My Favorite Husband
Episode Guide
(Nos. 80-88)
Starring Lucille Ball with Richard Denning
Produced & Directed by Jess Oppenheimer
Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr.
Featuring Ruth Perrott as Katy the Maid, and Gale Gordon & Bea Benaderet as Mr. & Mrs. Atterbury
Original Music by Marlin Skiles
Conducted by Wilbur Hatch
Announcer Bob LeMond
Broadcast over CBS Radio
Sponsored by JELL-O (General Foods)

My Favorite Husband Episode 80
Story: After Liz and George make out their wills, Liz is convinced that George intends to do away with her.
Guest: Herb Vigran

3/26/50: "Liz's Radio Script"
My Favorite Husband Episode 81
Story: Liz's entry is a finalist in a playwriting contest, and George, Liz, Iris, and Rudolph perform it on the local radio station.
Guest:Mary Jane Croft

4/2/50: "April Fool"
My Favorite Husband Episode 82
Story: Liz and George get into an escalating battle of April Fool jokes.
Guests: Hans Conried, Hal March

4/9/50: "Hobbies"
My Favorite Husband Episode 83
Story: Liz and Iris are tired of waiting at home on weekends while George and Rudolph are at the golf course, so they decide to leave half-smoked cigars around the house to make the boys jealous.
Guests: Arthur Q. Bryan, Jack Moyles

4/16/50: "Anniversary"
My Favorite Husband Episode 84
Story: Liz convinces George to celebrate their wedding anniversary by reliving "the happiest day of her life"--when George proposed. But in the meantime Liz insists on pretending that she and George aren't married!
Guest: Hans Conried
 This episode is often confused with Episode 12 ("George's Old Flame" -7/5/48). In this episode, Lucy's character is named "Liz Cooper" while in Episode 12 Lucy's character was still named "Liz Cugat."

4/23/50: "Liz Appears on Television"
My Favorite Husband Episode 85
Story: Liz and Iris make an appearance on a television show celebrating Friendship Week. Their friendship is tested, though, when they discover they've bought the same dress for the occasion.
Guest: Frank Nelson
 Basis for I Love Lucy #69  ("Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress")

4/30/50: "Spring House Cleaning"
My Favorite Husband Episode 86
Story: Liz sends George an anonymous love letter that she wrote to him during his bachelor days, and he thinks its from his secretary, Gladys.

5/7/50: "The Health Farm"
My Favorite Husband Episode 87
Story: Liz and Iris are fed up with their husbands taking them for granted, so they check in to "Fataway Farm".
Guests: Elvia Allman

5/14/50: "Numerology"
My Favorite Husband Episode 88
Revision of Script of Episode 24 (12/25/48)
Story: Mr. Curry, George and Liz's landlord, is raising the rent, supposedly on instructions from his late wife, Bernice. Liz figures that she can fix things with a crooked Ouija Board.
Guests: Hans Conried, Jay Novello, and Hal March
 Basis for I Love Lucy #7  ("The Seance")

 More "My Favorite Husband" Episodes

Episode Nos. 1-13 | 14-25 | 26-34 | 35-43
44-52 | 53-61 | 62-70 | 71-79 | 80-88
89-97 | 98-107 | 108-116 | 117-125

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