- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Virgin Books (9 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0753510804
- ISBN-13: 978-0753510803
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 482,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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TV Cream:The ultimate guide to 70's and 80's pop culture is the reference guide to growin up in the decades that gave birth to the retro culture we enjoy today.From the styling of Starsky and Hutch to the more obscure British 'geekiness'of programmes for Schools and Colleges thatfeatured big brown computers and experiments with radio waves,the book is an unashamed celebrationof the stuff of our formative years. From Top Trumps to Tiswas,Superstars to Stars on 45,Mousetrap to Monkey,this book has got the lot-all the TV programmes,books,comics,sweets,toys and school crazes you rememberfrom your youth,plusthose you'd completely forgottenabout.Readers can checkthe immortality rating oftheir favorite shows on the retro-meter and find out if they warrant atribute or trash rating. Written by the creators of the award-winning cult online retro repository www.tv.cream.org,the book translates the essential tone of the website into printwhile prviding brand-new material throughout,creating afact-packed bible cataloguing all things nostalgic from the 1970s and '80s.
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The TV CREAM: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO 70s AND 80s POP CULTURE will bring those memories flooding back. From Top Trumps to TISWAS, Simon Bates to Stars on 45, Whizzer and Chips to World of Sport, here are all the TV programmes, books, comics, sweets, toys, sounds and perhaps even smells you remember from your youth, plus those you'd completely forgotten about. Remember HR Pufnstuf, One Cal softdrinks, programmable tank Big Trak, Krazy comic, paper fortune-tellers and Captain Zep: Space Detective? Plus you can check the immortality rating of your favourite piece of pop-cultural tat on the retrometer and find out if it warrants a tribute or trash rating.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. This is the book I've been waiting for for several years, and is exactly the type of book I'd hoped it would be (apart from possibly not long enough!). If you are of a certain age (say, 28+) you MUST read this book - it is, quite simply, your childhood revisited. And, as such, it's warming, entertaining, slightly disturbing at times, but consistently funny. Forget what some cynics might say - there is absolutely nothing wrong in remembering the past and wallowing in a bit of nostalgia from time to time. It might make you a little sad for innocence lost, though...
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is definitely the ultimate guide to the 70s and 80s- how many memories did this book bring back?!! Brilliantly written with plenty of humour, entries I loved included gloy glue, covering your school books, Monster Munch- fantastic! I would recommend this to any 80s children who fancy a trip down memory lane. I would of liked to have seen photos included but that doesn't take away from the appeal of the book.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was 11 at the start of the 80s and remember the decade pretty well, but this book really brought some memories flooding back. Well written and researched, it's a very pleasant wander through the nostalgia of a British kids childhood and I'd recommend it to anyone.
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