1950 TV Shows
I Love Lucy &
The Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
Facts
I Love Lucy debuted on October
15,1951 at 9PM. The main
characters of the show are Lucy and
Ricky Ricardo, and their neighbors
Fred and Ethel Mertz. I Love Lucy is
shown in 77 countries and in 22
languages. It was the first show
shot on a 35mm film. In the 50’s
fans of the show could buy living
room and bedroom furniture
patterned after the furniture on the
show. When the episode of the
Ricardo’s baby boy aired more
people watched that than the
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
http://www.barewalls.com/pv-505046_Tin-Sign-ILove-Lucy-Opening-Logo.html
Lucille Ball
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Lucille Ball was born August 6, 1911 in
Jamestown, New York. played the main
character of the show,
Lucy Ricardo, who was
married to Ricky Ricardo
(Desi Arnaz). Lucille and
Desi actually got married
November 30, 1940,
before the show even
came. They got divorced
in 1960. She started
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winning awards in 1951
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for Most Promising New Star and the most
recent award she won was in 2007 the TV
Land Legacy of Laughter award, she has
won a total of 25 awards. Unfortunately
Lucy died April 26, 1989 from Cardiac
Arrest in Los Angeles, California.
Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz played Ricky Ricardo in I
Love Lucy, Ricky was a Cuban singer
married to
Lucy Ricardo. Desi was
born Desiderio Alberto
Arnaz y de Acha III
on March 2, 1917 in
Santiago de Cuba. He
appeared in many movies
like The Escape Artist in
1982. He also appeared in
television shows and even
Saturday Night Live in 1976.Desi
died December 2, 1986 in Del Mar
California from lung cancer.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45640831/
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http://www.nndb.com/people/411/000045276/
Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance played Ethel Mertz, her character was
married to Fred Mertz (William Frawley) and they
were the Ricardo’s neighbors.
She was born
July 26,1909 in Cherryvale,
Kansas. She was married
four times, her husbands
were Joseph Danneck,
George Koch, Phillip Ober,
and John Dodds. Vivian won
an Emmy in 1954 for Best
Supporting Actress. She was
also in the movie The Great
Race in 1965 where she played Hester Goodbody.
She eventually died August 17,1979 in Belvedere,
California from bone cancer.
http://blog.indieflix.com/2011/07/itsnever-too-late-to-say-happy-birthday/
http://blogs.tvland.com/collectiblog/today-in-tv-so-long-vivianvance/
William Frawley
William Frawley played Fred Mertz in I
Love Lucy who was married to Ethel
Mertz. He was born
February 26, 1887
in Burlington, Iowa.
He was married to
Edna Broedt from
1914-1927. His major
risk factor was
alcoholism. William
played in a lot of movies including East
Side, West Side from 1949 where he
played Billy the Bartender. Also, Miracle
on 34th Street from 1947 where he
played Charles Halloran. He died March
3, 1966 in Hollywood, California from
heart failure.
http://mysweetmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/58s-very-own-fredmertz.html
http://ohtiggywig.wordpress.com/tag/william-frawley/
The Honeymooners
Facts
The Honeymooners first aired as a skit
on October 5,1951 on Jackie Gleason’s
Cavalacade of Stars. The first three
titles were The Lovers, The Couple
Next Door, and The Beast. Also, Alice
Kramden was originally played by Pert
Kelton then replaced by Audrey
Meadows. The cartoon The Flinstones
was based off The Honeymooners. The
sets were made of painted cardboard.
The main kitchen/living room set was
only 20-by-30 feet.
http://www.tomsoter.com/node/1159
Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason played Ralph Kramden, a
bus driver, who was married to Alice
(Audrey Meadows).
He was born February
26,1916 in Brooklyn,
New York. He was married
three times, his
wives were Genevieve
Halford, Beverly McKittrick,
and Marilyn Taylor. He
played in the Smokey and the Bandit movies
where he played Sheriff Buford. Jackie
played in the movie Nothing in Common
where he played Max Basner. He died June
24, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from
colon cancer.
http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/starwalk/jackie-gleason/
http://fatfamilyotherfwords.blogspot.com/
2009/12/quote-for-123009-jackie-gleasonon.html
Audrey Meadows
Audrey Meadows played Alice
Kramden who was married to Ralph
Kramden in The
Honeymooners. She
was born February 8,
1926 in Wuchang,
China. She was
married twice,
her husbands were
Randolph Rouse and
Robert Six. Audrey played in the
movie That Touch of Mink, from 1962
where she played Connie Emerson.
She died February 3,1996 in Beverly
Hills, California from lung cancer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Meadows
http://www.goodquotes.com/author/audrey-meadows
Art Carney
Art Carney played Edward Norton, who
was a New York City
sewer worker, he was
also married to Thelma
Norton (Joyce Randolph).
He was born
November 4, 1918 in
Mount Vernon, New York.
He was married twice,
his wives were Barbara Isaac and Jean
Myers. He played in The Muppets take
Manhattan. He also won seven Emmy’s, six
for The Jackie Gleason Show and one for
The Honeymooners. He died November 9,
2003 in Chester, Connecticut and the
reason is unspecified.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/
2011-06-08-leonard-stern-dies_n.htm
http://richardsonplumb.com/plumbing-tips/famousplumbers/
Joyce Randolph
Joyce Randolph played Thelma
Norton who was married to Ed
Norton (Art Carney). She
was born October 21,
1925 in Detroit, Michigan.
She married Richard
Charles on October 2,
1955, they had one son,
but they got divorced in 1997. Joyce
has only acted in The Honeymooners
and The Jackie Gleason Show and
she played Thelma (Trixie) Norton in
both of them. Joyce is still alive
today, she’s 86 years old.
http://people.famouswhy.com/joyce_randolph/
http://www.lambertville-music-circus.org/stars/
stars.html
WORK CITED
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Title Slide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Lucy
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Slide1: "I Love Lucy Facts." Lucy and Desi. Web. 12 Apr. 2012.
http://www.lucy-desi.com/fan-central/lucy-TV-guide/i-love-lucy/i-love-lucy-facts
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Slide 2: "Lucille Ball." Facts. CBS Worldwide. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. http://www.lucy-desi.com/fan-central/lucille-ball
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Slide 3: "Desi Arnaz." Facts. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. http://www.lucy-desi.com/fan-central/desi-arnaz/
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Slide 4: "Vivian Vance." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 12 Apr. 2012.
http://www.nndb.com/people/417/000045282/
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Slide 5: "William Frawley." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 12 Apr. 2012.
http://www.nndb.com/people/420/000045285/
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Slide 6: "Welcome to My Honeymooners Facts Page." Welcome to My Honeymooners Facts Page. Web. 13 Apr. 2012.
http://www.haminahamina.com/facts.htm.
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Slide 7: "Jackie Gleason." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. http://www.nndb.com/people/612/000022546/
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Slide 8:"Audrey Meadows." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. http://www.nndb.com/people/453/000049306/
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Slide 9: "Art Carney." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. http://www.nndb.com/people/182/000025107/
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Slide 10: "Joyce Randolph." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 12 Apr. 2012.
http://www.nndb.com/people/444/000026366/