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When they are.admirering the red.sports.car Buddy stole, Mr. Mooney tells.Lucy he has a.1956 Edsel.... Which really cracks me upsince.Edsels debuted in 1958....so the writters.are.a bit off on that joke....or maybe.they did that on purpose ...eithr way it kinda falls.flat...jeeze th is phone is hard to.type on lol

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Ziegfeld Follies - In heaven, showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., fondly recalls his first Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies of 1907. Even from heaven, he is hoping that he can, for one last time, create that same magic by mounting one last follies. As he thinks about who he would like to appear in these follies, he is assisted in realizing his fantasy, at least in his own mind, by such luminaries as Fred Astaire, Edward Arnold, Lucille Ball, Marion Bell, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Cyd Charisse, William Frawley, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, Virginia O'Brien, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn, and, of course, a bevy of beautiful girls, a film world premiere in Boston, MA, on this date, 8/13, in 1945.

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The Post Journal, Jamestown NY - The Voice of Broadway, by Dorothy Kilgallen – Gossip in Gotham: Lucille Ball Going After Bing For TV Show and Upcoming Film - “Lucille Ball may be making big show business news in the near future. She wants Bing Crosby to appear on one of her television shows next season, and she also hopes to talk him into co-starring with her in a movie. Lucille never hesitates to admit that ‘Der Bingle’ is one of her all-time favorite performers,” published this date in 1963.

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Trivia for September 11:

 

 

Lucille Ball makes her first guest appearance, Dinah’s Place, The Dinah Shore Show, on this date in 1972.

 

Lucille Ball appears, CBS' TV game show, Body Language, with Charles Nelson Reilly and Tom Kennedy, this day in 1984.

Thanks for that Joyce, nice acknowledging September 11th this way.

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didn't get over here yesterday; machine hiccupping; driving me nuts!

 

September - the only Friday the 13th of what follows, 2013:

 

Lucille Ball appears, as Lucille Ball, MGM, Thousands Cheer, co-starring June Allyson, Mary Astor, Ben Blue, John Conte, Gloria DeHaven, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelley, Kay Kyser, Don Loper, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Morgan, Margaret O'Brien, Virginia O'Brien, Eleanor Powell, Frances Rafferty, Donna Reed, Mickey Rooney, Red Skeleton, Ann Sothern; in uncredited roles, Bob Crosby, Sid Charisse, Jack Gargan, William Tannen, Don Taylor, and Eve Whitney, released in NYC, on this date in 1943.

 

LA Evening Herald Express, Harrison Carroll: “Lucille Ball left last night for Las Vegas, not for the usual reason. She’ll go ahead with her California divorce; denied it was a spur of the moment production,” published this date in 1944.

 

Lucille Ball appears as a presenter, CBS TV, The Thirty-Third Annual Emmy Awards, at the Pasadena, California, Civic Auditorium, airing this date in 1981.

 

The Latest From Everything Lucy Blog - Lucy-Desi Center Executive Director and Assistant Fired – “Many Lucy Fans have known for several months a scandal had been brewing over a period of several years at the Lucy-Desi Center. Last Fall, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, IV. resigned, along with others from the board of the Lucy-Desi Center. This, alone, sparked interest and a lot of questions followed. I first reported their departure on this site last year. Now, yesterday, Friday, Ric Wyman and Pat Brininger have been fired! A lot of speculation and rumors abound of the two ‘terrorists’ who brought nothing but grief and misery to the center. During their reign, no laughter was at the Lucy-Desi Center. Through the mishandling of the center and the loss of major donors and support, enough voices were brought together that a separate site was setup to gather testimonials and support from other Lucy fans who also worked at the Center, the Save Lucy-Desi Center. During this last year, the Center lost two very generous donors, as well as true Lucy fans, Bill and Mary Rapaport. The number of people who voiced discontent were minor to the number of voices of outrage at how the site was managed. Last fall, even Lucie Arnaz tried to resolve the issues constraining the Center but it was met with resistance and deaf ears. As of this past July, even Melody Thomas Scott resigned, leaving no Founding Board Members in place for the Lucy-Desi Center. In a small town such as Jamestown, it only takes a few to bind together and cause mischief and mahem but in the end, it was Lucy and Desi that won out. But, unfortunately it isn't over yet, one remaining supporter of the ousted duo, Patricia Smith, is now serving as the interim director responsible for the day-to-day operations. It is only a matter of time before everything catches up and she, too, will be gone. Karma is a funny thing. Hopefully, with this firing will come hope and joy and laughter once again to the Lucy-Desi Center. Be sure to visit the forums for the latest up-to-date news as well as the historical background of the misdeeds that ended the rein of Ric Wyman,” posted this date in 2008.

