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Bonnie Daniels book signings
Book Signings scheduledTampa, FL 9/17/23 - 3:30pmOxford Exchange420 W Kennedy BlvdTampa, FL 33606 San Antonio, TX10/8/23 - 4pm (?)Nowhere Bookstore5154 Broadway St San Antonio, TX 78209Ridgewood, NJ 10/21/23- 1pmBookends Bookstore211 E. Ridgewood AveRidgewood, NJ 07450
10 Questions with Mike Dugo, author of Rock & Role
10 Questions with Mike Dugo, author of Rock & Role: American Rock Group Appearances on Scripted U.S. Television Series (1964–1970) Q: What was the inspiration for the book?A: I’ve been a long-time ’60s TV fan, having grown up in the 1970s when syndication played such an important role in several of the covered programs becoming popular classics. Before my interest in the music, I remember seeing some of the episodes that featured a band cameo—anybody that grew up in that era surely remembers the Wellingtons/Mosquitos on Gilligan’s Island or the Standells on The Munsters. Once I started to seriously listen...
Q&A with the author of Popeye the Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons
With over 500 Popeye cartoons produced why did you write a book on this particular series of 220 from 1960-62? FG: This series of cartoons has been maligned over the years by critics. In some episodes rightly so but certainly not the entire bunch. King Features Syndicate, Popeye’s copyright owner, wanted these films produced quickly. This was done to cash in on the popularity the sailor’s theatrical films were having on Television. Why are some cartoons in this series better than others? FG: It mainly had to do with the experience people had working with limited animation. For...
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bearmanor hotel lifetime movie
This made my year. A BearManor author, Mike Rowe, wrote a Lifetime movie recently and gave the hotel in it a snazzy name.
Q & A with author/illustrator Peggy Adler about Peggy’s Puzzles – Volume Two
Q & A with author/illustrator Peggy Adler about Peggy’s Puzzles – Volume Two Q. How did you come to write Peggy’s Puzzles – Volume Two? A. Volume Two is actually comprised of two puzzle books that I wrote and illustrated in the mid-1970s for a New York publishing company. Metric Puzzles and Math Puzzles. Q. What is the story behind them? A. In 1976, an editor at New York’s Franklin Watts Publishing Company contacted me to say that the United States was going to be “metricized” in 1981. Thus, Watts wanted me to write and illustrate a book that...