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Author | : Kathryn Fuller-Seeley |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2017-10-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0520295048 |
"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 | : Alfred Balk |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
A sweep of radio history from its birth as Marconi's "wireless telegraph" through its status under deregulation, this book analyzes the changing medium's social, political, and cultural impact. It casts light on many topics, including the roles of women and African Americans, programming sources outside the Hollywood-Broadway nexus, and more.
Author | : Denis Gifford |
Publisher | : Trafalgar Square Publishing |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
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Author | : Leonard Maltin |
Publisher | : NAL |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Radio broadcasting |
ISBN | : 9780451200785 |
This account of the Golden Age of Radio offers behind the scenes stories about Orson Welles, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, and many more stars, as well as the histories of radio soap operas, westerns and other shows. Includes hundreds of personal interviews and more than 125 rare photos and illustrations.
Author | : Barbara Dianne Savage |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780807848043 |
Tells how Blacks used radio
Author | : Ed Salamon |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738572239 |
Pittsburgh is the birthplace of radio, the location of many of radio's first and most influential stations and broadcast personalities, and a key market for the development of new formats. Pittsburghers' reaction to the music they heard on the radio helped to break records and create stars. Radio provided an unprecedented audience for live performances by local artists. After the big band era, radio gave voice to pop, rock and roll, and rhythm and blues. Pittsburgh's Golden Age of Radio celebrates the city's radio history, deejays, contests, concerts, public service, and promotions from radio's beginnings in the 1920s through the late 1970s, when listening on FM exceeded that on AM for the first time.
Author | : Carl Amari |
Publisher | : Portable Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-11-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781684121274 |
Revisit radio's golden age with this classic compilation! A compendium of the top radio shows from the golden age of Hollywood. This book is chock-full of fascinating facts and behind-the-scenes information about the best shows from every era including the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Organized into six categories, you'll learn tantalizing tidbits about the shows and talent who made them famous. Includes comedies, westerns, dramas, variety shows, mysteries and suspense, sci-fi and superheroes. Settle into your easy chair and get ready to revisit the golden oldies, including The Roy Rogers Show, The War of the Worlds, The Bob Hope Show, The Shadow, and much more. Includes three audio CDs featuring one radio show from each genre, plus many more shows available to download. Audio CD run times: CD1: 58:26 CD2: 59:05 CD3: 54:22 Total: 2:51:53
Author | : Jim Cox |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2015-06-14 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476612277 |
In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air dates, sponsor, extant episodes, cast information and synopsis.
Author | : Jim Cox |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2013-04-06 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476601194 |
This history of radio news reporting recounts and assesses the contributions of radio toward keeping America informed since the 1920s. It identifies distinct periods and milestones in broadcast journalism and includes a biographical dictionary of important figures who brought news to the airwaves. Americans were dependent on radio for cheap entertainment during the Great Depression and for critical information during the Second World War, when no other medium could approach its speed and accessibility. Radio's diminished influence in the age of television beginning in the 1950s is studied, as the aural medium shifted from being at the core of many families' activities to more specialized applications, reaching narrowly defined listener bases. Many people turned elsewhere for the news. (And now even TV is challenged by yet newer media.) The introduction of technological marvels throughout the past hundred years has significantly altered what Americans hear and how, when, and where they hear it.
Author | : Norman H. Finkelstein |
Publisher | : Dissertation.com |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000-09-12 |
Genre | : Radio broadcasting |
ISBN | : 9780595131907 |
"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear..." In this unique contribution to American social history, Normal Finkelstein explores the Golden Age of radio broadcasting from the Great Depression through World War II. Radio became the common experience that unified a diverse America, providing entertainment, news and information, which unified all Americans. Quoted passages from old programs and commercials provide readers with the flavor of what radio used to be.