Viv.
01:40How long do you think you'll be rehearsing?
01:43Oh, all evening.
01:44We're going to go up to Albany next week.
01:46We're going to enter the annual ladies' barbershop quartet contest.
01:49Oh, well, if you're going to sing here, I'd better go over to Cynthia's to do my homework.
01:56Hey, wait a minute. What do you mean by that?
01:58Well, I mean if there are going to be three more people who sing like you.
02:04Oh, I'd better help Mom with the dishes.
02:11Me, me, me, me. Ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah.
02:16Mom. Yeah, dear?
02:18I think I'd better go over to Cynthia's to do my homework.
02:21Okay, but why?
02:23Well, I don't think I can concentrate with your quartet practicing here all evening.
02:27Well, that's not my stale quartet. I'm not even in it.
02:30You're not? How come?
02:32They had the nerve to tell me that I don't know how to sing.
02:35Oh, I think you have a lovely voice.
02:38Well, thank you, dear, but apparently I have a voice only a daughter can love.
02:43But you said rain in the shower.
02:44Well, I mentioned that, but they said when the water's not running, my voice leaves a lot to be desired.
02:51Well, I'll bet you sing as good as the rest of them.
02:54Well, actually, they've had a lot more experience, you know.
02:56Dorothy and Grace sing in the church choir,
02:58and Thelma Green says she once appeared in the Third Road Company of Rio Rita.
03:04And, of course, Aunt Viv sang with a band in college.
03:07Did Aunt Viv really sing with a band?
03:09Yeah.
03:10Oh, I didn't know that.
03:11Oh, yeah. Viv keeps telling me she could have been another Wee Bonnie Baker.
03:17Who is Wee Bonnie Baker?
03:20Oh, she was a big singing star.
03:22She made her biggest hit when she sang,
03:25Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny, how you can love.
03:29Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny, heaven's above.
03:33That was a big hit.
03:38Yeah, that was a big hit.
03:39Why?
03:40Well, you'll understand when you try to explain to your daughter
03:43what was so hot about Elvis Presley singing,
03:46You ain't nothing but a howl dog.
03:49You ain't nothing but a howl dog.
03:52Oh, Mom.
03:52Well, you will.
03:54Are you disappointed that you're not in the quartet?
03:56Oh, heavens no.
03:58I couldn't care less.
04:00Well, bye, Mom.
04:01Bye-bye, honey. Don't be too late now.
04:02No, I won't.
04:19Hi, Thelma. Hi, Dorothy.
04:22Where's Grace?
04:22Grace isn't coming.
04:24We've got terrible news. Tragedy has struck.
04:27What?
04:28Grace has to drop out of the quartet.
04:30Why?
04:30Oh, her husband's company is transferring him to California, and he has to leave right away.
04:35And she has the nerve to want to go along with her husband and four children.
04:40Leaving our quartet high and dry.
04:43I never knew a soprano you could trust.
04:47Well, who can we get to take her place?
04:50Yes, who?
04:51Hi, girls.
04:53Hi, Lucy.
04:54Well, I know you have a lot of rehearsing to do, so I'll leave you alone.
04:58Oh, now, let's see.
05:00There must be someone we can get to take Grace's place in our quartet.
05:09Yeah, but who?
05:16They don't have barbershop trios, do they?
05:19Oh, no.
05:19And even if they did, we all sing harmony.
05:22We need somebody to take melody.
05:24Yes, we need somebody that'll sing melody.
05:28Lucy, we're trying to think of a singer to take Grace's part.
05:39So would you please stop all that noise, dear?
05:41Let's see.
05:58What other women are in our volunteer fire department?
06:01Um, what about Pauline Lopez?
06:02Oh, no.
06:03She could never get away with those seven kids.
06:06That's right.
06:06Even before she comes to a fire, she has to find a babysitter.
06:14Listen, what about Barbara Cushing?
06:17She's the soloist in our choir.
06:18She has a beautiful voice.
06:20But she's not a member of the volunteer fire department.
06:22Oh, that's right.
06:24Good try.
06:24Keep thinking.
06:26Where's the fire?
06:29Well, there isn't any fire, but I know who you can get to replace Grace.
06:32Well, it's someone who isn't moving to California, and someone who sings melody, and someone who doesn't have any babysitter problem, and someone who is a member of the Women's Volunteer Fire Department.
06:46Who is it?
06:47Give us her name.
06:48Down by the old hill street.
06:53Her name, her name.
07:00Well, if you three are so dense, I don't know if I want to be in your darned old quartet.
07:05You?
07:06You?
07:06You?
07:07Yes, me, me, me.
07:11Oh, I don't know, Lucy.
07:18What do you say, girls?
07:19Well, I...
07:20Well, now, her voice isn't too bad.
