Bates RV the largest Airstream dealership in the US. Now showing - The Long, Long Trailer. Clinton Twiss' 1950s novel about a couple who buy a new travel trailer home and spend a year traveling the United States.Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez play newlyweds Tacy and Nicky Collini. Nicky's job keeps him moving around the county. Tacy thinks having their own traveling home, before they were called RVs, is a much better idea than staying in motels and rented rooms.
Nicky is against the idea at first, but when he realizes Tacy is serious, agrees to buy a trailer.
During the film, Nicky learns how to drive 'forty feet of train' through congested city streets and the importance of 'trailer brakes first!' Then he backs the 'rig' over Aunt Anastasia's prize roses.
Tacy tries to cook dinner in the trailer while Nicky drives them to their destination which proves to be a really bad idea.
Along the way she collects rocks as souvenirs of the places she has been, along with lots of canned fruits and vegetables, eventually causing the trailer to be greatly overloaded.
The movie's climax revolves around the hilarity of moving a 28ft, 3 ton trailer up a very steep, narrow mountain road.
All this, of course, leads to hilarious fights and slap stick comedy that will leave you gasping for air every time you laugh.
The Long, Long Trailer is an hilarious comedy and a must see for any serious RV'er. Next time you stop in to see us, don't forget to check it out.
