#Bob Carroll Jr.

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a chance to ramble about old protest songs we should bring back, you say, @itsconibees? 👀 (you don't have to pay any attention to this, i will just take literally any opportunity to infodump about music l o l)

anti-war: john prine - your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore country joe and the fish - feel-like-i'm-fixin-to-die rag country joe and the fish - kiss my ass creedence clearwater revival - fortunate son buffalo springfield - for what it's worth jimi hendrix - machine gun john prine - sam stone bob dylan - with god on our side bob dylan - masters of war tom paxton - lyndon johnson told the nation edwin starr - war simon & garfunkel - last night i had the strangest dream

anti-patriotism: country joe and the fish - feel-like-i'm-fixin-to-die rag country joe and the fish - kiss my ass bob dylan - with god on our side

classism/wealth disparity/poverty: creedence clearwater revival - fortunate son ten years after - i'd love to change the world bob dylan - the lonesome death of hattie carroll john prine - sam stone john lennon - working class hero tennessee ernie ford - sixteen tons woody guthrie - this land is your land

racism: neil young - southern man bob dylan - hurricane bob dylan - the lonesome death of hattie carroll joan baez - birmingham sunday james brown - say it loud, i'm black and i'm proud sam cooke - a change is gonna come bob dylan - blowin' in the wind marvin gaye - what's goin' on the temptations - ball of confusion simon & garfunkel - he was my brother bob marley - top rankin' leadbelly - bourgeois blues bob marley - get up, stand up simon & garfunkel - a church is burning bob dylan - only a pawn in their game nina simone - mississippi goddam

environmentalism: ten years after - i'd love to change the world

gun violence: jimi hendrix - machine gun lynyrd skynyrd - saturday night special

general state of the world: ten years after - i'd love to change the world simon & garfunkel - 7 o'clock news/silent night bob dylan - the times, they are a-changin' woody guthrie - this land is your land

labor disputes/mistreatment of workers/unions: the almanac singers - which side are you on? john lennon - working class hero tennessee ernie ford - sixteen tons

feminism: aretha franklin - respect loretta lynn - the pill kitty wells - it wasn't god who made honky tonk angels

religious hypocrisy/the religious right: john prine - your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore bob dylan - with god on our side kris kristofferson - jesus was a capricorn frank zappa - jesus thinks you're a jerk

specific events: - ohio by neil young is about the shooting of unarmed student protesters at kent state university in 1970, during which the national guard injured 9 and murdered 4. the students were protesting the expanding of the vietnam war into cambodia. - 7 o'clock news/silent night by simon and garfunkel is just them singing silent night repeatedly over a real news report encompassing mlk jr, threats against a racial equity march, a mass murder, the red scare, and the vietnam war. - hurricane by bob dylan is about professional boxer rubin 'hurricane' carter being found guilty of a triple murder, and then after the trial it coming out that there may have been fabricated evidence and a whole lot of racism on the part of the cops and investigators involved.

- the lonesome death of hattie carroll by bob dylan is about 51 year old black barmaid hattie carroll being murdered by a 20-something white heir to a cotton farming family because at a party he demanded a drink and she didn't bring it immediately. he beat her with a 25 cent toy cane, which he had already beaten employees with at a previous location, and also called her and several other employees racial slurs. he was unapologetic throughout and his well-connected parents got him bailed out and hired a team of five lawyers. his murder charge was reduced to manslaughter, of which he was found guilty, and was sentenced to six months and a $500 fine for killing a woman in cold blood. the start of his jail sentence was deferred to give him time to harvest his cotton crop. oh, and they handed down the sentence on the same day mlk jr delivered 'i have a dream.' - birmingham sunday by joan baez is about the bombing of the 16th street baptist church by the ku klux klan in 1963, which killed four little black girls in birmingham, alabama, a city so racist it stood out as pretty much the worst in all of the deep south during segregation. - a change is gonna come by sam cooke was written after he was turned away from a whites-only hotel in louisiana in 1963, and also his general experiences with racism. it's routinely voted among the best songs ever written and was preserved in the library of congress. cooke said he was inspired by hearing bob dylan's 'blowin in the wind' and realizing such a poignant song about racism in the u.s. was written by a white man, whereas he had refrained from writing something similar out of fear of pissing off his white fans, as well as mlk's 'i have a dream speech', and then the song had come to him in a dream.

