TV PREVUE & MORE!

December 29, 1957

On December 29, 1957, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV Prevue, a television listings supplement to the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times. 

Inside, it lists the premiere of “Lucy Hunts Uranium” on January 3, 1958, part of the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”.  The episode guest-starred Fred MacMurray and featured his wife, June Haver. 

It was also a busy week for Lucille Ball films on television with various stations airing Beauty
for the Asking (1939), Dance
Girl Dance (1940), Best
Foot Forward (1943), Du Barry
Was A Lady (1943), Bunker
Bean (1936), Easy
Living (1949), Ziegfeld
Follies (1945), and The Dark Corner (1946). 

The Los Angeles Times asked several celebrities to comment on the past year, and look ahead to 1958. Lucille Ball said that the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” allowed her six months off to spend with her family and that she had no reason to be bored.

On this date in many newspapers, it was announced that Lucille Ball was selected as one of the most successful people of 1957 in the area of Business. She was alongside such company as world leaders Queen Elizabeth and Eleanor Roosevelt.  In the area of entertainment, Ingrid Bergman took top honors. 

In an exclusive with TV Graphic of the Pittsburgh Press, Lucille Ball commented on her “perky pan’s wide repertoire of emotions” with photos from the upcoming “Lucy Hunts Uranium”. 

This TV column mention discussed Desilu’s purchase of RKO, which happened in late 1957 and was formalized by January 1, 1958. Happy New Year, indeed!