Tag: Robert Osborne

• THE DESILU REVUE

  “The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse” ~ December 25, 1959 Produced by Bert Granet & Lucille Ball Directed by Claudio Guzman Written by Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf Original Music by Walter Kent & Walton Farrar   Synopsis: The Desilu Playhouse is hosting a Christmas Party and the action flashes back to the group’s first opening night, at…

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 29, 2018

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  1959, Bert Granet, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf, Carole Cook, christmas, Claudio Guzman, Desi Arnaz, Desilu, Hedda Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, John Bromfield, Lita Baron, Lucille Ball, Majel Barrett, Revue, RKO, Robert Osborne, Rory Calhoun, Spring Byington, The Desilu Playhouse, The Desilu Revue, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Vivian Vance, Walter Kent, Walton Farrar, Westinghouse, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, William Demarest, willliam frawley

• RIP Robert Osborne, film historian and host on TCM. He set out to be an actor and was under contract to Desilu as part of Lucille Ball’s group of young actors. He did one episode of “Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse” (hosted by Desi) before Lucy took him aside and suggested that he might make a better…

  Michael T. Mooney

  March 6, 2017

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  1958, Desilu, Film Historian, Lucille Ball, Robert Osborne, TCM