TV Party (Television's Untold Tales!) [Paperback]

Billy Ingram (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 14, 1998 | Series: Television's Untold Tales! (Book 1)

Why watch TV when you can read about it? Featuring more than 600 previously unpublished photos, TVparty! offers fascinating, untold stories from TV's golden age.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A nostalgic, humorous look at television... As a reading experience, it's zapping your way up and down the cable box..." -- Ben Varkentine, Ink 19

"A terrific way to rekindle the past through television memories. A goldmine of fun!" -- Santa Cruz Sentinel

"Damn fine. Ingram has packaged the best of TVparty.com into a book and CD-ROM combo. Good stuff!" -- E! Online

"Damn fine... Ingram has packaged the best of TVparty.com into a book and CD-ROM combo...Good stuff!" -- Kimberly Potts, E! Online

"Deliciously photo- and fact-stuffed!" -- The Advocate

"For the literate couch potato - it was worth killing all those trees..."TVparty!"...is this tube-glued heaven or what?" -- Diane Wertz, Newsday

"For the literate couch potato...'TVparty' is a wide-ranging treat." -- Newsday

"Jam packed with a lot of really great stuff. It's fabulous!" -- WGN Radio

"Like a box of bedside bonbons, 'TVparty!' is too rich for gobbling at one sitting." -- Frontiers magazine

"Like a box of bedside bonbons, TVParty! is too rich for gobbling at one sitting." -- Frontiers Magazine

About the Author

As the creator of critically-acclaimed broadcast sensation TVparty.com, Billy Ingram became the first to bring the television experience to the internet and now commands an audience of over a million unique visitors.

In addition to numerous Clio awards – winning print ad and broadcast commercial collaborations – Ingram has designed Academy Award campaigns for the biggest Hollywood film stars, and created artwork for dozens of major movie posters. He is also a pioneering developer of Internet multimedia content for radio stations, record companies, and other entertainment ventures.

Billy Ingram has appeared in theatrical productions around the country and in several motion pictures. He is currently a sought-after guest on radio and television programs nationally.

Ingram wrote, edited and co-designed TVparty! Television’s Untold Tales and compiled and edited films from the TVparty! archives for the CD-ROM.

Product Details

• Paperback: 175 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (September 14, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566251842
• ISBN-13: 978-1566251846
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,341,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Billy Ingram launched TVparty.com in 1997 and it quickly became one of the internet's hottest spots for entertainment and information, attracting millions of users a month. TVparty! was the first to broadcast clips of TV shows online.

In 2002 he released the best-selling book TVparty: Television's Untold Tales to rave reviews from around the world. He wrote and starred in a series for VH1, Super Secret TV Formulas, and two series on Bravo along with The Christmas Special Christmas Special.

Billy Ingram produced, art directed, and conducted and transcribed hundreds of interviews to craft the storyline for Beyond Our Wildest Dreams, an oral history of Las Vegas in the 1970s. He also produced the Eisner Award nominated book Dear John: The Alex Toth Book.

He was a designer on some of the most successful Academy Award campaigns, film trailers, and movie posters of all time, for stars like Harrison Ford, Barbra Streisand, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg and many others.

An internationally acclaimed actor, internet pioneer, artist, and writer, Billy Ingram starred in the 2011 indie motion picture Swimming in a Lake of Fire.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Minutia...and I mean that in a good way. January 21, 2003

By Jon Meyers

Format:Paperback

Wow! Buy this book! It is an amazing collection of stories, facts, and folklore surrounding TV.
Note to those who disliked the book: Reviews that say "I was disappointed in such-and-such a book because it should've addressed this, but instead only dealt with that" puzzle me. Ingram wrote a "fun book about TV,"--not an historical treatise on television. If you want a book to discuss additional topics or issues, write your own. Ingram did an excellent job covering the shows and performers he chose to highlight. No book could cover ALL of television--but this book sure covers a lot of it.
Any book which shines a spotlight on the Smothers Brothers AND Dirty Dragon is alright by me.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Party On! January 21, 2003

By Jan Gordon

Format:Paperback

I am always haunting the bookstores looking for new products about classic TV and this is the best I've seen in a long time. It really is like a party between two covers. I don't have a lot of friends that I can talk about my TV passions with, and this book is like hanging out with the coolest TV addicts around. I especially liked the coverage of local children's programming, I thought I was the only one who remembered Gigglesnort Hotel and Tom Terrific from Captain Kangaroo. The update on the Sitcom Houses was a trip down memory lane, and now I know the history of the TV Laugh Track. Being a Variety show fan, I've waited forever for someone to write anything about those great shows and I devoured that section.

There are even mini-biographies of stars like Bette Davis and Redd Foxx - I can't wait for another TV Party book. Every time I picked up the book I discovered something new. I don't want the party to end!

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your father's TV Trivia Book January 22, 2003

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

This is my kind of book. I prefer to read about the more obscure aspects of popular culture, so this book and CD is right up my alley. The History of the Laugh Track, The Murder of Alfalfa, the Super Hero shows of the 60s, Wrestling matches of the 80s, this is the most fun I've had reading in a long, long time. Everywhere you look there are little treats and surprises.

The CD is a wonderful, lightweight way to sample the subjects the book covers. It really is a TV Party, and I didn't want it to end. I bought this along with the Saturday Night Live book, and I'm looking forward to reading them both again one day. Excellent - I recommmend TVparty highly for anyone who want to explore the arcane and unusual.