 

The Post Journal, Jamestown NY ‘You Got Some ‘Splainin’ To Do’ – by Patrick Fanelli – “Lucy-Desi Center Executive Director, Assistant Fired” “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center is the organization that operates all the destinations in the City dedicated to television icon and Jamestown native, the late Lucille Ball,” (Former Executive Director, Ric Wyman, who had been demoted on orders of Lucie Arnaz in recent past months, was fired Friday afternoon and police-escorted out of the Desilu Playhouse, location of Executive Offices of the organization.) “His assistant of some six and a-half years, Patricia Brininger, was also terminated. (One half the ‘hand-picked’ Board of Directors, Charles Ludwig and Carolyn Seymour, disagreed that they should have been fired.) Apparently, Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who resigned as President of the Board of Directors, along with Vice President, Desi Arnaz, IV, in November of 2007, amidst ‘uncontrollable and unsolvable difficulties’ within the internal leadership of the organization. (All founding members of the Board of Directors have as of July 2008, also resigned; and Wyman and Brininger, some say ‘illegally’, placed friends on the ‘new’ board of directors) Since late April of 2003, when the first employee resigned, upwards of 50 employees, volunteers, and board members, have either resigned or left the organization under ‘less than honorable’ circumstances under the ‘umbrella’ leadership of Wyman and Brininger. 'Ironically, Wyman was fired from his original employment in Jamestown, nearly 10 years ago, by the Arts Council of Chautauqua County, and Lucie Arnaz hired Wyman to form the Museum from the Council, as a separate entity,'” published this date in 2008.

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For September 15th - some Lucille trivia:

 

LA Examiner, Louella O. Parsons: “Lucille Ball has gone to Las Vegas but not for the hurried divorce, as reported. She’ll get her freedom there,” published this date in 1944.

Lucille Ball appears in Life Magazine this date in 1947.

Lucille Ball stars, as Sally Elliot, her second Columbia film, The Fuller Brush Girl, co-starring, among others, Eddie Albert; in uncredited roles, Mel Blanc, Joseph Crehan, John Doucette, Chuck Hamilton, character actor/stuntman, as cop, Barbara Pepper, Isabel Randolph, Red Skelton, Mary Treen, and Harry Wilson, among others, released this date in 1950.

(“I Love Lucy”) “Lucy and John Wayne”, with guest co-star, John Wayne and the Mayer twins, as Little Ricky, is filmed this date in 1955.

Lucille Ball was a long-time fan of Tallulah Bankhead, her idol, who agreed to fly in from the East to begin rehearsals (for a planned episode “Celebrity Next Door,” originally guest co-starring Bette Davis, who suffered two physically-damaging accidents close together, and had to be replaced), on this date in 1957. 

Today is the 60th anniversary of one of the most-famous and popular (“I Love Lucy”) episodes of the 179, 1951-1960, “Job Switching”, Lucy and Ethel (Vivian Vance), on the chocolate assembly line, Episode #39, filmed, Friday, May 30, 1952; with guests, Alvin Hurwitz, as Mr. Snodgrass, Elvia Allman, Foreman, and Amanda Milligan, Candy Maker; reportedly, one of Lucille Ball's favorite episodes, Happy 60th Anniversary this date, 9/15, in 2012.

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Some LB trivia for this date, 9/16. years past:

  

 

Lucille Ball appears on NBC’, The Flip Wilson Show, guest co-starring Ed Sullivan and The Osmond Brothers; the skits written by Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf, Flip Wilson and others, are hilarious, this date in 1971.

Lucille Ball appears on NBC' Steve and Eydie . . . On Stage, taped at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, this date in 1973.

 Lucille Ball is recipient of the Golden Apple Award “Female Star of the Year”, on this date in 1973.

The Star: “Lucille Ball appears as 'Star of the Century,'” published this date in 1986. 

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