Too often we forget Lucille Ball’s other hit sitcom. From 1963-1968, The Lucy Show was must-watch TV, with an average viewership of around fifteen million households. That’s about the same, if not more, than I Love Lucy. Of course, fifteen million was more impressive back in the 1950s when fewer households owned a television set.

Still, by any standard, The Lucy Show was an instant success. And it didn’t take long for supplemental merch to appear, like this tie-in novel. The book is not based on any particular episode but places the show’s cast of zany characters in a brand-new adventure.

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