Tag: Sheldon Leonard
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HARVEY PARRY
April 23, 1900 Harvey Parry was born in San Francisco, California, in 1900. He became a stuntman and actor whose career spanned the silent era and the disaster movie genre of the 1970s. Parry worked as a circus aerialist in his youth and was working as a property man at the studios prior to discovering that…
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SHELDON LEONARD
February 22, 1907 Sheldon Leonard Bershad (known professionally as Sheldon Leonard) was born in New York City, son of middle class Jewish parents. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1929. As an actor, he specialized in playing supporting characters, especially gangsters or “heavies”, in films such as It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), To Have and Have…
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SAFE DRIVING WEEK
October 21, 1950 “Safe Driving Week” (aka “Safety Drive”) is episode #102 [some sources say #101] of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on October 21, 1950. This was the sixth episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the season ending on March 31, 1951. …
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RIP Lee Mendelson
1933-2019 Lee Mendelson, producer of more than 50 Peanuts television specials and winner of 7 Emmy Awards, died on Christmas Day 2019 at the age of 86. He was also the lyricist of the song “Christmas Time Is Here”. At one time or another, all four of Mendelson’s children voiced Peanuts characters. On May 1, 1966,…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1967 Part One ~ JANUARY to JULY Season Five of “The Lucy Show” concludes. The season ends with Lucille Ball as an Emmy winner. Along the way, she has fun with Vivian Vance, Carol Burnett, Zero Mostel, Mel Torme, Don Rickles, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Sheldon Leonard, and a trio of chimps! “Lucy’s Substitute Secretary” (TLS S5;E14)…
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DANNY THOMAS’ THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BURLESQUE
December 8, 1965 on NBC Directed by Alan Handley Written by Hugh Wedlock Jr., Allan Manings Flying by Peter Foy Comedy Consultant Herbie Faye Danny Thomas (Himself, Host / Dr. Vivian Throckmorton) and Lucille Ball’s careers are forever linked. “Make Room for Daddy” was filmed at Desilu Studios and when it moved to CBS the…
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LUCY UPSETS THE WILLIAMS HOUSEHOLD
“Make Room for Daddy” aka “The Danny Thomas Show” (S6;E14) ~ January 5, 1959 Directed by Sheldon Leonard ~ Written by Sid Dorfman and Arthur Stander Synopsis While rehearsing a show together, Danny Williams invites Ricky and Lucy Ricardo to move in to his apartment. Lucy and Kathy, meanwhile, are spending up a storm at…
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STARSTRUCK! (Part 4 of 4) From Lucy Ricardo’s first trip to Hollywood to Lucy Carter’s famous encounter with Liz and Dick, Lucille Ball’s TV characters have always been starstruck! When Lucy Carmichael moved to Hollywood, a parade of celebrity guest stars (some as themselves, some as original characters) appeared on the show! Enjoy these…
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Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard
S5;E22 ~ March 6, 1967 Synopsis Mr. Mooney allows TV producer Sheldon Leonard to film a hold-up scene at the bank. Lucy, trying earn a raise, thinks he is really a gangster and is determined to foil his robbery. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 