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THE SLEIGH RIDE

December 23, 1949

“The Sleigh Ride” (aka “Christmas Caroling In A Stolen Sleigh”) is episode #67 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on December 23, 1949.

Synopsis ~ Liz is taken for a sleigh ride (figuratively and literally) when she and her neighbors borrow a milkman's horse and make a jingle bell trip to the countryside for a yule log. The party turns sour down when the horse insists upon making all the stops on his milk route.

This was the 12th episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 47 new episodes, with the season ending on June 25, 1950.

“My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945) by Isabel Scott Rorick, which had previously been adapted into the film Are Husbands Necessary? (1942). “My Favorite Husband” was first broadcast as a one-time special on July 5, 1948. Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman played the characters of Liz and George Cugat, and a positive response to this broadcast convinced CBS to launch “My Favorite Husband” as a series. Bowman was not available Richard Denning was cast as George. On January 7, 1949, confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change to Cooper. On this same episode Jell-O became its sponsor. A total of 124 episodes of the program aired from July 23, 1948 through March 31, 1951. After about ten episodes had been written, writers Fox and Davenport departed and three new writers took over – Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, and head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer. In March 1949 Gale Gordon took over the existing role of George’s boss, Rudolph Atterbury, and Bea Benaderet was added as his wife, Iris. CBS brought “My Favorite Husband” to television in 1953, starring Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson as Liz and George Cooper. The television version ran two-and-a-half seasons, from September 1953 through December 1955, running concurrently with “I Love Lucy.” It was produced live at CBS Television City for most of its run, until switching to film for a truncated third season filmed (ironically) at Desilu and recasting Liz Cooper with Vanessa Brown.

MAIN CAST

Lucille Ball (Liz Cooper) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Richard Denning (George Cooper) was born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr., in Poughkeepsie, New York. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Los Angeles. Plans called for him to take over his father’s garment manufacturing business, but he developed an interest in acting. Denning enlisted in the US Navy during World War II. He is best known for his roles in various science fiction and horror films of the 1950s. Although he teamed with Lucille Ball on radio in “My Favorite Husband,” the two never acted together on screen. While ��I Love Lucy” was on the air, he was seen on another CBS TV series, “Mr. & Mrs. North.” From 1968 to 1980 he played the Governor on “Hawaii 5-0″, his final role. He died in 1998 at age 84.

Ruth Perrott (Katie, the Maid) was also later seen on “I Love Lucy.” She first played Mrs. Pomerantz, a member of the surprise investigating committee for the Society Matrons League in “Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E25), as one of the member of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League in “Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress” (ILL S3;E3), and also played a nurse when “Lucy Goes to the Hospital” (ILL S2;E16). She died in 1996 at the age of 96.

Bob LeMond (Announcer) also served as the announcer for the pilot episode of “I Love Lucy”. When the long-lost pilot was finally discovered in 1990, a few moments of the opening narration were damaged and lost, so LeMond – fifty years later – recreated the narration for the CBS special and subsequent DVD release.

Gale Gordon (Rudolph Atterbury) and Bea Benadaret (Iris Atterbury) do not appear in this episode.

GUEST CAST

Hans Conried (Mr. Wood, The Cooper’s Neighbor / Mr. Gundelfinger, Antique Store Owner) first co-starred with Lucille Ball in The Big Street (1942). He then appeared on “I Love Lucy” as used furniture man Dan Jenkins in “Redecorating” (ILL S2;E8) and later that same season as Percy Livermore in “Lucy Hires an English Tutor” (ILL S2;E13) – both in 1952. The following year he began an association with Disney by voicing Captain Hook in Peter Pan. On “The Lucy Show” he played Professor Gitterman in “Lucy’s Barbershop Quartet” (TLS S1;E19) and in “Lucy Plays Cleopatra” (TLS S2;E1). He was probably best known as Uncle Tonoose on “Make Room for Daddy” starring Danny Thomas, which was filmed on the Desilu lot. He joined Thomas on a season 6 episode of “Here’s Lucy” in 1973. He died in 1982 at age 64.

