My Favorite Husband
FORMAT: (1) MP3 CD My Favorite Husband began as a radio sitcom on CBS Radio, with Lucille Ball and Richard Denning as Liz and George Cooper (Cugat in a very few early episodes, until bandleader Xavier Cugat was said to be edgy about the radio couple sharing the name). The 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 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!" It would start as:(1948 radio version)The program 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, believing average listeners would find them 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, but Ball refused to do a husband-and-wife television 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 audiences would respond. But Jell-O dropped out of the show in favor of Philip Morris for television.Carroll, Pugh, and Oppenheimer agreed to do the switch to I Love Lucy. They subsequently reworked a few 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 called "Redecorating," with some lines being exactly the same. Many of the actors who had done My Favorite Husband radio show also appeared on I Love Lucy, sometimes in episodes where they reprised their roles using a reworked Husband script. Episode List For This Collection The Cugat's Tenth Wedding Aud AnniversaryLiterary Club's Speaker Comes to DinnerMothers SurpriseThe Portrait ArtistThe Charity Bazaar Kissing BoothLiz Teaches the SambaLiz's Mother Has Second ThoughtsLiz Has Her Fortune ToldLiz and the GeneralKnitting Baby BootiesYoung Matron League TryoutsGeorge's Old FlameYoung Matrons League GameLiz Sells DressesThe Quiz ShowKaty and RoscoeLearning to DriveGeorge Attends a Teen-Age DanceIs There a Baby in the HouseBe Your Husband's Best FriendLiz's New DressNumerologyYoung Matrons League TryoutsOver Budget - BeansPiano and Violin LessonsMarriage License ErrorThe Absolute TruthSpeech for Civic OrganizationValentine's DaySecretarial SchoolAbsentmindednessMother-In-LawCharity ReviewApril Fool's DayGum Machine - Demand Your RightsHorseback RidingTime BudgetingVacation TimeOverweightAnniversary PresentsGetting OldLiz in the HospitalHair DyedTelevisionLiz Changes Her MindReminiscingThe ElvesBaseballThe AtticWoman's Club ElectionGeorge Tries for a RaiseTelevisionSuperstitionHalloween Surprise PartyMother-In-LawBaby SittingKaty and Mr NegleyThe Quiz ShowCollege HomecomingThe French LessonsGeorge's Christmas PresentsThe Sleigh RideLiz and George Are HandcuffedIs There Another WomanLiz Teaches Iris to DriveLiz and the Green WigLiz Writes a SongThe Country Club DanceMrs Coopers BoyfriendLiz Teaches the SambaLiz Redecorates the HouseWomen's Rights Part 1Women's Rights Part 2The WillsLiz's Radio ScriptHobbiesAnniversaryThe Friendship AwardSpring CleaningNumerologyMrs Cooper Thinks Liz Is PregnantSelling DressesGeorge Is MessyLiz Learns to SwimBe a PalDancing LessonsOld Clothes Sold to the JunkmanGossipLiz Changes Her MindLiz Becomes a SculptressLiz Cooks Dinner for TwelveSafety DriveThe Football GameThe Two Mrs CoopersLiz Goes to Night SchoolLiz's BirthdayTrying to Marry off Peggy MartinTrying to Cash the Prize CheckChristmas Card PicturesThe Christmas StagLiz Has the FlimjabsLiz Substitutes at a Club PlayThe Cuckoo ClockLiz Stretches the TruthGeorge Is Drafted - Liz's BabyLiz Develops Inferiority ComplexThe Misunderstanding of the Black EyeThe Two Mothers-In-LawThe PassportsThe Surprise PartyIris and Liz's Easter