Cheap Motels and a Hotplate: An Economist's Travelogue
Fast, Cheap, and Under Control: Lessons from the Greatest Low-Budget Movies of All Time
Fast, Cheap, and Under Control: Lessons from the Greatest Low-Budget Movies of All Time 
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Created by . . .: Inside the Minds of TV's Top Show Creators
As entertaining as it is enlightening, Created by? presents a stellar cast of 21 show creators who candidly talk about writing and selling hit television series. They discuss influences ? writing spec scripts ? first jobs in TV ? getting an agent ? mentors ? being staffed as a writer ? the pitch ? writing a pilot ? putting yourself in the characters you create ? rewriting ? producing a pilot ? marketing ? hiring a writing staff ? making a show last ? TV writing vs. film writing ? drama vs. sitcom ? cable vs. network TV ? what show creators look for in a writer ? writers block ? luck ? and much more. Created by? is a lively, well-written must-have book for all screenwriters and television writers?wannabes, novices, and pros?as well as all avid TV fans.
Created by . . .: Inside the Minds of TV's Top Show Creators
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Cheap. Fast. Good!
The authors, who helped us get dinner on the table in 20 minutes or less and showed us how to give stress-free parties, now help us feed our families well for less money. Beverly and Alicia are mealtime problem solvers. This time they turn their attention to preparing inviting breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that don't wreak havoc on the family budget. Over 275 recipes for flavorful everyday entrees, soups and stews, skillet meals, pastas, salads and side dishes, and desserts; plus a full chapter on breakfasts and another on how to save money and time by cooking in big batches. All dishes are unrecognizable as inexpensive; they're just yummy and worthy of second helpings.
Cheap. Fast. Good!
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Bad Santa
Hollywood favorites Billy Bob Thornton ("The Alamo"), Bernie Mac ("Mr. 3000"), and John Ritter (TV's "8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter") star in the year's most-talked-about comedy hit, "Bad Santa." You'd better watch out -- Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes (Thornton) is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wise-cracking store detective (Mac), a sexy bartender (Lauren Graham -- TV's "Gilmore Girls"), and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
Bad Santa
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TV's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Crazy Casting, Off-Camera Clashes, and Other Oddities by Douglas Tonks, ISBN 1574885154
-- Takes an irreverent look at the entertainment phenomenon of the twentieth century
-- Chronicles incredible moments in news, sports, and entertainment
-- Illuminates worthwhile programming as well as the shoddiest shows ever
Often derided as the "boob tube" or the "idiot box, " television has nevertheless brought entertainment and information to living rooms everywhere, expanding viewers' horizons and bringing the world closer together. Arranged in top-ten lists, TV's Most Wanted runs the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous. After examining the best and worst shows, actors, and moments in the history of television, it will make couch potatoes everywhere reach for their remotes.
When it comes to longevity, the television newsmagazine 60 Minutes holds the record for the most network broadcasts in prime time, while South of Sunset, starring rock legend Glenn Frey as a down-on-his-luck detective, was canceled after just one episode in 1993. Not quite an overnight sensation, George...
TV's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Crazy Casting, Off-Camera Clashes, and Other Oddities by Douglas Tonks, ISBN 1574885154
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Bad Santa
Hollywood favorites Billy Bob Thornton ("The Alamo"), Bernie Mac ("Mr. 3000"), and John Ritter (TV's "8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter") star in the year's most-talked-about comedy hit, "Bad Santa." You'd better watch out -- Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes (Thornton) is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wise-cracking store detective (Mac), a sexy bartender (Lauren Graham -- TV's "Gilmore Girls"), and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
Bad Santa
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