Tag: Fred Mertz
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE: WILLIAM FRAWLEY
January 8, 1961 “This Is Your Life” was a documentary series broadcast on NBC radio from 1948 to 1952, and on NBC television from 1952 to 1961. It was originally hosted by its creator and producer Ralph Edwards. In the program, the host surprised guests and then took them through a retrospective of their lives in front…
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The 2020 Best Picture Oscar Nominees from Desilu Studios
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Attention Academy Members!For Your Consideration: “If East 68th Street Could Talk” starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, William Frawley, Vivian Vance & Kathryn Card as Mother McGillicuddy
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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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Thirty years before he met Lucille Ball, William Frawley toured in vaudeville with his wife, Edna Louise Broedt. He called her “Red” because of her red hair. Her middle name also became the middle name (the first of three) of his TV wife, played by Vivian Vance. The couple went through a bitter divorce in 1927.…
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William Clement Frawley (February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1966)
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, LUCY LOVERS!
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Happy “I LOVE LUCY” DAY to all fans of the Papermoon Loves Lucy Blog!
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A 1952 episode of I LOVE LUCY started with a broken TV set. A 1968 episode of THE LUCY SHOW started with a broken TV set.