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The Plumber of Souls

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In Guinzberg's insane, darkly enthralling world--where, among other things, the unspeakably sad Pope is addicted to fast food and cable television, and software billionaires clone children to molest--the laughs burn as they go down, and it all ends up feeling almost uncomfortably close to home.

Salant, CBS, and the Battle for the Soul of Broadcast Journalism: The Memoirs of Richard S. Salant by Bill Buzenberg, ISBN 0813337038

Salant, CBS, and the Bottle for the Soul of Broadcast Journalism tells the story of CBS News during its golden era. The late Richard S. Salant was president of CBS News for sixteen years throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He became widely recognized by journalists as the "patron saint) of television news." During his tenure, Salant confronted issues of enormous importance -- Vietnam, the civil rights movement, and Watergate -- and launched the first thirty-minute Evening News, CBS Morning, News, and 60 Minutes. Along the way, he hired Mike Wallace, Roger Mudd, Dan Rather, and Diane Sawyer. This first-person account, compiled and edited by Susan and Bill Buzenberg during the years since Salant's death in 1993, is an important part of the history of broadcast journalism, an inside story of the politicians and journalists who shaped our recent history, and an eloquent alarm about the current erosion of broadcast journalism standards. Salant, CBS, and the Battle for the Soul of Broadcast Journalism: The Memoirs of Richard S. Salant by Bill Buzenberg, ISBN 0813337038
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Jeffersons / Good Times: The Complete Fourth Season, The (Full Frame)

"The Jeffersons: The Complete Fourth Season" - Dig into the celebrated fourth season of "The Jeffersons," one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed comedy series ever on TV. Watch all of your favorite characters get mixed up again in some of the wackiest situations, silliest gags, and most hilarious hijinx this side of Harlem: George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley and Zara Culley) laugh their way through a thrilling hostage ordeal, housekeeper Florence (Marla Gibbs) treats the Jeffersons to a rowdy visit from her parents, and son Lionel (Mike Evans) gets a little crazy with his plans for the family business. Created by television legend Norman Lear, "The Jeffersons" remains one of the most successful, influential, and long-lived (1975-1985) TV comedy series in history. This digitally remastered three-disc collector's set includes all 26 hilarious episodes from season four, now on DVD for the first time ever. So, don't be no jive turkey, and keep movin' on up with "The Jeffersons"!... Jeffersons / Good Times: The Complete Fourth Season, The (Full Frame)
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Jeffersons / Good Times: The Complete Fourth Season, The (Full Frame)

Star Trek: Encounters PS2

STAR TREK : ENCOUNTERS is a shoot
em-up arcade style space combat game featuring ships, characters, and weapons from 40 years of Star Trek. Take command of your starship and blast through the universe, defending your vessel and demolishing your opponents
in fast action battles.

Features

Five Generations at Your Control - Ships and characters from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise.
Authentic Trek Universe - Experience the Trek you know with missions based on classic moments from the television series and films.
Thrilling Arcade Action - Destroy your opponents with a wide array of weapons including Phasers, Pulse Cannons, Torpedoes, and more.
Three Exciting Gameplay Modes - Choose from Skirmish Mode, Episode Mode, or go head-to-head against a friend in Multiplayer Mode.

Star Trek: Encounters PS2

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Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times Reviews by Jack Gould by Lewis L. Gould, ISBN 0292728468

Providing video companionship for isolated housewives, afternoon babysitting for children, and nonstop evening entertainment for the whole family, television revolutionized American society in the post-World War II years. Helping the first TV generation make sense of the new medium was the mission of Jack Gould, television critic of The New York Times from 1947 to 1972. In columns noteworthy for crisp writing, pointed insights, and fair judgment, he highlighted both the untapped possibilities and the imminent perils of television, becoming "the conscience of the industry" for many people. In this book, historian Lewis L. Gould, Jack Gould's son, collects over seventy of his father's best columns. Grouped topically, they cover a wide range of issues, including the Golden Age of television drama, McCarthy-era blacklisting, the rise and fall of Edward R. Murrow, quiz show scandals, children's programming, and the impact of television on American life and of television criticism on the medium... Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times Reviews by Jack Gould by Lewis L. Gould, ISBN 0292728468
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Viewers Like You?: How Public TV Has Failed the People by Laurie Ouellette, ISBN 0231119437

How "public" is public television if only a small percentage of the American people tune in on a regular basis? When public television addresses "viewers like you," just who are you? Despite the current of frustration with commercial television that runs through American life, most TV viewers bypass the redemptive "oasis of the wasteland" represented by PBS and turn to other, more "popular" media, "Viewers Like You?" traces the history of public broadcasting in the United States, questions its priorities, and argues that public TV's tendency to reject popular culture has undermined its capacity to serve the people it claims to represent. Viewers Like You?: How Public TV Has Failed the People by Laurie Ouellette, ISBN 0231119437
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