Best of
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1998

Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917


Richard Curtis - 1998
    Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty is the book for you. Here, at last, for the first time, are the full scripts of one of British television's funniest comedies. Follow the hilarious misadventures of the despicable Edmund Blackadder and his dimwitted sidekick Baldrick through four centuries of hopelessly mangled English history: from medieval nastiness through English history: from medieval nastiness through Elizabethan and Regency glory, to the mud and sauteed rats of the First World War. Aside from the ball-bouncingly funny scripts themselves, Blackadder also features special bonus sections: "Instruments of Torture in the Late Middle Ages"; "Medieval Medicine" ("1. Herbs; 2. Leeches; 3. Saw It Off"); and an indispensable "Index of Blackadder's Finest Insults".

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide, Volume 1


Christopher Golden - 1998
    One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their members. She is the Slayer.

Sesame Street Unpaved: Scripts, Stories, Secrets and Songs


David Borgenicht - 1998
    400 color photos. NPR sponsorship.

Creating 3-D Animation


Peter Lord - 1998
    From Aardman Studios in Bristol. England, winners of three Academy Awards, comes the most thorough book on the subject, and the first to include complete instructions for making a 3-D animated film.Aardman is one of the foremost 3-D animation studios in the world, acclaimed for its short films, TV series and commercials. The studio has created a host of well-known characters, the most famous being Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit. But the history of 3-D animation spans Hollywood triumphs as the 1933 King Kong, 1991's Terminator II, and 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and includes such creatures as the California Raisins.The main focus of this exciting book is a guide to the processes of 3-D animation, culminating in a practical, fully illustrated step-by-step description of how to create effective characters and sets, and make an entire film. There is no other book that provides this same information in such detail, making it possible for everyone to create their own 3-D animated classic.

Xena: Warrior Princess


Robert Weisbrot - 1998
    Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc.  Copyright (c) 1998 by Universal Studios Publishing Rights, a division of Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. All rights reserved.

Doctor Who: The Television Companion - The Official BBC Guide to Every TV Story


David J. Howe - 1998
    In addition, there is an analysis of each story, looking at the highs and lows of every adventure, utilising reviews both contemporary and retrospective from a variety of sources.This book is the essential companion for every trip you will ever take into the TV universe of Doctor Who.

The Xena Scrolls


Ru Emerson - 1998
    Now, in a fold-out-map format, this reproduction of an ancient papyrus is surrounded by fascinating sidebars and illustrated with video stills of Xena and her faithful companion Gabrielle. This poster-sized collectible makes the legends behind Xena's powers come alive for every fan.

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons


Michael Mallory - 1998
    Presents a history of Hanna-Barbera and discusses such shows as the Flintstones, Jetsons, Top, Cat, and Scooby-Doo, Where are You!.

Come and Knock on Our Door: A Hers and Hers and His Guide to "Three's Company"


Chris Mann - 1998
    On-screen, the trio's dilemmas were always just zany misunderstandings riddled with pratfalls and double entendres and resolved with hugs and kisses. But behind the scenes, the real-life tensions of fame and controversy plus personal, financial, and creative conflicts threatened to end the love and laughter.

Mayberry 101: Behind the Scenes of a TV Classic


Neal Brower - 1998
    Each column centers on one episode from the popular television series, The Andy Griffith Show. Brower researches each episode with help from the show's writers, actors, and producers. His essays include their insights as well as Brower's own observations about production, photography, musical scoring, etc. In this first volume of a projected three-volume series, Brower covers the 79 episodes that were written by writers Harvey Bullock, Everett Greenbaum, and Bill Idelson and their partners. Some of the episodes covered in Mayberry 101 include: "The Pickle Story," "Man in a Hurry," "My Fair Ernest T. Bass," "Opie the Birdman," "Mr. McBevee," "Prisoner of Love," "Rafe Hollister Sings," "Class Reunion," "Opie's Hobo Friend," "A Date for Gomer," and "The Darlings are Coming."

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Hercules)


Robert Weisbrot - 1998
    Now, for the first time, Hercules fans can go behind the scenes and find out exactly what makes this one of the hottest shows on TV. This official series companion includes in-depth interviews you won't find anywhere else - with the producers, writers, special-effects wizards, and stars of the show, including producer Rob Tapert, stars Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst, and guest stars like Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor; never-before-seen photos, including sixteen pages in color and more than eighty black-and-whites; a fascinating look at the first five action-packed Hercules made-for-TV movies; a complete and detailed episode-by-episode guide to the series; Intriguing Legendary Facts about the show and its creation; and a look at the real gods and goddesses behind the myths - as well as their TV counterparts.

