Tag: The Tonight Show
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1969 Part Two ~ JULY to DECEMBER As the tumultuous decade comes to a close launching nationwide social changes, Lucille Ball forges ahead with season two of “Here’s Lucy” by going on location! “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” ~ August 20, 1969 From Hollywood, Johnny Carson welcomes Lucille Ball, Flip Wilson, Ricardo Montalban, and Friends…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1968 Part Two ~ JULY to DECEMBER During the summer of 1968, Lucille Ball re-invents “The Lucy Show” as “Here’s Lucy,” a new sitcom co-starring Gale Gordon and her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Arnaz Jr. “Mod, Mod Lucy” (HL S1;E1) ~ September 23, 1968 This is the first and only appearance of Doris Singleton as Harry’s…
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LUCY on TONIGHT
1960-1985 “The Tonight Show” is a late night talk show first broadcast by NBC in 1954 and still airing as of this writing. It is the world’s longest-running talk show, and the longest running, regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States. It is the third-longest-running show on NBC, after the news-and-talk shows “Today” and…
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RIP Reverend Billy Graham (1918-2018) ~ who was mentioned in “Lucy and Johnny Carson” (HL S2;E11). Crashing dinner at the Brown Derby with Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon, Lucy Carter confuses a report by Walter Cronkite (left) about campus unrest with “The Tonight Show.” Lucy then confuses an Ed Sullivan (center) routine about a boxing kangaroo with…
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LUCY AND JOAN RIVERS DO JURY DUTY
S6;E9 ~ November 5, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis Synopsis Lucy is called to jury duty and clashes with one of her fellow jurors (Joan Rivers). After Lucy is the sole dissenter toward a unanimous verdict, the unlikely pair must room together for the night. Regular…
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LUCY, THE WEALTHY WIDOW
S6;E4 ~ October 1, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Robert O’Brien Synopsis Harry needs a loan to help keep the Unique Employment Agency open. Under the impression that banks only lend money to those who don’t need it, Lucy invites a loan officer (Ed McMahon) over and poses as a wealthy widow,…
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LUCY AND JOHNNY CARSON
S2;E11 ~ December 1, 1969 Directed by George Marshall ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer Synopsis When Harry takes Lucy and the kids to the filming of an educational TV show, Lucy wangles their way into “The Tonight Show” instead. Playing ‘Stump the Band’, Lucy and Harry win dinner at the Brown Derby.…
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