query: who played little ricky on the lucille ball show

pos: Richard Keith (actor) Richard Keith (actor) Keith Thibodeaux (born December 1, 1950) is a former American child actor and musician, best known for playing Little Ricky on the television sitcoms "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour". His last name, which was Cajun French, was changed by producer Desi Arnaz to "Keith" because "Thibodeaux" was too difficult to pronounce. He is the last living regular appearing cast member from "I Love Lucy". Thibodeaux showed skill on the drums at a young age, and was making $500 a week at the age of 3 while touring with the Horace Heidt Orchestra. His father

pos: I Love Lucy After the conclusion of the sixth season of "I Love Lucy", the Arnazes decided to cut down on the number of episodes that were filmed. Instead, they extended "I Love Lucy" to 60 minutes, with a guest star each episode. They renamed the show "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show", also known as "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour". Thirteen hour-long episodes aired from 1957 to 1960. The main cast, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley and Little Ricky/Richard Keith (birth name Keith Thibodeaux) were all in the show. "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" is available on DVD, released as "I Love

pos: Ricky Ricardo Jr. Ricky Ricardo Jr. Enrique Alberto Ricardo IV, "Little Ricky," is a fictional character from the American television series "I Love Lucy" (1951–57, with Ricky Jr. becoming a part of the show as of his birth in 1953) and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957–60). Little Ricky was played by a number of actors, including James John Ganzer, twins Richard and Ronald Lee Simmons, twins Michael and Joseph Mayer and, most notably, Keith Thibodeaux, billed as Little Ricky. Although the "I Love Lucy" announcer and the opening credits of "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" gave his stage name as "Little Ricky", in his

pos: Sweet Sue, Just You "Breaking the Lease" (1952) and again by Ball the season four episode "Mr. and Mrs. TV Show" (1954). It was also played by Lucy, Ethel, Fred and Little Ricky (Keith Thibodeaux) in the season six episode "Ragtime Band" (1957). Sweet Sue, Just You "Sweet Sue, Just You" is an American popular song of 1928, composed by Victor Young with lyrics by Will J. Harris. Popular versions in 1928 were by Earl Burtnett (vocal by the Biltmore Trio) and by Ben Pollack (vocal by Franklyn Baur). It has become a popular jazz standard, with versions recorded by many artists. It's also

neg: Lucy Goes to the Hospital Lucy Goes to the Hospital "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" is an episode of the 1950s American television show "I Love Lucy" in which the title character, Lucy Ricardo, gives birth to her son, "Little Ricky," after a "predictably chaotic" sequence of events. Twelve hours before the broadcast, the actress who played Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball, had given birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. by cesarean section. The episode had actually been filmed on November 14, 1952. The episode was the culmination of an unprecedented pairing of the fictional pregnancy of Lucy with the real-life pregnancy of Lucille Ball; "real-time pregnancy

neg: Junior Guilders was presented in May. In May, 1991, to celebrate the achievements of deceased theater alumni, Lucille Ball, the Guilders presented a tribute show to Ball which paired with the honorary renaming of the former Little Theatre of Jamestown to the current Lucille Ball Little Theatre or Jamestown. Daughter Lucie Arnaz was present, sitting front row for the group's presentation of "Light the Candles." This show was revised and re-presented in 2011, as a part of Lucille Ball's 100th Birthday Celebration. Junior Guilders The Junior Guilders are a singing group associated with the Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown, New York.

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Lucy and Ricky Ricardo are fictional characters from the American television sitcom "I Love Lucy", portrayed respectively by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Ricardos also appear in "The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour", and Lucy also appears in one episode of "The Ann Sothern Show". Together, Lucy and Ricky serve as a double act. Ricky is the straight man, a character very similar to Arnaz himself; he is a Cuban-American bandleader whose trademark song is "Babalu". Red-haired Lucy is his wife, who always gets into trouble and is usually caught at it by Ricky, who then typically

neg: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse in 1960. Just prior to their marital breakup, Ball and Arnaz, along with Vivian Vance, William Frawley, and Little Ricky, filmed the last "Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show", entitled "Lucy Meets The Moustache" and featuring guest stars Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams. This last hour-long installment of the "I Love Lucy" format and characters was broadcast on April 1, 1960. The final telecast of "The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse", "Murder is a Private Affair", aired on June 10, 1960. In the fall of 1958, "The Time Element". starring William Bendix, aired to positive reviews. Written by Rod Serling, the show's popularity gave

neg: Jess Oppenheimer Audition"), as one of the three unimpressed TV executives for whom Ricky performs at the Tropicana. Oppenheimer left "I Love Lucy" in 1956 to take an executive post at NBC, where he produced a series of TV specials, including the "General Motors 50th Anniversary Show" (1957), "Ford Startime" (1959), "The Ten Commandments" (1959), and the "1959 Emmy Awards". Oppenheimer and Ball were reunited in 1962 when he produced "The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball", which was nominated as 'Program of the Year' by the TV Academy, and again in 1964, when he executive produced "The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour".

neg: Desi Arnaz Desi Arnaz Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), better known as Desi Arnaz or Desi Arnaz, Sr., was a Cuban-born American actor, musician, and television producer. He is best remembered for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American television series sitcom "I Love Lucy". He co-starred on that show with dramatic and comedic actress Lucille Ball (1911-1989), to whom he was married at the time. He and Ball are generally credited as the inventors of the syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with the "I Love Lucy" series. Arnaz and Lucille Ball

neg: Lucille Ball demands were made by CBS, insisting that a pregnant woman could not be shown on television, nor could the word "pregnant" be spoken on-air. After approval from several religious figures the network allowed the pregnancy storyline, but insisted that the word "expecting" be used instead of "pregnant". (Arnaz garnered laughs when he deliberately mispronounced it as "'spectin'".) The episode's official title was "Lucy Is Enceinte", borrowing the French word for pregnant; however, episode titles never appeared on the show. The episode aired on the evening of January 19, 1953, with 44 million viewers watching Lucy Ricardo welcome little Ricky, while

