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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  • @dougmhd2006
    @dougmhd2006 9 годин тому

    If I didn't know better, I'd be ready to swear on the proverbial stack of holy books that the writer(s) of this episode had access to a working time machine... ...if I didn't know better. Stay tuned...🤔😵‍💫

  • @rogerleadbeter1625
    @rogerleadbeter1625 10 годин тому

    Must be a relative in the past

  • @davidbaise5137
    @davidbaise5137 13 годин тому

    Yes! Robert Culp and Dabbs Greer! Thanks for sharing!👍

  • @machonsote918
    @machonsote918 16 годин тому

    "I can build the wall................................................and Mexico will pay for it".

  • @youbewb5581
    @youbewb5581 18 годин тому

    7 years old and not even 100k views? This is one of the greatest media coverage failures of all time.

  • @retiredrn1873
    @retiredrn1873 19 годин тому

    I somehow missed this until now. Would be nice if Trump conspiracy theorists saw this before they went to vote. 😅

  • @buzzkilljfk6719
    @buzzkilljfk6719 19 годин тому

    Walls don't work say the Politicians who live behind them. 😂

  • @suzizuki
    @suzizuki 20 годин тому

    now we know where he got his education

  • @Catharine662
    @Catharine662 21 годину тому

    😳. . . I'm never sure if my dad's passing away before Trump is a good thing... because I sure miss conversations about things like this we could be having 😗🪽

  • @StefReadmorebooks-n9f
    @StefReadmorebooks-n9f 21 годину тому

    How did I not see this until NOW?! He had to have watched this as a kid 😧

  • @susanstanleyhammond5699
    @susanstanleyhammond5699 22 години тому

    Yes, but was he orange?

  • @rocketscience4516
    @rocketscience4516 22 години тому

    He even had Donald Trump's real hairline.

  • @sonorousbelchpipe1021
    @sonorousbelchpipe1021 23 години тому

    "Like sheep, they ran toward the slaughterhouse. And waiting for them... was the High Priest of Fraud!" F-ing A! Spot on prophetic! The writers of this episode knew from experience: you can't fix naturally-born, willfully ig'nant stoopid.

  • @michaelbyrnee9584
    @michaelbyrnee9584 День тому

    You cannot make this stuff up! Everything riding on this fictional charlatan can be applied to our own fraud/traitor/liar/cheat djt.

  • @yascam6238
    @yascam6238 День тому

    We do live in a simulation! 😂

  • @trumpet134
    @trumpet134 День тому

    At 1:50 “The high priest of fraud” trumps new title

  • @southerngirlraven7
    @southerngirlraven7 День тому

    Something tells me that Trump saw this as a kid. It’s like he subconsciously tried to become this character.

  • @ratandtongs
    @ratandtongs День тому

    same hairline!

  • @KZ1211-t2q
    @KZ1211-t2q День тому

    Is this for real or is it AI?

  • @BrockHammerhead-ct5kt
    @BrockHammerhead-ct5kt День тому

    Trump 2024! Make America Great Again

  • @zenncatt
    @zenncatt День тому

    WOW! That's so eerily prophetic. Maybe we ARE in a Matrix! I'm going to paste a link to this wherever allowed. Thank you for this gem.

  • @fredrichardsonjr9669
    @fredrichardsonjr9669 День тому

    Nice

  • @christhebrickman3796
    @christhebrickman3796 День тому

    This one gives the Simsons a run for the money. As far as being the best at seeing into the future. My favorite line is. "You're a liar, Trump," 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂something about that name.

  • @terryjames548
    @terryjames548 День тому

    Pedagogy is still popular.

  • @rgrif777
    @rgrif777 День тому

    Best of all Mexico will pay for your Wall.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 2 дні тому

    Not only that, but in this episode, Trump incites a mob to break into the bank... He then gets arrested. As time goes on this seemingly random obscure story gains more and more prescience!

  • @jeremyy8509
    @jeremyy8509 2 дні тому

    This is eerie. Is the town drunk named Rudy?

    • @Sweetpea064
      @Sweetpea064 2 дні тому

      😂😂

    • @Sweetpea064
      @Sweetpea064 2 дні тому

      There is a hairy hog out back by the stables named bannon

  • @tommyboy1653
    @tommyboy1653 2 дні тому

    That wall is to keep you in.

  • @RichardMahinske
    @RichardMahinske 2 дні тому

    Mr. Dobkin shore looks like Evil Fred Drumpf.

  • @LibraBlue1962
    @LibraBlue1962 2 дні тому

    The late Rod Serling would have had a field day writing about the current Trump.

  • @dawncrouse9534
    @dawncrouse9534 2 дні тому

    I’m impressed. Great job in tracking this down!

  • @eboomer
    @eboomer 2 дні тому

    If only our t-rump was somewhat as well-spoken and likable as this one...

