Editing I Love Lucy (section)

==In other media==
===Radio===
There was some thought about creating an ''I Love Lucy'' radio show to run in conjunction with the television series as was being done at the time with the CBS hit show ''Our Miss Brooks''. On February 27, 1952, a sample ''I Love Lucy'' radio show was produced, but it never aired. This was a pilot episode, created by editing the soundtrack of the television episode "Breaking the Lease", with added Arnaz narration (in character as Ricky Ricardo). It included commercials for [[Philip Morris USA|Philip Morris]], which sponsored the television series. While it never aired on radio at the time in the 1950s (Philip Morris eventually sponsored a radio edition of ''[[My Little Margie]]'' instead), copies of this radio pilot episode have been circulating among [[Golden Age of Radio|old-time radio]] collectors for years, and this radio pilot episode has aired in more recent decades on numerous local radio stations that air some old-time radio programming.<ref>{{Internet Archive|id=ILoveLucy|description=I Love Lucy: Breaking the Lease OTR}}</ref>

===Merchandise===
Ball and Arnaz authorized various types of ''I Love Lucy'' merchandise. Beginning in November 1952, ''I Love Lucy'' dolls, manufactured by the [[American Character Doll Company]],<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/11/15/84368085.html?pageNumber=24 "Advertising & Merchandising News"], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110125429/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/11/15/84368085.html?pageNumber=24 |date=January 10, 2020 }} ''New York Times'' (November 15, 1952), p. 24.</ref> were sold. Adult-size ''I Love Lucy'' pajamas and a bedroom set were also produced; all of these items appeared on the show.
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File:I love lucy doll 1952.jpg|''I Love Lucy'' doll
File:I love lucy bedroom set 1953.JPG|''I Love Lucy'' bedroom set
File:I love lucy pajamas 1953.jpg|''I Love Lucy'' pajamas
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===Comic book and comic strip===
[[Dell Comics]] published 35 issues of an ''I Love Lucy'' comic book between 1954 and 1962 including two try-out [[Four Color]] issues (#535 and #559). [[King Features Syndicate|King Features]] syndicated a comic strip (written by [[Lawrence Nadel]] and drawn by [[Bob Oksner]], jointly credited as "Bob Lawrence") from 1952 to 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-love-lucy-comics.html|title=BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: I Love Lucy Comics|author=Steven Thompson|date=February 8, 2006|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=May 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525120204/http://booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-love-lucy-comics.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_02_18.html#012954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604014054/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_02_18.html|title=Bob Oksner, R.I.P.|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> [[Eternity Comics]] in the early 1990s issued comic books that reprinted the strip and Dell comic book series.