Tag: tv
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ROSS ELLIOTT
June 18, 1917 Ross Elliott was born Elliott Blum in the Bronx, New York. While at City College of New York, he participated in the college’s dramatic society, causing him to abandon his original plan to become a lawyer. He did four Broadway shows between 1938 and 1946. After serving in World War II (where he…
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LUCY – WHAT I AM IS BRAVE
June 16, 1983 By Lynne Hirschberg, Rolling Stone Magazine. Reprinted in the Dayton (OH) Journal-Herald Lucille Ball is not Lucille Ball. She is Lucy. In Los Angeles, everyone knows where Lucy lives. The mansion is a big, white affair in Beverly Hills. Fans pose for photos in front of it, and they dig up Lucy’s…
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TRIB TV WEEK TURNS TEN!
June 4, 1966 Lucille Ball was one of ten stars who were on the cover of the Chicago Tribune’s TV Week Tenth Anniversary issue for the week of June 4, 1966. 1. BOZO the CLOWN ~ was first played by Pinto Colvig, who voiced dogs for “The Lucy Show” in 1964. The Chicago Bozo franchise was…
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DORIS PACKER
May 30, 1904 Doris Packer was born in Menominee, Michigan. Her family moved to southern California when she was young. She became interested in acting while in high school. After attending the University of California at Los Angeles, she moved to New York City to study drama and appeared in Broadway shows. It was there…
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DON BRODIE
May 29, 1904 Donald L. Brodie was bon in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati. Before becoming a professional actor, he worked in the offices of Procter & Gamble. His first recorded stage experience was in 1928. He worked on stage in Cincinnati before heading for Hollywood. Brodie signed…
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TIME: A CLOWN WITH GLAMOUR
May 26, 1952 TIME: The Weekly News Magazine ~ Lucille Ball: Prescription for TV; a clown with glamour. May 26, 1952. On Monday evenings, more than 30 million Americans do the same thing at the same time: they tune in ‘I Love Lucy’ (9 p.m. E.D.T., CBS-TV), to get a look at a round-eyed, pink-haired…
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SAM EDWARDS
May 26, 1915 Sam George Edwards was born in Macon, Georgia, into a show business family. His first role was as a baby in his mother’s arms. He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the Adventures of Sonny and Buddy, one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in The Edwards Family,…
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THEY STILL LOVE LUCY
May 23, 1977 [The article below is reprinted verbatim. Photos and Footnotes have been added for editorial enhancement.] There has already been some moaning at the bar that when Dinah Shore’s blithe talk show moves to Channel 5 in July, it will be on 3:30 in the afternoon instead of 6:30 p.m. I have letters…
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TV GUIDE: SURPRISE!
May 18, 1968 Lucille Ball’s surprise reunion with Vivian Vance on “The Mike Douglas Show” was the subject of an inside article in TV Guide on May 18, 1968. The cover featured Mike Connors, star of “Mannix.” “Mannix” was an hour-long crime drama that was saved from the scrap heap by Lucille Ball when she was in…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 