TV Trivia
by Michael Karol
& Craig Hamrick

Trivia Tidbits
Nuggets of info about TV classics like I Love Lucy, The Bionic Woman, and Bewitched

Features
Funny Ladies, TV Actors on Stage, Soaps and more

About the Authors:
Craig Hamrick
Michael Karol

TV Tidbits.com content:
© 2006 Michael Karol and/or Craig Hamrick

 

Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. Ann Sothern. Joan Davis. Gale Storm. Eve Arden.

The names immediately evoke a smile on the face of anyone who has watched these "wisecracking dames" perform on their hit television shows.

Because our TV sets are in our homes, we sometimes personalize our relationships with the actors and actresses who appear on screen. If we like them, they become part of the family. If we don't, we tune out, and they're cancelled.

The success of these funny ladies is testament to the fact that audiences loved them, invited them into their homes week after week, and even today still welcome a visit. This newly revamped book (it was formerly called Funny Ladies: Sitcom Queens when published in 2004) features mostly new copy, essays that take a look at the lives of some funny ladies I grew up loving on the small screen -- and the characters they played. Plus: a retooled Top 10 (and a half!); brand-new interviews with Gale Storm (the Foreword) and I Love Lucy's Doris Singleton (the Introduction); and a special never-before heard Lucy anecdote from comedian Larry Storch.

For much, much more on these funny ladies and hundreds of others, see my new TVTidbits book, Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen.

Click below to read about these classic TV stars:

Michael Karol has written four books about Lucille Ball: Lucy A to Z, The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia, the revised, expanded 3rd Edition; Lucy in Print, looking at press coverage of Lucy and her costars over the past 60 years; The Lucille Ball Quiz Book; and his most recent, The Comic DNA of Lucille Ball: Interpreting the Icon. He has also written the best-selling TV Tidbits book The ABC Movie of the Week Companion. A date gone wrong sparked his vampire/mystery novel Kiss Me, Kill Me. It's prequel. Sleeps Well With Others, is due out in the fall of 2006. All are currently available on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com, and many other online and in-store sources. Visit here for more information.