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101-1110: Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. Marshall began his career in the 1960s as a writer for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show until he developed the television adaptation of Neil Simon 's play The Odd Couple . He rose to fame in the 1970s for creating the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). Marshall went on to direct numerous films including Young Doctors in Love (1982), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Nothing in Common (1986), Overboard (1987), Beaches (1988), Pretty Woman (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), Exit to Eden (1994), Dear God (1996), The Other Sister and Runaway Bride (Both in 1999), The Princess Diaries (2001), Raising Helen (2004), Georgia Rule (2007), Valentine's Day (2010), New Year's Eve (2011), and Mother's Day (2016). As an actor, Marshall appeared in

202-595: A stroke . He was 81. Henry Winkler paid tribute to him on Barry in 2019, and SAG-AFTRA made a Memoriam Tribute to Marshall on the SAG Awards in 2019. Julia Roberts paid tribute to him in Pretty Woman: The Musical in 2018. She also paid tribute to him in an interview: "To know Garry Marshall was to love him. And I was luckier than most to have loved him for my entire adult life and luckier still to have been loved by him because his love

303-455: A "costarring Vivian Vance" voiceover edited in for episodes from the first three seasons). The theme music was composed by Wilbur Hatch , who was the show's musical director, a role he also performed on Ball's previous series I Love Lucy . There were several scripts written that were never filmed. "Lucy & Viv Fight Over Harry" was set to be produced as the 11th episode in the first season, but there were too many "production problems" and

404-539: A CBS special titled The Good Years . However, she was adamant about not returning to weekly television, feeling she could never top the success of I Love Lucy . At that time, Desilu Productions was struggling. In the spring of 1961, four of the studio's situation comedies were cancelled: The Ann Sothern Show ; Angel , a sitcom starring Marshall Thompson and French actress Annie Farge ; Harrigan and Son , starring Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry ; and Guestward, Ho! , starring Joanne Dru and Mark Miller . After

505-532: A Series, but lost to Shirley Booth for the NBC comedy hit Hazel . Bolstered by great ratings, the series was renewed for a second year, but many changes were made. At the beginning of the 1962–63 season, Desi Arnaz resigned as head of Desilu and as the executive producer of The Lucy Show . Ball took over as president of the studio and Elliott Lewis replaced Arnaz as executive producer of Ball's series. Dick Martin, Don Briggs, Tom Lowell, and Charles Lane left

606-531: A book); and Kathleen (who appeared in all of his films). Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster and became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar . He originally partnered with writer Fred Freeman. In 1961, he and Freeman moved to Hollywood, where they broke into writing sitcoms on The Joey Bishop Show . Freeman, however, found that he did not enjoy sitcom work, and moved back to New York. Marshall teamed up with writing partner Jerry Belson , and

707-690: A guest-starring voice for The Simpsons episodes " Eight Misbehavin' " and " Homer the Father " (one of his first roles as an undercover cop in the counter-culture drama Psych-Out starring Jack Nicholson). He appeared in two episodes of Happy Days as a drummer. He was a drummer in the second last scene of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and he plays a drummer in his film Overboard . His theater credits included Wrong Turn at Lungfish , which he wrote in collaboration with Lowell Ganz , The Roast with Jerry Belson , Shelves and Happy Days: A New Musical with Paul Williams , which had its premiere at

808-429: A horse trainer, for the last time. It was his last television appearance, six months before he died. In the episode credits, he's listed as "Our Own Bill Frawley" A different opening sequence was created for each season: During later television airings, including 1970s and 1980s syndicated runs, as well as Nick at Nite 's 1990s reruns of the series, the later "kaleidoscope" opening was used in nearly all episodes (with

909-499: A late-night talk show with Regis Philbin as his young sidekick on ABC. He also was a member of the " Rat Pack " with Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford . He is listed as the 96th entry on Comedy Central's list of 100 greatest comedians. Bishop, the youngest of five children, was born in the Bronx , New York City, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants Anna (née Siegel) and Jacob Gottlieb. His father

1010-402: A live studio audience. Carole Cook, Ball's long-time friend and protégée in a radio show Great Lives based on Lucille Ball said that three cameras were used so to capture everything in one go, and the best angles would be used. While Ball would ad-lib during rehearsals, she followed the script when filming the actual show. While filming the 1963 episode "Lucy and Viv Put In A Shower", in which

1111-472: A marvelous time working with the legendary Broadway belter, they decided to expand it into two episodes, thereby taking advantage of Merman's formidable talents. So, a second filming was scheduled. In Part 1, Ethel was to be the houseguest of Lucy and Viv for a few weeks, and then in Part 2, a full blown episode was created that included scenes of Lucy once again, trying to get into the act. An all new Boy Scout show

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1212-408: A new character and Ball herself was divorced. The character of Vivian Bagley became the first divorced woman on primetime television. In the show's original format, Lucy had been left with a substantial trust fund by her late husband, which was managed during the first season by local banker Mr. Barnsdahl ( Charles Lane ). Comedian Dick Martin , working solo from his longtime partner Dan Rowan ,

