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Music in comedy television : notes on laughs / edited by Liz Giuffre, Philip Hayward.
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
©2017
Description
viii, 204 pages ; 24 cm.
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
ML2080 .M79 2017
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Television music
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History and criticism
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Television comedies
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Giuffre, Liz
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Hayward, Philip
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Routledge music and screen media series
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Summary note
"The study of television and music has expanded greatly in recent years, yet to date no book has focused on the genre of comedy television as it relates to music. Music in Comedy Television: Notes on Laughs fills that gap, breaking new critical ground. With contributions from an array of established and emerging scholars representing a range of disciplines, the twelve essays included cover a wide variety of topics and television shows, spanning nearly fifty years across network, cable, and online structures and capturing the latest research in this growing area of study. From Sesame Street to Saturday Night Live, from Monty Python to Flight of the Conchords, this book offers the perfect introduction for students and scholars in music and media studies seeking to understand the role of music in comedy onscreen and how it relates to the wider culture" -- From the publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: music in comedy television / Liz Giuffre
Sesame Street as a musical comedy-variety show / Kathryn A. Ostrofsky
And now for something completely different (sounding): Monty Python's musical circus / Liz Giuffre and Demetrius Romeo
That junky funky folk vibe: Quincy Jones's title theme for Sanford and son / Amedeo D'Adamo
Once in a lifetime: music, parody and comical incongruity in the Young ones / Phillip Hayward and Matt Hill
The mockumentary sitcom: the discomfort of fake realism / Carlo Nardi
"Must hear TV": scrubs and the pop soundtrack / Alexander Koch
Music in comedy television from the composer's perspective: getting "the answers you're not looking for" in an interview with David Schwartz / Liz Giuffre
"I told you I was freaky": gender, genre and parody in the songs of Flight of the conchords / Kirsten Zemke
The Lonely island's "SNL digital short" as music video parody: building on Saturday night live's legacy / Penny Spirou
Sketching out Portlandia's musical layers / Emma Driver and Sarah Attfield
Inverting expectations: Mozart in the jungle and humor with classical musicians / Stan Beeler
Pure and simple: music as a personal and comedic resource in Car share / Brett Mills and Mark Rimmer.
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ISBN
9781138193567 ((hardcover))
1138193569
9781138193581 ((paperback))
1138193585
LCCN
2016044346
OCLC
959697530
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