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TV Knowledge Fan · 11-19-2009, 01:50 AM

...when Lucy's 1948-'51 radio series, "MY FAVORITE HUSBAND", was officially adapted from Isabel Scott Rorick's 1941 novel, "Mr. and Mrs. Cugat" [which had previously been adapted into a 1942 Paramount feature, "Are Husbands Necessary?", starring Ray Milland]. Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis soon converted it into more of a "domestic" sitcom[the "Cugats" became the "Coopers" by the fall of '48]- and elements of that (along with several scripts) were adapted into "I LOVE LUCY" as well. Jess knew Lucy's "character", whether she was "Liz Cooper", "Lucy Ricardo" or "Lucy Carmichael", backwards and forwards...

11-19-2009, 01:50 AM	#6
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Yes, and the same situation occured.... ...when Lucy's 1948-'51 radio series, "MY FAVORITE HUSBAND", was officially adapted from Isabel Scott Rorick's 1941 novel, "Mr. and Mrs. Cugat" [which had previously been adapted into a 1942 Paramount feature, "Are Husbands Necessary?", starring Ray Milland]. Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis soon converted it into more of a "domestic" sitcom[the "Cugats" became the "Coopers" by the fall of '48]- and elements of that (along with several scripts) were adapted into "I LOVE LUCY" as well. Jess knew Lucy's "character", whether she was "Liz Cooper", "Lucy Ricardo" or "Lucy Carmichael", backwards and forwards...