  • @xxxxxxxxxxxxxx481
    @xxxxxxxxxxxxxx481 2 дні тому

    There's a new sheriff in town. ☆ Harris is the name.

  • @modjohnsenglishdisco
    @modjohnsenglishdisco 2 дні тому

    Writers on this show probably modeled this character on Fred Trump. Wood Guthrie had written a song about the Donald's slumlord father back in the day.

    • @80sChick80s
      @80sChick80s День тому

      I thought the exact same thing!

    • @wolf17238
      @wolf17238 21 годину тому

      The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

    • @goldenblue2208
      @goldenblue2208 16 годин тому

      Exactly what I'm thinking and saying

  • @mypalfootfoot9591
    @mypalfootfoot9591 2 дні тому

    If you could tell people in 1958 that this would be a reality in 2016, they wouldn't believe you! For those who think this clip was edited, the episode of Trackdown, season 1, episode 30, titled The End Of The World aired on May 9th, 1958, when POTUS non grata Donald Trump was 12 years old. The character played by Lawrence Dobkin was in fact named Walter Trump.

  • @patriciaadams2006
    @patriciaadams2006 3 дні тому

    Can someone tell me were season 1 is.

  • @macdieter23558
    @macdieter23558 3 дні тому

    But...that Trump told the people that Mexico would pay for the wall, too?

  • @neverinthemoment
    @neverinthemoment 3 дні тому

    What was the title of the episode?

  • @TheRoyalBavarian
    @TheRoyalBavarian 3 дні тому

    So true to life. Just one thing. Trump there's a new Sheriff for the people. KAMALA HARRIS.

  • @gabbadd5840
    @gabbadd5840 3 дні тому

    Could this be AI….

    • @LtBeefheart
      @LtBeefheart 3 дні тому

      I remember seeing it on the old zenith tv

    • @harryballsak1123
      @harryballsak1123 День тому

      Nope, Look it up on imbd S1 ep 30. From the cast list; Lawrence Dobkin - Walter Trump. Donny's dad was well known at this time and not liked

  • @stephentresca3536
    @stephentresca3536 3 дні тому

    You’re a liar trump. 😂😂

  • @stephentresca3536
    @stephentresca3536 3 дні тому

    This is unreal. That’s how trump should look. No hair. This should go super viral.

  • @jeanneratterman4174
    @jeanneratterman4174 3 дні тому

    Right down to the threat of “I’LL SUE YOU!”

  • @Luv-x8k
    @Luv-x8k 3 дні тому

    Man this is spot on. Good job

  • @L.-rx4oh
    @L.-rx4oh 3 дні тому

    This is so right for the 21st Century indicted Trump. The lies, the crimes and bullying. Jack Smith hit the nail on the head about this fraudster.

  • @TheAlchaemist
    @TheAlchaemist 3 дні тому

    Damn according to this, at the end, it is based on a true story from Texas!

  • @alfredcerwensky7646
    @alfredcerwensky7646 3 дні тому

    He even looks like his daddy...

  • @briyachrist
    @briyachrist 3 дні тому

    here to let yall know i’m a time traveler , just came back from 2029. y’all are screwed. take care.

    • @timandmonica
      @timandmonica 3 дні тому

      Let me guess: Trump changes the Constitution so a natural born citizen is not a requirement for president, and Elon Musk becomes president in 2028?

    • @macdieter23558
      @macdieter23558 3 дні тому

      @@timandmonica Musk?? Nope, it will be either Don jr, Eric or Ivanka! Kushner will be VP either way!

  • @claytonpinkman7862
    @claytonpinkman7862 3 дні тому

    Better than that... An episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, from the 80's or 90s, has a scene where they are in a room full of nazi flags. One of the comedic commentators says something like... "look it's a Trump rally!".

    • @PeteFiftyeight
      @PeteFiftyeight 23 години тому

      the episode was from Wild Rebels in season 2, the movie lead was in a biker gangs club house that was adorned with a Nazi flag, Joel and the bots start naming off random books on the bookshelf, Mein Kamp, The Art of The Deal, the essays of Pat Buchanan

    • @surlyslur
      @surlyslur 14 годин тому

      Yes! But, as @PeteFiftyeight says, Joel didn't say "it's a Trump rally", he actually was listing off (imaginary) books on the shelf of these Nazi bikers, and he (imaginarily) sandwiched "The Art of the Deal" right between a Pat Buchanan work and "Mein Kampf" LOL. I screenshotted that, years ago, early on in his presidency, and shared it on my socials. And again, @PeteFiftyeight points out correctly that it is from a movie called "Wild Rebels" in season 2 of MST3K.

  • @adamrussell658
    @adamrussell658 3 дні тому

    This is a weird one. If I didnt know it was a real tv series Id think it had to be an AI creation. The premise that a con man claims that a wall can stop a meteor shower - and people believe it - is pretty out there. Yes people believe a lot of bull, but this is even more out there than believing a wall will stop immigration! Just like a parody of the parody that is Trump!