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The Christmas TV Companion: a Guide to Cult Classics, Strange Specials and Outrageous Oddities
Christmas on TV is wilder, weirder, and more wondrous than you think! The Christmas TV Companion is a funny, engaging look beyond the same Christmas specials that air every year to the cult TV rarities, over-the-top made-for-TV holiday specials, and bizarre, spacey shows that truly expand the notion of Christmas spirit. Loaded with pop culture references, this book is sure to please pop aficionados and TV junkies of all stripes. Its remarkable breadth of content covers the far-out gems of yesterday, as well as the irreverent and cutting edge Christmas material of today, from Arthur C. Clarke to South Park, and from Ed Sullivan to Squidbillies. This guide also contains practical examples for enhancing your own Christmas TV viewing.
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2009
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December 11, 2020
The Christmas TV Companion: A Guide to Cult Classics, Strange Specials and Outrageous Oddities is a delightfully entertaining look at holiday television. Author Joanna Wilson breaks down the episodes and specials into themes (such as Variety shows, Sci-Fi and Animation) and follows up each chapter with a Make Your Own Marathon section; offering tips on customizing your viewing to your specific tastes. Also included are side-notes with interesting factoids about certain titles or actors. And while it’s not a comprehensive review of every Christmas episode and special (and isn’t indented to be), it does a good job at highlighting notable programs and turning readers on to obscure and forgotten titles. A wonderful reference, The Christmas TV Companion: A Guide to Cult Classics, Strange Specials and Outrageous Oddities is sure to help one find programing that will make their season bright.
March 17, 2017
Joanna Wilson has carved out a kingdom of VHS tapes and christmas cookies and joyful invites people to enter. This is the kind of book that begs to be read during the holidays. It's a great collection of information that lead me to all kinds of new Christmas entertainment. If you like Christmas movies and shows, especially those a little left of center, this is an easy recommendation.
March 12, 2018
Not as extensive as I would've liked. However, the book was written to be an overview, not an in depth analysis. Still a good introduction to the subject.
Did I like it? Yes.
Would I reread it? Maybe.
Would I recommend it? Yes.
Did I like it? Yes.
Would I reread it? Maybe.
Would I recommend it? Yes.
May 23, 2011
If you love Christmas shows like I do do this is a wonderful and brilliant book!
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