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They'll never put that on the air: an oral history of taboo-breaking TV comedy

By Allan , Neuwirth

Book information

Publisher
Allworth Press
Year
2006
ISBN
1581154178, 9781581158489, 9781581154177
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4045771 bytes)
Pages
xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Television comedies--United States;Television come

Description

Setting the table--and girding for battle -- Of course, you realize, this means war! -- Sockin' it to us from beautiful downtown Burbank -- I am woman, hear me--meow -- A sitcom holds up a mirror, and we see ourselves -- Birth of a genre: the dramedy -- And then there was Maude -- Soap bubbles up--and pops in ABC's face -- A (densely plotted, intricately layered, tightly structured, smartly written) show about nothing.;Interviews on groundbreaking sitcoms and comedy-variety shows in America, including Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, the Mary Tyler Moore show, All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Soap, and Seinfeld.

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