
The Quiz Show
Liz and George get a spot to win prizes on a US quiz show. The trouble is, how does she tell him? Stars Lucille Ball. From 1948.
Lucille Ball stars in the vintage American sitcom which ran for well over a 100 episodes between 1948 and 1951.
Co-starring Richard Denning as her banker husband, My Favorite Husband is the story of Liz and George Cugat, a happily married couple living in the fictitious city of Sheridan Falls.
Based on the two novels written by Isabel Scott Rorick, Mr And Mrs Cugat, The Record Of A Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945).
In this opening episode, Liz and George鈥檚 housekeeper is desperate for a new dishwasher. Liz鈥檚 solution is to get a spot on a prize-winning quiz show. What could go wrong?
With Gale Gordon and Frank Nelson.
The popularity of this radio series led to Lucille鈥檚 ground breaking TV sitcom role, I Love Lucy. This was to cement her long-running position as one of America鈥檚 favourite entertainers over several decades.
First broadcast in the USA on CBS Radio in October 1948.
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