Mr. Wood has eleven children. Mr. Gundelfinger was born Mr. Gundelfoot, but is in the process of changing it to Smith.

Frank Nelson (Policeman) was born on May 6, 1911 (three months before Lucille Ball) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He started working as a radio announcer at the age of 15. He later appeared on such popular radio shows as “The Great Gildersleeve,” “Burns and Allen,” and “Fibber McGee & Molly”. Aside from Lucille Ball, Nelson is perhaps most associated with Jack Benny and was a fifteen-year regular on his radio and television programs. His trademark was playing clerks and other working stiffs, suddenly turning to Benny with a drawn out “Yeeeeeeeeees?” Nelson appeared in 11 episodes of “I Love Lucy”, including three as quiz master Freddy Fillmore, and two as Ralph Ramsey, plus appearance on “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” - making him the only actor to play two different recurring roles on “I Love Lucy.” Nelson returned to the role of the frazzled Train Conductor for an episode of “The Lucy Show” in 1963. This marked his final appearance on a Lucille Ball sitcom.

Jay Novello (Mr. Negley, the Postman) appeared on “I Love Lucy” as superstitious Mr. Merriweather in “The Seance" (ILL S1;E7), Mario the gondolier in “The Visitor from Italy” (ILL S6;E5), and nervous Mr. Beecher in “The Sublease” (ILL S3;E31). He also appeared on two episodes of “The Lucy Show,” but Novello is probably best remembered for playing Mayor Lugatto on “McHale’s Navy” in 1965.

EPISODE

ANNOUNCER: “As we look in on the Coopers today they’re in the living room preparing to decorate their Christmas tree. George is snipping a twig here and one there to balance the tree and Liz is just bringing in the ornaments.”

Liz is appalled that George has cut so many limbs off the tree trying to balance it.

GEORGE: “I only cut a few twigs off the top.” LIZ: “A few twigs? I’m up to my spine in pine.”

On “The I Love Lucy Christmas Show” (1956) Fred Mertz also tries to balance the Christmas tree by cutting off ‘a few limbs’!

Liz wishes they could turn back the clock to earlier days when folks went out caroling in a sleigh to get their Christmas tree and a Yule log. George thinks that is just propaganda, but Liz shows them the Christmas card from the Ronys. George wonders Liz would even get a sleigh in this day and age. George agrees if she can get a sleigh, he will go caroling with her.

Later, Liz calls Sam’s Livery Stable to rent a sleigh. They think she’s kidding and hang up. Mr. Wood comes to the door. He is looking to hide out from his 11 children on Christmas vacation. Hanging up all eleven stockings make it look like the washing machine exploded in the living room. Liz asks Mr. Wood if he can carol, and he launches into a robust chorus of “Deck the Halls”. Liz explains her predicament and Mr. Wood says that he knows the owner of the antique store, Joe Gundelfinger, has one.

In the final scene of “Together for Christmas” (TLS S1;E13), carolers enter the Carmichael living room singing “Deck the Halls.”

At Gundelfinger’s Antique Shop, the old, rickety sleigh is in the front yard, holding pots of ivy. The store is closed because Gundelfinger is at court having his name changed again, so Liz and Mr. Wood decide to “borrow” the sleigh. They have to pull it home but lack the ‘manpower’. Mr. Negly (Jay Novello), the postman shows up. He is too tired to help but joins in with a less robust chorus of “Deck the Halls.” He decides to go home and get his motorcycle to pull the sled.

On the day of the caroling, everyone is bundled up and ready to go: Liz, Katie, Mr. Negley, Mr. Wood, and last but not least George. Mr. Negley forgets to put the harness on and cycles off without them.

End of Part One

Bob LeMond does a commercial for Jell-O, giving out a holiday recipe.

