Gregg Oppenheimer
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Lucille Ball rehearses the very first episode of "I Love Lucy"
This "magic snapshot" (colorized by yours truly) was taken on September 8, 1951, on Stage 2 of General Service Studios in Hollywood, as the "I Love Lucy" cast and crew prepare to film the very first episode’-"Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her." Lucy, her hair still in a babushka, practices a bit of business in the kitchen as the crew rehearses their camera movements.
The Desi Arnaz Orchestra, led by Musical Director Wilbur Hatch (facing the band, in gray pants, white shirt and suspenders) is there to provide live underscoring during filming (a practice abandoned after the first episode). The orchestra's bandstands bear the initials "DA" ("Desi Arnaz"), but will soon be repainted "RR" ("Ricky Ricardo"). This is the first time in history that a TV show will be filmed with multiple moving cameras in front of a live studio audience-something made possible by Director of Photography Karl Freund's innovative "flat" lighting system, using lights suspended from the catwalks above the set. Over the newly-built bleachers, hockey-puck-shaped microphones hang down, ready to capture the audience's laughter during that evening's filming.
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The Inside Story: How I Love Lucy Broke TV's Pregnancy Taboo
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Get the whole story at lucynet.com/play An L.A. Theatre Works production. Lucille Ball: Sarah Drew ("April Kepner" on "Grey's Anatomy”) Desi Arnaz: Oscar Nuñez ("Oscar, the Accountant" on "The Office") Jess Oppenheimer: Seamus Dever ("Detective Patrick Ryan" on ABC's "Castle") Harry Ackerman: Nick Toren Hubbell Robinson: Rob Nagle Ethel Mertz: Abigail Marks
Cyril Ritchard - "Mutual Admiration Society" - General Motors 50th Anniversary Show NBC Nov 17, 1957
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From the moment I saw Cyril Ritchard play "Captain Hook" in PETER PAN, he's been one of my favorite performers. I actually got to meet him when he did THE GENERAL MOTORS 50th ANNIVERSARY SHOW, a live, two-hour musical extravaganza my dad produced for NBC in 1957. In this rare kinescope, Ritchard joins Claudia Crawford ("The Edge of Night") in a delightful rendition of "Mutual Appreciation Socie...
THE GULF SCREEN GUILD SHOW January 8 1939 with Jack Benny, Joan Crawford and Judy Garland
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THE GULF SCREEN GUILD SHOW with Jack Benny, Joan Crawford and Judy Garland Produced and Directed by GREGG OPPENHEIMER Written by EARL BRECHER, SAM PERRIN and JESS OPPENHEIMER Production consultant: IVAN CURY An ONLINE RADIO THEATRE Production, in association with S.P.E.R.D.V.A.C. (Society to Preserve & Encourage Radio Drama, Variety And Comedy) * More ONLINE RADIO THEATRE at bit.ly/2XU5bpx CAST...
GROUCHO ON THE RADIO starring Frank Ferrante as Groucho Marx
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GROUCHO ON THE RADIO Produced and Directed by GREGG OPPENHEIMER An ONLINE RADIO THEATRE Production (in association with SPERDVAC*) for the 2023 SPERDVAC Old-Time Radio Convention Narration written by GREGG OPPENHEIMER Production consultant: IVAN CURY Watch more ONLINE RADIO THEATRE at bit.ly/2XU5bpx CAST: Read cast bios at GreggOppenheimer.wordpress.com - GROUCHO MARX . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM directed by Gregg Oppenheimer, starring Brad Zinn & Beverly Washburn
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THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM ("Christmas Shopping") Produced and Directed by GREGG OPPENHEIMER An ONLINE RADIO THEATRE Production (in association with SPERDVAC*) for the 2023 International Jack Benny Fan Club Virtual Convention Production consultant: IVAN CURY •Watch more ONLINE RADIO THEATRE at UA-cam.com/playlist?list=PLfI9sSfI_pXOt-JRB6Hyq_TPNOXELVcNp CAST: Read cast bios at GreggOppenheimer.wordp...
"Lucy Loves Desi" Promo Video
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LUCY LOVES DESI: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom By Gregg Oppenheimer. 21-city NATIONAL TOUR January 14, 2023 - March 10, 2023 Visit LUCYNET.COM for more info and to download a full-cast recording of the world premiere production ("I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom") The hilarious true story behind America's most beloved comedy. Playwright Gregg Oppenh...
THE BICKERSONS, starring ALISON ARNGRIM & BRAD ZINN (+ post-credit BONUS)
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THE BICKERSONS, written by Philip Rapp An ONLINE RADIO THEATRE Production (in association with SPERDVAC*) Produced & Directed by GREGG OPPENHEIMER Production Consultant: IVAN CURY WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST: ALISON ARNGRIM (“Blanche Bickerson”), NY Times Best Selling author of "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated," is best known to viewers wor...
PLAYING BOTH SIDES: Jack Benny vs. Fred Allen
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PLAYING BOTH SIDES: Jack Benny vs. Fred Allen Written, Produced and Directed by GREGG OPPENHEIMER Comedy Routines by JESS OPPENHEIMER (creator of "I LOVE LUCY") An ONLINE RADIO THEATRE Production (in association with SPERDVAC*) Production consultant: IVAN CURY •Watch more ONLINE RADIO THEATRE shows at ua-cam.com/play/PLfI9sSfI_pXOt-JRB6Hyq_TPNOXELVcNp.html CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE): Read ca...
