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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jimdohertyjr"
<jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
>
> Juri,
>
> Re Richard's comments below:
>
> > Actually, this is not correct in several ways.
Whitman
Publishing
> > Company was doing TV series based novels before
any of Deming or
> > Prather Dragnet books. For example, there was
ANNIE OAKLEY IN
> > DANGER AT DIABLO published in 1955 featuring a
photo of the
series
> > star (Gail Davis) on the cover. I would expect
there were
others
> > even earlier.
>
> Another example, from the same year, was a novel
based on the TV
> sitcom, MR. PEEPERS, credited to the show's star,
Wally Cox. It
was
> published in both harback and trade paper editions
by Simon and
> Schuster. Unlike the Whitman books, this one was
pitched at
adults.
>
> Tie-ins and novelizations weren't as ubiquitous as
now, perhaps,
but
> they were part of the publishing scene almost as
soon as
television
> was. And, as I said, if you count other kinds of
dramatic
mediums,
> even before television.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
Now that you mention it Jim, I have that MR. PEEPERS book and
recall enjoying it. I think Simon and Schuster published it.
I always rather liked Wally Cox and perhaps he even wrote the
thing. Cox and Marlon Brando were great friends and roommates
for a time and enjoyed riding their motorcycles together.
Yes, I know...perhaps...so what...I liked them both.
Richard Moore
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