Do you consider the radio version of My Favorite Husband to be beta version of ILL? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Frank Gannucci · 01-25-2022, 01:32 PM

I know that the TV version of My Favorite Husband is different but do you consider the radio version of the show to be the beta version of I Love Lucy with different cast and the husband having a different job?

Alan Brady's Hair · 01-25-2022, 06:26 PM

I think of I Love Lucy as a reworking of My Favorite Husband. They retained Oppenheimer, Pugh, and Carroll, and tried to keep Benaderet and Gordon (though the latter two weren't available).

I don't know the limits of what defines a beta version, but I think all of Lucy's shows* are related and I Love Lucy and My Favorite Husband are the most closely related.

*Excluding Life with Lucy, which I don't know well.

01-25-2022, 01:32 PM	#1
Frank Gannucci Member Forum Star Join Date: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 15,923	Do you consider the radio version of My Favorite Husband to be beta version of ILL? I know that the TV version of My Favorite Husband is different but do you consider the radio version of the show to be the beta version of I Love Lucy with different cast and the husband having a different job?

01-25-2022, 06:26 PM	#2
Alan Brady's Hair Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 30, 2014 Posts: 1,822	I think of I Love Lucy as a reworking of My Favorite Husband. They retained Oppenheimer, Pugh, and Carroll, and tried to keep Benaderet and Gordon (though the latter two weren't available). I don't know the limits of what defines a beta version, but I think all of Lucy's shows* are related and I Love Lucy and My Favorite Husband are the most closely related. *Excluding Life with Lucy, which I don't know well.