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  Jess Oppenheimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jess Oppenheimer, future principal writer for Lucille Ball, was born on November 11, 1913 in San Francisco, California.
Oppenheimer wrote radio and TV shows for Lucille Ball from 1948-1955, first on radio show, My Favorite Husband, and then on I Love Lucy.
Oppenheimer even made a cameo appearance in an I Love Lucy episode entitled "The Audition" as a network representative.
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 Jess Oppenheimer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jess Oppenheimer, future principal writer for (United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)) Lucille Ball, was born on November 11, 1913 in (additional info and facts about San Francisco, California) San Francisco, California.
Oppenheimer wrote radio and TV shows for Lucille Ball from 1948-1955, first on radio show, My Favorite Husband, and then on (additional info and facts about I Love Lucy) I Love Lucy.
After Lucy, Oppenheimer went on to write and produce (additional info and facts about Get Smart) Get Smart.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jess_oppenheimer.htm   (126 words)

  
 Oppenheimer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The most famous, internationally, is likely Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist who is known as the "father of the atomic bomb".
Jess Oppenheimer, a screenwriter writing for Lucille Ball.
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 J. Robert Oppenheimer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer By the Avalon Project of the Yale Law School, has original documents from the findings and recommendation of the Personnel Security Board in the case of Dr. Oppenheimer.
Popentertainment.com - Gregg Oppenheimer The son of "I Love Lucy" producer Jess Oppenheimer discusses his new book on his dad and Lucy with Ronald Sklar.
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 Jess Oppenheimer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Oppenheimer wrote radio and TV shows for Ball from 1948-1955 first on radio show My Favorite Husband and then on I Love Lucy.
Oppenheimer even made a cameo appearance an I Love Lucy epsiodes entitled "The Audition" as a representative.
The book was written by Jess Oppenheimer and his son Gregg Oppenheimer.
www.freeglossary.com /Jess_Oppenheimer   (482 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: I Love Lucy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But Ball was pregnant at the time, and she and Arnaz therefore insisted on filming the show in Hollywood, California.
The duo, along with co-creator Jess Oppenheimer, then decided to shoot the show on 35 mm film in front of a live studio audience, with three cameras (this technique is now standard for sitcoms today).
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 Jess Oppenheimer - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time (with "I LOVE LUCY's Lost Scenes" Audio CD)
Laughs indeed as Jess Oppenheimer charts his rise from radio station gofer to inventor of the sitcom, as he winds up writing--then producing--Lucille Ball's show, first on radio, then on television.
Luck, too, as the author recounts the good fortune that has him, within minutes of arrival in...
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 I Love Lucy Episode Guide - I Love Lucy Season Episodes - TV.com
Ricky's band is to be auditioned for television, and Lucy is trying to "get into the act." When Lucy substitutes for Buffo the clown, the producers want to sign her, not Ricky, and Lucy is confronted with problems.
Ethel wants Ricky to a headline a benefit show for her women's club, but Lucy refuses to ask him, unless she can be on the bill, too.
Lucy becomes afraid that one of her new neighbors is threatening to kill her and convinces the others that the neighbors are trying to kill them...which gets them into big trouble.
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 Gregg Oppenheimer on "I Love Lucy"
Lucille -- or "Lucy," as those close to her called her -- continues to be the mistress of her domain, setting the standard for what will be copied to death: the modern American sitcom, filmed live before a studio audience and lousy with wacky situations and innocent misunderstandings.
Gregg's father is the late Jess Oppenheimer, who played a major part in helping us love Lucy.
Jess had told Gregg that in order to create farce, you have to have believable people in unbelievable situations or unbelievable people in believable situations.
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 "Special Friends: Gregg Oppenheimer"
Somehow, working on Lucy projects comes naturally to Oppenheimer, who was born March 8, 1951 -- six days (almost to the hour) after his father produced the pilot for I Love Lucy.
Although Jess left the Lucy series a few months later, he always considered the five years he devoted to the show to be his finest work.
Jess, meanwhile, semi-retired from show business and was beseiged by family and friends to write his memoires.
www.lucyfan.com /greggoppenheimer.html   (934 words)

