1983 & 1984
Still under contract to NBC, Lucille Ball is featured on most of Bob Hope’s many specials. She also fills her time playing charades on game shows. 1984 ends with an all-star party to honor Lucy.
“4th
Annual TV Guide Special: 1982 – The Year in Television” ~ January 24, 1983
Lucille Ball receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from ‘the kid’, Carol Burnett.
“On the Road to Hollywood – Part II” ~ March 2, 1983
A tribute to the film career of Bob Hope, with clips from many of his films and appearances by many of his female co-stars, including Lucille Ball, Dorothy Lamour, Martha Rae, Jane Russell and others.
“Happy
Birthday, Bob: A Salute to Bob Hope’s 80th Birthday” ~ May 23, 1983
Bob Hope returns to the site of his 75th Birthday Special, the Kennedy Center, for another three hour special. Lucille Ball, George
Burns, Kathryn Crosby, George C. Scott, and Jim Henson were also a
part of the 1978 program.
“The
Television Academy Hall of Fame” ~ March 4, 1984
Lucille Ball is in the first group inducted into the Television Hall of Fame, along with Barbara Walters, Milton Berle, David Sarnoff, William Paley, Norman Lear, and Edward R. Murrow. Carol Burnett presents the award to Lucille.
“Who Makes the World Laugh? ~ Part 2″ ~ April 4, 1984
Bob
Hope is joined by Lucille Ball, George Burns, Paul Rodriguez and
Mickey Rooney for a fond look at the talented and funny men and women
who make the world laugh.
“The
American Parade” ~ April 24, 1984
A primetime CBS news magazine show led by Charles Kuralt and Bill Moyers.
“Body
Language” ~ September 11-14, 1984
Tom Kennedy hosts a week with Lucille Ball and Charles Nelson Reilly.
“The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards” ~ September 23, 1984
Hall of Fame winner Lucille Ball is a presenter.
“Bob
Hope’s Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars” ~ September 28, 1984
Lucille Ball tells Bob Hope – with a fair amount of embellishment for comedic effect – her audition for the role of Scarlet O’Hara in the 1939 film Gone With The Wind.
“The
Tonight Show” ~ December 3, 1984
Johnny and Ed are off, so Joan Rivers (guest host), Doc Severinson (guest announcer), Tommy Newsom (guest bandleader) welcome Lucille Ball, Sandy Duncan, Morgan Fairchild, and Betty White.
“All Star
Party for Lucille Ball” ~ December 9, 1984
Variety Clubs International salutes Lucille Ball. At Lucy’s center table is her husband Gary Morton, Frank and Barbara Sinatra, Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, Jimmy and Gloria Stewart, Cary Grant and Barbara Harris. Taped on November 18 at Warner Brothers Studios.
“Body Language” ~ December 24, 26-28, 1984
Tom Kennedy hosts ‘Celebrity Week’ for the holidays featuring Lucille Ball, Richard Simmons, Isabel Sanford (”The Jeffersons”), and Robert Morse.
Also in 1983…
“Late Night with David Letterman” ~ May 23, 1983
The same night (and network) as Lucille Ball appears on “Happy Birthday, Bob” (see above), Desi Arnaz is David Letterman’s guest on his late night show. He sings “I’ll See You in C.U.B.A” with Marco Rizzo at the piano. Although Lucille Ball does not appear (there is a still photo of Lucy and Desi in “I Love Lucy”), Jack Paar does a quick walk-on cameo.
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