Tag: Joan Bennett
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THE WONDER SHOW
1938-1939 “The Wonder Show” radio program was so named because it was sponsored by Wonder Bread, which at the time was made by Continental Baking Company, who also made Hostess Cakes. Wonder Bread is a brand of bread which originated in the United States in 1921 and was one of the first to be sold pre-sliced…
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I LOVE LUCY & TV GUIDE
April 3, 1953 Lucille Ball is the TV Guide Cover Queen with a record 39 covers to her credit! Here’s a look at that very first issue and the magazine’s various appearances on “I Love Lucy.” The national TV Guide’s first issue was released on April 3, 1953, accumulating a total circulation of 1,560,000 copies that…