This page lists all significant changes/additions to The Lucille Ball File made during the year 1998, beginning in February.
December 31, 1998
- Decorated the main page for New Year's.
- Added a new poll.
- Redid the bookstore once again, this time all ready for New Year's, with new music selections for January as well.
- Updated the links page with a new link. I also eliminated all the dead links and changed the URLs which had aquired new ones.
- Updated the TV Appearences page with more information for 1964's Lucille Ball Comedy Hour: Mr. and Mrs. special and Lucy's 1983 Three's Company appearence.
- Haven't updated in a while, but here's a biggie...updated the TV Appearances page with seperate, detailed pages for all of Lucy's non-series specials. These are The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour: Mr. and Mrs., Lucy in London, Happy Anniversary and Goodbye, Lucy Gets Lucky, Three for Two, What Now Catherine Curtis?, CBS Salutes Lucy, Lucy Calls the President, Lucy Comes to Nashville and Lucy Moves to NBC.
- A little late...updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month [Non-ILL] for December.
- Updated the Lucy Links section with a link to the new Lucille Ball [Internet] University, where you can get your degree in Lucy knowledge!
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (14-24 was the highest).
- Ted's Lucille Ball Bookstore has gotten a huge (and I mean huge) update! It's all dressed up for the holidays, and features six famous Christmas songs, in their complete, original forms, in RealAudio for listening. You can also browse my recommendations for great Lucy gifts this Christmas, view the different catalogs of Lucy books, videos & music, and search Amazon.com's huge catalog of books, CDs, videos and DVDs!
- Decorated for Christmas!
- You can now chat on The Lucille Ball File, at ClubBabalu! Click here to chat.
- Took down Halloween decorations.
- Remodled main page--new background, heading area.
- Just in time...updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for November.
- Updated TV Appearences section with lots of new information, as well as few previously unlisted appearences.
- Updated TV Appearences section with extra information a 1962 Bob Hope Show appearence.
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll ("What a great movie!" won).
- Decorated for Halloween.
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (Here's Lucy won).
- Added two new articles to the Magazine Rack: Modern Screen (April 1939) and Life (August 5, 1940).
- Updated Here's Lucy episode guide and Celebrity Guest Stars page with some spelling corrections and additions (Thanks, Eric!).
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll ("a good idea" won).
- Better late than never...updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for October.
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (the California trip won).
- Updated the Celebrity Guest Stars page with the celebrity cast of "The Fashion Show" (I Love Lucy).
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (1954-55 won).
- Remodled the Magazine Rack.
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (Lucy telling Ricky she's pregnant won).
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for September.
- Updated the main page with a new Lucille Ball Poll. Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (Lucy telling Ricky she's pregnant won).
- Updated Lucy Videos page with fifteen more installments from the Columbia House-I Love Lucy series, as well as a general overhaul of the page.
- As you've probably noticed, Ted's Lucille Ball Page is no more! The page is the same, but the title is different. Welcome to The Lucille Ball File! Nothing much is going to change, just get used to seeing this name around, not the old one. By the way, if you find the old name listed anywhere deep within the site, please e-mail me so I'll change it!
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll ("Lucy Does a TV Commercial" won).
- Updated The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour guide with an episode companion for "Lucy Meets the Mustache." Yay, they're all done!
- Updated The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour guide with episode companions for "Lucy's Summer Vacation", "Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardos'" and "The Ricardos Go to Japan." I've also changed the layout of all the episode companions.
- Updated Lucy's Radio Appearences page with a couple Kraft Music Hall appearences in 1943-44, as well as extra information on those appearences.
- Added another movie page, "Easy to Wed". Please send me your comments!
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (Love, Lucy won).
- Updated Lucy's Radio Appearences page with a RealAudio file of the full "Abbott and Costello Show" from November 18, 1943. To download, right-click on the title of that episode, and then click "Save as...."
- A little late, but in celebration of Lucy's birthday (Aug. 6), I have added a new section to the site, In Tribute.... Here you can read things people have said about Lucy.
- Added the remodled Emmys page.
- Expanded and remodled Lucy's TV Specials and Guest Appearences page.
