bruce hubbard played mr. mooney on the lucy show.
bruce hubbard played mr. mooney on the lucy show.
who played mr. mooney on the lucy show?
bruce hubbard
the program's premise changed from "the lucy show". unlike ball's character on the previous program — lucy carmichael, who originally lived in new york and later moved to california — in her third sitcom, ball's character of lucy carter was already living in los angeles, and once again bore a name containing "ar" in tribute to her ex-husband desi arnaz. in this new incarnation, lucy was a widow with two children named kim and craig, played by her real life children, lucie arnaz and desi arnaz jr. (who, in real life, was part of the teen pop band dino, desi & billy). she was employed at "carter's unique employment agency" by her bachelor brother-in-law harry, played by gale gordon in a role similar to his mr. mooney role from "the lucy show". mary jane croft, who had been a regular featured player on the last three seasons of "the lucy show", also became a semi-regular on the new series. character actress vanda barra, who had played small parts on "the lucy show", was also added to this sitcom and gradually was upgraded. towards the end of the run of "here's lucy", barra became part of the ensemble cast. ball's longtime costar vivian vance also made six guest appearances as vivian jones through the series' run.
here's lucy
however lucy in london itself was not explicit in its connection to the lucy show. subtle references were made to the lucy show including her winning the jingle contest but explicit references like lucy's surname carmichael and that her boss is mr mooney were avoided. it seemed that lucy in london was written this way to accommodate viewers who may not have been watching the lucy show at all. in fact lucy in london was promoted as a special in its own right but not as part of the lucy show.
lucy in london