Richard Irvin

The Most Obscure Cult TV Shows Ever - Profiles of Fifty Offbeat Comedies and Dramas, Unsold Pilots, and Unaired Series (hardback) Richard Irvin

A mystery with characters breaking into song to highlight certain plot elements; a mad scientist creating robots to rule the world; doctors treating space aliens at a hospital in outer space; a cartoon superhero who crosses over from the comic book world to the real world and loses his superpowers; a twenty-something male who can go back in time to change things; a young man dressing in drag to be a female model; a private detective who inherits a pig who can read minds and see into the future; a life-size mechanical dinosaur that fights bad guys. These are just some of the television series and pilots profiled in The Most Obscure Cult TV Shows Ever. Each profile includes the cast of characters, background information on the creation of the show, and an episode guide. Comments from many writers, producers, and directors who worked on the shows are also incorporated.




The Most Obscure Cult TV Shows Ever is a complement to the author's book Forgotten Laughs, also published by BearManor Media, that described 150 obscure television sitcoms.



Richard Irvin is the author of several books about television history including The Forgotten Desi and Lucy TV Projects, Four Star Television Productions, The Early Shows, and Spinning Laughter - all from BearManor Media
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