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post #31 of 55
11/6/06 at 12:46pm

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"The Lucy Book" is wonderful. It contains entries for every single series and special that Lucy was a part of over her entire television career. That includes game show appearances as well. The section on "I Love Lucy" is a treasure trove. The author lets the reader know what was altered on episodes during re-runs and describes various openings over the years. Interviews with those who worked on the show and those who knew Lucy best (including her children, who have approved of the book) are sprinkled throughout. Perfect!
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post #32 of 55
11/6/06 at 1:16pm

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""Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants" by Jon Abbott (11/18/2006)

List price for the above is around $65 but I was able to find an outlet selling it for half price."

Please share the outlet selling this for half price--

Thanks-
Jack
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post #33 of 55
11/6/06 at 1:54pm

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Jack,

Details about this book appear on Amazon's site. Strandbooks has it for $32.50--but hurry, just one copy left. I suspect more will arrive shortly, however as the actual publishing date nears.

http://www.strandbooks.com/qsearch/?quick=irwin+allen
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post #34 of 55
11/6/06 at 5:06pm

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Thanks! I just ordered the book!
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post #35 of 55
11/7/06 at 12:11am

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Originally Posted by Jeff Willis
Silverking,

Would you be referring to the Jo Davidsmeyer book?

Yes, sorry. I posted the list whilst at work and didn't have access to my bookshelf.

Further details - Alias Smith & Jones-The story of two very good badmen.
by Sandra Sagala & Joanne Bagwell - Bear Manor Media.

History of TV's Virginian (62-71) - by Paul Green - McFarland

Wild Wild West- by Sue Kesler - Arnett Press (great book but I think out of print)

Reference Guide to Televison's Bonanaza - by Bruce & Linda Leiby - McFarland
Bonanza- Unofficial Story of the Ponderosa- by Melany Shapiro
Bonanza- by David Greenland (foreword by David Dortort)- R&G Productions

Man from UNCLE by Jon Heitland - St. Martin's Press

Gunsmoke by Sue Ann & Gabor Barabas - McFarland - outstanding book

Maverick -Legend of the West
The Fugitive Recaptured - both by Ed Robertson -Pomegranate Press
Also Official Guide to The Fugitive - by Mel Proctor - Longmeadow Press

Night Stalker Companion - by Mark Dawidziak- Pomegranate Press

& two others I forgot
Booking Hawaii 5-0 by Karen Rhodes - McFarland

Quinn Martin - Producer - by Jonathon Etter - McFarland
Overview of the famed producers career & series.

Some of these may be out of print but worth checking Amazon. I appreciate not all these series are on DVD, but they all ought to be .
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post #36 of 55
11/7/06 at 4:42am

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I saw over on the Peter Breck website that there is a "Big Valley" book in the works as well.

Jack
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post #37 of 55
11/7/06 at 6:28am

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I saw over on the Peter Breck website that there is a "Big Valley" book in the works as well.

Well, that's one more companion book I'll be buying--who said "classic tv" is dead?


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Also Official Guide to The Fugitive - by Mel Proctor - Longmeadow Press

Quinn Martin - Producer - by Jonathon Etter - McFarland
Overview of the famed producers career & series.

silverking--

Could you provide your impressions of these two books? Is "The Invaders" covered decently enough in the QM book?
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post #38 of 55
11/8/06 at 12:23am

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silverking--

Could you provide your impressions of these two books? Is "The Invaders" covered decently enough in the QM book?[/quote]

The Fugitive book is large format,softcover. Titled 'The Official Fans Guide to the Fugitive' . Don't know what makes it 'official'. Has an intro by Barry Morse, usual background on how series came to be ,actors etc.List of Kimble's aliases,copy of the original treatment for the series by Roy Huggins & episode guide with trivia. A decent enough book, well researched. Published in 94.About 180 pages. Comparing it to the Robertson book I would say the latter wins by a short head, as it has a more detailed episode guide.

Quinn Martin, Producer has approx 200 pages, hardcover.It is really a book about the series he produced rather than QM. Each series being a chapter. There are a lot of quotes and anecdotes by people who worked on the programmes & overall is interesting & informative.'The Invaders' chapter covers about 12 pages.There are no episode guides.However came away feeling could have been better.

Hope this helps
Both books good but not great. 3 stars out of five.
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post #39 of 55
11/8/06 at 4:55am

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Thanks for summarizing these two books for me. Sounds like I'm not missing too much by not having the "Official Fan Guide to The Fugitive". The Robertson book is quite good actually and something I'd be referring to consistently if and when Paramount ever releases this monumental series.

As for the QM book, I did read a solid review on Amazon which stated that the author appeared to me a bit 'green' in the area of television production. I would have preferred some emphasis on Quinn Martin the man as he was such an amazing personality, but may still pick this book up just the same.
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post #40 of 55
11/8/06 at 2:02pm

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Heres a list of the ones I have...

Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (Larry Nemecek)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (Terry j. Erdmann)
Star Trek: Voyager Companion (Paul Ruditis)
Flintstones: A Modern Stone Age Phenomenon (T.R. Adams)
Speed Racer: The Official 30th Anniversary (Elizabeth Moran)
Fractured Fairy Tales (A.J. Jacobs)
Bradymania (Elizabeth Moran)
The Lucy Book (Geoffrey Mark Fidelman)
I Love Lucy (Michael McClay)
Sesame Street: Unpaved (David Borgenicht)
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Collosal Episode Guide
Hi Bob: Guide to The Bob Newhart Show (Joey Green)
The Get Smart Handbook (Joey Green)
The Unofficial Gilligans Island Handbook (Joey Green)
Inside Gilligans Island (Sherwood Schwartz)
The World According to Beaver (Irwyn Applebaum)
The Complete Mission:Impossible Dossier (Patrick J. White)
The Rockford Files (Ed Robertson)
The Fugitive: Recaptured (Ed Robertson)
A Viewers Guide to Green Acres (Stephen Cox)
The Addams Chronicles (Stephen Cox)
Dreaming of Jeannie (Steve Cox)
Hogans Heroes:Behind the Scenes at Stalag 13 (Brenda Scott Royce)
Bewitched Forever (Herbie Pilato)
Charlies Angels Handbook (Jack Condon/David Hofstede)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Jon Heitland)
The Official Prisoner Companion (Matthew White/Jaffer Ali)
The Twilight Zone Companion (Marc Scott Zicree)
The Outer Limits Companion (David J. Schow)
The Night Stalker Companion (Mark Dawidziak)
That Book about That Girl (Stephen Cole)
Inside Mayberry: The Andy Griffith Handbook (Dan Harrison/Bill Habeeb)
The Andy Griffith Show Book (Ken Beck/Jim Clark)
The Andy Griffith Show (Richard Kelly)
The Dick Van Dyke Show: Anatomy of a Classic (Ginny Weissman/Coyne Steven Sanders)
Dick Van Dyke Show (Vince Waldron)

A lotta these books I picked up at the closeout section at Borders and Barnes and Nobles. I also found a few online at sites like www.allbooksforless.com, www.biggerbooks.com and www.booksamillion.com.
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post #41 of 55
11/9/06 at 7:27am

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The Complete Mission:Impossible Dossier (Patrick J. White)

Darned if there isn't a companion book to this show...and just in time for me with the first season coming out next month. Just now ordered a copy from Amazon for $4.59. I wish there was a comprehensive list somewhere of all the classic shows featuring a companion guide--but I have to admit, your list is a pretty good one!
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post #42 of 55
11/9/06 at 7:53am

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Heres a list of the ones I have...
A lotta these books I picked up at the closeout section at Borders and Barnes and Nobles. I also found a few online at sites like www.allbooksforless.com, www.biggerbooks.com and www.booksamillion.com.

Another good source for closeout books (and some TV-on-DVD) is HamiltonBook.com:

http://www.hamiltonbook.com/hamilton...EN/catalogs/TV
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post #43 of 55
11/9/06 at 8:26am

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the great series of books on Dark Shadows, especially those made by Pomegranate Press. This is an interesting case as I think it's probably one of the few occassions when one of the stars of a classic TV show not only puts out a book or two about the show, but creates her own publishing company as well! Such is the case with Kathryn Leigh Scott and Pomegranate Press.

Not only has she put out books on her own show, she was the one who published The Fugitive Recaptured, and the books on The Rockford Files, Maverick, the original The Night Stalker and Charlie's Angels, which also starred another Dark Shadows cast member, Kate Jackson.

A lot of the people on this thread owe a debt of gratitude to Miss Scott for all she's done for classic TV- and besides, she's a very nice lady in person!


