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Bob LeMond in 1998
Lucy's first announcer, Bob LeMond, prepares to announce "Lucy's First Sitcom" at 1998's 50th Anniversary Lucy Reunion
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  Bob LeMond in 1948
 Bob LeMond was the announcer on Lucy's radio sitcom, My Favorite Husband, from 1948 to 1951
   
True I Love Lucy buffs know that it was Bob LeMond who introduced "Lucy and Ricky Ricardo" to viewers for the very first time, at the beginning of the I Love Lucy pilot in 1951. "Ricky is the famous Latin-American orchestra leader and singer," LeMond began, "and Lucy is the famous - uh, um, well she's - well, her hair is very red, and she's married to Ricky."
     But that historic introduction was by no means the popular announcer's first run-in with our favorite redhead. LeMond announced the entire two-and-a-half year run of Lucille Ball's first sitcom, My Favorite Husband, from its CBS Radio debut on July 5, 1948 until it went off the air on March 31, 1951. And while his direct association with I Love Lucy was limited to announcing chores on the pilot, the show's writers named a memorable "Lucy" character after him in Episode #19 ("The Ballet") -- Lucy Ricardo's ballet instructor, "Madame LeMond", played by Mary Wickes.
     LeMond's voice has been in millions of American homes via radio and TV since the 1930s, announcing such popular radio and TV programs as My Friend Irma, Life with Luigi, Our Miss Brooks, Ozzie and Harriet, Spike Jones, Red Skelton, Bat Masterson, Leave it to Beaver, and such specials as the Tournament of Roses and the Academy Awards. It is also the familiar voice we all grew up with on countless television commercials, including those for Oldsmobile, Dial Soap, Johnson's Wax, and those classic spots for "Raid" bug spray (which are still playing on Nick-at-Nite.)
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