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

Meet the Mertzes is an expansive dual biography chronicling the lives of two of Americas most popular situation-comedy actors William Frawley and Vivian Vance who portrayed Fred and Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy. This meticulously researched book contains interviews with Frawleys and Vances 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.. Youll learn about:. -Vances successful Broadway career prior to I Love Lucy-Frawleys vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseball-Vances nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriage-Frawleys drinking and carousing-Lucille Balls caustic relationship with both of her costars-Vances hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz