Television Books
St Martin's Press Moose That Roared The Story of Jay Ward Bill Scott a Flying Squirrel and a Talking Moose
Book SynopsisThe Rocky and Bullwinkle show - the first cartoon to reach both kids and adults with its humour. This guide includes a behind-the-scenes history of the show's creation, the firece script battles fought with network censors, and the impact of the show on 1960s culture.
£26.28
Penguin Random House Group The Mythology of Supernatural
£21.47
John Wiley & Sons Inc Arrested Development and Philosophy
Book SynopsisARRESTED DEVELOPMENT AND PHILOSOPHY Is George Michael's crush on his cousin unnatural? Is it immoral for Lindsay to lie about stealing clothes to hide her job?Is Gob better off living his life in bad faith?What inferences can we draw from Tobias's double-entendres?Are the pictures really of bunkers or balls? The Bluth family's faults, foibles, and character flaws are so excruciatingly familiar that we squirm in painful recognition of the outrageous impulses that we all have but would never act on. The Bluths seem utterly unaware of the gaping distance between their behavior and accepted social norms. Lurking behind this craziness are large moral and philosophical issues to be explored. From Plato to Aristotle, from Descartes to Marx, Arrested Development and Philosophy draws from great philosophical minds to shed new light on the show's key questions and captivating themes, including the nature of self-knowledge and happiness, buTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS: And Now a Few Words from the New CEOs of the Bluth Company ix INTRODUCTION 1 Kristopher Phillips PART ONE FAMILY FIRST 1 Is the Examined Life a Huge Mistake?: Happiness, Self-Knowledge, and the Bluths 7 Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman 2 Kissing Cousins: Incest, Naturalism, and the Yuck Factor 23 Deborah R. Barnbaum 3 Freudian Arrested Development 33 Tim Jung 4 Don't Know Thyself: Gob and the Wisdom of Bad Faith 46 Daniel P. Malloy PART TWO A BUSINESS MODEL 5 Dr. Fünke's 100 Percent Natural Good-Time Alienation Solution 61 Jeff Ewing 6 Family First: How Not to Run a Business 73 Brett Gaul 7 Bourgeois Bluths: Arrested Development and Class Status 85 Rachel McKinney PART THREE SOME HUGE MISTAKES 8 What Whitey Isn't Ready to Hear: Social Identity in Arrested Development 99 J. Jeremy Wisnewski 9 "I Just Blue Myself": The Use and Abuse of Language in Arrested Development 111 M. E. Verrochi 10 To Bias Tobias: Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Arrested Development 123 Darci Doll 11 I'm Oscar.com: The Problem(s) of Personal Identity in Arrested Development 136 Kristopher Phillips PART FOUR THE ONE WHERE THEY DO EPISTEMOLOGY 12 You Can't Do Magic: Gob Bluth and the Illusionists' Craft 151 Michael Cholbi 13 Is Justified True Bluth Belief Knowledge? 162 Brett Coppenger and Kristopher Phillips 14 Bunkers and Balls: Arrested Development, Underdetermination, and the Theory-ladenness of Observation 172 Michael Da Silva PART FIVE SOLID AS IRAQ: POLITICS AND ETHICS ARRESTED 15 No Touching! George Sr.'s Brush with Treason 185 Douglas Paletta and Paul Franco 16 "I've Made a Huge Mistake": George Oscar Bluth Jr. and the Role of Error in Character Development 197 Christopher C. Kirby, Jonathan Hillard, and Mathew Holmes 17 The Comedy of Contradiction 210 Erin Fay and Willie Young PARTS IX: AND ON THE EPILOGUE . . . 18 And Now the Story of a Wealthy Family Who Lost Everything: Arrested Development, Narrative, and How We Find Meaning 227 Tyler Shores CONTRIBUTORS: Banana Stand Employee Roster 241 INDEX: Banana Stand Inventory 247
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Wiley True Blood and Philosophy
