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gilligan fanatic · 10-07-2005, 10:11 PM

What books about TV do you have. My list is

The Complete Directory to Primetime and Network TV Shows 1946-Present (ed 7 & 8)

TV Treasures A Companion Guide to Gilligan's Island
Inside Gilligan's Island
Here on Gilligan's Island
Gilligan Maynard and Me
Gilligan Unbound

Come and Knock on Our Door....
The Andy Griffith Show Book
Jump the Shark
...And Jerry Mathers as the Beaver
M*A*S*H Trivia

TV Land 2 Go
Nick at Nites Classic TV Companion
Why We Watch Killing the Gilligan With In

TV Guide 50 Years
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Book
Stay Tunned

These are fiction but I though I would add them

Welcome Back Kotter: The Sweathog Newshawks
The Brady Bunch: TV's Newest and Wackiest Family
Happy Days: The Invaders

robby76 · 10-07-2005, 10:23 PM

I only have one called "TV Moms" which goes through tv moms from the 50's to the 00's. It has Good Times, Eight is Enough, Cosby Show etc featured in it.

I'd like to have more tv books, especially ones focusing on the 80's but they're non-existent!

dawsongirl · 10-07-2005, 10:33 PM

The Complete Directory to Primetime and Network TV Shows 1946-Present (the red one and the blue one. I don't know why I still have the red one)

A book on Hogan's Heroes
TV Land 2 Go
Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion
Why We Watch: Killing the Gilligan Within
All those Simpsons Episode Guide books
That book that lists every TV thing Lucille Ball did
Cult TV
TV Turkeys
Game Show Encyclopedia
Richard Dawson and the Family Feud

and some I can't remember

snl 70s show fan · 10-08-2005, 12:37 AM

i have quite a few i cant think of all of them but here are some that i have .come and knock on our door .saturday night a backstage history of saturday night live .live from new york the late shift. the fight for tonight. cue the bunny on the rainbow. tv turkeys .up the tube prime time tv and the silverman years. station to station the history of rock and roll on television .the great tv sitcom book .tv game shows. saturday morning tv. desilu. and many others but those are the ones off the top of my head

treky · 10-15-2005, 01:48 AM

I have:

"The Beverlly Hillbillies"-a complete history of the show-including that awful 1981 reunion movie-going from the start in 1962 all the way up to 1988 when the book was written. They have a new edition taking it up to 2004.
"Harry & Walleys guide to TV"-a book which lists EVERY show, and gives a review of them, from 1947 to 1989 (when it was written)

Nighthawk76 · 10-15-2005, 11:35 AM

I really have too many to name. I have hundreds of books on the Star Trek shows, quite a few on The X-Files and a few on Alias.

treky · 10-15-2005, 09:42 PM

I also have one all about "Taxi". It's just titled "Taxi", and I have "The Complete Book of MASH" (not M*A*S*H; because Hollywood added the astericks), and I have "MASH-The Complete, Authrized Book of One of Televisions Most Popular Shows", and even they're technically not a tv show, I have a few 3 stooges books "The Three Stooges Scrapbook", "Moe Howard and The Three Stooges", Curly-An Authorized Biography of the Super stooge", and "Larry-The Stooge in the Middle". I also have LOTS of "Star Trek", "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" books including William Shatners two books "Star Trek Memories" and "Star Trek Movie Memories".

sbeamish · 10-15-2005, 10:33 PM

I have several books on The Three Stooges, although those were really theatrical shorts. I have a number of books on The Adventures of Superman, The Odd Couple, one about The Dick Van Dyke Show...

I'll probably think of many more later. (Basements too full of stuff for just a quick check.)

Ofcourse I have The Official Star Trek Quiz Book, the old one from 1984. I say "ofcourse," because the author, Mitchell Maglio, is my best friend. The book was done in the context of being a Starfleet training manual, and opens with a letter to a Starfleet Admiral who just happens to have my name.

