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LUCY on KUP
April 22, 1977 “Kup’s Show” aka “The Irv Kupcinet Show” hosted by Irving Kupcinet started life in 1952 as a Chicago-based 15-minute interview show titled “At Random.” At the height of its popularity, the show was syndicated to over 70 stations throughout the United States. The series garnered 15 Emmy Awards along with a Peabody…
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Pop “I Love Lucy” – pre-orders now taken!
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LUCY on DONAHUE
March 15, 1974 Phil Donahue (Host) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1935. After a stint as a TV newsman, he took over a slot on a local television station which became “The Phil Donahue Show.” After moves to Chicago and then New York City, the show ended in 1996. In 1958, Phil Donahue married Marge…
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LUCY on DINAH!
1972-1978 Dinah Shore was born Fannye Rose Shore in 1916. She was a singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era, but achieved even greater success a decade later, in television, mainly as hostess of a series of…
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LUCY on I’VE GOT A SECRET
1956 – 1966 “I’ve Got a Secret” is a panel game show derived from “What’s My Line?.” Instead of celebrity panelists trying to determine a contestant’s occupation, the panel tries to determine a contestant’s ‘secret’; something that is unusual, amazing, embarrassing, or humorous. The show premiered on June 19, 1952 on CBS and ran until…
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RIP Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Philip Roth. His 1969 novel PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT was so popular that a reference to it made its way into “Lucy the Crusader” (HL S3;E5) in October 1970. At a meeting of neighborhood consumer advocates, Lucy Carter asks if anyone has any other complaints, and calls upon Mrs. Pornoy (Kathleen Hughes), who talks…
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RIP Clint Walker ~ who is probably best remembered as the title character in “Cheyenne” (1955-1962), TV’s first hour-long western. In addition to his many film and TV credits, Walker appeared as Lucy Carmichael’s boyfriend, construction worker Frank Winslow in two episodes of “The Lucy Show” (1965 & 1966). In real life, he also had…
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LUCY on WHAT’S MY LINE?
1954-1965 “What’s My Line?” was a panel game show that aired on television from 1950 to 1967 on CBS. The game requires celebrity panelists to question a contestant in order to determine his or her occupation with panelists being called on to identify a weekly celebrity mystery guest. Guests entered and signed-in on a chalk…
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BOB HOPE’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH LUCY
September 23, 1989 Produced & Directed by Ellen Brown Written by Robert L. Mills, Martha Bolton, Jeffrey Barron Lucille Ball (Archival Footage) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in…