I Love Lucy

Dann Cahn: The TV Pioneer Who Made Us Love ‘I Love Lucy’

Posted on 11/26/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyWhen we remember the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy, we usually think of all the hilarious jams that Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) got herself into, and that exasperated look that her husband Ricky (Desi Arnaz) would get. But it wasn’t just the stars’ comedic virtuosity that made I love Lucy a classic. It was the first show to be filmed in front of a live audience in a Hollywood studio, rather than broadcast live from New York, as other early TV comedies …

William Asher: He Directed What May Be the Funniest Scene in Television History

Posted on 07/18/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyFor anyone in television, achievement isn’t just measured by the Nielsen ratings, or even by winning an Emmy. Instead, the pinnacle of small-screen genius is that magic little moment of a show that everyone remembers and talks about years, or even decades, afterward. Case in point: William Asher, the prolific TV writer-director-producer of the 1950s and 1960s who was involved in an array of classic sitcoms, from I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks and The Patty Duke Show to Bewitched, …

Lucy at 100: We Still Love Her

Posted on 08/1/2011 by | Movies & TV | Comments

Entertainment    Lucille Ball would have been 100 August 6–and a lot of people forget that before she rocketed to stardon on I Love Lucy in the 1950s, she’d already been a movie actress for nearly 20 years. Here’s my Movies for Grownups Radio Show tribute to the Forgotten Lucy… Lucy at 100