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Summary: It's the website . . . in a convenient portable size
Review: If you like Billy's website, you will definately like this book. Clear, concise articles about many aspects of early (1940s to 1970s) televison, with many photos. Like old commercials? Kid's programs? Game shows? You got 'em right here. The CD-Rom is an added bonus that adds to the enjoyment of this entire package. Billy, you did good!
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Summary: For a Specific Audience, I Think--Good, in What it Covers
Review: There's a lot of disagreement in the reviews on this book, and here's my guess as to why. This book seems to be generally focused on pop-culture TV of the 50s and 60s, and I think that has to have been your era (or at least your passion) for this book to be worthwhile. For me, it's not, but I think that's more a function of me growing up in the seventies and early eighties than anything else--if this book were focused on those eras of TV, I think I'd love this book as much as some of the other reviewers.My only real complaint, aside from my era-deficiencies, is the marketing of this book. If they specified what it covered, they might not have disappointed the folks they did. I'm glad I have this as part of my TV library, though, and I'm glad, too, that they might be releasing another one that might cover shows more in my TV timeline.
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Summary: Calgon take me away!
Review: If you're sick of hearing bad news and reading about war like I am, this book is like an escape into the past. It's all about reading about my favorite forgotten shows from years past. Batman, Time Tunnel, Superman, Genesis II, Sanford & Son, Good Times, The Green Hornet, Captain Nice, Captain Kangaroo, Winky Dink, Romper Room and so many more. It's just such a joy to run away into my past. I'm saving this book to read again and again. Love the little comments from people like myself scattered throughout. I loved it, you will too!
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Summary: Blast from the past
Review: It's fitting that this book covers the Time Tunnel in it's pages. This book is a tunnel through my TV past and I loved every minute of it. From Andy's Gang to PLayboy After Dark to Lucy and Robert Blake, TVPARTY really lives up to its name. Especially entertaining are the pieces on Romper Rooom, Captain Kangaroo and the weird details surrounding the death of Alfalfa. Wildly pleasing and fun to boot, it's like being a fly on the wall of TV history!
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Summary: I enjoyed it so much!
Review: This book, TVPARTY, took me back into my past with stories about the TV personalities I grew up with. Both local & national celebrities. It left me with a warm feeling and I can't wait for the next book.
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Summary: Are we living in Iraq?
Review: Folks, at the risk of being tagged as some phantom reviewer, the truth is that I did not like the book. I think that conspiracy theories are interesting, but in an open forum like this, you have to take the good with the bad. Last time I looked, I was living in America where you could express your opinions without being accused of this or that.
Some people think that this book is Sacred. Fine. Some people think that the book is toilet paper. Fine. But don't step on my blue suede shoes and try to take the validity of expressing my opinion here by dregging up some ridiculous theory about people writing bogus reviews. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen, for goodness sake. I've never seen such immature reviews (pro and con) in all my life. Is it that hard for you people to accept contrary opinions? Sheesh!!
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Summary: This is great!
Review: As someone with a particular interest in Women in television, this book caught my eye. With mini-bios and stories about Bette Davis, Ida Lupino, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Gertrude Berg and others, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and think anyone in the industry will enjoy it as well. Very funny and informative!
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Summary: Well...
Review: TVparty is a bottomless pit of understatement and frivolous detail. Horrible. Simply horrible.
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Summary: Thrill to the early days of TV
Review: Finally a book that doesn't stop with the biggest shows of the early era of television, TVparty looks at local kid shows (which made up the bulk of local programming for decades), how various movie stars fared on television (not so well in most cases), and some mysteries and scandals thrown in for good measure. If the unknown and the unusual thrill you (like It's About Time, Irwin Allen, Redd Foxx, Good Times, Shenanigans and Gene Roddenberry's unsold pilots) then this is the book for you. If you want to read about the same old stuff found in dozens of other books, then skip it.
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Summary: Looking forward to the next edition
Review: I give tvparty a two star only because I think it is a work-in-progress. I really think that the idea of digging behind the scenes of old tv shows is a great idea. Just needs more work.
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