The Lucy Book: Her Life in Television

by Geoffrey Mark Fidelman

Book Overview

Written with the cooperation of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., who both consented to rare interviews, T"he Lucy Book" is an amazing retrospective of the five-decade television career of America's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580630510
• ISBN13: 9781580630511
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Renaissance Books
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

One of the best Lucille Ball books ever written!!!

This book is the definitive book in Lucy's tv appearences. Dont pay attention to the other reviewers who claim this book has too much information, this book is amazing. I have been a Lucy fan for 10 years(since I was 5) and have read tons of biographies on Lucy and they all contain the same infromation that we can eaisly find on the internet. The two biographies Love, Lucy and Desilu are very factual and are probably the best two Lucy biographies I have ever read but this conatins the most information I have ever read about her tv appearences. This covers everything, even when they did that thing with Lucy on the show The Nanny. This gives peoples insight from people who worked with Lucy including Vivian Vance and also has what Lucy and her kids had to say about some things. And it goes beyond listing details about her four comedy series, it lists talk show appearences, game show appearences and much more. If you want to know about a certain series she did or about certain talk show apperances then you are sure to find it in this book. I think I even remember seeing something about some episodes that were scripts but they were never rehearsed or filmed. If you are a new or old Lucy fan or a fan of someone that worked with her then you need this book!

The Ultimate Lucy Guide!

The epitome of Lucy books, this is a chronolical listing of every major Lucy appearance ever; including a brief description of each one and 33 b/w photos. Don't hesitate, this is THE book to purchase!

An engaging, entertaining essentail resource

what can i ad to the glowing comments above except to say that i've read everything on lucy since bart andrew's original, but this book is just amazing for the depth of information, the scope of the interviews and fact that its all presented so entertainingly. this is not a book you'll put on your shelf and just pick up to find out info on a specific episode of I LOVE LUCY. you'll want to read in from page one because its a fascinating biography without rose-colored glasses. this is the perfect gift for lucy fans! and it is sure to be the most sited reference tool for any lucyphile.

A must for all Lucy Fans!

If you LOVE LUCY, then this is the book for you. It is an encyclopedia of every single TV appearance Lucille Ball has ever done. Everything from commercials, variety show appearances, Award shows, guest appearances, and, of coarse, her four television series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy. The book is filled with tidbits of information which will make watching an episode as if it were the first time. Mr. Fidelman's writing style is easy to read and filled with humor and wit. This is a really fun book to read! If you need a reason to watch a Lucy program for the one thousandth and one time, this book will provide more than a few. I LOVE "The Lucy Book!"