July 1, 2018 - GREGG OPPENHEIMER ("I Love Lucy" historian) and MARK & MATT HARRIS ("Storage Wars")




THE BIGGER PICTURE with Timothy Spangler show

Summary: GREGG OPPENHEIMER, "I Love Lucy" historian and playwright, is our featured guest this Sunday night! GREGG, son of "I Love Lucy" creator-producer-head writer Jess Oppenheimer, got his start in comedy at the tender age of four, when his father introduced him to Lucille Ball on the set of "I Love Lucy." Kneeling down, a smiling Lucy asked GREGG, "Where did you get those big brown eyes?" Gregg's deadpan reply: "They came with the face." Lucy nearly fell over laughing. In 1996, he left a successful career as partner in the international law firm O'Melveny & Myers in order to complete his late father's humorous memoir, "Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time," which was published by Syracuse University Press. That book, which went through eight printings, became the inspiration for Gregg's comedy play, "I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom." From 2000 to 2007, he produced the award-winning "I Love Lucy" DVD Series for CBS and Paramount. Gregg has lectured on broadcasting history at the University of Southern California, Brown University, Hofstra University, Northwestern University, Emerson College, University of Rhode Island, and the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. Also dropping by the show this Sunday night are MARK and MATT HARRIS, from AMC's "Storage Wars." The HARRIS BROTHERS travel the globe attending luxury / lifestyle / celebrity events. Through their main business WOW! Creations, they interact with the rich and famous from Cannes to Las Vegas and Palm Beach. They also star in A&E's number one rated show "Storage Wars" and also spend their time Judging Beauty Pageants including: Miss California, USA, Miss Nevada, USA, Miss Illinois, USA, Miss Maryland, USA and Miss New Jersey, USA. They have provided gifting for the Kentucky Derby, ABC's "The Bachelor," the Oscars, the Emmys, the Grammys, Sundance Film Festival, Miss America, Miss Universe, Miss USA, TBS Comedy Festival, Soul Train Music Awards, TV Land Awards, William Shatner Charities and many more. Along the way they have met some incredible celebrities including President Bill Clinton, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Prince Albert of Monaco, Michael Jordan, Quintin Tarantino, Dewayne Wade, Donald Trump, Tim Allen, Kurt Russell, Gene Simmons, Eva Longoria and many, many more.