Tv Moms

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Summary: I LOVE MY "TELEMOMS!"
Review: Do you wear pearls and heels to sweep the floors? ; ) Me? I'm more like Peg Bundy! Well maybe not *that* bad! TV Moms: An Illustrated Guide" is such a GREAT little book! There's almost every TV MOM you can think of in this book and some you may have forgotten. I know I had forgotten some of these moms and it was great to "see" them again! I highly recommend this book because it follows women as they changed through the decades and I found it more insightful than any sociology textbook could EVER be! This is a fun and interesting book and even my kids like reading it too.

Rating:
Summary: I LOVE MY "TELEMOMS!"
Review: Do you wear pearls and heels to sweep the floors? ; ) Me? I'm more like Peg Bundy! Well maybe not *that* bad! TV Moms: An Illustrated Guide" is such a GREAT little book! There's almost every TV MOM you can think of in this book and some you may have forgotten. I know I had forgotten some of these moms and it was great to "see" them again! I highly recommend this book because it follows women as they changed through the decades and I found it more insightful than any sociology textbook could EVER be! This is a fun and interesting book and even my kids like reading it too.

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Summary: This is my Bible!
Review: I have always been a fan of shows like"I love Lucy" and "Leave it to beaver." I read this book almost daily. It is amazing! Full of information, well Written, Funny...Ray Richmond deserves a Nobel Prize for Literature for bring this gift unto our earth.

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Summary: This is my Bible!
Review: I have always been a fan of shows like"I love Lucy" and "Leave it to beaver." I read this book almost daily. It is amazing! Full of information, well Written, Funny...Ray Richmond deserves a Nobel Prize for Literature for bring this gift unto our earth.

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Summary: It's the Mother of All Television Nostalgia Books!
Review: Mothers. We all have/had one. But until television, none of us realized the full extent to which moms could be entertaining, annoying, frightening, overbearing and zany.

And yet...when I went to the library to read up on mom characters on TV, I was shocked to find there was not a single book on the subject (not even so much as a "TV Mothering for Dummies," for crying out loud). To fill this frightful void, I took it upon myself to research and write "TV Moms: An Illustrated Guide," which I have designed to be far more than the typical collection of nostalgic fluff. No sir-ree-mom.

Indeed, "TV Moms: An Illustrated Guide" is designed with your good health in mind. A single reading provides 100% of the recommended minimum daily adult requirement for vitamins and iron as well as a full day's supply of paper and ink. No, no, seriously, this book won't insulate you from illness. But if Regis ever asks you a question about the dial's maternal icons on national TV, you'll be covered. And I don't think it's possible to put a price on that kind of knowledge.

Inside the copiously illustrated "TV Moms: An Illustrated Guide," readers will find a virtual Who's Who of the telemothering world. It profiles 53 different mother characters from 50 TV series, arranged in easy-to-follow, decade-by-decade, chronological fashion.

From Lucy Ricardo, June Cleaver, Harriet Nelson, Laura Petrie and Jane Jetson to Carol Brady, Shirley Partridge, Marion Cunningham, Peg Bundy, Marge Simpson, Murphy Brown and Roseanne, the book chronicles the full range of mom creations: from the subservient to the subversive, the loving to the looney, the nurturing to the naughty. Every last mom is highlighted with description, opinion and even a section listing her "Classic Mom-ents" (get it) on the show.

But here's the real deal-closer: my book isn't just a regurgitation of factoids every TV junkie worth his remote already knows. It takes the telemom discussion a step further (maybe even two or three steps) by drawing genuine parallels between the trends defining motherhood in American society with the evolution of momkind on TV. What comes through is the definition of a true sociological phenomenon that is only mildly exaggerated in the interest of spurring interest in the book.

At the very least, one emerges from digesting this book feeling closer to -- and more emotionally bonded with -- his or her television set than ever before. The views expressed will leave you muttering, "That Ray Richmond...is he in touch with his feminine side or what?".

One other thing is certain: "TV Moms: An Illustrated Guide" is more than just a book. It's a party with 53 of your best friends (some of them dead). It rarely gets more special than that.

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Summary: Love Moms, Hate this book
Review: This is a cute little book and nothing more. Pass it up and pick up a copy about the making of the shows which are shabbily covered in this tired little publication. The photos are nothing rare or extraordinary, and the writing is dry and stale. The concept is a cute idea, but the potential is unrealized. Too bad. The quality of the book is poor. Poor photo reproduction, poor paper quality. A quickie knockoff book. There's nothing in here you haven't read before in TV nostalgia books. Sorry, Moms.

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Summary: Fun and informative reading!
Review: TV Moms is an illustrated guide which is packed with black and white photos revealing the programs and shows which created images of mothers for television audiences. From the black working single mother portrayed in Julia to Edith Bunker in All in the Family and Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch, TV Moms examines the images and roles represented by television mothers.