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Q&A with David Inman, author of Truth and Consequences: The Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950s and Their Aftermath (This post contains an amazon affiliate link) Q. Mystery guest, will you sign in, please?A. Hello! My name is David Inman and I grew up watching too much television. Fortunately, I was able to parlay that into a gig as "The Incredible Inman," a nationally syndicated TV and movie trivia Q&A column that ran from 1981-2013. I've also supplied material for Turner Classic Movies hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Dave Karger, and I've written several books about movie and TV history, including...

Q&A with the authors of Celebrities on TV Game Shows 1950-1999 Volume 1 How did this book come about? It started with a phone call about a single game show question. That call turned into a half-hour discussion about the genre, which then led to back-and-forth e-mails about different stars appearing on game shows over the years. After a while, it occurred to us that there might be a book to be written about this. Why did you want to write a book on this particular subject? Since the rise of the Internet, a lot of information has become available...

Q&A with Wesley Hyatt, author of I’d Like to Buy a Vowel - Spinning 50 Years of Wheel of FortuneWhy do a book about Wheel of Fortune? There’s never been a serious history of the series in print until now. It’s celebrating fifty years on the air come January 1975, an achievement few series ever achieve. And it’s a show with broad recognition, so it should attract the interest of many readers. How did you research the series? I did a combination of things. Obviously, I watched as many shows as possible, although the sheer number of episodes (over 12,000)...

10 Q & As Concerning “Does The Crew Sleep On Board?”     What made you think you could actually write a book? Since the advent of Facebook, I would occasionally submit stories and recount adventures and experiences I thought were interesting.   One day a published friend of mine with whom I worked as a staff writer for a fledgling network, read one of my stories I had posted on Facebook and asked if I had ever published anything.  The answer was no. He claimed my stories were very funny and entertaining, and if I was willing, he would help...