{"product_id":"9781580630955","title":"Meet the Mertzes : The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMeet the Mertzes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rob Edelman, Audrey Kupferberg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'll learn about:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“She's one of the finest gals to come out of Kansas, but I often wish she'd go back there.” —\u003ci\u003eWilliam Frawley on Vivian Vance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eVivian Vance on William Frawley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781580630955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Renaissance Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593921179854,"sku":"9781580630955","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781580630955","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}