I Love Lucy

The I Love Lucy show was not only a star vehicle for Lucille Ball, but a way for her to try to salvage her marriage to Desi Arnaz, which had become badly strained, in part by the fact that each had a hectic performing schedule which often kept them apart. Along the way, she created a very early television sitcom (although the format had existed for decades in radio, and in fact other TV sitcoms predated her show), and was among the ...

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Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball - Early life and career, Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball - Lucille McGillicuddy, Lucille Ball - Clown 'shtick' on I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball - Filmography, Lucille Ball - Television Work, Lucille Ball - Radio, Lucille Ball - Notes, Lucille Ball - Books

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1-The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub To celebrate the Mertzes' wedding anniversary, Fred and Ricky want to go to a prize fight, but the girls want to get dressed up and go to a nightclub. Lucy threatens to find two other escorts if their husbands won't take them. This is just fine with Fred, but Ricky worries. So he and Fred find two other girls and go to the same nightclub to spy on their wives. First aired October 15, 1951. 2-Be a Pal Lucy decides Ricky's love is growing cold, so she takes Ethel's suggestions: that she join her spo ...

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I Love Lucy, I Love Lucy - The show, I Love Lucy - Innovative techniques, I Love Lucy - Episode Guide - Season 1, I Love Lucy - Episode Guide - Season 2, I Love Lucy - Episode Guide - Season 3, I Love Lucy - Themes and Highlights, I Love Lucy - Cast, I Love Lucy - Emmy Awards, I Love Lucy - I Love Lucy The Show, I Love Lucy - See Also, I Love Lucy - Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy - Vivian Vance, I Love Lucy - William Frawley, I Love Lucy - Dezi Arnaz, I Love Lucy - DVD Releases, I Love Lucy - Trivia

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CBS - Early years. CBS can trace its origins to the creation, in 1927 of the "United Independent Broadcasters" network. Begun by New York talent agent Arthur Judson, it went on the air in October of that year with 47 affiliates. The first year was a struggle, and United soon looked for additional investors; the Columbia Phonographic Manufacturing Company (also owners of Columbia Records), rescued the company in 1928, and as a result, the network was renamed "Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System." Later in 19 ...

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CBS, CBS - History, CBS - Early years, CBS - The Television Years: Expansion and growth, CBS - New owners, CBS - Some criticisms, CBS - The Eye Device, CBS - Notes on sources

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UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns the more widespread CBS network. Because of this dual corporate ownership, in several large American cities, the local CBS and UPN stations are operated as "duopolies." UPN - History. Paramount Pictures (the "P" in UPN) has played a pivotal role in the development of network television; it was a partner in the DuMont Television Network, and the P ...

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• UPN - History
• UPN - Programming
• UPN - Television movies
• UPN - Notes

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Westport is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. As of the 2004 census, the town had a total population of 26,544. Westport borders Norwalk on the west, Weston to the north, Fairfield to the east and Long Island Sound to the south. Interstate 95 and US Route 1, as well as the Saugatuck River, run through Westport. Westport has two Metro North railroad stations, Westport and Green's Farms. Westport is a member of Westports of the World (WOW), along with Westports in Ireland, New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Ontario ...

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• Westport Connecticut - Politics
• Westport Connecticut - Geography
• Westport Connecticut - Demographics
• Westport Connecticut - History
• Westport Connecticut - Famous Places and Events of Westport
• Westport Connecticut - Famous Residents of Westport Past and Present

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September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). There are 107 days remaining. September 15 - Events. 608 - Saint Boniface IV becomes Pope. 921 - Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin. 1514 - Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York. 1556 - Vlissingen ex-emperor Charles V returns to Spain. 1584 - San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished. 1590 - Giambattista Catagna is elected as Pope Urban ...

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• September 15 - Events
• September 15 - Births
• September 15 - Deaths
• September 15 - Holidays and observances

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Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County, and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city had a total population of 448,607 as of the 2000 census. The metropolitan area has a population of roughly 750,000 and includes the city of Rio Rancho, one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. ABQ (a colloquialism for the city and also the code for the city's airport) is located where the Interstate highw ...

