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Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple

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An expansive dual biography of two of America's most popular sitcom actors, William Frawley and Vivian Vance -- 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

"She's one of the finest gals to come out of Kansas, but I often wish she'd go back there." ?William Frawley on Vivian Vance

"I loathed William Frawley and the feeling was mutual. Whenever I received a new script, I raced through it, praying that there wouldn't be a scene where we had to be in bed together." ?Vivian Vance on William Frawley

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  • Publication Date: August 27, 2013
  • Text-to-Speech: Disabled
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  • Print Length: 337 Pages
  • File Size: 30 KB

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