Tag: Dan Jenkins
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TV GUIDE: 10th ANNIVERSARY
April 6, 1963 Lucille Ball was once again on the cover of TV Guide on April 6, 1963 (vol. 11, no. 14). The issue celebrated their tenth anniversary. Lucille Ball and her little Desi were on our first cover. She is there again this week. We’re sentimental about her. The Table of Contents page features…
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FALL PREVIEW ‘53
September 18, 1953 On September 18, 1953, TV Guide, now a national publication, published their first Fall Preview issue. This became an annual and much anticipated tradition with the magazine. Although TV Guide national edition was only 25 issues old, Lucille Ball had already been featured on three covers and would go on to be seen…
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RED SCARE!
July 22, 1940 Being the Ricardos (2021) is built around several real-life events in the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Perhaps the most critical is the accusation that Lucille Ball was a Communist. Pointedly, the Los Angeles Herald Express used red (the color of communism and Ball’s famous locks) ink for a rare…
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HUMILIATED & UNHAPPY
July 16, 1960 TV Guide ~ July 16-22, 1960 (Vol.8, No.29 & Issue #381) Cover photo by Sherm Weisberg, Fashions by Sacks Fifth Avenue This was Lucille Ball’s tenth (of 39) TV Guide covers. “A VISIT WITH LUCILLE BALL” by Dan Jenkins On January 19, 1953, Desi Arnaz rushed exultantly into the Hollywood Brown Derby,…
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