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And So It Goes: Adventures in Television
by Linda Ellerbee
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Putnam Adult (1986-05-19)
ISBN: 0399130470
EAN: 9780399130472
Dewy Decimal #: 070.924
Hardcover: 255 pages
SKU: 122587
Condition: Good
Comments: 0399130470 X-Library w/ typical mylar jacket cover, stickers, stamps & pocket. Jacket shows light wear inside mylar. Interior & spine evidence typical use; overall, a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Customer Reviews
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Wise and witty
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-07-17
I've probably read this book a dozen times from cover to dog-eared cover; my paperback copy is literally falling apart! I still open it sometimes just to read a couple of pages from the middle, and I'm always entertained by Ellerbee's wit.
Wit: a combination of rational intelligence and humour. Ellerbee displays both in abundance, and her writing style is pitch-perfect. She's worked in network news long enough to have seen all of it's strength and weaknesses, and long enough to have lived through one-too-many comical misadventures. Some of her anectodal experiences are downright hilarious:Stealing Reagan's golf cart for a joyride. Spying on a button manufacturer from a rooftop across the street (to learn before the competing networks who'll be chosen vice president for a presidential campaign). Getting unintentionally stuck in the middle of a homecoming parade for the Iran hostages. Using dinner trays to "surf" down the aisle of a flying airplane. A rubber duck on the set. A "thing and a thing." And so it goes... There are also some suprising revelations, such as Ellerbee's confession to a back-alley abortion, and her discovery that Ohio didn't become a state until 1954! Read this book and be entertained... and simoultaneously enlightened about the field of broadcast journalism.
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Should be required reading
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-04-18
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
There are some books that should never be resigned to the dustbin and this is one of them. The message is timeless and, despite the humor, frightening. Ms. Ellerbee's wisdom is needed more today than it was back in 1988.
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Recommended reading for any aspiring broadcaster
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-09-15
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Direct, honest, and brilliantly written, Ellerbee's masterwork gives the reader an inside look into the world of broadcast journalism. Her 80's program NBC News Overnight was a unique vehicle for intelligent reporting and videography. It was the last show of its kind on network news TV which, if anything, has gotten worse since the writing of this book. When Ellerbee's Nickelodeon children's programs are more intelligently written than most of the so called "adult" news programs on TV, that's scary. It is unfortunately the case.
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Simply Wonderful
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-04-04
There can be few things more enriching, entertaining, and inspiring than merrily wending one's way through the fascinating memoirs of this legendary journalist. Ms. Ellerbee can now be seen on her marvelous news program for children on Nickelodeon, which is one of the greatest programs in the history of television. Ms. Ellerbee's thrilling story is sure to deeply touch all who read it, evoking both tears and laughter, often simultaneously. This is one of the greatest books in the history of the world, and should be on every required reading list in every institution of learning in the world.
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frank chat
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-04-30
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
It was a pleasure to read about another journalist's battle in succeeding in one of the most competitive field. If you want to know what a reporter has to go through, you'd want to read this one.
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