Tag: Lucille Ball
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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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CHICAGO TRIB TV WEEK
May 2, 1970 Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of Chicago Tribune’s TV Week on Saturday, May 2, 1970. The caption implies an inside story about “Lucy’s special talent” but no inside story was included. This is one of Lucille Ball’s stock glamour shots. Saturday night, May 2, 1970, CBS aired a re-run of “The Carol Burnett…
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PHILIP BRUNS
May 2, 1931 Philip Bruns was born on May 2, 1931 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He graduated from Augustana College in South Dakota and earned a Master’s Degree from the Yale School of Drama. He also studied at the Old Vic Theatre School in London, England. Off-Broadway, he received the 1964 Obie Award for his performance in the…
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GORDON B. CLARKE
May 2, 1906 Gordon B. Clarke was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He made his screen debut in an uncredited role in Zorro’s Fighting Legion (1939) for Republic Pictures. He started doing television in 1951 with an episode of “Lights Out”. Clarke was a stand-in for Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and shared the screen with him in…
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EVE ARDEN
April 30, 1908 Eunice Mary Quedens (aka Eve Arden) was born in Mill Valley, California, near San Francisco. She was interested in show business from an early age. At 16, she made her stage debut after quitting school to joined a stock company. She made her screen debut (using her given name) in Columbia’s Song…
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AL LEWIS
April 30, 1923 (or 1910) Al Lewis was born Alexander Meister on April 30th in New York City; the son of a house painter from Minsk, and a garment worker from the Russian Empire. He had two brothers; Phillip and Henry. The year of his birth was generally accepted to be 1923, but could be…
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TV GUIDE: THE REAL BALL
April 30, 1966 Lucille Ball appeared in caricature by Ronald Searle on the cover of TV Guide (issue #683 / vol. 14 / No. 18) for April 30 through May 6, 1966. Ronald Searle (1920 – 2011) was an English artist and cartoonist. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian’s School and for…
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SPRING HOUSE CLEANING
April 30, 1950 “Spring House Cleaning” (aka “Spring Cleaning”) is episode #86 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 30, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz sends George an anonymous love letter that she wrote to him during his bachelor days, and he thinks its from his secretary, Gladys. “My Favorite Husband” was based…
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