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The Rough Guide to Cult TV

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As one reviewer wrote this is an OK time-killer! I started leafing trough this to read about my favourite shows, but soon saw more. Living in Norway I'm not overly familiar with all aspects of American and British television (only the "real hits")
And this was definitely a great way to learn little about unknown shows and facts in America and England televison.

Next to Woody Allen's complete prose this the "ideal bedside companion"

This "Rough Guide" is pretty rough; it's a pocket-sized trip through it from a British perspective, but that's no real handicap, and it does try to cover not only the shows but also some of the movers and shakers, websites, available paraphernalia, urban legends (like the whole Captain Pugwash character names thing), etc.

The trouble is that this is likely to be of more value to those who haven't been introduced to the shows before - shot through with inaccuracies (the capsule review of "The Simpsons: Songs in the Key of Springfield" gets it mixed up with "The Simpsons Sing the Blues"; "Danger Mouse" is touted as the first successful cartoon exported to the US, a point "Speed Racer" fans would debate strenuously; "Danger Man" and "Secret Agent" were the same show, not two different ones...) and not revealling much to those already in the know, it's an okay time-killer in the end, but one for the casual viewer.