Tag: The Adagio

• KISSING THE YEAR IN!

  December 29, 1951 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV-Radio Life on December 29, 1951, the final issue of the year.   FORECASTS FOR ‘52 Of the predictions by Fleetwood Lawton (as told to Arlene Garber), the prospect of color television is mentioned. Lawton was correct: a successful color television system based on a…

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 29, 2020

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  1951, 1952, Cy Howard, Desi Arnaz, Fleetwood Lawson, I love lucy, Lucille Ball, New Year’s Eve, The Adagio, tv, TV-Radio Life

• THE FRENCH LESSONS

  December 9, 1949 “The French Lessons” (aka “Eavesdropping on French Lessons”) is episode #66 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on December 9, 1949. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are humiliated when they can’t read the menu at a French restaurant, so they decide to take French lessons. The lessons lead to the prospect…

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 9, 2020

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  Bea Benadaret, Betty Grable, French Lessons, Gale Gordon, Hal March, Lucille Ball, Marjorie Main, My Favorite Husband, Paris, Richard Denning, Rolfe Sedan, Ruth Perrott, The Adagio, The French Revue, The Last Time I Saw Paris

• “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…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 20, 2015

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