Chris HallbeckNov 25, 2022
It’s weird how before the internet when you had an idle thought like “I wonder how many episodes of Happy Days they made?” you would just carry on with your life instead of getting trapped in a 3 hour deep Wikipedia hole.
Show threadWGAvanDijkFeb 12, 2023

@Chrishallbeck
Back then, I had books like "Blockbuster Video Guide to Movies and Videos 1996" (and several other years...) and "Roger Ebert's Video Companion 1998 edition". And so many more. And they all look used. Used a lot. I gave into my idle thoughts and paged through all those movie and tv books.

My wife and I have at least 5 big encyclopedias, including a full edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. I just picked up a volume and started reading.

Internet did not change much for me...

Show threadChris Hallbeck
@WGAvanDijk That’s awesome. (Although in my case the internet predates those specific books!)
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Show threadWGAvanDijkFeb 13, 2023

@Chrishallbeck
You are right, in my case the internet predates those specific books too. But in 1996, not that much film info was to be found online and the books were still much better when it came to the details.

I should have mentioned:
Halliwell's Television Companion, 3rd ed, 1986
Halliwell's Film Guide, 4th ed, 1985
Leonard Maltin - TV Movies and Video Guide, 1989
Ephraim Katz, The Film Encyclopedia, 1990

I still have several other of such pre-1990 film and tv books. Weird stuff.