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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years

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BOB CARROLL JR.

August 12, 1918

Born Robert Gordon Carroll in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, his family moved to Florida when he was three years old. The family also moved to California for a time in conjunction with Carroll Sr.'s work, but eventually settled back in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Bob Carroll Jr. attended St. Petersburg College where he studied French. In 1940, he broke his hip in an accident. While recovering, he heard about a script writing contest sponsored by a local radio station and ended up winning first prize. His brother-in-law helped him get a job as the front desk clerk for CBS Radio in Hollywood, California. He eventually worked his way up to the publicity department and from there to writer. Carroll was teamed with Madelyn Pugh and the two created a partnership that lasted more than 50 years, writing approximately 400 television and 500 radio scripts. Though they briefly dated, they married other people.

While writing for Steve Allen's local radio show, the duo became interested in writing for Lucille Ball's new radio series “My Favorite Husband”. One week they paid Allen to write his own show so that they could focus their energies on creating a submission for “My Favorite Husband”. Successful, the pair wrote for Ball's popular radio program for its 2½-year duration.

Carroll and Pugh helped develop and create a vaudeville act for Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, which became the basis for the pilot episode of “I Love Lucy”. Together they tackled 39 episodes per season for the run of the show.

Pugh and Carroll were nominated for three Emmys for their work on “I Love Lucy”;

The pair also wrote episodes of Ball's subsequent series: The first five episodes of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” (acting as script consultant for the other seven);

As part of the “Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse” Bob and Madelyn wrote a script for Lucille Ball - her first non-Lucy Ricardo role - “K.O. Kitty”;

The first two seasons of “The Lucy Show”;

29 episodes of “Here's Lucy”;

and, in 1986, Ball’s final sitcom, “Life With Lucy.”

Although Carroll was not an actor, he sometimes was in front of the camera, his distinctive facial hair making him instantly identifiable.

As Lucy’s artistic great grandfather in “Lucy the Sculptress” (ILL S2;E15)...

As a passenger on the SS Constitution in “Bon Voyage” (ILL S5;E13)...

As a patron of an outdoor cafe in “Paris at Last” (ILL S5;E18)...

As a roulette player in "Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo” (ILL S5;E25)....

As a spectator in “Lucy and the Little Leauge” (TLS S1;E28).

As the final scene of “Lucy’s Last Birthday” (ILL S2;E25) opens at the Tropicana, Ricky thanks

“Pugh and Carroll – the two greatest contortionists in America today.”

This inside joke refers to the fact that the writers tried out all of Lucy’s stunts before they wrote them into the script.

In “Pregnant Women are Unpredictable” (ILL S2;E11), Lucy can’t decide on what to name her unborn baby. After an episode full of male / female name possibilities (including Unique and Euphonious) the episode ends with Lucy saying,

"You don't love little Robert or Madelyn!"

In 1955, Carroll and Pugh created a summer sitcom to take the place of “I Love Lucy” titled “Those Whiting Girls” starring singing sisters Barbara and Margaret Whiting as themselves. It returned for the summer of 1957 as well, sponsored by Max Factor.

They created and wrote the successful Desi Arnaz-produced series “The Mothers-in-Law” (1967-69) which starred Lucille Ball's longtime MGM pals Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard. Producer Desi did two cameos on the show.

Just prior to that, working with Desi and not Lucy, they created "The Carol Channing Show” (1966), but the pilot was not picked up for production.

They also wrote the story for the film (a rare non-TV endeavor) Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) based on the book “Who Gets the Drumstick” by Helen Beardsley.

Carroll and Pugh served as executive producers and did some writing for the hit television series “Alice”, starring Linda Lavin, for which the duo won a Golden Globe Award. Desi Arnaz appeared on the sitcom in 1978.

In 1979 Lucille Ball recruited Carroll and Davis to pen one last adventure: “Lucy Calls The President” - an hour-long special featuring many of Ball’s former co-stars.

He co-authored Madelyn Pugh Davis' memoir, Laughing with Lucy, released September 2005.

Carroll died in 2007 after a brief illness. He was 88 years old.

He was survived by a daughter, Christina Carroll, of Los Angeles.

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shiraishi-blog-blog · 4 years

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//@version=4 // This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/

strategy("Y-Profit Maximizer Strategy with Exit Points", shorttitle="Y-PMax Strategy with Exit Points", overlay=true, default_qty_type=strategy.cash, default_qty_value=10000, initial_capital=10000, currency=currency.USD, commission_value=0.1, commission_type=strategy.commission.percent) baslik1 = input(title="-------------------- PMax Setttings -------------------", defval=false) src = input(hl2, title="Source") Periods = input(title="ATR Length", type=input.integer, defval=10) Multiplier = input(title="ATR Multiplier", type=input.float, step=0.1, defval=3.0) mav = input(title="Moving Average Type", defval="ZLEMA", options=["SMA", "EMA", "WMA", "TMA", "VAR", "WWMA", "ZLEMA", "TSF"]) length =input(13, "Moving Average Length", minval=1) changeATR= input(title="Change ATR calculation Method?", type=input.bool, defval=true) showsupport = input(title="Show Moving Average?", type=input.bool, defval=false) showsignalsk = input(title="Show Buy sell signals?", type=input.bool, defval=true) showsignalsc = input(title="Show Price/Pmax cross signals?", type=input.bool, defval=false) highlighting = input(title="Cloud On/Off?", type=input.bool, defval=false)

baslik4 = input(title="-------------------- T3 Setttings --------------------", defval=false) length1 = input(89, "T3 Length") length2 = input(5, "T3 Filter Length") a1 = input(0.84, "T3 Volume Factor") a13 = 0.84 length12 = input(5, "Fibo T3 Length") a12 = input(0.618, "T3 Fibo Volume Factor") T31Show = input(title="Show T3?", type=input.bool, defval=false) T32Show = input(title= "T3 Filter On/Off?", type=input.bool, defval=false) T3FiboLine = input(false, title="T3 Fibonacci Lines?")

shownum = true

baslik7 = input(title="---------------- Take Profit Setttings --------------", defval=false)

len = input(25, "Snake Length") domcycle = input(20, minval=10, title="Dominant Cycle Length") rapida = input(8, "Fast Avg") lenta = input(26, "Slow Avg") stdv = input(0.8, "Length") tpfiltre = input(false, title="TP Filter avg2/avg4?") tplevelshow = input(false, title="TP Level and Exit Level Count On/Off?") tp1show = input(false, title="Early TP Signals On/Off ?")

baslik8 = input(title="------------------- MOST Setttings ------------------", defval=false)

src_most=input(close,"Source") AP2 = input(defval=8,title="Length",minval=1) AF2 = input(defval=2,title="Percent",minval=0.1)/100 mav1 = input(title="Moving Average Type", defval="ZLEMA", options=["VAR","ZLEMA"]) plotbuysell = input(true, "Buy/Sell Shapes On/Off ?", input.bool)

///T3 1&2 e1 = ema((high + low + 2 * close) / 4, length1) e2 = ema(e1, length1) e3 = ema(e2, length1) e4 = ema(e3, length1) e5 = ema(e4, length1) e6 = ema(e5, length1) c1 = -a1 * a1 * a1 c2 = 3 * a1 * a1 + 3 * a1 * a1 * a1 c3 = -6 * a1 * a1 - 3 * a1 - 3 * a1 * a1 * a1 c4 = 1 + 3 * a1 + a1 * a1 * a1 + 3 * a1 * a1 T3 = c1 * e6 + c2 * e5 + c3 * e4 + c4 * e3

e13 = ema((high + low + 2 * close) / 4, length2) e23 = ema(e13, length2) e33 = ema(e23, length2) e43 = ema(e33, length2) e53 = ema(e43, length2) e63 = ema(e53, length2) c13 = -a13 * a13 * a13 c23 = 3 * a13 * a13 + 3 * a13 * a13 * a13 c33 = -6 * a13 * a13 - 3 * a13 - 3 * a13 * a13 * a13 c43 = 1 + 3 * a13 + a13 * a13 * a13 + 3 * a13 * a13 T33 = c13 * e63 + c23 * e53 + c33 * e43 + c43 * e33

///PMax

atr2 = sma(tr, Periods) atr= changeATR ? atr(Periods) : atr2 valpha=2/(length+1) vud1=src>src[1] ? src-src[1] : 0 vdd1=src<src[1] ? src[1]-src : 0 vUD=sum(vud1,9) vDD=sum(vdd1,9) vCMO=nz((vUD-vDD)/(vUD+vDD)) VAR=0.0 VAR:=nz(valpha*abs(vCMO)*src)+(1-valpha*abs(vCMO))*nz(VAR[1]) wwalpha = 1/ length WWMA = 0.0 WWMA := wwalpha*src + (1-wwalpha)*nz(WWMA[1]) zxLag = length/2==round(length/2) ? length/2 : (length - 1) / 2 zxEMAData = (src + (src - src[zxLag])) ZLEMA = ema(zxEMAData, length) lrc = linreg(src, length, 0) lrc1 = linreg(src,length,1) lrs = (lrc-lrc1) TSF = linreg(src, length, 0)+lrs getMA(src, length) => ma = 0.0 if mav == "SMA" ma := sma(src, length) ma

if mav == "EMA" ma := ema(src, length) ma

if mav == "WMA" ma := wma(src, length) ma

if mav == "TMA" ma := sma(sma(src, ceil(length / 2)), floor(length / 2) + 1) ma

if mav == "VAR" ma := VAR ma

if mav == "WWMA" ma := WWMA ma

if mav == "ZLEMA" ma := ZLEMA ma

if mav == "TSF" ma := TSF ma

if mav == "T3" ma := T3 ma ma

MAvg=getMA(src, length) longStop = MAvg - Multiplier*atr longStopPrev = nz(longStop[1], longStop) longStop := MAvg > longStopPrev ? max(longStop, longStopPrev) : longStop shortStop = MAvg + Multiplier*atr shortStopPrev = nz(shortStop[1], shortStop) shortStop := MAvg < shortStopPrev ? min(shortStop, shortStopPrev) : shortStop dir = 1 dir := nz(dir[1], dir) dir := dir == -1 and MAvg > shortStopPrev ? 1 : dir == 1 and MAvg < longStopPrev ? -1 : dir PMax = dir==1 ? longStop: shortStop

///MOST zxLag1 = AP2/2==round(AP2/2) ? AP2/2 : (AP2 - 1) / 2 zxEMAData1 = (src_most + (src_most - src_most[zxLag1])) ZLEMA1 = ema(zxEMAData1, AP2)

valpha1=2/(AP2+1) vud2=src_most>src_most[1] ? src_most-src_most[1] : 0 vdd2=src_most<src_most[1] ? src_most[1]-src_most : 0 vUD1=sum(vud2,9) vDD1=sum(vdd2,9) vCMO1=nz((vUD1-vDD1)/(vUD1+vDD1)) VAR1=0.0 VAR1 := nz(valpha1*abs(vCMO1)*src_most)+(1-valpha1*abs(vCMO1))*nz(VAR1[1])

getMA1(src, length) => ma1 = 0.0 if mav1 == "VAR" ma1 := VAR1 ma1

if mav1 == "ZLEMA" ma1 := ZLEMA1 ma1

Trail1 = getMA1(src, length) SL2 = Trail1*AF2 // Stop Loss

Trail2 = 0.0 Trail2 := iff(Trail1>nz(Trail2[1],0) and Trail1[1]>nz(Trail2[1],0),max(nz(Trail2[1],0),Trail1-SL2),iff(Trail1<nz(Trail2[1],0) and Trail1[1]<nz(Trail2[1],0),min(nz(Trail2[1],0),Trail1+SL2),iff(Trail1>nz(Trail2[1],0),Trail1-SL2,Trail1+SL2)))

Buy = crossover(Trail1, Trail2) Sell = crossunder(Trail1, Trail2) SR=(iff(Trail1 > Trail2 ,1, iff(Trail2 > Trail1,-1,0)))

////T3 TILLSON 1

col1 = T3 > T3[1] col3 = T3 < T3[1] col4 = T33 > T33[1] col5 = T33 < T33[1] color_1 = col1 ? color.green : col3 ? color.red : color.yellow color_4 = col4 ? color.green : col5 ? color.red : color.yellow

e12 = ema((high + low + 2 * close) / 4, length12) e22 = ema(e12, length12) e32 = ema(e22, length12) e42 = ema(e32, length12) e52 = ema(e42, length12) e62 = ema(e52, length12) c12 = -a12 * a12 * a12 c22 = 3 * a12 * a12 + 3 * a12 * a12 * a12 c32 = -6 * a12 * a12 - 3 * a12 - 3 * a12 * a12 * a12 c42 = 1 + 3 * a12 + a12 * a12 * a12 + 3 * a12 * a12 T32 = c12 * e62 + c22 * e52 + c32 * e42 + c42 * e32

col12 = T32 > T32[1] col32 = T32 < T32[1]

