Tag: Toys
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BACHELOR MOTHER
March 8, 1951 Screen Directors Playhouse was a radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original directors of the films were sometimes involved, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations, and a brief “curtain call”…
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Lucy’s Toy Chest!
Even when Little Ricky wasn’t on screen, you knew there was a child in the Ricardo home by the toys! Toys also found their way into the Carmichael and Barker houses, both of which had children living there. Even Lucy Carter, mother of teenagers, managed to play with toys once in a while. Here’s a…
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LUCY SUBLETS THE OFFICE
S4;E21 ~ January 31, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by George Balzin and Sam Perrin Synopsis Harry is losing money so a loan officer instructs him to put Lucy in charge. Her first act as boss is to lease office space to an eccentric toy salesman (Wally Cox) who turns the Unique Employment…
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Lucy and the Efficiency Expert
S5;E13 ~ December 12, 1966 Synopsis An efficiency expert (Phil Silvers) takes over the bank and makes Lucy his gal Friday. On a visit to a toy factory looking for a big loan, Lucy must work the assembly line to prove that one worker can do the job of four. She fails – spectacularly! Regular…
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“The Ricardos Change Apartments”
(S2;E26 ~ May 18, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed April 16, 1953 at General Service Studio. Rating: 60.5/98 Synopsis ~ Feeling cramped since the baby was born, Lucy convinces Ricky that they should change apartments with the Bensons upstairs. ~ Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1953 The…