Tag: Mannix
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“Here’s Lucy” ~ Season 4
A handy dandy guide to helping you find your favorite episode blogs here at Papermoon Loves Lucy. Click on the hyperlinks to be taken directly to that episode’s trivia, background, and bloopers! “Lucy and Flip Go Legit” (S4;E1) ~ September 13, 1971 “Lucy and the Mountain Climber” (S4;E2) ~ September 20, 1971 “Lucy and Harry’s…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1971 Part Two ~ AUGUST to DECEMBER “Here’s Lucy” begins season 4 with such celebrities as Ginger Rogers, Dan Dailey, Flip Wilson, Tony Randall, Kaye Ballard, Mike Connors, Dinah Shore, Allen Funt, and a real all-nun band named The Remnants! “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” ~ August 26, 1971 Johnny Carson welcomes Lucille Ball,…
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LUCY THE GUEST STAR
Lucille Ball guest-starred on dozens of TV variety shows. Here’s a look at three appearances between 1968 and 1973. “The Bob Hope Christmas Special” ~ December 9, 1973 Starring Bob Hope (Host), Lucille Ball, Gary Morton, Marie Osmond, Shirley Jones, and Doris Singleton Uncredited performers play the Jewelry Saleswoman and Lucy’s Maid The show also…
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LUCY THE STAR-GAZER! ~ Part One
On “Here’s Lucy,” more than any other series, Lucille Ball used her vast network of Hollywood celebrities as guest stars! It became a great honor to be asked to guest star on “Here’s Lucy,” and even the most accomplished actors were nervous about appearing with the great Lucille Ball. Here are some of the great stars of…
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LUCY AND MANNIX ARE HELD HOSTAGE
S4;E4 ~ October 4, 1971 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob Carroll and Madelyn Davis Synopsis Lucy happens to see three crimes in one day. Convinced thugs are after Lucy, Harry contacts his old friend, private eye Joe Mannix. While trying to rescue Lucy from the bank robbers, Mannix and Lucy are kidnapped…
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Today is International Women’s Day. In November 1962 Lucille Ball broke the glass ceiling by becoming the first woman to head a Hollywood studio. Under her leadership, Desilu developed such iconic TV shows as “Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Mannix.”
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RIP Mike Connors. Desilu produced “Mannix” from 1967 to 1968, although the show ran until 1974, making Connors a household name. In return, he appeared as Mannix on a 1971 episode of “Here’s Lucy.”
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