Tag: Gale Gordon
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THE ATTIC
September 23, 1949 “The Attic” (aka “Trapped in the Attic”) is episode #55 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 23, 1949. This was the fourth episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 43 new episodes, with the season ending on June 25, 1950. Synopsis ~ One…
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THE BANK OUTING BASEBALL GAME
September 16, 1949 “The Bank Outing Baseball Game” (aka “Baseball”) is episode #54 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 16, 1949. This was the third episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 43 new episodes, with the season ending on June 25, 1950. The date this…
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HUSBANDS ARE SLOPPY DRESSERS
September 2, 1950 “Husbands Are Sloppy Dressers” (aka “Best Dressed Men in Town” aka “Selling Old Clothes to the Junkman”) is episode #95 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 2, 1950. This was the first episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the…
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RAY FERRELL
August 24, 1949 Ray Ferrell was born on August 24, 1949, in Los Angeles, California, as Raymond Delmer Ferrell. He was best known for playing Bruce Ramsey on three episodes of “I Love Lucy.” He was the younger brother of Todd Ferrell who played Boomer Bates on “Lassie”. Ray also appeared on “Lassie” but not in…
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NATIONAL HAWAII DAY!
JULY 5th National Hawaii Day is observed annually every July 5th to celebrate becoming the 50th state of the US. However, statehood was officially granted on August 21, 1959. It’s not known why the holiday is held on July 5th. Hawaii holds the distinction of being one of four states that were once independent nations, along…
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PARLEY BAER
August 5, 1904 Parley Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied drama at the University of Utah. Early in his career, Baer was a circus ringmaster and publicist before entering military service in World War II. In the 1950s, he had a job training wild animals at Jungleland and was a docent at the…
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TV WEEK / TV GUIDE – GALE GORDON
August 4, 1962 On August 4, 1962, Gale Gordon appeared on the cover of TV Week, a supplement to the Sunday Chicago Tribune newspaper. At the time, most all newspapers provided some sort of pull-out, stand-alone TV and/or radio guide. Although Lucille Ball was then filming episodes of her new series, “The Lucy Show” for CBS,…
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LUCILLE BALL DUSTS OFF HER SLAPSTICK
by Aljean Harmetz for The New York Times, August 3, 1986 On Stage 1 at the old Samuel Goldwyn studio on a hot day in the middle of last month, Lucille Ball came back. Barking the familiar laugh that blends a strangling Airedale with a porpoise, mugging for assistant directors and stagehands who weren’t even…
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TYPEWRITER TESSIE!
Lucy and the Typewriter On July 23, 1829, American William Austin Burt patented a machine called the “Typographer” which is listed as the first typewriter. The London Science Museum describes it as “the first writing mechanism whose invention was documented”. Burt never found a buyer for the patent, so the invention was never commercially produced. …
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