Cult TV: The Comedies

by Jon E. Lewis and Penny Stempel

From kitsch to slapstick, for the past 50 years television comedy has made viewers laugh out load, smile, and guffaw. Here is the definitive A-to-Z guide to over 300 television comedies with features... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912333650
• ISBN13: 9780912333656
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Bay Books & Tapes
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Quite readable, if not completist.

Written from a distinctly British point of view, "Cult TV" describes situation comedies both American and otherwise. I think inclusion in the book was based on British broadcasts, but then again, how can a behemoth USA ratings hit like "Three's Company" not be detailed? Was it not seen in Britain? Man, are they missing out! Anyway, for me, the book has been useful in discovering new and exemplary series like "Black Adder" or "Father Ted" that I'd never heard about. Have you ever seen "Father Ted"? It's insanely good! Interestingly, current series are written about in the past tense, as if they'd already ended.