- Updated the Lucy's Shows Index. It's now a more streamlined, easier-to-read format. I'm actually trying to do this to all the many subpages, at least the ones that I think need it.
- Updated the Celebrity Guest Stars on Lucy's Shows page. I've completely redone the page, with an (I think) easier-to-read format. I also have links to as many of the stars as I was able to find. Please mail me if you know of a site I don't have listed.
- Cross-referenced the I Love Lucy, Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life with Lucy episode guides with the Guest Star page.
- Updated The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Episode Guide with an episode companion for "Lucy Wants a Career."
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for August.
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll ("L.A. at Last" with William Holden won).
- Fixed some typos and mistakes in the Lucy Show and Here's Lucy episode guides.
- Expanded Life with Lucy episode guide to include unfilmed and unaired episodes.
- Expanded and remodled Lucy's Radio Appearences page.
- Added the new Lucille Ball Forum. Here you can discuss anything pertaining to Lucille Ball, as well as the web site. Yak it up!
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll ("Lucy wanting to meet a celebrity" won).
- Updated the "DuBarry Was a Lady" movie page with an updated rating and new comment.
- Updated the Vintage Lucy Articles page with an article from an October 1958 Life.
- Updated the following movie pages with updated ratings/comments: "Yours, Mine and Ours", "Stone Pillow", "Room Service", "The Long, Long Trailer", "Forever Darling", "Sorrowful Jones", "Ziegfeld Follies", "DuBarry Was a Lady", "Mame", "Critic's Choice", "Fancy Pants", "Easy Living" and "The Big Street".
- The Lucille Ball File now has a mailing list, The Lucille Ball News, where you can keep up with recent updates, Lucy news, and more! I think you'll all enjoy it. To subscribe, you can use this simple form:
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (MGM won). Also reorganized all results so it displayed choices from first place to last place.
- As you probably noticed, the main page has been completely remodled. I find the format much sleeker, and quicker to load, with a total of just seven images. I chopped off a lot of dead weight, and sorted the more-than-forty subpages into categories (Television, Movies, Radio, etc., etc.). I also gave the Episode Guides and Filmographies seperate pages. Also, all you people who have filled out forms on the movie pages, I have 16 in my Inbox which I haven't added yet. I was on vacation for a week, and then this main page overhaul took a while. Hopefully I'll add all those comments in the next few days. As always, please send me your comments at teddyn13@oocities.com.
- Added another movie page, "Lured". Please send me your comments!
- Updated "Du Barry Was a Lady" movie page with two responses and two votes.
- Updated "Mame" movie page with a response and a vote.
- Updated "The Big Street" movie page with a response and a vote.
- Updated "The Long, Long Trailer" movie page with two more votes and another response. "The Long, Long Trailer" still has a perfect average! After ten votes, everyone has given it four stars.
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (Lucy and Ricky having a second child won).
- Added another movie page, "Stone Pillow". Please send me your comments!
- Updated "Fancy Pants" movie page with a response and a vote.
- Updated "Yours, Mine and Ours" movie page with a response and a vote.
- Added another movie page, "A Guide for the Married Man". Please send me your comments!
- Added another movie page, "Miss Grant Takes Richmond". Please send me your comments!
- Added another movie page, "Her Husband's Affairs". Please send me your comments!
- Updated the Guest Stars on Lucy's Shows page with Orson Welles, whom I had somehow forgotten.
- Updated "Mame" movie page with a "Lucy Says..." and a vote.
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for July.
- Added another movie page, "The Big Street". This page has two gorgeous pictures, thanks to Glen Charlow! Please send me your comments!
- Debuted the completely remodled Lucille Ball Filmography page.
- Added another movie page, "Easy Living". Please send me your comments!
- Updated Lucy's Appearences on Radio page with appearences on Suspense (10-25-48, 4-12-51), Screen Guild Players (5-3-44, 12-4-44), The Bob Hope Swan Show (4-3-49), The Smiths of Hollywood (4-25-47), Kraft Music Hall (3-2-44), Radio Almanac (10-13-42) and Tommy Dorsey (6-10-45). (Thanks, Michael!)
