Tag: Radio City Music Hall
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RIP GAVIN MACLEOD
1931-2021 Although Gavin MacLeod never acted with Lucille Ball, she was responsible for his first role on television, as he recounts in his autobiography This Is Your Captain Speaking. On February 18, 1954, MacLeod had a brush with Lucy and Desi, who were attending the premiere of their film The Long, Long Trailer. A few years…
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RIP Diahann Carroll
1935-2019 Diahann Carroll and Lucille Ball never acted together, but they were both groundbreaking television personalities with network shows (”Here’s Lucy” and “Julia”) airing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Both of their TV characters were widows who defied convention. They did appear together on the small screen several times. First, on “Dean Martin’s 1968 Christmas…
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LUCY on DONAHUE
March 15, 1974 Phil Donahue (Host) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1935. After a stint as a TV newsman, he took over a slot on a local television station which became “The Phil Donahue Show.” After moves to Chicago and then New York City, the show ended in 1996. In 1958, Phil Donahue married Marge…
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“The Adagio”
(S1;E12 ~ December 31,1951) The episode was directed by Marc Daniels. It was written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. It was the 12th episode filmed on November 23, 1951 at General Service Studios. Rating: 46.2/7 This episode is based on Lucille Ball’s radio show, “My Favorite Husband” (#66), “The French Lessons." The radio show…