Customer Reviews

I Love Lucy: The Official 50th Anniversary Edition, Celebrating 50 Years of Love and Laughter

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I was truly excited when I heard that this book was being published. The detail and outlines to each and every episode is a treat. Every I Love Lucy fan would be thrilled!

However, as mentioned in other reviews, the quality of the photos are a joke! The photos are clouded and hazed, purposely I'm sure, so they can't be scanned and posted on fan websites, Unfortunately, it completely cheapens the book. There is no clarity to the photos whatsoever so you need to read this book in GOOD light. It is truly a disappointment for such a nicely compiled book. Its a special part of my library, but I admit I cringe when I open it up. Such a shame. You may want to scan through this book at the bookstore before actually buying this!!

But, if you want some nice pictures from the I Love Lucy series, check out "I Love Lucy: The Complete Picture History of the Most Popular TV Show Ever" by Michael McClay, Deanna Gaffner-McClay. While the content is similar to the 50th anniversary book, it does not include pictorials on every episode, but the photo quality is excellent! Also, check out the new "I Love Lucy Book of Trivia" by Ric B. Wyman. While the pictures are hazed and tinted, the clarity and quality of the photos are pretty good (a lot better than the 50th anniversary book!) and compliment the text nicely.

Ok I admit it, I am a die-hard fan of "I Love Lucy". Over the years I have read just about every book written about the actors and the show and this one is the best. There are interesting biographies and "behind the scenes" stuff and then a page devoted to EVERY episode of the show.

Many pictures, trivia questions, and all kinds of fun stuff await the reader that makes this a must-have for any loyal Lucy fan. What makes this book different is the meticulous research into every episode both in front of and behind the camera. You'll feel almost as good after reading this as if you had seen an actual episode of the show-almost. Because nothing beats hearing the Ricardos and the Mertzes planning their schemes and having their fun at 323 E. 68th Street.

If you don't like this book, well....."You've definetly got some splainin' to do!"

I was DELIGHTED with this book. It featured biographies, the compleye episode guide with interesting coincidences and facts. I really liked the episode guide. It featured rare seen pictures, script lines, and a summary of every one. Plus, it also tests your lucy knowledge, with over 500 trivia questions and answers. It also features facts many books or episodes don't. For example: When Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz eloped in 1940, where did Desi buy the last-to-minute brass wedding ring he gave to Lucy? Read the book to find out!!

Based on the book's description, reviews and price I expected much more. For some reason the pictures for each episode are printed in a fuzzy, cloudy way. I'm sure it is intentional, but don't understand the logic -- clear pictures would be more enjoyable. The comments on each episode are rather bland and unenlightening. Nothing new here at all!!!

One noted error -- Mrs Trumble's last appearance was not in the Bon Voyage episode to Europe. She did appear in the 6th season - Little Ricky Plays the Drums.

Being an avid fan of I LOVE LUCY, I was delighted to find this new book available at the booksellers. While there are unfortunately no real surprises in presenting THE classic American sitcom information-wise, I thought that this "coffee table" type book was a beautiful tribute to the 50 year-old legend that is I LOVE LUCY. However, I DO have a serious qualm about the seemingly purposely gauzey and fuzzy "look" of the black and white photographs which are seen throughout the book; they cheapen the author's intent. It seems to me that if author Edwards wanted to present her painstaking work at its very best, she would have included gloriously pristine CLEAR and SHARP black and white photographs!! This flaw seriously takes away from the enjoyment of this otherwise generally excellent book.

As an major "I Love Lucy" fan, raising a tiny, budding fan (my little girl just turned 4, she barely watches tv, but has seen a at least half of the episodes in the series - she LOVES it)... We enjoy looking through this book, and using it as a tool to talk about the episodes with eachother. Granted, the info in it is not as unique as some other books I've read on the show... but it's still a enjoyable read and a fun treasure for the avid fan. Also, since it has a photograph for each episode, this book has been a great reference book, for helping my daughter identify her favorite episodes to me. (Besides her vague made-up titles like "The Candy Lucy" "Santiago Chili" "Baseball Lucy" "Dress up Lucy" "Superman" & "Pizza" - LoL!) ;)

I loved this book as it gives you all the shows in chronological order, according to season, etc. Each show page have quizzes, as well as behind the scenes information. It was great, and I highly recommend it for the true die-hard "I Love Lucy" fans. It is a keeper to pull out whenever one of the shows come on television.

This item came in a timely manner and was a gift item. Although not new the item was in very good condition as described. Again, I was very pleased with this transation.

My 13-year old daughter is hooked on Lucy! She received this book for her birthday and is slowly working her way through it. She has enjoyed the pictures quite a bit. For the price it was a great gift!

I purchased and sent this to my daughter, teaching in Namibia, Africa as a birthday gift. She and her roommate in college, use to run home, each day after their last class, to be sure and watch a I Love Lucy rerun on television - it was one of their "stress relievers" before they "hit the books". She said it did the same thing in Namibia, after teaching 3 English classes and 3 Environmental Management Classes, monitoring the new Library, and an HIV/AIDs club for her students/"learners" - a 12 hour day (plus class planning for the next day and correcting papers)!!! She's only 28 years old, but I Love Lucy is TIMELESS. She also received the first five year episodes. Thanks to Amazon.com for making this so easy for me to be able to do this for my daughter!!!!