Stay Tuned : Television's Unforgettable Moments

by Joe Garner

• ISBN13: 9780740726934
• ISBN10: 0740726935
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-02
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

For over 50 years, we have watched as television has entertained, informed, comforted, and thrilled us. We watched as sitcoms evolved from I Love Lucy to All in the Family: at first merely amusing, then becoming reflections of society and pushing the cultural boundaries. We watched President Kennedy, the first-born of television and politics, unite us in the optimism of his "new frontier" and in the grief of his assassination. Television has taken us to the scene of mass celebrations, such as the wedding of Lady Diana to Prince Charles, to calamities in Munich and New York, and into frightening fields of battle in Vietnam and Iraq. Television exposed the imperfections of the jurors' box in the trial of O.J. Simpson and the ballot box in Election 2000. Television put us in the front row when Hank broke Babe's record, when the U.S. hockey team beat the Soviets in Lake Placid, and when the NFL spilled over from Sunday afternoons to Monday nights. Over 50 years of memories-the stars, the programs, and the events stored in our hearts and imaginations like treasured heirlooms-are found in this new hardcover multimedia book from veteran New York Times best-selling author Joe Garner. In Stay Tuned, he has gathered 36 landmark moments from news, sports, and entertainment in a riveting anthology. Each story comes to life through detailed, behind-the-scenes accounts and firsthand anecdotes, and is illustrated with hundreds of poignant black-and-white and color photographs. The book's accompanying CDs and DVD feature the corresponding clips, narrated by Walter Cronkite for news, Bob Costas for sports, and (TK) for entertainment.TV's Unforgettable Moments is certain to become an important and lasting chronicle of the medium-and a best-seller in the process.

Author Biography

Joe Garner Proclaimed by preeminent talk-show host Larry King as "the Ken Burns of the written and taped word," author-producer Joe Garner is a pioneer in multimedia publishing. Garner's passion for broadcast history and documentary-style publishing has resulted in three New York Times best-sellers, We Interrupt This Broadcast, And the Crowd Goes Wild, and And the Fans Roared, making him the most successful multimedia author in publishing. Garner's books have also appeared on best-seller lists in Publishers Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Garner is a frequent guest on talk radio and has appeared on many national television talk shows, including Larry King Live, Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends, NBC's Weekend Today, and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.