Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned from Television: Paperback Book

by Barry Dutter and Rick Parker

(Applause Books). Hey you! Are you browsing bookstores again, feeling guilty because you'd rather be home watching The Jetsons ? Well, say goodbye to guilt, and say goodbye to books! Yes, it's true,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155783122X
• ISBN13: 9781557831224
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Satire on the absurd premises of television

This satire of American television is very funny. The cartoons in the book poke fun at some of the cliché's that are the staple of network television shows and commercials. My favorites are:* Teachers and parents are all idiots who are easily fooled by kids.* Each of us has at least one identical look-a-like, usually evil.* There really IS life on other planets, oddly enough, all the aliens speak perfect English and look suspiciously human.and the best:It is possible to jump through a plate glass window and not get a single cut on you! I enjoyed every one of these cartoons, they are all accurate depictions and make you think about the absurd premises that some television shows are based on.

Better than Mad Magazine

Now here's a clever little book chock full of funny drawings that are guaranteed to make you laugh out loud or you are seriously lacking a sense of humor. You don't even have to have watched any television to enjoy the visuals.

Funny, right on target

Ever wonder why the heroine twists her ankle whenever she's running away from the bad guy? How come all the actors who play high school kids look like they're 30 years old? The authors skewer TVs cliches and assumptions in a very funny illustrated manner. Everyone who watched the Brady Bunch or Dukes of Hazzard must read this book