Part Two

ANNOUNCER: “The sleigh proved too much of a load for Mr. Negley’s motorcycle and we find our old fashioned carolers heeding that old fashioned advice: get a horse. They’re trudging down the street, horse-ward bound.”

The milkman has said he would loan them his horse. On the way there, they pass a warm-looking home, so the frozen carolers decide to serenade the homeowners with a chorus of “Jingle Bells” to see if they’ll get invited inside for a hot drink and to warm themselves by the fire. Instead, they get sprayed with a seltzer spritzer!

In “Lucy Goes To Sun Valley” (LDCH S1;E5), Lucy says that Ricky proposed to her at Christmastime, so their ‘song’ is "Jingle Bells,” or – as Ricky pronounces it - “Yingle Bells.” “Jingle Bells” was heard annually on the show as part of the Christmas Tag and then “The ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas Show” (1956). It was also sung on “Together For Christmas” (TLS S1;E13) in 1962.

When Katie is trying to pour out a cup of hot chocolate during the caroling, a passerby throws a coin into the cup as if they were buskers. A policeman (Frank Nelson) comes along and believes them to be panhandlers! George introduces himself, and just as the officer is about to protest, Liz compliments his baritone voice and he allows them to go.

At the police station, Mr. Gundlefinger (Hans Conried, again) arrives to report the theft of his sleigh. At first, the policeman (Frank Nelson, again) believes he is talking about an automobile.

GUNDELFINGER: “It was out in front of my shop with ivy in it.” POLICEMAN: “Ivy who?” GUNDELFINGER: “Just ivy. Little leaves and stems.” POLICEMAN: “Oh. What was the make?” GUNDELFINGER: “Flexible Flyer. Their big model.” POLICEMAN: “Oh, sedan, huh?” GUNDELFINGER: “No. One horse open.”

Flexible Flyer is best known for the sled of the same name, a steerable wooden sled with steel runners first patented in 1889. Flexible Flyer, however, did not manufacture passenger sleighs like the one discussed in here.

Mr. Gundelfinger says he has a buyer for the sleigh and needs to get it back! The policeman calls him Kris Kringle and suspects him to be a crackpot.

At the same time, the Cooper carolers have gotten the horse hitched up and are singing up a storm. The policeman ‘pulls them over’ and tells them to go home. Liz insists they can take the sleigh back later.

The policeman pursues them, but the horse stops at every milk stop, allowing the cop to catch up! George takes the reins, but the horse refuses to turn. The horse bolts, leaving them stranded in the middle of an intersection in a stolen sleigh. The officer will escort them back to the antiques store if they can just move the sleigh out of the street. With George and the other men pulling it and Liz at the reins, they are finally successful.

In the live Jell-O commercial, Lucille Ball plays a little girl going to see Santa at the North Pole and Bob LeMond is Santa Claus. Santa refuses to make his rounds this year. He isn’t in the mood. The little girl tries to bribe him with sweets. He is reluctant until she promises him Jell-O! Santa agrees to make his rounds and the little girl wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!

ANNOUNCER: “Watch for Lucille Ball in the Columbia picture ‘Miss Grant Takes Richmond’.”

#My Favorite Husband #Lucille Ball #Richard Denning #Ruth Perrott #Bob Lemond #Santa Claus #Miss Grant Takes Richmond #The Lucy Show #I Love Lucy #Jay Novello #Hans Conried #Frank Nelson #Sleigh #Christmas #1949 #CBS Radio #Flexible Flyer #Jello

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The Daily Tulip – News From Around The World

Sunday 26th August 2018

Good Morning Gentle Reader…. Left Sandra sleeping soundly in bed, and even Bella seemed to understand that we needed to be quiet, we left the house and wandered with no particular intent to the ocean, which was gently lapping against the sand….I sat on the sand and had a reflective moment as Bella sniffed her way along the sea shore… Looking south, I see the Rif Mountains in Africa, and just above the horizon, Jupiter in all its glory, this month we see the rise and set of this very large planet, we can also see all of the other planets Mars, Venus, Saturn, Pluto Neptune and Uranus, but of course you need a telescope to see some of them, reflective star gazing moment over, we turn for home, I enjoyed having you on the walk this morning, we shall have to do it again…

