Tag: Frank Nelson
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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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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1953 Part One ~ JANUARY to JUNE The new year kicks off with a baby – two babies – Little Ricky and Desi Jr. “Ricky Has Labor Pains” (ILL S2;E14) ~ January 5, 1953 Filmed on Halloween 1952, the episode show’s a very pregnant Lucy reading McCall’s with the words “I Love Lucy” very clearly…
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JACK BENNY’S 20th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
November 16, 1970 Produced by: Irving Fein, Stan Harris Directed by: Stan Harris, Paul Heslin Written by: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Hilliard Marks, Hugh Wedlock Jr. Starring the Cast of “The Jack Benny Program” Jack Benny (Himself) was a Beverly Hills neighbor of Lucille Ball’s and the two were off-screen friends. Benny appeared on “The…
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YOU CAN’T DO THAT ON TELEVISION!
Lucille Ball always prided herself on providing good, wholesome family entertainment, but “I Love Lucy” sometimes pushed the boundaries of what was allowed on the new and ever-growing medium. Some of the below moments seem tame by comparison to today’s television, but in the early 1950s, they raised some eyebrows! 1. WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! …
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Freddie Filmore’s Drag Race “Females Are Fabulous” featuring the queens of “I Love Lucy” “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy”! In 2020, gender-fluid actor Nick Tortorella turned up on “Rupaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race” as Lucille Ball!
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Lucy Visits the White House
S1;E25 ~ March 25, 1963 Synopsis Lucy and Viv’s son’s Cub Scout pack makes a replica of the White House out of sugar cubes. The President is so impressed that he invites all of them to the White House to present it to him. Calamity ensues when the replica get destroyed on the train trip.…
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