Tag: I love lucy
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VACATION TIME
April 29, 1949 “Vacation Time” (aka “Trailer Vacation to Goosegrease Lake”) is episode #41 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 29, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ It’s vacation time, and Liz and George have decidedly different plans. He wants to go camping with a trailer he borrowed from a…
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GRAFIC LUCY
April 26, 1953 On April 26, 1953, Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of the Chicago Sunday Tribune’s Grafic Magazine. Inside, the article is titled “Lucille and Desi. $8,000,000 TV Stars” by Hedda Hopper. The photo on the cover is very similar to one that also appeared on this 1954 issue of Dell’s “I Love Lucy”…
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TV GUIDE: HOW HOLLYWOOD CHANGED LUCILLE BALL
April 23, 1954 On April 24, 1954, Lucille Ball (and her shadow) appeared on the cover of TV Guide, volume 2, no. 17. This was one of two covers in 1954. Lucy has been seen on a total of 39 TV Guide covers, more than any other person. The inside article was titled “How TV…
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IVA SHEPARD
April 23, 1886 Iva Shepard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She became a silent film actress making her screen debut in the silent short The Wife of Marcius (1910). Her most notable film roles were in The Romance of an Actor (1914), as Zoe Trevor in The Haunted Manor (1916), and as Nettie Lea in The Isle of Love (1916). …
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LIZ APPEARS ON TELEVISION
April 23, 1950 “Liz Appears on Television” (aka “Friendship Week”) is episode #85 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 23, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris make an appearance on a television show celebrating Friendship Week. Their friendship is tested, though, when they discover they’ve bought the same dress for the occasion.…
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HAL MARCH
April 22, 1920 Hal March was born Harold Mendelson in San Francisco, California. In 1944, March first came to note as part of a comedy team with Bob Sweeney. The duo had their own radio show in the early 1950s as Sweeney & March. arch also worked with Lucille Ball as a regular character on…
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CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE
April 22, 1921 Charlotte Lawrence was born Charlotte Sorkin in Los Angeles, California. She attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles where she was active in Theater. She moved to New York in the early 1940’s to pursue a career in radio. She had a lucrative career as a radio actress, but left New York…
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AARON SPELLING
April 22, 1923 Aaron Spelling was born in Dallas, Texas. After attending high school, he served in the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot during World War II. Spelling later graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1949, where he was a cheerleader. Spelling made his first appearance as an actor in a film as…
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TIME BUDGETING
April 22, 1949 “Time Budgeting” (aka “George and His Trained Seals”) is episode #40 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 22, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ George is so fed up with Liz’s being late for everything that he puts her on a strict schedule. Note ~ This script…
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TV GUIDE: TOTEM POLE
April 17, 1953 On April 17, 1953, just two weeks after the first edition of TV Guide featuring Lucy and Desi Jr. on the cover was published, Lucy and Little Ricky were on the cover of TV Guide in a drawing by Jack Weaver. Lucy is depicted as the top of a TV totem pole…
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