Tag: Cleo Morgan

• TWO SMART PEOPLE

  June 4, 1946 Director: Jules Dassin Producer: Ralph Wheelwright for MGM Writers: Ethel Hill & Leslie Charteris, story by Ralph Wheelwright & Allan Kenward Synopsis ~ One of two con-artists ends up arrested and given five days of freedom before he must go to jail. The man loves to eat; knowing that prison food is lousy, he decides to…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 4, 2021

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  1946, Bess Flowers, Cleo Morgan, John Hodiak, Jules Dassin, Lloyd Nolan, Lucille Ball, MGM, Shelley Winters, Two Smart People

• LUCY TALKS TURKEY!

  RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES ~ 1940 to 1992 ~1944~ Associated Press reported that Lucy’s cousin Cleo was late for her TURKEY dinner!  Hopefully, Lucy gave her a calendar for Christmas! ~1969~ Here the brief mention puns on the double meaning of TURKEY. In addition to the traditional Thanksgiving main course, TURKEY is show-biz slang for…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 26, 2020

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  Al Hall, christmas, Cleo Morgan, Clippings, Cold Turkey, Dance Girl Dance, Fuller Brush Girl, John Caisse, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Mame, Newspapers, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Turkeygram, Yours Mine and Ours

• THE WONDER SHOW

   1938-1939 “The Wonder Show” radio program was so named because it was sponsored by Wonder Bread, which at the time was made by Continental Baking Company, who also made Hostess Cakes.  Wonder Bread is a brand of bread which originated in the United States in 1921 and was one of the first to be sold pre-sliced…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 7, 2020

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  Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Ann Sothern, Artie Auerbach, CBS, Cleo Morgan, Dizzy Dean, Gale Gordon, Hostess Cupcakes, Jack Haley, Joan Bennett, Lucille Ball, Oliver Hardy, Phil Baker, Radio, Reginald Gardiner, Ted Fio Rita, The Wizard of Oz, The Wonder Show, Virginia Verrill, Wonder Bread

• Lucy the Robot

  S4;E23 ~ February 28, 1966 Synopsis Lucy convinces her new neighbor to invent a robot to keep Mr. Mooney’s visiting nephew busy, but when the Robot falls down a flight of steps, Lucy must take its place. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney) Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis) does…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 7, 2017

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  1966, Alexander Graham Bell, Bennett Green, Blackout of 1965, CBS, Cleo Morgan, Dorothy Konrad, Ed Sullivan, Gale Gordon, Inventor, Jay North, Larry Dean, Lucille Ball, Lucy the Robot, March of the Toy Soldiers, Parade of Wooden Soldiers, Robot, Sid Gould, The Lucy Show, Thomas Edison, Tin Soldier, Toy Soldier, tv, TV Set, Vito Scotti

• Lucy’s Sister Pays a Visit

  S1;E15 ~ January 7, 1963 Synopsis Lucy’s sister Marge shows up at her doorstep in the middle of the night after having an argument with her new husband Hughie. Lucy is convinced their marriage is rocky because they didn’t have a big wedding. So Lucy and Viv throw her the wedding she never had, getting…

  Michael T. Mooney

  March 6, 2017

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  1963, Ben-Hur, CBS, Cleo Morgan, Dick Martin, Father of the Bride, Fred Ball, I love lucy, Jack Carter, Janet Waldo, Jimmy Garrett, Lucille Ball, Lucy Carmichael, Lucy’s Sister Pays a Visit, Oh Promise Me, Paula Stewart, Peter Marshall, Ralph Hart, The Lucy Show, The Young Fans, tv, Vivian Vance, Wedding Cake

• “Ricky’s Hawaiian Vacation”

  (S3;E22 ~ March 22, 1954) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed February 11, 1954 at Ren-Mar Studios.   Synopsis ~ A millionaire wants to take Ricky and his band to Hawaii with some other entertainers to play at a dance. Naturally, Lucy has a scheme to get into the…

  Michael T. Mooney

  September 20, 2015

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  1954, Be A Good Neighbor, CBS, Cleo Morgan, Desi Arnaz, Ethel Mertz, Frank Nelson, Fred Mertz, Freddie Fillmore, Hawaii, I love lucy, Irving Berlin, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Lucy Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo, Ricky’s Hawaiian Vacation, Royal Hawaiian, tv, Vivian Vance, William Frawley