New History Book on Underdog and TTV Out NOW!!

[Mark Arnold]

Everyone:

I am doing a plug for my new book here. I will respond to any and all comments.

Now you can order my second book "Created and Produced by Total TeleVision productions: The Story of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo and the Rest" at this URL:

http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id423.html

Also available from Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Created-Produced-Total-TeleVision-Productions/dp/1593933452


and soon through Diamond distribution!

Front cover by Mike Kazaleh ("The Simpsons", "New Adventures of Mighty Mouse")

Back cover blurb by Scott Shaw! ("Scooby-Doo", "Captain Carrot")

Written by Mark Arnold ("The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times!")

380 pages! Full color covers! Complete TTV history!

From Fun Ideas Productions and BearManor Media!

Order your copy today! Only $29.95!

Fun Ideas Productions and BearManor Media present
Created and Produced by Total TeleVision productions:
The Story of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo and the Rest
Written by Mark Arnold
ISBN 1-59393-345-2, paper, $29.95
Book News for Immediate Release

First Ever Complete History of Total TeleVision, Animated Cartoon Producers for Underdog and Tennessee Tuxedo

50 years ago, Buck Biggers, Chet Stover, Tread Covington and Joe Harris co-founded a company that went on to produce some of the most memorable televised animated cartoon series of the 1960s: Total TeleVision productions (TTV). (Yes, it’s large “V”, small “p”.)

Frequently compared to and confused with Jay Ward Productions, this is the complete story of the company that created such characters as Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, Tooter Turtle, Commander McBragg, Go Go Gophers, Klondike Kat, King and Odie, The Hunter, and The Beagles. Find out how and why such series as “King Leonardo and his Short Subjects”, “Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales” and “The Underdog Show” became vastly successful, while others like “The Beagles” and “The Colossal Show” barely got off the ground, and discover the ultimate fate of TTV and its creators.

Also, learn the true history of Gamma Productions, the little Mexican animation studio that could, that also animated most of the Jay Ward Productions, helping to create some of the confusion between production companies.

Hours of personal interviews by author Mark Arnold with the four owners of TTV as well as with voice artists Allen Swift (“Simon Bar Sinister”, “Tooter Turtle”) and Bradley Bolke (“Chumley the Walrus”) and with animators Frank Andrina of TV Spots and Roman Arambula of Gamma Productions help paint the picture of a story that has never before been completely or accurately told.

Featuring a full color, wraparound cover drawn by veteran animator Mike Kazaleh (“The Simpsons”, “Mighty Mouse”) and a cover blurb by Scott Shaw! (“Scooby-Doo”, “Captain Carrot”), this 380-page history is a “must have” for anyone seriously interested in the history of animated cartoons.

Complementing each chapter are pages featuring scans of original scripts provided by Covington, storyboards drawn by Harris, and various character merchandise from Arnold’s personal collection. The book also comes complete with an episode listing of every known Total TeleVision production.

Author Mark Arnold lives in Saratoga, California, and is an animation and comic book historian with various articles to his credit. His first book The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times! was published by Fun Ideas Productions in 2006.

[Eric B]

Pretty good!
How do you go about publishing one of those? I know you have to get an agent or something like that. Any other procedures?

[Mark Arnold]

Not really. You don't really need an agent. Here's how you publish a book in the 21st Century. First, write the book. Second, self-publish your book. Third, get people to notice you. Fourth, if you're lucky, another publisher does notice you and offers to publish your next book. If you don't, then repeat steps two and three until four happens.

So, in my case, I wrote "The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times!" in 2001. After shopping it around for five years, I realized that no one was going to publish me so I published it myself through Lulu.com in 2006. After that I promoted the &$#@ out of it, and was also writing other articles for other publications, and got the book distributed through Diamond and placed on Amazon. Somewhere along the line, I caught the eye of two publishers who wanted to publish my TTV book, and chose the one that made the best offer, which was BearManor Media. They both saw my Harvey book and my TTV article that I wrote for "Hogan's Alley", which became the basis for this book.

I would love to have an agent, but so far no luck, and haven't let that potential setback stop me. As far as I can tell, an agent would be good to set up deals and signings and book tours, but I try to do as much as I can with the limited resources I currently have (i.e. money and time). Buy hey, if any literary agents are reading this, please let me know. I would love to talk with you.

[Eric B]

OK, thanks! Good to know.