Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Television - Reference

"Gina Meyers pays respect to one of the classic television shows of our time. In the process, we discover more than just an entertaining and nostalgic sitcom, but one that has earned a place in our social fabric. Black cloak fabric, that is!

Marcella Carrillo, book reviewer

"This is a very involved book about Bewitched, even if you didn't know much about the show, you do after reading this book."

Anne M. Morrall, Australia Bewitched Fan

The Magic of Bewitched has totally...

"It is a good day to die."

What is the proper response to this? What should I do?

Now, with Klingon for the Galactic Traveler you will know.

Organized into four easy-to-use sections, this book will guide your steps through the Klingon language and customs:

• The regional dialects of the Empire
  
• Common, everyday usage of the language
  
• The slang phrases and curses that color the Klingon volcabulary
  
• Most importantly, the proper verbal, physical, and cultural responses.

A recent Times-Mirror survey has shown that 65 percent of Americans prefer television over other news media for news coverage, an increase of 10 percent in just over a decade. To understand the enormous impact television news has had on American life, it is important to define the contributions made by various individuals in the field, as well as to recognize the news programs and broadcast journalism issues that have captivated, enlightened, and informed our nation. Never before have the forces and individuals of television news been so thoroughly and authoritatively examined.

Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western television series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973. It starred Pete Duel and Ben Murphy as outlaw cousins who are trying to reform. The series evolved from a made-for-TV movie of the previous year called The Young Country, about con artists in the Old West. It was produced, written, and directed by Roy Huggins and starred Roger Davis and Sally Field, but the series origins can be tracked back to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford and a comment in the film when, prior to...

Do you think you know EVERYTHING about television, kid? Remember when Television was all about The Texaco Star Theatre, Your Show of Shows, and The Honeymooners? Trivia expert Mel Simons remembers. Mel, known as one of the world's most renowned collectors of old-time radio shows has also amassed a major collection of old-time television shows.

Author of the successful The Old-Time Radio Trivia Book, Mel Simons has now penned The Old-Time Television Trivia Book. Mel has been entertaining audiences for years with his Golden Days of Television, as well as his Golden Days of Radio...

The first major biography (since 1983) of the great movie mogul George Lucas, whose marketing techniques have transformed the film business. His fourth Star Wars film, The Phantom Menace, released in 1999, was perhaps the most eagerly awaited cinematic event of all time.

George Lucas is one of the most innovative bigtime players on the movie scene. His three Star Wars films and the trio featuring the action hero Indiana Jones (all six of which Lucas conceived, produced and co-wrote) comprise the most popular group of films ever made. To finance them, he masterminded a revolutionary...

The definitive soap opera quiz book packed full of 2000 quality questions to test even the most avid of fans.

Who is the only original member of the Coronation Street cast to still appear in the show? -Ken Barlow Eastenders is set in which fictional London suburb? -Walford Who burnt down the church in Emmerdale in 2002? -Zoe Tate Who shot JR? -Kristin Shepard

Soap operas are a national obsession in Britain. Soaps have consistently rated in the top 10 of Britain's Most Watched TV since 1960s and single episodes of Coronation Street and EastEnders have reached over 19 million...