07:22It isn't good, but it's not bad.
07:24Well, if we don't take her, we won't be able to go to Albany.
07:27Well, it...
07:28Well, there isn't anybody else.
07:30She's better than nothing.
07:34Okay, Lucy, you're in.
07:35Oh, thank you!
07:37Thank you!
07:38Hey, we better start rehearsing.
07:39Yeah, girls, we gotta get rehearsing right now if we're going up to Albany and get a hold of that little old cup.
07:43Now, line up right over here.
07:44Line up according to size, because that makes the sound a lot better.
07:47Lucy!
07:47Lucy!
07:49Lucy!
07:50Well, um, why did you decide it to sing?
07:56Well, actually, we hadn't come to any decision yet.
07:59I still think we should sing Moonlight Bay.
08:01Oh, but the light of the silvery moon has such good harmony.
08:04Yeah, but Red Revd Robin, is that that, you know...
08:06Hey, hey, I know, I know.
08:07Be My Bumblebee.
08:08That's a wonderful old number.
08:09Has a great arrangement for quartet.
08:11And it's not...
08:11You're not one of those things like Red Red Robin.
08:13You know, everybody and his brother sings.
08:15Lucy!
08:16Lucy!
08:18Well, now, it's really up to you three to decide.
08:22Let's try By the Light of the Silvery Moon.
08:24Okay.
08:24By the Light of the Silvery Moon.
08:27All righty.
08:28Here's your note, Dorothy.
08:29Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
08:35By the Light of the Silvery Moon.
08:43I want to spoon to my honey a...
08:48Oh, my...
08:49What's the matter?
08:54Well, are you gonna sing or not?
08:56I was singing.
08:58You were?
08:59Yes.
09:00Well, I couldn't hear you.
09:01No, I couldn't either.
09:02I was singing.
09:03Okay, let's try it again.
09:05Now, sing out.
09:06All right.
09:06Let's go.
09:10By the Light of the Silvery Moon.
09:16I want to spoon to my honey a...
09:21Now, don't tell me you couldn't hear me that time either.
09:27You sing too soft.
09:29I do not.
09:30You three sing too loud.
09:32Well, I was singing as loud as I could.
09:35It's not how loud you sing.
09:37It's how much you project.
09:39Project?
09:40Yes, you gotta throw out your voice.
09:42Well, let's not get nasty.
09:47Oh, listen, girls.
09:48Let's just forget the whole thing.
09:49Let's forget the whole thing.
09:50Oh, no.
09:51Now, wait a minute, Viv.
09:52Why don't you sing my number?
09:53You'll be able to hear me on my number.
09:55Be my bumblebee.
09:56I got it right here.
09:57Look, Viv.
09:57You play that.
09:58You sing right there.
09:59I sing right here.
10:00Here, give me my first note.
10:01You'll be able to hear me on this one.
10:03It's a very good name.
10:04Come on.
10:04Be.
10:05Be, be, be, be, be, be.
10:07Be.
10:07La, la, la, la.
10:09Are you ready?
10:10Be.
10:10Be my little baby bumblebee.
10:17Buzz around, buzz around, buzz around.
10:19Bring home all your honey love to me.
10:22Buzz around, buzz around, buzz around.
10:24Let me spend the happy hours.
10:27Buzz.
10:28Growing with you monster flowers.
10:30Buzz.
10:30When we get a little cat, we'll get clean.
10:33Buzz around, buzz around, buzz around.
10:36Be my little baby bumblebee.
10:38Uh, don't tell me you couldn't hear me that time.
10:44Oh, don't you bet your sweet life we could hear you that time.
10:48Don't you think those parts are a little unevenly divided?
10:53I admit you could hear me.
10:54Oh, we could hear you all right.
10:56Well, I don't know about you two, but I'm certainly not going clear up to Albany just to be a buzzer.
11:01You're right.
11:03That number doesn't be a quartet.
11:05All it needs is a soprano and a hive.
11:10I still say we should forget the whole thing.
11:12Let's just forget the whole thing.
11:13Forget it.
11:13You want me to...
11:14Wait a minute, Thelma.
11:15Thelma, what did you say about projecting?
11:18We said you didn't do it.
11:20Well, would it help if I learned how?
11:22Well, sure it would help, but how could you?
11:24Hey, my vocal coach is here in town.
11:27I bet he could teach her how to sing properly and to project.
11:30Sure he could.
11:31Well, now, it may be worth a try.
11:33Sure it's worth a try.
11:34It's our only chance.
11:35Yeah, it's your only chance.
11:36I'll call Dr. Gidham first thing in the morning.
11:38No, no, no.
11:39Call him right now.
11:40But it's so late.
11:41Well, well, that's just it.
11:42We haven't got a moment to lose.
