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Finding Aid for the Lucky Pup scripts, 1948-1949
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Title: Lucky Pup scripts,
Date (inclusive): 1948-1949
Collection number: 214
Extent: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Lucky Pupwas one of the first all-puppet television shows. Collection consists of script material for the
Lucky Pup television program.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nathan Wilkes, 1998.
[Identification of item], Lucky Pup scripts (Collection 214). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Lucky Pup, produced by Lloyd Gross and Clarence Schimmel, was one of the first all-puppet television shows. The shows original premise
focused on the adventures of Lucky Pup, a little dog who comes into a large sum of money, and the two sinister characters,
an evil magician named Foodini and his henchman Pinhead who continually plot to trick the dog out of the money. The show aired
on CBS (1949) and NBC (1950) and included Doris Brown as host. The puppet characters and voices were provided by Hope and
Morey Bunin.
Collection consists of script material for the Lucky Pup television program. Appears to include episode numbers 3-549. The
bulk of the scripts are dated with month and day, but but no year.
The collection is arranged by episode number as can best be determined.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lucky Pup (Television program)
Television production and direction -- Archival resources.