Bob Carroll Jr. Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America for TV Writing Achievement in 1992
• Won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of California, Los Angeles for his writing work with Madelyn Pugh Davis in 2001
• Studied French at St․ Petersburg Junior College in St․ Petersburg, Florida
• Started out as an usher at CBS Radio, working his way up to the mailroom and beyond, until he became a staff writer in 1943
• Met Madelyn Pugh Davis when they were both writers for CBS Radio in the 1940s, where they worked on "My Favorite Husband" starring Lucille Ball
• Quote: "(On changes in television): "I'm not too sure about these reality shows․ They take 16 contestants, 100 crew, tons of equipment, go to Borneo - and all we had to do was say, 'Ethel, if Ricky finds out I bought this hat, he'll kill me․'""
• Wrote all 180 episodes of "I Love Lucy" with his writing partner, Madelyn Pugh Davis, as well as the show's various spin-offs, including "The Lucy Show," "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour," and "Here's Lucy․"
• Best known as a writer of "I Love Lucy" and the 1968 film "Yours, Mine and Ours․"
• Wrote the memoir "Laughing with Lucy: My Life with America's Leading Lady of Comedy" with Madelyn Pugh Davis in 2005
• Although he and Madelyn Pugh Davis dated briefly, they always kept their partnership professional and eventually married other people