Tag: Gunsmoke
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VIVI JANISS
May 29, 1911 Vivi Janiss was born Vivian Audrey Jamison in Omaha, Nebraska. Her parents were traveling theatricals in the Midwest in the 1920s and 1930s, eventually settling in California. On Broadway, she introduced what became the Vernon Duke standard, “I Like the Likes of You” in the 1934 Ziegfeld Follies. She made her screen…
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MADGE BLAKE
May 31, 1899 – February 19, 1969 Madge Blake (née Cummings) was best remembered for her roles as Margaret Mondello on “Leave It to Beaver”, Flora MacMichael on “The Real McCoys,” and Aunt Harriet Cooper on “Batman”. Born in Kansas just before the turn of the last century, her father discouraged her from becoming an actress, so…
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ZENITH PRESENTS: A SALUTE TO TELEVISION’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY
September 10, 1972 Produced & Directed by Marty Pasetta Written by John Bradford, Lenny Weinrib, Bob Wells Cast (in alphabetical order) Judith Anderson, honoree accepting for “Hallmark Hall of Fame” Russell Arms, performer “Hit Parade” James Arness, honoree accepting for “Gunsmoke” Lucille Ball, honoree Milton Berle, honoree Sid Caesar, honoree George Chakiris, performer “Westerns” /…
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LUCY IS N.G. AS AN R.N.
S6;E17 ~ January 21, 1974 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis Synopsis Kim gets a cold, Harry hurts his knee, and Mary Jane breaks her fingers. Even the cat is having kittens! Naturally, it falls to Lucy to nurse them all back to health. Regular Cast Lucille Ball…
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THE CARTERS MEET FRANKIE AVALON
S6;E11 ~ November 19, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Story by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs, Teleplay by Bob O’Brien Synopsis Lucy, Harry and Kim go to see Frankie Avalon perform and Kim is chosen from the audience to sing with him on stage. This leads to her performing in the nightclub’s talent…
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LUCY AND THE FRANCHISE FIASCO
S5;E20 ~ February 5, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis Synopsis Lucy, Harry, and Mary Jane buy a frozen custard franchise. When business goes cold, Lucy is forced to don a penguin suit and make an important delivery. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon…
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Lucy and Viv Take Up Chemistry
S1;E26 ~ April 1, 1963 Synopsis Viv regrets letting Lucy talk her into joining her for a night school chemistry class. Lucy gets carried away trying to invent a youth serum and develops a huge ego between explosions. To teach her a lesson, Viv and the professor make her drink her own concoction, which acts…