Substitute host Hugh Downs chats with guests Lucille Ball and children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., Kay Thompson and Chester Morris.
NOTE: This peerless broadcast air check, recorded off the air by Phil Gries, was digitized and sent to Hugh Downs upon his request.
He said to me that this particular show, substituting for Jack Paar, interviewing Lucille Ball, was one of his most personal inspiring moments of his broadcasting career. He remembered doing the broadcast, but none of the content.
“Your interactive decision and ability to record history
a half century ago…without hard evidence such as you
have provided, what proof could there be that any of this really
happened?-that maybe it was all imagined. Malto Grazie.”
Hugh Downs
Television Co-Host “Jack Paar Tonight Show”…Host “Today Show,” “20/20.”