Lucy and Desi

The Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous Couple

By: Warren G. Harris

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

After eight years on the air, Desi Arnaz did not love Lucy any more. On screen, they were dynamite, a comedy pairing more successful than any Hollywood had ever produced. But when the cameras stopped rolling, they fought, screamed and threatened each other more each season. Finally, an argument in Desi's production office turned violent. Lucy hurled a cocktail glass past his head, and Desi demanded a divorce. He moved out that night. After nearly 20 years, America's favorite couple was finished.

When they first got married, no one in Hollywood thought it would last six months. Lucille Ball's acting career was on the skids, and Arnaz was just another Cuban bandleader. But together, their irresistible chemistry produced one of the greatest television empires of all time, and a love story as passionate as it was explosive.

©1991 Warren G. Harris (P)2016 Graymalkin Media, LLC

Have always loved Lucy

What made the experience of listening to Lucy and Desi the most enjoyable?

I have always been a huge fan of the show and they in someways remind me of my parents. So I love learning about there history there ups and downs and how they made life work for them selfs. I love learning about the show and the fact that back then work was work u didn't need to like one another but u needed to make it work.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lucy hands down

Which character – as performed by Jim Frangione – was your favorite?

Lucy and I loved learning more about Vivian

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Oh ye many times I could feel there pain as well as there love

Any additional comments?

There is such a rich history with this iconic couple and I feel even after all these years we will never know the true depths of there connection what they truly met to one another.

True Fans will enjoy

I loved it, it was so detailed and it gave me a sense like I was part of her life.

excellent account of the lives of lucy and desi

If you could sum up Lucy and Desi in three words, what would they be?

geniuses of comedy

What did you like best about this story?

i enjoyed the perspectives of their lives and how they eventually and unexpectedly came together to create a world of comedy like nobody else before them and very few since.

Any additional comments?

i've been an I Love Lucy fan since the early 70's when i was just a kid, and this is a book i wish i had been able to read decades ago when they were both still with us and performing. The book doesn't shy away from the low points in their lives, but it illustrates their high points excellently. greatly enjoyable and recommended highly.

Fantastic!!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and hated for it to end. The narrator was wonderful, with his “on the mark” inflection and soothing voice.
I’ve read other books on Lucy & Desi, but this one is, beyond a doubt, the best.
I highly recommend!!

Book is worth a Listen

OK book, but same information in Lucy biography and the wondweful "A Book" by Desi Arnaz.

"Lucy & Desi" - well narrated and informative

I've been a fan of Lucy and Desi since I was a little kid and watched reruns at home, one of the few programs my parents and my siblings and I could watch together and enjoy. Over the years I had heard of their troubles and knew of her success in TV, I had not known much about what happened with Desi. This book enlightens us all on his highs and lows, and both of their incredible life stories. A remarkable business partnership, and despite his cheating it seemed to me that both of them loved each other in their own way throughout their lives. His ability to see where the entertainment industry was headed and their willingness to try new technology and unwillingness to sacrifice quality of performance or production led to new production and filming methods that were industry-changing. Yet the book also delves into their personal stories and paints the complicated picture of their individual and married lives as well as shedding light on their family dynamics. Well worth it.

loved it!!!

As a huge I love Lucy fan , I learned a lot of both Lucille Ball's and Desi Arnaz lives that I would never imagine. I will always be a Lucille Ball fan 😘

AWESOME!

I loved this book so much and learned a lot about their impact on the television industry as a whole. Highly recommended!

They will live forever

This was a fantastic book. I grew up watching everything Lucille Ball did and to find out more about her life was so interesting. I think that even if you didn't watch her shows it is still a book well worth listening to.

Lucy and Desi

Would you consider the audio edition of Lucy and Desi to be better than the print version?

Do not know.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Lucy and Desi?

When Lucy passes on.

Which scene was your favorite?

When they decide on Bill Frawley for the role of Fred Mertz.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not necessarily.

Any additional comments?

Very interesting book, but how could it not be?