1313-403: A new three-year agreement with the network. In the fall of 1964, though CBS began to broadcast sporting events and cartoons in color, they still refused to broadcast The Lucy Show in color. Through that year ownership of color TV sets grew, and several other manufacturers began making color equipment and color TV sets. At the beginning of the 1964–65 season, The Lucy Show went through

1414-646: A number of Marshall's television series, including Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley . Marshall went on to focus on directing feature films, with a series of hits, such as Beaches , Pretty Woman , The Princess Diaries , Valentine's Day , and New Year's Eve . Marshall was also an actor, appearing in Murphy Brown and in such films as Soapdish , On the Lot , his sister's A League of Their Own and Albert Brooks' Lost in America , and provided

1515-497: A recurring role on The Odd Couple ), and Mork & Mindy , which were produced by his associates Thomas L. Miller , Robert L. Boyett , and Edward K. Milkis . He was also a co-creator of Makin' It , which the three men also produced. In the early 1980s, he met Héctor Elizondo while playing basketball, and they became great friends. Elizondo appeared in every film that Marshall directed, beginning with his first feature film Young Doctors in Love . Elizondo once noted that he

1616-628: A regular character. By January 1966, all references to Lucy Carmichael's children, her trust fund, and her former life in Danfield were dropped. Lucy Carmichael was firmly established as a single woman living in Los Angeles. Lucy worked in films disguised as stunt man "'Iron Man' Carmichael" for three episodes ("Lucy the Stunt Man", "Lucy and the Return of Iron Man", and "Lucy and Bob Crane"). At

1717-455: A regular for ten years on the long-running ABC-TV sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , which was in its final year of production in 1965. In returning to The Lucy Show in the fall of 1965 as a new character, Croft was replacing Vivian Vance as Lucy's pal and co-conspirator; she did not, however, get co-star billing – like Roy Roberts , who played Mooney's boss at the bank, Mr. Cheever, she received featured billing despite playing

1818-585: A significant staff change. Elliott Lewis left the series as executive producer and was replaced by Jack Donohue , who served as producer and director. With the absence of Carroll, Martin, Weiskopf, and Schiller, Ball hired veteran comedy writer Milt Josefsberg , who had written for Jack Benny , as script consultant. Under Josefsberg's supervision there were no permanent writers for the series and different writers were employed each week (among them, Garry Marshall ). Ball persuaded Weiskopf and Schiller to return and write four installments. There were further changes to

1919-455: A single season." This arrangement was "meant to be a stop-gap measure for the beleaguered studio" and that through the sale of this series, Desilu was able to "force the CBS network to invest in and air other upcoming Desilu products." It was a strategy that Ball would use in the future to take control of The Lucy Show' s renewal from CBS. With Arnaz's encouragement and persuasion, Ball agreed to do

2020-566: A sports column for The Daily Northwestern , and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Beginning in 1956, Marshall served a stint in the U.S. Army as a writer for Stars and Stripes and Seoul News , and was production chief for Armed Forces Radio Network ; serving in Korea. On March 9, 1963, Marshall married Barbara Sue Wells. They resided in Los Angeles; the couple have three children: Scott ; Lori (with whom he co-wrote

2121-402: A two-year run, the comedy series Pete and Gladys (which was a spin-off of the popular Desilu sitcom December Bride ), was canceled in the spring of 1962. It starred Harry Morgan and Cara Williams in the title roles. At that time, the red-headed Williams, who had been promoted as the next Lucille Ball, had just received an Emmy nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on

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2222-531: A younger group of actors dubbed the Brat Pack , appearing (as a ghost) in the film Betsy's Wedding (1990) with Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy . His final appearance in a film was a non-speaking role in Mad Dog Time (1996), written and directed by his son, Larry. His character was named Gottlieb, which was his real surname. The film was panned by critics. Bishop was portrayed by Bobby Slayton in

2323-421: Is away in military school. In that installment, he is called Jimmy, not Jerry. During the filming of that particular show, Ball was constantly being corrected by her crew saying that the son's name was Jerry and that Jimmy Garrett had played that part and that was the reason for her being confused. However, Ball refused to listen and so the error stayed in and that was the last reference to Lucy Carmichael's son. For

2424-462: Is introduced when Lucy discovers that Mr. Barnsdahl has been transferred to another bank and that the management of her trust fund has been taken over by a new banker. The name "Theodore Mooney" had been used earlier by the actor George Cisar , who was cast as a police sergeant on thirty-one episodes of Gordon's other CBS sitcom, Dennis the Menace . Gordon had worked with Ball as far back as 1938 on

2525-710: Is written into all of Marshall's contracts whether he wanted to do the film or not. In the opening credits of Exit to Eden , their eighth film together, Elizondo is credited "As Usual ... Hector Elizondo". In 1984, Marshall had a film hit as the writer and director of The Flamingo Kid . Of all Marshall's films, Elizondo had his biggest role in The Flamingo Kid as main character Matt Dillon's father. Marshall had several responsibilities during this period of his career: most of his hit television series were created and executive produced by him. His first producing assignment came with Hey, Landlord in 1966. He stepped up

