Tag: Gale Gordon
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HAIR DYED
June 10, 1949 “Hair Dyed” aka “Liz Gets Her Hair Dyed” is episode #48 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 10, 1949 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ After George warning Liz about the dangers of idle gossip, Liz’s chatty and absent-minded hair stylist forgets what she’s doing and mistakenly dyes…
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RUTA LEE
May 30, 1935 Ruta Lee was born Ruta Mary Kilmonis in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Lithuanian immigrants. In 1948, her family moved to the United States settling in Los Angeles, where she graduated in 1954 from Hollywood High School and attended both Los Angeles City College and the University of California at Los Angeles. She…
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LIZ IN THE HOSPITAL
May 27, 1949 “Liz in the Hospital” (aka “Liz Goes To The Hospital”) is episode #45 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 27, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ The doctor pays a house call to see what’s wrong with George, and discovers that Liz needs to have her tonsils…
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MRS. COOPER THINKS LIZ IS PREGNANT
May 21, 1950 “Mrs. Cooper Thinks Liz is Pregnant” is episode #89 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 21, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz tells George’s mother that she’s ill so the older Mrs. Cooper won’t try to come to Liz’s bridge game, but George’s Mother thinks Liz is really pregnant, and tells…
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ANNIVERSARY PRESENTS
May 13, 1949 “Anniversary Presents” (aka “Tenth Anniversary Presents”) is episode #43 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 13, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ George and Mr. Atterbury buy presents for their wives, and Iris’s present, a mink coat, is delivered to Liz’s house by mistake. This episode was…
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EDITH MEISER
May 9, 1898 Edith Meiser was born on May 9, 1898 in Detroit, Michigan. She was an actress and an author who wrote mystery novels, stage plays, and numerous radio dramas. She is perhaps best known for bringing adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories to radio in the 1930s. Lucy fans will remember her as Phoebe Littlefield…
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PEOPLE: LUCY 1911-1989
May 8, 1989 On May 8, 1989, People Weekly (vol. 31, no. 18) dedicated its cover to the late Lucille Ball (1911-1989). The cover photograph is by Neal Peters. QUIZ: Name the above episodes! Which is not from “I Love Lucy”? Which classic “Lucy” moment is missing from this collage? In the beginning… The movie years…. Broadway at…
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THE HEALTH FARM
May 7, 1950 “The Health Farm” is episode #87 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 7, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are fed up with their husbands taking them for granted, so they check in to a fat farm. This episode features elements that later went into the “I Love Lucy” episodes “The Diet” (ILL…
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OVERWEIGHT
May 6, 1949 “Overweight” (aka “The Five-Dollar-A-Pound Diet”) is episode #42 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 6, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ After viewing some old home movies, Liz and Iris decide to go on a diet. Although far from a direct transcription, some elements of this radio script…
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CHICAGO TRIB TV WEEK
May 2, 1970 Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of Chicago Tribune’s TV Week on Saturday, May 2, 1970. The caption implies an inside story about “Lucy’s special talent” but no inside story was included. This is one of Lucille Ball’s stock glamour shots. Saturday night, May 2, 1970, CBS aired a re-run of “The Carol Burnett…
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