Tag: Earl Wilson
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BLAZING BEULAH FROM BUTTE
May 31, 1950 Hedda Hopper kicked off her May 31, 1950 column with the news that Lucy and Desi were planning a film for the pair titled “Beulah from Butte.” The plot would concern a Mexican man (Desi) who comes to America to marry a cultured woman – and falls for Lucy (aka Beulah). Needless to…
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LUCILLE & DESI SOLVE A PARENT PROBLEM
November 22, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were on the cover of TV Digest for the week of November 22, 1952. The inside article was titled “Lucille and Desi Solve a Parent Problem.” “With a baby due in January, how does the show stay on the air?” The article reveals that the past summer hiatus…
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EXTRA! EXTRA! LUCY IN THE PAPES!
September 26, 1952 Friday, September 26, 1952 was a particularly busy news day for Lucille Ball. “I Love Lucy” had just kicked off season two with the iconic “Job Switching” episode and followed up with the memorable “The Saxophone”. That day, several press releases and Lucille Ball references hit the nation’s newspapers all at once! Let’s take…
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IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT: LUCY & THE BOMPS!
by Earl Wilson, August 19, 1950 Lucille Ball wanted to keep Desi home and off the road so she petitioned for him to play her husband on radio’s “My Favorite Husband”. The network balked and Richard Denning got the role instead. When it came time to transfer the show to television, Lucy made the same demand.…
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“The Fox Hunt”
(S5;E16 ~ February 6, 1956) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed December 22, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studios. It was the 140th episode filmed. Rating: 48.2/65 Synopsis ~The second episode set in Europe finds Lucy wangling an invitation to an English country estate for…
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