Mom Always Said, "Don't Play Ball In The House": …and Other Stuff We Learned from TV
| Author(s): | David and Joe Borgenicht |
| Category: | Entertainment |
| Publisher: | F+W Media, Inc. |
| ISBN: | 9780801987717 |
| Number of pages: | 144 |
As the shows the Baby Boomers grew up with now find new audiences among today's "twentysomethings," you'll take a longing look back through quotes, songs, and questions and answers from the cartoons, police dramas, Sci-fi thrillers, kids' shows, and comedies that defined television in the 1970s and 1980s.
Table of contents
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What you are about Tosee is Real: Opening Words
2. The Official Songbook Section
3. Nanu Nanu: Greetings.Entrances and Exclamations
4. Smiles. Everyone, Smiles: Catch Phrases and Other Words to Remember
5. Do All Your Homework, andTell Everyone you come fromFrance: Timeless Wisdom and Uncommon Sense
6. Pardon Me--Do You Have AnyGrey Poupen?: Cosmic Questionsand Bad Poetry
7. It Beats Burying Yourselfin the Sand:Love, Sex, and Marriage
8. I Am your father. I Brought You into This World,and I Can Take You Out:Relationships Among Familyand friends, Men and Women
9. It's Better to Look Good Than to feel Good: Looks, Intelligence, and feelings
10. Life Is Not All Lovely Thornsand Singing Vultures:The Real World
11. Dammit, Jin, I'm a Doctor, not a Bricklayer: Identity and Achievement
12. A Brady Never Goes Back on Her Promise: Truth, Justice, and the Television Way
13. You Wouldn' t Like Me When I'm Mad: Insults and Tough Guy Talk
14. I Would Worn My Tuxedo, But My Polo Pony Ate It: Nonsequiturs and Meaningless Wisdom
15. Super Bonus Section: TV Fantasies
16. Good Night, Johnboy: Exits and Closing Words
Index of TV Shows Featured
