Bob Carroll Jr.

Birth Name:

Robert Gordon Carroll

Birth Place:

McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Script department, Actor, Soundtrack

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
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
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
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․'""
Best known as a writer of "I Love Lucy" and the 1968 film "Yours, Mine and Ours․"
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․"
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

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