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Author | : Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2017-10-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0520967941 |
Download Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The king of radio comedy from the Great Depression through the early 1950s, Jack Benny was one of the most influential entertainers in twentieth-century America. A master of comic timing and an innovative producer, Benny, with his radio writers, developed a weekly situation comedy to meet radio’s endless need for new material, at the same time integrating advertising into the show’s humor. Through the character of the vain, cheap everyman, Benny created a fall guy, whose frustrated struggles with his employees addressed midcentury America’s concerns with race, gender, commercialism, and sexual identity. Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley contextualizes her analysis of Jack Benny and his entourage with thoughtful insight into the intersections of competing entertainment industries and provides plenty of evidence that transmedia stardom, branded entertainment, and virality are not new phenomena but current iterations of key aspects in American commercial cultural history.
Author | : Alan Havig |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2010-06-09 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1439905606 |
Download Fred Allen's Radio Comedy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tracing a career that lasted from 1912 into the 1950s, Havig describes the "verbal slapstick" style that was Fred Allen's hallmark and legacy to American comedy.
Author | : Vince Stadon |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2019-02-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0244162182 |
Download The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes - Radio Comedy Scripts Volume Three Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Another hilarious radio comedy script! This volume contains the full script for the literate, witty and entertaining radio/stage play The Adventure of the Devil's Whisper. What diabolical scheme has Dracula author Mr Bram Stoker racing to 221b Baker Street one stormy autumn night? What connection is there to a pecular editor at The Strand Magazine? Who are the mysterious cult that have exacting standards of pedantry and cleanliness? And with all this devilish activity disturbing his routine, will Dr Watson get to enjoy his hearty breakfast in peace?
Author | : Gary Poole |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2001-07-11 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780786450640 |
Download Radio Comedy Diary Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a real find—for those who enjoy radio nostalgia but more importantly for scholars of broadcasting. From 1947 to 1950 while listening to such voices as Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and Jimmy Durante, and shows like Fibber McGee & Molly, Amos ’n’ Andy, Blondie, and You Bet Your Life, the author was writing down jokes, gags, one-liners and quotations. In that short time he had filled 11 spiral notebooks. Fifty years later in a labor of love, the author painstakingly transferred those childhood notes into this invaluable—in fact, undoubtably unique—record of a boom time in American radio. This is an unexpected treasure for radio scholars, who have long lamented the lack of recordings for the majority of radio programming. Television researchers as well will benefit—here are root sources of television comedy. It is a revelation to find that what we are laughing at today often was first done on radio over 50 years ago. The author has also included a notes and comments section which includes background material on all the radio programs in this book.
Author | : Arthur Frank Wertheim |
Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Discusses American radio comedy shows and performers of the 1930's and 40's and examines their place in American life and their relationship to the social history of the time.
Author | : Kathryn Fuller-Seeley |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2017-10-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0520295056 |
Download Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Jack Benny became one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century--by being the top radio comedian, when the comics ruled radio, and radio was the most powerful and pervasive mass medium in the US. In 23 years of weekly radio broadcasts, by aiming all the insults at himself, Benny created Jack, the self-deprecating "Fall Guy" character. He indelibly shaped American humor as a space to enjoy the equal opportunities of easy camaraderie with his cast mates, and equal ego deflation. Benny was the master of comic timing, knowing just when to use silence to create suspense or to have a character leap into the dialogue to puncture Jack's pretentions. Jack Benny was also a canny entrepreneur, becoming one of the pioneering "showrunners" combining producer, writer and performer into one job. His modern style of radio humor eschewed stale jokes in favor informal repartee with comic hecklers like his valet Rochester (played by Eddie Anderson) and Mary Livingstone his offstage wife. These quirky characters bouncing off each other in humorous situations created the situation comedy. In this career study, we learn how Jack Benny found ingenious ways to sell his sponsors' products in comic commercials beloved by listeners, and how he dealt with the challenges of race relations, rigid gender ideals and an insurgent new media industry (TV). Jack Benny created classic comedy for a rapidly changing American culture, providing laughter that buoyed radio listeners from 1932's depths of the Great Depression, through World War II to the mid-1950s"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Gregory Donald Stemen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Radio plays |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1432 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Subject headings, Library of Congress |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Library of Congress. Policy and Standards Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Form headings |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mark Lewisohn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 900 |
Release | : 2003-10-02 |
Genre | : Television comedies |
ISBN | : 9780563487555 |
Download Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
THE RADIO TIMES GUIDE TO TV COMEDY is a definitive reference guide to over 2,600 comedy programmes screened on British television. This equates to 53 years of BBC1, 32 years of BBC2, 41 years of ITV and 14 years of Channel 4.The first book of its kind, every comedy show that has ever been televised on British television will be given its own entry, from sitcoms to specials and colour series, to black and whites and one-offs. Entries are listed in alphabetical order and include factual information on the programme - title, number of programmes, length and format, broadcast organisation, dates, days, times of day, cast, writer, director, executive producer etc. There is also a synopsis explaining what the programme was about, what it tried to achieve and why it succeeded or failed.Both an entertaining 'dip-in' and an unparalleled source of information, THE RADIO TIMES GUIDE TO TV COMEDY will be the bible in its field for many years to come.