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A documentary examines the life of Gertrude Berg, the driving force behind TV’s The Goldbergs
By Marissa Brostoff | 7:00 AM Jul 9, 2009

Before there was Lucille Ball, there was Gertrude Berg. On the same network, in fact: Berg’s show, The Goldbergs, aired in primetime on CBS-TV when Ball’s antics were still confined to the network’s radio station. But, while Lucy is constantly in reruns, Berg—who, according to Aviva Kempner’s new documentary Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, virtually invented ...