I Love Lucy: Discovering America's Best-Loved Sitcom

By: Ben Nussbaum

Running from 1951 to 1957 and in syndication for more than fifty years, I Love Lucy has a permanent place in the hearts of American television-watchers and has reached multiple generations of viewers. Based on the humorous antics of a New York City housewife, her Cuban bandleader husband, and their landlord best friends, I Love Lucy was not only wildly popular but also groundbreaking for its filming techniques, for its use of a live audience, and for being the first television show to air reruns. INSIDE I LOVE LUCY: -The beginnings of the show as well as what made it so popular and why modern sitcoms still base their shows on Lucy's format -I Love Lucy's main characters, the Ricardos and the Mertzes, best friends and neighbors known to get themselves into amusing predicaments -Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz--their real-life romance and individual careers -How the show was the first to use a three-camera setup and one of the first to be produced on film -Big-name guest stars, including John Wayne, Rock Hudson, and Harpo Marx -A list of the show's top ten favorite episodes

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620081946
• ISBN13: 9781620081945
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Companionhouse Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 10.7"