Take a look at what she currently has to offer:

http://pompress.com/
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post #44 of 55
11/9/06 at 2:29pm

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Hi, was there ever a "Little House On The Praire" TV SHOW Episode Guide book released?
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post #45 of 55
11/10/06 at 10:04am

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I have read The Mission: Impossible Dossier many times. With the series coming to DVD soon, it will make an excellent companion. The book covers many behind the scenes details for each episode. Each season is also given a synopsis. Highly recommended.
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post #46 of 55
11/10/06 at 10:57am

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The Columbo Phile is an excellent work on the original series.
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post #47 of 55
11/10/06 at 1:42pm

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My Name is Friday: The Unauthorized But True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb by Michael Hayde (Amazon has it) covers everything Joe Friday and the rest of Webb's career.
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post #48 of 55
11/10/06 at 3:35pm

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"The Prisoner" by Alain Carraze and Helene Oswald is a fine publication as well as "The Avengers Companion" by Alain Carraze and Jean-Luc Putheaud.

Also, I like "This is a Thriller" by Alan Warren based on the series narrated by Boris Karloff.
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post #49 of 55
7/18/08 at 5:06pm

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TV companion books I have:

The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier by Patrick J. White
Booking Hawaii Five-O by Karen Rhodes
30 Years of The Rockford Files
Steele Loved After All These Years (Remington Steele) by Judith Moose

and a Dynasty and Dallas book.

I wish someone would do companion books on the following:

Magnum, p.i.
Mannix
Murder, She Wrote
Diagnosis Murder
Midnight Caller
Knots Landing
Twin Peaks
The Invaders.
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post #50 of 55
7/18/08 at 5:14pm

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Originally Posted by Steve...O
Perry Mason fans will want to look for Brian Kelleher's book. It's OOP so it may take some searching, but is well worth it if you can find it at a used book store. Steve

Please, please do not get this book. It has over 250 typographical errors (some hysterical) in the episode guide portion alone, including missing/bad credits. If you must, last time I looked, it was available online at no cost.

I think Ed Robertson's Fugitive Guide is excellent and The Columbo Phile, but the best companion book ever is The Twilight Zone one.
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post #51 of 55
7/18/08 at 6:01pm

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I have companion books for

Get Smart
Dick Van Dyke Show
Bewitched
Partridge Family
Maverick
Ally McBeal
Frasier
Beverly Hillbillies

and am kicking myself for not buying the one on Bonanza I saw several years ago, because I haven't seen it since.
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post #52 of 55
7/21/08 at 3:52am

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Off the top of my head, I have:

The Twilight Zone Companion
The Complete Avengers
quite a few books on Monty Python's Flying Circus
the Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Sunnydale Yearbook"
Bat-Mania
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post #53 of 55
7/21/08 at 5:30am

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I didn't see this listed yet:

I Spy: A History and Episode Guide to the Groundbreaking Television Series. (Marc Cushman, Linda LaRosa, Robert Culp)

It's quite thorough and informative.
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post #54 of 55
7/21/08 at 6:47am

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I like and use most of the Trek companion books (including the Okuda Encyclopedia); I also enjoy The Outer Limits book by Schow et al., and the Dark Shadows: The First Year book, which includes capsul descriptions of all of the first 210 or so episodes up to and including the arrival of Barnabas.

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Originally Posted by Charles Ellis
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the great series of books on Dark Shadows, especially those made by Pomegranate Press. This is an interesting case as I think it's probably one of the few occassions when one of the stars of a classic TV show not only puts out a book or two about the show, but creates her own publishing company as well! Such is the case with Kathryn Leigh Scott and Pomegranate Press.
I probably would have listed them had I seen the thread earlier.

I recently communicated with Kathryn Leigh Scott, who informed me that Pomegranate Press is no longer publishing much new material. The only good news I can gather from this is that their backlog will be let go for less than if they were flourishing. But truth be told, I'd rather the Press were flourishing.

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Originally Posted by Charles Ellis
A lot of the people on this thread owe a debt of gratitude to Miss Scott for all she's done for classic TV- and besides, she's a very nice lady in person!
That's really great that you've met her. In my recent letter from her, she was very gracious and encouraging.
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post #55 of 55
7/21/08 at 6:54am

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I have the following companion books:

The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (First Edition) by Larry Nemecek
The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide to The X-Files by Brian Lowry
Monk: The Official Episode Guide by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block
The 4400: The Official Companion Seasons 1 and 2 by Terry J Erdmann

And I'm dying to see these series get companions:

MacGyver
Early Edition
Psych
Burn Notice
The Fall Guy
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