Mrs. Ducky · 10-16-2005, 06:29 PM

The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present

How to Live a Sitcom Life

Jump the Shark

TV Land 2 Go

tv star collector · 10-27-2005, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Malone

I really have too many to name. I have hundreds of books on the Star Trek shows, quite a few on The X-Files and a few on Alias.

I have a lot of TV-related books, too (including both non-ficition and fiction,
hardcover, softcover and paperback). Here's a partial list (including only non-fiction, hardcover/softcover): THE COMPLETE DIRECTORY TO PRIME
TIME NETWORK & CABLE SHOWS, TV GUIDE: THE FIRST 25 YEARS, TV GUIDE:
FIFTY YEARS OF TELEVISION, HOW SWEET IT WAS, BROUGHT TO YOU IN LIVING COLOR: 75 YEARS OF GREAT MOMENTS IN TELEVISION & RADIO FROM
NBC, PRIMETIME PROVERBS: THE BOOK OF TV QUOTES, BEST OF CRIME AND
DETECTIVE TV, FANTASTIC TELEVISION (sci-fi shows), TV WESTERN BOOK
VOL. 2, THE GREAT TV SIT-COM BOOK, SATURDAY MORNING TV, THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMATED CARTOONS, DUMMY DAYS (ventriloquists),
HI THERE, BOYS & GIRLS: AMERICA'S LOCAL CHILDREN'S TV PROGRAMS,
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY TELEVISION, THE ART OF HANNA-
BARBERA, THE TV THEME SONG SINGALONG SONG BOOK, and MIGHTY MINUTES (TV commercials).

Also books on these specific programs: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, JACK BENNY
SHOW, CAESAR'S HOUR, BAYWATCH, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, DUKES OF HAZZARD,
7TH HEAVEN, CHARMED, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, STAR TREK, BONANZA, THE
ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, BEWITCHED, THE DICK
VAN DYKE SHOW, FRASIER, GET SMART, GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, I DREAM OF
JEANNIE, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, MISTER ED, THE MUNSTERS, EVERYBODY
LOVES RAYMOND, THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, HOWDY DOODY, SAVED BY
THE BELL, ROCKY & BULLWINKLE, THE SIMPSONS, THE BEATLES (cartoons),
THE UNDERDOG SHOW, HEE HAW, and THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN.
(Whew!) But I started building my library about forty years ago.

tv star collector · 10-27-2005, 07:15 PM

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tv star collector · 10-27-2005, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbeamish

I have several books on The Three Stooges, although those were really theatrical shorts. I have a number of books on The Adventures of Superman, The Odd Couple, one about The Dick Van Dyke Show...

I'll probably think of many more later. (Basements too full of stuff for just a quick check.)

Ofcourse I have The Official Star Trek Quiz Book, the old one from 1984. I say "ofcourse," because the author, Mitchell Maglio, is my best friend. The book was done in the context of being a Starfleet training manual, and opens with a letter to a Starfleet Admiral who just happens to have my name.

I have three books about the Stooges: MOE HOWARD & THE THREE STOOGES
by Moe Howard, THE THREE STOOGES SCRAPBOOK, and Michael Fleming's
THE THREE STOOGES: FROM AMALGAMATED MORONS TO AMERICAN ICONS
(the book on which Mel Gibson's TV-movie was based). They're my favorite
comedy team; love 'em all (Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Joe, and Curly-Joe).
But Curly Howard is my favorite. He was a comedy genius.

Marvo301 · 10-29-2005, 04:35 AM

My T.V. related library includes the following:

1. Bradymania by Elizabeth Moran

2. The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book by Vince Waldron

3. The Dukes of Hazzard, The Unofficial Companion by David Hofstede

4. The Beverly Hillbillies by Stephen Cox

5.My Life in Toons by Joe Barbera

6.The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion by Larry Nemecek

7. Trek, The Next Generation Crew Book by James Van Hise

8.The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh

9.The Great TV Sitcom Book by Rick Mitz

opus · 10-01-2015, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nighthawk76

I really have too many to name.

