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Post by Dividavi on Sept 27, 2024 20:14:34 GMT
What, you may ask, is the Science Fiction connection to the long-running TV show (under various names) I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball? Glad you asked, because the answer is that I Love Lucy, was only the first TV show of a whacky housewife and her strait-laced husband, but not the first nationally syndicated show starring Lucille Ball. The name of the precursor show was My Favorite Husband, on the CBS Radio Network, starring Lucille Ball (as wife Liz Cooper) and Richard Denning (as husband George Cooper). A total of 124 episodes of the program aired from July 23, 1948, through March 31, 1951. The success of My Favorite Husband led to the I Love Lucy TV show. But what's the connection to Science Fiction? The answer is Richard Denning, the co-star of My Favorite Husband, the predecessor to I Love Lucy. You likely are familiar with Richard Denning who played the Hawaii Governor on Hawaii 50. Science Fiction of the 1950s would be nothing without the presence of Richard Denning and Marshall Thompson. Denning starred in the following Sci-Fi masterpieces: The Black Scorpion (1957) Hank Scott Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Dr. Mark Williams Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Dr. Chet Walker So that's the Science Fiction connection to I Love Lucy.
www.radiospirits.info/2015/03/27/happy-birthday-richard-denning/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Husband
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Post by Catman on Sept 27, 2024 20:18:42 GMT
Also Desilu produced the original Star Trek series.
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Post by Dividavi on Sept 27, 2024 21:07:45 GMT
Also Desilu produced the original Star Trek series. Yes indeed, and since it's still September 27th in much of the world, let's remember the birthday of the greatest villain of Star Trek: Roger Carmel, best known as Harcourt (Harry) Fenton Mudd. Here's an accounting of the bitter dispute between Roger Carmel and Desi Arnaz
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Post by Dividavi on Sept 27, 2024 21:35:11 GMT
Regarding Richard Tatro, the actor who played Norman the Android: memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_TatroRichard Tatro ...as Norman. Birth name: Richard Joseph Tatro Date of birth: 1 July 1939 Place of birth: Massachusetts, USA Date of death: 26 July 1991 Place of death: San Joaquin, California, USA Roles: Actor Character(s): Norman Richard Tatro (1 July 1939 – 26 July 1991; age 52) [1] was the actor who played the android Norman in the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "I, Mudd". This is his last known acting appearance in television or film. Tatro made his TV debut in an episode of the classic Western series Cheyenne in 1961. The episode, entitled "Cross Purpose", also guest-starred fellow TOS alum Michael Forest. He followed this with roles in a few little-known films (including 1964's Sin in the Suburbs) and a 1964 appearance on The Nurses with Stephen Brooks. He then went on to guest star in a three-part episode of the western series Branded entitled "Call to Glory", co-starring fellow Original Series actors Robert Lansing and Felix Locher, in 1966. This three-parter was later edited into a feature film, entitled Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Sept 28, 2024 2:59:52 GMT
Lawrence Luckinbill, who played Sybok, Spock's deranged half-brother in the film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, is married to Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
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Post by Prince Myshkin on Sept 28, 2024 5:56:44 GMT
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