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Please Stand ByMichael Ritchie
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Please Stand By

252 pagesFirst published 19943 editions
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Even before there was "Howdy Doody" or "The Honeymooners," there was television, the medium that would define and change forever the twentieth century. Please Stand By looks back at the rough pioneer beginnings of TV, when the glow from the small screen brought magic into every home that had a set. Chorus girls worked side by side with performing rats; Eddie Albert, Dinah Shore, Hugh Downs and Betty Furness were still plucky unknowns; and one crossed wire could ruin an entire night's programming, with losses totaling as much as sixty-five dollars!. This is the first book to cover…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
HardcoverHenry Holt & Company1998—9780805019735
PaperbackOverlook TP19952569780879516154
EditionOverlook Press19942479780879515461
HistoryTelevisionProduction and directionTelevision programsTelevisieFernsehenHistoireTélévision