Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time (Television) - Hardcover

Oppenheimer, Jess; Oppenheimer, Gregg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815604068 ISBN 13: 9780815604068

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1996

Synopsis

The man Lucille Ball called "the brains" of "I Love Lucy" gives us an inside view of television history as it was being made. Jess Oppenheimer's famous sitcom was the most popular and influential television phenomenon in the history of the medium. Forty-five years after its debut, it remains a favourite the world over. Oppenheimer's book, written with his son, Gregg, is not only a record of how this groundbreaking comedy was conceived and executed, but an insider's account of the broadcasting industry's development from the early days of radio and television's golden age. Hollywood aficionados should enjoy his entertaining stories of stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Edgar Bergen, Fred Astaire, and, of course, Lucille Ball. It contains two previously unpublished scripts, dozens of previously unreleased photos and a compact disc full of rare "Lucy" performances.

About this title

From the Author:

If you love Lucy, e-mail me for a FREE Chapter!
I grew up on I LOVE LUCY. Yes, I know--YOU did, too. But in my family, it was different. For me, watching I LOVE LUCY has always been a little like watching home movies - and not just because I grew up in and around Desilu Studios. As creator, producer and head writer of I LOVE LUCY, my father infused the show with his own unique sense of humor - something he wielded with equal skill at the studio, at our dinner table, and on family outings. His greatest delight was to crack us up with comical off-the-cuff remarks and funny stories. Many of them ended up on I LOVE LUCY, and the best have made their way into LAUGHS, LUCK...AND LUCY. So this book, which Dad and I began together, is my own "gift of laughter" to Lucy fans everywhere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0815604068
• ISBN 13: 9780815604068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280