#myfavoritehusband

[amazingetchman]

Did you enjoy @nicolekidman and @bardemantarctic in @beingthericardos on @amazonprimevideo ? Do you think @therealdebramessing would have been a better choice or do you think Nicole captured the spirit of @lucielleball ? I really loved the story and art direction plus @linda_lavin is in it and looks great! This etch a sketch was one of the first heart etch a sketches I ever did. It’s a ten minute drawing done in @ 2004. I would go on to draw the Ricardos several more times. These heart-shaped etch a sketches are not made any more, and I have the last of the stock on my warehouse. Do you want to be Etched on a preserve-not-to-erase heart-shaped etch a Sketch for Valentine’s Day or order a singing etch a gram time-lapse for your sweetie? Private message me to learn how to order one. They will go on sale at my Etsy store this Friday! The day after the 12 days of Christmas ;) #etchasketch #amazingetchman #getetched #etchuproductions #ilovelucy #beingthericardos #amazonprimevideo #amazonprimemovies #amazonprime #lucielleball #desiarnaz #lindalavin #nicolekidman #javierbardem #letloverule #debramessing #desilu #desiluproductions #shakethingsup #myfavoritehusband (at Hollywood, California) https://www.instagram.com/amazingetchman/p/CYXuah-pmo3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[colemanateyourlife]

It's Thankful Thursday!!! I'm so Thankful this morning for my health & strength and everyday that I'm Blessed to have some independence. This week has been an eye opener for me as my husband is traveling for work. He went to great lengths to prep meals and to make sure that I had everything in the house that I needed or even might think that I would need. In almost 39 yrs. together I've never been alone for more than one night. Today I've come to appreciate him even the more and all that he does to take care of me and to make my life easier daily and from day to day. He's stayed committed when most other men would have left due to the responsibility level required. I'm so grateful for him and that I get to do life with him. I can't imagine a world or life without him. He's my miracle man, man crush & everyday hero!!! Thank you Lord!!! . . . #thankful #thankfulthursday #mymiracleman #RAWarrior #fibromyalgia #ibssufferer #4backsurgeries #gratitude #heartofgratitude #husband # #mancrush #hesmyhero #grateful #myfavoritehusband #colemanateyourlife #cyljewelsandaccessories https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IfxWPjKSI/?igshid=1koppy31ggeuy

[insanelysanemommy]

My amazing sister in law @lisapierce75 gave me this amazing Buddha charm and I love having it on the necklace @idreaminstereo got me from @madewithlovebyangie 😍😍😍 All of the key components in my life that keep me grounded, on my chest on top of my heart ❤️ It says Buddha, Cass, Jason and My Loves on all four sides... #buddhacharm #namebarnecklace #buddha #jason #cass #myloves #myfamily #myfavoritesisterinlaw #myfavoritedaughter #myfavoriteson #myfavoritehusband #mydreadedsouthafrican #madewithlovebyangie (at Newport, Crosby, Texas)

[citizenscreen]

“I’ve been asked, as I suppose every actress’ mother is, how Lucille ever got into show business. The answer to that is easy – you find it in our early home life, in the way Lucille was brought up. “If,” I tell them, “you’d seen our house in the old days, with play acting all over the place, day and night, you’d know it would have been a minor miracle if Lucille Ball turned out to be anything but an actress.” – Desiree Ball, mother of Lucille on the famous comedian’s early home life in Jamestown, New York.

Desiree (Dede) Ball and her daughter, Lucille

I found a terrific article in the Old Time Radio Club publication from June 2011. The article was written by Mrs. Desiree Ball in 1949, but I can’t find where it was originally published. In any case, I thought this a lovely way to pay tribute to Lucille on what would have been her birthday. I’m spending the day listening to My Favorite Husband while I do chores and it’s simply not fair not to share the wealth. But first some more from Mrs. Ball on Lucille’s radio success on My Favorite Husband before her popularity hit the stratosphere on television.