2626-542: The East Coast . The boys were not related, but called themselves the "Bishop Brothers", borrowing the name of their driver, Glenn Bishop, with each adopting "Bishop" as their stage name. The act was originally made up of Morris "Rummy" Spector, Joey, and Sammy Reisman - who soon dropped out and was replaced by Mel Farber - and were individually known as Rummy Bishop, Joey Bishop, and Mel Bishop - stage names they would keep throughout their careers. The act broke up when Rummy

2727-458: The HBO film The Rat Pack (1998). Bishop wed Sylvia Ruzga in 1941, and they were married for 58 years until her death from lung cancer in 1999. They had one son, Larry Bishop , a film director and actor. Thereafter, Bishop had a longtime companion, Nora Garibotti. In failing health for some time, Bishop died at age 89 of multiple organ failure on October 17, 2007, in his home on Lido Isle ,

2828-504: The I Love Lucy format). Later that year, Ball moved to New York to try the Broadway stage in an unsuccessful musical, Wildcat . During the show's run, Ball was plagued by illness and fatigue and in early 1961, the show closed when she collapsed on stage from total exhaustion. Later that year, she married for the second time, to comedian Gary Morton . Ball returned to television in the spring of 1962, when she teamed with Henry Fonda in

2929-615: The Rat Pack , although the five of them did not publicly acknowledge that name. During filming, the five entertainers performed together onstage in Vegas at the Sands Hotel . Bishop did only a little singing and dancing, but he told jokes and wrote most of the act's material. He later appeared with Sinatra, Martin, Davis, and Lawford in the military adventure Sergeants 3 (1962), a loose remake of Gunga Din (1939), and with Martin in

3030-712: The Television Hall of Fame for his contributions to the field of television in 1997. In 2012, he was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters ' Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Marshall received the Valentine Davies Award (1995) and Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement (2014) from the Writers Guild of America . The Lucy Show The earliest scripts were titled The Lucille Ball Show ; but, when that title

3131-461: The real Dean Martin takes his place on the date with Lucy) was described by Ball as her favorite episode of the series. Lucie Arnaz, Ball's daughter, appeared in several episodes of the show during its run: she was an extra in the first season's third episode, "Lucy Is a Referee," the teenage best friend of Chris in "Lucy Is a Soda Jerk" and "Lucy Is a Chaperone" (though she was only 12 at the time), and later as one of her mother's friends, Dottie, in

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3232-402: The situation comedy The Joey Bishop Show that premiered on September 20, 1961, and ran for 123 episodes over four seasons, first on NBC and later CBS . Bishop played Joey Barnes, at first a publicity agent and then later a talk show host. Abby Dalton joined the cast in 1962 as his wife. Bishop later hosted a 90-minute late-night talk show, also titled The Joey Bishop Show , that

3333-556: The "Lucy Flies to London" episode, which centered around Lucy's lack of experience in air travel, was based on an unsold pilot shot in 1960 that was written by Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Pugh Martin Davis. It starred Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon. Desi Arnaz was the director. A comic book adaptation, The Lucy Show , was published by Gold Key Comics for five issues, from June 1963 to June 1964. Before July 2009, there were only thirty episodes available on DVD and/or VHS (two episodes from

3434-762: The 1965–66 season onward, with the change in format, a number of celebrities guest starred on The Lucy Show , usually playing themselves under the premise that the Lucy Carmichael character, now living in Hollywood, crossed paths with them, either in her day-to-day life, or through her job at the bank. These included Jack Benny , Mickey Rooney , Carol Burnett , George Burns , Joan Crawford , Tennessee Ernie Ford , Dean Martin , Phil Silvers , Frankie Avalon , Wayne Newton , Robert Stack , Mel Tormé , John Vivyan , Jack Cassidy , Clint Walker , and Milton Berle . Other CBS shows were sometimes brought in. In

3535-433: The 1966–67 season, Gale Gordon was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, but lost to Don Knotts , who won for his guest appearance in the episode "The Return of Barney Fife" on The Andy Griffith Show . Maury Thompson received a nomination for Best Directing in a Comedy Series and is the only Lucy director ever to receive a nomination in the directing category. After eleven years, Ball

3636-467: The 1967 "Lucy and Robert Goulet" (although she was only 16). She was also seen briefly as a teen walking past Lucy and Mr. Mooney in the episode "Lucy and the Ring a Ding Ring". She was also seen playing a student named Patty in the episode "Lucy Gets Her Diploma". In addition, Desi Arnaz, Jr. appeared in six episodes on The Lucy Show as Mary Jane Croft's son Billy Simmons ("Lucy Is A Referee", "Lucy Visits

3737-420: The CBS radio program The Wonder Show and later worked with her on another radio show, My Favorite Husband . When CBS retooled My Favorite Husband for television as I Love Lucy , Gordon was offered the role of Fred Mertz, but he was already committed to the radio series Our Miss Brooks (which also was about to move to television) so William Frawley was cast in the part. In 1952, Gordon guest starred on

