Tag: My Fair Lady
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1965 Part One ~ JANUARY to JULY Season Three of “The Lucy Show” concludes, the last one aired in black and white and the last season to take place in Danfield, New York. “Password” ~ January 7, 1965 Lucille Ball is introduced as “the brilliant comedienne and fabulous star of motion pictures and television.” Lucy says…
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WORLD’S GREATEST GRANDMA
Unaired Episode {originally scheduled for broadcast December 20, 1986} Directed by Bruce Bilson ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis ~ Story by Mel Sherer and Steve Granat Synopsis Becky signs up Lucy for her school’s Grandma Talent Contest. Unfortunately, Lucy doesn’t sing, dance, tell jokes, or do magic, so she decides to…
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MY FAIR BUZZI
S5;E13 ~ December 11, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs Synopsis Kim’s shy and awkward friend Annie (Ruth Buzzi) comes out of her shell in order to audition for a 1920s revue, only to find the director was looking for someone shy and awkward in the first…
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LUCY IN THE JUNGLE
S4;E13 ~ December 6, 1971 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Larry Rhine and Lou Derman Synopsis Harry’s doctor says he’s in danger of a nervous breakdown, so Lucy suggests a house swap vacation. Unfortunately, the only home left was in Nairobi, Kenya. Their swap turns out to be a jungle hut, populated by…
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Lucy and the Efficiency Expert
S5;E13 ~ December 12, 1966 Synopsis An efficiency expert (Phil Silvers) takes over the bank and makes Lucy his gal Friday. On a visit to a toy factory looking for a big loan, Lucy must work the assembly line to prove that one worker can do the job of four. She fails – spectacularly! Regular…
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My Fair Lucy
S3;E20 ~ February 8, 1965 Synopsis When the Countess can’t pay her bills, Lucy suggests she open a charm school. To get the money from a wealthy couple of millionaires, Rosie pretends to transform a lowly charwoman (Lucy) into a highclass lady, much in the manner of My Fair Lady. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy…
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Shortly after the film version of MY FAIR LADY opened in theatres in November 1964, Lucy did her own version on THE LUCY SHOW titled “My Fair Lucy” (S3;E20). Lucy’s Henry Higgins was The Countess Framboise (Ann Sothern), who instructed charwoman Eliza Lumpwhomper (Lucy) to recite “The rain in Maine stays mainly on the grain” before dramatically…