Mom Always Said, "Don't Play Ball in the House" (And Other Stuff We Learned from Tv). This item is unavailable.Mom Always Said, "Don't Play Ball in the House" (And Other Stuff We Learned from Tv)

Compiles quotes, catchphrases, memorable lines, lyrics to theme songs, and photographs of characters from television shows

Just Like Watching TV, in Book Form!
Whether you happened on this book on your own or followed the shameless plug I added on the page with SESAME STREET: UNPAVED (my latest tribute to America's second favorite pastime), I thank you.

My brother and I wrote and compiled this book to capture the joys and pains, the laughter and the sorrow of growing up in front of the television. Gen-Xers (and Y-ers, and Z-ers) use TV as a common bond. We talk about nostalgic shows with our friends, at bars, at parties. We discuss Seinfeld and Dukes of Hazzard around the water cooler at work. We use lines like, "OH MY NOSE!" and "DEE PLANE! DEE PLANE!" to get a laugh and find common ground.

And this book captures that phenomenon. With classic lines and catchphrases, theme song lyrics, and dozens of sidebars that teach everything from "How to win a fight like Captain Kirk" to "How to win the Rabbit Season/Duck Season Argument," this book is a great gift for any TV-lover/pop culture afficionado. And it makes a great coaster, too.

So read, watch, and remember.