3838-548: The Falcon Theater in Burbank, California , February 24, 2006. He portrayed the role of "director" on Burbank 's "Lights... camera... action!" float in the 2014 Rose Parade . In 2014, Marshall appeared in a guest star role in a February episode in season 11 of Two and a Half Men . Marshall died at a hospital in Burbank , California , on the morning of July 19, 2016, due to complications of pneumonia after suffering

3939-783: The Latin Quarter and, impressed, asked Bishop to be his opening act at the Bill Miller's Riviera in Fort Lee, New Jersey and then at the Copacabana in New York and at other venues, leading to Bishop becoming known as "Sinatra's comic" as Sinatra's career ascended in the 1950s. Bishop's growing celebrity led to his being a headliner in top nightclubs his own right, and television appearances on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show on April 19, 1957, and many other variety programs in

4040-516: The NBC sitcom Get Smart . For the second straight year, Ball was awarded the coveted statuette. At the end of its sixth season, The Lucy Show posted its highest Nielsen rating, ranking at #2. After six seasons, Ball decided to end the series, feeling that the show had enough episodes for syndication. Ball opted to continue on television under the provision that her two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. , agreed to appear alongside her. Thus, in

4141-714: The Western comedy Texas Across the River (1966), in which he portrayed an American Indian. Sinatra fell out with Bishop in 1964 when Sinatra asked him to fill in for him at the Cal-Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe as a favor and Bishop demanded $ 50,000 and to be flown in a private jet. Sinatra, offended, hung up on Bishop and cut him out of the Rat Pack. Bishop was the only member of the Rat Pack to work with members of

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4242-585: The White House", "Lucy and the Little League", and "Lucy and the Scout Trip"). Lucie Arnaz appeared with her brother Desi Arnaz Jr. (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's son) briefly in the first episode of the fourth season, "Lucy at Marineland". The October 1965 episode "Lucy and The Countess Have a Horse Guest" reunited Ball and her former I Love Lucy costar William Frawley, who played a small role as

4343-520: The bank to let her raid the fund for various purchases or harebrained projects. Lucy also took on various jobs to boost her finances. Lucy, Viv, and Chris all dated regularly, yielding additional fodder for plots; in early episodes, Viv had a regular boyfriend, Eddie Collins. In 1965, the show was extensively retooled for its fourth season. Lucy moves to Los Angeles to be closer to Chris, who was attending college in California (but no longer appeared on

4444-430: The bank. Lucy's daughter Chris was said to have gone away to college and was not mentioned again. It was explained that Vance's character (Vivian Bagley) remarried and that she, along with her son Sherman and her new husband, remained in Danfield, although she returned for a few guest appearances towards the end of the series' run. With Candy Moore and Ralph Hart having already left the show at this point, only Jimmy Garrett

4545-473: The death of her husband, "who left her his noble title and all of his noble debts," was always trying to get money to pay off her debts. She also did battle with Mr. Mooney, whom she called "Mr. Money". Because it was known that Vance would be leaving the series, Sothern was proposed as the new co-star, but she declined. Sothern allegedly wanted to share top billing with Ball, a term that Ball was unwilling to accept. Sothern made three more guest appearances during

4646-481: The early days of television. He guest-hosted The Tonight Show substituting for Jack Paar , and then guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at least 175 times in the 1960s, and from 1971 to 1976 more than anyone else until that time ( Jay Leno and Joan Rivers later surpassed his record ). He also frequently appeared on Steve Allen 's and Jack Paar 's previous versions of The Tonight Show . He later had his own late-night show. Bishop starred in

4747-475: The end of the 1965–66 season Lucille Ball was nominated for her second Emmy for The Lucy Show as Best Actress in a Comedy Series, however, Mary Tyler Moore took home the trophy for her role as Laura Petrie for The Dick Van Dyke Show . The next two seasons featured many stars making guest appearances as themselves conducting business at Lucy's bank. For the last two seasons, Vivian Vance made three guest appearances in her role as Vivian Bagley (except it

4848-407: The episode "Lucy Is Envious". In 1956, she returned to the series playing Evelyn Bigsby, a traveler seated next to Lucy on an airplane in the fifth season finale, "Return Home from Europe". In 1957, she made her final appearances on the series as Lucy's neighbor Betty Ramsey in the sixth season. During the 1950s, Croft also had occasional roles on I Married Joan and Our Miss Brooks . She was also

4949-462: The episode "Lucy and John Wayne ", a photograph of Bob Crane as Colonel Hogan from Hogan's Heroes can be seen as guest star Wayne is exiting a scene. The episode featuring Joan Crawford , "Lucy and the Lost Star", caused much celebrity fodder given Ball and Crawford's public feud during the filming. According to Ball, Crawford was often drunk on the set and could not remember her lines. Ball

5050-426: The episode was canceled. In an interview with Jimmy Garrett, he said the audience barely laughed at rehearsals, and Desi Arnaz cancelled the episode with Lucille Ball's permission. During season 2, both "Lucy is a Girl Friday" and "Lucy Plays Basketball" were canceled before filming began as well. The details of these "lost" episodes can be found on the official DVD sets for the first two seasons. Unlike most sitcoms of

