Seize The Encyclopaedia Of Cult Childrens TV Imagined By Richard Lewis Distributed As Interactive EBook

is the Book to Take you down TV Memory Lane, Brilliant. Funny. Full of memories. What's not to like Have you ever lain awake at night, wondering whether the Penelope Pittstop was having an affair with Dick Dastardly Have you ever drunk a

bit too much, and started an argument about The Wonder Years or Diff'rent Strokes Does Oscar the Grouch still haunt your nightmares Do you find yourself drifting off during boring business meetings, trying to remember the names of the entire Scooby Doo cast If so, this book is for you.
The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV will take you back to a better age, It will take you on a journey back to Toytown, high above the streets and houses, where it was all so honest and simple, Where it was perfectly ordinary for a camp man in dungarees, a big woolly bear, a fey pink hippo or a laughing, wheezing dog to dance and occasionally burst into song.
Whilst comprehensive in the amount of material represented, the author seems overly fond of portraying himself in a mildly acerbic and cynical manner, whilst attempting to convey some sort of pseudo erudite humour.
Failure all round sire.
A shame as it had all the makings of a positively interesting read, Instead it came over as rather halfarsed and not really enthusiastic about his subject, more a rote compilation of a volume to pay the rent.
Great fun, a thorough runthrough of childrens TV from thes through a real gem for nostalgiaheads such as myself, Highly recommended. An a to z of children's TV ranging from the well known to the obscure, includes names of those who provided the voices on the cartoons, Distinct overuse of the word "avuncular", Also quite repetitive in the fact that paragraphs on certain characters were reused in the description of the programme they starred in,
Some glaring omissions too in my opinion a mere four lines on Count Duckula, with no mention of Nanny and Igor
However, a wellwritten and informative read full of nostalgia.
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