Jeff Robbins

Second City Television

A History and Episode Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work offers a complete episode guide and comprehensive history of Second City Television. The influential Canadian sketch comedy series created dozens of memorable characters (i.e. station president Guy Caballero and showbiz mogul Johnny LaRue) and featured well-known performers such as John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, and Martin Short, at the height of their comedic careers. Presenting a thorough summary and review for each of SCTV's 135 episodes, the author traces the initial appearance and evolution of some of comedy's best known television characters and sketches. Two appendices provide guides to the program's compilation shows and recently released boxed sets on DVD.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780786431915
• ISBN-10: 0786431911
• Artikelnr.: 23018464

Autorenporträt

Jeff Robbins works in programming for Television Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. He also writes on entertainment and sports for the company's Web sites. He lives in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword by Sheldon Patinkin     
Preface     
Part One. The Half-Hour Shows (1976-1981)     
THE FIRST SEASON     
THE SECOND SEASON     
THE THIRD SEASON     
Part Two. The Ninety-Minute Shows (1981-1983)     
Part Three. The Forty-Five-Minute Shows (1983-1984)     
Appendix A. The Compilations     
Appendix B. SCTV on DVD     
Bibliography     
Index