David Bianculli
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xvi, 382 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Dangerously Funny" presents a rollicking history of the rise and fall of the wildly influential '60s TV show, its perennial problems with the network censors, and its lasting influence on the cultural landscape.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiv, 576 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Television shows have now eclipsed films as the premier form of visual narrative art of our time. This new book by one of our finest critics explains--historically, in depth, and with interviews with the celebrated creators themselves--how the art of must-see/binge-watch television evolved. Darwin had his theory of evolution, and David Bianculli has his. Bianculli's theory has to do with the concept of quality television: what it is and, crucially,...