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Dana @ The Ricardo Project

"The Ricardo Project" is a podcast dedicated to exploring the historical, comedic, and emotional impact of America's favorite sitcom, "I Love Lucy." We're watching through the whole show 70 years later with 2024 eyes, and exploring just why this show worked so beautifully. 

 

Here, you'll find lists of my favorite books on comedy, pop culture, critical theory, and of course, Lucy herself. Welcome!

Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television
A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball
Love, Lucy
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple
Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (Expanded)
Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball
Laughing with Lucy: My Life with America's Leading Lady of Comedy
The Lucille Ball Quiz Book
I Loved Lucy: My Friendship with Lucille Ball
A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
'Un-American' Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era (None)
Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist
Show Trial: Hollywood, Huac, and the Birth of the Blacklist
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical
American Vaudeville
Hay Fever
A Talent to Amuse: A Life of Noel Coward
Noises Off
Tallulah: My Autobiography
Blithe Spirit
A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball
Love, Lucy
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
'Un-American' Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era (None)
Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist
Show Trial: Hollywood, Huac, and the Birth of the Blacklist
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical
American Vaudeville
Screwball: The Life of Carole Lombard
Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis
Tallulah: My Autobiography
The Queer Art of Failure
The Moving Body (Le Corps Poétique): Teaching Creative Theatre
Women and Laughter
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Holes
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Tales of Magic 4-Book Boxed Set
Winnie-The-Pooh: Classic Gift Edition
The Witches
James and the Giant Peach
Matilda
Beatrix Potter the Complete Tales
Half Magic, 1
Magic by the Lake
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Time Garden
Seven-Day Magic
Magic or Not?
Knight's Castle
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