OLD TIME RADIO - 2 CD-ROM - 145 mp3 Includes 31 various shows with Lucille Ball as guest. Total Time: 69:06:55 My Favorite Husband is the name of an American radio program and network television series. The original radio show, co-starring Lucille Ball, was the initial basis for what evolved into the groundbreaking TV sitcom I Love Lucy. The series was based on the 1940 novel Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, written by Isabel Scott Rorick, which had previously been adapted into the 1942 Paramount feature film Are Husbands Necessary?, co-starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. My Favorite Husband began on CBS Radio with Lucille Ball and Richard Denning as Liz and George Cugat. After a few early episodes, confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change to Liz and George Cooper. The cheerful couple lived at 321 Bundy Drive in the fictitious city of Sheridan Falls and were billed as "two people who live together and like it." The main sponsor was General Foods' Jell-O, and an average of three "plugs" for Jell-O were made in each episode, including Lucille Ball's usual sign-on, "Jell-O, everybody!" The 1948 radio version opened with: Bob LeMond: It's time for My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball! Lucille Ball: Jell-O, everybody! Theme music [composed by Marlin Skiles, conducted by Wilbur Hatch] LeMond: Yes, it's the gay family comedy series starring Lucille Ball with Richard Denning and is brought to you by the Jell-O family of Red-Letter Desserts: Singers: J-E-L-L- O! The big red letters stand for the Jell-O family, Oh, the big red letters stand for the Jell-O family, That's Jell-O! Yum, yum, yum! Jell-O pudding! Yum, yum, yum! Jell-O tapioca pudding, yes sir-ee! LeMond: Now, let's take a look at the Cooper family, two people who live together and like it. The program, which aired 124 episodes from July 23, 1948 through March 31, 1951, initially portrayed the couple as being a well-to-do banker and his socially prominent wife, but three new writers — Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh and Jess Oppenheimer — took over the writing, changed the couple's name to Cooper and remade them into a middle-class couple, which they thought average listeners would find more accessible. Lucille Ball was asked to do a television version of the show (with Jell-O remaining as sponsor), and CBS insisted on Richard Denning continuing as her co-star. However, Ball refused to do a husband-and-wife TV show without real-life husband Desi Arnaz playing her on-screen husband. The network reluctantly agreed, reworking the concept into I Love Lucy after Ball and Arnaz took a show on the road to convince the network that audiences would respond. When Jell-O dropped out of the show, Philip Morris became the television sponsor. Carroll, Pugh and Oppenheimer agreed to do the switch to I Love Lucy. They subsequently reworked several My Favorite Husband episodes into I Love Lucy episodes, especially early in the TV show's run. For example, the 1948 radio episode entitled "Giveaway Program" inspired the I Love Lucy episode "Redecorating," with some lines exactly the same. Many actors who had done the My Favorite Husband radio show also appeared on I Love Lucy, sometimes in episodes where they reprised their roles using a reworked My Favorite Husband script. Characters * Liz Cooper, played by Lucille Ball; happily married housewife * George Cooper, played by Richard Denning; Liz's husband, works for Mr. Atterbury * Mr. Rudolph Atterbury, played by Gale Gordon; George's boss, friend of the Cooper family, refers to male acquaintances as "boy", as in "George-Boy" * Mrs. Iris Atterbury, played by Bea Benaderet; wife of Rudolph and friend of the Cooper family, refers to female acquaintances as "girl", as in "Liz-Girl". * Katy, played by Ruth Perrott; the Cooper's maid, presumably enjoys making Jell-O. * Mrs. Leticia Cooper, played first by Benaderet and in subsequent episodes by Eleanor Audley; George's aristocratic mother, who typically looks down on Liz. Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet were both given first consideration for the roles that would become Fred and Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy", but both had contract conflicts that forced them to turn down the roles. EPISODES LIST Disc 1 My Favorite Husband 48-07-05 (000) The Cugats Tenth Wedding Anniversary (Audition) My Favorite Husband 48-07-23 (001) Literary Clubs Speaker Comes to Dinner My Favorite Husband 48-08-06 (003) Portrait Artist My Favorite Husband 48-08-13 (004) The Charity Bazaar Kissing Booth My Favorite Husband 48-08-20 (005) Liz Teaches the Samba My Favorite Husband 48-09-03 (007) Lizs Mother Has Second Thoughts My Favorite Husband 48-09-17 (009) Liz and the General My Favorite Husband 48-09-24 (010) Knitting Baby Booties My Favorite Husband 48-10-02 (011) Young Matron League Tryouts My Favorite Husband 48-10-03 (012) Georges Old Flame My Favorite Husband 48-10-09 (013) Young Matrons League Play My Favorite Husband 48-10-16 (014) Liz Sells Dresses My Favorite Husband 48-10-23 (015) The Quiz Show My Favorite Husband 48-11-06 (017) Katy and Roscoe My Favorite Husband 48-11-13 (018) Learning to Drive My Favorite Husband 48-11-20 (019) George Attends a Teenage Dance My Favorite Husband 48-11-27 (020) Is There a Baby in the House My Favorite Husband 48-12-04 (021) Be Your Husband's Best Friend My Favorite Husband 48-12-18 (023) Liz's New Dress My Favorite Husband 48-12-25 (024) Numerology My Favorite Husband 49-01-01 (025) Young Matrons' League Tryouts My Favorite Husband 49-01-07 (026) Over Budget - Beans My Favorite Husband 49-01-14 (027) Piano and Violin Lessons My Favorite Husband 49-01-21 (028) Marriage License Error My Favorite Husband 49-01-28 (029) The Absolute Truth My Favorite Husband 49-02-04 (030) Speech for Civic Organization My Favorite Husband 49-02-11 (031) Valentine's Day My Favorite Husband 49-02-18 (032) Secretarial School My Favorite Husband 49-02-25 (033) Absentmindedness My Favorite Husband 49-03-04 (034) Mother-In-Law My Favorite Husband 49-03-11 (035) Charity Review My Favorite Husband 49-04-01 (038) April Fool's Day My Favorite Husband 49-04-08 (039) Gum Machine - Demand Your Rights My Favorite Husband 49-04-15 (040) Horseback Riding My Favorite Husband 49-04-22 (041) Time Budgeting My Favorite Husband 49-04-29 (042) Vacation Time My Favorite Husband 49-05-06 (043) Overweight My Favorite Husband 49-05-13 (044) Anniversary Presents My Favorite Husband 49-05-20 (045) Getting Old My Favorite Husband 49-05-27 (046) Liz in the Hospital My Favorite Husband 49-06-10 (048) Hair Dyed My Favorite Husband 49-06-17 (049) Television My Favorite Husband 49-06-24 (050) Liz Changes Her Mind My Favorite Husband 49-07-01 (051) Reminiscing My Favorite Husband 49-09-02 (052) The Elves My Favorite Husband 49-09-16 (054) Baseball My Favorite Husband 49-09-23 (055) The Attic My Favorite Husband 49-09-30 (056) Woman's Club Election My Favorite Husband 49-10-07 (057) George Tries for a Raise My Favorite Husband 49-10-14 (058) Television My Favorite Husband 49-10-21 (059) Superstition My Favorite Husband 49-10-28 (060) Halloween Surprise Party My Favorite Husband 49-11-04 (061) Mother-In-Law My Favorite Husband 49-11-11 (062) Baby Sitting My Favorite Husband 49-11-18 (063) Katy and Mr Negley My Favorite Husband 49-11-25 (064) The Quiz Show My Favorite Husband 49-12-02 (065) College Homecoming My Favorite Husband 49-12-09 (066) The French Lessons My Favorite Husband 49-12-16 (067) George's Christmas Presents My Favorite Husband 49-12-23 (068) The Sleigh Ride My Favorite Husband 49-12-30 (069) Liz and George Are Handcuffed My Favorite Husband 50-01-06 (070) Is There Another Woman My Favorite Husband 50-01-13 (071) Liz Teaches Iris to Drive My Favorite Husband 50-01-20 (072) Liz and the Green Wig My Favorite Husband 50-01-27 (073) Liz Writes a Song My Favorite Husband 50-02-03 (074) The Country Club Dance My Favorite Husband 50-02-10 (075) Mrs. Coopers Boyfriend My Favorite Husband 50-02-17 (076) Liz Teaches the Samba My Favorite Husband 50-02-24 (077) Liz Redecorates the House My Favorite Husband 50-03-03 (078) Women's Rights Part 1 My Favorite Husband 50-03-10 (079) Women's Rights Part 2 My Favorite