“Lucille made a lot of radio appearances before she got the show, as many movie personalities do. But this is the first time in her career that she’s been starred in a series like this. The break wasn’t anything she sought. As a matter of fact, it came to her quite by happenstance. Lucille’s agent, Don Sharpe owned the My Favorite Husband idea (package, they call it). Don needed a good record to play for the radio people and he asked Lucille to cut a record for him, to put the character over. CBS heard the record and liked it. They decided to put it on the air one time, to test the audience reaction. They liked that first try so well they decided to make it a steady thing and it’s been on the air ever since a year ago last July. It’s wonderful being the mother of a radio star like Lucille.”

  My Favorite Husband ran for 124 episodes, from 1948 to 1951. Lucille Ball starred opposite Richard Denning as Liz and George Cugat in early episodes and later Liz and George Cooper to avoid confusion with then popular bandleader, Xavier Cugat. My Favorite Husband was based on a series of short stories written by Isabel Scott Rorick, which were published in newspapers and magazines across the country. In 1942 Rorick compiled the stories, added material and published a hugely popular book entitled Mr. and Mrs. Cugat: The Record of a Happy Marriage. The book was so popular that it became the basis for the 1942 Norman Taurog big-screen vehicle, Are Husbands Necessary? starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. You can read much more of the history of the show at The Digital Deli.

With the popularity of the source material and radio as a medium of entertainment, it’s only natural that the story of the Cugats would make the transition and – needless to say – it works quite well. The premise of My Favorite Husband is familiar as it tells the zany exploits of a madcap housewife and her more serious husband. The radio show also featured a host of popular radio voices whose names you’ll recognize from later TV shows. There are too many recognizable names to mention, but here are a few to whet your appetites: Hal March, Doris Singleton, Joseph Kearns, Bea Benaderet, Hans Conreid, Sandra Gould and Sheldon Leonard. If you’ve never listened to My Favorite Husband it’s time you remedied that. Here’s the show about two people who live together and like it…

Ball and Denning in My Favorite Husband

  “The Cugat’s Tenth Anniversary”

https://ia902604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_48_07_05_xxxx_The_Cugats_Tenth_Wedding_Aud_Anniversary.mp3

  “The Charity Bazaar Kissing Booth”

https://ia902604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_48_08_13_0004_The_Charity_Bazaar_Kissing_Booth.mp3

  “Liz Has her Fortune Told”

https://ia802604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_48_09_10_0008_Liz_Has_Her_Fortune_Told.mp3

  “The Quiz Show”

https://ia902604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_48_10_23_0015_The_Quiz_Show.mp3

  “Hair Dyed”

https://ia802604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_49_06_10_0048_Hair_Dyed.mp3

  “George is Messy”

https://ia802604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_50_06_04_0091_George_Is_Messy.mp3

  “Women’s Rights Parts 1 and 2”

https://ia802604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_50_03_03_0078_Womens_Rights_Part_1.mp3 https://ia802604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_50_03_10_0079_Womens_Rights_Part_2.mp3

  “Liz Changes her Mind”

https://ia802604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_50_09_30_0099_Liz_Changes_Her_Mind.mp3

  “Television”

https://ia802604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_49_10_14_0058_Television.mp3

  “Liz Stretches the Truth”

https://ia902604.us.archive.org/16/items/MyFavoriteHusband/My_Favorite_Husband_51_01_20_0115_Liz_Stretches_The_Truth.mp3

    “My Favorite Husband has some of the longest rehearsals in radio, simply because Lucille likes to spend half her time clowning for the orchestra and cast. (Shades of Jamestown!) She brings some of her personal life into her radio characterization. When she and Desi were married they made it a rule never to go to bed on a quarrel. You’ll notice that neither do Liz and George on the radio. The reason why My Favorite Husband is a successful show, if you want my opinion, is that the people in it are real people. There are no melodramatic situations. She has budget troubles and does foolish things that any woman might do. George is always the stronger (people seem to like that), but in the end she’s the one who straightens things out.” – Desiree Ball

In 1950 CBS asked Lucille Ball to do a television version of My Favorite Wife. Both the network and the show’s sponsor, Jello-O said they intended to keep both the premise and Lucille’s co-star, Richard Denning. Lucille refused the second part of the arrangement, however. She wanted her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz to play her husband on the show, a proposal everyone found ridiculous. Who would believe that Lucy was married to a Cuban bandleader? Well, to prove the premise was acceptable Desi and Lucille went on the road and when they showed that audiences responded to the Arnazes as a couple CBS reluctantly agreed. The premise of the TV show was reworked into I Love Lucy – and the rest is television history.

