waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (08/11/83)
Recently, after posting a question to the net about a couple
of old TV shows and talking to a fellow worker about said shows,
I was seized with an impulse to get a directory of old television
shows when in the local bookstore (dangerous things, those
impulses).
Anyway, the book I got was "The Complete Directory to Prime
Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present" by Tim Brooks and Earle
Marsh. About 1000 pages. Price -- $12.95. If you're into
this sort of thing, it's absolutely fasinating!! I highly
recommend it!! Good reference book.
The book is arranged in alphabetical order by television show
titles. A typical entry lists the: Title, type of show, First
telecast date, Last telecast date, Broadcast history (time slots
& networks), cast, and plot synopsis (which is usually 1/2 column
to 1 page long). In the back of the book they have a number of
appendices, including weekly prime time schedules from 1946 to 1981.
When I got home from the store, I looked up the shows I originally
had questions on. Then I went to the time schedules and started
doing this sort of trip: Oh, yeah. I remember that one (turn, turn,
turn). Or what about...(turn, turn, turn). Or how about...(more
turning). Laugh In? The Monkees? Dr. Kildare? The Second Hundred
Years? Valentine's Day? Room 222? Lost in Space? Hank? Shindig?
Coyboy in Africa? Daktari? On, and On, and On...... I didn't put
the book down for an hour and a half!
Well, enough rambling.
Happy watching,
Walt Tucker
Tektronix, Inc.