- which side are you on? was written in 1931 by the wife of a union leader in the mining area of harlan county in kentucky after the police illegally entered her home, looking for her husband, and terrorized her and her children after realizing he had been tipped off and escaped. this was part of the harlan county war, during which the miners were bombed and executed by the police, on the orders of the mine owners, for demanding safety improvements. florence reece, the songwriter, became a lifelong activist for workers' rights. - he was my brother by simon & garfunkel is about the abduction and murder of three freedom riders by the ku klux klan during the freedom summer, an effort to register as many black people as possible to vote in mississippi in 1964. one of the three was andrew goodman, a jewish man who was friends with paul simon and art garfunkel, and they dedicated the song to him. - leadbelly wrote bourgeois blues after he went to washington, d.c. to record for alan lomax, for the library of congress, and was met with segregation and intense racism in the capitol of the country, including being unable to find a room to rent, lomax's landlord threatening to call the police when he and his wife tried to stay there, and the two couples being unable to get dinner together because of jim crow segregation laws.

- the pill by loretta lynn is pretty much autobiographical. she was raised, one of 8 kids, in a one-room cabin in butcher hollar, kentucky, by a miner and his wife in deep poverty, married at 15 to a 21 year old man, and a mother at 16. she went on to have 6 kids to an unfaithful husband. needless to say she would have been excited for birth control pills becoming available. an incredible movie about her life was made, starring sissy spacek, called coal miner's daughter. - kitty wells released it wasn't god who made honky tonk angels in 1952 as a direct response to an incredibly popular song at the time called the wild side of life, sung by hank thompson. the wild side of life was basically whining about 'honky tonk angels', aka disreputable women hanging around bars to hookup and wrecking their marriages. kitty wells' song was saying, no, men fuck around on their wives and that's how those women end up at those bars. the song became a mega hit and made her the first female star of country music, laying the path for patsy cline, loretta lynn, dolly parton, etc - sixteen tons by tennessee ernie ford is about company stores, which were a big problem at the time. before cars and before unions improved life for, for example, miners, 'company towns' would sprout up near the worksite and the company that owned the mines would own the housing as well as the store where you'd buy everything from food to clothes to household goods (because no car so no traveling elsewhere), and the company stores would accept vouchers from the company in lieu of cash so people could buy things before their very meager paydays. this resulted in a cycle of debt that made it so people couldn't leave and had no leverage to demand better wages or conditions. - only a pawn in their game by bob dylan is about the 1963 murder of medgar evers, a black civil rights activist and the naacp's first field secretary in mississippi. he dealt with such constant threats of violence from the klan that he and his wife had trained their kids what to do if there was an attack. he normally had an escort of 2-3 fbi and police cars upon returning home each day but didn't the day he was shot, which was never explained by the authorities, many of whom in the area were thought to be klansmen.

- nina simone wrote mississippi goddam about the deaths of both medgar evers and emmett till, as well as the 16th street church bombing in birmingham. emmett till was a 14 year old boy who was accused of flirting with a 21 year old white woman in 1955 in mississippi while at the grocery store, while visiting family. he lived in chicago, otherwise. a few days later her husband and brother-in-law abducted emmett and beat, tortured, and mutilated him before shooting him in the head and burying him in the river. his mother insisted on an open casket at his funeral to force the world to see the reality of racism and lynchings, after which he became one of the biggest symbols of the civil rights movement. his killers were found innocent by an all-white jury and, protected from double jeopardy, unapologetically admitted their guilt. they were paid $45,000 for that.

[papermoonloveslucy]

On “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” season five, episode 2 “It's a Man, Man, Man, Man World,” Midge gets hired as a comedy writer for “The Gordon Ford Show.”  The producer, George (Peter Friendman) thinks Midge must know all female writers in showbusiness, mentioning Madelyn Pugh, writer of “I Love Lucy.”  

At the time the episode takes place (late November 1960), Pugh was being billed as Madelyn Martin. Her marriage to producer Quinn Martin ended in divorce on November 21, 1960.  With her old “I Love Lucy” writing partner, Bob Carroll Jr., she was then several months into production of “The Tom Ewell Show” a CBS sitcom which lasted just one season. 

This is just one of several mentions of Lucille Ball and “I Love Lucy” on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” 

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My Top 10 Favorite Nickelodeon Movies

#10 The Rugrats Movie

#9 Rugrats In Paris: The Movie

#8 Rugrats Go Wild

#7 Playing With Fire

#6 The Adventures Of Tintin

#5 Yours Mine And Ours

#4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

#3 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

#2 The Loud House Movie

And #1 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Original Template: https://www.deviantart.com/jackskellington416/art/My-Top-10-Favorite-Nickelodeon-Films-852482372

