Tag: Gale Gordon

• LUCY AND RUDY VALLEE

  S3;E12 ~ November 30, 1970 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by David Ketchum and Bruce Kelly Synopsis Famous crooner Rudy Vallée is waiting tables to pass the time until his music comes back into style.  Lucy convinces Kim to help update his look and sound while Harry gets him a booking at the local…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 1, 2017

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  Abbey Road, Bing Crosby, Bruce Kelly, Coby Ruskin, David Ketchum, Gale Gordon, George Bledsoe, Gloria Wood, Herbie Faye, Here’s Lucy, Lone Ranger, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mack McLean, Marnelle Wright, Mean Mr. Mustard, My Time is Your Time, Octopus’s Garden, Phil Vandervoort, Polythene Pam, Raccoon Coat, Rudy Vallee, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Sue Allen, The Beatles, The Vagabond Lover, Thomas D. Kenny, Vanda Barra, Wiffenpoof Song, Winchester Cathedral

• LUCY AND JACK BENNY’S BIOGRAPHY

  S3;E11 ~ November 23, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer Synopsis Jack Benny needs a private secretary to help him write his autobiography. Naturally, Harry volunteers Lucy.  Through a series of flashbacks we meet many of the women in Benny’s life – all played by Lucy.   Regular…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 31, 2017

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  Ben Wrigley, biography, desi arnaz sr., Florence Lake, Gale Gordon, George Burns, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, I Am Curious Yellow, Irving Fein, Jack Benny, Jascha Heifetz, Jell-O, Louis Quinn, Love in Bloom, Lucille Ball, Mary Livingstone, Michael Barbera, Midnight Cowboy, Milt Josefsberg, Plainfield NJ, Radio, Ray Singer, Roseland, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, Sig Frohlich, Sweet Georgia Brown, The Horn Blows at Midnight, violinist, Walter Smith

• LUCY AND THE DIAMOND CUTTER

  S3;E10 ~ November 16, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Al Schwartz Synopsis An eccentric rich old lady wants her valuable but cursed diamond cut so Harry offers Lucy’s home for the diamond cutter (Wally Cox) to work. But the Carter house is full of dangerous distractions that threaten to…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 30, 2017

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  1970, Al Schwartz, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., diamond, diamond cutter, Gale Gordon, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Katzenjammer Kids, Little Old Lady, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Wickes, Milt Josefsberg, Ruth McDevitt, Steve March, trap door, tv, Wally Cox

• LUCY CUTS VINCENT’S PRICE

  S3;E9 ~ November 9, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Martin Ragaway Synopsis Lucy mistakenly buys a painting at an auction and brings it to art connoisseur actor Vincent Price to be appraised.  Price thinks Lucy is an actress coming to audition for his new horror movie and terrorizes Lucy in his study…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 29, 2017

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  1970, auction, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, CBS, Chester Jones, Desi Arnaz Jr., Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Gale Gordon, Halloween, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Jack Berle, Jack Collins, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Martin Ragaway, Mary Grant, Mary Jane Croft, Metropolitan Museum of Art, painting, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Paul Rubens, Stanislavski, Tol Avery, tv, Vincent Price, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

• LUCY’S WEDDING PARTY

  S3;E8 ~ November 2, 1970 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Sam Perrin and Ralph Goodman Synopsis Harry goes to his college reunion and leaves Lucy to house-sit.  When a friend of Mary Jane’s loses her wedding venue due to a mix-up, Lucy invites her to use Harry’s house.  But when Harry comes home…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 28, 2017

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  1970, Bruce Gordon, CBS, Cynthia Hull, Gale Gordon, Greek, Greek Wedding, Here’s Lucy, Jack Donohue, Joe Namath, Lucille Ball, Lyle Talbot, Mary Jane Croft, Paul Picerni, Ralph Goodman, Sam Chew Jr., Sam Perrin, Spiro Agnew, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, tv, Wedding Reception

