Tag: Lucille Ball
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DINNER FOR TWELVE
October 14, 1950 “Dinner for Twelve” (aka “Liz Cooks Dinner for Twelve”) is episode #101 [some sources say #100] of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on October 14, 1950. This was the sixth episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the season ending on March…
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TOO MANY TELEVISION SETS
October 14, 1949 “Too Many Television Sets” (aka “Liz and George Order a Television Set” aka “Television”) is episode #58 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on October 14, 1949. This was the sixth episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 43 new episodes, with the season ending on…
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PATSY MORAN
October 13, 1905 Patsy Moran was born Adeline Alberta Moran in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She made her film debut in the Laurel and Hardy comedy Block-Heads (1938) as Lulu. She quickly followed-up with Laurel and Hardy’s Saps at Sea (1940) as a telephone switchboard operator. On radio, she portrayed boarding house owner Martha Hooper, wife of…
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BENNETT GREEN
October 13, 1904 Bennett Green was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 13, 1904. He is primarily remembered as Desi Arnaz’s camera and lighting stand-in on “I Love Lucy” but also frequently appeared on camera. His first screen appearance was uncredited, in the Universal serial Raiders of Ghost City (1944). His first appearance on TV…
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CORNEL WILDE
October 13, 1912 Cornel Louis Wilde was born Kornél Lajos Weisz in Privigye, Kingdom of Hungary (now Prievidza, Slovakia) on October 13, 1912. When his family immigrated to the United States in 1920, his name was Anglicized to Cornelius Wilde. Wilde attended the City College of New York as a pre-med student, then winning a scholarship to Columbia University.…
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QUICK! WHY DO THEY LOVE LUCY?
October 13, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were on the cover of Quick Magazine (volume 7 #13) on October 13, 1952. The inside article was titled “Why Do They Love Lucy?” Quick Magazine was published by Cowles Magazines, Inc., from 1949 to 1953. They also published Life. Readers were encouraged to “Get Quick on your…
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RIP Tom Kennedy
1927-2020 Tom Kennedy was born James Edward Narz in Louisville, Kentucky. He was the younger brother of host Jack Narz (1922-2008). The brothers wanted to avoid the perceived conflict of having two announcers with the same last name promoting competing products. Kennedy was a television host best known for his work in game shows. From 1957…
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PAUL DUBOV
October 10, 1918 Paul Dubov was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1918. He became a busy character actor appearing on radio, television, and films. His first film was Little Tough Guy (1938), one of the Dead End Kids movies. From 1942, he was a Universal contract player and was often found in the films of Samuel…
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