{"product_id":"sketch-comedy-9780253044143","title":"Sketch Comedy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An excellent study of a long-neglected area in television\/media studies and is part of a larger turn toward the centrality of comedy in post-war U.S. culture.\" Jeffrey Sconce, Northwestern University\"—\u003ci\u003ereview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stalwart of television since its earliest days, sketch comedy finally gets the in-depth critical attention it deserves. Nick Marx shows how sketch comedy has fit (and been constrained by) TV's industrial contexts, from live variety shows in its earliest days to movement across media in the era of multiple platforms. These case studies not only chart sketch comedy's past, they provide the theoretical and analytical tools to consider its future.\"—Ethan Thompson, Texas A\u0026amp;M University Corpus Christi, \u003ci\u003eblurb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Sketch Comedy and Reflexive Flexibility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. From Radio Voices to Variety Choices: \u003ci\u003eThe Colgate Comedy Hour \u003c\/i\u003eand Sketch Comedy in Early Television\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. \"and You're Not\":\u003cem\u003e Saturday Night Live\u003c\/em\u003e in the Network Era and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Brand X: MTV's \u003ci\u003eThe State \u003c\/i\u003eand Generation X in the Multi-Channel Transition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Sketch Comedy's Identity (Post-)Politics: \u003ci\u003eInside Amy Schumer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKey \u0026amp; Peele\u003c\/i\u003e, and Comedy Central in the Post-Network Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Sketch Comedy and Cultural Cohesion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400594432343,"sku":"9780253044143","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253044143.jpg?v=1730471060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sketch-comedy-9780253044143","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}