Tag: George O’Hanlon

• GEORGE O’HANLON

  November 23, 1912 George Samuel O’Hanlon was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Brothers live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects (1942-1956) and as the voice of George Jetson in Hanna-Barbera’s 1962 prime-time animated television series “The Jetsons” and its 1985 revival. He started working at 16 with his own stage show, but was fired…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 23, 2020

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• “Baby Pictures”

  “Television isn’t going to last. It’s just a fad. Like flagpole-sitting or swallowing goldfish.” (S3;E5 ~ November 2, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed October 1, 1953 at Ren-Mar Studios.  Rating: 61.4/82 Synopsis ~ Who has the cuter baby: the Ricardos or the Applebys? In…

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 26, 2015

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• 10 Things I Learned (That I Didn’t Know Before) from Blogging about “I Love Lucy”  That the word “lucky” was banned from scripts while Philip Morris was a sponsor to avoid giving viewers a subliminal suggestion to buy their competitor, Lucky Strike. This was most best typified when the “Lucky Bucks” newspaper contest had to…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 24, 2015

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• “Lucy and Superman”

  (S6;E13 ~ January 14, 1957) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed November 15, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios.  Rating: 48.1/65 Synopsis ~ In order not to disappoint her son, Lucy pretends to be the Man of Steel at Little Ricky’s birthday party when the ‘real’…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 18, 2015

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