Tag: 1970

• 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…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 23, 2018

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  1970, CBS, Here’s Lucy, Kathleen Hughes, Lucille Ball, Lucy the Crusader, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, tv

• LUCY STOPS A MARRIAGE

  S3;E16 ~ December 28, 1970 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Frank Gill Jr. and Vincent Bogart Synopsis Harry makes a business deal with an old high school flame (Jayne Meadows) to invest $100,000 in Carter’s Unique Employment Agency.  Lucy somehow thinks Harry is going to marry her instead, and goes to outrageous lengths…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 5, 2017

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  1970, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., Frank GIll Jr., Franklin Roosevelt, Gale Gordon, Gold Diggers of 1933, Here’s Lucy, Jack Donohue, Jayne Meadows, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucy Stops A Marriage, Marcel De La Brosse, Smokey Bear, sonny & cher, spider face, tv, Vincent Bogart

• LUCY AND MA PARKER

  S3;E15 ~ December 21, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Larry Rhine and Lou Derman Synopsis When a woman and two children mysteriously move in next door, Lucy discovers that they’re a band of criminals led by Ma Parker. Reporting it to the police, Lucy is recruited to impersonate Ma Parker and help…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 4, 2017

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  1970, Billy Curtis, Boyd Red Morgan, Carole Cook, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., Emile Autuori, Gale Gordon, gangster, grapefruit, Harry Hickox, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Jerry Maren, Larry Rhine, little people, Lollipop Guild, Lou Derman, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Ma Barker, Marc Lawrence, Mickey Martin, mobster, Orwin C. Harvey, Soupy Sales, Stafford Repp, The Wizard of Oz, Tony Dante, tv

• LUCY, THE PART-TIME WIFE

  S3;E14 ~ December 14, 1970 Directed by Ross Martin ~ Written by Larry Rhine and Lou Derman Synopsis Harry is panicked when he thinks an old college girlfriend wants to marry him, so he recruits Lucy to pretend to be his wife – complete with two teenage kids and another one on the way! Regular…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 3, 2017

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  1970, Annabel, Billy Benedict, Carole Cook, CBS, Eddie Quillan, Gale Gordon, Gary Morton, Here’s Lucy, Jean Willes, Larry Rhine, Lou Derman, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Nurse, Patton, Pickles and Ice Cream, pregnant, Ross Martin, steam cabinet, The Affairs of Annabel, tv

• LUCY LOSES HER COOL

  S3;E13 ~ December 7, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer Synopsis Lucy goes on the Art Linkletter show and is challenged not to lose her temper for 24 hours in order to win $500.  Little does she know that her friends and family are all in on the…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 2, 2017

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  1970, Art Linkletter, banana peel, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., Gale Gordon, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Jack Berle, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, Leoda RIchards, Leon Altman, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Luree Wiese, Mary Jane Croft, Milt Josefsberg, Paul King, Playboy Magazine, Post Toasties, Ray Singer, Richard Erdman, Scott Garrett, supermarket, temper, The Art Linkletter Show, tv, Vanda Barra, Vivian Vance, Walter Smith

• LUCY AND THE DIAMOND CUTTER

  S3;E10 ~ November 16, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Al Schwartz Synopsis An eccentric rich old lady wants her valuable but cursed diamond cut so Harry offers Lucy’s home for the diamond cutter (Wally Cox) to work. But the Carter house is full of dangerous distractions that threaten to…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 30, 2017

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  1970, Al Schwartz, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., diamond, diamond cutter, Gale Gordon, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Katzenjammer Kids, Little Old Lady, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Wickes, Milt Josefsberg, Ruth McDevitt, Steve March, trap door, tv, Wally Cox

• LUCY CUTS VINCENT’S PRICE

  S3;E9 ~ November 9, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Martin Ragaway Synopsis Lucy mistakenly buys a painting at an auction and brings it to art connoisseur actor Vincent Price to be appraised.  Price thinks Lucy is an actress coming to audition for his new horror movie and terrorizes Lucy in his study…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 29, 2017

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  1970, auction, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, CBS, Chester Jones, Desi Arnaz Jr., Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Gale Gordon, Halloween, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Jack Berle, Jack Collins, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Martin Ragaway, Mary Grant, Mary Jane Croft, Metropolitan Museum of Art, painting, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Paul Rubens, Stanislavski, Tol Avery, tv, Vincent Price, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

• LUCY’S WEDDING PARTY

  S3;E8 ~ November 2, 1970 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Sam Perrin and Ralph Goodman Synopsis Harry goes to his college reunion and leaves Lucy to house-sit.  When a friend of Mary Jane’s loses her wedding venue due to a mix-up, Lucy invites her to use Harry’s house.  But when Harry comes home…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 28, 2017

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  1970, Bruce Gordon, CBS, Cynthia Hull, Gale Gordon, Greek, Greek Wedding, Here’s Lucy, Jack Donohue, Joe Namath, Lucille Ball, Lyle Talbot, Mary Jane Croft, Paul Picerni, Ralph Goodman, Sam Chew Jr., Sam Perrin, Spiro Agnew, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, tv, Wedding Reception

• LUCY, THE AMERICAN MOTHER

  S3;E7 ~ October 26, 1970 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Lou Derman and Larry Rhine Synopsis For a class project, Craig is doing a documentary film about Lucy. When Kim’s boyfriend wins a $100 cash prize at school, Lucy frantically tracks it down to the local library where Craig and Harry are filming…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 27, 2017

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  1970, Alma Platt, Bette Davis, Boyd Red Morgan, Carol Burnett, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., Don Crichton, don knotts, Gale Gordon, Here’s Lucy, Home Movies, Katharine Hepburn, Laurel and Hardy, Library, Louise, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft, Maurice Chevalier, Olive Dunbar, Raquel Welch, Richard Collier, Sears Roebuck, Sid Gould, The Bride of Frankenstein, tv

• LUCY AND THE DRUM CONTEST

  S3;E4 ~ October 5, 1970 Directed by Jerry Paris ~ Written by Martin Ragaway Synopsis When Craig enters a amateur drum contest, Lucy convinces Buddy Rich to give him lessons.   Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter) Guest Cast Buddy Rich…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 24, 2017

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  1970, Buddy Rich, CBS, cymbals, Desi Arnaz Jr., Dick Winslow, Drum Contest, Drums, Eugene Molnar, Guy Lombardo, Here’s Lucy, Jerry Paris, Lawrence Welk, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Martin Ragaway, Nightclub, Raquel Welch, Richard Yniguez, Ringo Starr, Tiny Tim, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, tv, Walter Smith, Zilco