Kiss Your Television
Ben Baker
- An
- new
- anthology
- of
- telly
- tales
- and
- broadcast
- bimbling
- from
- semi-professional
- "TV
- rememberist"
- Ben
- Baker,
- author
- of
- "Christmas
- Was
- Better
- In
- The
- 80s"
- and
- "The
- Dreams
- We
- Had
- As
- Children:
- Children's
- ITV
- and
- Me".
- A
- celebration
- of
- the
- past
- and
- a
- desperate
- search
- for
- something
- in
- the
- present
- with
- retrospectives
- on
- the
- lost
- art
- of
- teatime
- television,
- Jasper
- Carrott
- and
- the
- excitement
- live
- TV,
- the
- failed
- attempts
- to
- create
- "the
- new
- Simpsons",
- my
- love
- for
- Cannon
- and
- Ball,
- the
- short
- lived
- phenomenon
- of
- 'exclusive'
- VHS
- episodes,
- when
- good
- telly
- shows
- become
- bad
- video
- games
- and,
- inevitably,
- ALF.
- Plus
- current
- TV
- Heaven
- and
- Hell,
- a
- perfect
- Christmas,
- Ghostwatch,
- the
- original
- Big
- Brother
- and
- more."Ben
- Baker
- hasn't
- just
- been
- watching
- what
- you
- were
- watching
- on
- your
- telly
- -
- he
- was
- watching
- what
- was
- piled
- up
- next
- to
- it.
- Finding
- the
- interesting
- corners
- in
- the
- less
- interesting
- corners
- of
- television,
- armed
- only
- with
- a
- TV
- Times
- to
- save
- him
- from
- accidentally
- seeing
- Spatz
- (and
- the
- cover's
- even
- fallen
- off
- that),
- this
- is
- a
- riotous
- look
- at
- your
- favourite
- -
- and
- least
- favourite
- -
- shows
- from
- when
- you
- watched
- television
- because
- you
- thought
- you
- HAD
- to...
- and
- what
- you
- were
- thinking
- about
- while
- you
- were
- only
- half
- watching
- it.
- No,
- not
- like
- that.
- We
- hope."
- Tim
- Worthington,
- author
- of
- "The
- Golden
- Age
- of
- Children's TV"
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