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Writer: Mark Bennett; Genres: Pop Culture, Television
By Clarissa Cruz
Clarissa Cruz
Clarissa Cruz is an EW correspondent

If there was ever a watertight argument that there's such a thing as too much television, it would be this unfunny primer by Beverly Hills postal worker and artist Bennett. Purportedly a satiric guide to living one's life as a character from TV land -- using I Love Lucy, Roseanne, and Sanford and Son, among others, as springboards for discussion -- the tome contains such get-a-life observations as ''Frederick Hobart Mertz once lived in Steubenville, Ohio.'' At best, Sitcom Life is a nudge-and-wink guide for obsessed TV trivia buffs. At worst, it's just plain sad. C-


Posted Jan 07, 2000
 

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