Radio's Golden Age - with Rosalind Russell, Kate Smith, Shirley Mitchell, and Mason Adams
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Rosalind Russell looks back at Old Time Radio. This is from FORD STARTIME, broadcast Oct 6, 1959, on NBC-TV. Featuring Kate Smith, Shirley Mitchell ("I Love Lucy", "The Great Gildersleeve"), Mason Adams ("Lou Grant", "With a Name Like Smuckers It Better Be Good"), Gilbert Mack, and Mort Marshall. Written by Larry Gelbart. Directed by Bob Fosse and Kirk Browning. Produced by Jess Oppenheimer.
Rosalind Russell and Arthur O'Connell in "Picnic" on NBC's "Ford Startime" - Oct 6, 1959
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Rosalind Russell and Arthur O'Connell perform a scene from William Inge's "Picnic" on NBC-TV, October 6, 1959. The narrator is Jack Paar. From FORD STARTIME, produced by Jess Oppenheimer and directed by Bob Fosse and Kirk Browning.
Bob Fosse, Larry Gelbart depict "The American Western" through dance - 1959
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This sequence depicting the American Western, written by Larry Gelbart, choreographed by Bob Fosse, and featuring Tommy Rall, is from FORD STARTIME (Broadcast Oct 6, 1959, on NBC-TV). Directed by Bob Fosse and Kirk Browning. Produced by Jess Oppenheimer. Music by Harry Sosnick.
Carol Burnett, Steve Lawrence, Dan Dailey, Chita Rivera, Kirk Douglas & Ernest Borgnine - NBC 1957
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Carol Burnett, Steve Lawrence, Dan Dailey, Chita Rivera, Kirk Douglas & Ernest Borgnine on the Emmy-nominated General Motors 50th Anniversary Special, broadcast live on NBC-TV on November 17, 1957. Written by Helen Deutsch. Directed by Charles Dubin. Choreographed by John Butler. Produced by Jess Oppenheimer.
Shari Lewis's Unseen 1958 NBC Screen Test
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In 1958, when Shari Lewis was a popular local kids’ daytime TV personality in NYC but largely unknown to the rest of the nation, my father flew her out to Hollywood to film a pilot for NBC. When she arrived, my parents took her to dinner at Chasen's. Shari later told me that her biggest thrill was when Groucho Marx came over to their table and wiggled his eyebrows at her. That, she said, was th...
Bob Fosse - 1949
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Bob Fosse dances in a 1949 Camel Cigarette commercial. This aired during the December 24, 1949 installment of "The Ed Wynn Show" on the CBS Television Network.
Dinah Shore, Dan Dailey, Howard Keel, Doretta Morrow, Bambi Linn, Jacques D'Amboise, Chita Rivera…
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Dinah Shore, Dan Dailey, Howard Keel, Doretta Morrow, Bambi Linn, Jacques D'Amboise, Chita Rivera…
June Allyson's TV dramatic debut - "Our Town" - Nov 17, 1957
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June Allyson's TV dramatic debut - "Our Town" - Nov 17, 1957
Eddie Bracken / Alice Ghostley Comedy Sketch - GM 50th Anniversary Show, NBC-TV - Nov 17, 1957
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Eddie Bracken / Alice Ghostley Comedy Sketch - GM 50th Anniversary Show, NBC-TV - Nov 17, 1957
Cyril Ritchard - "Mutual Admiration Society" - Nov 17, 1957
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Cyril Ritchard - "Mutual Admiration Society" - Nov 17, 1957
Carol Burnett, Steve Lawrence and Dan Dailey sing "The Bullfrog Patrol" - 1957
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Carol Burnett, Steve Lawrence and Dan Dailey sing "The Bullfrog Patrol" - 1957
Rebecca Kilgore, Nicki Parrott sing "Like the Brightest Star" (m. Harry Allen, w. Gregg Oppenheimer)
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Rebecca Kilgore, Nicki Parrott sing "Like the Brightest Star" (m. Harry Allen, w. Gregg Oppenheimer)
MY FAVORITE HUSBAND: The show that inspired "I LOVE LUCY"
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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND: The show that inspired "I LOVE LUCY"
"Yve Evans Presents Coachella Valley Jazz" (UN International Jazz Day 2021)
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"Yve Evans Presents Coachella Valley Jazz" (UN International Jazz Day 2021)
Yve Evans performs "Happy You Happened to Me" by Harry Allen & Gregg Oppenheimer
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Yve Evans performs "Happy You Happened to Me" by Harry Allen & Gregg Oppenheimer
Burns & Allen: "Gracie Does the Income Tax" (starring Brad Zinn & Alison Arngrim)
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Burns & Allen: "Gracie Does the Income Tax" (starring Brad Zinn & Alison Arngrim)
Outtakes - Dean Martin + Carol Lawrence
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Outtakes - Dean Martin Carol Lawrence
Gregg Oppenheimer discusses "Online Radio Theatre"
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Gregg Oppenheimer discusses "Online Radio Theatre"
"The Lives of Harry Lime" (The Third Man) starring Orson Welles (Ed French) + The Firesign Theatre
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"The Lives of Harry Lime" (The Third Man) starring Orson Welles (Ed French) The Firesign Theatre
Diana Canova Sings "A Dream Will Have to Do" by Harry Allen & Gregg Oppenheimer
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Diana Canova Sings "A Dream Will Have to Do" by Harry Allen & Gregg Oppenheimer
"Burns & Allen" with Rich Little as Jack Benny
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"Burns & Allen" with Rich Little as Jack Benny