CHINESE TOURISTS FLOCK TO NORTH YORKSHIRE CHIPPY….A fish and chip shop in North Yorkshire has translated its menu into Mandarin and Cantonese to cope with an influx of Chinese tourists. Scotts Fish and Chips near York has seen coachloads of visitors wanting to try the traditional dish. The passion for the chippy has been put down to the fish and chips Chinese president Xi Jinping shared with then Prime Minister David Cameron in 2015. Manager Roxy Vasai said more than 100 Chinese tourists were visiting a week. Staff said dining at the chippy was a real occasion for the visitors, with many taking photographs with employees both inside and outside the restaurant on the A64 at Bilbrough Top. Ms Vasai said: "We look out for a coach and when they're coming we shout 'they're here, there are 20, 30, 40, let's make it ready for them'. "We are very impressed by the Chinese tourists. They are very friendly, smiley and happy." As well as translating the menu, the restaurant has launched a website and a messaging app on one of China's most popular social media platforms to promote the business. Will Zhuang, ambassador for Make It York, an organisation which promotes the city, said many Chinese visitors had been influenced by their president sampling a fish and chip supper during his visit to the UK in 2015. He added that because of this many Chinese tour operators had added the "fish and chip experience" to their itineraries. York is already a popular destination for tourists from East Asia, with China estimated to be the city's second largest overseas market.

BOY FINED £500 FOR KICKING DOG TO DEATH IN ST IVES…. A 15-year-old boy has been fined £500 for punching and kicking a "much-loved" pet dog to death. The boy, who cannot be named, was 14 when the "prolonged attack" happened in St Ives, Cornwall on 31 October. He was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal last month after a two-day trial. The teenager has been banned from keeping animals for five years and ordered to pay £500 compensation. In sentencing, Justice Diana Baker said the dog, Teddy, suffered a fractured skull and multiple blunt force trauma injuries to his head, neck and torso resulting in internal bleeding. Addressing the boy, she said domestic violence has "severely affected" his emotional wellbeing. "You are a young man who has lived with domestic violence for a long time," she added. "Domestic violence under the influence of alcohol that has severely affected your emotional wellbeing and ability to deal with stressful situations." A victim impact statement from Teddy's owner Jacqueline Stevens, 71, was read to the court. She explained how she had hand-reared the Staffordshire bull terrier and kept him for nine years. "My life has been ripped apart and has been changed forever," she said. She added that she now "dreads going to St Ives" due to the "sad associations and memories". The incident happened when the dog held down a pet terrier belonging to the family of the convicted boy who had a "total loss of control", the court heard. The boy was sentenced to an 18-month rehabilitation order with 18 months of supervision. He was also given an eight-week curfew. The £500 fine will be paid by his mother at a rate of £50 a week. The boy will not be allowed to apply for the ban on him keeping animals to be lifted for the next three years. However, the court heard the family would be able to keep their pet terrier.

ILLEGAL MAJORCA TURTLE FARM SHUT DOWN BY POLICE…. Europe's biggest illegal turtle and tortoise farm has been shut down on the Spanish island of Majorca, police say. Civil Guard officers say they rescued 1,100 animals from a farm near Llucmajor in the south of the island, many of them endangered. The protected species were reportedly kept in poor conditions on the site. Two German men were arrested on suspicion of running the farm, as well as a Spanish pet shop owner in Barcelona. The three suspects face charges of money laundering and trafficking an endangered species. Authorities said the farm was set up to breed turtles on an industrial scale, while the pet shop owner "laundered" the species bred there for sale. Three other people, a Spaniard and two Germans, are also under investigation. Many turtle and tortoise species are endangered. The animals are killed for their skin, shells and meat, and some consider their eggs to be a delicacy. Several of those turtles rescued in Majorca came from the 14 most threatened species, including the Chinese red-necked turtle, Madagascar radiated tortoise, and the Vietnamese pond turtle. Officers say they also saved 750 eggs in the operation. The investigation began in February 2017 after authorities found a shipment of several protected turtle species at Palma airport. Documents did not match the animals, and so they were seized - eventually leading police to the Llucmajor site.

