Tag: Lucille Ball
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PAPERMOON’S GUIDE TO MOVING!
August 17, 2021 I’m moving! After nearly nine years in a mobile home, I’ve decided it’s time to move on! Of course, I couldn’t do it without Lucy, so here’s my move – Lucy style! Goodbye mobile home living – hello condo by the sea! My real estate broker was a regular Rosie Hannigan (aka…
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ROUGH ROAD TO TOP
August 16, 1953 (1) One of the more famous CBS-TV shows is “I Love Lucy.” Its two chief characters – Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz – have had a rocky road to their present status as one of the top comedy teams in the country. At the end of Lucille’s first year in dramatic school…
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LUCY: BLACKJACK ACE & TOILET CLEANER!
August 16, 1967 LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Two hundred and sixteen miles from Kanab, Utah (1) as the crow flies is this lovely sin-ridden town. Leaving the crows to fly it, I made the trip in an air-conditioned sedan across the desert and through the magnificent mountain scenery of Zion National Park (2), and before…
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A RED-HAIRED SQUIRREL
August 15, 1965 By PAUL MOLLOY, Chicago Sun-Times Special Hollywood — She paced about with jerky, nervous movements and a furrowed brow, evoking the picture of a squirrel — if you can imagine a squirrel with red hair, tight slacks and a constant cigarette between its lips. Now she left her place on the stage…
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REMINISCING
August 14, 1977 By Frank Swertlow, Chicago Daily News BEVERLY HILLS – During the first years of television, Ed Wynn, the radio and stage comic, was trying to break into television with a half-hour comedy on CBS. (1) One night, he invited a couple of second echelon performers to make an appearance: a comedienne, known…
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NEW TV SHOW
August 14, 1962 HOLLYWOOD (UPI) – There is something ludicrous in the sight of a man trying to do a woman’s work. A man looks about as silly wielding a dust mop as a woman does trying to throw a baseball overhand. But even funnier, I think is a woman trying to do a man’s…
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MOM SETS HARD RULES
August 13, 1968 By HAROLD HEFFERNAN, North American Newspaper Alliance HOLLYWOOD – “You kids are getting on-the-job training and I hope you realize bow lucky you are.” It was Lucille Ball talking. Her remark was addressed to a pair of young performers who will be featured on her new program next season. “And the first…
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GOING PLACES
August 12, 1937 An interesting new portrait of Lucille Ball, RKO Radio player. Miss Ball’s career is a bit unusual for a young actress, for she is building a name on the stage along with carving out a niche in the screen world. Lucille, after playing a featured part in Lily Pons’ “That Girl from…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 