Watch an episode you've seen fifty times and catch something you've never noticed.
The 4 Week Headstart E-Book
Sit down with over 200 photographs, including stills nobody's published before, and lose an hour without reading a word.
Read a chapter, put that episode on, and you'll be back at season one by the weekend.
Hear what was really happening on that set from the women who were on it — in their own words, on the record, before they were gone.
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Carol Barren (Sarasota, FL)
Bought it for my sister who has seen every episode about a hundred times and owns all the DVDs. I fully expected her to already have it. She called me two days later to tell me a story about Bea Arthur. She has never once called me about a present before.
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Inside the Book:
Four things that were never in the episodes, because they never made it past the studio door.
Be Transported into the Room Where It Was Written
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Read what was actually happening while a scene you know by heart was being shot. What got cut. What got argued over. Which line was improvised and which took eleven takes. Every episode, broken down by the writers, producers, crew and guest stars who were in there. You've watched the finished twenty-two minutes a hundred times — this is the part that never left the building.
Hear It From Them, Not About Them
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Not trivia someone scraped off the internet. Colucci started calling in 2006 and kept calling until Bea Arthur, who was famously private, finally said yes. He got Rue McClanahan. He got Betty White. He got Susan Harris, who created the whole thing. Every one of them is gone now, and nobody will ever gather this again.
You Were Right About That Kitchen
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The layout has never quite added up, and you've noticed. So did everyone else, for thirty years. A full chapter on the sets and scenic design finally explains it — the doors that go nowhere, the continuity slips, why the lanai was built the way it was. You'll be checking it against the screen within a day.
One More Page, Every Time
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It's the kind of book you keep meaning to close. Over 200 photographs, most never published before — the four of them between takes, the set half-built before anyone had walked on it, the last day of shooting.
Customer Reviews
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Joanne R. (Portland, OR),
Verified Buyer
I'll be honest, it doesn't cover every single episode and one of my favourites isn't in there, which stung. And there's no contents page so you're hunting a bit. But I've had it three weeks and I'm still picking it up. Just know it's the kind of book you browse rather than look things up in.
Patricia L. (Dayton, OH),
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Verified Buyer
What got me is that these are their actual words. Not somebody writing about them thirty years later — the writers, the crew, the guest stars, all saying what was really going on. Bea in particular. I've read a lot of things about her over the years and none of it felt like this.
Denise M. (Toledo, OH),
Verified Buyer
I've had this show on nearly every night since 1985 and when my daughter sent me the link I honestly thought, what could this possibly tell me. It got here Tuesday. By Thursday I'd read the chapter on the house and I finally understand why that kitchen never made sense to me. I've been reading a bit and then putting that episode on straight after and it's the closest I'll get to watching them for the first time again.
Carol B. (Sarasota, FL),
Verified Buyer
Bought it for my sister, who owns all the DVDs and has seen every episode about a hundred times. I fully expected her to already have it. She called me two days later to tell me a story about Bea Arthur. She has never once called me about a present before.
Ruth A. (Scranton, PA),
Verified Buyer
I was expecting a photo book. It is not that. It's proper and it's heavy and the cover has this soft feel to it I can't describe, and every single person who's been in my house has picked it up off the table. My husband doesn't even watch the show and he read half of it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about our products, shipping, returns, and more.
She's seen every episode a hundred times, won't she already know all this?
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This is the single most common thing readers get wrong before buying, and the most common thing they mention after. People who can quote whole episodes, who've watched the series through fifty times, who've owned the DVDs for twenty years, they open it and find things they'd never heard. It isn't trivia assembled off the internet. It's first-hand interviews, most never published anywhere, with the people who were actually in the room.
Is it just episode summaries and photos?
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That's what most people expect from the cover, and it's the reason the most repeated reaction to it is surprise. It's 368 pages of oral history. Each episode comes with commentary from the writers, producers, crew and guest stars — what got cut, what got argued over, what was improvised. Plus full chapters on the sets, the theme song, the fashion, the fandom, and the show's legacy.
Does it cover every episode?
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No, about 80% of them, weighted toward episodes with a notable guest star or a story behind the production. This is the thing readers most often wish were different, so we'd rather you hear it from us. Every season is covered, in order; a handful of individual episodes aren't.
Will it arrive in good condition?
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The jacket and corners are half the point of a book like this, so it ships boxed rather than bagged. If it turns up damaged, tell us and we'll replace it.
What if it isn't right?
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30 days. Open it, read a chapter, put that episode on. If it doesn't change how you watch the show, send it back and we'll refund you.
How long is delivery?
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11-15 days. Free shipping on every order.
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