Tag: tv
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GRACE & FRANKIE
“The Newlyweds” (S6;E1) When Frankie (Lily Tomlin) separates herself from her best friend Grace after Grace unexpectedly gets married, her ex-husband (Sam Waterston) worries that she is unnecessarily breaking up a great pair.
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The same TV Guide issue with Lucille Ball kept popping up on The Andy Griffith Show
The Queen of Comedy had more TV Guide covers than any other performer! This one turned up frequently on “The Andy Griffith Show.” The same TV Guide issue with Lucille Ball kept popping up on The Andy Griffith Show
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Do you dream in black and white? If you grew up before color TV, you might.
Coincidentally, the above photo of “I Love Lucy” is from one of a handful of episodes that have been colorized from their original black and white! It is from “Lucy Goes To Scotland”. Many syndicated prints cut the opening scene and viewers didn’t realize that the entire musical comedy episode is Lucy’s dream! She didn’t…
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RIP Lee Mendelson
1933-2019 Lee Mendelson, producer of more than 50 Peanuts television specials and winner of 7 Emmy Awards, died on Christmas Day 2019 at the age of 86. He was also the lyricist of the song “Christmas Time Is Here”. At one time or another, all four of Mendelson’s children voiced Peanuts characters. On May 1, 1966,…
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A VERY LUCY CHRISTMAS
with Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan lost flashback opening for a rerun of “Lucy in Snow Valley” (LDCH S1;E5)
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Colorful “Paris” Cuts!
On December 20, 2019, CBS broadcast a colorized version of “Paris at Last” (ILL S5;E18). A few moments of the original show were edited out for time. Here’s what you missed… In the opening scene, a few lines where Lucy sticks her tongue out at Ricky are cut: LUCY: (consults her French dictionary) Just a minute,…
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RIP Carroll Spinney (aka Big Bird)
1933-2019 The puppeteer who brought to life Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch has died. Hard as it is to believe, Big Bird appeared on two television specials with Lucille Ball, although the two were not onscreen together. Both Lucy and Spinney were seen in “Bob Hope’s World of Comedy” on October 30, 1976. Big Bird introduced Hope’s…
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