Book SynopsisTRUEBLOOD and Philosophy Does God hate fangs? Is Sam still Sam when he turns into a collie? Is coming out of the coffin the same as coming out of the closet? Are all vampires created evil? Vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, telepathsTrue Blood has it all. In a world where supernatural creatures coexist with human beings, Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton wrestle with powerful desires while facing complex issues concerning sex, romance, bigotry, violence, death, and immortality. Now, True Blood and Philosophy calls on the minds of some of history's great thinkers to perform some philosophical bloodletting on this thought-provoking series. From the metaphysics of mind reading to Maryann Forrester's cult of Dionysus, from vampire politics to the nature of personal identity, and from contemporary feminism to the rights of nonhuman species, True Blood and Philosophy mines the thinking of philosoTrade ReviewCan John Locke's memory theory explain the nature of vampire identity? Is there a PETA message buried in True Blood's take on vampire-human relations? These and other biting issues constitute the smart and amusing essays in the latest William Irwin-edited Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series (after Mad Men and Philosophy). Authors invoke the likes of Kant, Sartre, and Freud and approach their topics with the seriousness of a devoted fan balanced with the levity and wit the series is known for. More than one essay focusing on God and vampires duplicate efforts, but highlights include Christopher Robichaud's examination of consent in creating a vampire, William M. Curtis's discussion of metaphor and the mainstreaming of blood suckers, Ron Hirschbein's exploration of the "Edible Complex," and Patricia Brace and Robert Arp's analysis of the not-so-subtle similarities between vampire rights and gay rights. These easily-digestible philosophical morsels are perfect for fans of Jon Stewart and anyone else who likes to laugh while they learn. (June) (PW.com, August 16, 2010)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments: For the “Supes” We Just Can’t Live Without ix Introduction: “If a Tree Falls in the Woods, It’s Still a Tree—Ain’t It?” 1 Part One “I Used to Hate Vampires, Until I Got To Know One”: Vampire-human Ethics 1 To Turn or Not to Turn: The Ethics of Making Vampires 7 Christopher Robichaud 2 Dressing Up and Playing Human: Vampire Assimilation in the Human Playground 19 Jennifer Culver 3 Pets, Cattle, and Higher Life Forms on True Blood 33 Ariadne Blayde and George A. Dunn Part Two “life-challenged Individuals”: The Politics of Being Dead 4 Signed in Blood: Rights and the Vampire-Human Social Contract 51 Joseph J. Foy 5 “Honey, If We Can’t Kill People, What’s the Point of Being a Vampire?”: Can Vampires Be Good Citizens? 65 William M. Curtis 6 Un-True Blood: The Politics of Artificiality 79 Bruce A. McClelland Part Three “their Very Blood Is Seductive”: Eros, Sexuality, and Gender 7 Coming Out of the Coffin and Coming Out of the Closet 93 Patricia Brace and Robert Arp 8 “I Am Sookie, Hear Me Roar!”: Sookie Stackhouse and Feminist Ambivalence 109 Lillian E. Craton and Kathryn E. Jonell 9 Sookie, Sigmund, and the Edible Complex 123 Ron Hirschbein Part Four “i Am Actually Older Than Your Jesus”: Natural, Supernatural, and Divine 10 Let the Bon Temps Roll: Sacrifice, Scapegoats, and Good Times 139 Kevin J. Corn and George A. Dunn 11 Are Vampires Unnatural? 157 Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen 12 Does God Hate Fangs? 175 Adam Barkman Part Five “our Existence Is Insanity”: the Metaphysics of Supernatural Beings 13 A Vampire’s Heart Has Its Reasons That Scientific Naturalism Can’t Understand 187 Susan Peppers-Bates and Joshua Rust 14 Keeping Secrets from Sookie 203 Fred Curry 15 Vampires, Werewolves, and Shapeshifters: The More They Change, the More They Stay the Same 215 Sarah Grubb Contributors: “I Don’t Know Who You Think You Are, but Before the Night Is Through .” 229 Index: Sookie’s Words of the Day 237
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John Wiley & Sons Inc This Business Has Legs How I Used Infomercial
Book Synopsis"Only in America could a would-be monk convince a faded television star to pitch a rehabilitation device designed for Scandinavian skiers and create a nationwide sensation. The marketing strategy alone is worth the price of admission. " --Paul B.Table of ContentsA Hollywood Adventure. Hat in Hand. An Irresistible Product. Shooting Suzanne. A Virtual Start Up. Ambushed. $100,000,000. A Cultural Icon. Epilogue. Peter's Time Line. Index.
