Tag: Hy Averback
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THE BOB HOPE SHOW
May 3, 1949 “The Bob Hope Show” ~ After a dozen years as “The Pepsodent Show”, Pepsodent pulled its sponsorship in June 1948. Despite cancellation, Hope still continued on radio. Lever Brothers’ Swan soap began sponsoring the show, which premiered on September 14, 1948 on NBC. Doris Day was the only one of Hope’s former co-stars to continued to…
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HY AVERBACK
October 21, 1920 Hyman Jack Averback was an accomplished Producer / Director and Actor who was born in Minneapolis and moved to California with his family when he was 9. He graduated from the Edward Clark Academy Theater in 1938 and eventually got a job announcing at KMPC Beverly Hills before World War II. As part of…
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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…
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“The Hedda Hopper Story”
(S4;E21 ~ March 14, 1955) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed February 3, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 50.3/69 Synopsis ~ Ricky is looking for some publicity in Hollywood so he hires a publicist who concocts a stunt to get the attention of journalist Hedda Hopper. Despite the…