Tag: Vaudeville
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EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT JACK BENNY *BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
March 10, 1971 Produced & Directed by Norman Abbott Written by Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Hilliard Marks, Bucky Searles, Hugh Wedlock Jr. STARRING Jack Benny (Himself, Host) was born on Valentine’s Day 1894. He had a successful vaudeville career, and an even greater career on radio with “The Jack Benny Program” which also became a…
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LUCY ON “THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW” ~ PART 3
November 24, 1969 ~ S3;E9 Directed by Dave Powers Written by Bill Angelos, Stan Burns, Mike Marmer, Hal Goodman, Larry Klein, Don Hinkley, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Buz Kohan Cast Carol Burnett got her first big break on “The Paul Winchell Show” in 1955. A years later she was a regular on “The Garry Moore…
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Thirty years before he met Lucille Ball, William Frawley toured in vaudeville with his wife, Edna Louise Broedt. He called her “Red” because of her red hair. Her middle name also became the middle name (the first of three) of his TV wife, played by Vivian Vance. The couple went through a bitter divorce in 1927.…
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Ethel Merman and the Boy Scout Show
S2;E19 ~ February 10, 1964 Synopsis When Ethel Merman headlines the Annual Boy Scout Show, Lucy and Viv are relegated to being costumers. Feeling sorry for them, Merman agrees to share the spotlight. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley) and Jimmy…
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“The Passports”
(S5;E11 ~ December 19, 1955) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed November 17, 1955. Rating: 44.2/62 Based on Lucy’s radio show “My Favorite Husband” #121 broadcast in March 1951, also titled "The Passports.” Synopsis: Getting ready to go to Europe, Lucy can’t…
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