The Rugrats Movie Belongs To Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, Paul Germain, David N. Weiss, J. David Stem, Animagic Studio, Anivision Corporation, Sunwoo & Company Co., Ltd. Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials, Grimsaem Animation Co. Ltd. Klasky-Csupo, Inc. United International Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Belongs To Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, Paul Germain, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jill Gorey, Barbara Herndon, Kate Boutilier, Grimsaem Animation Co. Ltd. Koko Enterprises Ltd. Seoul Movie, Sunwoo Digital International, Sunwoo & Company Co., Ltd. Tama Production, Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Yowza! Animation, MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH & Company I. Produktions KG, Rugrats Production K.G. Klasky-Csupo, Inc. United International Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

Rugrats Go Wild Belongs To Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, Paul Germain, Steve Pepoon, David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic, DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Lotto Animation, Inc. Sunwoo & Company, Co., Ltd. Klasky-Csupo, Inc. Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

Playing with Fire (2019 film) Belongs To Dan Ewen, Matt Lieberman, Broken Road Productions, Walden Media, LLC, Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

The Adventures of Tintin (film) Belongs To Hergé, Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Casterman, Les Éditions du Lombard, Egmont International Holding A/S, Little, Brown and Company, Hemisphere Media Capital, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, WingNut Films Productions Ltd. Amblin Entertainment, Inc. Amblin Partners, LLC. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

Yours, Mine & Ours (2005 film) Belongs To Mort Lachman, Melville Shavelson, Bob Carroll Jr. Madelyn Davis, Ron Burch, David Kidd, Robert Simonds Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. MGM Holdings, Inc. Amazon MGM Studios, Amazon.com, Inc. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Belongs To Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman, Brendan O'Brien, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Mikros Animation, Technicolor Creative Studios S.A. Vantiva S.A. Cinesite, Mirage Studios, Point Grey Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run Belongs To Stephen Hillenburg, Tim Hill, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Mikros Animation, Technicolor Creative Studios S.A. Vantiva S.A. MRC, United Plankton Pictures Inc. Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Animation, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

The Loud House Movie Belongs To Chris Savino Kevin Sullivan, Chris Viscardi, Top Draw Animation, Inc. Jam Filled Entertainment, Boat Rocker Media Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Nickelodeon Movies, Nickelodeon Group, Paramount Players, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Paramount Global, And Netflix, Inc.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Belongs To Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, Rough Draft Studios, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Toon Boom Animation Inc. United Plankton Pictures Inc. United International Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures Corporation, And Paramount Global

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Remembering Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016) on what would have been her 91st birthday. In late 1969 through early 1970 Debbie Reynolds starred in 'The Debbie Reynolds Show'. The show lasted only one season. During the shows' run, a tabloid manufactured "feud" between Lucy and Debbie also made it's run. Fueled mostly by reviews calling Debbie's new show "a pale imitation of I Love Lucy" or more personal criticisms like, "a second rate Lucille Ball", Debbie was hurt by the insinuation that she had ripped Lucy off. What reviewers and tabloids failed to report was that the primary reason for the similarities between 'I Love Lucy' and 'The Debbie Reynolds Show' was that the show was created and produced by Jess Oppenheimer with writing contributions from Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr.. But yet, Debbie bore the brunt of the blame. One entertainment news article from that period seemed to come to Debbie's defense, but still omitted the obvious: 'The last thing Debbie Reynolds expected from the critics when she started her new Fall TV show was that they would say it was a pale imitation of early Lucille Ball! The truth is...if there is a similarity between the two actresses it is because they both have a lot of the same sense of fun, the ridiculous, the zaniness. The plots in Debbie's show were about a married couple with two adult friends and that in itself would make for familiar situations in many of the old Lucy and Desi shows. Since when has anyone on TV not set out to copy a successful show!' —article, 1969. #lucilleball #debbiereynolds #tabloids #fued #imitation #critics #reviews #happybirthday #ilovelucy #desiarnaz #classichollywoodactress #classichollywood #similarities #copycat #waynelvslcy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqf2NfPu7OR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Tom Snyder interviews Madelyn Davis and Bob Carroll Jr.

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Mary C. Mitchell, BJU Class of 1977.

It is with great sadness that the family of Mary Mitchell announces her passing on Friday, April 19, 2024 after a 25-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 72 when she died at the Emerald Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lillington, N.C.

Mary was born in Manchester, Md., the seventh of eight children of Charles M. and Mary E. Therit. She was raised on a farm and graduated from North Carroll High School in 1969. Although she lived all over the world, she always had deep roots in rural Maryland.

She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Frederic Eugene Mitchell, Jr., their son, Frederic Eugene Mitchell III, and his wife, Alyssa Mitchell, as well as her sisters Audrey Shaffer, Ellen Hopkins (John), Shirley Richards and brothers Dale Therit and Dave Therit (Sandy). She was predeceased by her brother Charlie Therit and sister Ruth Scott. Also mourning her loss are her longtime best friends Grace and Marshall Angotti.

