Stay tuned - Joe Garner
television's unforgettable moments
KORTE INHOUD
For over 50 years, we have watched as television has entertained, informed, comforted, and thrilled us. We watched as sitcoms evolved from I Love Lucy to All in the Family: at first merely amusing, then becoming reflections of society and pushing the cultural boundaries. We watched President Kennedy, the first-born of television and politics, unite us in the optimism of his "new frontier" and in the grief of his assassination. Television has taken us to the scene of mass celebrations, such as the wedding of Lady Diana to Prince Charles, to calamities in Munich and New York, and into frightening fields of battle in Vietnam and Iraq. Television exposed the imperfections of the jurors' box in the trial of O.J. Simpson and the ballot box in Election 2000. Television put us in the front row when Hank broke Babe's record, when the U.S. hockey team beat the Soviets in Lake Placid, and when the NFL spilled over from Sunday afternoons to Monday nights. Over 50 years of memories-the stars, the programs, and the events ...
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2002Uitgever: Andrews McMeel Pub.181 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0740726935ISBN-13: 9780740726934Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2002, hardcover met stofomslag + 2 dvd's, mooi exemplaar / fine copy [Auteur: Garner, Joe] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Andrews McMeel] [Jaar: 2002] [Titel: Stay Tuned / Television's Unforgettable Moments + DVD's]