- Added two more movie pages, "A Woman of Distinction" and "Room Service". Please send me your comments!
- Added two more movie pages, "The Fuller Brush Girl" and "Fancy Pants". Please send me your comments!
- Updated Lucy Links section with a link to the Gotta Love Lucy Club page.
- Added four more movie pages, "Critic's Choice", "The Facts of Life", "Forever, Darling" and "The Magic Carpet". Please send me your comments!
- Updated Lucy Links section with links to The Wide World of I Love Lucy, The Unofficial I Love Lucy Page and Elaine Loves Lucy.
- Updated "Mame" movie page with a "Lucy Says..." and a vote.
- Updated "The Long, Long Trailer" movie page with two new "Lucy Says..."'s and two votes.
- I have fixed the form to fill out when suggesting links. It was sending the completed forms to my old Hotmail address, instead of my current Geocities one. If you have sent a link to me (since mid-May) then I suggest you resuggest it. Within the next few days I should also be fixing the forms on the movie pages (the votes and Viewer Comments). Also, I haven't gotten any feedback to the new bookstore! Please tell me what you think!
- I am proud to announce that I have just opened Ted's Lucille Ball Bookstore! Ted's Lucille Ball Bookstore is a new section of this site, where you can buy books, music, videos and more featuring Lucille Ball and her co-stars, through Earth's Biggest Bookstore -- Amazon.com! I hope you all like it, please e-mail me with your comments. Also, there is a major new section of this web site coming this summer, which I've been working on for quite a while. It's big, so get ready! (Am I a tease, or what?)
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (The Long, Long Trailer won).
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (Vivian Vance won).
- Joined the Greatest Entertainers web ring. The ring code is on the webring page, but I have not been added yet, so it should not work.
- Updated the I Love Lucy Episode Guide with the filming dates for every episode.
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for June.
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Poll Archive, with the results of the last poll (I Love Lucy won).
- Updated the main page with a new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Added the Poll Archive, where you can see the results of previous polls.
- Updated the Lucy Fan Fiction page with two new scripts: Save the Star! and Lucy the Entertainment Reporter.
- Updated the main page with the all-new "Ted's Lucille Ball Poll." Vote today!
- Updated the Guest Stars on Lucy's Shows page with birth and death dates for nearly everyone listed.
- Updated main page with a new news article about Here's Lucy's return.
- Updated Lucy News Flash Archive with the April 27 Classic TV Showdown article.
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month with some CBS specials (including Lucy on The Nanny tomorrow!) and a Desi Arnaz movie marathon on June 1.
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for May.
- Updated Lucy Links section with a link to I Love Lucy.
- Updated main page with a new news article about the Classic TV Showdown.
- Updated Lucy News Flash Archive with the April 1 Stamp news article.
- Added the little "In Rememberance of Lucille Ball" tribute on the cover page.
- Updated The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Episode Guide with an episode companion for "Lucy Goes to Alaska."
- Major update of the Songs of I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Page, I've now added lots of Desi's recordings, and more information on other songs.
- Added Lucy Music page, a listing of Lucy and Desi-related CDs.
- Forgive me for gloating, but my site was chosen by E! Online as the fifth best Classic TV site on the web! Click here to see their review!
- Added a page for The NEW I Love Lucy Mailing List.
- Updated the Lucy Videos page with listings for Volumes Three to Six in the I Love Lucy: The Classics series.
- Added another movie page, "Roman Scandals". Please send me your comments!
- Updated the TV Appearences page with a new listing for the A Star is Born World Premiere on September 29, 1954 (Thanks, Dave!)
- Updated Lucy Links section with links to Jake's Lucille Ball Home Page and The I Love Lucy Page.
- Updated the Lucille Ball FAQ with another question and answer.
- Updated Lucy Links section with a link to Cheezy Loves Lucy.
- Updated the Lucille Ball FAQ with some new questions and answers.
- Updated Lucy Wants to Be in the Show with #59, The Indian Show (Thanks, Allan!).
- Added the new Lucille Ball FAQ. This is a nice, new page, with plenty of info and answers to questions. If you have a question that should be there but isn't, e-mail me.