Mary was a talented artist and dedicated teacher. She attended Catonsville Community College and Towson State University where she received a degree in Art Education in 1973. She taught at the Carroll Christian Academy in Westminster, Md, after her graduation. She received a master’s degree in education from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. in 1977. She then accepted a position as a teacher at Maili Bible School in Waianae, Hawaii (Oahu). She tutored the children of missionaries in the Philippines for a time before returning to Maili Bible School where she soon became the principal of the school. Throughout this time, she traveled to visit family every year and eventually returned to the mainland to teach at Wake Christian Academy in Raleigh, N.C.

Mary was a loving wife, mother, sister and friend. She always remembered peoples’ birthdays and anniversaries and enjoyed celebrating with them. She was kind and caring, thinking of others much more than herself. Mary was generous to her core; you could never outgive her. She had a quick sense of humor and her whole face would light up with joy when she laughed. Her Christian faith was integral to her life, and whenever something would happen she would say two words: “let’s pray.” She was easy to love, and a gift to everyone she met. She had a way of making strangers into friends and friends into family.

She met her husband, Fred, in North Carolina. After their wedding they became missionaries for Biblical Ministries Worldwide, planting churches in England. Their son, Frederic, was born in 1992 and spent his early years in England. They came home after many years doing the Lord’s work in England, and served as missionaries in New Mexico, Georgia and later with Baptist Home Missions in North Carolina.

Mary was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1999; for the past five years her body has been paralyzed. Her faith never faltered; she remained strong throughout this season. Even as her body began to fail, she never lost her joy and compassion. She prayed continually, giving thanks in all circumstances. Second Corinthians, verse five reminds us, “Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” Now Mary gets to be with Jesus, whom she loved so dearly.

A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 in the chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier, N.C. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 3 at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier, N.C. A second memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 9 at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manchester, Md. Interment will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 9 at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.

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The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: George Newman: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic R.J. Fletcher: Kevin McCarthy Stanley Spadowski: Michael Richards Bob: David Bowe Harvey Bilchik: Stanley Brock Philo: Anthony Geary Raul Hernandez: Trinidad Silva Kuni: Gedde Watanabe Noodles MacIntosh: Billy Barty Richard Fletcher: John Paragon Pamela Finklestein: Fran Drescher Esther Bilchik: Sue Ane Langdon Head Thug: David Proval Killer Thug: Grant James Teri: Victoria Jackson Joe Earley: Emo Philips Gandhi: Jay Levey Cameraman: Lou B. Washington Bum: Vance Colvig FCC Man: Nik Hagler Bartender: Robert K. Weiss Spatula Husband: Eldon G. Hallum Spatula Wife: Sherry Engstrom Spatula Neighbor: Sara Allen Sy Greenblum: Bob Hungerford Crazy Ernie: John Cadenhead Blind Man: Francis M. Carlson Earl Ramsey: Ivan Green Joel Miller: Adam Maras Billy: Travis Knight Little Weasel: Joseph Witt Teri’s Father: Tony Frank Teri’s Mother: Billie Lee Thrash Fletcher Cronie #1: Barry Friedman Fletcher Cronie #2: Kevin Roden Phyllis Weaver: Lisa R. Stefanic Big Edna: Nancy Johnson Betty: Debbie Mathieu Little Old Lady: Wilma Jeanne Cummins Animal Deliveyman: Cliff Stephens Band: Guitar: Jim West Band: Bass Guitar: Steve Jay Band: Drums: Jon Schwartz Band: Keyboards: Kim Bullard Whipped Cream Eater: Barry Hansen Thug #3: Bob Maras Thug #4: George Fisher Guide #1: Tony Salome Guide #2: Joe Restivo Yodeler: Charles Marsh Mud Wrestler: Belinda Bauer Satan: Patrick Thomas O’Brien Conan the Librarian: Roger Callard Timid Man: Robert Frank Boy with Books: Jeff Maynard Promo Announcer (voice): M.G. Kelly Promo Announcer (voice): Jay Gardner Promo Announcer (voice): John Harlan Promo Announcer (voice): Jim Rose Film Crew: Production Manager: Gray Frederickson Original Music Composer: John Du Prez Editor: Dennis M. O’Connor Producer: Gene Kirkwood Producer: John W. Hyde Writer: Jay Levey Director of Photography: David Lewis Production Design: Ward Preston Set Decoration: Robert L. Zilliox Costume Design: Tom McKinley Makeup Effects: Allan A. Apone Special Effects Makeup Artist: Douglas J. White Sound Recordist: Ara Ashjian Sound Editor: Christopher Assells Sound Editor: Charles R. Beith Jr. Sound Recordist: Gregory Cheever Sound Editor: Clayton Collins Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy D’Addario Sound Editor: Dino DiMuro Sound Editor: G. Michael Graham Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jeffrey J. Haboush Sound Mixer: Bo Harwood Sound Editor: Dan Hegeman Sound Editor: A. David Marshall Sound Editor: Diane Marshall Supervising Sound Editor: Dave McMoyler Sound Recordist: Art Schiro Sound Editor: Scott A. Tinsley Visual Effects Producer: John Coats Visual Effects Supervisor: William Mesa Visual Effects Art Director: Richard Kilroy Visual Effects Art Director: Ron Yates Post Production Supervisor: Susan Zwerman Production Supervisor: Bill Carroll Stunt Coordinator: George Fisher Stunts: Bob Maras Stunts: Brent Stice Stunts: T. Alan Kelly Stunts: J. Granville Moulder Stunts: Michael Steven Howl Stunts: Richard Drown Executive In Charge Of Production: Kate Morris Associate Producer: Becki Cross Trujillo Associate Producer: Joe M. Aguilar First Assistant Director: John R. Woodward Second Assistant Director: Benita Allen Casting Assistant: Gregory Raich Casting Assistant: Sandi Black Local Casting: Barbara Brinkley Henry Local Casting: Laurey Lummus Key Hair Stylist: Lynne K. Eagan Makeup & Hair: Roseanne McIlvane Wardrobe Supervisor: Ainslee Colt de Wolf Wardrobe Assistant: Phil O’Nan Boom Operator: Joel Racheff First Assistant Camera: Ed Giovanni Second Assistant Camera: Tiffanie Winton Second Assistant Camera: Brett Reynolds Second Assistant Camera: Cindi Pusheck Production Coordinator: Bonnie Macker Script Supervisor: Carol Stewart Second Second Assistant Director: Lorene M. Duran Third Assistant Director: Pam Whorton Additional Editing: Steve Polivka Assistant Editor: Lewis Schoenbrun Supervising ADR Editor: Karla Caldwell Music Supervisor:...

