Joe Franklin's Great Entertainment Trivia Game: Putting Your Movie, TV, and Music Trivia Knowledge to the Test [Mass Market Paperback]

Joe Franklin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2002

Buzztime Entertainment, the interactive gaming network, is played and enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people at home, in sports bars, and in restaurants. Now this popular game is available in book form--but unlike other trivia books, these are actually fun to play. While other books reveal the answers below the questions or group all of the answers together, the Buzztime format allows you to see only one answer at a time. That way, readers can play along. Besides being packed with challenging questions, the Buzztime Trivia Series provides fascinating facts along with the answers. These are no ordinary trivia books!

The Buzztime Trivia Series is designed to put your knowledge of movies, radio, television, sports, and music to the test, with each celebrity author putting a little of himself in each game. And with dozens of individual games--nearly a thousand intriguing questions!--each book is bound to provide hours of stimulating competition. From cover to cover, the Buzztime Trivia Series is pure entertainment.

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About the Author

Joe Franklin (born 1929) is a radio and television personality from New York City who hosted the first television talk show. The show began in 1950 on WJZ-TV (later WABC-TV) and moved to WOR-TV (later WWOR-TV) from 1962 to 1993.

Known as the "King of Nostalgia", Franklin's highly-rated show focused on old-time show business personalities. Franklin would delight his audience with trivia about the most obscure entertainers from out of the past, and equally unknown up-and-comers from the present. His guests ranged from novelty performers (Tiny Tim, another person obsessed with entertainment of the past, was a frequent guest) to popular mainstream show business entertainers like Bill Cosby. This show was often parodied by Billy Crystal during the 1984–1985 season of Saturday Night Live.

After retiring from the TV show, Franklin concentrated on an all-night night radio show, playing old records on WOR-AM on Saturday evenings. He currently interviews celebrities on the Bloomberg Radio Network.

Franklin interviewed over 100,000 guests during his 43 year TV run. These included five U.S. Presidents, and screen legends such as Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant.

An author, Franklin has written 23 books. He has starred as himself in countless films, notably Ghostbusters and Broadway Danny Rose. 

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Square One Publishers (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075700038X
• ISBN-13: 978-0757000386
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #42 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Fun Facts > Trivia
  • #72 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Trivia

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Winner from the King of Nostalgia!!!, January 11, 2003

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Paul K. Eversman (East Rockaway, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joe Franklin's Great Entertainment Trivia Game: Putting Your Movie, TV, and Music Trivia Knowledge to the Test (Mass Market Paperback)

The Wizard of Was Mr. Joe Franklin hits one over the fence with his latest offering! This is an interesting, fun, challenging book that will put your knowledge of the world of entertainment to the test. Questions relating to the silent era of films right up to the present can be found in this easy to read book. In addition to the questions, Joe tells some wonderful stories about his experiences and about some of the thousands of guests he has interviewed throughout his 50+ year career.
Joe's Memory Lane radio show can still be heard on NY's WOR 710AM station midnight Saturday untill 5AM Sunday!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Pop Culture Junkies, December 17, 2008

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Entertainment Junkie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joe Franklin's Great Entertainment Trivia Game: Putting Your Movie, TV, and Music Trivia Knowledge to the Test (Mass Market Paperback)

For an entertainment junkie like myself, this book rocks. Not only was I able to test my knowledge on things I did know, I also learned some fun facts about the entertainment industry that I wasn't aware of. This book is great for anyone who has a fascination with TV, movies, celebrities, etc. Great job, Joe!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great trivia from the great Joe Franklin!, December 13, 2007

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Masha Monster (States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joe Franklin's Great Entertainment Trivia Game: Putting Your Movie, TV, and Music Trivia Knowledge to the Test (Mass Market Paperback)

A few years ago, a friend of mine invited me to watch a Woody Allen movie from the `80s called BROADWAY DANNY ROSE. There came a scene in the film when my friend suddenly said, "Oh, wait, watch this guy. This is hilarious!" And suddenly, there's this cute little old-looking guy in a suit sitting on this kitschy-looking TV talk show interviewing one of the characters in the movie. When I said I didn't know who he was, my friend said "You don't know? C'mon, that's JOE FRANKLIN!!" A few weeks later, I'm watching a few minutes of GHOSTBUSTERS on cable and I suddenly notice this cute little old-looking TV host guy in a suit ask Dan Aykroyd's character if he has seen Elvis lately. I suddenly realize who it is: JOE FRANKLIN!. I mention Joe's name to my parents later that same week, and they were both like "Oh, yeah, Joe Franklin! We used to watch his show late at night!!" Wow, so it turns out a lot of people know Joe Franklin.

I was recently given this trivia book as a gift from a friend (the same friend who showed me BROADWAY DANNY ROSE). To be honest, I didn't expect much. So imagine my surprise when I found nearly a thousand excellent and interesting questions all about movies, music, TV, old-time radio, etc., etc. And there are also these great little essays throughout the book about how Joe worked with Marilyn Monroe for a time on her autobiography, how Joe had both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton on his TV show, or the time that the fake heavy metal band Spinal Tap appeared on Joe's show . . . and Joe didn't know it was a joke! There's even an entire game devoted to the films of Sylvester Stallone, which seems like a joke at first until you start reading the questions and you realize just how many movies (good and bad) Stallone has made over the years.

It did take me a few minutes to follow the book's game format (it has questions on one page and the answers on the next page over, so you never see the answers as you read the questions). Once you get it, though, it's a cinch.

I wouldn't have known about this book unless somebody told me about it. So now I'm telling you about it. If you like pop culture and all the weird little factoids that go along with it, you need to have this book. Thank you, Mr. Franklin!