Paul Rogers - Name That Show: 100 Illustrated T.V. Show Puzzles

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When I was growing up, in the years before all of todays viewing choices, my friends and I had to watch whatever was on whenever it aired. The next day wed talk about the shows and try to remember details that seemed so important at the time. One pal would tape some of his favorite shows on a little audio cassette recorder, just to be able to listen later to the theme songs or save little bits of dialogue. I got a Polaroid camera and tried taking pictures of the screen to save certain images. Somewhere Ive got a box of pictures of Jim Rockfords Firebird rolling down Wilshire Blvd. and Maxwell Smarts apartment.

Paying close attention to the little moments like these got me started making drawings for my book Name That Movie, and now has led to this one, Name That Show. Can you name a TV show from six scratchy drawings? In this collection, Ive tried to generally avoid portraits of big stars, or drawings that are total giveaways in order to make these puzzles challenging, but not impossible to solve. In Name That Movie, I was dealing with mostly two-hour time frames for each and looking for six things to draw that could spark the readers memory of a film. But when a show stretches out over seasons, there are many more hours (and years) worth of individual moments that can make it harder for any one to stand out. Even so, I was surprised that I was able to conjure plenty of drawings that represent a single shot from a show that has remained in my memory for years. Ive also included drawings of familiar objects that appeared in multiple episodes and have become icons of television culture.

And I started to see little connections between shows decades apart. Who knew that VW buses have played such important roles in so many shows? In choosing the six illustrations Im hoping to conjure memories of the show rather than its narrative arc. Of course if youve never seen the show, its unlikely youll recognize it from these drawings. But as with Name That Movie, I hope the unfamiliar entries might pique your curiosity enough to seek them out, especially now that so many shows are so accessible worldwide. There are great shows here past and present, from the 1950s up to the new Golden Age of television. If you havent seen The Honeymooners, or every episode of The Wire, youre in for a treat.

There are 100 shows in this book. The answers are given in two places in the back. Theres a list of titles in the order that they appear in the book and theres also an alphabetical index. The alphabetical index is there for readers who dont want to inadvertently see the next title on the list when checking the answers. I hope you enjoy the book and find yourself paying a bit more attention to those small moments that make our favorite shows so memorable. In the many long hours it took to do the research and make the 600 drawings in this book, at one point I was talking to another illustrator about the project.

I might have been grumbling about the sheer amount of work involved. He reminded me that I shouldnt complain, Youve found the perfect job! Youre getting paid to watch TV! Paul Rogers