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Watching for cycles (CROSSBONES)

1. GEORGE W. HENRY JR.'S

2. BOB NEILL PERSIAN

3. FLORA STACEY

4. JON BARNBROOK'S BRITISH ART HISTORY

5. HENRI CHOPIN'S

6. DON

7. MARVIN SACKNER ARCHIVE

8. GEORGE HUTCHISON'S

9. PETER SCHOEFFER

10. LUCINDA CONSOLE

11. CHARLES STRUBLE

12. LEWIS CARROLL CHARLES LUTWIDGE

13. JESUS

14. ART MACROS

15. JAMES WILLING: MONA LISA

16. DONOVAN' XDONOVAN@MISSLINK.NET

17. CHRISTOPHER LATHAM SHOLES

18. MR. OLIVERA

19. BOB ROEHRIG'S

20. JIM'S COMPUTER GARAGE

21. BOB NEILL

22. HYUK LEE'S

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Season 2 Episode 11

Racket Squad - The Salted Mine - CBS - November 15, 1951

Crime Drama

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Giovanni Bello

Produced by Hal Roach Jr. and Carroll Case

Directed by George Blair

Stars:

Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock

Percy Helton as Dad Miller

Richard Travis as Evan Davis

Wade Crosby as Sam Kelsey

Bill Kennedy* as Sawyer

Robert Bray as Jeff Retter (billed as Bob Bray)

George Duchin as McGuire

*Bill Kennedy is the narrator of "The Advetures of Superman".

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[myfavoriteredheadpodcast]

SIX DAYS, FRIENDS. This is the final countdown to LAUNCH DAY!! Mark your calendars and get ready!

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CURTAIN UP!

Lucy on Stage ~ Epilogue

Lucille Ball has influenced theatrical stage plays as part of her legacy to the entertainment industry.  There have been theatrical presentations that merely mention her name, or present her as a character. Here are a just a few examples. 

I Love Lucy ~ A three-act comedy adapted by Christopher Sergel from the television program by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll Jr. 

Act One opens in the Ricardos’ messy living room, based on the TV show’s eighth episode, “Men Are Messy.” Lucy and Ricky argue over finances. Lucy changes the subject by wanting to look up Ricky’s horoscope, from “The Séance.” She does this to encourage Ricky to ask Mr. Littlefield, owner of the Tropicana nightclub, for a raise (from “Ricky Asks for a Raise”). Peggy and Arthur, “The Young Fans” are also in the cast. Later, Mr. Littlefield comes over to the messy apartment and wonders how Ricky can manage the Tropicana if he can’t manage his own wife.