///TP BB ve SNAKE

h = ema(high, len) l = ema(low, len)

hp = h / h[len] lp = l / l[len]

avg = avg(hp, lp)

havg = ema(highest(avg, len), len) lavg = ema(lowest(avg, len), len)

avg2 = avg(havg, lavg) avg3 = avg(havg, avg2) avg4 = avg(havg, avg3)

dif = havg - avg2

ust = havg + dif alt = lavg - dif

///BB on MACD

SDev = 0.0 banda_supe = 0.0 banda_inf = 0.0 m_rapida = ema(close,rapida) m_lenta = ema(close,lenta) BBMacd = m_rapida - m_lenta Avg = ema(BBMacd,9) SDev := stdev(BBMacd,9) banda_supe := Avg + stdv * SDev banda_inf := Avg - stdv * SDev

color2 = col12 ? color.blue : col32 ? color.purple : color.yellow

TS1 = plot(Trail1, "ExMov", style=plot.style_line,color=Trail1 > Trail2 ? color.blue : color.yellow, linewidth=2) TS2 = plot(Trail2, "Most", style=plot.style_line,color=Trail1 > Trail2 ? color.green : color.red, linewidth=2)

tp1 = tpfiltre ? crossunder(BBMacd,banda_supe) and (avg>avg2) and (MAvg>PMax) and nz(MAvg[10]) > nz(PMax[10]) : crossunder(BBMacd,banda_supe) and (avg>avg4) and (MAvg>PMax) and nz(MAvg[15]) > nz(PMax[15]) plotshape(tp1 and tp1show, title="TP1", text="TP1", location=location.abovebar, style=shape.labeldown, size=size.tiny, color=color.aqua, textcolor=color.white,transp=0)

plot(T31Show ? T3 : na, color=color_1, linewidth=3, title="T3") plot(T32Show ? T33 : na, color=color_4, linewidth=3, title="T3 Filter") plot(T3FiboLine and T32 ? T32 : na, color=color2, linewidth=2, title="T3fibo") plot(showsupport ? MAvg : na, color=#0585E1, linewidth=2, title="Moving Avg Line") pALL=plot(PMax, color=color.red, linewidth=2, title="PMax", transp=100)

buySignalk = crossover(MAvg, PMax)

plotshape(buySignalk and showsignalsk ? PMax*0.995 : na, title="Buy", text="買/売ポジ閉じ", location=location.absolute, style=shape.labelup, size=size.tiny, color=color.green, textcolor=color.white, transp=10)

sellSignallk = crossunder(MAvg, PMax) plotshape(sellSignallk and showsignalsk ? PMax*1.005 : na, title="Sell", text="売/買ポジ閉じ", location=location.absolute, style=shape.labeldown, size=size.tiny, color=color.red, textcolor=color.white, transp=10) buySignalc = crossover(src, PMax) plotshape(buySignalc and showsignalsc ? PMax*0.995 : na, title="Buy-Price", text="C_BUY", location=location.absolute, style=shape.labelup, size=size.tiny, color=#0F18BF, textcolor=color.white, transp=0) sellSignallc = crossunder(src, PMax) plotshape(sellSignallc and showsignalsc ? PMax*1.005 : na, title="Sell-Price", text="C_SELL", location=location.absolute, style=shape.labeldown, size=size.tiny, color=#0F18BF, textcolor=color.white, transp=0) mPlot = plot(ohlc4, title="", style=plot.style_circles, linewidth=0,display=display.none) longFillColor = highlighting ? (MAvg>PMax ? color.green : na) : na shortFillColor = highlighting ? (MAvg<PMax ? color.red : na) : na fill(mPlot, pALL, title="Up Trend Cloud", color=longFillColor) fill(mPlot, pALL, title="Down Trend Cloud", color=shortFillColor)

tplevel = 0 //tplevel := tp1 ? nz(tplevel[1])==0 ? 1 : nz(tplevel[1])==1 ? 2 : 0 : nz(tplevel[1])==0 ? 0 : nz(tplevel[1])==1 ? 1 : nz(tplevel[1])==2 ? 2 : sellSignallk ? 0 : 0 //tplevel := sellSignallk or MAvg < PMax ? 0 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==8 ? 9 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==7 ? 8 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==6 ? 7 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==5 ? 6 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==4 ? 5 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==3 ? 4 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==2 ? 3 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==1 ? 2 : nz(tplevel[1])==1 ? 1 : nz(tplevel[1])==2 ? 2 : nz(tplevel[1])==3 ? 3 : nz(tplevel[1])==4 ? 4 : nz(tplevel[1])==5 ? 5 : nz(tplevel[1])==6 ? 6 : nz(tplevel[1])==7 ? 7 : nz(tplevel[1])==8 ? 8 : nz(tplevel[1])==9 ? 9 : 1 tplevel := sellSignallk or MAvg < PMax ? 0 : Trail1 < Trail2 ? 0 : tp1 and nz(tplevel[1])==1 ? 2 : nz(tplevel[1])==1 ? 1 : nz(tplevel[1])==2 ? 2 : 1

exitlevel = 0

exitlevel := sellSignallk or MAvg < PMax ? 0 : Sell and nz(tplevel[1])==2 and nz(exitlevel[1])==1 ? 2 : Sell and nz(tplevel[1])==2 and nz(exitlevel[1])==2 ? 3 : Sell and nz(tplevel[1])==2 and nz(exitlevel[1])==3 ? 4 : Sell and nz(tplevel[1])==2 and nz(exitlevel[1])==4 ? 5: nz(exitlevel[1])==1 ? 1 : nz(exitlevel[1])==2 ? 2 : nz(exitlevel[1])==3 ? 3 : nz(exitlevel[1])==4 ? 4 : nz(exitlevel[1])==5 ? 5: 1

plotchar(tplevel==0 and tplevelshow, char='0', color=color.green) plotchar(tplevel==1 and tplevelshow , char='1', color=color.green) plotchar(tplevel==2 and tplevelshow, char='2', color=color.green)

plotshape(exitlevel==0 and tplevelshow , text='0', location=location.belowbar, style=shape.triangledown, color=color.red) plotshape(exitlevel==1 and tplevelshow , text='1', location=location.belowbar, style=shape.triangledown, color=color.red) plotshape(exitlevel==2 and tplevelshow , text='2', location=location.belowbar, style=shape.triangledown, color=color.red) plotshape(exitlevel==3 and tplevelshow , text='3', location=location.belowbar, style=shape.triangledown, color=color.red) plotshape(exitlevel==4 and tplevelshow , text='4', location=location.belowbar, style=shape.triangledown, color=color.red) plotshape(exitlevel==5 and tplevelshow , text='5', location=location.belowbar, style=shape.triangledown, color=color.red)

plotshape(nz(tplevel[1])==2 and Sell and exitlevel>=2, title="TP", text="TP", location=location.abovebar, style=shape.labeldown, size=size.tiny, color=color.lime, textcolor=color.white,transp=0)

/// PERIOD /// //testStartYear = input(2019, "Backtest Start Year") //testStartMonth = input(1, "Backtest Start Month") //testStartDay = input(1, "Backtest Start Day") //testPeriodStart = timestamp(testStartYear,testStartMonth,testStartDay,0,0) // //testStopYear = input(2020, "Backtest Stop Year") //testStopMonth = input(12, "Backtest Stop Month") //testStopDay = input(31, "Backtest Stop Day") //testPeriodStop = timestamp(testStopYear,testStopMonth,testStopDay,0,0) // //testPeriod() => // time >= testPeriodStart and time <= testPeriodStop ? true : false // //if testPeriod() //strategy.entry() //strategy.close()

if (buySignalk) strategy.entry("Buy", strategy.long, comment="")

if nz(tplevel[1])==2 and Sell and exitlevel==2 strategy.exit ("Exit1", from_entry="Buy", limit=close, qty_percent = 25, comment="利食い25％")

if nz(tplevel[1])==3 and Sell and exitlevel==3 strategy.exit ("Exit2", from_entry="Buy", limit=close, qty_percent = 33.3, comment="利食い33.3％")

if nz(tplevel[1])==4 and Sell and exitlevel==3 strategy.exit ("Exit3", from_entry="Buy", limit=close, qty_percent = 50, comment="利食い50％")

if nz(tplevel[1])==5 and Sell and exitlevel==3 strategy.exit ("Exit4", from_entry="Buy", limit=close, comment="利食い")

if (sellSignallk) strategy.close_all(comment = "")

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blakes-seven-or-so-blog · 7 years

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S1 E13: Orac

Gan, Jenna, and Avon are feeling ill. Blake pronounces Orac with a rolled ‘r’ and thinks there's something odd about the whole Orac situation. He makes Avon watch last week's episode in slow motion, something Avon completely forgets about by season four. They discover that the VW didn't break down because of the usual reasons but because of sabotage.

Cally uses a geiger counter on Avon and Vila and it clicks like a New Year's Eve noisemaker. Wait, they didn't decontaminate after returning from Cephlon?! How can they be surprised at having radiation sickness after spending all day on the Highly Radioactive Planet? They probably tracked isotopes all over the Liberator, too. Its market value just plummeted.

There are no decontamination drugs on their super-advanced spaceship, and their only hope is that Ensor will have some. Avon acknowledges that he and Vila share a few talents, among them ‘mortality’, which Vila finds unpalatable.

I am a little dubious about the idea that a drug could easily reverse the kind of severe cellular damage a lethal dose of radiation would cause, but: it’s the 28th century, and also it’s plot grease.

Iscandar! They can get a Cosmo Reverser there and cure the radiation damage... Oh, it's only Aristo. They’re screwed.

A kindly old man nearly has a heart attack in his solarium and checks the charge level on his chestronics. Hairy chests are so 25th century. He has a conversation with someone about the intruders that have landed nearby. His unseen companion sounds just like him and also like drunken bees and is talking out of a fern. The kindly old man hates unexpected visitors, and if you don't call first, consider yourself lizard food. I like this guy.

Travis and Servalan arrive and use the map Ensor, Sr. provided (why? why would he give them a secret map when he invited them?) to break in through the creepy lizard-man infested undersea tunnels.

Ensor needs the batteries his son was bringing because he has a primitive artificial heart that needs batteries every forty years. Here's my question: why did he wait until the very last minute to get replacement batteries? Did he forget? Did it take that long to find the right size? It's a mystery.

Orac gives Zen brain freeze and then starts talking through him. It accepts Blake's excuse for showing up unannounced and turns Zen back on. Zen finally has a paradoxical koan to ponder.

They're down to five teleport bracelets. Looks like it's time to draw straws and throw two people off.

Servalan gets groped by a lizard-man and Travis rescues her. She uncharacteristically sobs in horror like a damsel in distress. This whole scene annoys me. At least he doesn't attempt to comfort her; she would definitely stab him in his last eye. He dares Servalan to crawl and taunts her with the notion of staring at his leather-clad ass, but she haughtily reminds him whose ass is Number One here.

Orac arrives in his security sphere guise and starts giving snippy orders and warning shots to Blake and Cally. If they only knew that it would soon be the eighth 'or so'. Gan tries and fails to cheer everyone up by making sasquatch sounds from behind furniture. Avon, for the third time, gives Vila a backhanded compliment. Everyone is short-tempered in the face of imminent death.

Orac insists Blake and Cally enter a revolving darkroom door that rises from the ground. Blake jokes that they should catch the versatile flying jerk and give it to Avon as a pet, which is exactly what happens. They are taken deep down to an underground solarium. Ensor immediately charms them with his warm hospitality. He calms down after they tell him his son is dead and gives them the radiation drugs they need. Blake once again thinks Zen-assisted surgery will be a piece of cake.

Ensor wheels Orac out from behind the fern and it turns out to be a fish tank full of junk. Blake scoffs but Ensor says Orac is not a computer but a genius brain that can access every computer everywhere. Orac is Skynet but with Ensor’s personality; basically it’s a god-tier honey badger.

Travis crashes the party and once again has Blake in his grasp and loses him. I’m nicknaming Travis ‘Butterfingers’. Blake thinks pulling the ancient tunnel ceiling down onto his own face is a good idea despite Cally’s sensible suggestion to stick together. A lizard-man gropes Cally and Blake beats it to death with a rock. Ensor sits down for a rest and dies. I’m really sad about this, no sarcasm. At least his winning personality will live on through Orac.

Right at the greatest moment of Travis’s life, when Servalan says ‘go ahead and kill Blake’, Avon shoots Travis’s blaster hand off. He jokes that he missed and was aiming for Travis’s head. Avon is more than ready to kill Butterfingers and Servalan but Blake stops him, intending to just spread nasty rumors about them instead. Servalan blames Travis for everything again. Travis is so embarrassed he changes faces, eye color, and accent for the next season.

Travis is the unluckiest person in the universe. He probably locks himself in his quarters and cries afterward. His Blakeicidal dreams and his robot blaster hand have been destroyed in the most humiliating way possible, and the guy who installed his robo-hand is dead thanks to Servalan. The only thing he got out of this was a memory of his boss’s ass maybe. Poor Butterfingers.

Back on the Liberator, everyone is feeling better and they turn on the drunken bees. In Ensor’s voice, Orac immediately starts hurling insults. Avon is horrified. Orac goes on to inform them of his abilities. It takes exactly one minute before they tell him to shut up. Orac predicts that the Liberator will explode, and when he is evasive about the details, Avon gets even.

Orac’s shutting off sound is ‘exasperated drunken bees’.

Damage report:

- Ensor, Sr.

