This is just a hypothetical question. If Phil could have written just ONE more Nitpicker's Guide, what would you have wanted it to be?

I'd either go with Star Wars or, personally, just a catch-all Star Trek book, one that hit up the Animated Series for starters, did some more DS9, maybe some Voyager, and the other movies.

finish the DS9 book like he did for TNG.

While I enjoy the opinions and witty remarks from people on this site, I would love to hear Phil's comments on how they finished the war, dax, prophets and so on.

Actually, if you read the Ask The Chief columns on the Conntinuing Communications pages on the main NitCentral site, you'd see that the next one he was working on was James Bond.

I forgot about that--thanks, Scott. I'd still prefer another Trek volume, but Bond would be preferable over Star Wars.

I'd love a Star Wars Guide. Just before I found this board, desperate for a nipicking fix, I picked up a SW compendium that included a few nits for each movie. There are a surprising lot out there, apparently.

Bond would be fun too. Or how about one for sci-fi series in general (Aliens, the Matrix, Terminator?)

There has been a light hearted James Books book called The Bond Files, which has a few nits for each novel, film & comic strip.

I own The Bond Files (purchase the similar X-Treme Possibilities too, while you're at the bookstore). Very British though. Watch out.

I thought he was working on the Star Wars one. Or did he finish that one?

You may be right... I can't remember... I know there was discussion of both...

I believe that he was not only working on the Star Wars Guide when the plug was pulled, it was nearly completed! The idea had been that he was going to publish it to coincide with the release of Phantom Menace, but, of course, that never happened.

I was kinda hoping there'd be a new TOS Nitpicker's Guide. That way Phil could mention the "Scpipt Supervisor Snafu" from Season 1 end credits AND I'd get to see my name in print for finding it! Until then, I'll have to settle for Nitcentral.

If Phil could have written just ONE more Nitpicker's Guide, what would you have wanted it to be?

I could mention The Show Whose Name We Dare Not Mention At NitCentral™, but somehow I don't think that Phil's very keen on a Nitpicker's Guide to "Th* S*mps*ns."

Now let us never speak of it again.

Don't forget James Bond is very British. The Bond Files is just one of a large range of TV/Film guide books Virgin have been publishing since about 1990. The Dr Who & Blake's 7 guides were first published by Target, who were bought by Virgin about 1990.

To me, there is no definitive James Bond book. Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion would hold it if there was an updated version. Steven Jay Rubin's Bond Encyclopedia is a tad too scholarly at times. The book The Incredible World of 007 contains some great interviews and one-of-a-kind info, but is a little too bit "eager to please."

The Bond Files is a bit, I dunno, amateurish. There's a TON of info, but it's too "top o' my head" really (kudos for James Bond Jr. info). Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is great, but it's too short and mostly concerned with gossip rather than the films themselves.

There are a lot of good shows out there that would be interesting to have had a Nickpickers'
book done on.

Although I think it would have been interesting
if Phil could have done something totally different and could have done a book on one of the great classic sitcoms like The Honeymooners.

Imagine if he could have done a tote board of how
many times Ralph promised Alice a trip to the
moon!LOL!!!!

Of course the main portion would have to be
the "Classic 39" that Jackie Gleason did with
Art Carney,Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph;but
I think it would also need to include The
Colored Honeymooners with Jane Kean and Sheila
Macrae.

Of course this would be because The Honeymooners
is THE GREATEST SITCOM OF ALL TIME!!!!!!

Either that or a book on either Mr.Ed or F Troop.

Agarn:Who says I'm dumb?

Is there absolutely any way at all that Phil can publish a new nitpicker's guide? I love them!
Surely some publisher somewhere must see how popular the guides are!!!

Mabe using an internet publisher, like Phil did with "Sun, Wind and showerhead, er Rain"?

It was the legal aspects of books like the "Nitpicker's Guides" that caused them to stop being published, not a lack of popularity. There was an unfavorable court ruling against another book that caused Phil's publisher to stop publishing them.

Yeah, but that was a bogus suit. Phil's books were perfectly legit, in my layman's opinion.

Ironically Phil's books were even used in the trial as something that IS AND WILL REMAIN PERFECTLY LEGAL as opposed to whom ever was being sued's books. But his publisher fled. They figured that the little money they made from the guides (and they weren't exactly top 10 best sellers) was not worth the potentian cost of lawiers, lawsuits and stuff if Paramount and co decided to sue.

Here's a relic from the long-distant past which I just unearthed:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/toddmpence/nitcen.jpg?t=1262823639

Sweet. I never got one of those. I got here too late, I guess.

Aww. I've still got mine, too, and all the printed newsletters. I might even dig them out and read them now that you've reminded me!

I've just been listening to the audiobooks of the TNG guide- it's in 3 volumes, so I mistakenly though there was a third edition, audio-only, that I'd never heard.

Thankfully the audiobooks are so hilariously bad (there were no second takes in these recordings) that it wasn't too disappointing to find out I was wrong. :-)

I also had these audiobooks, Andrew - and there were numerous mistakes on the part of the actors. They would mispronounce words quite often.

Also, on tape two of volume one, they repeated the "Too Short A Season" entry for seemingly no reason.

I had tried for years to find the Classic Guide audiobooks, but I had no luck. I wonder how they sounded?

Speaking of Too Short A Season, how about that "Dejing drug?" :-) (When Dwight Schultz apparently figures that 'de-aging' is a proper noun and 'deag' should be pronounced to rhyme with 'dead.') That cracked me up! :-)

I think Amazon has some used coppies of the TOS guide- I haven't heard them myself.

Other examples of Dwight Schultz messing up the script include "action enn-sign uniform" and "murderondos". The script actually said "murder on 'do's" referring to Crusher's hair in "The Naked Now".

I wonder just how much those people were paid to read the books for this audiotape.