For the Love of Lucy: The Complete Guide for Collectors and Fans
Americans really did love Lucille Ball. That love is manifested in the hundreds of magazine covers, advertisements, toys, and other memorabilia featuring the comedienne and lovingly documented here by megafan Wyman. The oversize volume showcases, mostly in color photos, more than 600 dolls, board games, movie posters, advertisements (in which Ball endorses everything from Philip Morris cigarettes to theEncyclopaedia Britannica), comic books, her record 36TV Guidecover appearances, and rare and one-of-a-kind things such as studio-audience tickets, scripts, and items from her wardrobe. A final section spotlights more recent home videos, trading cards, fan club magazines, and commemorative plates from "the Lucy revival." As a bonus, Wyman lists the episodes of all Ball's radio and TV series, her radio and TV guest appearances and specials, and movies.Gordon Flagg