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Ricardo theme. Even Janis Paige, in her short-lived Desilu-produced CBS sitcom "It's Always Jan", wore her hair like Lucy's, and Cara Williams followed the Lucy Ricardo format in "Pete and Gladys," which lasted only two seasons on CBS. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Lucy and Ricky Ricardo are fictional characters from the American television sitcom "I Love Lucy", portrayed respectively by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Ricardos also appear in "The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour", and Lucy also appears in one episode of "The Ann Sothern Show". Together, Lucy and Ricky serve as a double act. Ricky is the straight man,

neg: Lucille Ball Little Theatre Lucille Ball Little Theatre Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown is a community theatre company located in Jamestown, New York. It evolved from the Jamestown Players Club and was established as a non-profit corporation in 1936 with the name Little Theatre of Jamestown. The company has its own theatre on East Second St. in Jamestown which it purchased in 1968. Both the company and its theatre were renamed the Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown in 1991 to honor the actress Lucille Ball, Jamestown's most famous resident. Ball got her acting start with the company's precursor The Players Club and

neg: I Love Lucy exasperated, he often reverts to speaking rapidly in Spanish. As with Lucy, not much is revealed about his past or family. Ricky's mother (played by actress Mary Emery) appears in two episodes; in another Lucy mentions that he has five brothers. Ricky also mentions that he had been "practically raised" by his uncle Alberto (who was seen during a family visit to Cuba), and that he had attended the University of Havana. An extended flashback segment in the 1957 episode "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" of "The Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Show" filled in numerous details of how Lucy and

neg: Lucille Ball Little Theatre renamed the Lucille Ball Little Theatre in 1991, it has a seating capacity of 402, a full stage, and a small lobby. Lucille Ball Little Theatre Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown is a community theatre company located in Jamestown, New York. It evolved from the Jamestown Players Club and was established as a non-profit corporation in 1936 with the name Little Theatre of Jamestown. The company has its own theatre on East Second St. in Jamestown which it purchased in 1968. Both the company and its theatre were renamed the Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown in 1991 to

neg: Doris Singleton she appeared in episode 22 of season 6 entitled "Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball". In 1970, Singleton was featured on an episode of ABC sitcom, "Make Room For Granddaddy" (an updated version of "The Danny Thomas Show") which had Lucille Ball as the guest star. In this installment, titled "Lucy Carter, Houseguest", Singleton played Grace Munson, another character from "I Love Lucy". Her final appearance on "Here's Lucy" was in 1974 as Lucille Ball's studio secretary in an episode titled "Lucy (Carter) Meets Lucille Ball". Singleton and Ball were reunited one last time, again as Ball's studio secretary, in the

neg: Lucy and Superman son Little Ricky watch the latest episode of the "Adventures of Superman" television series, which concludes with the narrator stating that Superman will be making personal appearances in the coming week at Macy's Department Store in New York City. As Ricky's wife Lucy (Lucille Ball) enters and sends her son to bed, she promises to take him to see Superman at Macy's. Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance, William Frawley) arrive and drop off favors for Little Ricky's fifth birthday party, which is scheduled for Saturday. Shortly thereafter, Lucy and Ricky entertain Caroline and Charlie Appleby (Doris Singleton, George O'Hanlon),

neg: I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy is a popular 1950s American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning 6 seasons (including the 'lost' original pilot and Christmas episode). The show starred Lucille Ball, her real-life husband Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. It followed the life of Lucy Ricardo (Ball), a middle class housewife in New York City, who either concocted plans with her best friends (Vance & Frawley) to appear alongside her bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo (Arnaz) in his nightclub, or tried

neg: Desi Arnaz was successful in live appearances and recordings. He sang for troops in Birmingham Hospital with John Macchia and hired his childhood friend Marco Rizo to play piano and arrange for the orchestra. When he became successful in television, he kept the orchestra on his payroll, and Rizo arranged and orchestrated the music for "I Love Lucy". On October 15, 1951, Arnaz co-starred in the premiere of "I Love Lucy", in which he played a fictionalized version of himself, Cuban orchestra leader Enrique "Ricky" Ricardo. His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Ball, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy. Television executives had

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Scottish American Lucy and Cuban American Ricky marked the first appearance of an interracial marriage on an American TV show; "I Love Lucy" debuted in 1951, sixteen years before "Loving v. Virginia" legalized all forms of interracial marriage in all 50 states. Much like Lucille Ball herself, Lucy McGillicuddy was born and raised in Jamestown, New York (or "West" Jamestown per episode #138), to an American family of Scottish descent. In one episode in which she is asked her birthday, she gives it as August 6 (also the same as Ball's), though in typical fashion for her she refuses to

neg: Series finale fitting: stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were about to divorce and end the show, a fact that the show's guest star for what would be the final program, Edie Adams, did not know when she chose the song she would sing on the program. Prophetically, the song was named "That's All." The series also ended with Lucy and Ricky making up and kissing, while in reality Ball and Arnaz would not (the two would eventually reconcile later in life, although both would go on to marry other people). The last produced half-hour episode was titled "The Ricardos Dedicate a

neg: Lucille Ball Fame: one at 6436 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to motion pictures, and one at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard for television. Ball received many prestigious awards throughout her career, including some posthumously such as the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. Bush on July 6, 1989, and The Women's International Center's 'Living Legacy Award'. A Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center museum is in Lucy's hometown of Jamestown, New York. The Little Theatre was renamed the Lucille Ball Little Theatre in her honor. Ball was among "Time" magazine's "100 Most Important People of the Century". On June 7, 1990, Universal Studios

neg: My Favorite Husband which they thought average listeners would find more accessible. In March 1949 Gale Gordon took over the existing role of George's boss, Rudolph Atterbury, and Bea Benederet was added as his wife, Iris. One discovery made during the run of the show was that Lucille Ball performed comedy far better when she played to an audience. In 1950 Lucille Ball was asked to do a television version of the show, and CBS and Jell-O both insisted that Richard Denning continue as her co-star. Ball refused to do it without real-life husband Desi Arnaz playing her on-screen husband. The network reluctantly

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (the Ricardos' next door neighbors). "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" concluded in the aftermath of Arnaz and Ball's real-life divorce in 1960, an incident that was not written into the script. Both characters remained married to each other at the end of the series' run. Lucille Ball would go on to perform Lucy Ricardo-inspired characters on her ensuing sitcoms: "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", and the short-lived flop "Life with Lucy". In each series, the character Ball portrayed (each one named Lucy) was a widow or divorceé. In the mid-1960s, she was involved in a lawsuit against

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo unaware that the "husband" mentioned in the note is he, wants to bring the expectant couple up on stage to congratulate them. He goes from couple to couple trying to find them. Ricky notices Lucy in the audience, and it occurs to him that Lucy may be the one who is expecting. Lucy nods yes, and Ricky is overcome with emotion. They sing "We're Having a Baby", with Lucille Ball actually breaking down in tears during the scene, which made it one of the most genuinely touching moments in television history. During her pregnancy, Lucy experiences the normal pregnancy woes.