ARGENTINA CREMATORIUM BURNS RUSSIAN COCAINE HAUL…. Russia and Argentina have used a crematorium in Buenos Aires to burn 389kg (858 pounds) of cocaine seized in a drugs bust at the Russian embassy. The total haul of cocaine destroyed was estimated to be worth €80m (£72m; $93m). A former embassy caretaker and an Argentine policeman are among six people held in both countries. The burning marks the end of a long-running police operation that wouldn't disgrace a crime best-seller. In 2016, the ex Russian ambassador alerted Argentine officials to 12 suitcases found hidden in an embassy annex. The problem? They were packed full of drugs. After the tip-off, Argentine police got into the room with an embassy key in the dead of night, and replaced the cocaine with flour. They also tagged the cases with GPS tracking devices. The plan was to wait for the owners to collect their cases, then swoop. But police were in for a very long wait, as Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich explained. "The operation took 14 months and at one point we thought that they wouldn't come for their cargo, that they realised that someone was under suspicion. But everything went well," she said, quoted by Russia's Tass news agency. A year later, the cases arrived in Moscow, and arrests followed. It is still unclear why the suspects waited so long to move the drugs. Russian Ambassador Dmitry Feoktistov and Ms Bullrich took part in the incineration on Tuesday. The alleged ringleader of the smuggling gang is Andrei Kovalchuk, who was arrested in Germany and extradited to Russia in July. Russian media name the other accused Russians as Vladimir Kalmykov, Ishtimir Khudzhamov, and Ali Abyanov. Authorities suspect that Mr Kovalchuk hired Mr Abyanov to store the cocaine cargo in the school attached to the embassy, and to organise its transfer to Russia. At the time Mr Abyanov was the embassy's caretaker. Russia's RBC news website says Mr Kalmykov and Mr Khudzhamov were arrested when they came to collect the cases at a Russian foreign ministry warehouse. The suspects have called the police operation a "provocation", and have said they were trying to export speciality coffee from Argentina.

THE BIG BANG THEORY FINAL SEASON TO END IN 2019…. US series The Big Bang Theory will air its final episode in 2019, ending one of the longest-running sitcoms in US history. The programme's 12th and final season will premiere on 24 September and is expected to conclude in May. Set in Pasadena, California, the series originally focused on two physicists and their aspiring actress neighbour. The Big Bang Theory has attracted more than 18 million viewers every year since its sixth season aired in 2012. It reportedly averaged 18.6 million viewers per episode in its 11th season, more than any other show on US television. The production teams and CBS said in a joint statement they were "forever grateful" to the fans. "We, along with the cast, writers and crew, are extremely appreciative of the show's success and aim to deliver a final season, and series finale, that will bring The Big Bang Theory to an epic creative close," it read. The series has won seven Emmys from 46 nominations, including four Outstanding Lead Actor wins for Jim Parsons, who plays the socially inept character Sheldon Cooper.

Well Gentle Reader I hope you enjoyed our look at the news from around the world this, morning… …

Our Tulips today are rather lovely... what do you think?

A Sincere Thank You for your company and Thank You for your likes and comments I love them and always try to reply, so please keep them coming, it's always good fun, As is my custom, I will go and get myself another mug of "Colombian" Coffee and wish you a safe Sunday 26th August 2018 from my home on the southern coast of Spain, where the blue waters of the Alboran Sea washes the coast of Africa and Europe and the smell of the night blooming Jasmine and Honeysuckle fills the air…and a crazy old guy and his dog Bella go out for a walk at 4:00 am…on the streets of Estepona…

All good stuff....But remember it’s a dangerous world we live in

Be safe out there…

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