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• Albuquerque New Mexico - History
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Urban trends and issues
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Climate and geography
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Distances
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Terrain
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Quadrants
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Points of interest
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Historic landmarks
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Skyline
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Culture technology and popular culture
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Demographics
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Educational institutions
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Colleges and universities
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Primary and secondary schools
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Sports
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Transportation
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Airports
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Passenger rail
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Interstate highways
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Local transit
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Media
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Trivia
• Albuquerque New Mexico - Sister cities

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Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Moorhead in Tucson, Arizona on August 23, 1934, although some sources give 1930 as her year of birth) is an American actress. She was also known as Barbara Huffman, following her mother's re-marriage. Eden made an early featured appearance on an I Love Lucy episode, playing a pretty girl who, Lucy feared, would catch Ricky's roving eye at a party. Lucille Ball was impressed with Eden's work and promoted the young actress. Eden made her film debut in Back from Eternity (1956), and th ...

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• Barbara Eden - Filmography
• Barbara Eden - Television Work

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CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. One of the pioneer radio networks, from its earliest days CBS established a reputation for quality; prior to the fracturing of the market under cable television, CBS's television network was one of three which dominated broadcasting in the United States. The network was previously owned by the media conglomerate Viacom (itself once a subsidiary of CBS). It and other traditional broadcasting assets became the new CBS Corporation followi ...

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• CBS - History
• CBS - Early years
• CBS - The Television Years: Expansion and growth
• CBS - New owners
• CBS - Some criticisms
• CBS - The Eye Device
• CBS - Notes on sources

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Damon Runyon (October 3, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. He spun tales of gamblers, petty thieves, actors and gangsters; few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead to be known as "Nathan Detroit", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charlie", "Dave the Dude", and so on. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social t ...

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• Damon Runyon - Biography
• Damon Runyon - Runyon in Popular Culture
• Damon Runyon - Books
• Damon Runyon - Films
• Damon Runyon - Miscellany
• Damon Runyon - External link

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Lucy is a female given name, popular in Britain. Lucy means light, from Latin lux. Lucy is the name of: Saint Lucy (or 'Saint Lucia') of Syracuse, the patron saint of eye conditions Lucy Lawless, a Kiwi actress and singer, best known for her television role as "Xena" Lucy Liu, an American actress Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian author best known for Anne of Green Gables Lucy Pinder, model Lucy Webb, actress and wife of Kevin Pollak Lucy spy ring, a WWII espionage ring Lucy Barraclough, Internet Chef Lucy (chimp ...

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See also: 1985 in television, other events of 1986, 1987 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1986-87 American network television schedule. 1986 in television - Events. January 6 - A Vicks Formula 44 ad premieres, starring Peter Bergman from All My Children, in which he told the viewing audience "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV." This phrase, first used in the early 1970s by Robert Young of Marcus Wel ...

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• 1986 in television - Events
• 1986 in television - Debuts
• 1986 in television - Miniseries
• 1986 in television - Television shows
• 1986 in television - Ending this year
• 1986 in television - Changes of network affiliation
• 1986 in television - Births
• 1986 in television - Deaths

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See also: 1987 in television, other events of 1988, 1989 in television and the list of 'years in television'. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1988-89 United States network television schedule. 1988 in television - Events. February 26 - Tom Hardy marries Simone Ravelle on General Hospital. It is a milestone for the genre as it is the first interracial wedding between two characters on American daytime television. April 28 - ITV in the UK broad ...

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• 1988 in television - Events
• 1988 in television - Debuts
• 1988 in television - Miniseries
• 1988 in television - Television shows
• 1988 in television - Ending this year
• 1988 in television - Births
• 1988 in television - Deaths

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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of television spin-offs - #. From 21 Jump Street (1987–1991) Booker From 60 Minutes 60 Minutes II (now 60 Minutes Wednesday) From 77 Sunset Strip Bourbon Street Beat Surfside S ...