neg: Guestward, Ho! Guestward, Ho! Guestward, Ho! is an American sitcom which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season. It was based on the 1956 comic memoir of the same title by New Mexico dude ranch operator Barbara "Babs" Hooton, written in cooperation with "Auntie Mame" author Patrick Dennis. The series altered the characters' family name from "Hooton" to "Hooten." "Guestward, Ho!" began as a CBS/Desilu Studios pilot episode for Vivian Vance, who had played Lucille Ball's neighbor, Ethel Mertz, on the hit comedy series "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" from 1951 to 1960. Vance played

neg: Lucille Ball Blondell, Rich Little and Ann-Margret. Ball mentored actress and singer Carole Cook, and befriended Barbara Eden, when Eden appeared on an episode of "I Love Lucy". In 1966, Ball became a friend and mentor to Carol Burnett. She guested on Burnett's highly successful CBS-TV special "Carol + 2" and the younger performer reciprocated by appearing on "The Lucy Show". It was rumored that Ball offered Burnett a chance to star on her own sitcom, but in truth Burnett was offered (and declined) "Here's Agnes" by CBS executives. She instead chose to create her own variety show due to a stipulation

neg: The Big Street The Big Street The Big Street is a 1942 American drama film starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, based on the short story "Little Pinks" by Damon Runyon, who also produced the movie. The film was directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay was written by Leonard Spigelgass from Runyon's story. The Big Street was a nickname for "The Broadway", where this movie's plot starts, and where all Runyon stories take place. The film focuses on busboy Augustus Pinkerton II (Henry Fonda), known as "Little Pinks", and his relationship with a pretty but cold-hearted singer, Gloria Lyons (Lucille Ball), who is

neg: Ricky Ricardo Jr. as the birth of Lucille Ball's real son, Desi Arnaz Jr. – Monday, January 19, 1953. Little Ricky's father buys him a set of drums in the season 6 episode "Little Ricky Learns to play the Drums," after he shows he can carry a beat while tapping his spoon on a glass during a family breakfast. His parents enroll him in a music school where he is the only drummer, where he forms a band named "Ricky Ricardo and the Dixieland Band." Little Ricky experiences stage fright before his first music school recital but seems to overcome stage fright as

neg: The Ann Sothern Show worked as stenographers in New York City. The two later go on a cruise to Cuba together where Lucy meets Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) and Susie meets Carlos Garcia (Cesar Romero). The episode is one of the earliest examples of a television character "crossing over" from one series to another. Lucille Ball, one of Sothern's close friends and part owner of Desilu Studios (where "The Ann Sothern Show" was produced), reciprocated two years later, when she guest starred on a 1959 "Ann Sothern" episode entitled "The Lucy Story". This time, Ball's character (Lucy Ricardo) is an old friend of Katy

neg: Ricky Kelman latter comedy series, he played a 23-year-old "teenager" in the episode "Lucy and Andy Griffith." A decade earlier, Kelman had portrayed John Ballantine in the acclaimed Lucille Ball and Bob Hope film, "Critic's Choice". Kelman's last acting appearances were in 1973 and 1974 in two episodes of the syndicated anthology series, "Insight". His older brother, Terry Ross Kelman (born 1947), is a former child actor whose screen appearances occurred between 1954 and 1959, with his last work in two episodes of the NBC western series, "Wagon Train", starring Ward Bond. Ricky Kelman Rickey William Kelman (born July 6, 1950), is

neg: Paula Deen the same time, sales of Deen's cookbooks soared. Former US President Jimmy Carter urged that Deen be forgiven, stating, "I think she has been punished, perhaps overly severely, for her honesty in admitting it and for the use of the word in the distant past. She's apologized profusely." In July 2015, Deen faced controversy over a Halloween picture from 2011 in which Paula was dressed as Lucy Ricardo played by Lucille Ball while her son Bobby was dressed as Lucy's husband Ricky Ricardo in dark brownface makeup along with Gordon Elliott who was not in his costume as her social

neg: I Love Lucy audience, won five Emmy Awards and received numerous nominations and honors. It was the first show ever to feature an ensemble cast. It is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms in history. In 2012, it was voted the 'Best TV Show of All Time' in a survey conducted by ABC News and "People" magazine. Originally set in an apartment building in New York City, "I Love Lucy" centers on Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and her singer/bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), along with their best friends and landlords Fred Mertz (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz

neg: Lucie Arnaz a continuing role in the series "Here's Lucy" from 1968 to 1974. She played Kim Carter, the daughter of the eponymous Lucy—who was played by Arnaz's real-life mother, Lucille Ball. Arnaz branched out into television roles independent of her family from the mid-1970s. In 1975, she played murder victim Elizabeth Short in an NBC telefilm of "Who is the Black Dahlia?", Arnaz also had a short-lived series of her own, "The Lucie Arnaz Show", on CBS in 1985. The reviewer for "The New York Times" described the show as "the always ingratiating Miss Arnaz as a psychologist who not only

neg: The Lucy Show the fourth, fifth and sixth season DVD releases do not have this function. The Complete Series was released on November 15, 2016 The Lucy Show The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to "I Love Lucy". A significant change in cast and premise for the fourth season (1965–1966) divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled "The Lucille Ball Show",

neg: The Lucy Show The Lucy Show The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to "I Love Lucy". A significant change in cast and premise for the fourth season (1965–1966) divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled "The Lucille Ball Show", but when this title was rejected by CBS, producers thought of calling the show "This Is Lucy" or "The New Adventures of

neg: Marilyn Borden the twins played local nightclubs and travelled with the U.S.O. entertaining servicemen in Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. While appearing on an episode of "The Ed Wynn Show" the twins caught the attention of Lucille Ball, who promised them she would find a part for them on "I Love Lucy". True to her word, Ball featured the twins in episode 112, "Tennessee Bound", in which they played the sheriff's daughters, 'Teensy' and Weensy', opposite Tennessee Ernie Ford. The twins continued work on television and appeared on "CHiPs", "Maude", and "The Ropers". In the 1970s and 1980s the twins worked on

neg: Rosalyn Borden Between their work with Durante, the twins played local nightclubs and travelled with the U.S.O. entertaining servicemen in Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. While appearing on an episode of "The Ed Wynn Show" the twins caught the attention of Lucille Ball, who promised them she would find a part for them on "I Love Lucy". True to her word, Ball featured the twins in episode 112 entitled "Tennessee Bound" in which they played the sheriff's daughter's 'Teensy' and Weensy,' opposite Tennessee Ernie Ford. The twins continued work on television and appeared on "CHiPs", "Maude", and "The Ropers". In The 1970s

