Elliott Reid, I Love Lucy’s “Edward R. Murrow,” Dies at 93
Reid, a ubiquitous character actor in radio, films, television and Broadway, died on June 21, and is probably best remembered as the detective hired to investigate Lorelei Lee, played by Marilyn...
View ArticleNostalgia for I Love Lucy was Pretty Much Immediate
Forty-eight years ago today…people were already missing Lucy, Ricky, Fred & Ethel. It was July 8, 1965, and I Love Lucy had only been off the air for eight years—five, if you count The Lucy-Desi...
View ArticleEthel Mertz Tops Entertainment Weekly’s 50 “Greatest Sidekicks Ever” List
Okay, she isn’t No.1 (that’s Ed McMahon), but Ethel Mertz, as played by the inestimable Vivian Vance, made the list at a cool No. 5. This is even more fabulous considering that EW used the term...
View ArticleLucy, Desi one of TV’s “Most Magical” Couples
In addition to naming I Love Lucy the 11th best TV series of all time in its July 5-12 2013 double issue (see last post), Entertainment Weekly also named the classic sitcom #6 on its list of the 10...
View ArticleMy Little Margie Becomes a Summertime Hit in 1952
Why are we interested in this factoid? For me, at least two reasons. One, Margie was the summer substitute for a show called I Love Lucy when Lucy went off the air for its summer break. Although...
View ArticleLucille Ball Polka Dot Dress Fetches $168,000 at Profiles in History Auction!
According to UPI, “Lucille Ball’s iconic black-and-white polka-dot dress worn [as Lucy Ricardo] on I Love Lucy has sold for $140,000 — $168,000 after house fees — at a Profiles in History sale of...
View ArticleI Love Lucy’s “Birth of Little Ricky” Episode Most Riveting TV Moment Ever!
The love affair between TV Guide and Lucille Ball, and her classic series I Love Lucy, continues as the weekly magazine, celebrating 60 years of its national edition this year, recently voted the...
View ArticleLucille Ball & Vivian Vance: No. 1 of TV’s Funniest of the Funniest
Hosted by multiple Emmy winner (and treasure) Betty White, sponsored by The Paley Center for Media and broadcast on NBC September 1, a scene involving Lucy (Ball) and Ethel (Vance) from I Love Lucy...
View ArticleI Love Lucy Xmas Special to be Broadcast in Color!
The “I Love Lucy Christmas Special,” a one-hour special featuring two newly colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the classic series, will be broadcast Friday, Dec. 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m.) on CBS,...
View ArticleShirley Mitchell, I Love Lucy’s Marion Strong, Dies at 94
Film and television comedian Shirley Mitchell has died of heart failure on November 11 at the age of 94. The Hollywood Reporter was notified of Mitchell’s death by her sister-in-law, Oscar nominee...
View ArticleLucy Ricardo Got Pregnant 61 Years Ago — And Changed the Face of TV!
On December 8, 1952, 61 years ago, I Love Lucy aired the episode “Lucy is Enceinte,” in which Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball), after telling neighbor Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) that she’s going to have a...
View ArticleI Love Lucy Colorized Christmas Tops Ratings!
Ethel (Vivian Vance) and Lucy (Lucille Ball) celebrate Christmas… in color! Tomorrow, December 25, is Christmas, but there was an early present on television December 20 for all who love I Love Lucy...
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