- Ensor’s fish and plants which were left to die

- a couple of lizard-people

- a couple of explorers whose skeletons decorate the tunnels

- Travis’s robo-hand, dignity, and what was left of his career

We never see Orac's flying sphere again, which is a shame. Ensor left it on Aristo and no one ever makes a replacement. He seems perfectly satisfied with being a brain in a box and unlike Krang never has himself installed in a body.

I like this episode because it introduces one of my favorite characters. Zen is condescending and passive-aggressive, but Orac is a complete asshole, yet invaluable to the Liberator crew. I also watched this episode repeatedly as a teen while half-asleep and dreaming so it was etched into my eternal memory extra-weird.

Next: Redemption

#blake's 7 #season 1 #Orac #review #RIP Ensor #RIP Ensor's fish and plants #maybe the phibians take care of them #RIP Travis I

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THE FATEFUL JOURNEY OF IBC-13

Forget about Primetime Bida, Telebabad, Kapamilya Gold and even Afternoon Prime. There is a TV Network that used to be Number 1 in the 70s until RPN-9 snatched the lead in the 1980s, The Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation or IBC for short. We will look back on how IBC got its success and failures before rebounding.

Beginnings

On March 1, 1960 at 6:30 PM, Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation was founded by Dick Baldwin. At the same time, DZTV Channel 13 went on air. The original studios was at the corner of P. Guevarra St. (formerly Little Baguio) in San Juan City from 1960 to 1978. The station's programming consisted of mostly foreign programs from CBS and a few local shows. In 1962, Andrés Soriano, Sr. would acquire the network in 1962. Soriano was also a majority owner of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) and the Philippine Herald newspaper. Soriano's combined media interests formed the first tri-media organization in the Philippines. Andrés Sr. Died on December 30, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts. His namesake son Andrés Soriano, Jr. took over his father's business including Channel 13.

As the de facto television arm of the RMN, it partnered with the RMN radio stations for coverages of the general elections of 1969 and 1971. The station had relay transmitters to bring its programs to viewers in Cebu and Davao, with plans to open more in other cities.

In between 1970 and 1972, IBC launched its color transmission system named "Vinta Color" named after the vintas from Zamboanga, becoming the third network in the Philippines to convert to all-color broadcasts, after ABS-CBN and RPN.

Ben Aniceto became the station manager of DZTV Channel 13 from 1973 to 1976. Before this, he was station manager of ABS-CBN from 1971 to 1972 before returning to ABS-CBN from 1986 to 1987.

The First Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (1975-1990)

On February 1, 1975, due to a constitutional limitation prohibiting the ownership of media by non-Filipinos or corporations not 100% Filipino owned, the network was acquired by a crony of Ferdinand Marcos, Roberto Benedicto who also owned Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS), and was renamed Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC). IBC would launch an FM station DWKB-FM the same year. Marking the relaunch, the network debuted its vinta logo (which would be used until 1978 in two iterations).

In 1976, IBC metamorphosed into one of the country's most viewed TV network with its primetime lineup and full length local and foreign films aired on this channel. This catapulted IBC in the number one slot among the four rival networks and also emphasized itself as the birthplace of the golden age of Philippine television, with many top series headlined by hit stars on radio, TV and film.

Through the blood and sweat of its employees and the income generated from its programs, the network built and finally moved to its present home at the modern Broadcast City, together with its affiliated networks RPN and BBC in July 1978. The complex was a 55,000 square metre tract located at Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and at the same time, IBC moved its transmitter to San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City to replace the old transmitter in San Juan. By 1982, IBC would lose its top spot to RPN following Eat Bulaga's popularity, albeit with many great local and foreign programs that were popular among viewers.

After the People Power Revolution, IBC, with 20 television stations that time, was sequestered by the government. A board of administrators was created to run the station. All of the stocks and assets of IBC, and its sister networks RPN-9 and BBC-2 were sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).

When it became a state channel a new logo debuted featuring IBC and 13 on separate circles, a revamp of an earlier logo which debuted in 1980. The new slogan "Basta Pinoy sa Trese" was in a circle to commemorate the People Power Revolution.

President Corazon Aquino turned over IBC and RPN to the Government Communications Group and awarded BBC through an executive order to ABS-CBN. When BBC closed down, IBC absorbed majority of its displaced employees, thus doubled the operating expenses of the network. Cost of programs went up three-fold. Line-produced shows and co-production ventures with some big film companies like Viva, Regal, and Seiko were favored, aside from their station-produced programs. The top rated shows of IBC were pirated by rival networks, however it scored a victory when it acquired the then ABS-CBN program Loveli-ness in 1988, starring Alma Moreno. Cost of programs, talent fees and TV rights increased tremendously. IBC could no longer afford to produce its own shows, save for its news and current affairs programming and special events. In 1987, IBC was renamed as E13 and adopted a new slogan, "Life Begins at 13", noted for the butterfly logo in the form of the letter E and the number 13. The corporate name however, is still "Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation".

IBC fell from fourth place after GMA-7 regained the ratings lead. By 1988, when ABS-CBN became the top-rating network, IBC is now dead last in the ratings.

In 1989, the IBC brand returned after two years. The network adopted a new image at the same year, Pusong Pinoy, Pusong Trese (Heart of Filipino, Heart of Thirteen), to recapture the glory days it once had. But because of the sequestration, periodic change of management and the internal problems, the network started to lose the support from its advertisers. Also on that year, KB 89.1 becomes 89 DMZ and changed its callsign to DZMZ.

Islands TV-13 (1990-1992)

Islands Broadcast Corporation under Mr. Alfonso Denoga and Mr. Gil Balaguer took over the management and the marketing of IBC 13 (which was branded as Islands TV-13) in October 1990, at the time when IBC 13 was dead last in the ratings. The new logo features a three triangles and a slogan, The Newest Network adorn on the logo. It was in the later part of its operations that ratings and income suffered due to mismanagement which caused labor unrest. In March 1993, the Makati RTC issued the court order stopping Islands Broadcast Corporation as the marketing and sales agent of IBC 13 due to unpaid financial obligations to the network as the contract of Islands expired on February 28, 1993.

The Second Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (1992-Present)

In October 1992, Islands TV-13 was rebranded back to IBC and became a 100% government owned station by virtue of a compromise agreement between PCGG and Roberto Benedicto. The management and marketing were returned to IBC's board of directors. The programming remained at a standstill in preparation for the launching of a new image of the station.

It was on May 27, 1994 when IBC launched its new slogan "Pinoy Ang Dating" ( "Filipino styled") with a Filipino-like visually enticing music video featuring Grace Nono, an innovation in terms of station identification. Despite limited resources, programming improved but the battle for audience share continued. Advertisers became more responsive to marketing efforts. The following year, IBC began to broadcast its programs nationwide via "Nationwide Satellite Broadcast".

In 1996, Vintage Enterprises transferred to IBC as part of the launching of Vintage Television (VTV), a primetime block that aired on IBC with PBA, Blow by Blow and other Vintage Sports-produced programs after moving from another government-owned station, People's Television Network (PTV). The block helped IBC-13 land third in the primetime ratings, mainly credited to the airing of the PBA games.

Later in the year 2000, Viva Entertainment's subsidiary Viva Television acquired Vintage Enterprises (including VTV on IBC block) from the Velez family and changed its name to Viva TV. It was a primetime sports and entertainment block on IBC and continued until 2002. At the same time, 89 DMZ signs off for the last time (prior to 89DMZ’s final sign-off, it had a program that simulcasted on IBC and 89DMZ which was then called DMZ-TV, a 60-minute musical variety show).

In 2001, IBC and Blockbuster Broadcasting System went into a government-sponsored bidding and the Vera Group, through Blockbuster Broadcasting System, won the rights to the frequency and the facilities. 89 DMZ rebrands to Wave 89.1 (callsign then changed to DWAV). However, the network still shares its transmission facilities of IBC 13 until 2014 when it began transmitting from Antipolo.

Rehabilitation of the transmitter and other technical facilities where initiated in the network's flagship and provincial stations. However, in early 2003, Viva TV on IBC was ended after Viva decided not to renew a blocktime agreement with IBC due to high blocktime costs and low ratings.

Despite this, then before Star for a Night Grand Finals (held at the Philsports Arena in Pasig), its last Viva TV-produced program was aired on IBC on March 1, 2003. Viva Main Event is its only program which still airs in IBC recently, as it became part of the TV5 sports programming block AKTV, making Viva Sports own a mere 20% of the block. At the same time, IBC also installed a new Harris 60-kilowatt transmitter for clearer TV reception, and utilized the services of the APSTAR 1 Satellite for a broader international reach.

On January 1, 2002, IBC launched its new logo and its new slogan "New Face, New Attitude" with a new station ID, and its programming, including those from the news division (the relaunched Express Balita, Entrepinoy, Good Take, and Linawin Natin plus Celebrity.com, IBC’s weekly entertainment program)

On December 12, 2003, IBC launched again its new logo and its new slogan "Ang Bagong Pilipino" (The New Filipino) with a freestyle station ID.

In late 2007, IBC inked a deal with the Makisig Network, led by Hermie Esguerra, as a primetime block-timer of IBC. However, Makisig Network's programs were not aired due to questions on the propriety of the terms and conditions of the agreement. Said agreement expired in October 2008.

After four decades of serving the network's dominance and entertainment programing, IBC-13's studios and facilities are abandoned due to negligence and their network's mismanagement. Their studio equipment, cameras, lighting and props are useless, dilapidated and very old. Cash and budgets were cut short and they cannot afford to utilize radio-TV operations. Their programming and airtime were lost after suffering from a network war in the late 1980s and the 1990s and many employees lost their jobs. The network suffered more than 800 million pesos worth of backwages to its employees, some of them are old-timers or those who worked in the network since the 1980s.

At present, IBC 13 has 200 regular employees as of 2016, while 29 of those are talents or in a "contractual basis", particularly from the news and public affairs and production.

The management tried to revive the ill-fated network but it failed thereafter over a span of 30 years and six Philipppine presidents (Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte).

There were many plans to sell and privatize IBC and RPN. TV network ABS-CBN was planning to buy the network's blocktime to address signal problems and mimic the former's programs. However, ABS-CBN could not join the privatization bid due to ownership regulations.

In 2011, IBC has entered into a joint venture agreement with Prime Realty, an affiliate of R-II Builders Group of Reghis Romero Jr. The agreement called for the development of 3.5 hectares of Broadcast City. With this joint venture agreement with a private business enterprise, the Aquino administration expressed its desire to privatize both RPN and IBC and retain the People's Television (PTV) as a sole-mandated government TV network.It was also announced that conglomerate San Miguel Corporation will join the government-sponsored bidding for the privatization of RPN and IBC.

IBC signed a blocktime agreement with TV5's sports division Sports5 to air live sports coverage via its sports programming block AKTV. It was launched last June 5, 2011, with the AKTV Run held outside SM Mall of Asia in Bay City, Pasay. At the same day, IBC launched a new logo and slogan "Where the Action Is" to reflect the change.

In April 11, 2013, MediaQuest chairman Manny Pangilinan announced that AKTV will no longer be renew the blocktime agreement in May due to high costs and poor ratings, and there has been doubts about the future of the network.

However, according to a news article dated September 26, 2012, former IBC president Eric Canoy hinted that in pursuant to AO 26 which restored its archives, hopefully IBC could reair them as IBC Classics.

IBC recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Asian Television Content Corporation under Engr. Reynaldo Sanchez as the major blocktimer of the station. ATC @ IBC primetime block with newest programs premiered last June 2, 2014. However, on August 31, 2014, programs under the ATC @ IBC 13 block suddenly no longer aired on the network, possibly due to poor ratings and lack of advertisers' support.

PCOO Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a Senate budget hearing for the PCOO last September 3, 2014 that the network will be fully privatized before President Aquino stepping down in the office in 2016 and keeping PTV-4 as the sole government TV network. Process of the privatization will be managed by the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations through the Development Bank of the Philippines. Business tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan is one of the possible bidders for the privatization in which TV5 (a media company under PLDT's MediaQuest Holdings through ABC Development Corporation), despite expiration of blocktime agreement in 2013 (AKTV), is still using IBC's Broadcast City facilities for sports events, including its 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup coverage. However, MediaQuest also could not join the privatization bid due to ownership rules and regulations that MediaQuest owns TV5 and AksyonTV.

On June 2, 2015, the Philippine Crusader for Justice (PCJ), led by Joe Villanueva, filed a petition to the Supreme Court of the Philippines to nullify the joint venture agreement between IBC and Primestate/R-II Builders for the development of 3.5 hectares of Broadcast City, after the Office of the Ombudsman found the contract to be disadvantageous to the government. The Ombudsman filed a graft case in 2013 against former IBC executives and Primestate.

In January 2016, President Benigno Aquino III, through the Governance Commission for Government-owned and -controlled corporation (GCG) appoved the planned privatization of IBC. The privatization will be undergo public bidding with an estimated floor price of 10 billion pesos. The proceeds of the bidding will be for the increase of state-owned PTV-4's capital to upgrade and modernize their broadcast capabilities. The Development Bank of the Philippines will be the financial adviser for the privatization. Incoming PCOO secretary Martin Andanar has already forwarded the privatization plan to President Rodrigo Duterte's executive secretary Salvador "Bingbong" Medialdea. Andanar will also coordinate with the GCG before the start of the bidding.