neg: Madelyn Pugh episode of "I Love Lucy". Together with Oppenheimer and/or Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf, who joined the show at the beginning of the fifth year, the team tackled 39 episodes per season for the run of the series. Although they never won, Pugh and Carroll were nominated for three Emmy Awards for their work on the series. Pugh and Carroll are credited with helping create the 'Lucy' character, which Ball played in one form or another for over 40 years. The pair also wrote episodes for "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" (aka "The Lucy-Desi Comedy

neg: I Love Lucy movie titled "Lucy" that portrayed the life of Lucille Ball, and during the "I Love Lucy" days, showed clips of "I Love Lucy" episodes. Numerous clips were remade, most notably "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", "Lucy Is Enceinte", and "Job Switching". Near the end of the movie, there are a selection of "TV Guide" covers in the hallway showing "I Love Lucy" franchises on their cover. Also, there was a close up of a "New York Post" article that tells the birth of Little Ricky. In 2012, Todd VanDerWerff of "The A.V. Club" wrote retrospectively:"I Love Lucy" […] is one

neg: George Costanza 1962 to 1992. On a "The Times-Union" list of the 50 greatest sitcom characters of all time, George was ranked third, behind Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) from "I Love Lucy" and Barney Fife (Don Knotts) from "The Andy Griffith Show". In 1999, "TV Guide" published a list of the 50 best characters in television history, on which George was ranked 10th. "The People" called George the greatest television character on a list of the 100 best television characters. British comedian Ricky Gervais and "Guardian" columnist Marina Hyde have both called George "arguably the greatest sitcom character of all time". For

neg: Charles Lane (actor) "The Gray Ghost". He was a good friend of Lucille Ball, and his specialty in playing scowling, beady-eyed, short tempered, no-nonsense professionals provided the perfect comic foil for Ball's scatterbrained television character. He played several guest roles on "I Love Lucy", including an appearance in the episode "Lucy Goes To the Hospital", where he is seated in the waiting room with Ricky while Lucy gives birth to their son. He also played the title role in the episode "The Business Manager", the casting director in "Lucy Tells The Truth," and the passport clerk in "Staten Island Ferry." Lane appeared twice

neg: Lucille Ball episode, produced by the couple's Desilu Productions company. The pair went on the road with a vaudeville act, in which Lucy played the zany housewife, wanting to get into Arnaz's show. Given the great success of the tour, CBS put "I Love Lucy" into their lineup. "I Love Lucy" was not only a star vehicle for Lucille Ball, but also a potential means for her to salvage her marriage to Arnaz. Their relationship had become badly strained, in part because of their hectic performing schedules, which often kept them apart, but mostly due to Desi's attraction to other women. Along

neg: Tress MacNeille episode of the 1979 "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo". She sang and appeared in the music video (as Lucille Ball) for "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Ricky" (1983), which was based on the "I Love Lucy" television show and parodied the song "Mickey" by Toni Basil. MacNeille also appeared on Yankovic's 1999 album "Running with Scissors", on the tracks "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" and "Jerry Springer." MacNeille was cast as Babs Bunny in "Tiny Toon Adventures" (1990–1995). Writer Paul Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs' voice and the voices of her impressions. MacNeille

neg: Lucille Ball the first cover in 1953 with her baby son, Desi Arnaz, Jr. "TV Guide" voted Lucille Ball as the 'Greatest TV Star of All Time' and it later commemorated the 50th anniversary of "I Love Lucy" with eight collector covers celebrating memorable scenes from the show. In another instance it named "I Love Lucy" the second-best television program in American history, after "Seinfeld". Due to her support for the Women's Movement, Ball was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2001. The Friars Club named a room in its New York clubhouse for Lucille Ball (the Lucille Ball

neg: Little Big Mom in the past, so don’t expect any reinvented wheels here. Still, the sight of Lisa in charge adds a decent spin, and the leprosy twist – while silly – proves amusing. It’s another unexceptional show but one with its moments." Before this episode, "The Simpsons" had referenced Lucille Ball several times. Michael Karol wrote in "Lucy A to Z" that "perhaps the funniest tribute came in [...] 'Little Big Mom.'" Dan Castellaneta, who provides the voice of Homer in the series, considers this episode to be one of his personal favorites. Because "Little Big Mom" deals with leprosy, it has

neg: Granby's Green Acres heard on the Lucille Ball show, "My Favorite Husband"." In fact, radio regulars Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet (who played John and Martha Granby) also played Mr. and Mrs. Atterbury on "My Favorite Husband". Dunning noted, "The names were changed, but the basic characters remained the same." "Granby's Green Acres" was Benaderet's "one and only full-fledged starring role on radio." Two other regulars were also familiar to radio listeners. Louise Erickson played Janice, the Granbys' daughter, and Parley Baer played Eb, the farm's hired hand. The storekeeper, Will Kimble, was played by Howard McNear in the first episode and by

neg: American Character Doll Company of the same name. The Kathryn Grayson autographed celebrity doll was produced in the late 1940s. American Character switched their formula from composition to their branded "Paratex" in the mid-1930s. Celebrity dolls released in the 1950s included "Alice In Wonderland" (1952), "Annie Oakley" (1954), "Eloise," and a series of "I Love Lucy" dolls (1952), the most popular of which was the baby doll later known as "Little Ricky." The 14" vinyl doll came dressed in a flannel gown and cried "real tears." (In 1952 stars Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz were expecting a child.) American Character's most popular doll

neg: Lucille Ball into Desilu Studios. "I Love Lucy" dominated U.S. ratings for most of its run. (An attempt was also made, with the same cast and writers, to adapt the show for radio. The pilot adapted the famous "Breaking the Lease" episode, in which the Ricardos and Mertzes argue, and the Ricardos threaten to move, but find themselves stuck in a firm lease. The resulting radio audition disc has survived, but never aired.) A scene in which Lucy and Ricky practice the tango, in the episode "Lucy Does The Tango", evoked the longest recorded studio audience laugh in the history of the

neg: Cy Coleman synonymous with the Chicago magazine and its creator, Hefner. Coleman's career as a Broadway composer began when he and Leigh collaborated on "Wildcat" (1960), which marked the Broadway debut of movie/television comedienne Lucille Ball. The score included the hit tune "Hey, Look Me Over".When Ball became ill, she left the show, and it closed. Next for the two was "Little Me", with a book by Neil Simon based on the novel of the same name by Patrick Dennis. The show introduced "Real Live Girl" and "I've Got Your Number," which became popular standards. In 1964, Coleman met Dorothy Fields at

