Description
Lucille Ball's comic genius made them famous, but many of the unforgettable plot lines for I Love Lucy came from the life of their writer, Madelyn Pugh Davis. In Laughing with Lucy, Davis and her long-time writing partner, Bob Carroll Jr, recount her rise in television and her many years working on the set and behind the scenes with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Lighthearted and witty, this book offers a trip back in time to the tumultuous early days of television.
Author: Madelyn Pugh Davis
Publisher: Clerisy Press
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.70w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781578603053
ISBN10: 1578603056
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Performing Arts | Television | History & Criticism
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
About the Author
Madelyn Pugh Davis and her writing partner, Bob Carroll Jr, have been in the entertainment business for more than 50 years. Together they are have written more than 400 television shows--all the "I Love Lucy" shows as well as the "Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour," "The Lucy Show," "Here's Lucy," "life with Lucy," and "The Mothers-in-Law" --and about 300 radio shows. They have produced more than 200 television shows. Davis and Carroll were executive producers on the "Private Benjamin" and "Alice" TV series, and they also wrote for Steve Allen, Debbie Reynolds, Dorothy Loudon, and Dinah Shore. Davis and Carroll are two-time Emmy nominees for their work on "I Love Lucy," and they received a Golden Globe Award as the producers of "Alice." In 2001, UCLA Film School honor Davis with a Lifetime Achievement in Television Writing.