Tag: TV Guide
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TV GUIDE: HOW HOLLYWOOD CHANGED LUCILLE BALL
April 23, 1954 On April 24, 1954, Lucille Ball (and her shadow) appeared on the cover of TV Guide, volume 2, no. 17. This was one of two covers in 1954. Lucy has been seen on a total of 39 TV Guide covers, more than any other person. The inside article was titled “How TV…
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HAL MARCH
April 22, 1920 Hal March was born Harold Mendelson in San Francisco, California. In 1944, March first came to note as part of a comedy team with Bob Sweeney. The duo had their own radio show in the early 1950s as Sweeney & March. arch also worked with Lucille Ball as a regular character on…
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LOOK: 2 BABIES IN 1 NIGHT!
April 21, 1953 On April 23, 1953, the Arnaz Family (Lucy, Lucie, Desi, and Desi Jr.) appeared on the cover of Look Magazine. The inside story is “Lucille Ball gives birth to two babies in the same night, one in the hospital and one on TV". Desi Jr.’s yellow ruffled outfit is the same one he…
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TV GUIDE: TOTEM POLE
April 17, 1953 On April 17, 1953, just two weeks after the first edition of TV Guide featuring Lucy and Desi Jr. on the cover was published, Lucy and Little Ricky were on the cover of TV Guide in a drawing by Jack Weaver. Lucy is depicted as the top of a TV totem pole…
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QUICK: 8 MILLION DOLLAR BABY!
April 13, 1953 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr. appeared on the cover of Quick Magazine on April 13, 1953. The inside article was titled “Eight Million Dollar Baby: Lucy & Desi IV”. Quick Magazine was published by Cowles Magazines, Inc., from 1949 to 1953. They also published Life. Readers were encouraged to “Get Quick on…
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CHUCK CONNORS
April 10, 1921 Chuck Connors was born Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors in Brooklyn, New York. He was one of only 13 athletes in history to have played both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and in the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1947–48). With a 40-year film and television career, he is best…
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DAVID FROST
April 7, 1939 Sir David Paradine Frost was born in Tenterden, Kent. Throughout his school years he was an avid football and cricket player, and was offered a contract with Nottingham Forest Football Club. Frost studied at Cambridge. He was secretary of the Footlights Drama Society, which included actors such as Peter Cook and John Bird.During this period Frost…
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TV GUIDE: 10th ANNIVERSARY
April 6, 1963 Lucille Ball was once again on the cover of TV Guide on April 6, 1963 (vol. 11, no. 14). The issue celebrated their tenth anniversary. Lucille Ball and her little Desi were on our first cover. She is there again this week. We’re sentimental about her. The Table of Contents page features…
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SUSAN TOLSKY
April 6, 1943 Susan Gaye Tolsky was born on April 6, 1943, in Houston, Texas. She attended Bellaire High School, where she grew fond of acting. When her father advised her not to pursue a career in acting, she enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin to major in nursing. She switched to drama two years later. In her…
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TV GUIDE ~ 45th ANNIVERSARY
April 4, 1998 In the April 4, 1998 issue (vol. 46, no. 14, issue #2349), TV Guide celebrated their 45th Anniversary with a border of covers. At the top center is Lucille Ball’s cover from January 12, 1957. At the bottom right is Lucille Ball and Desi Jr. on the cover of the very first…