neg: Here's Lucy season, physical comedy was never completely eliminated, and during the recovery, there were small gags that Ball could safely perform with little to no general injury or harm to her leg. Physical comedy returned to some extent after Ball<nowiki>'</nowiki>s leg became more fully returned to its prior state, and the physical comedy aspect, while never totally the same on this show, did make a gradual comeback. In the spring of 1973, "Here's Lucy" had fallen to #15 in the ratings ─ the first time that a series starring Lucille Ball had fallen out of the top ten. Ball then decided

neg: Desi Arnaz a Golden Globe for Best TV Show, in honor of the work he, his colleagues, and studio had done while he served as head of production. The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center museum is in Jamestown, New York, and the Desi Arnaz Bandshell in the Lucille Ball Memorial Park is in Celoron, New York. Arnaz was portrayed by Oscar Nuñez in "I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom", a comedy about how Arnaz and Lucille Ball battled to get their sitcom on the air. It had its world premiere in Los Angeles on July 12,

neg: Ricky Ricardo Jr. he performs comfortably in many other episodes, such as "The Ricardos Visit Cuba," where he plays the conga drum alongside his father; "Little Ricky's School Pageant," where he plays the lead; and "Ragtime Band," where Little Ricky plays the drums alongside his mother and godparents. Ricky Ricardo Jr. Enrique Alberto Ricardo IV, "Little Ricky," is a fictional character from the American television series "I Love Lucy" (1951–57, with Ricky Jr. becoming a part of the show as of his birth in 1953) and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957–60). Little Ricky was played by a number of actors, including James John

neg: Tallulah Bankhead playing the truth game with Tennessee Williams, she confessed, "I'm fifty-four, and I wish always, always, for death. I've always wanted death. Nothing else do I want more." Bankhead's most popular and perhaps best remembered television appearance was the December 3, 1957 "The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show". Bankhead played herself in the classic episode titled "The Celebrity Next Door". The part was originally slated for Bette Davis, but Davis had to bow out after cracking a vertebra. Lucille Ball was reportedly a fan of Bankhead and did a good impression of her. By the time the episode was filmed,

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo than Ball in real life. In grammar school, she played a petunia in a recital. In high school, she was involved in the drama program, wherein she studied with Miss Hanna and played Juliet Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet". She also played the saxophone in high school (as did the real Lucy), though every song she played sounded like "The Glow-Worm". Lucy also knows how to play the ukulele. She is seen playing a ukulele in episodes "Ricky Loses His Voice", "Don Juan is Shelved", and "Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright". A reference to Lucille's attendance at an unnamed junior

neg: Life with Lucy Life with Lucy Life with Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball that aired for one season on ABC from September 20 to November 15, 1986. It is the only Lucille Ball sitcom to not air on CBS. Only 8 out of the 13 episodes produced were aired before ABC cancelled the series. Unlike Ball's previous sitcoms, "Life with Lucy" was a failure in the ratings and poorly received by critics and viewers alike, ranking among the worst sitcoms in broadcasting history. Ball played a widowed grandmother who had inherited her husband's half-interest in a hardware store in South

neg: Carol Burnett season. Around the same time, she became good friends with Jim Nabors, who was enjoying great success with his series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." As a result of their close friendship, she played a recurring role on Nabors' show as a tough corporal, later gunnery sergeant (starting with the episode "Corporal Carol"). Nabors would later be her first guest every season on her variety show, as she considered him to be her good luck charm. In 1966, Lucille Ball became a friend and mentor to Burnett. After having guested on Burnett's highly successful CBS-TV special "Carol + 2" and having the

neg: Lucille Ball John Crandall of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Edmund Rice, an early emigrant from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When Lucille was three years old, her 27-year-old father died of typhoid fever. Henry Ball was a lineman for Bell Telephone Company and was frequently transferred. The family had moved from Jamestown to Anaconda, Montana, and later to Trenton, New Jersey. Her father contracted typhoid and died in February 1915 while DeDe Ball was pregnant with her second child, Frederick. Lucille Ball recalled little from the day her father died, but remembered a bird getting trapped in the house. From that

neg: Lucy Does a TV Commercial pitch in the middle of his singing, despite Ricky's attempts to keep her offscreen. Ricky desperately carries her off the stage after her hilarious actions become very obvious. The word "Vitameatavegamin" has since become a shorthand for this episode and for the "I Love Lucy" show in general. In 2011, more than 900 Lucille Ball lookalikes gathered under a "Vitameatavegamin" sign to honor Ball's 100th birthday, setting a world record for the most Lucy lookalikes in one place. Also in 2011, a talking Lucy doll was produced which recites lines from this episode. Lucy Does a TV Commercial "Lucy Does

neg: Lucille Ball the end of "I Love Lucy", Ball would go on to appear in a Broadway musical, "Wildcat", for a year from 1960 to 1961, although the show received lukewarm reviews and had to be shut down permanently when Ball became ill for a brief time. After "Wildcat", Ball reunited with "I Love Lucy" co-star Vivian Vance for the aforementioned "Lucy Show", which Vance departed in 1965 but which was to continue for three years with longtime friend of Ball's Gale Gordon who already had a recurring role on the program. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a

neg: Lucille Ball Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive, and producer. She was the star of the self-produced sitcoms "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", and "Life with Lucy", as well as comedy television specials aired under the title "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour". Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway using the stage names Diane Belmont and Dianne Belmont. She later appeared in several minor film roles in the 1930s and 1940s

neg: Lucille Ball written by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was recorded in front of a live audience for nationwide public radio broadcast and online distribution. Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive, and producer. She was the star of the self-produced sitcoms "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", and "Life with Lucy", as well as comedy television specials aired under the title "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour". Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on

neg: Three Little Pigskins Pigs", along with "pigskin" being a synonym for a football. The film marked one of the earliest credited appearances for a then blonde-haired Lucille Ball, who played a supporting role as one of the female recruiters and would herself become known for her own work in physical comedy in later years. Later in her career, when this short was brought up, Ball (apparently referring to the seltzer squirting scene) would remark, "The only thing I learned from The Three Stooges was how to duck. I still got wet!" This is the first of several Stooge shorts involving a dumbwaiter, usually

