Tag: 1976
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The Lucille Ball Specials
1974-1977 A handy dandy guide to helping you find your favorite blogs here at Papermoon Loves Lucy. Click on the hyperlinks to be taken directly to that program’s trivia, background, and bloopers! “Happy Anniversary and Goodbye” ~ November 19, 1974 Featuring Art Carney, Nanette Fabray, Peter Marshall, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. “Lucy Gets Lucky” ~…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1976 In her second year without a series, Lucille Ball dances with Shirley, dishes with Dinah, dreams with Danny, and delivers the digs with Dean. “Gypsy in My Soul” ~ January 10, 1976 Shirley MacLaine welcomes Lucille Ball to her CBS network special based on her Las Vegas and London show – bound for Broadway. …
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GYPSY IN MY SOUL
January 10, 1976 on CBS Directed and Choreographed by Tony Charmoli Produced by William O. Harbach, Fred Ebb, Cy Coleman Written by Fred Ebb Music by Cy Coleman Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia, in 1934. Her younger brother is the actor Warren Beatty. Shirley was stand-by for Carol Haney in Broadway’s…
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BOB HOPE’S WORLD OF COMEDY
October 30, 1976 Produced and Directed by Jack Haley Jr. Written by: Charles Lee with Gig Henry, Jeffrey Barron, Katherine Green, and Jack Haley Jr. Bob Hope (Himself, Host) was born Lesley Townes Hope in England in 1903. During his extensive career in virtually all forms of media he received five honorary Academy Awards. In…
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LUCY’S BICENTENNIAL MINUTE
November 28, 1974 “The Bicentennial Minutes” Premiering July 4, 1974, the CBS series consisted of 732 one-minute programs, each recounting an authenticated piece of American history – everything from the momentous to the obscure. Each dealt with something that happened exactly 200 years earlier on the same date as the broadcast. The series was originally…
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WHAT NOW, CATHERINE CURTIS?
March 30, 1976 Directed by Charles Walters ~ Written by Sheldon Keller and Lynn Roth “Part Two: First Affair” based on a story by Milly Schoenbaum Synopsis Catherine Curtis (Lucille Ball) has divorced her husband and moved out on her own. In Part One, Catherine unpacks and muses about her new life. In Part Two, she…