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List of television spin-offs, List of television spin-offs - List of spin-offs, List of television spin-offs - #, List of television spin-offs - A, List of television spin-offs - B, List of television spin-offs - C, List of television spin-offs - D, List of television spin-offs - E, List of television spin-offs - F, List of television spin-offs - G, List of television spin-offs - H, List of television spin-offs - I, List of television spin-offs - J, List of television spin-offs - K, List of television spin-offs - L, List of television spin-offs - M, List of television spin-offs - N, List of television spin-offs - O, List of television spin-offs - P, List of television spin-offs - Q, List of television spin-offs - R, List of television spin-offs - S, List of television spin-offs - T, List of television spin-offs - U, List of television spin-offs - V, List of television spin-offs - W, List of television spin-offs - X, List of television spin-offs - Y, List of television spin-offs - Z

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List of television shows set in New York City - Live format. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971); known as The Toast of the Town until 1955 The Milton Berle Show (1948–1955); known as Texaco Star Theater until 1953 and The Buick-Berle Show 1953–1954, moved to California during final 1955–1956 season The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1972); moved to Burbank, California in 1972 Saturday Night Live (1975–present)See also:

List of television shows set in New York City, List of television shows set in New York City - Shows set primarily in the Five Boroughs, List of television shows set in New York City - Live format, List of television shows set in New York City - Comedy drama and reality, List of television shows set in New York City - Shows set primarily in other parts of the New York metropolitan area

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For the purposes of this list, show dialogue and announcer talk, spoken over the theme song, does not count as lyrics. Nor does scat singing and vocalizing which doesn't represent actual words (example: the "ba ba ba ba" vocals in the Rugrats theme). A show may also be listed here if it has lyrics, but they aren't generally used on the show when the theme song is presented (example: M.A.S.H.). ...

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List of theme songs without lyrics, List of theme songs without lyrics - Methodology, List of theme songs without lyrics - List

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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Chairman. The chairman (except for a few episodes in the first series) is Humphrey Lyttelton, generally referred to as "Humph" and regarded as a national treasure. He reads the script introducing the programme and segments in an utterly deadpan manner. He claims the secret is just to read what is in front of him without understanding why it is funny. He adopts the grumpy persona of someone who would really rather be somewhere else, which he attributes to worrying that, surrounded by f ...

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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - History, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Participants, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Chairman, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Panellists, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Musical Accompaniment, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Commentary, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Scorers, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Humour, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Format, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Games, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Uxbridge English Dictionary formerly New Definitions, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Historical headlines, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - One Song to the Tune of Another, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Cheddar Gorge, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Pick-up Song, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Straight face, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Limerick improvisation, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Word for Word, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Sound Charades, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Censored song, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Quote... Misquote formerly Complete Quotes, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Mornington Crescent, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Swanee-Kazoo, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Themed film/book club, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Late arrivals at a society ball

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The Honeymooners was spoofed in a 2000 episode of the sitcom The King of Queens. It figures into a series of dreams that Doug Heffernan (Kevin James) has while he is sick. After Doug saw The Honeymooners on a TV screen at a bar, he end up daydreaming into Ralph Kramden's role, and his wife Carrie (Leah Remini) steps in for Alice. Additionally, Ed Norton's role is filled by Deacon Palmer (Victor Williams). True to the original Honeymooners, the sequence was filmed in black-and-white and the audio quality (including the audience) matches a 50's style. ...

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The Honeymooners, The Honeymooners - Trivia, The Honeymooners - Local Honors, The Honeymooners - Memorable Quotes, The Honeymooners - Episodes

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Nick at Nite debuted on July 1, 1985. Its initial programming included Camp Nickelodeon, which was an 8-9 p.m. block of old sitcoms such as The Donna Reed Show and Dennis the Menace and Route 66. As the station grew it would add to its library of shows branching out to rerun sketch comedy, such as original Saturday Night Live episodes as well as the Canadian SCTV. It as briefly reran the 1970s mock local talk show Fernwood 2Night. As the years went by the channel's sitcom library swelled to over a hundred shows. On the station's 20th birthday, an episode of eve ...

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Nick at Nite, Nick at Nite - Brief History, Nick at Nite - Commercials, Nick at Nite - Marathons, Nick at Nite - Original Programing, Nick at Nite - Nick at Nite Today, Nick at Nite - Expected programming

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News Magazine (yellow) (times given are ET/PT; subtract one hour for Central and Mountain times) NOTE: Schedules usually depend on the CBS affiliate ...

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List of programs broadcast by CBS, List of programs broadcast by CBS - Currently broadcast by CBS, List of programs broadcast by CBS - Sports, List of programs broadcast by CBS - Current primetime schedule, List of programs broadcast by CBS - Current daytime schedule, List of programs broadcast by CBS - Formerly broadcast by CBS

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