The Lucille Ball Quiz Book

by Michael Karol

Overview

About the Author

Writer and classic TV expert Michael Karol has always loved Lucy. His biography of her, Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia, debuted in May 2001. An expanded and revised Third Edition was published in 2004. He wrote a companion book, Lucy in Print, in 2003, and is webmaster of a comprehensive and frequently updated Lucille Ball site, Sitcomboy.com.  Along with author Craig Hamrick, Michael is producing a new series of trivia books called TV Tidbits. Funny Ladies, an affectionate look at female sitcom stars, was Michael’s first entry. Future volumes will rediscover the ABC Movie of the Week, and forgotten Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the 1970s-1990s.  Michael landed his dream publishing job in 2003 - one in which his job description involves watching TV all day - as Copy Chief at Soap Opera Weekly.

An award-winning entertainment journalist, Michael has interviewed a wide variety of performers over the years, from Susan Lucci to R&B singer Phyllis Hyman. He has served as an editorial consultant for many magazines, including Martha Stewart Living, Fortune, and Ladies Home Journal, and companies like The College Board and Johnson & Johnson.  In a departure from his specialty, non-fiction, Michael published the horror/mystery novel Kiss Me Kill Me in 2003. A lengthy essay, tentatively titled Sleeps Well with Others, is in the works.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595766680
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/09/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	260 KB

Introduction

“As a thank-you to all those who have bought my first two books about Lucy -- Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia, and Lucy in Print—I present the third: The Lucille Ball Quiz Book.

“Lucy would probably be amazed that so much has been written about her, and that she continues to be a favorite book subject almost 15 years after her death. But her fans, and you know who you are, wouldn’t be. You’re the ones reading this right now.

“There have been other trivia books and quiz books about I Love Lucy, but none centering on the life of Lucille Ball, and none like this one, which features nuggets (or tidbits, as I like to call them) of information about Lucy, her career, and those close to her, in almost every question, and sprinkled throughout the quizzes.

“Some of the information will be entirely new to you, as it is gleaned from newly found information (such as the tidbit about Lucy Day at the 1964 World’s Fair in Section 1), so don’t strain your brain too hard. The answers are only a page or two away.”