Tag: NBC

• BOB HOPE’S WORLD OF COMEDY

  October 30, 1976 Produced and Directed by Jack Haley Jr. Written by: Charles Lee with Gig Henry, Jeffrey Barron, Katherine Green, and Jack Haley Jr. Bob Hope (Himself, Host) was born Lesley Townes Hope in England in 1903. During his extensive career in virtually all forms of media he received five honorary Academy Awards. In…

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 2, 2018

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  1976, Big Bird, Bob Hope, Bob Hope’s World of Comedy, Caroll Spinney, Don Rickles, Jack Haley Jr., Lucille Ball, NBC, Neil Simon, Norman Lear, Texaco, tv

• JACK BENNY’S 20th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

  November 16, 1970 Produced by: Irving Fein, Stan Harris Directed by: Stan Harris, Paul Heslin Written by: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Hilliard Marks, Hugh Wedlock Jr. Starring the Cast of “The Jack Benny Program” Jack Benny (Himself) was a Beverly Hills neighbor of Lucille Ball’s and the two were off-screen friends. Benny appeared on “The…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 31, 2018

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  1970, All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings, Benny Rubin, Bob Hope, David Westberg, Dean Martin, Dennis Day, Dinah Shore, Don Wilson, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Frank Nelson, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Helicopter, Hilliard Marks, I Get A Kick Out of You, Jack Benny, Jack Benny’s 20th Anniversary Show, Love in Bloom, Lucille Ball, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, NBC, Peggy Almquist, penguins, Red Skelton, Thanks for the Memory, The Jack Benny Program, Timex, tv

• TELEVISION ACADEMY HALL OF FAME

  “The First Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards” March 4, 1984 ~ NBC Directed by Dwight Hemion Written by Buzz Kohan This award’s mission is to recognize “persons who have made outstanding contributions in the arts, sciences or management of television, based upon either cumulative contributions and achievements or a singular contribution or achievement.”…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 25, 2018

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  Barry Livingston, Bea Arthur, Bob Fosse, CBS, David Sarnoff, Desi Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., Doris Singleton, Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid, I love lucy, James Arness, Jean Stapleton, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Milton Berle, NBC, Norman Lear, Paddy Chayevsky, Stanley Livingston, Steve Allen, Television Academy Hall of Fame, tv, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, William Paley

• LUCY on AMERICA ALIVE!

  November 10, 1978 “America Alive!” was an hour-long NBC daytime show which featured consumer tips, relationship advice, entertainment news and reviews, and comedy, from its home studio in New York City, which resembled a Manhattan loft apartment, as well as remotes from Los Angeles. In the planning phase, the show was titled “People to People.”…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 10, 2018

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  1978, America Alive!, Ann Sothern, Bruce Jenner, David Sheehan, daytime, Gary Morton, Henry Fonda, Here’s Lucy, I love lucy, Jack Linkletter, Janet Langhart, lecture, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Michael Z. Stern, NBC, RKO, seminar, The Lucy Show, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Top Hat, tv, UCLA, Vitameatavegamin

• LUCY on TONIGHT

  1960-1985 “The Tonight Show” is a late night talk show first broadcast by NBC in 1954 and still airing as of this writing. It is the world’s longest-running talk show, and the longest running, regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States. It is the third-longest-running show on NBC, after the news-and-talk shows “Today” and…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 14, 2018

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  Here’s Lucy, Interviews, Jack Paar, Joan Rivers, Johnny Carson, Late Night, Lucille Ball, Lucy, NBC, Steve Allen, Talk Show, The Lucy Show, The Tonight Show, Tonight, Tonight with Jack Paar, tv, Vivian Vance, Wildcat, Yours Mine and Ours