Lucille Ball, Star of “My Favorite Husband” "I've been asked, as I suppose every actress' mother is, how Lucille ever got into show business.

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LUCY My Favorite Husband Ep 9 OLD TIME RADIO

[therileyandkimmyshow]

For your  #holiday #Christmas #xmas listening pleasure this #podcast offers the #GoldenAge #goldenage of #radio #oldtimeradio #OTR #otr production of #LucilleBall in #MyFavoriteHusband episode titled,”The Christmas Present Switch” http://rileyandkimmyshow.blogspot.com/2017/11/golden-age-of-radio-lucille-ball.html

[waynelvslcy]

Lucy with her writers in 1948. 'Lucy would say, "This script doesn't work at all" when she meant one scene needed fixing, or would ask crossly, "Don't you have a better joke than that?" We felt like telling her we had written a much funnier joke but had sold it to Sid Caesar.'—Madelyn Pugh Davis, Laughing With Lucy. #lucilleball #madelynpughdavis #bobcarrolljr #jessoppenheimer #writers #myfavoritehusband #notfunny #funny #sidcaesar #oldtimeradio #fixthis https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_0gNkn-tL/?igshid=dv612sqct4z8

[waynelvslcy]

A dreamy-eyed Lucille at rehearsal for 'My Favorite Husband'. 1948. #lucilleball #radioshow #myfavoritehusband #richarddenning #rehearsal #headscarf #incolor #1948 #dreamyeyes #myfavoriteredhead https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtXe-OFVLe/?igshid=1ws18vvuht1ce

[waynelvslcy]

Advert for ‘My Favorite Husband’. #lucilleball #advertisement #oldtimeradio #radio #cbsradio #cbs #myfavoritehusband #1940s #1950s https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ivvo2nMHq/?igshid=ric9958n712

[waynelvslcy]

In honor of National Radio Day...here is a brief backstory to the radio show that started it all and would eventually send Lucille Ball into the stratosphere... Isabel Scott Rorick was born in Toledo in 1900, a daughter of one of the city's most prominent families. She married Ceilan Rorick, a banker with the Spitzer-Rorick Trust and Savings Bank of Toledo. Between 1937 and 1940 Isabel Scott Rorick wrote ten delightful and engaging short stories recounting the married life of the fictional 'Elizabeth and George Cugat’. Appearing in newspaper supplements and popular magazines of the era, Ms. Rorick compiled the ten short stories with added material into her 1942 book, "Mr. and Mrs. Cugat: The Record of A Happy Marriage." Quickly becoming a critically acclaimed and highly popular distraction from the World War II and Homefront stresses of the era, the book formed the basis for the 1942 Paramount film, "Are Husbands Necessary?" starring Ray Milland as George Cugat and Betty Field as Mary Elizabeth Cugat. Also appearing were Charles Dingle as Duncan Atterbury and Kathleen Lockhart as Duncan Atterbury's wife, Laura. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, Rorick also wrote another collection of short stories called Outside Eden. Mr. and Mrs. Cugat later became a successful situation comedy over Radio called “My Favorite Husband”, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning. Then came “I Love Lucy”, and we all know that story. Isabel Rorick's thrice retooled literary work thus became an important, though often overlooked, footnote in the history of one of television’s all time favorite, and influential, situation comedies. Isabel Scott Rorick passed away in 1967. #lucilleball #richarddenning #isabelscottrorick #oldtimeradio #myfavoritehusband #arehusbandsnecessary #cbs #cbsradio https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Y_d0IHHuh/?igshid=n5behu423dnl

[melba-silver-posts-blog]

LUCY My Favorite Husband Ep 22 OLD TIME RADIO

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My favorite Husband LUCY Country Club Dance

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My favorite Husband LUCY Country Club Dance

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My favorite Husband LUCY Liz Redecorates

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My favorite Husband LUCY! Boyfriend

[melba-silver-posts-blog]

My favorite Husband LUCY! Liz teaches The Samba