BearManor Media News — q&a

Q&A with Wesley Hyatt, author of I’d Like to Buy a Vowel - Spinning 50 Years of Wheel of FortuneWhy do a book about Wheel of Fortune? There’s never been a serious history of the series in print until now. It’s celebrating fifty years on the air come January 1975, an achievement few series ever achieve. And it’s a show with broad recognition, so it should attract the interest of many readers. How did you research the series? I did a combination of things. Obviously, I watched as many shows as possible, although the sheer number of episodes (over 12,000)...

BearManor Media interview with William Chemerka, author of Fess Parker   Q: Your Fess Parker: TV's Frontier Hero is a comprehensive biography of the man who is best remembered as Walt Disney's Davy Crockett and NBC-TV's Daniel Boone.   A: And August 16, 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Fess Parker's birth. Of course, Fess appeared in other films and television shows during his acting career.   Q: When did you become interested in Fess Parker?   Easy question! Wednesday night, December 15, 1954, when “Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter,” the first episode of Disney's Davy Crockett trilogy, aired on the Disneyland...

Tell us a bit about the book.   The Lecter Variations is an analytical deep dive into every corner of the Hannibal franchise, starting with the release of Thomas Harris’ seminal Red Dragon and moving chronologically up to the 2021 TV series Clarice. It explores the behind-the-scenes story of each book, movie and show, but also delves into their merits and pitfalls.   What sets this apart from previous books about the Hannibal films?   Previous books like The Hannibal Files or Making Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris were enormously valuable to me when it came to writing this...

Questions for Gary Wedemeyer, co-author of "My Very Own Mayberry Coloring Book" What inspired you to create this book?I’ve been a fan of The Andy Griffith Show for as long as I can remember. I think the last coloring book dedicated to this show was done back in the mid 60’s, and quite frankly, it wasn’t great. So, we thought it was about time. There are thousands of sitcoms. Why The Andy Griffith Show?In our opinion, it’s the best TV show ever created. It’s full of iconic characters and it is wholesome, clean, family entertainment. They laughed with each other...

Q&A with author of Montage, Bruce J. Starin 1. Montage as a title of book seems a bit odd. Can you explain?Yes of course. In the film and television world a “montage” is a series of shots and scenes without dialogue used to advance the plot. And so it is with this memoir and expose, my fourth published work, with one exception. I utilize quite a bit of dialogue to advance the plot of my experiences in international show business.2. Who was your most memorable character?All my encounters were memorable, hence inclusion in this book. But perhaps my most memorable...