Luvsbway Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Recapping the Forever Darling promotion in Dallas and Ft. Worth. http://flashbackdallas.com/2014/08/06/lucy-desi-dallas-1956/ There use to be newsreel footage of this on YouTube but it looks to be gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 After reading this I was able to put more of this promotional tour’s timeline together. I always thought the pics of Lucy and Desi on the back of the train with the kids was at the start of the tour but from this article it places the train portion at the end as they left Texas and took the train back to LA. I always wondered why Desi had that cowboy hat on and now it makes sense. From what I have put together they started in NYC. There are 2 TV show appearances that match this. They did the Ed Sullivan Show and Desi appeared on What’s My Line. On What’s My Line the guest was the guy who was going to fly the helicopter in to Jamestown. According to articles in this blog post he did the same thing in Texas too. On What’s My Line Desi mentions Lucy is watching at Grand Central. So I take it they took the train to Jamestown? I was thinking they flew into Buffalo or something but train does make more sense for this time period. In Jamestown they landed at the high school via helicopter. In a Look Magazine article I have there is a photo of Lucy and Harriet sitting at the train station in Jamestown around 1am waiting on a train to leave. So my question is where did the train take them? Also what other cities were on the promotional tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thanks! There's such great information there. I loved their description of Bill Frawley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 'So I take it they took the train to Jamestown?' -luvsbway It seems to me they took the helicopter from Buffalo; shorter distace that the nearly 400 miles from NYC; the helicopter pilot was a Jamestown area native, Floyd Carlson, oddly, father-in-law (ex) of my husband!!!! He died young, helicopter accident; not sure what year. I'll try to do some checking; but, I believe I'm right about that. Loving you, JK PS A 1,000,000 THANKS for that wonderful series of DATES for the chronology - you are the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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