• LUCY, THE AMERICAN MOTHER

  S3;E7 ~ October 26, 1970 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Lou Derman and Larry Rhine Synopsis For a class project, Craig is doing a documentary film about Lucy. When Kim’s boyfriend wins a $100 cash prize at school, Lucy frantically tracks it down to the local library where Craig and Harry are filming…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 27, 2017

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  1970, Alma Platt, Bette Davis, Boyd Red Morgan, Carol Burnett, CBS, Desi Arnaz Jr., Don Crichton, don knotts, Gale Gordon, Here’s Lucy, Home Movies, Katharine Hepburn, Laurel and Hardy, Library, Louise, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft, Maurice Chevalier, Olive Dunbar, Raquel Welch, Richard Collier, Sears Roebuck, Sid Gould, The Bride of Frankenstein, tv

• RIP Jack Bannon ~ TV actor who was the son of Jim Bannon and Bea Benadaret.  His mother was on Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband” and was the first choice to play Ethel Mertz, but eventually found fame on “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “Petticoat Junction” where her son Jack was employed as a…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 26, 2017

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  1968, Bea Benadaret, CBS, dialogue coach, Gale Gordon, Here’s Lucy, Jack Bannon, Jack Donohue, Jim Bannon, Lucille Ball, Lucy the Conclusion Jumper, My Favorite Husband, Petticoat Junction, The Beverly Hillbillies, tv

• LUCY, THE CO-ED

  S3;E6 ~ October 19, 1970 Directed by Jack Baker ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs Synopsis Harry’s old flame Gloria (Marilyn Maxwell) is in town to help produce a musical for their college alumni. They resurrect a show Harry wrote in 1928 and cast Lucy, Kim, and Craig in supporting roles. Regular…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 26, 2017

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  Ain’t She Sweet, Anita Mann, Baby Face, Buckle Down Winsockie, Cecil Gold, Chanel Number 5, Charles Lindbergh, Dear Abby, Desi Arnaz Jr., Dorothy Lamour, Fred S. Fox, Gale Gordon, Here’s Lucy, Jack Baker, Jim Bates, Judy Van Wormer, Kevin Edwards, Lisa Pharren, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucy the Co-Ed, Marilyn Maxwell, Mickie Pollak, Princeton, Robert Alda, Seaman Jacobs, Tait, The Carol Burnett Show, The Music Man, You Gotta Be a Football Hero

• LUCY THE CRUSADER

  S3;E5 ~ October 12, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Al Schwartz Synopsis When Lucy buys Craig a stereo for his birthday, it turns out to be a lemon.  Lucy goes on a crusade to have the manufacturer honor their guarantee at the point of sale. Regular Cast Lucille Ball…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 25, 2017

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  Al Schwartz, Billy Vaughn, Bob Hastings, Carole Cook, CBS, Charles Nelson Reilly, Desi Arnaz Jr., Donald Briggs, Frieda Rentie, Gale Gordon, George DeNormand, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Jack Berle, Jerome Cowan, John J. Fox, Kathleen Hughes, Leoda RIchards, Leon Alton, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Magnavox, Milt Josefsberg, Mission Impossible, Owen Song, Raquel Welch, stereo, Steve March, The Flying Nun, Walter Smith

• LUCY AND SAMMY DAVIS JR.

  S3;E3 ~ September 28, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Sam Perrin and Ralph Goodman Synopsis When Sammy Davis Jr. stumbles through the door of the Unique Employment Agency and bumps his nose, Lucy and Harry are afraid of being sued. Lucy goes to his film set to make sure he is alright…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 23, 2017

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  Altovise Davis, Buddy Hackett, Desi Arnaz Jr., Don Rickles, Edward Everett Horton, Elliot Reid, Eugene Jackson, Gale Gordon, Gary Morton, Harry Belafonte, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Irwin Charone, Jack Berle, Jay Dee Witney, Jimmy Durante, Joe Jackson, Keith Taylor, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Perry Mason, Ralph Goodman, Rat Pack, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, Sam Perrin, Sammy Davis Jr., Sands Hotel, Steve March, Sy Marsh, What Kind of Fool Am I