neg: Thomas Organ Company which would turn up in Thomas models. Thomas also took over manufacturing rights of the Moog synthesizer and enjoyed heavy celebrity endorsement from the likes of Lawrence Welk, whose organist Bob Ralston both played a Thomas on "The Lawrence Welk Show" and on tour at organ and piano shops to demonstrate the greatly improved tonal quality of the new models, and Lucille Ball, who featured a Thomas on at least one episode of "The Lucy Show". Welk had a high-end model named after him in 1968, the aforementioned "Lawrence Welk" spinet model. Joe Benaron was President of Thomas during its

neg: Lured Lured Lured is a 1947 film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, and Boris Karloff. The film is a remake of Robert Siodmak's 1939 French film "Pieges" (titled "Personal Column" in the United States). Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) is an American who came to London to perform in a show, but now is working as a taxi dancer. She is upset to find out that friend and fellow dancer Lucy Barnard (Tanis Chandler) is missing and believed to be the latest victim of the notorious "Poet Killer," who lures victims with ads in

neg: Jorge Moreno year and showed that Moreno was not your typical pop artist. Quickly after signing with Maverick, Moreno became an overnight sensation with an alternative version of the song "Babalú", popularized for American audiences by the late Cuban-born artist Desi Arnaz, who was best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the 1950s television comedy I Love Lucy, in which he starred alongside his wife, the famous actress and comedian Lucille Ball. Moreno knew that he wanted to pay tribute to the song on his first album, and he later appeared on the CBS I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special,

neg: Lucille Wall acted in "Pretty Kitty Kelly", "Island Boat Club", "Sherlock Holmes", "True Confessions", "The First Nighter" and "A Tale of Today". Wall died at a convalescent home in Reno, Nevada, on July 11, 1986, at age 87. Lucille Wall Lucille Loretta Wall (January 18, 1898 – July 11, 1986) was an American actress who played the role of Lucille March Weeks on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital" from 1963 to 1976. When Wall was ill in 1975, the role was played by Mary Grace Canfield. Lucille returned to the show for infrequent guest appearances over the years, the last in

neg: Jess Oppenheimer Husband", starring Lucille Ball. In the handful of episodes that had already aired, Ball had played "Liz Cugat," a "gay, sophisticated," socialite wife of a bank vice president. Oppenheimer decided to make her radio character more like Baby Snooks: less sophisticated, more childlike, scheming, and impulsive—taking Lucy and the show in a new direction, with broad, slapstick comedy. The show was a huge success. CBS quickly signed Oppenheimer as the show's head writer, producer, and director. Oppenheimer was hesitant to accept the position after being warned by his friends against working with Ball, but he decided to accept anyway after

neg: Vivian Vance opportunities in film. During her stay in Los Angeles, Vance appeared in two films: as streetwise chambermaid Leah in "The Secret Fury" (1950), and as Alicia in "The Blue Veil" (1951). She received several positive notices for her performances, but the films did little else to further her screen career. When Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball were casting their new television sitcom "I Love Lucy" in 1951, director Marc Daniels, who had previously worked with Vance in a theater production, suggested her for the role of landlady Ethel Mertz. Lucille Ball had wanted either Bea Benaderet or Barbara Pepper, both

neg: Sorrowful Jones Sorrowful Jones Sorrowful Jones, also known as Damon Runyon's Sorrowful Jones, is a 1949 film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film stars Lucille Ball and Bob Hope. "Sorrowful Jones" was a remake of a 1934 Shirley Temple film, "Little Miss Marker". In the film, a young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones (Hope) as a marker for a bet. When her father does not return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Lucille Ball plays a nightclub singer who is dating Sorrowful's boss. Ball's singing voice is provided by Annette Warren,

neg: Norma Varden Girl" on ABC's "The Real McCoys". She appeared on CBS's "Perry Mason" as Winifred Wileen in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Illicit Illusion." That same year, Varden, along with veteran character actress and comedienne Kathleen Freeman were featured in a third season episode of The Lucy Show entitled "Lucy Gets Her Maid". In that installment, Varden played yet another snooty socialite named Mrs. Van Vlack who hires Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball) as a maid. She also appeared on the 7th season episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" "Problem Bear" as the snobby socialite, Mrs. Vanransenhoff, who went home with

neg: Lucille Wall Lucille Wall Lucille Loretta Wall (January 18, 1898 – July 11, 1986) was an American actress who played the role of Lucille March Weeks on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital" from 1963 to 1976. When Wall was ill in 1975, the role was played by Mary Grace Canfield. Lucille returned to the show for infrequent guest appearances over the years, the last in 1982. Wall was born in Chicago, Illinois. Actress Geraldine Wall was her sister, and she had another sister, Mildred. During her teenage years, Wall leaned toward a career in music, but she eventually turned toward radio

neg: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on the Columbia Broadcasting System between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series "The Twilight Zone" and "The Untouchables". Between 1951 and 1957, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) and Lucille Ball (1911-1989) starred in and produced (via their Desilu production company) the immensely popular "I Love Lucy" show. In early 1958, Desi Arnaz convinced CBS to purchase "Desilu Playhouse" with the promise that a bi-monthly "Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" (later rebroadcast as "The Lucy-Desi

neg: Sidney Miller (actor) Collins in "The Bob Cummings Show" episode "Bob Judges a Beauty Pageant". In 1968, he played Lucille Ball character Helen North's date Doctor Ashford, who was shorter than North's three children. In 1974, he briefly appeared as a drunk driver in the Michael Sarrazin and Barbra Streisand comedy "For Pete's Sake". From 1983-1985, Sidney Miller played the voice of The Dungeon Master in the animated series "Dungeons & Dragons", which was based on the role-playing game of the same name. He also provided voices for several other animated shows. In the 1980s and 1990s, he had a small role as

neg: Lucy and Ricky Ricardo delivers his tagline, a heavily-accented "Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do!". They have a son Ricky Ricardo Jr., also called "Little Ricky", portrayed by child actor Richard Keith. Lucy's full name (Lucille Esmeralda Ricardo McGillicuddy) is given in the season 1 episodes "Fred and Ethel Fight" and "The Marriage License," and "The Passports" in season 5. Ricky gives his full name in the season 4 episode "Hollywood Anniversary" as Ricardo Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha, but in the season 6 episode "Lucy Raises Tulips" Lucy calls him "Enrique Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha III". The marriage between

