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Tag Archives: Book Reviews
Book Review: Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy
Publisher: New American Library Year: 1968 Pages: 176 Type: Softcover ISBN: N/A “For Stan – The onlie begetter.” – Shakespeare (in part) There have been countless comedy teams since the days of Vaudeville brought slapstick humor to the masses. Some teams added members to become … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Comedy, Dick Van Dyke, Humor, John McCabe, Laurel and Hardy, Movies, Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy, New American Library, Oliver Hardy, Paperbacks, Signet, Slapstick, Stan Laurel, Vaudeville
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Book Review: Great Moments from the films of Walt Disney
Publisher: The Rutledge Press Year: 1981 Pages: 94 Type: Softcover ISBN: 0-8173-3975-4 “Each minute of Disney animation requires 1,440 drawings.” This is a huge publication, which is perfect considering that it is basically a poster book. You could take it apart and frame the beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Artwork, Books, Characters, Movies, Princesses
Tagged Animation, Artwork, Bambi, Book Reviews, Books, Characters, Cinderella, Dumbo, Great Moments from the films of Walt Disney, Liney Li, Made in Hong Kong, Movies, Pinocchio, Posters, Princesses, Production Notes, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, W. H. Smith Publishers, Walt Disney Productions
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Book Review: AT PENCIL’S POINT by Harry Roth
Publisher: Stephen Day Press / The Murray Printing Company Year: 1946 Pages: 210 Type: Hardcover ISBN: N/A “To overcome your fear of a piece of plain white paper.” Every image of this book, including every reprinting (the last being June of 2005), seems to indicate … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Crafts, Education
Tagged Artwork, At Pencil's Point, Book Reviews, Books, Crafts, Education, Harry Roth, Instruction, Stephen Day Press, The Murray Printing Company
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Book Review: The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy
Publisher: The Wellfleet Press Year: 1990 Pages: 291 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 1-55521-620-X “Little crimes lead to big crimes.” – Dick Tracy This is an interesting collection of some of the ‘cases’, or strips, of Dick Tracy. But before you get to them, you are … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Characters, Comic Books, Reviews
Tagged Artwork, Book Reviews, Books, Characters, Chester Gould, Comic Strips, Crime, Dick Tracy, Ellery Queen, Mystery, Police, Reviews
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Book Review: The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corp. Year: 1993 Pages: 254 (288 in 7th Edition) Type: Hardcover ISBN: 1-56282-743-X “Disney songs (are) eminently hummable and totally unforgettable.” A book must be good when it’s available in 7 printings (as of 2018)! You can pick up a copy … Continue reading
Book Review: Kids Say the Darndest Things!
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc. Year: 1957 Pages: 194 Type: Hardcover ISBN: Book Club Edition “If I was an elefunk, I’d be a fireman, ’cause then I could squirt fires out with my nose.” And there’s more where that piece of logic came from! Yes, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Characters, Humor, Reviews, Television
Tagged Art Linkletter, Artwork, Bob Hope, Book Club Edition, Book Reviews, Books, Characters, Charles M. Schulz, House Party, Humor, Jack Benny, Kids Say the Darndest Things, Lucille Ball, Prentice Hall Inc., Television, Walt Disney
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Book Review: Dick Clark’s American Bandstand
Publisher: Collins Publishers / HarperCollins Publishers Inc. Year: 1997 Pages: 194 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 0-00-649184-7 “I’m Dick Clark. I’ve got the job as the new host of Bandstand.” Nothing says Americana quite like American Bandstand! Teenagers dancing to the latest hit records while a friendly … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Music, Reviews, Television
Tagged American Bandstand, Bob Horn, Book Reviews, Books, Celebrities, Dick Clark, First Edition, Fred Bronson, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., History, Music, Ray Smith, Reviews, Television, The Cha-Lypso
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Book Review: The Official Batman Batbook
Publisher: Contemporary Books Inc. Year: 1986 Pages: 172 Type: Softcover ISBN: 0-8092-5035-7 “This book is dedicated to all of the arch villains of Gotham City, without whom Batman would be out of work.” The cliques would be just too easy with a post based on … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, History, Humor, Movies, Reviews, Television
Tagged Batman, Book Reviews, Books, Burt Ward, Characters, Contemporary Books Inc., History, Holy, Humor, Joel Eisner, Movies, Television, The official Batman Batbook
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Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Story Book Album
Publisher: David McKay Company Inc. Year: 1934 Pages: Unmarked (approximately 80) Type: Hardcover ISBN: 0-679-20801-1 Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dogNow we got ears, it’s time for cheers So say the lyrics to the Hot Dog song from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse children’s show. … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: Along Interstate 75
“The ‘must-have’ Guide for your drive to and from Florida!” This is how Along I-75 is billed on the cover and I can say from personal experience that it’s that and so much more. Type: Soft cover Pages: 206 Publisher: … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews, Travel, Vacation Planning
Tagged Along Interstate 75, Book Reviews, Books, Dave Hunter, Detroit, Florida, Guide Books, Maps, Travel, Vacation Planning
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