Husband 50-03-17 (080) The Wills My Favorite Husband 50-03-24 (081) Liz's Radio Script My Favorite Husband 50-04-09 (083) Hobbies My Favorite Husband 50-04-16 (084) Anniversary My Favorite Husband 50-04-23 (085) The Friendship Award My Favorite Husband 50-04-30 (086) Spring Cleaning My Favorite Husband 50-05-14 (088) Numerology My Favorite Husband 50-05-28 (090) Selling Dresses My Favorite Husband 50-06-04 (091) George Is Messy My Favorite Husband 50-06-11 (092) Liz Learns to Swim My Favorite Husband 50-06-18 (093) Be a Pal My Favorite Husband 50-06-25 (094) Dancing Lessons My Favorite Husband 50-09-02 (095) Old Clothes Sold to the Junkman My Favorite Husband 50-09-09 (096) Gossip My Favorite Husband 50-09-30 (099) Liz Changes Her Mind My Favorite Husband 50-10-07 (100) Liz Becomes a Sculptress My Favorite Husband 50-10-14 (101) Liz Cooks Dinner for Twelve My Favorite Husband 50-10-21 (102) Safety Drive My Favorite Husband 50-10-28 (103) The Football Game Disc 2 My Favorite Husband 50-11-04 (104) The Two Mrs. Coopers My Favorite Husband 50-11-18 (106) Liz Goes to Night School My Favorite Husband 50-11-25 (107) Liz's Birthday My Favorite Husband 50-12-02 (108) Trying to Marry off Peggy Martin My Favorite Husband 50-12-09 (109) Trying to Cash the Prize Check My Favorite Husband 50-12-16 (110) Christmas Card Pictures My Favorite Husband 50-12-23 (111) The Christmas Stag My Favorite Husband 50-12-30 (112) Liz Has the Flimjabs My Favorite Husband 51-01-06 (113) Liz Substitutes at a Club Play My Favorite Husband 51-01-13 (114) The Cuckoo Clock My Favorite Husband 51-01-20 (115) Liz Stretches the Truth My Favorite Husband 51-01-27 (116) George Is Drafted - Liz's Baby My Favorite Husband 51-02-03 (117) Liz Develops Inferiority Complex My Favorite Husband 51-02-10 (118) The Misunderstanding of the Black Eye My Favorite Husband 51-02-24 (120) The Two Mothers-In-Law My Favorite Husband 51-03-03 (121) The Passports My Favorite Husband 51-03-10 (122) The Surprise Party My Favorite Husband 51-03-24 (124) Iris and Liz's Easter Bing Crosby Show 43-04-01 lucille ball Bing Crosby Show 54-03-02 Lucille Ball Bob Hope Show 461112 Guest - Lucille Ball, Miss Lou Ann Bob Hope Show 490503 Lucille Ball Campbell Playhouse 400218 50 Dinner at Eight Cavalcade of America 500613 660 The Redemption of Lottie Moon GI Journal 45-03-09 First Song - Jeepers Creepers, Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball GI Journal 45-04-27 Guest - Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Rochester Good News Of 39-12-28 Guest - Lucille Ball Hollywood Byline 50-01-14 Guest - Lucille Ball Jimmy Durante Show 471029 Making A Movie With Lucille Ball Jimmy Durante Show 480428 Women In Industry With Lucille Ball Kraft Music Hall 43-04-01 First Song - You Are My Sunshine, Guest - Lucille Ball Kraft Music Hall 43-10-07 First Song - The Road To Victory, Guest - Lucille Ball Kraft Music Hall 44-03-02 First Song - (Therell Be A) Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin Kraft Music Hall 48-01-22 First Song - Yacka Hula, Hickey Dula, Guest - Lucille Ball Lux Radio Theater 44-09-25 Lucky Partners Lux Radio Theater 47-11-10 The Dark Corner Lux Radio Theater 50-03-27 The Man Who Came to Dinner Lux Radio Theater 51-09-10 Fancy Pants Martin Lewis Show 49-04-03 Lucille Ball Orson Welles Radio Almanac 44-03-08 07 Guest Lucille Ball Orson Welles Radio Almanac 44-05-03 15 Lucille Ball Radio Readers Digest 470522 64 The Lion and the Mouse Screen Directors Playhouse 49-05-22 Her Husbands Affair Screen Directors Playhouse 50-05-19 Miss Grant Takes Richmond Screen Directors Playhouse 51-03-01 A Foreign Affair Screen Directors Playhouse 51-03-08 Bachelor Mother Screen Guil Theater 47-04-21 Too Many Husbands Suspense 440113 Dime a Dance Suspense 440622 The Ten Grand Suspense 451025 A Shroud for Sarah Suspense 481014 A Little Piece of Rope Suspense 491117 The Red-Headed Woman Suspense 510412 Early to Death Tonight In Hollywood - Guest - Lucille Ball Twenty Questions - 46-07-xx Guest - Lucille Ball Be Aware: MP3 CD WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERS. 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