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RIP STEVE LAWRENCE
1935-2024 Steve Lawrence was born Sidney Leibowitz in New York City. Between 1958 and 1960 he served in the US Army and was a vocalist with the US Army Band and Orchestra. After he was discharged, he started his singing career on television, night clubs, and recordings, often with his wife Eydie Gormé, who he…
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LUCY & THE SWANS
BALL, CAPOTE & PALEY The new FX series “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” depicts a world that Lucille Ball knew all too well – wealth, fame and celebrity. Although she does not inhabit the New York Society of Babe Paley, Slim Keith, Ann Woodward, C.Z. Guest, Gloria Guinness and others, she and her Desilu empire lie just…
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ANIMATED LUCY!
Lucille Ball & Animation Lucille Ball worked with many performers, and many of them were just as famous for their voices as their faces! As well as working for Desilu, actors worked for Warner Brothers, Disney, and other producers of animation – some of which is still popular today. DISNEY Walt Disney himself turned up…
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LUCY & THE SUNDAY FUNNIES
A Look at the Comic Strips of the Lucyverse Comic strips and comic books are part of pop culture history – just like Lucy – so it is natural that the two sometimes collided. Here are some examples of popular comics that went from the Sunday funny gage, to the Monday night tv fun! DICK…
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THE FACE IS FAMILIAR… BUT I CAN’T PLACE THE NAME!
Same Actor / Different Character ~ Part 3: “Here’s Lucy” It used to be quite common for actors to be cast in multiple roles on the same series. Not in principal parts, certainly, but in supporting and minor characters. Lucycoms were no exception. Although the world created by these shows was representative of reality, the characters…
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THE FACE IS FAMILIAR… BUT I CAN’T PLACE THE NAME!
Same Actor / Different Character ~ Part 2: “The Lucy Show” It used to be quite common for actors to be cast in multiple roles on the same series. Not in principal parts, certainly, but in supporting and minor characters. Lucycoms were no exception. Although the world created by these shows was representative of reality, the…
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BALLOWEEN ~ Spooky Kooky Lucy!
A Handy Dandy Guide To Halloween in the Lucyverse FILM LURED is a 1947 suspense film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Lucille Ball, George Sanders, and former Frankenstein monster Boris Karloff. SYNOPSIS: Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she’s…
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THE FACE IS FAMILIAR… BUT I CAN’T PLACE THE NAME!
Same Actor / Different Character ~ Part 1: “I Love Lucy” It used to be quite common for actors to be cast in multiple roles on the same series. Not in principal parts, certainly, but in supporting and minor characters. Lucycoms were no exception. Although the world created by these shows was representative of reality,…
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THE NAME IS FAMILIAR… BUT I CAN’T PLACE THE FACE!
Same Character / Different Actor Sometimes circumstances require the recasting of a role on a long-running television show. Unlike soap operas – which often use a voice over to announce that a role has been recast – the change is hardly ever acknowledged on sitcoms. Did recasting happen in the Lucyverse? Yes – but not…
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Lucy in Beverly Hills
Part 2 ~ The Episodes ‘Thank God I’m doing “Lucy” and thanks for “The Beverly Hillbillies”, “Dick Van Dyke”, and the rest.’ ~ Lucille Ball, November 4, 1963, about the value of family-friendly comedy ~ Parallel Universes ~ Sometimes hillbillies turned up on Lucycoms – just not necessarily Beverly Hillbillies. Lucille Ball often blacked out…