Tag: My Favorite Husband
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LUCY on HOUSE PARTY
February 1965 Art Linkletter (Host) was born in 1912 in Moose Jaw, Canada. He was the host of “House Party” (aka “The Linkletter Show”) which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and “People Are Funny,” on NBC radio and TV for 19 years. Linkletter had one of the longest marriages of any…
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RIP Jack Bannon ~ TV actor who was the son of Jim Bannon and Bea Benadaret. His mother was on Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband” and was the first choice to play Ethel Mertz, but eventually found fame on “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “Petticoat Junction” where her son Jack was employed as a…
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“Be a Pal”
(S1;E2 ~ October 22, 1951) Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed September 21, 1951 at General Service Studios. Rating: 40.3/60 Synopsis ~ When Lucy thinks Ricky is losing interest in her, she takes desperate measures prescribed in the Book of the Month Club selection “How to…
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“The Black Eye”
Readers keepers, losers go look at television! (S2;E20 ~ March 9, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed September 15, 1952 at General Service Studios. Rating: 67.5/92 The script is based on “The Misunderstanding of the Black Eye,” episode #118 of Lucille Ball’s radio show “My…
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“Lucy Changes Her Mind”
(S2;E21 ~ March 30, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed September 26, 1952 at General Service Studio. Rating: 65.6/89 Synopsis ~ When Lucy keeps changing her mind, Ricky demands she finish everything she starts. To get even with him, Lucy decides to complete an unfinished love letter…
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“Vacation from Marriage”
“Life. I’ve just been thinking about life.” (S2;E6 ~ October 27, 1952) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed August 1, 1952 at General Service Studios. Rating: 66.8/90 Synopsis ~ The monotony of married life prompts Lucy and Ethel take a break from their husbands for a…
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“Drafted”
(S1;E11 ~ December 24, 1951) Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed on November 2, 1951. It was the 9th episode filmed, but the 11th aired. Synopsis ~ A letter from Fort Dix makes Lucy and Ethel think that Fred and Ricky have been drafted. When the…
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“Lucy Becomes a Sculptress”
(S2;E15 ~ January 12, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, and Bob Carroll Jr. Filmed November 7, 1952 at General Service Studios. This was the 15th episode to be filmed. Rating: 66.6/88 This episode is based on Lucy’s radio show, “My Favorite Husband” episode #99, “Liz Becomes a Sculptress” broadcast October…
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