With New Books About
BIONICS and LIFE GOES ON
Author HERBIE J PILATO
Views Popular TV As Educational
Author Herbie J Pilato, best known for his books, Bewitched Forever and The Kung Fu Book Of Caine, has just released two new TV tomes: THE BIONIC BOOK; THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN AND THE BIONIC WOMAN RECONSTRUCTED and LIFE STORY THE BOOK OF LIFE GOES ON: TV'S FIRST AND BEST FAMILY SHOW OF CHALLENGE. An actor, producer, director, and singer/songwriter from Rochester, New York, Pilato employs his books with TV & Self-Esteem Seminars – a lecture series that he brings to schools, colleges and community and business organizations – one that helps to close the gap between popular culture and academia. Popular television programs, in particular, Pilato says, are an “untapped resource for education – beyond PBS and The Learning Channel.” According to Pilato, the Bionic shows and Life Goes On, along with Bewitched and Kung Fu, “teach us to look beyond our differences and to concentrate on what makes us the same.”
THE BIONIC BOOK; THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN AND THE BIONIC WOMAN RECONSTRUCTED is chock-full of commentary culled from Pilato's exclusive interviews with Bionic stars Lee Majors (who played half-superman/half-mechanical marvel Steve Austin), Lindsay Wagner (Jaime Sommers - Steve's female counter-part and one true love), series creator (and science fiction novel icon) Martin Caidin, executive producer Harve Bennett (who would later help to ignite the Star Trek feature film franchise), producer/director Kenneth Johnson (The Incredible Hulk and Alien Nation) and actor Richard Anderson, the latter of whom portrayed Oscar Goldman - Steve and Jaime's stoic but understanding superviser (and who has penned the book's foreword). Much more than a mere TV trivia guide, THE BIONIC BOOK explores in-depth the social, psychological, medical and scientific influence, appeal and message behind two of the most popular and heroic science fiction television programs of all time.
In the history of popular television, no other show has addressed the issues of adolescence, family values, diversity, prejudice, and physical and mental disabilities so directly and as fully as Life Goes On. Inside the pages of LIFE STORY THE BOOK OF LIFE GOES ON: TV'S FIRST AND BEST FAMILY SHOW OF CHALLENGE, the reader will find revealing commentary from Herbie J Pilato's extensive conversations with cast members such as the Golden-Globe-nominated Chris Burke (who played Corky Thacher, the high-school teen with Down syndrome, which Burke has in real life), the Emmy-winning Chad Lowe (the AIDS-stricken Jesse McKenna), and the Family-Television-Award-winning Kellie Martin (Becca Thacher, Corky’s sister and Jesse’s loyal young love. Also interviewed were pristine behind-the-scenes team players including director/producer Michael Nankin and creator/executive producer Michael Braverman (who has penned the book's foreword).
About The Author
Herbie J Pilato is an actor, producer, director, and singer/songwriter from Rochester, New York. He’s served as an editor for several websites (such as TV-Now.com, UPNTV.com, PAX-TV.com and MediaVillage.com), contributed to many magazines (like Starlog, Sci-Fi Entertainment, Retro Vision, Classic TV and Remember), made hundreds of radio and TV show appearances (including The E! True Hollywood Story, A&E’s Biography, Entertainment Tonight and General Hospital, worked as a producer for Bravo’s five-part hit series, The 100 Greatest TV Characters, and has served as a consultant on Nora Ephron’s Bewitched feature film, and on the TV-DVD releases of Bewitched, Kung Fu and CHiPs. Pilato has several television shows and feature films in development, has recently toured as Frankie Valli in the Nik & the Nice Guys Rock Icon Tribute Artist Show, and has just released his first music CD, entitled, Two. His next book for BearManor Media is NBC & ME: My Life As A Page In A Book.
About BearManor Media
BearManor Media - a small press that publishes BIG books – takes pride in publishing quality entertainment/nostalgic books and biographies on unique subjects, including: QUE SERA SERA: The Magic of Doris Day Through Television by Pierre Patrick and Garry McGee, HOLLYWOOD’S BABE: Dancing Through Oz by Caren-Marsh Doll, and the second edition of I LOVE THE ILLUSION: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead by Charles Tranberg (and for which Herbie J Pilato has penned the epilogue).
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Monday, October 8, 2007
Press Release: Joss Whedon's Angel Rises at IDW Publishing
Joss Whedon's Angel Rises at IDW Publishing
Epic New comic series Angel: After The Fall picks up the pieces following the finale of the television series
San Diego, CA (Oct. 8, 2007) - When TV fans last saw Joss Whedon's vampire-turned-savior Angel, he faced off against endless demon hordes as he and his friends charged forward into a heart-stopping, series-ending cliffhanger. Who lived? Who died? And what happened to Los Angeles in the aftermath of the epic battle?
