Tag: Walter Winchell
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WALTER WINCHELL
April 7, 1897 Walter Winchell was born in New York City, the son of immigrants. He left school in the sixth grade and started performing in vaudeville as a tap dancer. Winchell served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He began his career in journalism by posting notes about his acting troupe on backstage bulletin boards.…
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LUCILLE & DESI SOLVE A PARENT PROBLEM
November 22, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were on the cover of TV Digest for the week of November 22, 1952. The inside article was titled “Lucille and Desi Solve a Parent Problem.” “With a baby due in January, how does the show stay on the air?” The article reveals that the past summer hiatus…
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SORROWFUL JONES
JULY 4, 1949 Sorrowful Jones is a remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film, Little Miss Marker. In the film, a young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones (Bob Hope) as a marker for a bet. When her father does not return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with…
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LUCY’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE
S4;E22 ~ February 7, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs Synopsis Lucy takes an interest in a new man (Robert Cummings), but the milkman tips off Kim that he may be a womanizing alcoholic. To protect her mother, Kim and Harry scheme to make him think the…
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Lucy and Paul Winchell
S5;E4 ~ October 3, 1966 Synopsis Lucy convinces ventriloquist Paul Winchell to appear at the Annual Banker’s Banquet. When Winchell is running late, he asks Lucy to stop by and pick up his dummies. When she accidentally leaves them in a taxi the understudy ‘dummy’ has to go on – Lucy! Regular Cast Lucille…
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Lucy the Gun Moll
S4;E25 ~ March 14, 1966 Synopsis In an “Untouchables” parody, a Federal Agent says that Lucy looks just like the chanteuse gun moll of a bank robber about to be released prison. For a $5,000 reward, Lucy agrees to become the gun moll and help find the hidden loot. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy…
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“Lucy is Enceinte”
(S2;E10 ~ December 8, 1952) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed October 3, 1952 at General Service Studios. Rating: 67.7/87 Synopsis ~ Lucy feels strange and Ethel suggests she might be expecting! When Lucy comes back from a doctor’s visit and reveals that Ethel was right, she…
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