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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092273
EAN: 9781580630955
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 1580630952
Label: Renaissance Books
Manufacturer: Renaissance Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: September 18, 1999
Publisher: Renaissance Books
Studio: Renaissance Books
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Meet the Mertzes is an expansive dual biography chronicling the lives of two of America's most popular situation-comedy actors, William Frawley and Vivian Vance, who portrayed Fred and Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy. This meticulously researched book contains interviews with Frawley's and Vance's colleagues, friends, and relatives, and explores their personal and professional lives before, during, and after I Love Lucy. With a complete filmography and videography of each, Meet the Mertzes finally sets the record straight on the lives and legacies of these compelling stars who detested one another. You'll learn about: -Vance's successful Broadway career prior to I Love Lucy -Frawley's vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseball -Vance's nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriage -Frawley's drinking and carousing -Lucille Ball's caustic relationship with both of her costars -Vance's hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz
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I have to admit that I skimmed over their early years, but this is a good book!! I laughed so hard at one point with William Frawley in his escapades as "Bub" in "My Three Sons". He was hilarious. Learning more about Vivian Vance made me really admire and come to like her. As usual, anything about Lucille Ball was negative. Apparently she could be a real B%^&#$h in real life and I learned nothing new about her, but essentially the book isn't about her life anyway. I learned a lot and received ... Read More
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I haven't read all the book yet but what I have read is very interesting. The only thing I wish was different about this book is that it had more pictures within it. Other than that...I like the book and I have been a I love Lucy fan for many years.
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Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple Not what I was expecting. The book mostly contains information easily found on the internet. Goes into way too much detail in listing Bill and Vivian's movie credits, etc. and doesn't have a whole lot of info about their personal lives.
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Interesting read, but the same theme of "Vivian disliked Bill" and "Bill disliked Vivian" kept repeating over and over without giving out too many details. I like real juicy, gossipy insiders view but this only skimmed the surface of the two actor's relationships to one another. The book mostly focused on the two individually rather than both of them together. You get a detailed description of Bill and Vivian's acting careers and how they evolved, which in my opinion, wasn't that interesting. I ... Read More
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While it sometimes summarizes too much, it gives a lot of insight into the lives of Vivian and Bill. This is the only book to learn about the interesting life of Bill Frawley. If you read The Other Side of Ethel Mertz, the book will seem repetitive.
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