It is reported that in 1954, before television was widely available in Hawaii, Hilo High School put on the “I Love Lucy” play!  The sister of a Hilo High School teacher living in Hollywood met with the publicity manager for Lucy and Desi and told them about the approaching production. Lucille Ball was reportedly “thrilled,” and asked for pictures of the Hilo High School cast. The “I Love Lucy” senior play had four daytime student performances and one night showing for the community. It was also staged at the Kilauea Military Reservation. The Arnazes sent them a congratulatory telegram.

“If you want to laugh until tears run down your cheeks and your sides ache go see ‘I Love Lucy,’ the hilarious comedy production by Hilo High School’s senior class. The cast literally had its audience rolling in the aisles.” ~ Thelma Olival in the Hilo Tribune Herald

After a few local and community performances, the Sergel script was withdrawn and is no longer in print. 

In 1955, after “I Love Lucy” concluded its European Tour episodes, Hedda Hopper reported that Lucille Ball and Desi Aranz were in talks to appear in a stage musical produced by Rogers and Hammerstein. 

“They're figuring on an original story to fit their personalities, and it will bring these two back to the stage for the first time in 15 years. Desi was in ‘Too Many Girls’ in 1940 and Lucille road-toured in ‘Dream Girl’ after she quit Metro. ~ Hedda Hopper, July 11, 1955

Needless to say, the project never materialized. Instead, Lucy and Desi opted for a sixth season of “I Love Lucy” set in Connecticut. 

Bells Are Ringing (1956) is a Broadway musical by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne, which focuses on Ella Peterson (originally played by Judy Holliday), who works in the basement office of a telephone answering service. At a party attended by snobbish New Yorkers, the ensemble sings “Drop that Name”. One of the names dropped is Lucille Ball. The 1960 film adaptation (also starring Holliday and Lucille Ball’s friend Dean Martin) was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who had directed Ball in The Long, Long Trailer (1954). 

“That's the way you play the game, Drop that name!”

Little Shop of Horrors (1982) by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. He has a romance with a fragile beauty named Audrey, who dreams of “Somewhere That’s Green.” The lyrics of the song imagine Audrey and Seymour married, settled down, and watching “I Love Lucy” with their children.  When the film was made in 1986, the song was turned into a dream sequence that featured footage of “I Love Lucy’s” famous chocolate factory scene from “Job Switching” (1952).

“We snuggle watchin' Lucy On our big, enormous twelve-inch screen!”

Baby (1983) is a Broadway musical by David Shire, Richard Matlby Jr, and Sybille Pearson that dealt with the effects of motherhood on three couples. During the song “I Want It All” the three expectant mothers (originally Liz Calloway, Catherine Cox, and Beth Fowler) sing about the famous and powerful women they emulate.. including Lucille Ball. 

“I want to be Mother Teresa, Sally Ride, Lucille Ball I want it all!”

Senator Joe (1989) was a Broadway ‘popera’ by Tom O'Horgan and Perry Arthur Kroeger that dealt with famous red-hunting Senator Joseph McCarthy. The show closed in previews due to accusations of financial misconduct by its producer. 

(Photo courtesy of Perry Arthur Kroeger. Used by permission.)

Lucille Ball was accused of being a communist by McCarthy in 1953. The show featured large cut-out heads of Lucy and Desi (as well as Jackie Gleason and Howdy Doody), with their dialogue voiced by Michelle Fleischer and Tom Desrocher. The show played at the the Neil Simon (formerly the Alvin), the same venue where Lucille Ball’s name was dropped in Bells Are Ringing and Ball made her only Broadway appearance in 1960′s Wildcat. When Ball suddenly died in 1989, news reporters stood outside the theatre, which still displayed the marquee for “Senator Joe”!  

I Loved Lucy is a play by Lee Tannen, based on his 2001 book of the same title about his friendship with Lucille Ball. The two person play (Lucy and Lee)  presents their developing relationship over a series of conversations and backgammon games during the last years of her life. 

The play has had numerous productions, including New York City and London, where it starred Sandra Dickinson as Ball and Matthew Scott as Lee. Tannen has also played himself in some productions. 

An Evening With Lucille Ball: Thank You for Asking is a one woman show starring Suzanne LaRusch as Lucy, written and directed by Lucie Arnaz. It is structured after a series of real-life Q&As and seminars Lucille Ball conducted in the 1970s, enhanced with flashbacks to earlier periods in the actress's astonishing career and silent home movies. LaRusch was originally a strolling Lucy impersonator at Universal Studios who parlayed her uncanny imitation into this unique ‘sanctioned’ show as well as playing ‘Lucy’ in the 1997 feature film Timecop. 