- Updated The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour Episode Guide with episode companions for "Lucy Goes to Mexico" and "Lucy Makes Room for Danny."
- Updated Lucy's Appearences on Radio page (George Burns-Gracie Allen Show appearence).
- Celebrate Easter - watch "Lucy Does the Tango." ("Lucy! You crunched the Easter eggs in your shirt!")
- I Love Lucy has been cancelled by Nick at Nite!!
- April Fools!
- Updated the main page with a new news article.
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for April.
- Updated the Lucy Videos page with listings for Columbia House's I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show collections.
- Updated the Vintage Lucy Articles page with four new articles: a Time Magazine article from 1952, a Life Magazine article from 1953 and Look Magazine articles from 1953 and 1962.
- I've finally added the Lucy in Real Audio page. It's been in production a long time and I hope you enjoy it. I'd really like people's feedback, so please e-mail me about it!
- Added new image on the main page, and the "Happy Easter!" sign.
- Added "Sorrowful Jones" movie page.
- Updated "Du Barry Was a Lady" movie page with "Lucy Says..." and a vote.
- Updated "Yours, Mine and Ours" movie page with two more votes.
- Updated "Yours, Mine and Ours" movie page with two new pictures (Thanks Matthew and Jonathan!), two more votes and responses, and information about a 1986 LP soundtrack.
- Updated "The Long, Long Trailer" movie page with another vote and another response. "The Long, Long Trailer" still has a perfect average! After seven votes, everyone has given it four stars.
- Added "Du Barry Was a Lady" movie page.
- Added "Yours, Mine and Ours" movie page. I really need pictures for this one, guys, please send any pics (other than the videotape cover) you have to me at teddyn13@oocities.com!
- Updated "Mame" movie page with another vote and another entry in "Lucy Fans Speak."
- Added newly remodled Songs of I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour page! This page is now, more or less, a database for the songs, because I have included as much information about them as I could. If you have more info on the songs, please e-mail me!
- Updated "Mame" movie page with a picture of the video cover.
- Celebrate St. Patty's Day - watch "Lucy Goes to Scotland"! (I know it's not Ireland, but it's kind of close!)
- Updated Lucy Links section with a link to Loving Lucy
- Updated "The Long, Long Trailer" movie page with 4 more votes and 3 more entries in "Lucy Fans Speak." Boy, everyone loves this movie! Out of 6 votes recieved, everyone gave it 4 stars!
- Updated "Ziegfeld Follies" movie page with another vote.
- Added "Mame" movie page.
- I think I've finally found the right background for the main page! Please tell me what you think!
- Added remodled Lucy's Shows page.
- Added another movie page, "The Long, Long Trailer". Please send me your comments!
- Updated "Ziegfeld Follies" movie page with a new image of Lucy (Thanks, Matthew!)
- Updated The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour Episode Guide with episode companions for "Lucy Hunts Uranium," "Lucy Wins a Racehorse" and "Lucy Goes to Sun Valley."
- Updated Lucy Videos section with Volume 3 of I Love Lucy - The Classics
- Updated The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour Episode Guide with the first two entries in a series of thirteen, detailed, episode companions. The first two are up: "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" and "The Celebrity Next Door".
- Updated Vintage Lucy Articles with a Photoplay article from March 1947 and another Photoplay article from September 1946.
- Updated Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) with a William Frawley My Three Sons episode.
- Updated Lucy's Appearences on Radio page with Let's Talk to Lucy and a picture.
- Updated Vintage Lucy Articles page with a new photo (lots of new articles are coming!).
- Updated Lucy Links section with a link to Lucy Sitcom.
- Updated Lucy Links section with links to The We Love Desilu Fan Club Page, The Loving Lucy I Love Lucy Fan Club For Lucy Lovers and Jodi's "I Love Lucy" Page.
- Updated Lucy's Appearences on Radio page (Phil Baker Show and Bob Hope appearences).
- Debuted the completely remodled Desi Arnaz Filmography and the completely remodled Vivian Vance Filmography.
- Added a new form to fill out when suggesting links.
- Updated I Love Lucy This Month and Lucy on TV This Month (Non-ILL) for March.