Katherine de Castro, daughter of TV Patrol anchor Noli de Castro becomes the President & CEO of the network.

The privatization process of IBC was commenced in October 2016. As of December 2016, five groups have already showed their interest to join the bidding process. These are Ramon Ang of San Miguel Corporation and the groups of former IBC president (and current RMN President/CEO) Eric Canoy and former Ilocos Sur governor Chavit Singson, Dennis Uy of Phoenix Petroleum and William Lima, a businessman from Davao.

In March 2017, IBC operated on a low powered signal but it continues its broadcast on cable and satellite providers. In October 2017, IBC began its test broadcast on digital terrestrial television.

Since late 2018, IBC began to revitalize its infrastructure and its content. By December of the same year, the network transferred its studios and offices to its new building at Capitol Hills Drive corner Zuzuarregui Street, Barangay Matandang Balara, Quezon City to give way for the conversion of Broadcast City, their home for 40 years, into Larossa condominium complex; while re-upgrading its Roosevelt Avenue analog transmitter for the Mega Manila area.

On February 11, 2019, IBC announced a major revamp of its programming, the first since the ATC@IBC block in 2014. It includes archives of IBC's popular entertainment and cultural shows, introduction of documentary and current affairs programs airing from sister station People's Television Network, and other entertainment and sports content from SMAC Television Productions and ATC, among others (including its inaugural season of Community Basketball Association or CBA Pilipinas, the move of CNTV or Chinese News TV to IBC from Net 25, airing of Power to Unite with Elvira, among others. Some of the previous programs including Tukaan, Bakbakan Na, and Chicken Talk were moved to 5 (The 5 Network) and its sister station 5 Plus while the latter (Chicken Talk) still airs via Pinoy Extreme channel).

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IBC has been abandoned for so long since 1986. But IBC made more changes to its news program which turned out to be "Tutok 13" replacing "News Team 13". IBC needs to be privatized as a classic and music station, while the network will add a morning show to compete with other networks. In my prediction, IBC might be privatized by the Canoy family.

IBC should also force merger with Radio Mindanao Network and Primax Broadcasting Network and keeping the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation name as branding for TV operations while operating as a subsidiary of RMN. However, IBC's Radyo Budyong operations might cede to RMN's AM radio stations. RMN should also revive IBC's neglected provincial stations in order to reconnect their reach since the 1990s.

Primax Broadcasting Network on the other hand will be folded into IBC's FM Stations. The Manila station of MemoRieS FM will acquire DWKY 91.5 from Manny Luzon and face competition with DWFT 104.3 FM as 1043 FM2, 100.3 RJFM and 103.5 K-Lite.

When it comes to advertisers, RMN AM and FM stations will attract ACS ads except IBC TV and MemoRies FM which will attract other ads instead of ACS.

If RMN and Primax merges with IBC, the stations including soon to be revived inactive stations will look like this:

Manila

DZTV 13 (IBC-13 Manila)+ DZXL 558 AM (RMN Manila)* DWWW 774 AM DWKC 93.9 FM (93.9 iFM Manila)* DWKY 91.5 FM (MemoRieS FM 91.5)+

Baguio

DWBD 6 (IBC-6 Baguio)+ DZHB 576 AM (RMN Baguio) DWHB 103.9 FM (103.9 iFM Baguio)* DZLL 107.1 (MemoRieS FM 107.1)+

Laoag

DWCS 13 (IBC-13 Laoag)+ DWCK 92.3 FM (92.3 iFM Laoag)* (iFM will move to 92.3 due to DWHP 99.5 becoming 99.5 HP Laoag's sister station of 99.5 RT Manila after being sold to Trans-Radio) DWLW 675 AM (RMN Laoag)* 98.7 FM (MemoRieS FM 98.7)+

Naga

DWTV 13 (IBC-13 Naga)+ DWNX-FM 91.1 (91.1 iFM Naga)* DWNX-AM 1611 (RMN Naga)* DZOK 97.5 FM (MemoRieS FM 97.5)+

Legazpi

DWRB 10 (IBC-10 Legazpi)+ DWWL 98.7 FM (98.7 iFM Legazpi)* DWCT-AM 1557 (RMN Legazpi)* DZCA 105.9 FM (MemoRieS FM 105.9)+

Cebu

DYTV 13 (IBC-13 Cebu)+ DYHP 612 AM (RMN Cebu)* DYXL 93.9 FM (93.9 iFM Cebu)* DYKI 89.9 FM (MemoRieS FM 89.9)+

Iloilo

DYJB 12 (IBC-12 Iloilo)+ DYRI 774 AM (RMN Iloilo)* DYIC 95.1 FM (95.1 iFM Iloilo)* DYOZ 100.3 FM (MemoRieS FM 100.3)+

Bacolod

DYBD 11 (IBC-11 Bacolod)+ DYHB 747 AM (RMN Bacolod)* DYHT 94.3 FM (94.3 iFM Bacolod)* 91.1 FM (MemoRieS FM 91.1)+

Tacloban

DYBC 12 (IBC-12 Tacloban)+ 630 AM (RMN Tacloban)* DYXY 99.1 FM (99.1 iFM Tacloban)* 91.9 FM (MemoRieS FM 91.9)+

Cagayan de Oro

DXCC-TV 10 (IBC-10 Cagayan de Oro)+ DXCC 822 AM (RMN Cagayan de Oro)* DXVM 99.1 FM (99.1 iFM Cagayan de Oro)* DXCS 92.7 FM (MemoRies FM 92.7)+

Ozamiz

DXWV 13 (IBC-13 Ozamiz)+ DXSY 1242 AM (RMN Ozamiz)* DXSY 96.1 FM (96.1 iFM Ozamiz)* 101.1 FM (MemoRieS FM 101.1)+

Butuan

DXRT 13 (IBC-13 Butuan)+ DXBC 693 AM (RMN Butuan)* DXXX 100.7 FM (100.7 iFM Butuan)* 104.7 FM (MemoRieS FM 104.7)+

Davao

DXTV 13 (IBC 13 Davao)+ DXDC 621 AM (RMN Davao)* DXXL 93.9 FM (93.9 iFM Davao)* DXYP 102.7 FM (MemoRieS FM 102.7)+

General Santos

DXSA 10 (IBC-10 GenSan)+ DXMD 927 AM (RMN General Santos) DXCK 91.9 FM (91.9 iFM General Santos)* 93.9 FM (MemoRieS FM 93.9)+

Zamboanga

DXZB 13 (IBC-13 Zamboanga)+ DXRZ 900 AM (RMN Zamboanga)* 93.1 FM (93.1 iFM Zambaonga)* 101.9 FM (MemoRieS FM 101.9)+

* - owned by/affiliated with Radio Mindanao Network + - owned by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

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[S] The Simpsons: Temporada 6

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Temporada 6 [S6]: Compuesta por 25 capítulos.

El diabólico Bart - Bart of Darkness [E1].

La rival de Lisa -Lisa’s Rival [E2].

La tierra de Tomy y Daly - Itchy and Scratchy Land [E4].

Especial de Noche de Brujas - Treehouse of Horror V [E6].

Lisa y los deportes - Lisa on Ice [E8].

Homero el malo - Homer Badman [E9].

Miedo a volar - Fear of Flying [E11]

Homero el grande - Homer the Great [E12].

Y con Maggie son tres - And Maggie Makes Three [E13].

El cometa Bart - Bart’s Comet [E14].

Bart contra Australia - Bart vs. Australia [E16].

Una estrella estrellada - A Star is Burns [E18].

La boda de Lisa - Lisa’s Wedding [E19]

Contacto en Springfield - The Springfield Connection [E23].

¿Quién mato al Sr. Burns? (Parte 1) - Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) [E25].

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INTERVIEW OF A LIFETIME: LUCILLE BALL

December 6, 1977

Barbara Walters (Host) was born in Boston in 1929. She first became known as a television personality in the early 1960s, when she was a writer of 'women's interest stories' on “The Today Show.” In 1976, she became the first female co-anchor of a network evening news on the “ABC Evening News.” From 1979 to 2004, she worked as co-host and a producer for the ABC news magazine “20/20.” In 1997, Walters created and co-hosted “The View,” a daytime talk show with an all-female panel. She retired as a co-host in 2014, but still serves as executive producer. In 1996, Walters was ranked #34 on the TV Guide "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time" list. Lucille Ball was #1. In 2000 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 2001, she appeared on “I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special.”

Lucille Ball was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon, which was not a success and was canceled after just 13 episodes.

Gary Morton was a comedian who worked the famed ‘Borscht Belt’ in the Catskills Mountains. He met Lucille Ball shortly after her divorce from Desi Arnaz and they married in November 1961. At her request, Morton gave up his nightclub career and became a producer of “The Lucy Show.” Morton also served as a warm-up comic for the show’s studio audience. He appeared in several episodes of both “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.” Morton passed away in 1999.

Lucie Arnaz (Archive Footage)

Desi Arnaz Jr. (Archive Footage)

Desi Aranz Sr. (Archive Footage)

Earlier in the evening of December 6, 1977, ABC aired new episodes of “Laverne and Shirley” (a show often compared to the antics of Lucy and Ethel) and “Three's Company” (a show Ball admired, and hosted a retrospective of in 1982).

When the show was repackaged for the Lifetime Network, Barbara Walters taped a new introduction and conclusion to the interview as well as new voice-over narration, referencing events from 1977 to Ball's death in 1989. She introduces the show by telling viewers that Lucy talked frankly about her failed marriage to Desi Arnaz, with her second husband, Gary Morton, sitting beside her.

Portions of the interview were later incorporated into "Barbara Walters: 20 Years at ABC."

The interview starts in the living room of Ball's Roxbury Drive mansion in Beverly Hills, California.

Lucy: “There's always one room you live in. Play games in. The plants grow better in.”

Lucy tells Walters that they have 85,000 feet of home movies. She screens one called “The Fat Little Cowboy” starring a two and a half year-old Desi Jr. and a four year-old Little Lucie. While the film is being screened in the living room, Lucy tells Walters that the two are much closer now than they were as children.

Showing stills of her children in “The Lucy Show” and “Here's Lucy,” Walters flashes back (again through still photos) to when Lucy met Desi Arnaz and the creation of “I Love Lucy.”

Walters: (voice over) “There has never been a success like Lucy.”

Walters' narration talks about Lucy's divorce from Desi in 1960.

The interview moves outdoors to the patio, the narration noting that Lucy was 66 at the time, Desi Arnaz was still alive, and the subject of the divorce was still painful.

Walters: “When you and Desi were married you had everything!” Lucy: “We had nothing. He had his own band and was in a play in New York.”

Ball firmly tells Walters that while she was acting, Desi was building the business, although nobody would believe it was him doing the building. She says he didn't deserve some of the names they called him. Lucy asserts there was an anti-Latino bias against Arnaz.

Walters: “And then it fell apart.” Lucy: “That was his problem.”

Walters quotes Lucy as saying that with Gary Morton, she didn't make the same mistake twice.

Lucy: “He's not a loser. I married a loser. He could win, win, high stakes. He worked very hard, but he had to lose. Everything he built, he had to break down. He still claims he's the same way.”

Walters asks whom takes care of whom. Gary says they take care of each other, but Lucy insists it is all Gary.

When first marrying Gary, she was cautious. She didn't want to rob him of his individuality. Lucy mentions that Gary finds solace in golf and that Lucy never minded that.

Walters asks if it is true that Lucy doesn't 'think funny.' Lucy agrees saying she can do funny things other people write down in detail, but she doesn't think funny. She and Gary say they make each other laugh. Gary says she'll do 'Lucy-isms'. Lucy gives an example of a 'Lucy-ism': when making a chopped chicken liver platter for guests, the top came off the salt shaker creating a mound of salt atop the food. To try to fix it, she rinsed it in the sink. They went out to dinner that night.

Gary says Lucy's best quality is her warmth. Gary is hard-pressed to come up with her worst quality but Lucy says it is that she hates that he takes naps.

Lucy says she lives by the ‘think positive’ ideals of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

Walters asks Lucy what it was like when she stopped doing series television in 1974. “Traumatic,” says Ball. She thinks she stayed on a bit too long, but only stuck it out because her children were on the show. She says she always prided herself on “when to get off.” Walters wonders if the Lucy Ricardo character could work today as well is it did 25 years ago. Lucy hints that people may be getting tired of “the new stuff” and want what they know and want to see again.

Gary Morton says that Lucy (the character) is seen all over the world and there is no limit when something is funny. Lucy says she always felt her audience needed a show that had a beginning, a middle, and a happy ending.

Lucy: “They're trying to make entertainment out of newsreels. What we see in news, which is not very happy these days. To me, that's not entertainment.”

Walters asks Lucy if she ever watches “I Love Lucy” Lucy says no, but that she sometimes runs across one turning the dial. She tells Walters about CBS's reluctance to accept Desi as her husband on TV. Lucy fully expected the show to end after a just year.

Walters: “They say you're very tough to work for. Are you? Are you a perfectionist?” Lucy: “Perfectionist? I have an attention to detail. That's the way I learned my craft.”

Gary says Lucy tends to be a protective mother. Walters says that Lucy's onscreen and off-screen pregnancy was big news, getting bigger ratings than the inauguration of the President and the coronation of the Queen. Lucy says she wasn't aware of any of that because she was busy having the baby, but learned about it afterwards.

