{"product_id":"9781613743874","title":"Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eA carefully curated tour through TV comedy series, this mixtape of fondly remembered shows surveys the genealogy of the form, the larger trends in its history, the best of what the genre has accomplished, and the most standard of its works. From \u003ci\u003eI Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLucy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phil Silvers Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eTaxi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Larry Sanders Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e30 Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, this guide presents the sitcom as a capsule version of the 20th-century arts—realism giving way to modernism and then to postmodernism, all between the hours of 8 and 10pm on weeknights. Each chapter springs from an individual representative entity, including \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e’ “22 Short Films About Springfield,” \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c\/i\u003e’s “Chuckles Bites the Dust,” \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e’s “The Pitch,” and \u003ci\u003eFreaks and Geeks\u003c\/i\u003e’ “Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers,” where Martin Starr’s nerdy Bill takes comfort in—what else—the pleasures of laughing at TV.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148177850608,"sku":"9781613743874","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781613743874_p0.jpg?v=1769904285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781613743874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}