| Description |
1 online resource (406 pages) |
| Contents |
I love Lucy : Lucy does a TV commercial -- The honeymooners : Better living through TV -- The Phil Silvers show : Doberman's sister -- Leave it to Beaver : Beaver gets 'spelled -- The Dick Van Dyke show : Forty-four tickets -- Gilligan's Island : St. Gilligan and the dragon -- The Mary Tyler Moore show : Chuckles bites the dust -- All in the family : The first and last supper -- M*A*S*H : Yankee Doodle doctor -- Taxi : Latka the playboy -- Cheers : Strange bedfellows, pt. 2 -- The Cosby show : Pilot -- Roseanne : Terms of estrangement, part 1 -- The Simpsons : 22 short films about Springfield -- Seinfeld : The pitch -- The Larry Sanders show : The Mr. Sharon Stone show -- Friends : The one with the embryos -- Sex and the city : My motherboard, my self -- Freaks and geeks : Dead dogs and gym teachers -- Curb your enthusiasm : Seinfeld -- Arrested development : S.O.B.s -- The office : Casino night -- 30 Rock : Rosemary's baby -- Community : Modern warfare |
| Summary |
"Obsessively watched and critically ignored, sitcoms were a distraction, a gentle lullaby of a kinder, gentler America--until suddenly the artificial boundary between the world and television entertainment collapsed. In this book we track the growth of the sitcom, following the path that leads from I LOVE LUCY to THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW; from THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW to THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW; from M*A*S*H to TAXI; from CHEERS to ROSEANNE; from SEINFELD to CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; and from THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW to 30 ROCK. In twenty-four episodes, SITCOM surveys the history of the form, and functions as both a TV mix tape of fondly remembered shows that will guide us to notable series and larger trends, and a carefully curated guided tour through the history of one of our most treasured art forms"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"An A Cappella Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Situation comedies (Television programs) -- United States
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Situation comedies (Television programs)
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781613743867 |
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1613743866 |
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9781613743874 |
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1613743874 |
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1306416906 |
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9781306416900 |
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