Same here. It would take way too long to list them.

episode30 · 10-01-2015, 05:28 PM

Can't resist the opportunity to plug by book "Funny You Should Ask: Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers." Probably the most comprehensive book on early TV sitcom writers. Lots of stories about some of the shows mentioned earlier in this thread. Please look it up on Amazon.

10-07-2005, 10:11 PM	#1
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10-07-2005, 10:23 PM	#2
robby76 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 949	I only have one called "TV Moms" which goes through tv moms from the 50's to the 00's. It has Good Times, Eight is Enough, Cosby Show etc featured in it. I'd like to have more tv books, especially ones focusing on the 80's but they're non-existent!
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10-15-2005, 01:48 AM	#5
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10-16-2005, 06:29 PM	#9
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10-07-2005, 10:33 PM	#3
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	The Complete Directory to Primetime and Network TV Shows 1946-Present (the red one and the blue one. I don't know why I still have the red one) A book on Hogan's Heroes TV Land 2 Go Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion Why We Watch: Killing the Gilligan Within All those Simpsons Episode Guide books That book that lists every TV thing Lucille Ball did Cult TV TV Turkeys Game Show Encyclopedia Richard Dawson and the Family Feud and some I can't remember

10-08-2005, 12:37 AM	#4
snl 70s show fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2005 Location: in the forman basment Posts: 2,454	i have quite a few i cant think of all of them but here are some that i have .come and knock on our door .saturday night a backstage history of saturday night live .live from new york the late shift. the fight for tonight. cue the bunny on the rainbow. tv turkeys .up the tube prime time tv and the silverman years. station to station the history of rock and roll on television .the great tv sitcom book .tv game shows. saturday morning tv. desilu. and many others but those are the ones off the top of my head

10-15-2005, 11:35 AM	#6
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	I really have too many to name. I have hundreds of books on the Star Trek shows, quite a few on The X-Files and a few on Alias.

10-15-2005, 09:42 PM	#7
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	I also have one all about "Taxi". It's just titled "Taxi", and I have "The Complete Book of MASH" (not MAS*H; because Hollywood added the astericks), and I have "MASH-The Complete, Authrized Book of One of Televisions Most Popular Shows", and even they're technically not a tv show, I have a few 3 stooges books "The Three Stooges Scrapbook", "Moe Howard and The Three Stooges", Curly-An Authorized Biography of the Super stooge", and "Larry-The Stooge in the Middle". I also have LOTS of "Star Trek", "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" books including William Shatners two books "Star Trek Memories" and "Star Trek Movie Memories".

10-15-2005, 10:33 PM	#8
sbeamish Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 28, 2004 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 296	I have several books on The Three Stooges, although those were really theatrical shorts. I have a number of books on The Adventures of Superman, The Odd Couple, one about The Dick Van Dyke Show... I'll probably think of many more later. (Basements too full of stuff for just a quick check.) Ofcourse I have The Official Star Trek Quiz Book, the old one from 1984. I say "ofcourse," because the author, Mitchell Maglio, is my best friend. The book was done in the context of being a Starfleet training manual, and opens with a letter to a Starfleet Admiral who just happens to have my name.

10-29-2005, 04:35 AM	#13
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,460	My T.V. related library includes the following: 1. Bradymania by Elizabeth Moran 2. The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book by Vince Waldron 3. The Dukes of Hazzard, The Unofficial Companion by David Hofstede 4. The Beverly Hillbillies by Stephen Cox 5.My Life in Toons by Joe Barbera 6.The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion by Larry Nemecek 7. Trek, The Next Generation Crew Book by James Van Hise 8.The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh 9.The Great TV Sitcom Book by Rick Mitz
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10-01-2015, 05:28 PM	#15
episode30 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 23, 2013 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 16	Can't resist the opportunity to plug by book "Funny You Should Ask: Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers." Probably the most comprehensive book on early TV sitcom writers. Lots of stories about some of the shows mentioned earlier in this thread. Please look it up on Amazon.