5151-406: The episode, while the fourth, fifth and sixth season DVD releases do not have this function. Joey Bishop Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007), known professionally as Joey Bishop , was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk / variety show host, then later hosted

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5252-456: The episodes have been restored and remastered using the original film negatives, and was presented uncut in its original broadcast form. However, some of the episodes were edited from the original, uncut versions due to expensive costing issues, as well as the original music scores were replaced due to music licensing issues. The first three official DVD releases allow viewers to view the original openings, closings, and cast commercials directly in

5353-460: The era, The Lucy Show was filmed before a live audience; standard practice at the time was to film an episode on a closed set and add a laugh track during post-production. However, a laugh track was still used to fill any gaps in audience reactions or missed punchlines. The live format was used for all I Love Lucy episodes, for all but a few Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour installments and on The Lucy Show . Arnaz felt Ball performed better in front of

5454-422: The fall of 1968, an entirely new series, Here's Lucy , debuted. This series featured her and her children, as well as Gordon. Croft was gradually added as a regular and Vance made several guest appearances. Gordon, as well as both actresses, played new characters which were similar to their characters on the former series. Like I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show , Here's Lucy also ran on CBS for six seasons. From

5555-426: The fictional town of Danfield, New York, sharing her home with divorced friend Vivian Bagley (Vance) and her son, Sherman (Ralph Hart). In order to get Vance to commit to the series, Arnaz acquiesced to her demands for an increase in salary, co-star billing, a more attractive wardrobe and, finally, that her character's name be Vivian. After doing I Love Lucy , she was still being referred to as Ethel Mertz by people on

5656-458: The fictional town of Danfield, New York, with her teenage daughter Chris and younger son Jerry, with her divorced friend Vivian "Viv" Bagley and Bagley's young son Sherman as tenants. Early episodes included their next-door neighbor, Harry Connors. Lucy's late husband left her a substantial trust fund , managed by a local banker (originally recurring character Mr. Barnsdahl, and later regular character Mr. Mooney); Lucy would frequently try to persuade

5757-514: The films Lost in America (1985), Soapdish (1991), A League of Their Own (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993) along with his sister Penny Marshall , With Friends Like These... (1998), Orange County (2002), Keeping Up with the Steins (2006), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), and Life After Beth (2014). He also provided voice acting roles in the animated films The Majestic (2001) and Chicken Little (2005). Garry Kent Marshall

5858-518: The first season of I Love Lucy as Ricky Ricardo's boss at the Tropicana, Alvin Littlefield. Six years later, Gordon became a regular on the short-lived NBC-TV sitcom Sally which starred actress Joan Caulfield (who inherited Lucille Ball's role as Liz Cooper when My Favorite Husband was directly adapted to television in 1953). In the late fall of 1958, Gordon guest-starred as a judge in

5959-650: The first season, twenty-one from the fifth season, and seven from the sixth season), all of which are believed to be in the public domain due to copyright oversights. These episodes have been released by unauthorized companies like Vintage Home Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment, Alpha Video, Digiview, Front Row Entertainment, Diamond Entertainment, Madacy Entertainment and Echo Bridge Home Entertainment . CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment ) has released all six seasons of The Lucy Show on DVD in Region 1, as of October 9, 2012. CBS announced that all

6060-880: The first time since the 1940s. Bishop resumed his solo career after he was discharged from the military in August 1945, working at the Casablanca Roadhouse in New Jersey and then becoming an opening act in New York City at the Greenwich Village Inn. He became a regular performer at New York's Latin Quarter nightclub for $ 1,000 a week, which led to appearances on television and film. Bishop appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 28, 1950. In 1952, Frank Sinatra saw Bishop perform at

6161-488: The following (1965–66) season. In the spring of 1965, Vance was growing tired of commuting weekly between her home on the East Coast and Los Angeles. To continue appearing on the show, Vance wanted more creative control with the opportunity to produce and direct episodes and to receive better pay. Agents and studio executives misinformed Ball regarding Vance's desires, believing that she wanted to be Ball's equal. It

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6262-424: The hour-long The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour episode "Lucy Makes Room for Danny". From 1960 to 1962, he had recurring roles on two CBS-TV sitcoms – The Danny Thomas Show and Pete and Gladys . Gordon was to have joined The Lucy Show at its premiere in the fall of 1962, but he was still contractually obligated to Dennis the Menace , in which he had replaced Joseph Kearns , who had unexpectedly died earlier in

6363-401: The leading ladies attempted to install a shower stall (but become trapped inside, unable to shut the water off), Ball nearly drowned while performing in the tank of water. She was unable to bring herself back to the surface, and it was Vance who realized there was a problem and pulled her co-star to safety; Vance went on to ad lib until Ball could catch her breath to resume speaking her lines (all

