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babalucy · 08-12-2003, 10:17 AM

Which book, biography of autobiography of Lucy and Desi is the best you've ever read?

babalucy · 08-12-2003, 10:18 AM

Oops, I meant biography *or autobiography...

SPLAIN · 08-12-2003, 10:45 AM

I'm one of the few who did not LOVE Love, Lucy, i liked it a lot, i could hear Lucy in every phrase, that part was great, but it ended too soon. Desi's A Book was great but so honest that i looked at them both differently from then on. Desilu was awesome but again, it awoke me to the way things REALLY were, Lucille was meant to shock and it did, but i liked it also. The Lucy in the Afternoon and I Loved Lucy books about the end of her life were extremely depressing but great nonetheless. I love all my Lucy books, the Lucy book itself is the best reference book and the I Love Lucy book is perfect. The coffee table books are great, the one about all the memorabilia is unbelievable, you sometimes forget how BIG they both were! The MGM and RKO books were great. Laughs Luck and Lucy didn't have enough Lucy in it for me, but at least it offered a different perspective. The MacClay book i really liked and the 50th anniversary book was awesome, but let's face it, when you've read every book, you especially enjoy the ones that offer something different, or tell you things you never knew.

*ShortCake* · 08-12-2003, 10:47 AM

I havent read Lucille in the afternoon yet. I am a huge fan of Love, Lucy ( hence my username) I also really like Desilu. I cannot wait for the new book to come out!

SPLAIN · 08-12-2003, 11:05 AM

I got the call yesterday at lunch that it's waiting for me at the bookstore, i don't know if i'll be able to wait till Saturday. Ball of Fire might stir the fires in my brain to another fifty posts!

babalucy · 08-12-2003, 12:05 PM

I've read Love, Lucy, Desilu, Life After Lucy, and Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel. And I have the big 50th Anniversary book (which I love!) and a couple more books like that.
My favorite on out of the biographies is Life After Lucy, I've red that thing like 10 times lol. The Love, Lucy book, was okay, I read it a couple of times. The Desilu book was okay too, sad at the end, and I didn't really like all the cursing in it. Too much for me.
I want to get A Book really bad, but then again, for some odd reason, I'm scared to read it. lol *shrugs*

SPLAIN · 08-12-2003, 12:54 PM

And you call yourself a Desi fan, sheesh! LOL!

*ShortCake* · 08-12-2003, 01:03 PM

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Originally posted by SPLAIN
And you call yourself a Desi fan, sheesh! LOL!

LOL Dang it you beat me to that!

. haha

Lodee · 08-12-2003, 01:05 PM

My favorite book depends on what I'm looking for. I agree that The Lucy Book is definately the best reference book even though I don't agree with the authors opinion half the time.

SPLAIN · 08-12-2003, 01:30 PM

Get in Line, nobody does! Love, Lucy where do you get all those fantastic pictures of Lucy for your avatar, been hangin out with Ricardos Forever? Or UK Lucy Fan?

SPLAIN · 08-12-2003, 01:31 PM

Even Mickey's got the best Desi Arnaz pic i've seen in years!

*ShortCake* · 08-12-2003, 01:35 PM

thats easy!! go to www.google.com and then click on images and type in Lucille Ball... i could look at pictures of her for hours!!

babalucy · 08-12-2003, 01:37 PM

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And you call yourself a Desi fan, sheesh! LOL!

whats that s'pposed to mean? lol you mean because I won't read A Book?

SPLAIN · 08-12-2003, 01:43 PM

ZACTLY! How could a big Desi fan like you not read the only book he ever wrote and one that would have to be about one of the greatest LOVE stories of all time, and it was a bestseller too! Come on now, GET IT! LOL!

babalucy · 08-12-2003, 04:12 PM

Ahh! I'm going to go get it!! LOL *looks everywhere for it*

08-12-2003, 10:17 AM	#1
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08-12-2003, 10:47 AM	#4
ShortCake Blair Warner fan. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Florida Posts: 3,761	I havent read Lucille in the afternoon yet. I am a huge fan of Love, Lucy ( hence my username) I also really like Desilu. I cannot wait for the new book to come out!
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08-12-2003, 01:05 PM	#9
Lodee Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 12, 2003 Posts: 1,562	My favorite book depends on what I'm looking for. I agree that The Lucy Book is definately the best reference book even though I don't agree with the authors opinion half the time.
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08-12-2003, 10:18 AM	#2
babalucy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 11, 2003 Location: USA Posts: 52	Oops, I meant biography *or autobiography...

08-12-2003, 10:45 AM	#3
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	I'm one of the few who did not LOVE Love, Lucy, i liked it a lot, i could hear Lucy in every phrase, that part was great, but it ended too soon. Desi's A Book was great but so honest that i looked at them both differently from then on. Desilu was awesome but again, it awoke me to the way things REALLY were, Lucille was meant to shock and it did, but i liked it also. The Lucy in the Afternoon and I Loved Lucy books about the end of her life were extremely depressing but great nonetheless. I love all my Lucy books, the Lucy book itself is the best reference book and the I Love Lucy book is perfect. The coffee table books are great, the one about all the memorabilia is unbelievable, you sometimes forget how BIG they both were! The MGM and RKO books were great. Laughs Luck and Lucy didn't have enough Lucy in it for me, but at least it offered a different perspective. The MacClay book i really liked and the 50th anniversary book was awesome, but let's face it, when you've read every book, you especially enjoy the ones that offer something different, or tell you things you never knew.

08-12-2003, 11:05 AM	#5
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	I got the call yesterday at lunch that it's waiting for me at the bookstore, i don't know if i'll be able to wait till Saturday. Ball of Fire might stir the fires in my brain to another fifty posts!

08-12-2003, 12:05 PM	#6
babalucy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 11, 2003 Location: USA Posts: 52	I've read Love, Lucy, Desilu, Life After Lucy, and Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel. And I have the big 50th Anniversary book (which I love!) and a couple more books like that. My favorite on out of the biographies is Life After Lucy, I've red that thing like 10 times lol. The Love, Lucy book, was okay, I read it a couple of times. The Desilu book was okay too, sad at the end, and I didn't really like all the cursing in it. Too much for me. I want to get A Book really bad, but then again, for some odd reason, I'm scared to read it. lol shrugs

08-12-2003, 12:54 PM	#7
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	And you call yourself a Desi fan, sheesh! LOL!

08-12-2003, 01:30 PM	#10
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Get in Line, nobody does! Love, Lucy where do you get all those fantastic pictures of Lucy for your avatar, been hangin out with Ricardos Forever? Or UK Lucy Fan?

08-12-2003, 01:31 PM	#11
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Even Mickey's got the best Desi Arnaz pic i've seen in years!

08-12-2003, 01:35 PM	#12
ShortCake Blair Warner fan. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Florida Posts: 3,761	thats easy!! go to www.google.com and then click on images and type in Lucille Ball... i could look at pictures of her for hours!!

08-12-2003, 01:43 PM	#14
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	ZACTLY! How could a big Desi fan like you not read the only book he ever wrote and one that would have to be about one of the greatest LOVE stories of all time, and it was a bestseller too! Come on now, GET IT! LOL!

08-12-2003, 04:12 PM	#15
babalucy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 11, 2003 Location: USA Posts: 52	Ahh! I'm going to go get it!! LOL looks everywhere for it