Tonight, On A Very Special Episode: When TV Sitcoms Sometimes Got Serious Volume 1: 1957-1985

di Lee Gambin (Autore)

Ben Ohmart (Autore)

BearManor Media, 2020

Remember when Edith Bunker was sexually assaulted on All in the Family? Or when abortion was the hot topic on Maude? Did you know that Leave it to Beaver dealt with alcoholism and that "The Bicycle Man" double episode from Diff'rent Strokes is one of the most remembered sitcom entries in the annals of American television history? The role of the Very Special Episode was to take a departure from the regular comic stylings of the American TV sitcom and offer a standalone "serious in nature" gesture in addressing subject matter not normally found in such a medium. From racial equality on Bewitched and Happy Days to suicide on One Day At A Time and The Facts of Life and beyond, take an in depth look at a number of Very Special Episodes - from early examples to the heyday of the phenomena come the 70s and 80s, with insight from varied historians, critics and individuals who worked on some of the shows. VOLUME 1 Date The Ricardos Visit Cuba from I LOVE LUCY 03/12/1957 Pine Lake Lodge from MISTER ED 25/06/1961 That's My Boy from THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW 25/09/1963 Little Bamm-Bamm from THE FLINTSTONES 03/10/1963 The Addams Family Meet A Beatnik from THE ADDAMS FAMILY 01/01/1965 The Indians are Coming from THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES 01/02/1967 DIDN'T NEED NO WELFARE STATE, EVERYBODY PULLED HIS WEIGHT Sisters At Heart from BEWITCHED 24/12/1970 Where There's Smoke from THE BRADY BUNCH 08/01/1971 Judging Books By Covers from ALL IN THE FAMILY 09/02/1971 Road Song from THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY 26/02/1971 Lionel Moves into the Neighbourhood from ALL IN THE FAMILY 02/03/1971 Gloria Discovers Women's Lib from ALL IN THE FAMILY 23/03/1971 First and Last Supper, The from ALL IN THE FAMILY 06/04/1971 Edith's Problem from ALL IN THE FAMILY 08/01/1972 Maude Meets Florida from MAUDE 26/09/1972 Gloria and the Riddle from ALL IN THE FAMILY 07/10/1972 Puerto Ricans Are Coming, The from SANFORD AND SON 10/11/1972 Maude's Dilemma from MAUDE 14/11/1972 Bobby's Hero from THE BRADY BUNCH 02/02/1973 Rated X from SANFORD AND SON 16/03/1973 Gloria the Victim from ALL IN THE FAMILY 17/03/1973 Walter's Problem from MAUDE 11/09/1973 Maude's Musical from MAUDE 13/11/1973 Edith's Christmas Story from ALL IN THE FAMILY 22/12/1973

• Autore: Lee Gambin, Ben Ohmart
• Anno edizione: 2020
• Editore: BearManor Media
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781393796046

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