J 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bea Arthur, Mule Skinner Blues, Charley Patton

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Journalism
• Course: J 201
• Professor: Professor Bish Sen

Document Summary

Migration of sitcoms from radio to the tv. The goldbergs (jewish family living in the bronx, 1949-54) The life of riley (1949-50 and 1953-58) was another blue-collar ethnic sitcom featuring an irish family. Why ethnic: focused on east coast audience who were primary buyers of tv sets, as tv sales became national, a blander style of programming would develop, relation between mass marketing and blandness (bud) Rural sitcoms: sitcoms operate with social contradictions, paul henning, was the guiding force behind rural sitcoms, he masterminded the big tree rural sitcoms: Featuring the clampett family (who moves from arkansas to california) Was the most popular (seen by 60 million people in 1st two seasons) o. Goofy sitcoms: there were many sitcoms that were very light-hearted. Occult sitcoms: a way to express something that cannot be expressed, sci-fi express the impossible (the event, bewitched)