6464-815: The next year, producing The Lucy Show . Then came successes in producing The Odd Couple , Laverne & Shirley , Blansky's Beauties , Mork & Mindy , Angie , and Happy Days . One such project titled Four Stars was directed by Lynda Goodfriend (who portrayed Lori Beth in Happy Days ), and was based on a play Goodfriend had read when she was studying at the Lee Strasberg Center, which had been written by John Schulte and Kevin Mahoney. It starred Julie Paris (the daughter of Jerry Paris ) and Bert Kramer . Schulte later co-wrote with TV veteran writer and producer Fred Fox Jr., who penned and produced

6565-599: The previous season's episode "Lucy's Barbershop Quartet" in which Hans Conried was the instructor and Lucy the pupil) was much shorter than it is today and that episode ended with the Boy Scout show, with Jerry Carmichael hosting, Sherman Bagley dancing, and Lucy joining Ethel for a brand new version of Merman's great hit " Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) ". But then, Desilu Productions thought that maybe too much had been crammed into one half-hour and since Ball and Vance (who both were great friends of Merman) were having such

6666-570: The program. In the second season, Ball's second husband Gary Morton made his acting debut on The Lucy Show . At the end of the second season, a disagreement erupted between Ball and head writers Bob Carroll, Jr., and Madelyn Martin regarding a particular script which Ball found to be inferior. As a result, Carroll, Martin, Weiskopf and Schiller left the series. In early 1964, the show was in threat of getting canceled when Lucille Ball attempted to retire from CBS to spend her time as president of Desilu Productions , but she changed her mind and signed

6767-532: The series, they were used minimally during the third year. For example, in the episode "Lucy and The Old Mansion", which was the final Season 3 installment, filmed in January 1965, Moore, Garrett, and Hart appear in the opening scene, have a few lines of dialogue, then exit. It is the last time in which all of the three children are seen, and they were subsequently written out in Season 4. Dropping Candy Moore, in fact,

6868-485: The series. In the spring of 1968, The Lucy Show won Emmy nominations for Best Comedy Series, Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer for Best Writing in a Comedy Series, Lucille Ball for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Gale Gordon). This time, Gordon lost the award to Werner Klemperer of Hogan's Heroes , and the show itself lost the Best Comedy Series Award to

6969-449: The series. Vivian Vance reduced the number of episodes in which she appeared in that season to spend more time on the East Coast with her husband, literary editor John Dodds. Ann Sothern , whom Ball considered to be "the best comedian in the business, bar none" and a personal friend, made a number of appearances during 1964 and 1965 as the "Countess Framboise" (née Rosie Harrigan) to fill Vance's absence. The Countess, who had been widowed by

7070-411: The show by giving her a much needed pep talk. As a result, Crawford sailed through the filming with nary a flaw. After the show was filmed, Crawford went out of her way to thank Barra for encouraging and supporting her. The February 14, 1966 episode featuring Dean Martin (in which Lucy Carmichael accepts a blind date with Dean Martin's lookalike stunt double "Eddie Feldman," but when he can't make it,

7171-417: The show's premise through the sixth and final season. The Lucy Show was one of only two sitcoms at the time to use the multi-camera setup and film with a live studio audience ( The Dick Van Dyke Show , which was also filmed by Desilu and aired on CBS, was the other). The show began with Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widow with two children, Chris ( Candy Moore ) and Jerry (Jimmy Garrett), living in

7272-660: The show), and enrolls Jerry in a military boarding school there (facilitating his also being written out). Viv, now remarried as Vivian Bunson, remains in Danfield with Sherman, but visits Lucy a few times; Lucy's new best friend is Mary Jane Lewis. Lucy finds that Mr. Mooney has been transferred to the Los Angeles branch of the bank, and she eventually becomes his employee there. The new setting provided ample opportunity for celebrities to appear as themselves, often becoming entangled in Lucy's zany schemes. References to Lucy's children and her trust fund were eventually dropped, and this remained

7373-403: The show, provided that it would be shown on Monday nights (the night on which I Love Lucy had aired), and that she would be reunited with Vivian Vance and her writers from I Love Lucy . CBS agreed to a full season of episodes without a pilot, and The Lucy Show premiered on Monday, October 1, 1962, at 8:30 p.m. The original premise of the series was that widow Lucy Carmichael lives in

7474-406: The show. That left Desilu with only one hit series, The Untouchables . Arnaz, as president of Desilu, offered Ball an opportunity to return to television in a weekly sitcom. At that time, CBS executives were somewhat dubious as to whether Ball could carry a show without Arnaz, and whether she could follow such a landmark series as I Love Lucy . It was "never intended for this program to go beyond

7575-481: The show. The characters of Harry Connors and Alan Harper were never mentioned again. Briggs would make one more appearance as Eddie Collins in the episode "Lucy Goes Duck Hunting". The Barnsdahl character was replaced by Theodore J. Mooney , played by Gale Gordon, who would remain with the series for the remainder of its run, surviving another format change. In the episode "Lucy Gets Locked in the Vault", Gordon's character

7676-401: The street, much to her annoyance. Although the book on which the show was based, Irene Kampen 's Life Without George , centered on two divorcées living together in the same house raising their children, it was decided early on that the Lucy Carmichael character should instead be a widow. The consensus was that fans would be offended by a Lucy who was divorced, despite the fact that this was

