Tag: tv
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WILL THE REAL MR. SELLERS…
December 18, 1969 Directed by Tony Palmer Peter Sellers (1925-1980) was born Richard Henry Sellers to a well-off English acting family. His mother and father worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. He was hailed as one of the greatest comic actors of his time. He was nominated for three Oscars, including two…
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LUCY on AMERICA ALIVE!
November 10, 1978 “America Alive!” was an hour-long NBC daytime show which featured consumer tips, relationship advice, entertainment news and reviews, and comedy, from its home studio in New York City, which resembled a Manhattan loft apartment, as well as remotes from Los Angeles. In the planning phase, the show was titled “People to People.”…
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LUCY’S BICENTENNIAL MINUTE
November 28, 1974 “The Bicentennial Minutes” Premiering July 4, 1974, the CBS series consisted of 732 one-minute programs, each recounting an authenticated piece of American history – everything from the momentous to the obscure. Each dealt with something that happened exactly 200 years earlier on the same date as the broadcast. The series was originally…
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LUCY & CHER… AND OTHER FANTASIES
April 3, 1979 Directed by Art Fisher Written by Buz Kohan, Arthur Sellers, Patricia Resnick, Cher Choreography by Joe Layton Cher (Cher) was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in 1946 and has gone on to be one of entertainments most enduring celebrities. She has been seen on Broadway, in films (winning an Oscar in 1987), on television…
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HOLLYWOOD THE GOLDEN YEARS: THE RKO STORY
“A Woman’s Lot”(S1;E3) ~ July 17, 1987 “Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story” is a six-part series produced and aired on the BBC in 1987. Each episode is at least an hour long, and touches on a different aspect of the studio’s history (1928 to 1957) mixing comments, clips, and interviews. Interviews with Lucille…
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LUCY on MERV
1971-1986 Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (1925 – 2007) was an American television host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, “The Merv Griffin Show.” He also created the…
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FROST / LUCY
1970-1971 “The David Frost Show” was a syndicated America talk show hosted by David Frost. It was produced from 1969 to 1972 and won Emmy Awards in 1970 and 1971. During the course of the show’s run it featured such high profile guests such as Gloria Steinem, Cesar Chavez, Huey Newton, Vice President Spiro Agnew,…
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LUCY on MIKE DOUGLAS
1968-1989 “The Mike Douglas Show” was a daytime television talk show that was hosted by Mike Douglas. Initially, it aired only in Cleveland during much of its first two years, followed by expansion to Philadelphia and nationwide. It went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1981. For much of its run, it originated from TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia. The show helped…
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LUCY on TONIGHT
1960-1985 “The Tonight Show” is a late night talk show first broadcast by NBC in 1954 and still airing as of this writing. It is the world’s longest-running talk show, and the longest running, regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States. It is the third-longest-running show on NBC, after the news-and-talk shows “Today” and…