neg: Doris Singleton II both as a guest star and in regular roles on numerous hit radio shows, including The Whistler and "The Alan Young Show", on which she played Young's girlfriend, Betty Dittenfeffer. She played Ruth Henshaw on the radio version of "December Bride". During a guest appearance on the radio show "My Favorite Husband" in 1948 she met Lucille Ball and began their long professional relationship. She had a recurring role in "I Love Lucy" playing Carolyn Appleby in ten episodes between 1953 and 1957. (The character was named "Lillian Appleby" in her first appearance but "Carolyn Appleby" thereafter.) In 1953,

neg: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen black-and-white one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960 (as opposed to a thirty-minute regular series). The first five were shown as specials during the 1957–58 television season. The remaining eight were originally shown as part of "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse". Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. The successor to the classic comedy, "I Love Lucy", the programs featured the same cast members: Lucille

neg: Second Noah Luis. Starting with the first non-pilot episode of the show, Roxanna and Luis are played by different actors, Erika Page and Jeffrey Licon respectively. Roxanna is not immediately accepted at her new high school and she and Ricky develop a friendship as he tries to stand up for her. Luis is a chronic liar who tells everyone that Julio Iglesias is his father. Ranny and Danny, played by Jon and Jeremy Torgerson, are twins a little younger than Ricky and Roxanna. They have also been adopted by the Becketts for the longest. Ranny is more of a "bad boy" who

neg: Lured the usually typecast villain could be so amusing!). It can't quite measure up to compelling film noir, but it's pleasing and easy to handle despite everything feeling so contrived and confining." Lured Lured is a 1947 film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, and Boris Karloff. The film is a remake of Robert Siodmak's 1939 French film "Pieges" (titled "Personal Column" in the United States). Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) is an American who came to London to perform in a show, but now is working as a taxi dancer. She is upset to

neg: Swen Swenson Swen Swenson Swen Swenson (January 23, 1930 - June 23, 1993) was a Broadway dancer and singer. Born in Inwood, Iowa, Swenson was trained by dancer Mira Rostova and at the School of American Ballet. Openly gay, he had featured and co-starring roles on Broadway in such musicals such as "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball, "Little Me" (for which he received a Tony Award nomination), "Annie", "No, No Nanette", "I Remember Mama" and the 1981 revival of "Can-Can". He appeared in movies and on television variety shows, including "Your Show of Shows" and "The Ed Sullivan Show". Swenson died in 1993

neg: Desilu Productions rights under license from Lucille Ball Productions and Desilu Too. Whether Desilu Too has interests in the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York, is not known. Neither Desilu Too nor LBP operates as a production company. Desilu is often credited with being the first television studio to shoot on film instead of making a live broadcast or to shoot on film with a multiple-camera setup. However, neither is true. Earlier filmed series included "Your Show Time", "The Stu Erwin Show", and "The Life of Riley", and Jerry Fairbanks had developed and was using multiple-camera film production for television

neg: Dance, Girl, Dance period - and it's also a great deal of fun.” Nora Sayre of the New York Times states that “Dorothy Arzner's most explicitly feminist film which explores the suffering and indignities of a serious ballerina (Maureen O'Hara) before an audience of lecherous males who show their preference, in no uncertain terms, for the broadly provocative gestures of a burlesque queen (Lucille Ball)... It could be objected that O'Hara is a little out of her element in a vaudeville house, not exactly the temple of high art, and that there is something healthy in Ball's (and Hollywood's) vulgarity. Still... Ms. Arzner

neg: Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Center Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Center The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum & Center for Comedy is a museum at 2 West 3rd Street, Jamestown, New York, dedicated to the lives and careers of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The museum officially opened in 1996 "to preserve and celebrate the legacy of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and enrich the world through the healing powers of love and laughter". Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown on August 6, 1911. The museum is located just minutes from Lucy's childhood homes in Celoron and Jamestown, and her final resting place in the family plot

neg: Flip Wilson boost. Wilson also made guest appearances on numerous TV comedies and variety shows, such as "Here's Lucy" (in which he played the role of "Prissy" in a spoof of "Gone With the Wind", with Lucille Ball as Scarlett), and "The Dean Martin Show", among others. Wilson's warm and ebullient personality was infectious. Richard Pryor told Wilson, "You're the only performer that I've ever seen who goes on the stage and the audience hopes that "you" like "them"." A routine titled "Columbus," from the 1967 album "Cowboys and Colored People", brought Wilson to Hollywood industry attention. In this bit, Wilson retells

neg: Wildcat (musical) Wildcat (musical) Wildcat is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, and music by Cy Coleman. The original production opened on Broadway in 1960, starring a 48-year-old Lucille Ball in her only Broadway show. The show introduced the song "Hey, Look Me Over", which was subsequently performed as a cover version by several musicians. Nash had envisioned the main character of Wildy as a woman in her late twenties, and was forced to rewrite the role when Lucille Ball expressed interest not only in playing it but financing the project as well. Desilu, the

neg: Private Secretary (TV series) Sothern walked out in a contract dispute with producer Jack Chertok, ending the series' run. Sothern, along with several cast members, went on to star in another weekly series, "The Ann Sothern Show", from 1958–61. Sothern reprised the character of Susie MacNamara for the premiere episode of "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" (later shown in repeats as "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour"). In this installment, entitled "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" (which was originally a 75-minute episode), Sothern appeared opposite series regulars Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley and Richard Keith as well as guest stars Hedda Hopper,

neg: Gale Gordon a replacement for Willard Waterman in the popular role of John Merriweather. (Waterman and Gordon both died in 1995.) In 1950, Gordon played John Granby in the radio series "Granby's Green Acres", which became the basis for the 1960s television series, "Green Acres". Gordon went on to create the role of pompous principal Osgood Conklin on "Our Miss Brooks", carrying the role to television when the show moved there in 1952. In the interim, Gordon turned up as Rudolph Atterbury on "My Favorite Husband", which starred Lucille Ball in a precursor to "I Love Lucy". Gordon and Ball had previously

neg: Desi Arnaz intervened on his behalf. The family then fled to Miami, where Desi attended St. Patrick Catholic High School. In the summer of 1934, he attended Saint Leo Prep (near Tampa) to help improve his English. When he moved to the United States, Desi Arnaz turned to show business to support himself. In 1939, he starred on Broadway in the musical "Too Many Girls". He went to Hollywood the next year to appear in the show's movie version at RKO, which starred Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball eloped on November 30, 1940. Arnaz also played guitar for Xavier Cugat. Arnaz appeared