7777-475: The talents of Bob Carroll Jr. , Madelyn Martin , Bob Schiller , and Bob Weiskopf (four of the five original writers of I Love Lucy ) in creating its thirty episodes, with Desi Arnaz as executive producer for fifteen of those shows. At the end of its first season, The Lucy Show received rave reviews from the critics and ranked #5 in the Nielsen ratings. Ball was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in

7878-515: The two worked together through the 1960s. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show , The Joey Bishop Show , The Danny Thomas Show , and The Lucy Show . Their first television series as creator-producers was Hey, Landlord , which lasted one season (1966–67). Then they adapted Neil Simon 's play The Odd Couple for television. Moving into the 1970s, Marshall worked on his own or with others, and created Happy Days , Laverne & Shirley (starring his sister Penny , who had earlier had

7979-423: The voice of Cleo the basset hound in the sitcom The People's Choice . Croft then portrayed Lucy Carmichael's friend Audrey Simmons during the 1962–64 episodes of The Lucy Show . In the third season, with the departure of Elliott Lewis as executive producer, Croft had also left the series, although her character of Audrey was still referred to in a few episodes but never seen. At this time, Croft had also been

8080-469: The while, cameras continued to film). Neither the film crew nor the live studio audience realized there was a problem. In her autobiography Love, Lucy , Lucy talks of this episode: The two special episodes to feature Ethel Merman ("Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing" and "Ethel Merman and the Boy Scout Show") were originally just one episode, "Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing". This installment

8181-622: The year. It was later revealed that Ball had grown unhappy with Charles Lane because of his difficulty remembering his lines in front of the studio audience and was eager to have Gordon join the cast. Lane then became a semi-regular on the CBS-TV sitcom Petticoat Junction as Homer Bedloe. During the first two seasons, a few guest stars were brought in for some episodes such as Broadway superstar Ethel Merman , actor-comedian Wally Cox , singer Roberta Sherwood, and golf pros Jimmy Demaret and Bo Wininger . Character actor-comedian Hans Conried , who

8282-514: Was Ball's decision. Because Moore was popular with teenagers and the subject of dozens of articles in youth-oriented magazines at the time, her departure was originally nixed by CBS but finally accepted when Ball threatened to "retire." The third season included such guest stars as Jack Benny , Bob Hope , Danny Kaye , and Arthur Godfrey . In the first episode of the fourth season, Lucy and Jerry Carmichael and Mr. Mooney moved from Danfield to California , where Lucy began working for Mr. Mooney at

8383-734: Was Ball's leading man in the Broadway musical Wildcat), William Windom , Vito Scotti . Robert Rockwell , Frank Aletter , Reta Shaw , Murvyn Vye , Hazel Pierce, J. Pat O'Malley , Roland Winters , Sandra Gould , Cesare Danova , Bobs Watson , Nancy Kulp , future Academy Award-winning actor Jack Albertson , and even the "Queen of the Hollywood Extras" Bess Flowers . In addition, young performers like Don Grady , Tina Cole , Barry Livingston , Eddie Applegate , Stephen Talbot , Lee Aaker , Eddie Hodges , future Academy Award-nominee Michael J. Pollard , and even Ball's two children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. , also made appearances on

8484-777: Was a bicycle repairman. Bishop was raised in South Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Bishop was drafted into the US Army during World War II , and he rose to the rank of sergeant in the Special Services , serving at Fort Sam Houston in Texas . Bishop began his career in the 1930s when he skipped his final semester of high school to form a comedy trio with two other boys, performing in nightclubs and burlesque houses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and throughout

8585-405: Was a consolation prize to Merman after her Desilu-produced pilot, Maggie Brown , was rejected as a regular series by CBS. The plot was much as it remains today with Lucy and Viv trying to pass off Agnes Schmidlap as Ethel Merman, not knowing that it really is Ethel Merman, and Lucy attempts to teach her how to sing. In the original version, Lucy's voice lesson scene with Merman (which was lifted from

8686-641: Was a semi-regular on The Danny Thomas Show playing Uncle Tonoose, appeared on two episodes of The Lucy Show in 1963 ("Lucy's Barbershop Quartet" and "Lucy Plays Cleopatra") playing Dr. Gitterman, a voice teacher. At this time, Ball also used many other well-known character actors in featured parts such as Carole Cook , Mary Wickes , Roscoe Karns , John McGiver , William Schallert , John Carradine , Robert Alda , Majel Barrett , Karen Norris, Dorothy Konrad, Lou Krugman, Stafford Repp , Ellen Corby , Philip Carey , Carl Benton Reid , Lyle Talbot , Leon Ames , Jackie Coogan , Kathleen Freeman , Keith Andes (who

8787-523: Was able to get a lot more money out of CBS for the continuation of The Lucy Show ." In the fourth season premiere episode, "Lucy at Marineland", Jerry was quickly shipped off to a military academy. He made one final appearance, in a Christmas-themed episode, midway in the 1965–66 season. Sothern made three more guest appearances as the Countess, and Joan Blondell guest-starred in two episodes as Lucy's new friend Joan Brenner. However, Ball felt there

