Tag: The Lucy Show
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In January 1966 busy extra Leoda Richards (arrow) played an audience member of “The Art Linkletter Show” on THE LUCY SHOW. In December 1970 Richards again played an audience member of “The Art Linkletter Show,” this time on HERE’S LUCY. She had first played an audience member in a 1957 episode of I LOVE LUCY.
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In January 1966 Doris Singleton appeared on an episode of THE LUCY SHOW as a character named Ruth Cosgrove, which is the real-life name of Milton Berle’s second wife. In September 1967, the real Ruth Cosgrove Berle made a rare guest appearance on THE LUCY SHOW as herself.
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In “Lucy and the Undercover Agent” (THE LUCY SHOW ~ November 1965) Lucy dresses up as ‘big Broadway star’ Carol Channing – even singing a few bars of “Hello, Dolly”. Channing does not appear in the episode herself. She was then in her second year of playing Dolly on Broadway. Another big Broadway star, Jack Cassidy,…
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In a 1966 episode of THE LUCY SHOW, Lucille Ball gets an expensive ring belonging to Mrs. Mooney stuck on her finger. In a 1970 episode of HERE’S LUCY, Lucille Ball gets an expensive ring belonging to Elizabeth Taylor stuck on her finger.
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In a 1956 episode of “I Love Lucy” Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance throw a birthday party for some children they don’t really know. In a 1963 episode of “The Lucy Show” Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance throw a birthday party for some children they don’t really know.
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A 1952 episode of I LOVE LUCY started with a broken TV set. A 1968 episode of THE LUCY SHOW started with a broken TV set.
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Today would have been MARY JANE CROFT’s 100th birthday! The perky character actress played three roles on “I Love Lucy”: Cynthia Harcourt (when Lucy plays a Martian woman); Evelyn Bigsby (who sits next to Lucy and her cheese on the plane); and Connecticut neighbor Betty Ramsey. She returned to play characters named Mary Jane in…
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CHARLES LANE
January 26, 1905 Charles Lane was born Charles Gerstle Levison in San Francisco, California. He went on to become one of the most familiar faces in America in more than 350 films and TV shows, specializing in character roles, usually officious businessmen and authority figures. He appeared in some of Hollywood’s most-loved films, You Can’t Take…
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In a 1956 episode of I LOVE LUCY, Lucille Ball donned kilts in a musical scene co-starring Vivian Vance. In a 1964 episode of THE LUCY SHOW, Lucille Ball donned kilts in a musical scene co-starring Vivian Vance.
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In a 1955 episode of “I Love Lucy,” Lucy encounters a beleaguered train conductor played by Frank Nelson, in a show that also includes Vivian Vance and Louis Nicoletti. In a 1963 episode of “The Lucy Show,” Lucy encounters a beleaguered train conductor played by Frank Nelson, in a show that also includes Vivian Vance and Louis…