Tag: Bob Hope

• TV DIGEST

  August 9, 1952 On August 9, 1952 Lucy and Desi were featured on the cover of TV Digest, a competitor of TV Guide as part of their inside story “Visiting The Stars on Vacation”.  The Digest was eventually absorbed by TV Guide when it went national in March 1953.  The Atlanta edition of TV Digest used…

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 6, 2020

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  1952, Abe Burrows, Andy Devine, Angela Lansbury, August 1952, Bert Parks, Bob Hope, Dave Garroway, Desi Arnaz, Donald O’Connor, Guy Madison, Jimmy Demaret, Jimmy Durante, Lucille Ball, Lucy and Desi, Perry Como, Racket Squad, Red Skelton, Robert Montgomery, Sam Levenson, Sid Caesar, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Guiding Light, tv, TV Digest

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUCY!

  August 6, 1911 MIND READER’S ASSISTANT: (whispering) “What’s your birthday?”LUCY RICARDO: (whispering) “August the sixth.”MIND READER’S ASSISTANT: “August the sixth what?”LUCY RICARDO: “August the sixth period.”  AUGUST 6 in LUCY HISTORY Filming Seven Days Leave (1942) “My Favorite Husband” (aired August 6, 1948) Filming The Facts of Life (1960)

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 5, 2020

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  August 6, Bob Hope, Desi Arnaz, Elizabeth Patterson, Here’s Lucy, I love lucy, Lucille Ball, Lucy, My Favorite Husband, Richard Denning, Seven Days Leave, The Facts of Life, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• FANCY PANTS

   July 19, 1950 Fancy Pants is based on the 1915 novel Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson, which was adapted for the stage by Harrison Rhodes and opened on Broadway on December 25, 1915. It featured songs by Sigmund Romberg and Harold Atteridge and ran for 33 performances. It was first filmed in 1918 (starring Taylor Holmes…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 19, 2020

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  Bob Hope, Fancy Pants, Lucille Ball, Paramount, Ruggles of Red Gap

• RED SKELTON

  JULY 18, 1913 Red Skelton was born Richard Bernard Skelton in Vincennes, Indiana. He left school after the third grade to join a traveling medicine show and from there entered vaudeville. He was best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program “The Red…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 18, 2020

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  Bob Hope, Dean Martin, DuBarry Was A Lady, Ed Sullivan, Frank Sinatra, Having Wonderful Time, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, NBC, Red Skelton, Redheads, The Fuller Brush Girl, The Red Skelton Show, Thousands Cheer, tv, TV Guide, Ziegfeld Follies

• MILTON BERLE

  July 12, 1908 Milton Berle was born Milton (Mendel) Berlinger in New York City on July 12, 1908. He started performing at the age of five. He perfected his comedy in vaudeville, early silent films, and then on radio, before taking his act to the small screen, where he would be proclaimed “Mr. Television” and later…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 12, 2020

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  Al Hirschfeld, Bob Hope, CBS, Danny Thomas, Dean Martin, Desi Arnaz, Emmy Awards, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Here’s Lucy, Jack Berle, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Lorna Adams, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Mr. Television, Phil Vandevoort, Princess Grace, Ruth Cosgrove, Texaco Star Theatre, The Lucy Show, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Milton Berle Show, tv, TV Guide, Uncle Miltie, Uncle Milty, Zenith

• SORROWFUL JONES

  JULY 4, 1949 Sorrowful Jones is a remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film, Little Miss Marker. In the film, a young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones (Bob Hope) as a marker for a bet. When her father does not return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 4, 2020

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  1949, Annette Warren, Bob Hope, Bruce Cabot, Damon Runyon, Hollywood, Little Miss Marker, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Mary Jane Saunders, Movies, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Landfield, Sorrowful Jones, Thomas Gomez, Walter Winchell, William Demarest

• REMINISCING

  July 1, 1949 “Reminiscing” is episode #51 of the CBS Radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on July 1, 1949.  Synopsis ~  Liz is working on her scrapbook, and she and George reminisce about when Liz learned to drive and got her license, when Liz signed an affidavit swearing never to interrupt George’s stories again,…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 1, 2020

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  1948 Hudson, Bea Benadaret, Bob Hope, Bob LeMond, CBS, Desi Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., Edward Everett Horton, Frank Nelson, Gale Gordon, George Jessel, Hans Conried, Here’s Lucy, I love lucy, jack gilford, Lucille Ball, Lucy, MGM, My Favorite Husband, Radio, Ruth Perrott, Scrapbook, Sorrowful Jones, Swift Premium, tv

• DANCE LESSONS aka DANCING LESSONS

  June 25, 1950 “Dance Lessons” aka “Dancing Lessons” aka “George Takes Dancing Lessons” is episode #94 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 25, 1950 on the CBS Radio Network. This is the final episode of season two. The third and final season begins on September 2, 1950.  Lucille Ball had mentioned in…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 25, 2020

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  1950, Arthur Murray, Barbara Eden, Bea Benadaret, Bob Hope, Bob LeMond, Boris Karloff, CBS TV, Dancing, Desi Arnaz, Fancy Pants, Frank Nelson, Gale Gordon, Hal March, I love lucy, Lucille Ball, My Favorite Husband, Najinsky, Peter Leeds, Radio, Richard Denning, Ruth Perrott, Veola Vonn, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• BE A PAL aka BE A PAL TO YOUR HUSBAND

  June 18, 1950 “Be A Pal” aka “Be A Pal To Your Husband” is episode #93 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 18, 1950 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ Liz feels thinks George would rather not spend time with her anymore, so she tries everything she can think of to be…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 18, 2020

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  1950, Be A Pal, Bea Benadaret, Birdseye Company, Bob Hope, Bob LeMond, CBS Radio, CBS TV, Churchill Downs, Desi Arnaz, Fancy Pants, Gale Gordon, Grantland Rice, Hans Conried, I love lucy, Jell-O, Jello, Lucille Ball, My Favorite Husband, Red Barber, Richard Denning, Ruth Perrott, Tanforan, Ted Husing, The Andrews Sisters, The Camping Trip, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• DEAN MARTIN

  June 7, 1917 Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio and became one of the most popular and enduring entertainers of the mid-20th century. A singer, actor, and comedian, Martin’s career breakthrough came in 1946 through his partnership with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin & Lewis. They performed in nightclubs and…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 7, 2020

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  Ann-Margret, Bill Cosby, Bob Hope, CBS, Danny Thomas, Dean Martin, Dino Desi & Billy, Don Addams, Frank Sinatra, I love lucy, Jack Benny, Jimmy Stewart, Kate Smith, Las Vegas, Lucille Ball, NBC, The Lucy Show, tv