8888-464: Was born in Manhattan on November 13, 1934, the only son and the eldest child of Anthony "Tony" Masciarelli (later Anthony Wallace Marshall; 1906–1999), a director of industrial films and producer, and Marjorie Irene (née Ward; 1908–1983), the owner and teacher in a tap dance school. He was the brother of actress-director Penny Marshall and Ronny Marshall Hallin , a television producer. His father

8989-421: Was cast in ten episodes as Lucy's next-door neighbor and frequent boyfriend, Harry Connors, during the show's first season. Character actor Don Briggs was also featured in six episodes as Viv's beau, Eddie Collins, and Tom Lowell , a young actor seen on various primetime television shows, appeared in three installments as Chris Carmichael's boyfriend, Alan Harper. The first season of The Lucy Show fully utilized

9090-406: Was decided not to meet Vance's requests, leaving both Ball and Vance feeling betrayed by the other. As a result, Vance decided to leave the series. Ball would later regret not giving Vance what she requested. Without Vance on the show, Ball seriously considered ending the series, feeling she couldn't continue without her. Even though Candy Moore, Jimmy Garrett, and Ralph Hart were still contracted to

9191-520: Was drafted during World War II , with Joey Bishop continuing as a solo performer until he himself was drafted in 1942. Bishop would later include his former partners in his projects, with Rummy Bishop having a small role in Oceans 11 and Mel Bishop appeared in several roles on The Joey Bishop Show , including one episode. "Must the Show Go On?" in which all three "Bishop Brothers" were reunited for

9292-541: Was filmed also, with Jerry once again hosting, Sherman dancing, and Lucy, Viv, and Ethel, this time joined by Mr. Mooney, singing and dancing through a history of show business. An episode from the 1966–1967 season called "Lucy Flies to London" served as the basis for a standalone one-hour special called Lucy in London , which featured Ball with guest stars Anthony Newley and the Dave Clark Five . Much of

9393-411: Was finally awarded an Emmy as "Best Actress in a Comedy Series" (she had previously won two, as "Best Comedienne" in 1953 and as "Best Actress in a Continuing Performance" in 1956 for I Love Lucy ). During the 1967–68 season, Ball's second husband, Gary Morton, became executive producer of The Lucy Show . Lucille Ball sold Desilu Productions to Gulf+Western Industries , abandoning ownership of

9494-429: Was launched by ABC on April 17, 1967, as competition to Carson's Tonight Show and ran until December 26, 1969. His sidekick was then-newcomer Regis Philbin . Bishop was among the stars of the original Ocean's 11 film about military veterans who reunite in a plot to rob five Las Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve. He co-starred with Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. , and Peter Lawford , also known as

9595-427: Was no chemistry between them and so, the idea of Blondell becoming Lucy's new comrade on the series was quickly rejected. Finally, Lucy gained a new best friend, Mary Jane Lewis ( Mary Jane Croft ). Croft had prior experience performing with Ball and was the wife of former executive producer Elliott Lewis . In 1954, she made her first appearance on I Love Lucy playing Cynthia Harcourt, a rich friend of Lucy Ricardo in

9696-468: Was now Vivian Bunson, as her character had gotten married again when Lucy Carmichael moved to California). In all three episodes in which Viv visited Lucy, there were passing references to their former life in Danfield as well as Viv's new husband, but no mention was made about any of their children. In the fifth-year episode "Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft", Lucy Carmichael receives a letter from her son, who

9797-436: Was of Italian descent, his family having come from San Martino sulla Marrucina , Chieti , Abruzzo , and his mother was of German, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. His father changed his last name from Masciarelli to Marshall before his son Garry was born. Garry Marshall was baptized Presbyterian and also raised Lutheran for a time. He attended De Witt Clinton High School and Northwestern University , where he wrote

9898-411: Was rejected by CBS, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy , before deciding on the title The Lucy Show . Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68. In 1960, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz divorced, and the final episode of The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour aired (using

9999-422: Was retained, but he would make only two appearances to support the transition before he, too, was phased out of the series. This procedure was later explained by Oscar Katz, one of Desilu's vice presidents. According to Katz, "If you go into a network with the same series but a radically changed format, the contracts allow for greater financial renegotiation." Candy Moore adds, "By dropping all of us at once, Desilu

10100-436: Was said to have requested several times to replace Crawford with Gloria Swanson , who was supposed to have filled the role originally but bowed out for health reasons. Crawford was so upset that at one point, she wouldn't leave her dressing room. According to Ball's friend the singer-comedian Kaye Ballard , it was Vanda Barra , a featured actress frequently used on The Lucy Show , who finally persuaded Crawford to continue with

10201-525: Was unconditional, inexhaustible and magical." ABC aired the special The Happy Days of Garry Marshall on May 12, 2020. Executive producer Executive consultant TV movies In 1996, Marshall was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of excellence and innovation in creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television. He was inducted into

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