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Cumulus Publishing Limited Keeping the Dream Alive
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Bluestocking Books NZ But Im a Gilmore
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Random House Publishing Group David Lettermans New Book of Top Ten Lists and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Bride
Book SynopsisGet the book that tells the world: “I like to read large-print TV tie-ins!” Top ten wise-ass things to say to the clerk as you purchase this book: 10. “Don’t bother wrapping it. I’ll eat it here.” 9. “I can’t believe some jerks just go to the library and check out books for free!” 8. “MEEEEOW!! You sell books to kitties, don’t you?” 7. “Whoa! You must go to Letterman’s barber.” 6. “You know, they really ought to do one of those Cops-type shows about bookstore clerks.” 5. “I was going to shoplift this book, but my pants are already full of supermarket steaks.” 4. “Do you have a bag or something? I don’t want anyone to see me with this.” 3. “If this book gives me a paper cut, I’m suing your sorry ass.” 2. “Can you Super Size this?” 1. “You gotta sell me s
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iUniverse So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Bride
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iUniverse The Rise of Media A Discussion of Communication Methods
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iUniverse Into The Twilight Zone The Rod Serling Programme Guide
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iUniverse THE Nth DOCTOR
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iUniverse The Spoiler Revealing the Secrets of Survivor
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iUniverse Lucy A to Z The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia
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iUniverse The TV Tidbits Classic Television Trivia Quiz Book
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iUniverse TO TWILO AND BEYOND My Walnut Adventures with The Dick Van Dyke Show Cast
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iUniverse SITCOM QUEENS DIVAS OF THE SMALL SCREEN
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iUniverse The Rat Pack Quiz Book Includes TV Tidbits Trivia
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iUniverse The Magic of Bewitched Trivia Welcome to the Magic Show
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iUniverse The TV Tidbits Classic Television Book of Lists
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iUniverse The Myth of Lost Solving the Mysteries and Understanding the Wisdom
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iUniverse The Myth of Lost Solving the Mysteries and Understanding the Wisdom
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East End Company Albert Square Me The Actors of Eastenders
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Lulu Press How to Develop Your YOU
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) acareerhandbookfortvradiofilmvideointeractivemedia
Book SynopsisSkillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries, provides accurate and up-to-date careers information on behalf of the industry. Shiona Llewellyn is an independent careers consultant and runs a career management programme for television companies.
£26.48
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Writing Sitcoms Writing Handbooks
Book SynopsisWritten by two sitcom writers, this handbook seeks to break down the process of writing sitcoms into a series of easy-to-follow steps. There are chapters devoted to concept, characters and plot, through to proposals, commissioning and production, with examples from a range of popular sitcoms.
£28.46
Xlibris Hooray for HollyWhat
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AuthorHouse Saturday Night Live Equal Opportunity Offender The Uncensored Censor
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) My First Five Husbands
Book SynopsisRue McClanahan, best known for her portrayal of Blanche Devereaux on the Emmy-award winning series The Golden Girls reveals her life in and out of the spotlight in a laugh-out-loud funny memoir about love, marriage, men, and getting older that is every bit as colorful as the characters she played. Raised in small-town Oklahoma in a house “thirteen telephone poles past the standpipe north of town,” Rue developed her two great passions—theater and men—at an early age. She arrived in New York City in 1957 with two-weeks worth of money in her pocket, hustled her way into a class with the legendary Uta Hagen, and began working her way up in the acting world against the vibrant, free-spirited backdrop of the sixties. That’s when she met and married Husband #1—a handsome rogue of an aspiring actor who quickly left her with a young son. Still, she was determined to make it on the stage and screen—and in the years that follo
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Scarecrow Press Buffy Ballads and Bad Guys Who Sing
Book SynopsisWhen writer and director Joss Whedon created the character Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he could hardly have expected the resulting academic interest in his work. Yet almost six years after the end of Buffy on television, Buffy studiesand academic work on Whedon''s expanding oeuvrecontinue to grow. Now with three hugely popular television shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and the film Serenity all available on DVD, scholars are evaluating countless aspects of the Whedon universe (or Whedonverse). Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing: Music in the Worlds of Joss Whedon studies the significant role that music plays in these works, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the internet musical Dr. Horrible''s Sing-Along Blog.Kendra Preston Leonard has collected a varying selection of essays that explore music and sound in Joss Whedon''s works. The essays investigate both diegetic and non-diegetic music, considering music from various sources, including the shows'' original scores,Trade ReviewAnyone familiar with the cult television favorites created by writer Joss Whedon knows how important music is in his shows. The essays in this collection focus entirely on the music in Whedon’s television shows and web musical, analyzing the way music complements and enhances the narrative. Jacqueline Bach traces out various musical arcs over the course of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s run, such as the way the music of Sarah McLachlan is used to reflect Buffy’s complex feelings about her friends and her relation to them in several pivotal instances. Elizabeth A. Clendinning’s chapter centers on the vampire Spike, revealing how, even though he was first introduced as a villain in Buffy, Spike’s musical knowledge and references link him much more closely with humanity than the other nemeses on the show. Stanley C. Pelkey’s essay explores the music of Whedon’s futuristic space western Firefly, which blends exotic Asian music with folk-country music meant to represent the characters’ personalities and stations in life. For the many fans devoted to Whedon’s work, this will be an enlightening read. * Booklist *Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing makes a fine contribution to the still-young field of TV music scholarship. * American Music *
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Rlpg/Galleys The Smallville Chronicles
Book SynopsisIn 2001, yet another adaptation of the Superman comic book came to television. Lasting 10 seasons, Smallville took the traditional Superman story and turned it into an American teen action drama about Clark Kent''s life at high schoolbefore he donned the famous blue tights and red cape. Instead of depicting Superman''s clashes with criminals in Metropolis, the show focused on how Clark first developed his powers and learned to cope with girls, school, and teenage angst. Although largely overlooked by critics and derided by Superman fans who regarded it as too far a departure from the comic book canon, Smallville nonetheless endeared a whole new generation of viewers. The setting, style, narrative, and cast of fresh-faced actors suggested that the Superman story was not only ready for a makeover but also still relevant for a post-9/11 American audience. In The Smallville Chronicles: Critical Essays on the Television Series, scholars examine the multiple narratives of the Smallville uni
£71.00
Ohio State University Press Beyond Lift Every Voice and Sing
£43.74
Wayne State University Press Bewitched TV Milestones TV Milestones Series
Book SynopsisThe situation comedy ""Bewitched"" chronicled the everyday lives of Samantha, a witch, and her mortal husband, dramatizing the often-humorous troubles caused by their ""mixed marriage."" Considering the ""Bewitched"" series as a whole, this book demonstrates that the show can look very different depending upon which of its episodes are being examined.
£22.52
Wayne State University Press Sex and the City TV Milestones Series
Book SynopsisWith its bold depiction of four female friends navigating the pitfalls of Manhattan's dating scene, ""Sex and the City"", which aired on HBO from 1998-2004, was a television drama that evolved into a ubiquitous and widely debated cultural phenomenon. This title investigates the program's critical and popular success and its lasting cultural impact.
£22.52
Wayne State University Press Have GunWill Travel TV Milestones Series
Book SynopsisOne of the most successful series of its time, Have Gun-Will Travel became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1950s and made its star, Richard Boone, a nationwide celebrity. Film scholar Gaylyn Studlar draws on a remarkably wide range of episodes from the series' six seasons to show its sophisticated experimentation with many established conventions of the Western.
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Wayne State University Press Birth of the Binge Serial TV and the End of Leisure Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series
Book SynopsisDescribes serial television and “binge watching”. Dennis Broe looks at this practice of media consumption by suggesting that the history of seriality itself is a continual battleground between a more unified version of truth-telling and a more fractured form of diversion and addiction.
£31.46
Vanderbilt University Press Jungle Fever
Book SynopsisThe sinister “jungle” - that ill-defined and amorphous place where civilization has no foothold and survival is always in doubt - is the terrifying setting for countless works of the imagination. In Jungle Fever, Charlotte Rogers goes deep into five books that first defined the jungle as a violent and maddening place.Trade Reviewa stunningly erudite and insightful critical and historical interdisciplinary analysis"" - Hispania""Jungle Fever takes us on a fascinating excursion into the colonial and postcolonial tropics where we find Conrad and Malraux in the company of Alejo Carpentier, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Luis Borges, and Wilson Harris - with many surprises lurking along the way."" - Vera Kutzinski, author of Against the American Grain""Jungle Fever isolates, in the novelistic subgenre of the jungle book, a deep strand involving disease, which is at the source of its creative impulse, and where these adventure novels carry out a compelling critique of modern imperialism. Cutting across the English, Latin American, and French traditions this book is a model of the comparative approach."" - Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, Yale University, and author of Myth and Archive
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Norton Creek Press Plotto The Classic Plot Suggestion Tool for Writers of Creative Fiction
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Priced Nostalgia Press The My Little Pony 20092012 Collectors Inventory
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Society of Broadcast Engineers Television Operations A Handbook of Technical Operations for TV Broadcast On Air Cable Mobile and Internet
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Light Bulb Quizzes The Supernatural Quiz Book Season 1 500 Questions and Answers 500 Questions and Answers on Supernatural Season 1
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Fountainbridge Press Seeking Perfection The Unofficial Guide to Tremors
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Ten-K Alphadox Publishing Kent McCray The Man Behind the Most Beloved Television Shows
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Lulu.com The Complete Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Lulu.com From Venus With Love
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