Jess Oppenheimer, future pricipal writer for Lucille Ball, was born on November 11, 1913 in San Francisco, CA.

Oppenheimer wrote radio and TV shows for Lucille Ball from 1948-1955, first on radio show, My Farorite Husband, and then on I Love Lucy. Oppenheimer even made a cameo appearance in an I Love Lucy epsiodes entitled "The Audition" as a network representative.