Category: Entertainment
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TV of the late 1970s
TV Time ’78 Herz 1978 We have featured many of Peggy’s books here on the site. She generally writes pop culture type stuff for youth. Probably not the most glamorous of writing gigs, given the parameters. Totally appropriate for the time and probably was good for those reluctant readers looking…
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70s TV for the youngsters
TV Album Herz 1978 If you are under the age of 50 or so, you might not recognize some of these programs unless you got lucky in re-runs. This little paperback is made up of what looks like publicity stills and script summaries. It’s pretty much a “meh” choice in…
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Boomer Television
TV Book The Ultimate Television Book Firemen, ed. 1977 This TV retrospective was published in the late 1970s. It covers the early days to the mid 1970s. This would have been a decent choice for a library back in the 1970s. There is a timeline that ran through the bottom…
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Those Were the Days
The TV Theme Song Sing-Along Songbook Javna 1984 Submitter: Here’s a blast from the past! What’s crazy is that the public library this book came from was recently rebuilt/added onto and every book was re-shelved. You’d think someone would have noticed this?
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Satan’s Music
Satan’s Music Exposed Kirban 1981 In case you didn’t know, the real evil is Christian rock. Evidently, the shift from traditional sacred music is ruining church for everyone. The author asserts that this pop music influences us through the accelerated beat and sinful lyrics. He specifically mentioned the songs: Afternoon…
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Autoharp Songbook
The Youngheart Autoharp Songbook Scelsa, Millang, Koch, Blackley 1983 This was submitted by email, so to be fair I haven’t actually laid eyes on the actual book. I’m not sure I need to. Songbooks are actually pretty popular in my library, although I’ve never had a run on requests for…