Lucy Loves Desi: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom is a staged radio play produced by L.A. Theatre Works from a script by Gregg Oppenheimer, son of “I Love Lucy” creator Jess Oppenheimer.  

Originally an audio play, the show has since been staged and toured. Six performers play Lucy, Desi, Jess Oppenheimer, and the other central figures responsible for the launch of the series. The show employs projections and music. 

The Cuban and the Redhead is a musical by Robert Bartley and Danny Whitman deals with the tumultuous relationship of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and the creation of the television show that was their legacy.  

The musical has had numerous readings and regional productions. 

I Love Lucy: Live On Stage is a theatrical presentation of “I Love Lucy” scripts staged by Rick Sparks. 

The show has toured extensively in the USA and Canada. The settings, costumes, and wardrobe contribute to bringing the television program vividly to life. 

The Cher Show (2017) is a jukebox musical with a book by Rick Elice that tells the story of the life and career of Cher, using songs that she performed throughout her career. The part of Cher is played by three actresses. One actress (originally Emily Skinner) plays Cher’s mother Georgia Holt, and Lucille Ball. Holt was a background performer on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show.”  

Everybody Loves Lucy by Elise McCann and Richard Carroll. In the cabaret show Francine Cain brings Lucille Ball to life, revealing the woman behind the image. As well as playing Ball, Cain also plays Edie, an amalgam of  the women who watched “I Love Lucy” in the 1950s.

SIdekicked by Kim Powers is a one-woman about Vivian Vance. Set on March 2, 1960, Vance is about to turn herself into Ethel Mertz, America's most beloved side kick, for the final time. Although Lucille Ball is not represented on stage, she is the center of Vance’s world at the time. 

The play has had several regional productions, including at Cape May Stage (NJ) where Sally Mayes (above) played Vance. 

Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994) by Terrence McNally is a play about a group of gay friends that escape to a lakeside house. The character of Buzz (originally Nathan Lane) tells the audience that he owes his very existence to Lucille Ball. In the 1997 film version, Buzz was played by Jason Alexander. 

Corpus Christi (1997) by Terrence McNally is a modern retelling of the story of Jesus' birth, ministry, and death. McNally mentions Lucille Ball in a scene between Joshua (the Jesus prototype) and a room service waiter. 

Bring it On: The Musical (2011) is a musical with music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, lyrics by Amanda Green and Miranda, and book by Jeff Whitty loosely based on the 2000 film of the same name. It focuses on the competitive world of cheerleading and over-the-top team rivalries.  During the song "I Got You" Lucy and Desi are mentioned. The song was performed during the televised Macy's Parade on Thanksgiving Day 2012.  

MISCELLANEOUS LUCY 

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Little picture dump while reorganising my hard drive.

For @warlockwriter, @ihaveallthesefeelsokay and @thewhiterabbit42

The Agency (CBS - 2001)

David Clennon, Paige Turco, Jason O'Mara, Rocky Carroll, Beau Bridges, Daniel Benzali, Will Patton, Richard Speight Jr, Gil Bellows.

I really like this show and the characters (especially Terri, Jackson and Leeeeex). Love s2 for Rich getting more screen time and the BoB cast reunion

I'm still upset it was cancelled and never released on DVD (except for a bizarre combination of two episodes sold as a TV movie).

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The More Accurate Headline Reads: 120 Retired Generals and Admirals Pledge Allegiance to a Failed Russian Asset and Swear Their Loyalty to Their One True Orange God.