11:44You know how bad I am.
11:47You're right.
11:47Dr. Gitterman, how do you do?
12:10I'm Lucy Carmichael.
12:11Yes.
12:11Thelma tells me we've got a little problem.
12:13By next week, she wants me to get some power into that little tiny voice of yours.
12:18Oh, well, I don't know that I have such a little tiny voice.
12:21Oh, would you mind giving me a sample?
12:24Uh, down by the old mill street.
12:31We haven't a moment to lose.
12:37Now, the first thing I teach my pupils is correct posture.
12:40Well, but Dr. Gitterman, wouldn't you like to take off your coat?
12:42We haven't got that much time.
12:45I can't have time to take off your coat.
12:47First thing I teach my pupils is correct posture.
12:49Now, let me see you stand, please.
12:51Yes, sir.
12:54Is that your posture?
12:58Well, it sure looks like mine.
13:01Well, now, if you want to be a singer, you're going to have to learn to stand up straight.
13:07Not quite so stiff.
13:08You've got to learn, you've got to learn to relax.
13:11Now, do as I do.
13:12Here, now, completely relax your entire body.
13:17Imagine yourself, imagine yourself a marionette.
13:21You have absolutely no control over your actions.
13:24Someone is pulling the strings, and you must do exactly as he said.
13:30Mrs. Carmichael, what are you doing?
13:39I think there's a new man on the strings.
13:45Well, now that we've got you relaxed, let's get back to your posture.
13:48Now, stand straight, but remain relaxed.
13:50Yes, sir.
13:50Now, that, that is the correct posture for the singer.
13:53Yes, sir.
13:54Now, the next thing we want to discuss is breathing.
13:57Yes, sir.
13:57Oh, yes.
13:58The breath is most important.
14:00The breath, after all, is that power that operates the vocal cords.
14:03Where do you breathe?
14:04Oh, anywhere I happen to be at the...
14:06Correct placement of the breath on the vocal cords is very important.
14:14You see, it's that that produces the, the proper tonal quality.
14:19Yes, sir.
14:20Now, sit down over here and relax, please.
14:22The breath hitting the vocal cords at exactly the right spot the nature intended will give
14:28you a sound like this.
14:32You scared me.
14:34Now, that's maybe a sound I'd like you to imitate.
14:39That is very good.
14:45You shall promise.
14:47Now, I want you to chew your tongue and hum.
14:52Chew my tongue and hum.
14:59That loosens the vocal cords.
15:05Now, at the same time, same time, I want you to think of your voice as an umbrella that
15:09closes and opens like this.
15:11Now, continue to chew your tongue and hum.
15:12Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
15:22My umbrella wouldn't open.
15:37We'll try the vowels now.
15:39The vowels?
15:39The vowels.
15:40A-A-O-U.
15:44With me, please.
15:46A-A-O-U.
15:50A-A-O-U.
15:52Fast.
15:52I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! I-A-O-U! All aboard!
16:14You see that, that sounded like a train pulling out of the station, you know, that sound?
16:18Now, I'd like you to try another one.
16:24Ooga!
16:27Ooga!
16:29Ooga!
16:31Ooga!
16:33Ooga!
16:35Ooga!
16:37A-Ooga!
16:39A-Ooga!
16:40O-Ooga!
16:42O-Ooga!
16:44O-Ooga!
16:46O-Ooga!
16:48O-Ooga!
16:49O-Ooga!
16:50O-Ooga!
16:51O-Ooga!
16:52O-Ooga!
16:53O-Ooga!
16:54O-Ooga!
16:55I'm not doing it right at all, Mrs. Carmichael.
16:57You're not using your glasses!
16:59I didn't even know I had one!
17:05I'm sorry.
17:06Perhaps I've been going along a little too rapidly for you.
17:08Sure am.
17:10Let's try something else now, shall we?
17:12All right.
17:13Now, to breathe correctly, you must...
17:16You must use the suction power of your lungs.
17:19Yes, sir.
17:20Now, I will tell you what I want you to do.
17:21I want you to take a deep breath and hold it.
17:23Now, take a very deep breath.
17:24Yes, sir.
17:26Hold it.
17:29Deep breath?
17:30Hold it.
17:31Oh!
17:32Hi.
17:33Oh, hi, Dr. Gitterman.
17:34Oh, hello, Selma.
17:35How are you?
17:36Fine.
17:37Thanks.
17:38You there?
17:39I'd like you to meet the other members.
17:41Thank you, thanks.
17:44This is Dorothy Gitterman.
17:46Well, how's our pupil coming?
17:59Well, I think we can show a little progress.
18:02What's the matter with her?
18:03Huh?
18:04Oh, I forgot, Mrs. Carmichael.
18:05Let's see!
