Terrace - Internet Comedy Television Series, 1997-2015

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Internet Comedy Television Programs, 19972015, is the fourth volume in a one-of-a-kind series that covers various genres of Internet television programming. Like the prior books (Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 19962013; Internet Drama and Mystery Television Series, 19962014; and Internet Lesbian and Gay Television Series, 19962014), this volume is also the only book to date that presents a history of television programs produced exclusively for the worldwide web.

Internet television programs are produced like a broadcast or cable TV series but without the big budget and, in most instances, minus name performers. When it comes to comedy programming available on the web, the viewer has a variety of choices of which show to watch. This book is not only a guide to those comedy series, but a detailed account of what they are about with story lines, casts, credits, episode lists, dates, and web addresses. (Keep in mind that web addresses listed in this volume reflect those where program information can still be found at the time of publication and are not necessarily the official websites, as many have closed since this book was first begun.) There are also accompanying photographs and a complete index.

In the arena of Internet-based comedy series, there are entries about bartenders who love you (Bar Flies) and those who detest you (The Bartender Hates You). There are enjoyable TV spoofs of shows like Charlies Angels (with Chicos Angels) and movie parodies like BabeArella (a send-up of Barbarella). There is a very elderly, still active secret agent (Agent 88), and even an obnoxious, talking piece of fruit (Annoying Orange). When it comes to odd couple roommates there are such entries as Bigfoot Roommate, Grapes Roommate (a guy living with a store-bought bunch of grapes) and American Blob (a talking rock). There is a program about an infant who fights crime (BabyMentalist), an animal detective (Llama Cop), and a gorilla who helps humans (GorillaTherapy). My Life with Sock finds a woman falling in love with a tube sock that comes to life, there is a man who believes his sons plush toy is real (Delphis), and a husband struggling to cope with his wifes come-to-life plush toy monster (A Guy, a Girl and Their Monster). If the latters premise were not strange enough, there is a bizarre mother just trying to raise her children (Brain EatinZombie Babies), a snake who runs a company (Dennis the OfficeCobra), an alien TV talk show host (The Gorburger Show), and rampaging animals (Possum Death Spree). We also have ghost hunters (Ghost Ghirls, Giving Up theGhosts), health spa spoofs (Trainers, Venus Spa), and personality and character spoofs with Kam Kardashian (the lesbian sister of Kim Kardashian), Adult Wednesday Addams (the daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams), and Very Mary-Kate (the twin sister of Ashley Olsen). Shelf Life, Sassy Batman, Sweethearts of the Galaxy, and Vexika present super hero spoofs while Cowgirl Up and DareDoll Dilemmas offer beautiful women in a whole new light. These are only a very small sampling of what other amusing oddities are contained in the pages of this book.

The Internet has and is presenting a whole new world of television-like entertainment that, while still in its infancy, is continually growing and maturing. With this series of books about genres of web TV series, you will have the only printed record presently available of its pioneering, intriguing history.

The author would like to thank James Robert Parish for his assistance on this project.