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• CAROLE COOK, LUCILLE BALL’S FRIEND & PROTEGE, GUEST STAR ON MANY EPISODES OF “THE LUCY SHOW” AND “HERE’S LUCY,” IS MAKING HER RETURN TO NYC AT FEINSTEIN’S / 54 BELOW JUNE 19 & 20, 2018 at 7:00 PM.

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 24, 2018

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  54 Below, Cabaret, Carole Cook, Feinstein’s, Lucille Ball

• LUCY GETS HER WIRES CROSSED

  S1;E4 ~ October 18, 1986 [Photos © Getty Images] Directed by Peter Baldwin ~ Written by Linda Morris and Vic Rauseo Synopsis With competition from other hardware stores, Lucy gets Curtis booked on a morning TV show as Mr. Fix-It. Lucy goes along as his helper and ends up gluing herself to everyone! Regular Cast…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 24, 2018

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  1986, ABC, Ann Dusenberry, Brad Gorman, Carol Burnett, D.D. Howard, Dick Gautier, Donovan Scott, Downtown, Gale Gordon, Gary Morton, Jenny Lewis, Kelly Martin, Larry Anderson, Life With Lucy, Linda Morris, Lucille Ball, Miami Vice, Pasadena, Peter Baldwin, Philip Amelio, Reva Rose, Tom Williams, tv, Vic Rauseo, Wendell Willkie

• RIP Nanette Fabray ~ Who starred with Lucille Ball in the 1974 teleplay “Happy Anniversary and Goodbye”.  She was 97 years old.  

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 24, 2018

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  1974, Happy Anniversary and Goodbye, Lucille Ball, Nanette Fabray, tv

• LUCY AND THE GUARD GOOSE

  Unaired Episode {originally scheduled for broadcast November 22, 1986} [Photos © Getty Images] Directed by Peter Baldwin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Martin Synopsis When the M&B Hardware is robbed, Lucy rents a goose to guard the store!   Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Barker), Gale Gordon (Curtis McGibbon), Ann Dusenberry (Margo Barker…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 23, 2018

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  1986, ABC, Ann Dusenberry, Bob Carroll Jr., Bruce Springsteen, Charles Levin, Donovan Scott, Gale Gordon, Goose, guard goose, Here’s Lucy, I love lucy, Jenny Lewis, Larry Anderson, Life With Lucy, Lou Cuttell, Lucille Ball, Madelyn Davis, Mick Jagger, Peter Baldwin, Philip Amelio, The Cry of the Wild Goose, The Lucy Show, The Twelve Days of Christmas, TIp O’Neill, Tom Williams, tv, You Can’t Always Get What You Want

• ONE GOOD GRANDPARENT DESERVES ANOTHER

  S1;E1 ~ September 20, 1986 Directed by Peter Baldwin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Martin Synopsis Widow Lucy Barker moves in with her daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren. She immediately clashes with her her brother-in-law Curtis, with whom she is part-owner of a hardware store. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Barker) was…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 22, 2018

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  1986, ABC, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dusenberry, Bea Arthur, Bob Carroll Jr., Cam McCullough, Donovan Scott, eydie gorme, Gale Gordon, Gary Allen, Hardware Store, Heart of the City, Irma Kusely, Jenny Lewis, Larry Anderson, Life With Lucy, Lucille Ball, Madelyn Martin, Michael Q. Martin, Murder She Wrote, Nick at Nite, Pasadena, Peter Baldwin, Philip Amelio, Ruth Kobart, South Pasadena, The Ellen Burstyn Show, The Golden Girls, Thomas J. Watson

• RIP Reverend Billy Graham (1918-2018) ~ who was mentioned in “Lucy and Johnny Carson” (HL S2;E11). Crashing dinner at the Brown Derby with Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon, Lucy Carter confuses a report by Walter Cronkite (left) about campus unrest with “The Tonight Show.”  Lucy then confuses an Ed Sullivan (center) routine about a boxing kangaroo with…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 21, 2018

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  Billy Graham, Desi Arnaz, Ed McMahon, Ed Sullivan, Frances Fisher, Here’s Lucy, Johnny Carson, Lucille Ball, Lucy and Desi Before The Laughter, Maurice Bernard, The Brown Derby, The Tonight Show, Walter Cronkite

• CUT!  PRINT!  THAT’S A WRAP!

  A photo-revue farewell to “Here’s Lucy” (1968-1974) THANKS FOR READING!

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 20, 2018

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  Ann-Margret, Carol Burnett, CBS, Coby Ruskin, David Frost, Desi Arnaz Jr., Dinah Shore, Eddie Albert, Ernie Ford, Fernando Lamas, Gale Gordon, Gertsman, Here’s Lucy, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft, Sitcom, Tennessee Ernie Ford, tv, Vanda Barra

• Happy 90th Birthday to Frank Gorey, Lucille Ball’s friend and chauffeur (lower left).  He is surrounded by (left to right): Thomas J. Watson (writer), Lucie Arnaz, Wanda Clark (Lucille Ball’s personal secretary), and Michael Stern (writer).  

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 19, 2018

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  Frank Gorey, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Michael Stern, Thomas J. Watson, Wanda Clark

• LUCY’S BEST (& THE REST)

  After 144 episodes of “Here’s Lucy”, here are my favorite and my least favorite episodes of the series.  Your level of enjoyment may vary!   THE BEST: FIVE-HEART EPISODES (in order of broadcast) “Lucy Visits Jack Benny” (S1;E2 ~ September 30, 1968) The second episode aired, but possibly the first filmed, features the Arnaz’s neighbor and friend,…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 19, 2018

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  Arte Johnson, Carole Cook, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., Elizabeth Taylor, Elsa Lanchester, Gale Gordon, Here’s Lucy, Howard Keel, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Maren, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Richard Burton, tv, Vivian Vance

• BLOOPERS, GOOFS & WTFS!

  Like any TV show, “Here’s Lucy” had its share of technical and character mistakes – from the barely noticeable to the things that made viewers say “Huh?”  YOU CRACK ME UP! Lucille Ball rarely dropped character – but in this case Phil Harris ad libbed a line that caused Lucy to laugh out loud. The pair had…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 18, 2018

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  Art Linkletter, bloopers, Borrego Springs, CBS, errors, gaffes, Gale Gordon, goofs, Here’s Lucy, LBP, Liberace, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Wickes, mistakes, penguins, Phil Harris, Reta Shaw, Roy Roberts, The Remnants, Tony Randall, Topanga Canyon, tv, Vivian Vance