What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History

What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History

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Book Description
Ranking the top 100 most memorable mishaps in a countdown format, this book begins with #100 and proceeds all the way to the single most indelible TV blunder. Organizing the material in this manner invites readers to discuss and debate whether Cop Rock was really a bigger fiasco than The New Monkees, or whether the presentation of Elvis Presley only from the waist up on The Ed Sullivan Show was a sillier bit of censorship than the coverage of Barbara Eden's belly button on I Dream of Jeannie. The blunders in this compendium take many forms-good and bad, inexplicable network decisions, casting catastrophes, and TV "events" that weren't. Each entry is covered in a detailed individual essay that answers such questions as "Why did this happen?" and "What were they thinking?"

What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History,Tom Bergeron,David Hofstede,Backstage Books,0823084418,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Television - History & Criticism,Television broadcasting,United States

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