March 1, 1969
For its March 1st, 1969 cover, TV Guide (volume 17, #9) ran a color photo of Lucy with her children, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnaz. The cover photo is by John Engstead.
John Engstead (1909-1983) was an was born in California, and began his career in 1926 when he was hired as an office boy by Paramount Pictures. He photographed Lucille Ball for the cover of Time in 1952. Engstead closed his studio in 1970 but continued to accept assignments until his death at age 72.
The inside article is titled “Just Like The Kids Next Door…If Your Neighbor is an Orang-Haired Millionairess Whose Offspring are Television Stars” by Leslie Raddatz. In the table of contents, the article is more modestly titled “Lucy’s Kids”.
On the same date this TV Guide was dated, a Pottsville Pennsylvania newspaper excerpted information from Raddatz’s article as column filler. The byline says Radnor (PA) because that is where TV Guide’s national headquarters was located.
This magazine hit the newsstands the week that “Lucy’s Safari” (HL S1;E22) premiered on March 3, 1969. At this time CBS was airing reruns of “The Lucy Show” at 10am Monday through Friday.
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