12 Ergebnisse.

Author Bob Leszczak has been a TV sitcom fanatic since he was still in diapers and just learning to walk (see the photo below). His fascination for the format has never waned. After having ten books published previously, he carefully weighed his next project and said, "Volumes have been written about other popular situation comedies such as I Love Lucy, Cheers, Frasier, M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi, to name a few. However, one o...

Author Bob Leszczak has been a TV sitcom fanatic since he was still in diapers and just learning to walk (see the photo below). His fascination for the format has never waned. After having ten books published previously, he carefully weighed his next project and said, "Volumes have been written about other popular situation comedies such as I Love Lucy, Cheers, Frasier, M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi, to name a few. However, one o...

During the "Must See TV" 1990s, Americans enjoyed such immensely popular sitcoms as Friends and Seinfeld

Everybody has to start somewhere. Businessmen start on the ground floor and try to work their way up the corporate ladder. Baseball players bide their time in the minor leagues wishing for an opportunity to move up and play in the majors. Musical compositions aren't very different-some songs just don't climb the charts the first time they're recorded. However, with perseverance, the ideal singer, the right chemistry, impeccable timing, vigorou...

Everybody has to start somewhere. Businessmen start on the ground floor and try to work their way up the corporate ladder. Baseball players bide their time in the minor leagues wishing for an opportunity to move up and play in the majors. Musical compositions aren't very different-some songs just don't climb the charts the first time they're recorded. However, with perseverance, the ideal singer, the right chemistry, impeccable timing, vigorou...

This book finally casts a spotlight upon some almost forgotten, short-lived sitcoms--those which aired for a single season. Many books have already been written about situation comedies that enjoyed long and storied runs on television but this volume focuses upon the others. Overflowing with fresh facts, interviews, photographs, and stories, nearly 300 short-lived sitcoms over a 32-year span are presented A-to-Z, whether network or syndicated,...

Inspired by the real life post-divorce experiences of television comedy writer Danny Simon, The Odd Couple, whether on stage, film or television, has touched multiple generations of fans. Playwright Neil Simon embellished his brother Danny's pseudo-sitcom situation and created an oil-and-water twosome with memorable characters showcasing the foibles of mankind.

As the cable TV industry exploded in the 1980s, offering viewers dozens of channels, an unprecedented number of series were produced. For every successful sitcom--The Golden Girls, Family Ties, Newhart--there were flops such as Take Five with George Segal, Annie McGuire with Mary Tyler Moore, One Big Family with Danny Thomas and Life with Lucy starring Lucille Ball, proving that a big name does not a hit show make. Other short-lived series wer...

Explore the hidden history of the most famous, even legendary rock songs and standards, in this final volume in the series.

From its infancy, television networks and studios explore others avenues to increase their revenues. Conveniently enough, several film studios and production companies MGM, MTM, Columbia/Screen Gems, Talent Associates, Warner Brothers had their own record label divisions. The obvious benefit was cross promotion: a television series could be plugged on the record and the record could be promoted on the TV show. Though few and far between, sever...

The second half of the twentieth century saw a great number of powerful vocal pairings as short-lived but undeniably magical collaborations. Dynamic Duets: The Best Pop Collaborations from 1955 to 1999 uncovers the stories behind 110 of the most memorable duets between otherwise independent musical artists. Whether the two artists came together for only one song or for many, the story of each duet's inception, the collaboration process, and th...

Bob Leszczak has amassed several hundred examples of musical pseudonyms in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000, describing the history of these artists from their obscure origins under another name to their rise to prominence as a major musical act.