Serials-ly Speaking

Essays on Cliffhangers

By: William C. Cline, Frank Coghlan Jr (Foreword by)

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Hardcover | 28 July 1994

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Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
"What's a Serial, Daddy?"	p. 1
The Question and an Unseen Friend	p. 1
Of Trash and Treasure	p. 6
The Magnificent Curse	p. 12
The Captive-ated Audience	p. 17
The Echo-ing Sound of Adventure	p. 21
"Didn't You Used to Be Don "Red" Barry?"	p. 27
The Circuit Riders	p. 29
From the Horse's Mouth	p. 37
The "What-If" Time Warp	p. 43
The Cliffhanger Revisited	p. 48
"Sure, I Can Do It.... Do What?"	p. 51
The Way You Do It, Making Movies	p. 51
Gentle Deception	p. 56
The King of the Hill	p. 60
"Directed by Spencer G. Bennet..."	p. 63
"Do It As Well As You Can, But Do It Only Once!"	p. 71
Masters of the Shoestring	p. 73
An Unsung Hero	p. 77
Coming Back Like a Song	p. 81
Tom-Tom: Anonymous But Not Unknown	p. 87
"Imagine, Kid, by Labor Day You'll Be a Star!"	p. 95
The Cowboys and the Cliffhangers	p. 95
One-Shot Winners	p. 101
The Man Who Became Wild Bill...	p. 107
A Triple Treasure	p. 112
Rex Bennett Revisited	p. 119
"Look, All You Gotta Do Is Shave the Moustache!"	p. 123
Good at Being Bad	p. 123
Who's Behind That Mask?	p. 129
When the Leopard Changed Its Spots	p. 137
The Double Take	p. 141
"Who Knows What All This May Lead To?"	p. 148
The Futile Wish	p. 149
Kemo Sabe and the Cliffhangers	p. 154
The Start of Something Big	p. 160
Remakes and Side Effects...	p. 164
The Beat Goes On	p. 170
"Well, Maybe We Could Just Flip a Coin"	p. 175
The Devil's Due	p. 176
The Comparison Urge: Curse of the Infidel	p. 179
The 228 Best Serials Ever Made	p. 183
A Second Look--And Wrong Again	p. 189
Your View or Mine	p. 193
"But, Dad, That's Not What You Said a Serial Was!"	p. 201
Counterfeit Cliffhangers	p. 202
Just Say It Wasn't So...	p. 207
Countdown to Destruction	p. 213
Illusions and Delusions	p. 216
"It's Been a Long Tunnel, Guys, But There Is the Light!"	p. 222
Saga of the First Baptist Church	p. 223
Keepers of the Flame	p. 226
The Excitement of Wondering	p. 233
Alive and Well--And Going Strong	p. 238
Index	p. 245
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