Tim Hollis
Tim Hollis has published twenty-four books on pop culture history. For more than thirty years he has maintained a museum of cartoon-related merchandise in Dora, Alabama. He is the author of Dixie before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun; Florida’s Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast; Hi There, Boys and Girls! America’s Local Children’s TV Programs; Ain’t That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century; Toons in Toyland: The Story of Cartoon Character Merchandise; and, with Greg Ehrbar, Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
Ain't That a Knee-Slapper
Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century
A hee-hawing history of comedic performers from the golden age of radio through The Dukes of Hazzard
Mouse Tracks
The Story of Walt Disney Records
An appreciative assessment of a wondrous recording studio and all fifty years of its magical output
Florida's Miracle Strip
From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast
A nostalgic romp through the tourist attractions and vintage hotels of the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast
Hi There, Boys and Girls!
America's Local Children's TV Programs
The first book to give considered focus to children’s television at the local level
Toons in Toyland
The Story of Cartoon Character Merchandise
A look at the way cartoons dominated the magic of merchandising
Selling the Sunshine State
A Celebration of Florida Tourism Advertising
For more than a century, Florida has thrived on its image as an exotic playground. Selling the Sunshine State offers a scrapbook of bygone brochures, postcards, souvenirs, and photos, all designed to lure northerners (and fellow southerners) into the peninsula.