Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community

by Saul Austerlitz

Book Overview

The form is so elemental, so basic, that we have difficulty imagining a time before it existed: a single set, fixed cameras, canned laughter, zany sidekicks, quirky family antics. 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 can watch the growth of the sitcom, following...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161374384X
• ISBN13: 9781613743843
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"