Tag: Les Brown

• 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…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 3, 2021

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  bill farrell, Bob Hope, Doris Day, Hy Averback, Irene Ryan, Les Brown, Lucille Ball, NBC, Radio, Sorrowful Jones, Swan Soap

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB!

  A Salute to Bob Hope’s 75th Birthday ~ May 29, 1978 James Lipton ~ Executive Producer, WriterGerald Rafshoon ~ Executive ProducerRobert H. Wynn ~ Producer, DirectorJohn Hamlin ~ ProducerBob Arnott ~ Writer Bob Hope ~ Guest of Honor / PerformerDolores Hope, Bob Hope’s Wife ~ Guest / PerformerGerald Ford, former President ~ GuestRosalyn Carter, First…

  Michael T. Mooney

  November 27, 2018

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  1978, Bert Convy, Betty Ford, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Charo, Dolores Hope, Frank Oz, George Burns, George C. Scott, Gerald Ford, Hello Dolly, James Lipton, Jim Henson, KC and the Sunshine Band, Kennedy Center, Kermit the Frog, Les Brown, Lucille Ball, Lynn Anderson, Mac Davis, Miss PIggy, NBC, Pearl Bailey, Redd Foxx, Rosalyn Carter, Sammy Davis Jr., Tip O’Neil, Tony Orlando, tv

• BOB HOPE’S LEADING LADIES

  “A Bob Hope Comedy Special” (S17;E1) ~  September 28, 1966  Directed by Jack Shea Written by Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, John Rapp, Lester A. White, Charles Lee, Gig Henry Bob Hope (Himself, Host) was born Lesley Townes Hope in England in 1903. During his extensive career in virtually all forms of media he received five…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 5, 2018

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  Anita Ekberg, Arlene Dahl, Bob Hope, Bob Hope Comedy Special, Bob Jellison, Dina Merrill, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Marr, Frank Barton, Jane Russell, Jerry Collona, Joan Caulfield, Joan Collins, Joan Fontaine, Ken Murray, Leading Ladies, Les Brown, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Madeleine Carroll, Marilyn Maxwell, Michael Ross, Paul Lynde, Phil Arnold, Phyllis Diller, Ray Kellogg, Rhonda Fleming, Signe Hasso, Vera Miles, Virginia Mayo

• Viv Moves Out

  S2;E22 ~ March 2, 1964 Synopsis When Lucy’s economizing leads to an argument between Lucy and Viv, Viv and Sherman move out and Mr. Mooney insists that she rents Viv’s room to a nightclub singer and her drummer son who practice at all hours of the day and night.   Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 12, 2017

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  1964, Bill Bailey, Bill Schaeffer, Bob Lanning, Candy Moore, CBS, Copacabana, Ethel Merman, Gale Gordon, Jimmy Garrett, Lazy River, Les Brown, Lucille Ball, Lunch Boxes, Marl Young, Miss Clairol, Ralph Hart, Roberta Sherwood, Stan Kenton, The Donna Reed Show, The Lucy Show, tv, Viv Moves Out, Vivian Vance