Walters wondered if she was worried about having a baby so late in life. Lucy says no one warned her about the risks. Her daughter was born by by C-section, so Lucy was in pain after the birth and cried with joy so much that holding her newborn child actually hurt.

Prodded by Walters, Lucy tells the story of first hearing that she was pregnant on the radio. Apparently, in 1950, radio gossip columnist Walter Winchell had spies in the lab and intercepted the results of Lucy's pregnancy test before the couple could be notified. Lucy lost the child.

Walters wonders how Lucie and Desi Jr. differentiated between their parents' real life and their television lives. Gary says they eventually grew up and realized the difference. Lucy used the fantasy world of their show as a form of escape from reality. She says “I had to pretend, but it helped.”

Walters wraps up the interview (in the updated wrap-around segment) by saying that Lucy died in 1989, but that her legacy is as one of the greats of television history.

This Date in Lucy History – December 6th

"Lucy Wants to Move to the Country" (ILL S6;E15) – filmed December 6, 1956

"Lucy Saves Milton Berle" (TLS S4;E12) – first aired December 6, 1965

"Lucy in the Jungle" (HL S4;E13) – first aired December 6, 1971

#Barbara Walters #Lucille Ball #Lucy #Gary Morton #Lucie Arnaz #Desi Arnaz #Desi Arnaz Jr.#Interview #Lifetime TV #1977 #TV #ABC TV #I Love Lucy #The Lucy Show #Here's Lucy

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LUCY SUBLETS THE OFFICE

S4;E21 ~ January 31, 1972

Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by George Balzin and Sam Perrin

Synopsis

Harry is losing money so a loan officer instructs him to put Lucy in charge. Her first act as boss is to lease office space to an eccentric toy salesman (Wally Cox) who turns the Unique Employment Agency into a playground!

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter)

Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter) does not appear in this episode, although her name does appear in the opening credits. Lucy is on the phone with Kim as the episode opens. Despite not being in the episode, Lucie Arnaz does the introduction on the series DVD.

Guest Cast

Wally Cox (Tommy Tucker, Toy Tycoon) was one of Lucille Ball’s favorite character actors and best remembered for being a panelist on TV’s “The Hollywood Squares” (1965-73) as well as his hit series “Mr. Peepers” (1953-55).

Cox played a nervous musician on “Lucy Conducts the Symphony” (TLS S2;E13), a shy bachelor in “Lucy and Wally Cox” (S2;E21), a reformed safe cracker in “Lucy and the Ex-Con” (S1;E15), and an on-edge jeweler in “Lucy and the Diamond Cutter” (S3;E10). Cox and Lucille Ball both appeared in the 1967 film A Guide for the Married Man. This is his fourth and final appearance on “Here’s Lucy.” Cox died of a heart attack in 1973 at age 48.

Tommy Tucker was the name of the cue card man on “Here's Lucy.” Lucille Ball and Tucker would often play word games together.

Richard Deacon (Elmer Zellerbach, Loan Officer) is probably best remembered as Mel Cooley on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (1961-66). He appeared as Tallulah Bankhead’s butler in “The Celebrity Next Door,” a 1957 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” He was employed again by Desi Sr. as a regular on “The Mothers-in-Law” (1968). This is the second of his two appearances on "Here’s Lucy.”

Mr. Zellerbach has two college-age children. His first name is never used in the dialogue and the final credits only list him as “Loan Officer.”

The date this show was originally aired, Time Magazine published a cover story on Flip Wilson, TV's first black superstar. Wilson was a guest-star on “Here's Lucy” on September 13, 1971.

This episode was originally sponsored by Lipton Tea, Wesson Oil, and Whirlpool. On the DVD, commercials for each are included.

Lucy tells Mr. Zellerbach that she has two children, Kim and Craig, who are both in college. Craig has been mentioned consistently over the past four episodes after not being mentioned for more than 3 months.

LUCY (to Harry): “The reason this business is failing is because your head is full of 20 year-old, tired business techniques. While my head is new and fresh. It has nothing in it!”

Lucy charges Tommy Tucker $75 a month to sublet a corner of the office. To come up with the cash, Tucker reaches into his pants pocket...jacket pocket...breast pocket...sock...shoe...and change purse! The studio audience gives Cox a round of applause for the extended exchange. Harry (or, as Lucy calls him here, ‘HC’) has the miraculous ability to know how much money is in his hand without even looking! This too, garners a small round of applause from the studio spectators.

Amidst his loose change Tommy hands Lucy, is a streetcar token, which he quickly takes back. From 1873, the streetcar served as a popular mode of transportation throughout the Los Angeles area. Widespread adoption of diesel buses ultimately led to the abandonment of streetcars on March 31, 1963, nine years before this episode first aired.

Harry slides down the sliding board into the kiddie pool, getting soaking wet. Getting Harry wet was part of most all episodes of the series. Off screen, Lucille Ball joking called Gale Gordon ‘old soggy crotch’ and here he lives up to the name!

One of the three inflatable punching bags in the office is Bozo the Clown. The character first appeared on television in 1949 starring Pinto Colvig. In 1964, Colvig did all the dog barks and howls in “Lucy is Her Own Lawyer” (TLS S2;E23). After the creative rights to Bozo were purchased by Larry Harmon in 1956, the character became a common franchise across the United States, with local television stations producing their own Bozo shows featuring the character.

The large wide-eyed rag doll under the slide was previously seen in the 1969 musical film Sweet Charity as set decoration for Charity’s apartment. It is just behind Chita Rivera in the above scene. Both “Lucy” and Charity were filmed at Universal.

The toy-filled Unique Employment Agency looks very similar to the Ricardo living room when Lucy wanted to convince Ricky that their tiny apartment was not big enough for their growing family in “The Ricardos Change Apartments” (ILL S2;E26).

Both featured inflatable punch toys, plush animals, and a sliding board that served as the only entrance into the room.

When Tommy Tucker is demonstrating the remote control somersaulting dog, there is a wind-up drumming bear on the desk nearby that does not get demonstrated. This toy is very similar to the one used in “Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright” (ILL S6;E4). To help his son overcome his fear of drumming in public, Ricky wound up the drumming bear to show him he had nothing to be afraid of. Although very similar, the toys are different models.

Mr. Zellerbach says that he usually advises financially strapped companies like the Unique Employment Agency to hire an efficiency expert, which is exactly what Mr. Mooney did for the Westland Bank in “Lucy and the Efficiency Expert” (TLS S5;E13), an episode of “The Lucy Show” in which toys also play an integral part of the story. The Efficiency Expert was played by Phil Silvers who sends Lucy to work the assembly line at a toy factory.

Lucy Carmichael and Vivian Bagley played with some super-sized toys as part of an age-regression experiment in “Lucy the Stockholder” (TLS S3;E25).

The Ricardos sublet their New York apartment to the nervous Mr. Beecher (Jay Novello) in “The Sublease” (ILL S3;E31).

The Ricardos sublet their Connecticut home to the Williams Family in “Lucy Makes Room for Danny” (LDCH S2;E2).

Miss-Take! Mr. Zellerbach calls Lucy “Miss Carter” despite noting that she has two dependent children.

What’s My Line? Richard Deacon often glances off at the teleprompter.

Gag Gift! This episode features a new desk for Harry in order to accomplish the novelty hand in a box gag. In order to hide the “hand” actor, this version of Harry’s desk goes all the way to the floor, where Harry's usual desk had dowel legs. The ‘hand in a box’ is reminiscent of Thing, a helpful hand in a box on TV’s “The Addams Family.”

Edit Room! Tommy Tucker is never shown re-setting the Rube Goldberg-like “Tantrum Breaker” (aka “Spanking Machine”). In order for the machine to work again with Harry at the show's finale, the entire mechanism would need to be re-set. Although the action of the scene is continuous, the re-set is never shown on screen.

For a closer look at “Lucy’s Toy Chest” - a complete look at the toys seen on all the Lucille Ball sitcoms - click here!

“Lucy Sublets the Office” rates 2 Paper Hearts out of 5

Two things about this episode save it from being bland: First, Lucy running the Employment Agency gives us a bit of a glimpse into the sort of no-nonsense executive Lucille Ball really was. Second, Lucy's child-like joy playing with the toys with Wally Cox. The range is worth a watch!

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LUCY'S GREEN THUMB

Unaired Episode {originally scheduled for broadcast December 6, 1986}

[Photos © Getty Images]

Directed by Marc Daniels ~ Written by Mark Tuttle

Synopsis

Lucy's energy drink breakfast is so unpalatable that the entire family dump it into a potted plant. When they come home, the plant has tripled in size. Realizing that Lucy may have invented a new miracle fertilizer, the pressure is on for her to recreate the concoction. But when Lucy can't recall the recipe, Curtis's dreams of fame and fortune wilt.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Barker), Gale Gordon (Curtis McGibbon), Ann Dusenberry (Margo Barker McGibbon), Larry Anderson (Ted McGibbon), Jenny Lewis (Becky McGibbon), Philip Amelio (Kevin McGibbon), Donovan Scott (Leonard Stoner)

[For biographies of the Regular Cast, see “One Good Grandparent Deserves Another” (S1;E1)]

Guest Cast

Jerry Prell (Reporter) was seen on television in “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless.” Off screen he was active with New England Academy of Theater and the Hartford Conservatory.

Doris Hess (Woman with a Sick Swedish Ivy) played Tina on three episodes of “Happy Days” and small roles on “Laverne and Shirley.” Hess was particularly busy in ADR (automated dialogue replacement).

The woman's Swedish Ivy is named Helga.

Stuart Shostak (Stuart, Photographer) took a class taught by Lucille Ball in 1979 and subsequently went to work as her personal film archivist from 1981 until her death in 1989. This is his only screen acting credit. He also served as Assistant to the Producers and warm-up comedian for the series.

The reporter calls Stuart by his real first name.

Melvin, Agnes, and Helga (Potted Plants)

Others at the press conference are played by uncredited background performers.

This episode was filmed ninth, but scheduled to be the eleventh one broadcast. It went before the cameras on October 21, 1986.

This is the only episode written by Mark Tuttle, who was also a writer on “Three's Company,” one of Lucille Ball's favorite shows. His career started in 1963 writing for “The Beverly Hillbillies.” He had worked with director Mark Daniels on two episodes of the TV series “Private Benjamin” (1981-82).

On December 2, 1986, just two weeks after “Life Was Lucy” was canceled, Desi Arnaz Sr. died from lung cancer at the age of 69. His final screen appearance was on “The David Letterman Show” in 1983. These two events devastated Lucille Ball and she became despondent.

Lucy: “I'm just a big flop.”

On December 6, 1986, “Life With Lucy” (and ABC's entire Saturday night line-up) was replaced by Christmas specials.

Curtis: “I'm just going to be a small businessman with a small store.”

In this episode,Curtis becomes obsessed with making money, just like his previous “Lucy” characters Alvin Littlefield (“I Love Lucy”), Mr. Mooney (“The Lucy Show”), and Harrison Carter (“Here's Lucy”, above).

The very first time Lucille Ball was seen on “Life With Lucy” she was carrying a potted plant (a schefflera). Lucy was afraid it had spider mites.

Lucy: (To Melvin) “The free ride is over! You either get growin' or get goin'!”

The living room now is home to two potted plants: Agnes (on the coffee table) and Melvin (on the table behind the sofa). Lucy begins the episode saying good morning to Agnes. Hearing Lucy say “Agnes” reminds us of Mame, the 1974 film in which one of the major characters was named Agnes Gooch (Jane Connell).

Lucy: “My mind is a blank!” Curtis: “We know that!”

Unbeknownst to Lucy, the entire family dumps Lucy's healthy breakfast (a super-strength organic energy drink) into Melvin's pot rather than swallow it. When they come home, Melvin has tripled in size!

It is worth noting that a man named Melvin Frank directed Lucille Ball in the 1960 film The Facts of Life. [The plant behind Lucy is mere coincidence!]

Margo: (about Melvin's growth spurt) What could have made it grow so fast?” Kevin: “I know. (pointing up) Aliens!”

This episode slightly resembles the 1960 film (and stage and screen musical) Little Shop of Horrors, in which a plant mysteriously grows to enormous size. The plant's origins are also attributed to aliens! In this case, instead of blood, its life-force is derived from Lucy's energy drink. The musical film was released on December 19, 1986, just two weeks after this episode was scheduled to air, but the stage musical had been playing off-Broadway since 1982 and would out-last “Life With Lucy” by a full year.

Curtis comes up with the name Gigant-a-Grow for Lucy's miraculous growth potion.

Curtis: “From now on, when you hear the name McGibbon, you'll think fertilizer!”

Margo tells her mother that thanks to her discovery she'll be in the encyclopedia next to Luther Burbank. Luther Burbank (1849-1926) was a pioneering horticulturalist who developed more than 800 varieties of new plants in his career. A Californian, many schools and public buildings have been named after him. In 1986 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Curtis promises Leonard three weeks paid vacation. He plans to go to Hawaii to lie on the beach. This is the third mention of Hawaii in the series. In the first episode, Curtis had just returned from vacationing there and in the second episode guest star John Ritter says that his wife is Hawaii with the kids. Hawaii was a popular destination with Lucille Ball and her sitcom characters. It was also a favorite get-away destination of the Arnaz family, has been mentioned since the early days of “I Love Lucy”, even before it officially became a state!