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  • @steve8510
    @steve8510 День тому

    Wow the queen of comedy

  • @misterhunt2328
    @misterhunt2328 8 днів тому

    Thats talent

  • @briankleinschmidt3664
    @briankleinschmidt3664 13 днів тому

    99 has got it. Yeah baby, she's got it.

  • @tuberworksjones
    @tuberworksjones 14 днів тому

    Thats not a deleted scene, I wasnt born yesterday

  • @sofamiller7133
    @sofamiller7133 14 днів тому

    Wow, she’s absolutely gorgeous! I remember my mom telling me she’d died, and I didn’t comprehend the gravity of it at all. “Oh, the old lady in that show died? That’s sad, I guess.” 66 isn’t that old at all. And she was clearly very health-focused. Life can be so cruel.

  • @collenekennedy
    @collenekennedy 15 днів тому

    I agree with the comment that this was better perhaps more heartbreaking than in the movie.

  • @susankieferdorf2073
    @susankieferdorf2073 15 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @smokeyallanritter3211
    @smokeyallanritter3211 15 днів тому

    Hi Greg! I was in religious school with you! Maybe hebrew school also. This was nice to see. Now I have my own youtube channel also!! I suppose Cantor Sharlin was my role model, With his martin guitar!!❤❤❤

    • @greggoppenheimer
      @greggoppenheimer 13 днів тому

      Nice to hear from you, Allan! We were in Sunday School (including, I think Confirmation Class) together, but not Hebrew School (only because I never attended Hebrew School). 😄

  • @christilb
    @christilb 18 днів тому

    This is incredible! I had no idea her show started in the 50s, I had no idea she was a ventriloquist, and I had no idea just how talented she was! I’m stunned! But now, she wasn’t voicing the characters later in life in the 90s right? I’m Just speechless after watching this! ❤

  • @DivineFeminineArts
    @DivineFeminineArts 19 днів тому

    I love how lamb chop comes up

  • @freedomspeak3130
    @freedomspeak3130 19 днів тому

    Why is Ted Nugent so afraid of trump in this movie

  • @BrooklynDreaminCG
    @BrooklynDreaminCG 26 днів тому

    The songs are fabulous, and so are the singers, but this looks like it could have been 167 years ago, not 67, because styles, tastes, technology have changed so vastly.

