{"product_id":"meet-the-mertzes-the-life-stories-of-i-love-lucys-other-couple-9781580630955","title":"Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeet the Mertzes \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003eI Love Lucy. \u003c\/i\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003eI Love Lucy. \u003c\/i\u003eWith a complete filmography and videography of each, \u003ci\u003eMeet the Mertzes \u003c\/i\u003efinally sets the record straight on the lives and legacies of these compelling stars who detested one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll learn about: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Vance's successful Broadway career prior to \u003ci\u003eI Love Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Frawley's vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseball\u003cbr\u003e-Vance's nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriage\u003cbr\u003e-Frawley's drinking and carousing\u003cbr\u003e-Lucille Ball's caustic relationship with both of her costars\u003cbr\u003e-Vance's hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Edelman \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eAudrey Kupferberg \u003c\/b\u003eauthored \u003ci\u003eAngela Lansbury \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe John Travolta Scrapbook. \u003c\/i\u003eEdelman wrote \u003ci\u003eBaseball on the Web \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGreat Baseball Films. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also a contributing editor to Leonard Maltin's \u003ci\u003eMovie \u0026amp; Video Guide annual \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMovie Encyclopedia, \u003c\/i\u003eand is a freelance writer. Kupferberg is a film archivist, consultant, and researcher. They reside in Amersterdam, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Renaissance Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473898606866,"sku":"9781580630955","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77f5733c-0d9a-4724-b8f1-990279caf577.jpg?v=1730206677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/meet-the-mertzes-the-life-stories-of-i-love-lucys-other-couple-9781580630955","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}