Tag: Broadway
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RIP Peter Wyngarde – British stage and screen actor who was born in France to an English father and French mother. Lucille Ball personally asked Wyngarde to appear in the her TV special “Lucy in London” (1966) having seen him on Broadway in “Duel of Angels” starring Vivien Leigh in 1960 (while she was rehearsing…
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RIP CLIFFORD DAVID ~ who played Hank in WILDCAT starring Lucille Ball. He also starred in eight other Broadway shows from 1960 to 1994. He was 89 years old.
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Lucy and the Undercover Agent
S4;E10 ~ November 22, 1965 Synopsis After seeing a James Bond film, Lucy, the Countess and Mr. Mooney find themselves embroiled in a spy caper that ends up with Lucy disguised as Carol Channing. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney) Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis) does not appear…
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Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman To Sing
S2;E18 ~ February 3, 1964 Synopsis When Jerry and Sherman are producing their boy scout talent show, they ask Lucy to get her ‘old friend’ Ethel Merman to headline. Merman is in town under an assumed name so Lucy unwittingly recruits her to pass herself off as the Broadway star, with just an hour of…
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In “Lucy and the Undercover Agent” (THE LUCY SHOW ~ November 1965) Lucy dresses up as ‘big Broadway star’ Carol Channing – even singing a few bars of “Hello, Dolly”. Channing does not appear in the episode herself. She was then in her second year of playing Dolly on Broadway. Another big Broadway star, Jack Cassidy,…
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Happy Holidays to all the readers of Papermoon Loves Lucy!
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December 16, 1960 – “Wildcat”
papermoon4: I love Lucy. Need I say more? And since we are talkin’ Broadway, that can only mean one thing: “Wildcat.” “Wildcat” is a musical comedy about Wildcat Jackson (Ball) and her sister who come to oil country to strike it rich. She runs into the prowess of Joe Dynamite, and a battle of the…
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“The Inferiority Complex”
What do you say we all watch the television? (S2;E18 ~ February 2, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed September 6, 1952 at General Service Studios. It was the 46th episode filmed. Rating: 69.9/90 Synopsis ~ Lucy feels she can’t do anything right, so Ricky gets her…
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