  • @phillipmarlowe0525
    @phillipmarlowe0525 Місяць тому

    She better than Jeff and that. Says a lot

  • @texasmama4248
    @texasmama4248 Місяць тому

    Shari was so beautiful and talented. She is very missed ❤

  • @clasicradiolover
    @clasicradiolover Місяць тому

    What show was this?

    • @greggoppenheimer
      @greggoppenheimer Місяць тому

      "Angel" CBS-TV 1960-61 - www.amazon.com/Angel-Complete-1-Don-Keefer/dp/B0DGDHJ7MD/

    • @clasicradiolover
      @clasicradiolover Місяць тому

      @greggoppenheimer thank you

  • @kwdrm1
    @kwdrm1 Місяць тому

    I first saw Diana singing on an award show, then on the Tonight Show, back when Johnny Carson had rotating guest hosts (that night it was David Brenner). Her singing was spot-on, and it was LIVE, no overdubbing. Glad to see that she is still in top form.

  • @anthonyharty1732
    @anthonyharty1732 Місяць тому

    You can see by the comments that Mel was loved and respected by everyone. That’s extremely rare. A wonderful man.

  • @KevinMiller-xn5vu
    @KevinMiller-xn5vu Місяць тому

    How did Siegfried get the remote control to Max's seat ejector?

  • @eova1240
    @eova1240 Місяць тому

  • @daveblevins3322
    @daveblevins3322 Місяць тому

    Outstanding 👍👍👍😍

  • @BrandonJuhl
    @BrandonJuhl Місяць тому

    Apparently it's not just the writers of The Simpsons who can predict the future ...

  • @Buteo14
    @Buteo14 Місяць тому

    GOAT

  • @billr9918
    @billr9918 Місяць тому

    Oh yay click bait. This is so not funny. If you want Mel Blanc funny, try his Jack Benny appearances

  • @marct9942
    @marct9942 Місяць тому

    And the trumpsters will find any excuse to defend trump not building the wall

  • @Jagabot_Esq.
    @Jagabot_Esq. 2 місяці тому

    They didn't like her lazy left eye at NBC.

  • @iatecielssoulsorrysebastian
    @iatecielssoulsorrysebastian 2 місяці тому

    What a woman. An absolute rose.

  • @NoTengoDinero69
    @NoTengoDinero69 2 місяці тому

    Shari Lewis was the kind of talent you only get once in a blue moon. Still funny 70 years later, gorgeous, and could sing/joke/dance with the best of them. RIP Shari. As a 90’s kid my mom loved watching Play A Long with me. Sad to have lost both painfully early to cancer. Only the good die young sadly. So glad to see this all these years later.

  • @robinphinoxwonderbuoy3221
    @robinphinoxwonderbuoy3221 2 місяці тому

    Trump also wears a hair piece without it he would look just like this guy

  • @rwdestefano
    @rwdestefano 2 місяці тому

    My goodness. How prophetic.

  • @karencilman3002
    @karencilman3002 2 місяці тому

    I adore Cyril Richard and this is a real treasure. Thank you for posting it. Claudia Crawford is such a huge talent. Those were great times.

