Tag: Bob O’Brien

• LUCY & US SAVINGS BONDS

  A look at Lucille Ball’s support of the US Savings Bond program from 1942 to 1973. A BRIEF HISTORY OF US BONDS Liberty Bonds (World War I) During World War One (1917-18) the US government used movie stars to host bond rallies. Al Jolson, Elsie Janis, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and  Charlie Chaplin were among the celebrities that made public…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 16, 2018

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  Bob O’Brien, Bonds, Carole Lombard, Coby Ruskin, Defense Bonds, Department of Defense, Desi Arnaz, Desilu, Gale Gordon, Gregory Peck, Here’s Lucy, Hollywood Bond Cavalcade, Liberty Bonds, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Marl Young, Pat Boone, Payroll Savings Plan, Pork Chop Hill, The Big Street, The Lucy Show, tv, US Savings Bonds, US Treasury, War Bonds, World War II

• LUCY FIGHTS THE SYSTEM

  S6;E24 ~ March 18, 1974 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Robert O’Brien Synopsis A waitress feels she’s been fired for being too old, so Lucy and Kim plan to get her re-hired by turning the restaurant upside down with inept service by an incognito Kim. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 3, 2018

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  1974, Barbara Morrison, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Bob O’Brien, Bob Whitney, Buddy Lewis, Call Me Bwana, CBS, Eddie Quillan, Ernest Sarracino, Gale Gordon, Harry Holcombe, Here’s Lucy, Jack Collins, Jack Donohue, John J. Fox, Larry J. Blake, Leoda RIchards, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Treen, pie fight, Series Finale, Shirley Anthony, Sid Gould, tv, Vanda Barra

• THE CARTERS MEET FRANKIE AVALON

  S6;E11 ~ November 19, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Story by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs, Teleplay by Bob O’Brien Synopsis Lucy, Harry and Kim go to see Frankie Avalon perform and Kim is chosen from the audience to sing with him on stage. This leads to her performing in the nightclub’s talent…

  Michael T. Mooney

  January 21, 2018

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  Bela Lugosi, Bill Lee, Bob O’Brien, Bob Whitney, Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You, Coby Ruskin, Frankie Avalon, Fred S. Fox, Gale Gordon, George Holmes, Get It’s Great To Be Here, Gunsmoke, Here’s Lucy, Horray for Hollywood, I’ve Got You Babe, James Cagney, Jerry Fogel, John Wayne, kathryn diebel, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Marl Young, Robert Hogan, Seaman Jacobs, Shirley Anthony, Sid Gould, Sonny and Cher, The Impossible Dream, Vic Glazer, Yankee Doodle Dandy

• LUCY AND ANDY GRIFFITH

  S6;E8 ~ October 29, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Robert O’Brien Synopsis When Lucy meets a charismatic man (Andy Griffith) raising money for underprivileged youth in the park, Kim decides to investigate to see if he’s really who he says he is.   Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison…

  Michael T. Mooney

  January 18, 2018

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  1973, Andy Griffith, Bob O’Brien, Bob Whitney, CBS, Coby Ruskin, Dave Anderson Stuart, Gale Gordon, Gospel Songs, Hank Stohl, Here’s Lucy, I’ll Fly Away, I’m Gonna Write a Song, Jackie Onassis, KBEX, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Marl Young, Marvin Robinson, Mayberry RFD, Nancy La Mar, Randall Carver, Rick Kellman, Rosemary O’Brien, Sid Gould, The Andy Griffith Show, tv

• LUCY AND DANNY THOMAS

  S6;E1 ~ September 10, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Robert O’Brien Synopsis Lucy befriends a gruff painter (Danny Thomas) who says that most artists only sell their work after they die. Lucy decides to go into mourning to help his work sell – until the artist wants to paint Lucy herself –…

