{"product_id":"sitcom-a-history-in-24-episodes-from-i-love-lucy-to-community-9781613743843","title":"Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community","description":"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 the path that leads from \u003ci\u003eLucy\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Phil Silvers Show\u003c\/i\u003e; from \u003ci\u003eThe Dick Van Dyke Show\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c\/i\u003e; from \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eTaxi\u003c\/i\u003e; from \u003ci\u003eCheers\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eRoseanne\u003c\/i\u003e; from \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCurb Your Enthusiasm\u003c\/i\u003e; and from \u003ci\u003eThe Larry Sanders Show\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003e30 Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. In twenty-four episodes, \u003ci\u003eSitcom\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the history of the form, and functions as both a TV mixtape of fondly remembered shows that will guide us to notable series and larger trends, and a carefully curated guided tour through the history of one of our most treasured art forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaul Austerlitz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnother Fine Mess: A History of the American Film Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, named by \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the ten best arts books of 2010, and \u003ci\u003eMoney for Nothing: A History of the Music Video from the Beatles to the White Stripes\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493014802706,"sku":"9781613743843","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_75b2e5bc-19dc-4761-878b-825cd96ef909.jpg?v=1730621713","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sitcom-a-history-in-24-episodes-from-i-love-lucy-to-community-9781613743843","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}