Follow a Star · 1948–1951
Lucille Ball
The sitcom, three years early
The received story is that Lucille Ball was invented by television. The radio holds the rebuttal: My Favorite Husband ran for three years with the same writers, the same timing and much of the same material that became I Love Lucy. The journey ends with the one thing television never let her do — play it straight, in a thriller.
425 recordings across 3 chapters
Chapter 1 · 1948–1951
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My Favorite Husband
Ball and Richard Denning as a bank official and his wife. Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll Jr wrote it, then took it to television almost intact.
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The Cugat's Tenth Wedding Aud Anniversary
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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000 (Audition) (Cooper) George's Old Flame (aka George's Old Flame) (aka Cooper's 10th Wed Anniv)
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 24 min
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Literary Club's Speaker Comes to Dinner
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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001 (AFRTS) (Cugat) Literary Club's Speaker Comes to Dinner
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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002 (AFRTS) Mothers Surprise
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 29 min
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The Portrait Artist
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 46 min
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003 (AFRTS) The Portrait Artist
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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The Charity Bazaar Kissing Booth
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 23 min
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004 (AFRTS) Charity Bazaar Kissing Booth
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 23 min
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Liz Teaches the Samba
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 23 min
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005 (AFRTS) (Cooper) (Repeats at #076) Liz Teaches the Samba
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 23 min
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Liz's Mother Has Second Thoughts
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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007 (AFRTS) Liz's Mother Has 2nd Thoughts
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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Liz Has Her Fortune Told
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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008 (AFRTS) Liz Has Her Fortune Told
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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Liz and the General
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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009 (AFRTS) General & Mrs Timberlake (aka Liz & the General)
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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Knitting Baby Booties
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 46 min
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010 (AFRTS) Knitting Baby Booties
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 30 min
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Young Matron League Tryouts
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 28 min
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011 (Cugat) (Repeats at #025) Young Matrons League Tryouts
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 28 min
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George's Old Flame
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 24 min
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Young Matrons League Game
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 24 min
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013 (AFRTS) Young Matrons League Game
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 24 min
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Liz Sells Dresses
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 29 min
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014 (AFRTS) Liz Sells Dresses
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 29 min
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The Quiz Show
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 27 min
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015 (AFRTS) (Repeats at #064) The Quiz Show
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 27 min
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Katy and Roscoe
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 24 min
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017 (AFRTS) Katy & Roscoe
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 24 min
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Learning to Drive
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 28 min
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018 (AFRTS) Learning to Drive
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 28 min
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George Attends a Teen-Age Dance
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 25 min
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019 (AFRTS) George Attends a Teen-Age Dance
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 25 min
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Is There a Baby in the House
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 29 min
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020 (AFRTS) Is There a Baby in the House
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 29 min
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Be Your Husband's Best Friend
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 25 min
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021 (AFRTS) Be Your Husband's Best Friend
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 25 min
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Liz's New Dress
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 29 min
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023 (AFRTS) Liz's New Dress
My Favorite Husband · 1948 · 29 min
Chapter 2 · 1949
Playing it straight
Suspense cast her against everything she was known for. The half hour survives, and it is the argument that she could have had a different career entirely.
Chapter 3 · 1942–1955
showing 24 of 25
Guest spots and bond shows
The transfers across the rest of the archive whose titles name her — variety turns, Command Performance, and the free government programmes.
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Guest Lucille Ball
Good News · 1939 · 1h 0m
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First Song - You Are My Sunshine, Guest - Lucille Ball
Kraft Music Hall · 1943 · 26 min
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Kraft Music Hall (35-46) (324) First Song - You Are My Sunshine, Guest - Lucille Ball
Bing Crosby · 1943 · 26 min
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Lucille Ball
Duffys Tavern · 1943 · 23 min
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First Song - The Road To Victory, Guest - Lucille Ball
Kraft Music Hall · 1943 · 28 min
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Kraft Music Hall (35-46) (345) First Song - The Road To Victory, Guest - Lucille Ball
Bing Crosby · 1943 · 28 min
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With Lucille Ball
Duffys Tavern · 1943 · 31 min
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Guest: Lucille Ball (AFRS)
Duffys Tavern · 1943 · 30 min
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Duffy'sTavern-431109 Guest-Lucille Ball
Duffys Tavern · 1943 · 27 min
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DT #000 (AFRS) Lucille Ball asks “Who’s Archie” (aka Lucille Ball)
Duffys Tavern · 1943 · 23 min
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Nylon Stockings with Lucille Ball
Abbott and Costello · 1943 · 29 min
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Lucille Ball, Harry Richman, Kay Thompson, Laurel & Hardy
Mail Call · 1943 · 30 min
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First Song - (There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin, Lucille Ball
Kraft Music Hall · 1944 · 30 min
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Kraft Music Hall (35-46) (366) First Song - (There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin, Lucille Ball
Bing Crosby · 1944 · 30 min
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Guest - Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball
Afrs Gi Journal · 1944 · 30 min
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eel - 460524 - Lucille Ball
Bill Sterns Sports Newsreel · 1946 · 14 min
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Guest - Lucille Ball, Miss Lou
The Bob Hope Program · 1946 · 29 min
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Making A Movie With Lucille Ball
The Jimmy Durante Show · 1947 · 29 min
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rn 1943-11-09 (103) With Lucille Ball
Duffys Tavern · 1947 · 30 min
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Guest - Lucille Ball
Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy · 1948 · 29 min
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First Song - Yacka Hula, Hickey Dula, Guest - Lucille Ball
Kraft Music Hall · 1948 · 29 min
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Women In Industry With Lucille Ball
The Jimmy Durante Show · 1948 · 29 min
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31 (378) Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Leonard Pinnario (Pianist), The Pied Pipers
Command Performance · 1948 · 47 min
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Lucille Ball
Martin and Lewis · 1949 · 29 min
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