Signed by: RADM Ernest B. Acklin, USCG, ret. MG Joseph T. Anderson, USMC, ret. RADM Philip Anselmo, USN, ret. MG Joseph Arbuckle, USA, ret. BG John Arick, USMC, ret. RADM Jon W. Bayless, Jr. USN, ret. RDML James Best, USN, ret. BG Charles Bishop, USAF, ret. BG William A. Bloomer, USMC, ret. BG Donald Bolduc, USA, ret. LTG William G. Boykin, USA, ret. MG Edward R. Bracken, USAF, ret. MG Patrick H. Brady, MOH, USA, ret. VADM Edward S. Briggs, USN, ret. LTG Richard “Tex’ Brown III USAF, ret. BG Frank Bruno, USAF, ret. VADM Toney M. Bucchi, USN, ret. RADM John T. Byrd, USN, ret. BG Jimmy Cash, USAF, ret. LTG Dennis D. Cavin, USA, ret. LTG James E. Chambers, USAF, ret. MG Carroll D. Childers, USA, ret. BG Clifton C. “Tip” Clark, USAF, ret. VADM Ed Clexton, USN, ret. MG Jay Closner, USAF, ret MG Tommy F. Crawford, USAF, ret. MG Robert E. Dempsey, USAF, ret. BG Phillip Drew, USAF, ret. MG Neil L. Eddins, USAF, ret. RADM Ernest Elliot, USN, ret. BG Jerome V. Foust, USA, ret. BG Jimmy E. Fowler, USA, ret. RADM J. Cameron Fraser, USN, ret. MG John T. Furlow, USA, ret. MG Timothy F. Ghormley, USMC, ret. MG Francis C. Gideon, USAF, ret. MG Lee V. Greer, USAF, ret. RDML Michael R. Groothousen, Sr., USN, ret. BG John Grueser, USAF, ret. MG Ken Hagemann, USAF, ret. BG Norman Ham, USAF, ret. VADM William Hancock, USN, ret. LTG Henry J. Hatch, USA, ret. BG James M. Hesson, USA, ret. MG Bill Hobgood, USA, ret. BG Stanislaus J. Hoey, USA, ret. MG Bob Hollingsworth, USMC, ret. MG Jerry D. Holmes, USAF, ret. MG Clinton V. Horn, USAF, ret. LTG Joseph E. Hurd, USAF, ret. VADM Paul Ilg, USN, ret. MG T. Irby, USA, ret. LTG Ronald Iverson, USAF, ret. RADM (L) Grady L. Jackson MG William K. James, USAF, ret. LTG James H. Johnson, Jr. USA, ret. ADM. Jerome L. Johnson, USN, ret. BG Charles Jones, USAF, ret. BG Robert R. Jordan, USA, ret. BG Jack H. Kotter, USA, ret. MG Anthony R. Kropp, USA, ret. RADM Chuck Kubic, USN, ret. BG Jerry L. Laws, USA, ret. BG Douglas E. Lee, USA, ret. MG Vernon B. Lewis, USA, ret. MG Thomas G. Lightner, USA, ret. MG James E. Livingston, USMC, ret. MOH MG John D. Logeman, USAF, ret. MG Jarvis Lynch, USMC, ret. LTG Fred McCorkle, USMC, ret. MG Don McGregor, USAF, ret. LTG Thomas McInerney, USAF, ret. RADM John H. McKinley, USN, ret. BG Michael P. McRaney, USAF, ret. BG Ronald S. Mangum, USA, ret. BG James M. Mead, USMC, ret. BG Joe Mensching, USAF, ret. RADM W. F. Merlin, USCG, ret. RADM (L) Mark Milliken, USN, ret. MG John F. Miller, USAF, ret. RADM Ralph M. Mitchell, Jr. USN, ret. MG Paul Mock, USA. ret. BG Daniel I. Montgomery, USA, ret., RADM John A. Moriarty, USN, ret., RADM David R. Morris, USN, ret. RADM Bill Newman, USN, ret. BG Joe Oder, USA, ret. MG O’Mara, USAF, ret. MG Joe S. Owens, USA, ret. VADM Jimmy Pappas, USN, ret. LTG Garry L. Parks, USMC, ret. RADM Russ Penniman, RADM, USN, ret. RADM Leonard F. Picotte, ret. VADM John Poindexter, USN, ret. RADM Ronald Polant, USCG, ret. MG Greg Power, USAF, ret. RDM Brian Prindle, USN, ret. RADM J.J. Quinn, USN, ret. LTG Clifford H. Rees, Jr. USAF, ret. RADM Norman T. Saunders, USCG, ret. MG Richard V. Secord, USAF, ret. RADM William R. Schmidt, USN, ret. LTG Hubert Smith, USA, ret. MG James N. Stewart, USAF, ret. RADM Thomas Stone, USN., ret. BG Joseph S. Stringham, USA, ret. MG Michael Sullivan, USMC, ret. RADM (U) Jeremy Taylor, USN, ret. LTG David Teal, USAF, ret. VADM Howard B. Thorsen, USCG, ret. RADM Robert P. Tiernan, USN, ret. LTG Garry Trexler, USAF, ret. BG James T. Turlington, M.D., USAF, ret. BG Richard J. Valente, USA ret. MG Paul Vallely, USA, ret. MG Russell L. Violett, USAF, ret. BG George H. Walker, Jr. USAR Corp of Engineers, ret. MG Kenneth Weir, USMCR, ret. BG William O. Welch, USAF, ret. MG John M. White, USAF, ret. MG Geoffrey P. Wiedeman, JR. USAF, ret. MG Richard O. Wightman, Jr., USA, ret. RADM Denny Wisely, USN, ret. LTG John Woodward, ret.

Everyone these white men has betrayed their country and their oath to protect the US Constitution and our democracy.

Under military law, they should forfeit their rank, their tax payer paid pensions and/or prepare themselves for the firing squad.