Tag: Dinah Shore
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LUCY – WHAT I AM IS BRAVE
June 16, 1983 By Lynne Hirschberg, Rolling Stone Magazine. Reprinted in the Dayton (OH) Journal-Herald Lucille Ball is not Lucille Ball. She is Lucy. In Los Angeles, everyone knows where Lucy lives. The mansion is a big, white affair in Beverly Hills. Fans pose for photos in front of it, and they dig up Lucy’s…
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CAROL BURNETT
April 26, 1933 Carol Creighton Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas. As a child of alcoholic parents, she was left in the care of her grandmother, who moved them to Hollywood, where they lived in a boarding house and shared a great passion for the movies. During her six decade career she conquered Broadway,…
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THE PORTRAIT ARTIST
August 6, 1948 “The Portrait Artist” aka “The Portrait Painter” aka “The Portrait” is episode #3 of the radio program MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on August 6, 1948 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ Liz is having her portrait painted by a handsome but gruff artist. George gets jealous and fakes illness, and he is attended…
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CARL REINER
March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020 Carl Reiner was a legend of American comedy, having achieved success as an actor, director, producer, and recording artist. He won nine Emmy Awards, three as an actor, four as a writer, and two as a producer. He also won a Grammy Award for his “2,000 Year Old…
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LUCY USES UP HER ALLOWANCE!
June 12, 1978 On June 12, 1978, Lucy Ricardo finally got her household allowance again, having used it all up in 1953 and for the next 25 years! LUCY: “I’ve used up my allowance till June the twelfth.”ETHEL: “That not bad.”LUCY: “June the twelfth 1978?” The exchange happens in the second scene of “The Million Dollar Idea” (ILL S3;E13)…
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RIP Lyle Waggoner
1935-2020 Lyle Wesley Waggoner was born in Kansas City, Kansas. A former model, he was best known for his work on “The Carol Burnett Show” from 1967 to 1974, and for playing the role of Steve Trevor on “Wonder Woman” from 1975 to 1979. Waggoner worked with Lucille Ball for all four of Ball’s appearances on “The Carol Burnett…
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RIP Valerie Harper
1939-2019 Valerie Harper’s first appearance with Lucille Ball was not on television, but in Broadway’s WILDCAT (1960) as a member of the ensemble (right). Valerie Harper won an Emmy Award in 1971 for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Her co-star, Edward Asner, also won that night. Lucille Ball was in attendance because “Here’s…
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THE KING AND I LOVE LUCY
Did you hear about the time Lucille Ball met the King of Siam? Vivian Vance was at Lucy’s Beverly Hills home on a Saturday in the early 1960s with Lucy putting blonde dye on Vivian’s hair and henna on her own. The pair would be lounging around in comfortable clothing talking for hours. On this…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DESI ARNAZ JR. ~ January 19, 1953