Tag: William Frawley

• BE A PAL aka BE A PAL TO YOUR HUSBAND

  June 18, 1950 “Be A Pal” aka “Be A Pal To Your Husband” is episode #93 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 18, 1950 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ Liz feels thinks George would rather not spend time with her anymore, so she tries everything she can think of to be…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 18, 2020

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  1950, Be A Pal, Bea Benadaret, Birdseye Company, Bob Hope, Bob LeMond, CBS Radio, CBS TV, Churchill Downs, Desi Arnaz, Fancy Pants, Gale Gordon, Grantland Rice, Hans Conried, I love lucy, Jell-O, Jello, Lucille Ball, My Favorite Husband, Red Barber, Richard Denning, Ruth Perrott, Tanforan, Ted Husing, The Andrews Sisters, The Camping Trip, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• TELEVISION aka GEORGE RUINS A NEIGHBOR’S TV aka THE TELEVISION SUIT

  June 17, 1949 “Television” aka “George Ruins a Neighbor’s TV” aka “The Television Suit” is episode #49 of the CBS Radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 17, 1949. It later served as the basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “The Courtroom” (ILL S2;E7) first aired November 10, 1952.   Synopsis ~ Liz and George’s visit to their next-door…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 17, 2020

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  Alan Reed, Bea Benadaret, Bendix Company, Bob LeMond, Desi Aranz, Frank Nelson, Gale Gordon, Harry Bartell, I love lucy, Lucille Ball, Mary Lansing, My Favorite Husband, Ruth Perrott, Television, The Courtroom, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Television Suit, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• BOB CUMMINGS

  June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990 Robert “Bob” Cummings was born in Joplin, Missouri. His godfather was the aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright, so naturally he got his pilot’s license and studied aeronautical engineering. After the stock market crash of 1929, he gave up flying to study drama in New York City, making his Broadway…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 10, 2020

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  3 Cheers for Love, Bob Cummings, Desi Arnaz, Emmy Awards, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, Here’s Lucy, Love That Bob, Lucille Ball, Lucy Goes To Japan, My Hero, My Living Doll, One Night in the Tropics, Robert Cummings, The Bob Cummings Show, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Touchdown Army, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• The Marriage That Fooled Hollywood

  June 6, 1952 On June 6, 1952, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV Guide. This was 14 months before Ball and newborn Desi Jr. appeared on the first National Edition of TV Guide. The cover story is “Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz: “The Marriage that Fooled Hollywood” which refers to Lucy…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 6, 2020

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  1952, Arthur Godfrey, Boxing, CBS, Desi Arnaz, Ezzard Charles, Hollywood, I love lucy, Jersey Joe Walcott, Lucille Ball, Talent Scouts, tv, TV Guide, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• GEORGE IS MESSY (aka THE COOPER PIG PEN)

  June 4, 1950 “George is Messy” (aka “The Cooper Pig Pen”) is episode #91 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 4, 1950.  Synopsis ~ Liz is fed up with George’s messy habits around the house, so she draws a line down the middle of the living room and divides the house in…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 4, 2020

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  Bea Benadaret, Better Homes and Gardens, Bob Hope, Bob LeMond, CBS, Desi Arnaz, Doris Singleton, Down Beat, Eleanor Audley, Fancy Pants, Gale Gordon, George is Messy, Harry Bartell, Harry S. Truman, I love lucy, Jello, Look Magazine, Men Are Messy, My Favorite Husband, Radio, Ruth Perrott, The Bobbsey Twins, The Lucy Show, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• MARILYN MONROE

  June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962 Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was an actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s changing attitudes towards sexuality. She was a top-billed actress…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 1, 2020

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  Alan Hale Jr., Arthur Miller, Clash By Night, Desi Arnaz, Don’t Bother To Knock, Ethel Merman, Eve Arden, Gilligan’s Island, Ginger Rogers, Hotel Del Coronado, I love lucy, Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy, Keith Andes, Keith Thibodeaux, Look Magazine, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Schafer, Paul Douglas, Richard Widmark, Ryan and Ruby, Some Like It Hot, The Lucy Show, The Seven Year Itch, THere’s NO business Like Show Business, Tina Louise, Verna Felton, vivian vanc, William Frawley

• BARBARA PEPPER

  May 31, 1915  –  July 18, 1969 Barbara Pepper was born Marion Pepper in New York City. Against her parents wishes, she entered show business at age 16, appearing as a Ziegfeld girl and in George White’s Scandals on Broadway. Pepper and Lucille Ball were friends from their showgirl days and also appeared in six films…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 31, 2020

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  Arnold the Pig, Barbara Pepper, Bea Benadaret, Desi Arnaz, Gale Gordon, Goldwyn Girls, Grandy’s Green Acres, Green Acres, Hank Patterson, Hooterville, I love lucy, Kay Wiley, Lucille Ball, Mabel Paige, Parly Baer, Roman Scandals, The Tour, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• CLAUDE AKINS

  May 25, 1926 Claude Aubrey Akins was best known as Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–81 television series “B. J. and the Bear" and later “The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo”, a spin-off series. Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana. Some sources say he was born in 1918, making his age at…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 29, 2020

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  BJ and the Bear, Claude Akins, Desi Arnaz, I love lucy, Keith Thibodeaux, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Planet of the Apes, Sheriff Lobo, The Caine Mutiny, The Lucy Show, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, The Untouchables, Vivian Vance, Whirlybirds, William Frawley

• THE COPACABANA

  1940 – 2020 On May 26, 2020 it was announced that the legendary Copacabana in New York City has closed. The club was originally named for a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, known for its crescent-shaped beach, one of the most famous in the world. The Club was popularized in song, screen, stage, and television. “It…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 28, 2020

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  Carmen Miranda, Copa Girls, Copacabana, Desi Arnaz, film, Gale Gordon, I love lucy, Lucille Ball, Lucy Ricardo, New York City, Night Club, Ricky Ricardo, The Copa, The Lucy Show, tv, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• SID MELTON

  May 22, 1917 – November 2, 2011 Sid Melton (born Sidney Meltzer) played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom “Green Acres” and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, on “The Danny Thomas Show” and its spin-offs. He appeared in about 140 film and television projects in a career that…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 22, 2020

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  Ann Sothern Show, Bob Hope, Danny Thomas Show, Desilu, Eve Arden, Gomer Pyle, Green Acres, Jesse White, K.O. Kitty, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Milton Berle, Our Miss Brooks, Petticoat Junction, Sid Melton, The Golden Girls, The Lemon Drop Kid, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, William Frawley