Fans need wonder no more: IDW Publishing this month releases the debut issue of Angel: After The Fall, the official continuation of the TV show, overseen by Angel co-creator Joss Whedon. Working with a hand-picked creative team, Whedon will mastermind the 12-issue maxiseries told as a monthly, year-long saga. Whedon will co-plot the entire story with series scripter Brian Lynch, while art will be handled by Franco Urro, Lynch's collaborator on IDW's Spike: Shadow Puppets limited series, also spinning out of Season Five of the TV show.
"Angel and his friends took a stand because he thought it was the right thing to do," says Lynch. "They fought the good fight, even though they were probably going to lose, even though they were facing insurmountable odds. But that's the thing about insurmountable odds: surmounting them can be quite a bitch. The series begins to tackle the fallout of Angel's stand, and what it cost everyone near, around and close to him."
Acclaimed artist Tony Harris, who has worked on Starman and Ex Machina, will provide special alternate covers for the debut issues, along with monthly covers by Urru, Andrew Robinson, and others yet to be announced.
"This is the story we've wanted to tell since we first started publishing Angel comics three years ago," said Chris Ryall, IDW's Publisher and Editor-in-Chief. "More to the point, it's a story fans have been dying to see, and neither they nor I ever wanted to tell this tale without Joss. So it's great to have his participation, as well as the great work by Brian and Franco, to proper deliver this epic saga."
The series kicks off in November with a special 27-page story and a preview of a new Brian Lynch zombie comic, and will be shipped monthly thereafter. Along the way, IDW will also release some one-shot stories that tie in to the larger storyline. The first of these will be the April 2008 release Angel: First Night, which details the events at the end of Season Five's final day as they affected some lesser-seen characters from the show.
Angel: After the Fall #1 arrives in comic stores in November, and is available for pre-order now, with Diamond Order Code SEP07 3739.
About IDW Publishing
IDW PUBLISHING, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, is a publisher of comic books and graphic novels. IDW's titles range from 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and FALLEN ANGEL to Hasbro's THE TRANSFORMERS, Fox's ANGEL, Paramount's STAR TREK, and many more. The 30 DAYS OF NIGHT film will be released by Sony Pictures on October 19, 2007. More information about the company can be found at www.idwpublishing.com.
About FOX Worldwide Licensing
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines. The division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of the top suppliers of primetime entertainment programming to the broadcast networks.
Epic New comic series Angel: After The Fall picks up the pieces following the finale of the television series
San Diego, CA (Oct. 8, 2007) - When TV fans last saw Joss Whedon's vampire-turned-savior Angel, he faced off against endless demon hordes as he and his friends charged forward into a heart-stopping, series-ending cliffhanger. Who lived? Who died? And what happened to Los Angeles in the aftermath of the epic battle?
Fans need wonder no more: IDW Publishing this month releases the debut issue of Angel: After The Fall, the official continuation of the TV show, overseen by Angel co-creator Joss Whedon. Working with a hand-picked creative team, Whedon will mastermind the 12-issue maxiseries told as a monthly, year-long saga. Whedon will co-plot the entire story with series scripter Brian Lynch, while art will be handled by Franco Urro, Lynch's collaborator on IDW's Spike: Shadow Puppets limited series, also spinning out of Season Five of the TV show.
"Angel and his friends took a stand because he thought it was the right thing to do," says Lynch. "They fought the good fight, even though they were probably going to lose, even though they were facing insurmountable odds. But that's the thing about insurmountable odds: surmounting them can be quite a bitch. The series begins to tackle the fallout of Angel's stand, and what it cost everyone near, around and close to him."
Acclaimed artist Tony Harris, who has worked on Starman and Ex Machina, will provide special alternate covers for the debut issues, along with monthly covers by Urru, Andrew Robinson, and others yet to be announced.
"This is the story we've wanted to tell since we first started publishing Angel comics three years ago," said Chris Ryall, IDW's Publisher and Editor-in-Chief. "More to the point, it's a story fans have been dying to see, and neither they nor I ever wanted to tell this tale without Joss. So it's great to have his participation, as well as the great work by Brian and Franco, to proper deliver this epic saga."
The series kicks off in November with a special 27-page story and a preview of a new Brian Lynch zombie comic, and will be shipped monthly thereafter. Along the way, IDW will also release some one-shot stories that tie in to the larger storyline. The first of these will be the April 2008 release Angel: First Night, which details the events at the end of Season Five's final day as they affected some lesser-seen characters from the show.
Angel: After the Fall #1 arrives in comic stores in November, and is available for pre-order now, with Diamond Order Code SEP07 3739.
About IDW Publishing
IDW PUBLISHING, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, is a publisher of comic books and graphic novels. IDW's titles range from 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and FALLEN ANGEL to Hasbro's THE TRANSFORMERS, Fox's ANGEL, Paramount's STAR TREK, and many more. The 30 DAYS OF NIGHT film will be released by Sony Pictures on October 19, 2007. More information about the company can be found at www.idwpublishing.com.
About FOX Worldwide Licensing
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines. The division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of the top suppliers of primetime entertainment programming to the broadcast networks.
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