Tag: 1960
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BACHELOR GIRL
July 17, 1960 When Lucille Ball divorced Desi Arnaz last spring, her friends were convinced that, for all practical purposes, her public life had come to an end. Life with Lucy, they whispered, would mean seclusion, or at least partial retirement. But Lucy surprised everyone, including herself. Partly because she needed to be busy to…
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TIME PEOPLE: LUCY & DESI
March 14, 1960 PEOPLE When TV’s foremost up-from-the-ranks production tycoons, Cinemactress Lucille Ball and Bandleader Desi Arnaz, were married in 1940, acquaintances of the volatile lovebirds gave their union six months at most before an inevitable explosion would send them on separate ways. Lucy herself doubted that the match was good for six weeks. Last…
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MY THREE SONS at 60!
September 29, 1960 “My Three Sons” was a situation comedy produced at Desilu Studios. It premiered on ABC TV on September 29, 1960 and finished its first run on April 13, 1972, with 380 episodes making it the second-longest running live-action sitcom in TV history after “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett” (1952-66). Seasons 1 through…
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LOOK! LUCY is UNTOUCHABLE!
September 27, 1960 Robert Stack and Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of Look Magazine (volume 24, number 26) on September 27, 1960 in connection with three entertainment articles. The photo of Lucille Ball is credited to Charlotte Brooks. Charlotte Finkelstein Brooks was a staff photographer for Look from 1951 to 1971 and the only woman…
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The ‘Wildcat’ Episode, or, Did Broadway Love Lucy?
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HUMILIATED & UNHAPPY
July 16, 1960 TV Guide ~ July 16-22, 1960 (Vol.8, No.29 & Issue #381) Cover photo by Sherm Weisberg, Fashions by Sacks Fifth Avenue This was Lucille Ball’s tenth (of 39) TV Guide covers. “A VISIT WITH LUCILLE BALL” by Dan Jenkins On January 19, 1953, Desi Arnaz rushed exultantly into the Hollywood Brown Derby,…
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RIP HUGH DOWNS
1921-2020 Hugh Downs was born on February 14, 1921 in Akron, Ohio. A regular television presence from the mid-1940s through to the end of the 1990s, for several years he held the certified Guinness World Record for the most hours on commercial network television, before being surpassed by Regis Philbin. Downs served as announcer/sidekick for “Tonight…
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Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: December 16 | Playbill
Hey Look Me Over! This day (December 16th) in 1960 Lucy finally played Broadway! Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: December 16 | Playbill
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1960 The Ricardos and Mertzes make one last appearance in the new decade. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz divorce, and Lucille has a new movie with Bob Hope, “The Facts of Life.” “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” ~ January 10, 1960 Hedda Hopper had appeared on “The Desilu Revue” (the “Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse” 1959 Christmas special) and in return Lucille…
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“Lucy Meets the Mustache”
(LDCH S3;E3 ~ April 1, 1960) Directed by Desi Arnaz. Written by Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed March 2, 1960 at Desilu Studios, Hollywood. Synopsis ~ Ricky is depressed because he has not been getting any TV offers lately, so Lucy, Fred, and Ethel try to get him a job on Ernie Kovacs’ show. Originally,…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 