On the telephone, Curtis asks a reporter if they've got a connection with “60 Minutes.” He thinks the story of Lucy's Gigant-a-Grow would be perfect for Morley Safer. The CBS TV prime time news magazine show began airing in 1968, the same year as “Here's Lucy.” Safer was a host of “60 Minutes” from 1968 until his death in 2016.

Lucy briefly does her famous 'spider' face “ewww” when Curtis threatens to get the formula out of her head “one way or another.” Unfortunately, the moment is obscured by background music fading out to commercial and the omnipresent laugh track.

The recipe for Lucy's 11th attempt at duplicating Gigant-a-Grow:

1 ounce of ginseng extract

3 drops of lecithin

gobs of garlic powder

wonderful (God-given) wheat germ

yeast to rise it to heaven

blend on high

In “Ethel's Home Town” (ILL S4;E15) a old vaudeville gag makes it appear that a potted plant grows into a tall tree – all behind the back of Ethel Mae Potter (we never forgot her)!

When the Ricardo's rent their Connecticut home to the Williams family in “Lucy Makes Room for Danny” (LDCH 1958), Lucy is worried if they will take care of her houseplants. When Ricky finds out she's been rescuing them against his wishes, she physically demonstrates how badly wilted they'd become.

In “Lucy's Mystery Guest” (TLS S6;E10) Lucy Carmichael is plant-sitting for a neighbor when her health nut Aunt (Mary Wickes) sprays the plant for bugs, and it promptly wilts.

In “Lucy and Mannix are Held Hostage” (HL S4;E4) Lucy Carter suddenly starts naming and talking to her plants. Their names are Ruthie, Hugo, and Priscilla. Ruthie meets an untimely end when she is tossed out a window in an attempt to stop a robbery.

This Day in Lucy History {had this episode aired as planned on December 6th}

"Ricky's Contract" (ILL S4;E10) – December 6, 1954

"Lucy Saves Milton Berle" (TLS S4;E12) – December 6, 1965

"Lucy in the Jungle" (HL S4;E13) – December 6, 1971

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LUCY AND CAROL BURNETT (aka THE HOLLYWOOD UNEMPLOYMENT FOLLIES)

S3;E22 ~ February 8, 1971

Directed by Jack Carter ~ Written by Ray Singer and Al Schwartz

Synopsis

Harry has fired Lucy again, so she visits the unemployment office where she reunites with secretary turned actress Carol Krausmeyer (Carol Burnett) and meets other out of work show biz folk. They decide to put on a show in order to make some dough!

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter)

Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter) does not appear in this episode, but is given opening title credit.

Guest Cast

Carol Burnett (Carol Krausmeyer) got her first big break on “The Paul Winchell Show” in 1955. A years later she was a regular on “The Garry Moore Show.” In 1959 she made her Broadway debut in Once Upon a Mattress, which she also appeared in on television three times. From 1960 to 1965 she did a number of TV specials, and often appeared with Julie Andrews. Her second Broadway musical was Fade Out – Fade In which ran for more than 270 performances. From 1967 to 1978 she hosted her own highly successful variety show, “The Carol Burnett Show.” Lucille Ball made several appearances on “The Carol Burnett Show.” Burnett guest starred in four episodes of “The Lucy Show” and three episodes of “Here’s Lucy,” only once playing herself. After Lucille Ball’s passing, Burnett was hailed as the natural heir to Lucy’s title of ‘The Queen of TV Comedy.’

Krausmeyer is the same last name as the music teacher played by Hans Conried on Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband.”

Richard Deacon (Harvey Hoople) is probably best remembered as Mel Cooley on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (1961-66). He appeared as Tallulah Bankhead's butler in “The Celebrity Next Door,” a 1957 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” He was employed again by Desi Sr. as a regular on "The Mothers-in-Law” (1968). This is the first of his two appearances on "Here’s Lucy.”

Harvey Hoople is a clerk at the Unemployment Office, although his name is never spoken aloud.

Clarence Landry and Vernord Bradley (“The Highhatters”) were a tap dance duo who both appeared in in the Vitaphone 1941 short Minstrel Days.

Landry and Bradley are a introduced to Lucy by Carol using their real first names.

Jack Benny (Himself) 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 successful television show. His screen persona was known for being a penny-pincher and playing the violin. Benny was a Beverly Hills neighbor of Lucille Ball’s and the two were off-screen friends. Benny previously appeared on “The Lucy Show” as Harry Tuttle (a Jack Benny doppelganger) in “Lucy and the Plumber” (TLS S3;E2), did a voice over cameo as himself in “Lucy With George Burns” (TLS S5;E1), and played himself in “Lucy Gets Jack Benny’s Account” (TLS S6;E6). This is the third of his four episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Benny and Ball appeared on many TV variety and award shows together. He died in 1974.

Although Benny plays into his 'tightwad' personae, he is never identified by name or recognized as a celebrity.

Vanda Barra (Unemployment Cashier) was married to Sid Gould so is Lucille Ball’s cousin-in-law. This is just one of her over two dozen appearances on “Here’s Lucy” as well as appearing in Ball’s two 1975 TV movies “Lucy Gets Lucky” (with Dean Martin) and “Three for Two” (with Jackie Gleason). She was seen in half a dozen episodes of “The Lucy Show.”

Unusually, Barra is nothing more than a background performer in this episode, but still gets end credit billing. She has no dialogue.

The 'Canadian Mounties' are played by:

Sid Gould (left) made more than 45 appearances on “The Lucy Show,” and nearly as many on “Here’s Lucy.” Gould (born Sydney Greenfader) was Lucille Ball’s cousin by marriage to Gary Morton. He was married to Vanda Barra (Cashier).

Johnny Silver (center right) was a busy Hollywood character actor who was seen with Richard Deacon (Harvey Hoople) on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and with Jack Benny (Himself) on “The Jack Benny Show.” He will do one more episode of “Here's Lucy.”

Mike Wagner (right) makes his only appearance on “Here's Lucy.”

Kay Kuter (center left) was a character actor who made an appearance in the 1970 TV movie Swing Out, Sweet Land with Jack Benny and Lucille Ball as the voice of the Statue of Liberty.

Carol identifies Kuter as “Chuck Walters, a fantastic singer” when they are the unemployment office. This character was named in honor of Charles Walters, director of the previous episode, “Lucy and Aladdin’s Lamp” (S3;E21). Carol probably should have said “fantastic dancer” since the real Walters was known as dance director of MGM musicals, six of which featured Lucille Ball.

Others at the unemployment office, including two male acrobats and various clerks, are played by uncredited background performers.

This episode is sometimes known as “The Hollywood Unemployment Follies” to distinguish it from previous episodes also titled “Lucy and Carol Burnett.”

Interestingly, although “The Carol Burnett Show” usually followed “Here's Lucy” at 10pm on CBS, there was no new episode the night this “Here's Lucy” first aired.

On the series DVD this episode is introduced by Carole Cook, who says that Lucille Ball did her own signing on this episode, despite the fact that Cook had previously dubbed Lucy in other musical episodes.

In a previous episode, Kim reminds Lucy that Harry has fired her 14 times. This makes 15.

Kim tells Lucy that in California she could get as much as $65 a week in unemployment insurance. As of this writing (late 2017) the maximum was $450 a week for 26 weeks.

Carol jokingly tells Lucy that 'Carol Krausmeyer' isn't her professional name when acting – it's Raquel Welch. She looks down at her bosom and says “Ok, someone let the air out.” Raquel Welch was a voluptuous movie star who was previously mentioned on “Lucy and Johnny Carson” (S2;E11), “Lucy, the American Mother” (S3;E7) in which she was mentioned alongside Burnett, and as Jack Benny’s Palm Spring neighbor in the second episode of the series. Carol also used Welch's name as a punchline in “Lucy Competes With Carol Burnett” (S2;E24).

When Harvey Hoople decides to join up with the unemployed performers to write and direct their show he says “Governor Reagan, I quit! You can keep your old job! I'm back in show biz, Ronnie! Don't you wish you were?” Former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan had been elected Governor of California in 1967, a position he held until 1975. He was later elected 40th President of the United States and served until 1989. He was previously mentioned in the second episode of the series, “Lucy Visits Jack Benny” (S1;E2) and more recently in “Lucy and the Raffle” (S3;E19).

To flatter him into being a backer of their show, Carol says that Harry looks like Cary Grant. He dryly replies “So do you!” Harry was compared to Cary Grant (and others) by Kim (disguised as new secretary Shirley Shoppenhauer) in “Lucy Protects Her Job” (S2;E14, above). Grant was often mentioned on all of Lucille Ball's sitcoms, although the two never acted together.

The subtitle of the “Hollywood Unemployment Follies” is “How to Starve in Show Business Without Really Trying.” This is a variation on the title of Frank Loesser's 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which was made into a film in 1967.

The ensemble sings “Hooray for Hollywood” a song by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting that was first sung in the 1937 movie Hollywood Hotel. This song is the only one to features specially written lyrics to fit the episode's theme. This version mentions Henry Fonda and his children Jane and Peter. Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda starred in the film Yours, Mine and Ours together in 1968.

Stumbling onto a Hollywood soundstage, Lucy, Carol and Kim discover a mannequin of Humphrey Bogart. Kim had a poster of Humphrey Bogart (inset) on her wall in “Lucy and the Andrews Sisters” (S2;E6). In “Lucy and the Bogie Affair” (S2;E13) Kim and Craig name a lost dog Bogie because it has the same sad look as Bogart did at the end of 1942’s Casablanca. Ogling the mannequin adoringly, Carol references the famous line “If you want anything, just whistle,” Lauren Bacall’s parting words to Humphrey Bogart in the film To Have and Have Not (1944). This line was also referenced in “Lucy and the Bogie Affair” (S2;E13).

They then admire a larger than life photo portrait of Jean Harlow. Jean Harlow (1911-37) was Hollywood's original wisecracking blonde bombshell. Only five months older than Lucille Ball, Harlow died of uremic poisoning at age 26 just as Lucy's career was getting started.

They move to a mannequin of Jimmy Cagney dressed in prison stripes. Kim does her impression of Cagney saying “You dirty rat.” Cagney never actually said the famously mis-quoted dialogue but a line in his 1932 film Taxi! probably came closest, calling a philandering man “You dirty, yellow-bellied rat!” James Cagney (1899-1986, inset) was a singer, dancer and actor best known in Hollywood for playing tough guys.

They then encounter mannequins of Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh dressed in costumes from Gone With the Wind (1939). Carol, using a high pitched Southern accent, imitates Scarlet O'Hara. Coincidentally, Carol will play Scarlet (re-named Starlet) in a one of her most famous sketches from “The Carol Burnett Show” in 1976 (above right).

Lucille Ball herself was short-listed for the role of Scarlet O'Hara and even did a screen test for the part. Ball will play Scarlet O'Hara in “Lucy and Flip Go Legit” (S4;E1) with Flip Wilson as Prissy.

Lucy imitates Butterfly McQueen, who played Prissy, Scarlet's maid, using the famous lines “I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies.” After Lucy's imitation of Butterfly McQueen, Carol sarcastically says “it sounded more like Steve.” Steve McQueen (1930-80) was an actor who would receive an Oscar nomination for The Sand Pebbles in 1966, the same year that he was mentioned in “Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere” (TLS S4;E20).

The final mannequin on the 'soundstage' is of Judy Garland (inset) in The Wizard of Oz wearing her famous blue gingham dress and ruby slippers. Kim does a high-pitched imitation of the Munchkins. Two of the Singer Munchkins, Jerry Maren and Billy Curtis, appeared in “Lucy and Ma Parker” (S3;E15) and Shep Houghton, one of the Winkie Guards, was a background performer on “Here's Lucy.”

Lucy, Kim and Carol launch into “We're Off to See the Wizard,” written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg for The Wizard of Oz, which brings them to a wardrobe rack conspicuously labeled COSTUMES WORN BY BETTY GRABLE AND ALICE FAYE. Faye and Grable did two films together, Tin Pan Alley (1940) and Four Jills in a Jeep (1944). Betty Grable (1916-73) made two films with Lucille Ball when they were both at RKO in the mid-1930s. She then guest-starred as herself with her second husband bandleader Harry James in “Lucy Wins a Racehorse,” a 1958 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” Alice Faye (1915-98) often played gritty, non-nonsense women in films. She was married to Phil Harris, who will play himself on a 1974 episode of “Here's Lucy.”

In a magical reveal (aka editing) Lucy and Carol become blondes singing “Chicago (That Toddlin' Town”) a song written by Fred Fisher and published in 1922.

After a quick costume change (editing again), they sing “Alexander's Ragtime Band” which was composer Irving Berlin's first hit in 1911, the same year Lucille Ball was born.

After a commercial break, Lucy and Carol discover “the derby worn by the one and only Bill Robinson.” Bill Robinson (1878-1949) was the preeminent tap dancer of his day. He is best remembered for his appearances with young Shirley Temple in four of her 1930s films. Robinson worked with Lucille Ball on the 1935 musical film Hooray for Love.

