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I am mainly a writer with an emphasis in pop culture history. I call myself a TV historian and have been interviewed by many newspaper, radio and online outlets about my knowledge of the medium. My latest book is "I'd Like to Buy a Vowel: Spinning 50 Years of Wheel of Fortune" (2024). Others include "Betty White on TV: From Video Vanguard to Golden Girl" (2020), "Bob Hope on TV: Thanks for the Video Memories" (2017) and "The Carol Burnett Show Companion" (2016). Outside of published books, I have copyedited more articles, videos, magazines, columns, letters and other written materials over more than 30 years than I can ever estimate. ...more

New Book: Betty White On TV

For those looking for a fun read, may I modestly suggest Betty White on TV, detailing the many highlights of Betty White's incredible TV career, starting when she did experimental TV back in 1939? Betty White earned her first Emmy nomination in 1951 and her last sixty-three years later. Her longevity in television earned her a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.


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Published on November 29, 2020 08:28 Tags: betty-white, golden-girls, hot-in-cleveland, mary-tyler-moore, television, tv
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The Encyclopedia of Daytime...

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The Carol Burnett Show Comp...

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Betty White on TV: From Vid...

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The Billboard Book of Numbe...

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Short-Lived Television Seri...

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Television's Top 100: The M...

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Close to the Knives by David Wojnarowicz
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Retro Hell is basically a look back at what GenXers experienced in their childhood and teen years. Now, looking back at Retro Hell nearly 30 years after it came out, it confirms to me the reasons why I didn't buy it in 1997 even though I'm part of th ...more
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As I waded through more of this book, I couldn't help but think what the opinionated Elaine Stritch would've told the author about his text. It probably would've been something like, "You've got some good stuff here, but it's too much. You need to co ...more
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Don McNeill's Breakfast Club was one of the biggest hits on network radio ever, running more than 35 years and helping ABC stay solvent during the 1950s and 1960s as well. I thought there would be a great story about the show and the man behind it, a ...more
You With the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate
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Somehow I forgot to get this book into my collection when it came out and I'm hating myself for the omission greatly after having read it. David Baber does a bang-up job of profiling most of the major names associated with national TV game shows duri ...more
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