• BOB HOPE’S ALL-STAR COMEDY TRIBUTE TO VAUDEVILLE

  March 25, 1977 Directed by Dick McDonough Written by Charles Lee, Gig Henry, Jeffrey Barron, Kathleen Green, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Sheldon Keller Bob Hope was born Lesley Townes Hope in England in 1903. During his extensive career in virtually all forms of media he received five honorary Academy Awards. In 1945 Desi Arnaz was…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 25, 2018

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  1977, Al Jolson, Bernadette Peters, Bob Hope, Broadway, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Burlesque, Captain & Tennille, Chaz Chase, Dick McDonough, Ed Beheler, Eddie Cantor, Jack Albertson, Jimmie Walker, Jimmy Carter, John Harlan, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Louisa Tennille, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Melissa Tennille, NBC, Sid Gould, Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis, tv, Vanda Barra, Vaudeville, Vivian Reed, Ysabel MacCloskey

• BOB HOPE’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH LUCY

  September 23, 1989 Produced & Directed by Ellen Brown Written by Robert L. Mills, Martha Bolton, Jeffrey Barron Lucille Ball (Archival Footage) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 18, 2018

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  1989, Betty White, Bob Hope, Bob Hope’s Love Affair With Lucy, Bobby Jellison, Danny Thomas, Desi Arnaz, Doris Singleton, Ellen Brown, Fancy Pants, Gary Morton, George Burns, Here’s Lucy, I love lucy, Joe Ploski, Kirk Cameron, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Saunders, NBC, Peter Leeds, Robert L. Mills, Sorrowful Jones, The Facts of Life, The Golden Girls, tv, TV Guide, Vitto Scotti, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• JACK BENNY’S CARNIVAL NIGHTS

  March 20, 1968 Directed by Fred De Cordova Produced by Irving Fein Written by Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Hilliard Marks Script Consultant Milt Josefsberg Jack Benny (Himself, Host) was born on Valentine’s day 1894. He had a successful vaudeville career, and an even greater career on radio with “The Jack Benny Program” which also became…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 13, 2018

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  1968, Al Gordon, Ben Blue, Carnival, Carnival Nights, carousel, Cleopatra, Dean Martin, Don Drysdale, Fred De Cordova, George Burns, Hal Goldman, Herb Vigran, Hilliard Marks, Irving Fein, Jack Benny, Jack Benny’s Carnival Nights, Johnny Carson, Larry J. Blake, Lucille Ball, merry-go-round, midway, Milt Josefsberg, NBC, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Sid Fields, sideshow, The Jack Benny Hour, The Smothers Brothers, tv

• LIKE HEP!

  April 13, 1969 Directed by Marc Breaux ~ Executive Producer George Schlatter ~ Written by Chris Bearde and Coslough Johnson Dinah Shore (Herself, Host / Various Characters) was born Fannye Rose Shore in 1916. She was a singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 10, 2018

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  1969, Andy Warhol, Betty Grable, Carole Cook, Chris Bearde, Coslough Johnson, Dan Rowan, Diana Ross, Dick Martin, Dinah Shore, Gary Owens, George Schlatter, Greg Morris, Hep, Here’s Lucy, Hip, Jan Meyer, John Pastore, Laugh-In, Like Hep, Lucille Ball, Marc Breaux, Mary Poppins, NBC, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Terrence Stamp, The Flying Nun, The Smothers Brothers, tv, Victor Buono

• VAN DYKE & COMPANY

  December 9, 1976 (S1;E9)  Directed by John Moffitt Written by George Burditt, Garry Ferrier, Ken Finkelman, Mitch Markovitz, Don Novello, Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, Mickey Rose, Aubrey Tadman, Paul Wayne, Dick Van Dyke Dick Van Dyke (Himself, Host / Various Characters) was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, in 1925. Although he’d…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 8, 2018

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  1976, Andy Kaufman, Barry Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke, John Moffitt, John Wheeler, Judy Von Wormer, L.A. Mime Company, Lucille Ball, NBC, Stu Nahan, The Lockers, tv, Van Dyke & Company, Variety Show