Tag: tv
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OLD FORMULA
July 24, 1957 Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball’s new format next year [five one-hour filmed shows] won’t be flamboyant star-crammed musicals. (1) They’ll use same characters, including William Frawley and Vivian Vance, in same type of stories. The first program, for instance, with Ann Sothern, Cesar Romero and Rudy Vallee as guests, will describe how…
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SEEIN’ STARS!
July 23, 1938 “Feg” Murray was an American athlete, radio host and Olympic medalist who was also active as a sports cartoonist. His best known feature was the Seein’ Stars column (1933-1951), which featured trivia and news about Hollywood stars and their latest pictures. Lucille Ball previously appeared in Feg Murray’s Seein’ Stars on August…
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COURTSHIP BECOMES TV
July 23, 1957 BY MARGARET McMANUS, Free Press Special Writer NEW YORK – Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz will present the first of their new series of five musical comedy programs at 9 p.m. Wednesday on WJBK-TV. The shows were each scheduled to be one hour long, but this premiere offering will actually run one hour…
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TV GUIDE: TACKLING MOVIES!
July 17, 1953 During the summer of 1953, “I Love Lucy” was replaced by “Racket Squad” on CBS’s Monday night line-up.
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BACHELOR GIRL
July 17, 1960 When Lucille Ball divorced Desi Arnaz last spring, her friends were convinced that, for all practical purposes, her public life had come to an end. Life with Lucy, they whispered, would mean seclusion, or at least partial retirement. But Lucy surprised everyone, including herself. Partly because she needed to be busy to…
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PRE-, EARLY-, AND LATE-LUCY
July 2, 1967 When the one great broadcaster in the sky someday chronicles the history of television, it will be divided in three parts pre-Lucy, early-Lucy and late-Lucy. There will never be a period known as post-Lucy because Lucy is without end. Wars have come and gone. Generations have been born, reared and procreated, but…
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LUCY THE FIRECRACKER!
July 1, 1962 To most people July 4 means a big celebration with family picnics and plenty of fireworks. Channel 8 celebrates two days early by welcoming a redheaded firecracker named Lucille Ball to its summer schedule. Lucy, along with the guest stars pictured with her on the cover, (1) will be featured in a…
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CA$HING IN!
June 28, 1953 On June 28, 1953, newspapers were talking about the marketing and merchandising opportunities of the new medium of television, particularly TV’s biggest hit, “I Love Lucy.” America wanted to live like the Ricardos, and Desilu was more than happy to comply, through an array of products. Perhaps the most desirable was the “I Love…
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TV TIMES
June 27, 1965 Every so often a new comedienne is hailed and toasted by the critics and public. None of them in the past 15 years has shown the talent or endurance of Lucille Ball. Cara Williams (1) was touted as “the new Lucy.” She never came close because the old Lucy was too good for…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 