neg: Swen Swenson of AIDS-related illness. Swen Swenson Swen Swenson (January 23, 1930 - June 23, 1993) was a Broadway dancer and singer. Born in Inwood, Iowa, Swenson was trained by dancer Mira Rostova and at the School of American Ballet. Openly gay, he had featured and co-starring roles on Broadway in such musicals such as "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball, "Little Me" (for which he received a Tony Award nomination), "Annie", "No, No Nanette", "I Remember Mama" and the 1981 revival of "Can-Can". He appeared in movies and on television variety shows, including "Your Show of Shows" and "The Ed Sullivan Show". Swenson

neg: George Putnam (newsman) Roosevelt. In addition to political talk Putnam interviewed many people that he knew in show business including Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Charlton Heston, John Wayne, Desi Arnaz, Milton Berle and many others. He and Lucille Ball were very close friends, as evidenced by her yearly in-person appearance on "Talk Back" on or around his birthday. Downtown Los Angeles workers were thrilled and surprised to see Ball making the walk through the underground level of Arco Plaza to Putnam's studio, often with her husband Gary Morton and no security detail. The studio was enclosed in see-through glass

neg: The Ricky Gervais Show someone's eye out! Knob News!' in a very similar fashion to Monkey News. "Rockbusters" was conceived by Karl Pilkington and was played on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's long running XFM radio show between 2002–2004 and brought back in 2005. It debuted on 12 October 2002 as a phone-in, but converted to an e-mail competition the following week. Despite punning in its title, the game has very little in common with "Blockbusters". It is played as follows: Karl gives three clues, which he considers "cryptic" but are in reality convoluted colloquialisms which often depend on the answer being mispronounced. Along

neg: Ricky Ricardo Jr. post-"Lucy" acting career, particularly his four-year irregular stint on "The Andy Griffith Show", he was billed as Richard Keith. In the show, Little Ricky is the son of Lucy Ricardo and Ricky Ricardo. Little Ricky lives with his parents in a New York Brownstone apartment building, which is owned and run by his godparents; the family later moves to a large suburban house in Westport, Connecticut. Lucy finds out she was expecting Little Ricky on the Season 2 episode "Lucy is Enceinte." The episode in which he is born, "Lucy goes to the Hospital," was aired on the same day

neg: I Love Lucy The show provided Ball ample opportunity to display her considerable skill at clowning and physical comedy. Character development was not a major focus of early sitcoms, so little was offered about her life before the show. A few episodes mentioned that she was born in Jamestown, New York (Lucille Ball's real-life home town), later corrected to "West" Jamestown, that she graduated from Jamestown High School, that her maiden name was "McGillicuddy" (indicating a Scottish or Irish ethnicity at least on her father's side, though she once mentioned her grandmother was Swedish; there are sizable Irish and Swedish communities in Jamestown),

neg: Chuck Connors until the last season in 1962–63, when it was opposite the highly rated return to television of Lucille Ball on "The Lucy Show" and ratings began to drop. The show was cancelled in 1963 after five seasons and 168 episodes. Crawford said of his relationship with Connors: "I was very fond of Chuck, and we were very good friends right from the start. I admired him tremendously." Crawford also said about the same sport that Connors had played: "I was a big baseball fan when we started the show, and when I found out that Chuck had been a professional

neg: Isabel Scott Rorick "Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage". It became one of the best selling books of 1941. It was also made into a movie in 1942, "Are Husbands Necessary?" starring Ray Milland and Betty Field as the Cugats. Rorick published a follow-up collection of Cugat stories, "Outside Eden", in November 1945. In 1948, the radio show "My Favorite Husband" based on the Cugat stories debuted on CBS Radio. Lucille Ball and Richard Denning played the Cugats, though their last name was soon changed to Cooper to avoid confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat. When CBS asked Ball to

neg: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour later commenting that she personally chose the song, unaware of Ball and Arnaz marital problems or their pending divorce. Adams and her husband, the avant garde comedian Ernie Kovacs, guested starred on what turned out to be the final new episode ever made of "I Love Lucy" and the last time its characters: Fred, Ethel, Little Ricky, Ricky and Lucy would ever be seen. Adams commented that Ball's emotions were up and down the entire week of rehearsals and that she had commented to Kovacs how harshly Ball was treating her. Kovacs passed that along to Arnaz who took Adams

neg: The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub "The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub" is the second filmed episode of "I Love Lucy" but the first one aired. Originally, "Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her" was supposed to have been aired instead, as it was the first one filmed, but numerous production problems kept Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and others, who had a stake in the success of the program, from airing it until the problems had been fixed. Instead, it was determined that "The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub" was a better

neg: Lucille Ball was always cast as an unmarried woman. The following year, Ball starred in the Broadway musical "Wildcat", which co-starred Keith Andes and Paula Stewart. It marked the beginning of a 30-year friendship between Lucy and Stewart, who introduced Lucy to second husband, Gary Morton, a Borscht Belt comic who was 13 years her junior. According to Ball, Morton claimed he had never seen an episode of "I Love Lucy" due to his hectic work schedule. Ball immediately installed Morton in her production company, teaching him the television business and eventually promoting him to producer. Morton played occasional bit parts on

neg: The Lucy Show Lucy Show". Arnaz felt Ball performed better in front of a live studio audience. Carole Cook, Ball's long-time friend and protégée in a radio show "Great Lives" based on Lucille Ball said that three cameras were used so to capture everything in one go, and the best angles would be used. While Ball would ad-lib during rehearsals, she followed the script when filming the actual show. While filming the 1963 episode "Lucy and Viv Put In A Shower", in which the leading ladies attempted to install a shower stall (but become trapped inside, unable to shut the water off), Ball

neg: I Love Lucy offered a chance to take their characters to their own spin-off series. Frawley was willing, but Vance refused to ever work with Frawley again since the two did not get along. Frawley did appear once more with Lucille Ball — in an episode of "The Lucy Show" in 1965, which did not include Vance (who by then had ceased to be a regular on that show). However, this was his last screen appearance with his longtime friend. He died in Hollywood on March 3, 1966, of a heart attack at age 79. In 1962, Ball began a six-year run with

neg: Little Miss Marker with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and again as "Little Miss Marker" in 1980 with Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy, and Lee Grant. Another remake was 1962's "40 Pounds of Trouble", starring Tony Curtis as a casino manager who is left with an eight-year-old girl. Scott Ellis and David Thompson are working on a musical adaptation of the film to feature songs by Harold Arlen as its score. The plot and title of the film are referenced by the book "Little Myth Marker", part of Robert Asprin's MythAdventures series. Little Miss Marker Little Miss Marker