Tag: Bob Hope
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RIP LARRY STORCH
1923-2022 Lawrence Samuel Storch was an actor and comedian best known for his comic television roles, including the bumbling Corporal Randolph Agarn on “F Troop” (1965-67). He started acting on television in 1951. Several of his early appearances were at or for Desilu. In February 1955, Larry Storch appeared on the Desilu variety series “Shower of Stars”…
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RIP BETTY WHITE
1922-2021 Lucille Ball and Betty White shared the small screen at least 18 times over three decades on TV’s “Password”, Lucille’s favorite game show, which was originally hosted by White’s third husband, the love of her life, Allan Ludden. Betty White’s 1957 TV series “Date with the Angels” was filmed at Desilu Studios. It was loosely…
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RIP ARLENE DAHL
1925-2021 Arlene Dahl was born on August 11, 1925, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Like Lucille Ball, she was a red-haired actress with an association to MGM who achieved notability during the 1950s. She was mentioned as one of Ricky’s possible “Don Juan” co-stars in “Ricky’s Screen Test” (ILL S4;E7 ~ November 15, 1954). Although TV audiences didn’t know it, an…
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RIP LESLIE BRICUSSE
1931-2021 Leslie Bricusse was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright, most prominently working in musicals and movie music. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Scrooge, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and the songs “Goldfinger”, “You Only Live Twice”, “Can You Read My Mind”…
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GOING STRONG AT 50
August 8, 1961 Lucille Ball, who scrapped her way out of a wheelchair to become a towering star of American show business, turns the half-century mark tomorrow. (1) She is still scrapping as she celebrates her 50th birthday. Although health problems forced her to quit the tough grind of the Broadway musical “Wildcat,” she’s looking…
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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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PETER LEEDS
May 30, 1917 Peter Leeds was born in Bayonne, NJ. Leeds received his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He received a scholarship from the John Marshall Law School, which he attended for one year. He also attended The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in NYC. He was in four Broadway shows, including the original…
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RICHARD DEACON
May 14, 1921 Richard Deacon was born in Philadelphia, although he and his family later moved to Binghamton, New York. He attended West Junior High and Binghamton Central High School, where he met fellow Binghamton resident Rod Serling. During World War II, Deacon served in the Army medical corps. In 1946, upon completion of his…
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PEOPLE: LUCY 1911-1989
May 8, 1989 On May 8, 1989, People Weekly (vol. 31, no. 18) dedicated its cover to the late Lucille Ball (1911-1989). The cover photograph is by Neal Peters. QUIZ: Name the above episodes! Which is not from “I Love Lucy”? Which classic “Lucy” moment is missing from this collage? In the beginning… The movie years…. Broadway at…
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THE BOB HOPE SHOW
May 3, 1949 “The Bob Hope Show” ~ After a dozen years as “The Pepsodent Show”, Pepsodent pulled its sponsorship in June 1948. Despite cancellation, Hope still continued on radio. Lever Brothers’ Swan soap began sponsoring the show, which premiered on September 14, 1948 on NBC. Doris Day was the only one of Hope’s former co-stars to continued to…
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