The Dick Van Dyke Show

by Joanne Morreale

Considers the influence of The Dick Van Dyke Show on television sitcom history.

The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS 1961-66) was a uniquely self-reflexive sitcom that drew on vaudevillian tropes at a time when vaudeville-based comedy variety was disappearing from television. At the same time, it reflected the liberal politics of the Kennedy era and gave equal time to home and work as it ushered in a new image of the sitcom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814340318
• ISBN13: 9780814340318
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 6.9"