TV Guide The Official Collectors Guide: Celebrating An Icon

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977292711
• ISBN13: 9780977292714
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Bangzoom Pub
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous

I was so happy to receive the TV Guide Official Collector's Guide, it is a great publication!! It has a lot more information than I expected - comments by stars over the years and much more!! It is very colorful and I will enjoy reading it for years to come. My 45 year old son has a collection of TV Guides and I know he will be interested in seeing the publication to see if the ones he has are valuable! Thank you

Television Timeline

A mind-bending, if not surreal, parade of TV trivia presented week by week, year by year, era by era. Every single TV Guide cover is shown in true color, from April '53 to the first mag-size issue from autumn of last year. They're arranged as text would be on each page, left-to-right, top-to-bottom and IN ORDER on each page, dated and readily viewable. They even include full displays of all fold-out covers, as well as every version of each multiple cover, such as the one which had to be updated at Michael Landon's death, different regional sport-season previews, and the 25-cover tribute to all the Star Trek cast. The book is in 3 main sections: 1) A 26-page section of blurb overseeing the history of TV Guide and background trivia of many of the covers 2) The section displaying the covers themselves, and 3) A listing of all covers (with dates and captions) and their collectible worth in mint condition. It is bound in durable yet manageable paperback binding. Anyone can invent their own TV trivia diversions just by scanning through this book (i.e. what are the earliest covers featuring people who are still alive? or Who has appeared the most times? or How did TV Guide handle documentarial times and issues [JFK's assassination, 9-11, the advent of cable & PBS etc.], or When did one televion era end, and another begin? and the like). The price list section also serves as an easier-to-count ready-reference of all the cover headings. Mad Magazine presented a similar, also top-rate, timeline of all their covers a few years ago upon the advent of their 400th issue. The first such resource to incorporate all the TV Guide digest covers certainly doesn't disappoint.

TV Guide: The Official Collectors Guide -- Celebrating An Icon

This book has thousands of color pictures of TV Guide covers. By just looking at the pictures, I get a complete review course in the history of television. I also never knew that old TV Guides are collectible. Some are even worth thousands! This is a great book. There is a history of TV programs, which I am going to read at some point, but for now, I must admit that I just like looking at the pictures. It really brings back memories.

Astounded

I love this book! This has brought back so many visions and memories of years gone by which brings me to a safer place. Whoever can claim the idea for this wonderful masterpiece deserves much credit. Thank you for the nostalgia.

TV Guide: The Official Collectors Guide

I could not put this book down. The pages are filled with 3700 beautiful full color reproduction of all the digest covers from 1953 to the last issue Oct.9th 2006. I can now finally put a value on my digest collection. A fascinating book. Great job Bangzoom Publishers. Thank You