Tag: The Good Years
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RIP MORT SAHL
1927-2021 Mort Sahl was a Canadian-born comedian, actor, and social satirist who poked fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop. He spent his early years in Los Angeles and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he made his professional stage debut in 1953. In 1960 he…
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LUCY IS BACK!
January 5, 1962 The January 5, 1962 issue of Life magazine featured a cover photo triptych of Lucille Ball with the text “LUCY IS BACK!” and the description “A favorite warms up for her big TV return.” The cover photo was taken by Leonard McCombe. Photographer Leonard McCombe was born on June 1, 1923 on the Isle…
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WHICH HUSBAND DO YOU MEAN?
January 3, 1962 Lucille Ball gave an interview to Dick Kleiner of Newspaper Enterprise Association that was printed in newspapers on or about January 2, 1962. The article is reprinted verbatim below with added footnotes in parentheses for historical perspective and photos for editorial enhancement. Quotes by Lucille Ball are in bold italics. Richard Arthur…
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LOOK! TV: TURN ON OR TURN OFF?
September 7, 1971 The September 7, 1971 issue of LOOK Magazine (volume 35, number 18) dedicated their entire issue to the medium of television. Inside, there is a feature titled “Lucille Ball, the Star That Never Sets…” by Laura Bergquist on page 54. The photograph on the cover is slightly distorted to give it the look…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1962 By the fall of 1962, Lucille Ball agrees to return to network television in a new show. It is planned for one season in order to help both CBS and Desilu, who are in financial trouble. It would be called “The Lucy Show” and last six seasons. “The Good Years” ~ January 12, 1962…
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LUCY & HENRY FONDA ~ Part One
1935-1968 Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda were more than just co-workers. When Lucy first got to Hollywood, the two actually briefly dated. Lucy remembers, “We worked long and hard, Ginger [Rogers] and I, in front of our mirrors. We used eye shadow, plenty of mascara, pancake [make-up], deep red lipstick, rouge, everything we’d been taught…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 