  Michael T. Mooney

  January 11, 2018

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  1973, Art, auction, Bob O’Brien, Bob Whitney, CBS, Coby Ruskin, Danny Thomas, Gale Gordon, gallery, Gaughin, Grandma Moses, Hans Conried, Here’s Lucy, Lucille Ball, Modigliani, Paint By Numbers, painting, People, Shirley Anthony, Sid Gould, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, tv, Van Gogh, Venus de Milo, Whister’s Mother

• LUCY AND THE PROFESSOR

  S5;E19 ~ January 29, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Robert O’Brien Synopsis Lucy hears her daughter is dating an older man, so she goes to Kim’s college to see for herself. Unfortunately, Lucy mistakes an elderly professor for the younger one that Kim is actually dating!  Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter),…

  Michael T. Mooney

  January 5, 2018

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  1973, Bob O’Brien, CBS, Coby Ruskin, Gale Gordon, Happy Together, Here’s Lucy, I Believe in Music, Irwin Charone, John Davidson Show, John Davison, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, McGillicuddy, Mitch Carter, Murray Matheson, Nanny and the Professor, Patti Cubbison, tv, UCLA, Westwood

• LUCY AND DONNY OSMOND

  S5;E11 ~ November 20, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob O’Brien Synopsis Kim’s young cousin Patricia (Eve Plumb) has a crush on teen superstar Donny Osmond, but Donny has eyes for Kim. Complicating matters, Donny thinks a love letter from Patricia is actually from Kim.   Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Lucie…

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 28, 2017

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  1972, Bob O’Brien, CBS, Coby Ruskin, Donny Osmond, Eve Plumb, Falling In Love Again, Here’s Lucy, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Ivor Barry, Jack Manning, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Marl Young, Milton Frome, Playboy Magazine, Portrait of Donny, Sesame Street, The Brady Bunch, Too Young, tv, Walter Smith, Yours Mine and Ours

• DIRTY GERTIE

  S5;E10 ~ November 13, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob O’Brien Synopsis Lucy gets a surprise fruit basket and heads downtown to share her good fortune with her hairdresser. On the street she is mistaken for Dirty Gertie, an apple peddler who just happens to be the good luck charm of a…

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 27, 2017

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  1972, Abbey Rents, Apple Annie, Bob O’Brien, Bruce Gordon, CBS, Coby Ruskin, Craig Stevens, Dirty Gertie, Dragnet, Ed Hall, Hal Smith, Here’s Lucy, Joe Friday, John Harmon, Johnny Silver, Larry J. Blake, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mobsters, Peter Gunn, Pocketful of Miracles, Poker, Richard Nixon, Sid Gould, Stone Pillow, Timex, tv, With A Little Bit of Luck

• LUCY AND JIM BAILEY

  S5;E9 ~ November 6, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob O’Brien Synopsis Phyllis Diller is all set to perform at a big benefit Lucy and Harry are producing. When Diller suddenly comes down with laryngitis, Kim recruits noted impressionist Jim Bailey to take her place. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale…

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 26, 2017

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  1972, Adele Claire, Bob O’Brien, CBS, Chamber of Commerce, Coby Ruskin, Dorothy Aldworth, Fever, Gale Gordon, Gloria Wood, Here’s Lucy, Jack Aldworth, Jim Bailey, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft, Phyllis Diller, Sam Yorty, tv

• LUCY AND TENNESSEE ERNIE’S FUN FARM

  S1;E23 ~ March 10, 1969 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Bob O’Brien Synopsis A farmer (Ernie Ford) wanders into the Unique Employment Agency in need of farmhands. Instead, Lucy proposes they turn his farm into a vacation spot for city folks. They start with a TV commercial to get the word out! Regular…

  Michael T. Mooney

  September 23, 2017

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  1969, Bob O’Brien, Bride of Frankenstein, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., Gale Gordon, Here’s Lucy, Jack Donohue, Jolly Green Giant, Larry Billman, Little Green Apples, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Model-T, Oklahoma!, Omar Sharif, Porky Pig, Roar of the Greasepaint Smell of the Crowd, Smog, Sombreros, Song of the South, Summer Stock, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Back Porch Majority, tv, TV Commercial, Y’All Come