Tag: Bob Hope

• Lucy Gets Jack Benny’s Account

  S6;E6~ October 16, 1967 Synopsis When the bank needs to find unique depositors, Lucy sets out to convince notorious miser Jack Benny to become a customer.  But first, they have to build a vault secure enough to satisfy Benny.   Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Roy Roberts (Mr. Cheever)…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 9, 2017

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  1967, Bob Hope, Carmichael, CBS, Dennis Day, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Gale Gordon, Gorilla, Indians, Jack Benny, Jascha Heifetz, Jell-O, Lucille Ball, Lucy Gets Jack Benny’s Account, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, Milt Josefsberg, Phil Harris, piranha, quicksand, Roy Roberts, The Jack Benny Show, The Lucy Show, tv, vault

• Lucy and John Wayne

  S5;E10 ~ November 21, 1966 Synopsis Mr. Mooney asks Lucy to deliver some important contracts to the studio, where she meets John Wayne and worms her way onto the set of his latest picture. Naturally, Lucy doesn’t behave and causes more trouble than a barroom brawl!  Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 21, 2017

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  Bill Hart, Bob Crane, Bob Hope, Bryan O’Byrne, Burt Lancaster, Cast a Giant Shadow, Chuck Roberson, Danny Borzage, Gale Gordon, Golden Slippers, In Harm’s Way, Jerry Gatlin, Jerry Rush, John Ford, John Wayne, Joseph Ruskin, Joyce Perry, Kay Stewart, Lucille Ball, Lucy and John Wayne, Mary Jane Croft, Maureen O’Hara, Milton Berle, Red Morgan, Richard Chamberlain, The Lucy Book, The Lucy Show, The Sands of Iwo Jima, The War Wagon, Victor Romito

• Lucy and Paul Winchell

  S5;E4 ~ October 3, 1966 Synopsis Lucy convinces ventriloquist Paul Winchell to appear at the Annual Banker’s Banquet.  When Winchell is running late, he asks Lucy to stop by and pick up his dummies.  When she accidentally leaves them in a taxi the understudy ‘dummy’ has to go on – Lucy!   Regular Cast Lucille…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 14, 2017

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  1966, Bob Hope, CBS, Chicago, Dean Martin, Diamond Jim Brady, Edgar Bergen, Gale Gordon, Gary Morton, Irving Think, Jack Benny, Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff, Lucille Ball, Lucy Meets Paul Winchell, max terhune, Milton Berle, Ozwald, Paul Winchell, Ronald Reagan, Rudy Valle, Sid Gould, Snitchy, Tessie Mahoney, The Lucy Show, tv, Ventriloquism, Walter Winchell, Winchell-Mahoney Time

• Lucy Saves Milton Berle

  S4;E13~ December 6, 1965 Synopsis When Milton Berle is doing research to play an alcoholic, he disguises himself as a drunk and visits the soup kitchen sponsored by Mr. Mooney’s bank.  Lucy and Mary Jane recognize him and so he tells them he is Milton Berle’s twin brother, Arthur.  Lucy vows to get even with…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 27, 2017

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  1965, Bob Hope, CBS, Charles Cantor, Danny Thomas, Dean Martin, Eleanor Audley, Frank Sinatra, Gale Gordon, Hazel Pierce, Jackie Gleason, Joe Levine, Lucille Ball, Lucy Saves Milton Berle, Marlon Brando, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Poppins, Milton Berle, Milton Frome, One-Eyed Jacks, Paul Bradley, Paul Newman, Paul Power, Robert S. Carson, Shelley Berman, Sid Gould, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Lucy Show, The Oscar, tv

• Lucy and the Plumber

  S3;E2 ~ September 28, 1964 Synopsis When Lucy calls a plumber, he looks remarkably like Jack Benny.  When it is discovered that he also is a concert violinist, she is determined to get him on a TV talent show.  Unfortunately, Lucy recently appeared on the show with a dog act that wreaked havoc, so she…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 20, 2017

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  1964, Beatles, black wig, Bob Hope, CBS, dog act, Gale Gordon, Harpo Marx, Hitler, Jack Benny, Jimmy Garrett, Lucille Ball, Lucy and the Plumber, Mitch Miller, plumbing, Skitch Henderson, talent show, The Lucy Show, Tom G. Linder, tv, Willard Waterman

• MERRY CHRISTMAS, LUCY LOVERS! 

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 25, 2016

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  Bob Hope, Desi Arnaz, Ethel Mertz, Fred Mertz, I love lucy, Keith Thibodeaux, Little Ricky, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Lucy Ricardo, Mame, Santa Claus, The Lucy Show, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• “Lucy and Bob Hope”

  (S6;E1 ~ October 1, 1956) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on June 5, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 48.7/71 Synopsis ~ Sighting Bob Hope at Yankee Stadium, Lucy hopes to persuade him to appear at Ricky’s club. To get close enough to him, she disguises…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 14, 2015

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  1956, Baseball, Bob Hope, CBS, Cleveland Indians, Club Babalu, Desi Arnaz, Ethel Mertz, Fred Mertz, Henry Kulky, I love lucy, Keith Thibodeaux, Little Ricky, Lou Krugman, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Lucy Ricardo, New York Yankees, Peter Leeds, Ricky Ricardo, The Iron Petticoat, Tropicana, tv, UNIVAC, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Yankee Stadium

• Season 6 Stars

  By 1956 (the final season), the show was ‘must see TV’ and Lucy and Desi had no trouble convincing their famous friends to make guest appearances. Despite appearing on a rival network, Bob Hope kicked off the new season in “Lucy and Bob Hope” (S6;E1). Hope and Lucy had already done two films together. In…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 13, 2015

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  Bob Hope, Elsa Lanchester, I love lucy, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Orson Welles, tv