Bruce Caplan picked a winner for this day…
Lucille Ball and Richard Denning starred in My Favorite Husband on radio, years before Lucy & Desi started their tv career.
Here are clips from the April 1st radio program (1949), husband and conniving wife play tricks on each other.
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Hi Bruce, great story.
This show, “My Favorite Husband” was really, “I love Lucy” on the radio! When it graduated to television, Lucy replaced Richard Denning, with Desi Arnaz and the rest is history!