June 4, 1966
Lucille Ball was one of ten stars who were on the cover of the Chicago Tribune’s TV Week Tenth Anniversary issue for the week of June 4, 1966.
1. BOZO the CLOWN ~ was first played by Pinto Colvig, who voiced dogs for “The Lucy Show” in 1964.
The Chicago Bozo franchise was the most popular and successful locally produced children’s program in the history of television. WGN-TV’s “Bozo’s Circus” debuted on September 11, 1961.
2. LEE PHILLIP ~ From 1955 to 1982 in Chicago, “The Lee Phillip Show” tackled rarely considered social problems. The show quickly became a fixture in Chicago daytime television, drawing many celebrity guests including Lucille Ball on April 21, 1977.
3. LASSIE ~ is one of the most famous canine characters in history, appearing in books, radio, television, and films. The television series was filmed by Desilu studios, although they did not produce the show. Lassie made a guest appearance on “The Desilu Revue”, a holiday special in 1959. Lassie was first mentioned by Lucy Ricardo in “The Young Fans” (ILL S1;E20).
4. JACKIE GLEASON ~ was one of Lucille Ball’s favorite comic actors. His series “The Honeymooners” ran concurrently with “I Love Lucy.” Ball collaborated with Gleason on several occasions, although they never made their dream project – the story of Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell.
5. BILL COSBY ~ In 1968, former Emmy-winner Bill Cosby presented Lucille Ball with an Emmy. In 1966 he was the star of “I Spy.”
6. RED SKELTON ~ Found kinship with Lucille Ball through their shared hair color! The two appeared in several films together, and he guest-starred as himself on “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in 1959.
7. LUCILLE BALL ~ was then preparing her first location-filmed special “Lucy in London” as well as the fifth season of “The Lucy Show”.
8. ROBERT VAUGHN ~ was known for playing the role of Napoleon Solo in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” In “Lucy and the Undercover Agent” (TLS S4;E10) aired on November 22, 1965, there was a reference to Vaughn’s character: Agent Zoorkin (Jack Cassidy) answers his cigarette case telephone and says “Napoleon who? You’ve got the wrong number!”
9. ROBERT GOULET ~ was then appearing in a World War II series “Blue Light”. He was best known for playing Lancelot in the Broadway musical Camelot. In October 1967, he played himself (and two doppelgangers) on an episode of “The Lucy Show.”
10. LIZ MONTGOMERY (aka ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY) ~ was the star of the phenomenally successful sitcom “Bewitched” from 1964 to 1972. Montgomery was married to Bill Asher, who had directed more than 100 episodes of “I Love Lucy,” and directed and produced “Bewitched”, often borrowing moments from “Lucy” as well as many of the actors he worked with on her show.
On Monday, June 6, 1966, CBS aired a re-run of “The Lucy Show” (here called “Lucy”). “Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere” (TLS S4;E20) first aired on February 7, 1966
On Wednesday, June 8, 1966, Chicago’s channel 7 ran Lucille Ball’s 1946 film Dark Corner at 10:30pm.
Lucile Ball was a popular cover girl for the Chicago Trib’s TV Week. Other covers include: September 1956, November 1956, November 1957, October 1963, May 1964, January 1965, March 1966, December 1967, May 1970, and June 1976.
The headline for that day’s Chicago Tribune. From June 3 to June 6, 1966, the Gemini 9A mission was in space flown by Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan. Due to Cernan’s health, the space walk was not accomplished.
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