Cult TV: A Viewer's Guide to the Shows America Can't Live Without

by John Javna

Television addicts of America unite! At last! Here's the book you've been waiting for to fill those idle moments while you're waiting for Star Trek ("Beam me up, Scotty"), Monty Python's Flying Circus ("And now for something completely different"), or The Mary Tyler Moore Show ("Hi, guys!") to come on the air. Cult TV includes the unknown tales of the shows' origins, the truth about how the stars got their roles (and where they are now), important episodes, fan club information, and more trivia than even the most crazed connoisseur of repeat viewing could ever need! Here, in one volume, is more than you've ever dreamed of knowing about Hymie the Robot, the Batmobile, Barney Fife, the 12th Precinct, the Jupiter II, and the rest of the weird and wonderful features immortalized in over seventy-five cult television programs! Are M*A*S*H and I Love Lucy over for the day? Don't despair . . . Cult TV will whisk you right back to rerun heaven! Yes, now you can visit forever with Rob and Laura, Batman and Robin, Gomez and Morticia, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Al and Peg! Over Seventy-Five Cult Favorites! The Andy Griffith Show
The Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
Leave It to Beaver
M*A*S*H
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Twilight Zone
Batman
The X-Files
The Prisoner
Dr. Who
The Simpsons
Married . . . with Children
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Monkees
Fawlty Towers
The Odd Couple
Taxi
Twin Peaks
I Dream of Jeannie
Barney Miller
The Flintstones
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Impossible
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Saturday Night Live
Dark Shadows
All in the Family
Star The Next Generation
The Avengers

Genres: Tv

256 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1986

Reviews

[Terry Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the first books devoted to the topic of "cult" television, I remember inhaling this when I discovered it in the bookstore. That same copy has been on the shelf now for ... well, too many years to reveal here!

[Debbie Denson Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good to review the good shows that was on tv.
There were quite a few mistakes about some of the shows that I am familiar with.
Overall, a good book for those who grew up with tv and love watching the reruns.