Tag: The Lucy Show
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DOUGLAS FOWLEY
May 30, 1911 Douglas Fowley was born as Daniel Vincent Fowley, in the Bronx, New York. As a young man, he moved to Los Angeles and studied at Los Angeles City College. He served in the Navy during World War II. He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director Roscoe Dexter…
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DORIS PACKER
May 30, 1904 Doris Packer was born in Menominee, Michigan. Her family moved to southern California when she was young. She became interested in acting while in high school. After attending the University of California at Los Angeles, she moved to New York City to study drama and appeared in Broadway shows. It was there…
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RUTA LEE
May 30, 1935 Ruta Lee was born Ruta Mary Kilmonis in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Lithuanian immigrants. In 1948, her family moved to the United States settling in Los Angeles, where she graduated in 1954 from Hollywood High School and attended both Los Angeles City College and the University of California at Los Angeles. She…
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TV GUIDE: SURPRISE!
May 18, 1968 Lucille Ball’s surprise reunion with Vivian Vance on “The Mike Douglas Show” was the subject of an inside article in TV Guide on May 18, 1968. The cover featured Mike Connors, star of “Mannix.” “Mannix” was an hour-long crime drama that was saved from the scrap heap by Lucille Ball when she was in…
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TV WEEK: THE INDESTRUCTIBLES
May 16, 1964 Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, and Danny Thomas were depicted as the three musketeers on the cover of the May 16, 1964 Chicago Tribune’s TV Week supplement. The caricature was done by Tribune artist William Sajovic. Interestingly, both Thomas and Griffith had hit shows that were filmed at or by Desilu Studios: “The Andy…
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TOP OF MY HEAD: WAX OF BALL
May 16, 1964 Last summer I was engaged to write a one-hour special comedy program starring this glamorous bouquet of names: Jack Benny, Danny Thomas, Garry Moore, Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, and Phil Silvers. (1) I am not going to single out any certain name, but one of these stars gave me plenty of trouble.…
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JAMES FLAVIN
May 14, 1906 James William Flavin Jr. was born in Portland, Maine. Flavin was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, where he played football. Flavin worked his way across the country in stock productions and tours, arriving in Los Angeles around 1932. He made his screen debut in a leading role in 1932′s The…
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PEOPLE: LUCY 1911-1989
May 8, 1989 On May 8, 1989, People Weekly (vol. 31, no. 18) dedicated its cover to the late Lucille Ball (1911-1989). The cover photograph is by Neal Peters. QUIZ: Name the above episodes! Which is not from “I Love Lucy”? Which classic “Lucy” moment is missing from this collage? In the beginning… The movie years…. Broadway at…
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THE HEALTH FARM
May 7, 1950 “The Health Farm” is episode #87 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 7, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are fed up with their husbands taking them for granted, so they check in to a fat farm. This episode features elements that later went into the “I Love Lucy” episodes “The Diet” (ILL…
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TV GUIDE: TV IS 50!
May 6, 1989 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV Guide (vol. 37, No. 18, #1884) on May 6, 1989 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Television. Lucy and Desi share the cover with: Mary Tyler Moore, Georgia Engel, and Valerie Harper on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” ~ A sitcom that showed…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 