My Favorite Husband Log

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Radio Broadcast Log Of:
My Favorite Husband

Heard over the CBS radio network starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning as Liz and George Cooper. For the first 25 broadcasts the last name was Cugat before changing to Cooper.

This log is offered with permission of, and many thanks to, Gregg Oppenheimer. For a more comprehensive My Favorite Husband log, episode synopsis etc., please go to the following website:

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Broadcast History:
Network: CBS
07/23/48 to 03/31/51
Director / Producer:
Gordon Hughes (Episodes #1, 3 – 13)
Harry Ackerman (Episode #2 Director only)
Jess Oppenheimer (Episodes #14 – 125)
Music:
Wilbur Hatch
Announcer:
Bob LeMond
Writers:
Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, Frank Fox, Bill Davenport, John Hayes,
Ben Gersham
Sponsor:
Network sustained (07/23/48 to 12/26/48)
Jell-O (General Foods) (01/07/49 to 10/11/53)
Cast:
Cugat (07/23/48 to 12/26/48), Cooper (01/07/49 to 03/31/51)
Lucille Ball as Liz
Richard Denning as George
Also heard:
Ruth Perrott as Katy (the maid), Jay Novello, Gale Gordon, Hans Conried, Parley Baer,
Hal March, Joseph Kearns, Doris Singleton, Mary Shipp, Jeff Chandler, Harry Bartell,
Dick Crenna, Bea Benaderet, Jean VanderPyl, Frank Nelson, Herb Virgan, Gil Stratton,
Mary Lansing, Ted DeCorsia, Steven Allen, Gerald Mohr, Gloria Blondell, Jerry Hausner,
Peter Leeds, Sam Edwards, Jack Moyles, Barney Phillips, Shirley Mitchell


Seasons
First Season: 07/23/48 to 07/01/49
Second Season: 09/02/49 to 06/25/50
Third Season: 09/02/50 to 03/31/51

AUDIENCE RATINGS:
(First Season) C.E. Hooper 8.96 (1948 to 1949)
(Second Season) A.C. Nielsen 10.8 (1949 to 1950)
(Third Season) A.C. Nielsen 8.8 (1950 to 1951)

Each of the following broadcasts are 30 minutes in length unless otherwise noted.


07/05/48 Audition – George’s Old Flame w/Lucille Ball & Lee Bowman


First Season
Sustained

Friday – 8:30 p.m.
w/Lucille Ball & Richard Denning as Liz and George Cugat

07/23/48 # 1 The Literary Club
07/30/48 # 2 The Magazine Photographer
08/06/48 # 3 Liz’s Portrait
08/13/48 # 4 The Kissing Booth
08/20/48 # 5 Liz Teaches The Samba
08/27/48 # 6 Matrimony On The Rocks
09/03/48 # 7 Liz’s Mother Gets Engaged
09/10/48 # 8 Liz Has Her Fortune Told
09/17/48 # 9 Liz And The General
09/24/48 #10 The Boys Think Liz Is Pregnant
10/02/48 #11 Young Matron’s League Tryouts
10/03/48 #12 George’s Old Flame
10/09/48 #13 Young Matron’s League Play
10/16/48 #14 Liz Sells Dresses
10/23/48 #15 Quiz Show
10/30/48 #16 The Election
11/06/48 #17 Katy And Roscoe
11/13/48 #18 Learning To Drive
11/20/48 #19 George Attends A Teenage Dance
11/27/48 #20 Is There A Baby In The House?
12/04/48 #21 Be Your Husband’s Best Friend
12/11/48 #22 Respective Moustaches
12/18/48 #23 Liz’s New Dress
12/25/48 #24 Numerology

Sunday
12/26/48 #25 Young Matron’s League Tryouts

Sponsored by Jell-O (General Foods)
The Cugat’s last named now changed to The Cooper’s.

