Tag: I love lucy
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MARY JANE CROFT
February 15, 1916 (above art by Dave Woodman) MARY JANE CROFT was born on February 15, 1916 in Muncie, Indiana. She began her career on the stage. She once said “from 1935 to 1939, I played parts with every kind of voice and accent: children, babies, old women, society belles, main street floozies – everything." She…
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GALE GORDON
February 20, 1906 Gale Gordon was Lucille Ball’s co-star in every one of her radio and television shows: Rudolph Atterbury on “My Favorite Husband,” Alvin Littlefield on “I Love Lucy,” Theodore J. Mooney on “The Lucy Show,” Harrison Otis Carter on “Here’s Lucy,” and Curtis McGibbon on “Life With Lucy.” Whether bellowing or turning a cartwheel, he was Lucy’s…
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Freddie Filmore’s Drag Race “Females Are Fabulous” featuring the queens of “I Love Lucy” “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy”! In 2020, gender-fluid actor Nick Tortorella turned up on “Rupaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race” as Lucille Ball!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DESI ARNAZ JR. ~ born January 19, 1953
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (1955)
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LUCY’S REPLACEMENT
S4;E19 ~ January 17, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs Synopsis Harry gets a computer and fires Lucy, who then gets a job in a typing pool at an insurance company. When she starts to miss Harry, Lucy and Kim sabotage the computer to get her old…
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RIP Jim Nabors (1930-2017) ~ Actor and singer who was most famous for playing the simple but sweet Gomer Pyle on television. Nabors made a cameo appearance as Pyle on a 1966 episode of “The Lucy Show" “Lucy Gets Caught Up In The Draft” (TLS S5;E9) and that one minute cross-over appearance set the whole Lucy-verse…
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LUCY AND ALADDIN’S LAMP
S3;E21 ~ February 1, 1971 Directed by Charles Walters ~ Written by Frank Gill Jr. and Vin Bogert Synopsis When Lucy holds a garage sale, she discovers an old lamp. When wishes start to become reality Lucy believes the lamp may posses magic, until she loses it hiding it from Harry. Regular Cast Lucille Ball…
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The Palm Springs Historical (Hysterical) Society hosts “Palm Springs Loves Lucy & Desi” Exhibit. September 1, 2017 through May 27, 2018. (Photos from Lucie Arnaz)
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RIP Bob Schiller ~ Emmy-winning TV writer who joined the “I Love Lucy” writing team in season 5 and was responsible for all of the Europe and Connecticut episodes including the classic “Lucy’s Italian Movie” (aka Grape Stomping). He co-wrote all 13 of the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours” and was a co-writer and creator of “The…