After some camera trickery (more editing), Kim is wearing the derby and introducing (through song) one of the Highhatters as Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (inset) doing a tap routine which she then joins in.

Next up, four comical Canadian Mounties sing “Stout-hearted Men,” a song by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II for the operetta New Moon in 1927 with film versions in 1930 and 1940. Richard Deacon (also dressed as a Mountie) and Carol Burnett sing “Indian Love Call” by Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach, and Oscar Hammerstein II written for the 1924 operetta Rose-Marie. The melody was used for the mating call of the wild Gorboona in “Lucy's Safari” (S1;E22) which guest-starred Howard Keel, who was in the 1954 film version of Rose Marie.

Dressed as Marlene Dietrich, Lucy sings “Falling in Love Again (Never Wanted To)” from the 1930 German film The Blue Angel. Harry plays a World War I German soldier. Marlene Dietrich (1901-92) was born in Berlin, but came to Hollywood to make films in 1930. She was nominated for an Oscar in 1931.

The Highhatters introduce Carol as Miss Ruby Keeler and they sing “Shuffle Off To Buffalo” by Al Dubin and Hugh Warren, originally written for the 1933 film 42nd Street. They then do a dance challenge to the title song from the film. Ruby Keeler (1910-93) was a singer, dancer and actress most famous for her pairing with Dick Powell in a series of movie musicals, including 42nd Street. Like Lucille Ball and (now) Lucie Arnaz, Keeler had a home in Palm Springs, California.

As the finale, the entire ensemble is dressed in rain slickers and performs “Singin' in the Rain” written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown in 1931. It was most famously featured in the film Singin' in the Rain in 1952.

Many of the movie posters decorating the 'soundstage' were from Paramount Pictures, to which Lucille Ball sold Desilu / RKO and where they filmed “Here's Lucy”:

Hollywood or Bust (1956) starring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin

Samson and Delilah (1949) starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) starring Charleton Heston, Betty Hutton, and Gloria Grahame, who replaced Lucille Ball when Lucy became pregnant with Lucie

Short Cut to Hell (1957) directed by James Cagney

Gone With the Wind (1939) starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh

Under Two Flags (1936) starring Claudette Colbert and Ronald Colman

“The Lucy Show” established Lucy Carmichael as a film fanatic in the Hollywood-themed episode “Lucy Goes To A Hollywood Premiere” (TLS S4;E20).

The Scarlet O'Hara dress is the same one Lucy Carmichael wore in 1965 as Lucybelle in “The Founding of Danfield,” a community theatre play featured in “Lucy and Arthur Godfrey” (TLS S3;E23).

The vaudeville backdrop curtain during “Chicago” and “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” was also used in “Lucy and Jack Benny’s Biography” (S3;E11).

Props! The wardrobe rack of costumes worn by Betty Grable and Alice Faye also contains Gale Gordon's silver space suit from “Lucy and the Generation Gap” (S2;E12). It is hard to imagine either woman wearing that!

Who Am I? One mannequin on the 'soundstage' doesn't get identified. It is dressed in Roman armor. It may have been Charleton Heston in Ben Hur, but was cut for time.

Spell-Check! The end credits miss-spell 'Mountie' as 'Mounty'. The word is an informal reference to The Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

“Lucy and Carol Burnett” or “The Hollywood Unemployment Follies” rates 4 Paper Hearts out of 5

This episode seems more like “The Carol Burnett Show” than “Here's Lucy” - especially when Lucille Ball is off-screen. A Hollywood revue is a great idea, but the 'book scenes' (in between the songs) are played in such a naturalistic way that they don't really seem any different than the actual show. It is almost as if the trio actually walked into a Hollywood Hall of Fame and had musical dreams. It all feels very much like the old Judy Garland / Mickey Rooney 'let's put on a show in a barn' genre. Gale Gordon has very little to do (not even a cartwheel!) and Desi Jr. is completely absent. Not unenjoyable but not the best of these musical comedy episodes either.

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LUCY STOPS A MARRIAGE

S3;E16 ~ December 28, 1970

Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Frank Gill Jr. and Vincent Bogart

Synopsis

Harry makes a business deal with an old high school flame (Jayne Meadows) to invest $100,000 in Carter’s Unique Employment Agency. Lucy somehow thinks Harry is going to marry her instead, and goes to outrageous lengths to assure he doesn't!

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter)

Guest Cast

Jayne Meadows (Laura Trenton) was the older sister of Audrey Meadows (“The Honeymooners”) who would play Lucy Barker's sister on “Life With Lucy” (LWL S1;E8). Between 1977 and 1995 Jayne was nominated for three prime time Emmy Awards. Meadows was a panelist on “I've Got a Secret” for three of Lucille Ball's appearances on the quiz show. She was married to TV host Steve Allen. She died in 2015.

The surname Trenton is the same as the capitol of New Jersey where infant Lucille Ball lived for a short time.

Marcel De la Brosse (Maurice, Maitre d' at Chez Moi) was a French-born character actor who began his Hollywood career in 1931. He acted in a 1959 installment of the “Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse” hosted by Desi Arnaz Sr. This is his final screen credit before retiring at age 68. He lived another 30 years and died in 2001.

The other diners at Chez Moi are played by uncredited background performers.

This is the final new episode of calendar year 1970. The show returns on January 4, 1971 marking 20 years of Lucille Ball on television.

This is the first of two episodes written by Frank Gill Jr. and Vincent Bogart. Gill died in July 1970, before this episode was first aired. Bogart had won a 1956 Emmy Award for his writing on “The Phil Silvers Show.”

This episode marks the last time Lucille Ball would do her famous “spider face” (“Ewwww!”). The term “spider face” was how the writers would describe Ball's reaction based on a facial expression that originated when she played Little Miss Muffett in a Jell-O commercial.

"Here’s Lucy” started to pepper the dialogue with hip words like “Groovy” and “Peace”. Later, Lucy chides Craig for calling Laura Trenton “a beat up old chick.”

After Harry seals the deal with Laura Trenton, he starts singing “I'm in the money.” The song “We’re in the Money” (aka “The Gold Diggers’ Song”) is from the 1933 film Gold Diggers of 1933 and was written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren. It is now part of the stage musical 42nd Street. It was last heard in “Lucy and the Gold Rush” (S1;E13).

Lucy says that Harry started a hope chest after getting an autographed photo of Marjorie Main. Marjorie Main (1890-1975) was a character actor known for playing mothers, like Ma Kettle. She was featured in The Long, Long Trailer (above) with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in 1957.

Harry finds an outdated suit that he says goes back to when Franklin Roosevelt said “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” This quote is from Roosevelt's first inaugural address. That means Harry’s suit dates back to 1933 and is 37 years old!

Telling Harry there's a huge stain on the suit, Lucy says that seltzer takes out stains. That is the cue for Lucy, Kim and Craig to douse Harry with seltzer water. Harry is all wet – again!

Having no clothes left, Harry puts on his old Army uniform. Lucy calls him Smokey the Bear. Smokey Bear was an advertising icon used from 1940 to warn against the dangers of forest fires. The character usually wears a hat similar to the one Harry wears with his uniform. Smokey Bear was mentioned several times on “The Lucy Show.”

Harry calls Kim and Craig Sonny & Cher. The married singing duo had numerous hit songs during the '60s and '70s. In 1970, Sonny and Cher starred in their first television special, “The Nitty Gritty Hour,” a mixture of comedy skits and live music. They were first mentioned in the series opener, “Mod, Mod Lucy” (S1;E1). Cher’s mother, fashion model Georgia Holt, had appeared on both “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show.” Cher and Lucy would appear on an Emmy-nominated special together in 1979.

The title of this episode evokes the famous line spoken by Camille, Queen of the Gypsies, played by Lucy Ricardo in “The Operetta” (ILL S2;E5): “This wedding must never take place!”

Hearing Harry call the waiter Maurice is reminiscent of when Gale Gordon played Alvin Littlefield on “I Love Lucy,” owner of the Tropicana, whose Maitre 'd was also named Maurice (Maurice Marsac, above left).

Lucy Carter peaking at Harry in the next booth is similar to when Lucy Ricardo peaked at William Holden in the adjacent booth at the Hollywood Brown Derby.

Like Father / Like Son! At the French restaurant, Craig says “Gracias” to the French Maitre d'. This sounds like an ad-lib line. Although Desi Jr. is being sarcastic, it is something that his father, Desi Arnaz Sr., might say as Ricky Ricardo without intentionally trying to be funny.

“Lucy Stops a Marriage” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

This episode isn't hysterical, but it is (unlike some recent episodes) grounded in reality and the interplay between Gale Gordon and Lucille Ball is sharp and funny.

#Here's Lucy #Lucy Stops A Marriage #Lucille Ball #Gale Gordon #Lucie Arnaz #Desi Arnaz Jr.#Jayne Meadows #Marcel De La Brosse #Jack Donohue #Frank Gill Jr.#Vincent Bogart #spider face #1970 #TV #CBS #Gold Diggers of 1933 #Franklin Roosevelt #Smokey Bear #Sonny & Cher

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LUCY AND ANN-MARGRET

S2;E20 ~ February 2, 1970

Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Choreography by Jack Baker ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer

Synopsis

A chance meeting with Ann-Margret leads to songwriter Craig performing with her on television.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter)

Guest Cast

Ann-Margret (Herself) is one of Hollywood's most enduring sex symbols, singers, and actors. She made her screen debut in 1961's A Pocketful of Miracles and followed up with the critically acclaimed film musicals State Fair and Bye Bye Birdie. After this episode of “Here's Lucy” she was nominated for Oscars for Carnal Knowledge (1971) and Tommy (1975). In February 1969, she appeared on “The Jack Benny Birthday Special”, which also featured Lucille Ball, although the two did not share screen time. At the end of 1969, Lucille Ball guested on her special “From Hollywood With Love.” In 2010, Ann-Margret won her first Emmy Award for her guest appearance on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.��

John O'Neill (Walter, Ann-Margret's Pianist)

Although billed as ‘Walter’ in the final credits, Ann-Margret calls him ‘Wally’ in the dialogue.

Gary Morton (Voice Introducing Ann-Margret) was a comedian who worked the famed ‘Borscht Belt’ in the Catskills Mountains. He met Lucille Ball shortly after her divorce from Desi Arnaz and they married in November 1961. At her request, Morton gave up his nightclub career and became a producer of “The Lucy Show.” Morton also served as a warm-up comic for the show’s studio audience. He played the Emcee in “Lucy and the Andrews Sisters” (S2;E6) and will make two more on-camera appearances on “Here’s Lucy.” Morton passed away in 1999.

Throughout the episode, Morton’s loud guffaw can be heard on the soundtrack.

Ann-Margret's back-up dancers (3 men and 3 women) perform uncredited.

The much anticipated episode was the subject of a TV Guide "Close Up”. It mentions that the singer was repaying Ball for appearing on her earlier special...

“Ann-Margret: From Hollywood With Love” in December 1969. In it, Ball played herself and an autograph hound named ‘Celebrity Lu’ (above).

The date this episode first aired (February 2, 1970) the 27th Annual Golden Globe Awards was held. Lucille Ball was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series, but lost to a tie between Carol Burnett and Julie Sommars in “The Governor and J.J.” John Wayne also won for True Grit. Both Burnett and Wayne were guest stars of Lucille Ball’s on her sitcoms. Joan Crawford (who guest-starred on “The Lucy Show”) received a life-time achievement award.

Two days later, on February 4, 1970, Lucie and Desi Jr. appeared with their father on NBC’s “Kraft Music Hall”. Vivian Vance and Bernadette Peters were also part of the cast. Desi Sr. performed "Babalu" and "Cuban Pete" and teamed with his children on "The Straw Hat Song”. Lucille Ball does not appear.

In the DVD introduction to the episode, Desi Arnaz Jr. says that he had a crush on Ann-Margret since he was ten years old. At the beginning of the episode, Kim says her brother is “barely seventeen.” This was true for Desi Jr. when the show was being filmed, but he celebrated his 17th birthday two weeks before the show first aired.

Lucy Carter describes her aspirations for her children:

KIM: “Mom wants me to be a wife and a mother.” LUCY: “Yes. And in that order.”

Lucy wants Craig to be a doctor, while he wants to be a songwriter.

LUCY: “We’ll compromise. You’ll be the only songwriter in the world to make house calls.”

In the early part of the 20th century, physicians often visited the home to treat patients, a practice that is virtually unheard of in most parts of the country today.

The ad soliciting new songs Craig finds in the newspaper gives an address of 718 North Gower. In reality, this is the address of Paramount Studios (formerly Desilu) where the show was filmed.

Lucy hopes Craig becomes as famous as Simon & Carbunkle. Kim corrects her: Simon & Garfunkle. In 1970 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle released the album “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Lucy later says Craig sings as well as Engelbert Pumpernickle. Craig corrects her: Engelbert Humperdinck. In a previous episode, Lucy pronounced the English pop singer's name “Englebert Dumperhinck.” Lucy is turning into a regular Mrs. Malaprop!

Craig calls himself “this generation's Cole Porter.” Cole Porter (1891-1964) was a songwriter who wrote both lyrics and music. He was responsible for the score of DuBarry Was A Lady, a Broadway musical that was filmed in 1943 with Lucille Ball. The show included the Cole Porter song “Friendship,” which Lucy Ricardo later sang with Ethel Mertz in “Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress” (ILL S3;E3, above).