18:06Hey!
18:07Oh, I'm so sorry.
18:10I forgot about you.
18:12And I must say, I'm amazed at how long you were able to hold your breath.
18:16You must have very powerful lungs.
18:19All right.
18:20We'll do that.
18:21Let's show our friends what we've done, huh?
18:22All right.
18:23All right.
18:24We'll do that.
18:25And let's show our friends what we've done, huh?
18:28All right.
18:29Sit down.
18:31Remember everything I've taught you.
18:34The posture.
18:35Yes.
18:36Now, the relax.
18:37Yes.
18:38Remember the...
18:39Remember the proper breathing.
18:40And chew your tongue and hum.
18:42And the umbrella.
18:44All the correct total quality.
18:46Now, hit this.
18:47Come on now.
18:48Let's do it.
18:49Come on.
18:50Come on.
18:51Anyway, here we go.
18:52Oh!
18:58Wow!
19:01Yes!
19:02It's all?
19:03Woo!
19:04Woo!
19:05Woo!
19:06Woo!
19:07Woo!
19:08Woo!
19:09Woo!
19:11Woooo!
19:12Wooooa!
19:14Wooooow!
19:15Wooooow!
19:16careful now don't strain that
19:29are you nervous lucy no why should i be well it's the first time you've ever sung in public
19:37well i gotta start someplace who's that come in hi hi hi hurry up we've got to be at the auditorium
19:44in ten minutes i understand there are going to be three thousand people in the audience
19:48three thousand people oh oh dorothy oh i'm so nervous my knees are knocking together
19:55i've got butterflies in my stomach i've got butterflies and their knees are knocking
20:00together how are you
20:03lucy are you all right i'll be all right right after i faint
20:12you're not gonna faint that's right i'm not gonna faint good girl i'm gonna be sick
20:19oh no you're not we've got to get to that auditorium and get dressed
20:24oh three thousand people oh don't let that bother you think of them as just one person
20:31just one person with six thousand eyes
20:35come on now lucy you just got a little stage fright yeah i just got a little stage fright
20:41it's normal to feel nervous yeah it's normal to feel nervous well you'll be fine once you
20:45step out on that stage and start singing our song what song
20:50the song we're gonna sing in the contest in about ten minutes what contest
20:55she's drawing a blank lucy you know the song we've been rehearsing by the light of the silvery moon
21:02by the what oh by the light of the silvery moon by the light of the silvery moon
21:10oh that's a catchy little two what is that
21:13lucy come on now you know how badly you wanted to join our quartet remember now you know that don't you
21:19no you remember dr getterman no dr getterman the voice teacher was going to teach you to sing so
21:25you could sing in the contest dr getterman getterman the voice teacher that's it the one that taught
21:29that's the one dr getterman you're going to sing by the light of the silvery moon
21:33you're going to confess that oh that's it now
21:35by the light of the silvery moon
21:39oh mooga
21:40mooga
21:41mooga
21:42mooga
21:43mooga
21:44mooga
21:45mooga
21:46you got it honey
21:47by
21:48by the light
21:49by the silvery moon
21:51mooga
21:52mooga
21:53come on
21:54now for our last quartet
22:00from the dantia women's volunteer fire department
22:04the four alarms
22:06place park scene dark silvery moon is shining through the trees cast two
22:35two
22:36me
22:37you
22:38sound of kisses floating on the breeze
22:42act
22:43one
22:44be
22:45gun
22:46dialogue
22:47where would you like to spoon
22:50my
22:51clue
22:52with
22:53you
22:54underneath the silvery moon
22:59by the light
23:01by the light
23:02by the light
23:03by the light
23:04by the light
23:05by the light
23:06of the silvery moon
23:07silvery moon
23:08silvery moon
23:09silvery moon
23:10silvery moon
23:11silvery moon
23:12i want to spoon
23:13want to spoon
23:14want to spoon
23:15want to spoon
23:16want to spoon
23:17want to spoon
23:18want to spoon
23:19want to spoon
23:20want to spoon
23:21want to spoon
23:22want to spoon
23:23want to spoon
23:24Your silvery beams will bring love's dreams
23:31We'll be cuddling soon
23:35By the silvery moon
23:42The silvery moon
23:51The silvery moon
24:12Come on on the stage
24:16Our judges have just handed me their decision
24:22And the winners are from Danfield
24:23The Four Alarms
24:25Thank you, thank you
24:30I know that you all join me in wishing the Four Alarms
24:35All the luck in the world
24:36When they appear in the national finals in New York City
24:39Which will be televised from coast to coast
24:42And seen by the entire nation
24:44The entire nation
24:50Yes
24:51Now let's see
24:53She'll be fine
24:57She'll be great in the finals
25:09She'll be fine
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