Tag: CBS
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IMPEACHMENT: “Not To Be Believed” (S3;E3)
Before founding “The Drudge Report” Matt Drudge (Billy Eichner) is manager of the CBS Store, where he dispenses his pop culture knowledge about Lucy and Desi.
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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND ~ Season 1, Part 1 (Cugat)
July 5, 1948 – December 26, 1948 “My Favorite Husband” ~ Season one aired on CBS Radio from July 5, 1948 to July 1, 1949. There were 51 half hour episodes. Starting in 1949, the characters would have their last name changed to Cugat, the character of Cory Cartwright would was phased out, Gale Gordon…
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THE ELVES
September 2, 1949 “The Elves” is episode #52 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 2, 1949. This was the first episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND which concluded on June 25, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and George arrive home from vacation to find that someone has been ordering strawberry ice…
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HAIR DYED
June 10, 1949 “Hair Dyed” aka “Liz Gets Her Hair Dyed” is episode #48 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 10, 1949 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ After George warning Liz about the dangers of idle gossip, Liz’s chatty and absent-minded hair stylist forgets what she’s doing and mistakenly dyes…
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THEY CALLED HER MOUSEY
May 22, 1947 Directed by Mark Sloan Music Composed by Jack Miller Dramatized by Robert Sloan from the story “They Called Her Mousey” as it appeared in Reader’s Digest Radio Reader’s Digest was a compilation of short stories for radio, much like the print edition was to books. It began on CBS in 1942 sponsored by Campbell…
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MRS. COOPER THINKS LIZ IS PREGNANT
May 21, 1950 “Mrs. Cooper Thinks Liz is Pregnant” is episode #89 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 21, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz tells George’s mother that she’s ill so the older Mrs. Cooper won’t try to come to Liz’s bridge game, but George’s Mother thinks Liz is really pregnant, and tells…
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LUCY IS RUTH-LESS!
May 18, 1946 On May 18, 1946, radio’s “Academy Award Theatre” presented a 30-minute version of My Sister Eileen, a 1942 film based on the 1940 play of the same title, which in turn was based on a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney originally published in The New Yorker. The film was directed…
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NUMEROLOGY
May 14, 1950 “Numerology” is episode #88 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 14, 1950. Synopsis ~ Mr. Curry, George and Liz’s landlord, is raising the rent, supposedly on instructions from his late wife, Bernice. Liz figures that she can fix things with a crooked Ouija Board. Notes: This program was a…
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ANNIVERSARY PRESENTS
May 13, 1949 “Anniversary Presents” (aka “Tenth Anniversary Presents”) is episode #43 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 13, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ George and Mr. Atterbury buy presents for their wives, and Iris’s present, a mink coat, is delivered to Liz’s house by mistake. This episode was…
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THE HEALTH FARM
May 7, 1950 “The Health Farm” is episode #87 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 7, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are fed up with their husbands taking them for granted, so they check in to a fat farm. This episode features elements that later went into the “I Love Lucy” episodes “The Diet” (ILL…