Comic visions : television comedy and American culture

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Comic visions : television comedy and American culture

David Marc

Blackwell, 1997

2nd ed

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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注記

Bibliography: p. [205]-208

Includes indexes

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9781577180029

内容説明

This is a critical history of American television comedy. This edition updates the subject matter and takes into account how new technology, especially cable TV, has affected this popular form of home entertainment. It examines the roots of television comedy in American culture, mapping the influence of vaudeville, cinema and radio on the variety shows and the sitcoms of the 1940s and 50s. David Marc explains why the sit-com has remained the most popular of television comedy genres, indeed, the most popular genre in all of prime-time television. He also provides insight to television's response to the agitation of the 1960's and the great expansion of situational comedy content during the 1970's. A completely new chapter on the cable era looks at recent developments, such as "Comedy Central" and the proliferation of stand-up comedy, and discusses how the vast choices offered by cable television are refining video comedy aesthetics.

目次

  • What's so funny about America
  • waking up to television - a garden in the machine
  • the making of the sitcom, 1961
  • planet Earth to sitcom, planet Earth to sitcom
  • the sitcom at literate peak - post-Vietnam refinements of mass consciousness
  • identity conquers size
  • friends of the family.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781577180036

内容説明

Comic Visions, Second Edition is an update of the most influential critical history of American television comedy. Most comprehensive social and critical history of American television comedy Very engaging, lucid and entertaining writing style Approaches social criticism without being too scholarly and pedantic

目次

Praise for the First Edition. Acknowledgments. Foreword by Ken Tucker. Preface to the Second Edition. 1. What's So Funny About America?. 2. Waking Up to Television. 3. The Making of a Sitcom, 1961. 4. Planet Earth to Sitcom, Planet Earth to Sitcom. 5. The Sitcom at Literate Peak. 6. Demographic Fantasies of the Reagan Era. 7. Friends of the Family. Bibliography. Index to Television Comedy Series. General Index.

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