TV Guide to Life How I Learned Everything I Needed to Know from Watching Television

Name: TV Guide to Life How I Learned Everything I Needed to Know from Watching Television
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ISBN: 9780425221556

ISBN-10: 0425221555

ISBN-13: 9780425221556

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jeff Alexander

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A couch potatos book of wisdom 100% commercial free! Some say that entire generations of Americans are being raised by the televisionlike thats a bad thing. Not so, says author Jeff Alexander, long-time television writer, advocate of education by television, and recapper for the popular website Television Without Pity. Here, he offers the ultimate in life lessons as seen on TV. Topics include: Saved by the Bell: School on TV Somebody Save Me: Super Powers and Magic Spells Tell Me Why I Love You Like I Do: Relationships on TV Making A Living: The Workplace And more With a smart, snarky style, Alexander guides readers through important lessons gleaned from years of TV reviewing…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



Saved by the Bell: School on TV



I'll Be There for You: Friends on TV



Tell Me Why I Love You Like I Do: TV Couples



What Would We Do, Baby, Without Us?: Parenting



Making a Living: The Workplace



I'm No Superman: TV Medicine



Don't Do the Crime If You Can't Do the Time: Law Enforcement and Crime Solving



Moving On Up: Unreal Estate



Straightening the Curves, Flattening the Hills: TV Physics



Surfing on the Internet and Zapped to Cyberspace: High Technology



To Boldly Go: Outer Space and Science Fiction



Somebody Save Me: Superpowers and Magic Spells



A Different World Than Where You Come From: Spinning Off to a New Life



Listen Attentively, I Mean About Future Calamity: The Final Chapter


Afterword


Acknowledgments