Friday – 8:30 p.m.
01/07/49 #26 Over Budget - Beans
01/14/49 #27 Piano & Violin Lessons
01/21/49 #28 Marriage License
01/28/49 #29 Absolute Truth
02/04/49 #30 Speech For Civic Organization
02/11/49 #31 Valentine’s Day
02/18/49 #32 Secretarial School
02/25/49 #33 Absentmindedness
03/04/49 #34 Mother-In-Law (Allergy Inducing Plants)
03/11/49 #35 Charity Review
03/18/49 #36 Give Away Program
03/25/49 #37 Old Jokes And Old Stories
04/01/49 #38 April Fool’s Day (Lipstick Smeared Handkerchief)
04/08/49 #39 Gum Machine
04/15/49 #40 Horseback Riding
04/22/49 #41 Time Budgeting
04/29/49 #42 Vacation Time
05/06/49 #43 Over Weight
05/13/49 #44 Anniversary Presents
05/20/49 #45 Getting Old
05/27/49 #46 Liz In The Hospital
06/03/49 #47 Budget – Mr. Atterbury
06/10/49 #48 Hair Dyed
06/17/49 #49 Television (Repairing The Stones’ TV)
06/24/49 #50 Liz Changes Her Mind
07/01/49 #51 Reminiscing

Second Season

09/02/49 #52 The Elves
09/09/49 #53 The Auction
09/16/49 #54 Baseball
09/23/49 #55 The Attic
09/30/49 #56 Women’s Club Election
10/07/49 #57 George Tries For A Raise
10/14/49 #58 Television (TV And The Atterbury’s)
10/21/49 #59 Superstition
10/28/49 #60 Halloween Surprise Party
11/04/49 #61 Mother-In-Law (George’s Mother Movies In)
11/11/49 #62 Baby Sitting
11/18/49 #63 Katy And Mr. Negley
11/25/49 #64 Quiz Show
12/02/49 #65 College Homecoming
12/09/49 #66 The French Lessons
12/16/49 #67 George’s Christmas Present
12/23/49 #68 The Sleigh Ride
12/30/49 #69 Liz And George Handcuffed
01/06/50 #70 The Question Of Another Woman
01/13/50 #71 Liz Teaches Iris To Drive
01/20/50 #72 Liz And The Green Wig
01/27/50 #73 Liz Writes A Song
02/03/50 #74 The Country Club Dance
02/10/50 #75 Mrs. Cooper’s Boyfriend
02/17/50 #76 Liz Teaches The Samba
02/24/50 #77 Liz Redecorates The House
03/03/50 #78 Women’s Rights, Part 1
03/10/50 #79 Women’s Rights, Part 2

Sunday

03/19/50 #80 The Wills
03/26/50 #81 Liz’s Radio Script
04/02/50 #82 April Fool (Escalating April Fools Jokes)
04/09/50 #83 Hobbies
04/16/50 #84 Anniversary
04/23/50 #85 Liz Appears On Television
04/30/50 #86 Spring House Cleaning
05/07/50 #87 The Health Farm
05/14/50 #88 Numerology
05/21/50 #89 Mrs. Cooper Thinks Liz Is Pregnant
05/28/50 #90 Selling Dresses
06/04/50 #91 George Is Messy
06/11/50 #92 Liz Learns To Swim
06/18/50 #93 Be A Pal
06/25/50 #94 Dancing Lessons


Third Season
Saturday – 9:30 p.m.

09/02/50 #95 Husbands Are Sloppy Dressers
09/09/50 #96 Gossip
09/16/50 #97 Movies
09/23/50 #98 Fuller Brush Show
09/30/50 #99 Liz Changes Her Mind
10/07/50 #100 Liz Becomes A Sculptress
10/14/50 #101 Liz Cooks Dinner For Twelve
10/21/50 #102 Safety Drive
10/28/50 #103 The Football Game
11/04/50 #104 The Two Mrs. Coopers
11/11/50 #105 Vacation From Marriage
11/18/50 #106 Liz Goes To Night School
11/25/50 #107 Liz’s Birthday
12/02/50 #108 Trying To Marry Off Peggy Martin
12/09/50 #109 Trying To Cash The Prize Check
12/16/50 #110 The Christmas Cards
12/23/50 #111 The Christmas Stag
12/30/50 #112 Liz Has The Flimjabs
01/06/51 #113 Liz Substitutes In Club Play
01/13/51 #114 The Cuckoo Clock
01/20/51 #115 Liz Stretches The Truth
01/27/51 #116 George Is Drafted – Liz’s Baby
02/03/51 #117 Liz’s Inferiority Complex
02/10/51 #118 The Misunderstanding Of The Black Eye
02/17/51 #119 Renewal Of Driver’s License
02/24/51 #120 The Two Mothers-In-Law
03/03/51 #121 The Passports
03/10/51 #122 The Surprise Party
03/17/51 #123 Liz Hires A New Secretary For George
03/24/51 #124 Iris And Liz’s Easter
03/31/51 #125 The April Fool Joke (The Silk Stockings)

(End Of The Series)



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