When Craig needs $100 for his song to be published, he wants to ask his Uncle Harry.

LUCY: “Uncle Harry wouldn't have given Francis Scott Key $100 for 'The Star Spangled Banner.'”

“The Star Spangled Banner” is the national anthem of the United States. On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) wrote a poem which was eventually set to music by John Stafford Smith. It was adopted as the anthem in 1931.

Wally, Ann-Margret’s arranger, suggest she sing Craig’s song as a duet - perhaps with Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin. Frank Sinatra’s hit single from 1969 called “My Way” re-entered the charts in 1970, spending nearly a hundred weeks in the top forty. In 1970 singer Dean Martin, who was one of Lucille Ball’s favorite performers, was still producing new episodes of “The Dean Martin Show” (above) as well as starring in the feature film Airport.

On her coffee table is a copy of the December 1966 issue of House & Garden Magazine. Ann-Margret obviously doesn’t have much time for reading!

Lucy Carter seems to have no qualms about leaving her 16 year-old son alone in the apartment of a 28 year-old woman known to the world as a ‘the original sex kitten’! Offstage, however, Lucille Ball was not quite as understanding when Desi Jr. took up with 23 year-old divorcee Patti Duke, whose onscreen reputation was considerably more wholesome. In tabloid press, Lucille Ball was quoted as saying “Leave My Son Alone...He’s Only 17″ and “Patti Duke Used My Son and Victimized Us”.

When Ann-Margret is slipping into “something more comfortable” (an age old film and TV trope intimating seduction), Craig practices his dancing alone to the strains of “I'm in the Mood for Love” written by Jimmy McHugh in 1935. Ann-Margret covered the song in 1962 on her album “On the Way Up.” While Ann-Margret’s version of the song was on RCA Records and had lyrics, the LP Craig selects has the Capital Records label (the rainbow ring) and is instrumental only. Coincidentally, Guy Lombardo included the song on his 1958 release on Capitol Records, although the version heard is not that cover.

While Ann-Margret is off changing, Craig has three wordless minutes on screen alone to imagine his evening with the noted sex symbol. Here, Desi Jr. does some very funny and charming silent acting depicting the nerves of a first romantic encounter. Until she breaks the spell by appearing in a chenille robe, fuzzy slippers, and curlers!

Craig and Ann-Margret perform the song "Country Magic" which in reality was not by Craig or Desi Arnaz Jr. but by Steve March, the son of Mel Torme and adopted son of Arnaz family friend, Hal March.

Steve March appeared onscreen as one of Craig's high school friends in “Lucy and the Bogie Affair” (S2;E13) and will appear in a future episode guest starring Sammy Davis Jr. When Craig referred to his friend Steve in past episodes, this is likely who he has in mind.

The pink paisley Fender telecaster guitar Craig plays during his number with Ann-Margret belonged to Jimmy Burton (below), Elvis Presley's number one guitar player.

Burton actually played the guitar solo on the soundtrack.

Unusually, after leaving Craig with Ann-Margret, the Lucy character is not seen again until the final fade-out. Lucille Ball is off-screen for 10 minutes of her own 24-minute show!

In December 1968, just as “Here’s Lucy” was starting, Lucille Ball and Ann-Margret shared the cover of Coronet Magazine. Lucy wrote about her teenagers while Ann-Margret modeled see-through fashions.

Lucy Carter wants Craig to be a doctor, not a musician. On “I Love Lucy” Lucy Ricardo wanted Little Ricky (Keith Thibodeaux, above) to be a doctor, not a musician!

When Ann-Margret changes into “something more comfortable” she comes out wearing the same blue chenille bathrobe that Lucy wore in “Lucy and Tennessee Ernie's Fun Farm” (S1;E23, left). It looks very similar to the one that Vivian Vance wore in 1952’s “Breaking the Lease” (ILL S1;E18, center) and other episodes. It is likely that it is the same robe from the Desilu wardrobe racks!

FAST FORWARD!

A year later, Ann-Margret is mentioned as one of the wishes Craig would ask of a magic lamp in “Lucy and Aladdin’s Lamp” (S3;E21). Craig must have forgotten this lengthy encounter when he mentioned his wish.

Both Lucille Ball and Ann-Margret were on hand for “America’s Tribute to Bob Hope” on January 2, 1988.

In 2000, Lucie Arnaz and Steve March-Torme (author of “Country Magic”), both children of megastars, did a cabaret act together. This was March’s cabaret debut. As of this writing, two decades later, they are both still performing in cabaret - just not together.

Memory Lapse! Lucy tells Ann-Margret that the last time Craig sang in public it was “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” Actually, Craig sang in his school musical in “Lucy and Carol Burnett” (S1;E17, above), in “Lucy and Tennessee Ernie's Fun Farm” (S1;E23), as Bing Crosby in “Lucy and the Andrews Sisters” (S2;E6), and in “Lucy and the Generation Gap” (S2;E12) – all in front of audiences!

Hey Lady! At the end of “Country Magic,” Lucy bursts from the wings and shouts to the studio audience “My son the songwriter!” If this was one of Ann-Margret’s television specials (as was earlier mentioned), a random mother bragging about her son is not something you’d expect to see!

Can I Have a Drum Roll... Please? Oddly, there is absolutely no mention of Craig’s former musical obsession - the drums! A skilled percussionist in real life, there were many episodes in which played drums and even a couple that revolved around it.

This episode is a terrific showcase for Desi Arnaz Jr. He does his best with the comedy, but really shines in the musical number, where his dancing is as his sharp as his musicianship. Ann-Margret seems to be enjoying herself and the episode is fun to watch, although not particularly funny.

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Lucy is a Process Server

S2;E27 ~ April 20, 1964

Synopsis

When Lucy needs money for a summer vacation, she takes a job as a process server. The only trouble is her first summons must be delivered to none other than Mr. Mooney.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney)

Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley), and Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael) do not appear in this episode.

Guest Cast

Stafford Repp (Counterman) made a career of playing policemen even before he became famous as Chief O'Hara on TV’s “Batman” (1966-68). He played two different officers of the law on “Dennis the Menace” in 1962 and 1963, alongside “The Lucy Show”’s Mr. Mooney, Gale Gordon. Ironically, “Dennis the Menace” had their own Mr. Mooney, who was a police officer! Repp previously appeared on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower” (S1;E18) as Joe the plumber. He also did a 1970 episode of “Here’s Lucy” as (what else?) a police detective!

The counterman does not have any lines, but Repp listens attentively to Mr. Mooney's ramblings.

Lee Millar (Stewart) was best known as the voice of Jim Dear (Lady’s master) in Walt Disney’s classic Lady and the Tramp. He was following in the footsteps of his parents, Verna Felton and Lee Millar Sr. She had played Mrs. Porter in “Lucy Hires a Maid” (S2;E23) but was best known for an array of Disney voices, including Jim Dear’s Aunt Sarah. His father was one of the actors who supplied the 'voice’ of Disney's Pluto. He made four appearances on “I Love Lucy,” although this was his only episode of “The Lucy Show.”

The credits list Millar as Stewart, but this could be due to Gale Gordon mis-pronouncing “steward” since the character is acting in the capacity of a ship's cabin steward.

Richard Keith (Little Boy) was born Keith Thibodeaux in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 1, 1950. He was cast out of 200 other young hopefuls to play Little Ricky from 1956 to 1960 on “I Love Lucy” because of his resemblance to Desi Arnaz and his remarkable talent on the drums. Fearing no one would be able to pronounce his last name, his professional name became Richard Keith, although it was never listed in the credits. In “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours” he was simply credited as Little Ricky.

Keith's appearance on camera lasts about one second. At the train station, Lucy walks out the front doors to see if Mooney's car is parked in the lot. As she's leaving, a young boy walks in with his mother. He has no dialogue. Initially, Keith figured into a longer scene with a malfunctioning candy machine, but the scene was cut for time when the episode was running long.

Jose “Pepin” Betancourt (Porter) was a member of the Desi Arnaz / Ricky Ricardo Orchestra making a rare on-camera non-musical appearance with a line of dialogue.

Richard Kindelon (George, Bank Guard) was primarily known as a casting director. He also was a stand-in on Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).

Uncredited background players play the people at the train station. [Although IMDB lists Hazel Pierce and Carole Cook among them, I cannot confirm their participation.]

CBS originally aired this episode in black and white. It was filmed on March 19, 1964.

CBS broadcast repeats of “The Lucy Show” on April 6 and April 13, 1964. This is the first new episode since March 30, 1964. Coincidentally, on April 6 “The Andy Griffith Show” (which followed Lucy on CBS) broadcast an episode that starred Richard Keith (aka Little Ricky) as Opie’s pal Johnny Paul Jason. It is possible that his very brief wordless cameo on this episode of “The Lucy Show” was timed to capitalize on him being on the Desilu lot to film “The Andy Griffith Show.”

Through a new employment agency located on Oak Street, Lucy is hired as a secretary by the Danfield Attorney Service. One of her duties will be to act as a process server. A process server is a person who personally delivers (as per law) writs, warrants, subpoenas, and other legal documents to someone called to court in a legal action.

Mr. Mooney says that if Lucy had her way, she'd use up her allowance until 1972. That year, Lucille Ball finished the fourth season of “Here's Lucy” and started the fifth playing Lucy Carter opposite Gale Gordon as Harrison Carter.

To help Lucy practice her shorthand, Viv reads aloud from “Mother Goose”, a collection of nursery rhymes illustrated by Hilda Miloche and Wilma Kane first published in 1953 by Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin.

A winter travel poster outside the double doors of the train station is for Greyhound Bus Lines. Although the episode was shot in winter, it was aired in spring and the girls are looking to take a summer vacation. A companion poster was titled “Summer is Fun”.

Outside the double doors on the left is a travel poster by René Jacques from 1960. It depicts the aqueducts Pont de Garde, near Nimes, in Provence, France. It was previously seen on the wall of the beach house kitchenette in “Lucy is a Chaperone” (S1;E27). Because this is a Danfield train depot, the bottom portion of the poster labeled “FRANCE” has been omitted.

When Lucy tries to pick the pocket of the man in the station she thought was Mr. Mooney, the man is reading a newspaper called The Times. This is not, however, the masthead of The New York Times, but a fictional newspaper.

Viv is planning on going to Lake Placid for the summer. Lake Placid is a resort community in the Adirondack mountains of Essex County, New York, approximately 290 miles due north of Manhattan. It was the site of the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympic Games.

CALLBACKS!

Harry Bartell played a Process Server in “The Courtroom” (ILL S2;E7) delivering the summons from the Mertzes to appear in court over their damaged television set. The character pretends to be a fan wanting Ricky’s autograph.

Mr. Mooney tells Lucy Carmichael she’s used up her allowance until 1972. In “The Million Dollar Idea” (ILL S3;E13), Lucy tells Ethel she’s used up her allowance until June the 12th, 1978!

Lucy Carmichael mentions her prior experiences at Acme Employment Agency. This is the same name of the employment agency that found Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz jobs at Kramer's Candy Kitchen in “Job Switching” (ILL S2;E1).

Missed connections and mistaken identity at the depot also happened at the Westport train station in “Lucy Misses the Mertzes” (ILL S6;E17).

The series previously visited the Danfield Train Station in “No More Double Dates” (S1;E21). Although the station looks to have had a bit of a face lift, the double doors to the platform and the newsstand are in the same place. A candy machine replaces the taxi call machine on the wall.

Lucy also had encounters with a moving train in “Lucy Visits the White House” (S1;E25) and “The Great Train Robbery” (ILL S5;E5).

Mr. Mooney's wife Irma misses the ship because she had to buy one last sundress. Lucy Ricardo famously misses the S.S. Constitution by going back for one last hug with her son in “Bon Voyage” (ILL S5;E13).

Fast Forward!

Lucy Carter also worked as a process server in a 1968 episode of “Here’s Lucy.” She mixes up a summons and a bank deposit!

Blooper Alerts!

Burger Blooper! When Mr. Mooney is eating a hot dog at the train station he says that he is eating a hamburger. The joke of Mr. Mooney squirting himself with mustard works better than it would with ketchup since Mr. Mooney is wearing a dark coat. The yellow mustard reads better on camera, and everyone knows that mustard is the proper condiment for hot dogs! Why Gale Gordon didn't just say “hot dog” remains a mystery.

Touch Typing! In this episode Viv says Lucy hasn't touched a typewriter since high school but in “Lucy the Babysitter” (S5;E16) Lucy say she has two years of business college. She was previously seen typing in “Lucy is a Kangaroo for a Day” (S1;E7) where she was also sent out on deliveries in lieu of being fired for incompetence.

Any Port in a Storm! Mr. and Mrs. Mooney's cruise on a freighter to the Caribbean is for six weeks and the ship doesn't make its first port for 28 days. Any ship leaving New York harbor (even a freighter) would not need four weeks to reach a Caribbean port. A ship in motion would also need to refuel.

Sitcom Logic Alert! Lucy practices her typing and shorthand with a book of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Her children are not toddlers anymore, so it is unclear why this book is so handily available on the bookshelf.

“Lucy is a Process Server” rates 4 Paper Hearts out of 5

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