  
 I Love Lucy
Oppenheimer served as the series producer, while Pugh and Carroll were the writers.
Together the three would sketch out episode ideas--many of which were based on scripts from the radio series.
Jess Oppenheimer left to take a job at NBC after the fifth season, and Desi Arnaz, who had served as executive producer since the beginning, stepped in to replace him as producer.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/I/htmlI/ilovelucy/ilovelucy.htm   (2035 words)

  
 I Love Lucy Episode Guide - I Love Lucy Season Episodes - TV.com
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr.
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll Junior
Writer: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr.
www.tvtome.com /ILoveLucy/guide.html   (2556 words)

  
 I Love Lucy Behind the Scenes - WRITERS & CREW
Their hard work did pay off, as they had the ability to write visually and to work well with those around them.
Despite the number of parts, the director was not the only main figure in I Love Lucy's success - one of the hardest workers was Desi Arnaz, who had a position as the executive producer, but often had 'occupational fights' and competition with fellow executive, Jess Oppenheimer.
Behind the scenes, the show was all hard work and determination, which made it the big success it is today.
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 Laughs, Luck... and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time with CD (Audio) (Television ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With all of the demoralizing venues on the "boob-tube" today, it is refreshng to recall a time-gone-by when good clean fun could still be funny.
Jess and Gregg Oppenheimer have compiled a wonderful memory book of everyone's favorite comidianne.
I mean Jess was,"the man behind the Ball."Jess knows all the facts.
www.buechercrawler.de /info-0815605846_laughs-luck-and-lucy-how-i-came-to-create-the-most-popular-sitcom-of-all-time-with-cd-audio-television-paperback-.html   (407 words)

  
 jess - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Ball Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I'd like to start with a clarification: this book is not a biography of Lucy, it is the creator's (Jess Oppenheimer) memoir.
As such, there are many parts of the book that have nothing to do with Lucy, including episodes from Oppenheimer's childhood and young adult life.
Jess Oppenheimer was the creator, writter, and producer of I Love Lucy.
www.booksunderreview.com /Reference/Biography/B/Ball   (7008 words)

  
 The CLASSIC SITCOMS Guide: I LOVE LUCY
It's westward ho, Ricardo, when Ricky lands a movie role and moves to California with Lucy and the Mertzes--a slant that provides fresh inspiration for producer Jess Oppenheimer and writers Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr., as they embark on their fourth consecutive year as Lucy's preeminent scripters.
Lucy is assigned a bit role in Ricky's Hollywood screen test--but there's no such thing as a small part for this actress, and she sets out to prove it.
Ricky is excited when he's offered the chance to host a TV talk show, until he discovers that the producers expect his wife to act as co-host.
www.classicsitcoms.com /shows/lucy4.html   (1745 words)

  
 "Lucy's Lost Scenes" Audio CD Tracks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Appendix A is the script of this episode, Jess Oppenheimer's first script for Lucille Ball, discussed in chapter 10.
Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr.
Voices heard include those of Bob LeMond, Lucille Ball, Richard Denning, and Jess Oppenheimer (speaking from the control booth).
www.lucylibrary.com /pages/cd.html   (615 words)

  
 LUCYlibrary: Gregg Oppenheimer, Creative Director (son of "I Love Lucy" creator Jess Oppenheimer)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1986 Gregg became a partner in the prestigious law firm of O’Melveny and Myers.
After Jess Oppenheimer's death in 1988, Gregg spent several years doing research in order to complete the his father’s unfinished memoirs, and became one of the world's foremost authorities on "I Love Lucy."
In the process, he renewed old friendships with many of the talented people who contributed to that show, both on and off the air, and ultimately decided to give up the practice of law to pursue a writing career and to spend more time with his family.
www.lucylibrary.com /pages/greggbio.html   (431 words)