  • @kip3198
    @kip3198 2 місяці тому

    This is great!😀

  • @influencefreedom
    @influencefreedom 3 місяці тому

    Add this to the "Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey" and "The Last President" and the matrix could be saying shit is about to get real, and in 17 years, The Last President, Barron Trump, when America as we know it sees its end. OR, that could all just be conspiratorial talk. All comes down to people's beliefs. But I like recognizing the universe of things, for what it shows, and to ponder upon it all. lol Who have the players been and who are they now. Well on 9/11 Putin, Benji and America got what they wanted to further the plans in middle east. They put Trump on air immediately. Builders want to build. Trump is the one who wanted to help negotiate the peace, since at least 1983. Look up the image Donald the Dove and look at description of the guy who took pic for 1983 Magazine and the story is about Trump and peace between Israel and Palestine. Then understanding why Trump said he would never allow a central bank crypto to rule us. There is a shit ton that has been the lay-up to now. Including setting Iran into play for this moment in history. Remember on 9/11 when Israel 's former Prime Minister said to us that very morning we had to attack specific nations? ua-cam.com/video/5FQ2nxRABXc/v-deo.htmlsi=d-Oa7uoAmZsqF6Zg&t=417 We are going to all be on a wild ride. Regardless, no way was Kamala going to lead us through, all the so-called coincidences in films and books etc., showed it is Trump. Crazy World :)

  • @justanormalhuman83yearsago56
    @justanormalhuman83yearsago56 3 місяці тому

    2:24 aged well

  • @kip3198
    @kip3198 3 місяці тому

    Love it!😄

  • @SarahShaffer-e4b
    @SarahShaffer-e4b 3 місяці тому

    I was 10 when she passed away and I feel as if a major part of my childhood died with her. I loved her,and lambchop growing up. Even now,as I type,I'm sitting here with my 2 year old ,who can't get enough of her. She was truly a beautiful, talented individual. May she rest in peace.

  • @LynnePedigoRidayReiter
    @LynnePedigoRidayReiter 3 місяці тому

    THANKS FOR THIS!

  • @DianeSchmidt-js4ig
    @DianeSchmidt-js4ig 3 місяці тому

    Has the fact that this Trump resembles Fred Trump Sr occurred to anyone else.

  • @slapshot68
    @slapshot68 3 місяці тому

    Before her iconic hairstyle on Lamchops play along

  • @amy2brno2b
    @amy2brno2b 3 місяці тому

    So, the entire episode, which is also easily found on UA-cam (it's called The End of the World, season 1, episode 30, 1958) is about a guy named trump who comes to the town to tell them that meteors are going to rain down at midnight (the Perseids meteor shower), and he can help them build a "wall" that will protect them. This "wall" is umbrellas that have been painted with markings and supposedly have some magnetism or some kind of thing that will repel the meteors. So he swindles the town into forking over their possessions to buy these umbrellas to save their lives from the meteors. It's a fairly typical "snake oil salesman" story - it just so happens that the nefarious character is named Trump. Could be definite similarities to today's Trump, but no more similar than the countless stories like that that have been told throughout the ages. Even the term "big lie" - the whole reason we use that term now is because of its history. The show is not predictive, it's more that what's happening now is just history repeating itself and people falling for the same scare tactics over and over, just packaged differently.

  • @bobbymeyerti9300
    @bobbymeyerti9300 3 місяці тому

    I’ve been trying to get people to watch this video since 1989……

  • @joshuacovert5911
    @joshuacovert5911 3 місяці тому

    This is F-ING insane!!

  • @seraphik
    @seraphik 3 місяці тому

    i was today years old when i suddenly realized SHE WAS PUPPETEERING AND VOICING LAMB CHOP THE WHOLE TIME. i realize that makes me sound like a moron, and maybe i am, but i remember watching lamb chop as a little kid and i think i always just thought someone else was doing lamb chop. hadn't really thought about it in years, so my childhood assumptions have just carried on right into adulthood. but no, that was her the whole time. jfc that's so impressive.

  • @lesliehilesgardener6959
    @lesliehilesgardener6959 3 місяці тому

    When I was 4 hahaha 🤣 loved this ...her pretending i was the lamb hahaha

  • @roberto4727
    @roberto4727 3 місяці тому

    When you watch the whole episode ,at the end when he told his partner in crime that he wasn't planning on taking off with his share of the loot,he asked his partner " do you think I'm lying?". His partner says " you don't want me to answer that ".

  • @sixfigureskibum
    @sixfigureskibum 3 місяці тому

    Fear porn. They eatin the cats. Crazy how fasciest want to be says he needs to go back to 1798 to justify concentration camps.

  • @theymove5325
    @theymove5325 3 місяці тому

    No way. No way, this is real. how surreal.