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Unofficial Companion


David Hofstede - 1998
    With its wild mix of wacky car chases and spectacular vehicle wrecks, bumbling sheriffs, greedy politicians, and its rambunctious lead players (the Duke boys and curvaceous Daisy Duke), it's little wonder the program developed such a strong and loyal viewership.This is the first book devoted to the genesis and production of the hit program, tracing its 1970s origin through to its recent, highly-rated "reunion" movie on CBS-TV. The author conducted extensive interviews with cast and technical talent to explore this beloved show - revealing for the first time many behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the week-to-week filming of the series.In this lively and factual presentation of the long-running TV series (1979-85), no trivia point is left unanswered about the amazing clan of Dukes and their colorful nemeses Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane and Boss Hogg.

Star Trek: Action!


Terry J. Erdmann - 1998
    That's how many minutes have been committed to film during the thirty year-- and counting-- history of Star Trek. Since its inception as a groundbreaking show, through its current incarnations on television and as a series of motion pictures, more than 395 hours of Star Trek have been filmed. If you watch it all consecutively, you'd be glued to your television set around the clock for more than 16 days.Have you ever wondered what it takes to create just one sequence of scenes that can last as little as a minute or two? Minutes may not seem like a lot out of thirty years' worth of science fiction magic, but for the thousands of men and women both in front of and behind the cameras, each and every one of those minutes has been a labor of love, blood, sweat, and tears, all created without a net.With the author as our guide, we will follow the creation of three separate sequences-- one each from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and the upcoming motion picture Star Trek: Insurrection. From the first meetings of the writers to the preproduction meetings, from the concept sketches to the realized set, from the early morning makeup session to the bleary-eyed midnight shooting the author has been there. Peering over the shoulders of the writers, the filmmakers, the graphic artists, and the visual-effects wizards, the author reports each Herculean task as it is accomplished. "Action!" takes you there for each moment.After reading "Action!", an utterly unique work, you will never watch Star Trek quite the same way again. (Oh, and in case you haven't timed this, it took you about two minutes to read this flap copy.)

The Avengers and Me


Patrick Macnee - 1998
    . Lavishly illustrated, with many unpublished stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and snaps from Macnee's private collection, this is a very personal portrait of the world's best-loved cult action-adventure series.

Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion -- Updated and Expanded


Kevin Courrier - 1998
    With these powerful characters and socially relevant stories ripped from today's headlines, it is difficult to tell whether you are watching the evening news or one of the most intense dramas ever seen on television.Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion was written with the cooperation of the show's creator and executive producer, Dick Wolf, and features interviews with the stars, producers, and writers. It is the first-ever guide to this popular, Emmy award-winning police drama.You'll get the inside scoop on:-the past and current stars of the show-including Paul Sorvino, Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Christopher Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Carey Lowell, Angie Harmon, and Michael Moriarty-and find out who was fired, who left willingly, and who remains-the show's continued problems with censorship issues and advertiser fallout-the behind-the-scenes anecdotes about cast regulars, including the fights-both verbal and physical-that have peppered the production-how Wolf was forced to increase the estrogen and decrease the testosterone on the show-the detailed history behind the creation and development of the show, and season-by-season critiques of each episode through the entire 1999 season

Alien Nation: The Unofficial Companion


Ed Gross - 1998
    The first complete companion guide to the classic film, TV series, and TV movies-of-the-week.

The Star Trek Scriptbooks-Book Two, Becoming Human: The Seven of Nine saga


Brannon Braga - 1998
    Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise™ considered them the closest thing to pure evil that he had ever faced.So who could have guessed that an unrepentant Borg could become a valuable crew member aboard a Federation starship?Here, complete in one volume, are the scripts for the original episodes of Star Trek: Voyager® that brought Seven of Nine aboard Captain Janeway's ship. These powerful and thought-provoking narratives trace her tumultuous development from an anonymous Borg drone to an unique and exceptional individual, whose rediscovery of her own lost humanity has only just begun.Relive the drama and conflict that have made Seven of Nine one of the most fascinating characters on television today — and in the depths of the Delta Quadrant.The episodes whose scripts appear in the book are as follows:"Scorpion""Scorpion, Part II""The Raven""The Omega Directive""One""Hope and Fear"