  
 Laughs, Luck...& Lucy - Search, Find, & Buy for $26.19   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The man Lucille Ball once called the brains of I Love Lucy gives us an inside view of television history as it was being made.
Jess Oppenheimer`s famous sitcom was the most popular and influential television phenomenon in the history of the medium.
Oppenheimer`s book, written with his son, Gregg, is not only a reliable record of how this groundbreaking comedy was conceived and executed but also an amusing insider`s account of the broadcasting industry`s development from the early days of radio to television`s golden age.
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 Movie | Alan oppenheimer - Films, Information, Photo gallery,...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The son of "I Love Lucy" producer Jess Oppenheimer discusses his new book on his dad and Lucy with Ronald Sklar.
By the Avalon Project of the Yale Law School, has original documents from the findings and recommendation of the Personnel Security Board in the case of Dr. Oppenheimer.
Diamond and gold magnate Oppenheimer mourned in South Africa
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 Zomd :: Arts :: Television :: Programs :: Comedy :: Sitcoms :: I Love Lucy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A laugh-filled memoir by the show's creator-producer, Jess Oppenheimer, and his son, Gregg, plus complete Lucy scripts, backstage photos, and the exclusive "Lucy's Lost Scenes" Audio CD Like Television - I Love Lucy
Quotes from Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel for download in WAV format.
Includes I Love Lucy Episode guide, video and audio clips, photos, features from series creator Jess Oppenheimer's archives, books, and videos.
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 tvdvdreviews.com -- TV Bookshelf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time by Jess Oppenheimer with Gregg Oppenheimer: Before creating I Love Lucy, Jess Oppenheimer got his start in radio, writing for stars like Fred Astaire, Jack Benny, and Fanny Brice.
Because Oppenheimer died before completing Laughs, Luck.and Lucy, the book ends without fully exploring I Love Lucy, but this is still a worthy read.
Included is a bonus CD containing the complete "Young Matrons League Tryouts" episode of Lucy's radio show My Favorite Husband, excerpts from other episodes, I Love Lucy's "Vitameatavegamin" scene, and much more.
www.tvdvdreviews.com /books.html   (2436 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Television: Programs: Comedy: Sitcoms: I Love Lucy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Laughs, Luck...and Lucy - A laugh-filled memoir by the show's creator-producer, Jess Oppenheimer, and his son, Gregg, plus complete Lucy scripts, backstage photos, and the exclusive "Lucy's Lost Scenes" Audio CD
LUCYlibrary: For Fans of Lucille Ball - Includes I Love Lucy Episode guide, video and audio clips, photos, features from series creator Jess Oppenheimer's archives, books, and videos.
Popentertainment.com - Gregg Oppenheimer - The son of "I Love Lucy" producer Jess Oppenheimer discusses his new book on his dad and Lucy with Ronald Sklar.
www.dmoz.org /Arts/Television/Programs/Comedy/Sitcoms/I_Love_Lucy   (606 words)

  
 My Favorite Husband: Liz Changes Her Mind by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
My Favorite Husband: Liz Changes Her Mind by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr.
Then don't miss this hilarious reprisal of the show that first brought you America's favorite redhead on CBS radio from 1948-1951.
Buy "My Favorite Husband: Liz Changes Her Mind" audio book from Audible.com Buy Now
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 My Favorite Husband: Trying to Marry Off Peggy Martin by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
My Favorite Husband: Trying to Marry Off Peggy Martin by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr.
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Author: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr.
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 Halfvalue.com: Buy I Love Lucy : Behind the Scenes [ABRIDGED] (ISBN 1559352787), by Jess Oppenheimer, Gregg ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 The BBHQ Book Review
Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time
Jess Oppenheimer was a writer and then producer of Lucy's radio show and then her television show.
But he tells a marvelous and delightful story.
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