RIP Reverend Billy Graham (1918-2018) ~ who was mentioned in “Lucy and Johnny Carson” (HL S2;E11).

Crashing dinner at the Brown Derby with Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon, Lucy Carter confuses a report by Walter Cronkite (left) about campus unrest with “The Tonight Show.”  Lucy then confuses an Ed Sullivan (center) routine about a boxing kangaroo with Carson’s monologue. As the final insult, Lucy confuses Johnny’s nightly sign off with that of the Reverend Billy Graham (right).  

In the 1991 TV biopic Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter, written by William Luce and Cynthia Cherbak, Lucy (Frances Fisher) asks Desi (Maurice Bernard), 

“How come your little black book`s thicker than Billy Graham`s Bible?"