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Drawn to Television Prime-Time Animation from The Flintstones to Family Guy

Booker, M. Keith
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780275990190
Publisert
2006-08-30
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
208

Forfatter
Booker, M. Keith

Biografisk notat

M. Keith Booker is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of many Greenwood and Praeger volumes, including most recently Science Fiction Television (2004), Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture (2006) and From the Box Office to the Ballot Box: The American Political Film.

Drawn to Television Prime-Time Animation from The Flintstones to Family Guy

Booker, M. Keith
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk
Booker, M. Keith
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk
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Booker provides a detailed description of animated television shows from the <i>The Flintstones</i> (which first aired in 1960) to <i>Family Guy</i> (which appeared 1999). He focuses on prime-time television but includes a history of all animated series, from morning shows to late-night cable. Primarily descriptive, the book includes every character, all the activities, and the history of the rise and fall of each series….Booker makes a good case for the appeal of animated television to viewers raised on animated programming and advertising. He also points out that the animation format allows for more critical irony and outrageous behavior than traditional prime-time broadcast series can offer….This is a book for those who need to know what happened in every animated series from 1960 to the present.

Choice

Booker has taken on an ambitious topic in this book. Exploring the progression of our most watched animated programs is a difficult task, but <i>Drawn to Television</i> does an admirable job of surveying the last 40 years or so of prime-time animation, while highlighting how these programs have served as sounding boards for their creators and reflections of society.

Frames Per Second

The history of prime-time animation from <i>Flintstones</i> to modern times examines not only individual shows and their evolution and influences, but the changing nature of childhood and the social and political influences of children's programming as a whole. From the technical specifications of how animated children's programming differs from others to how it's used to impart social commentary, this guide is key for university level Media Studies programs.

Midwest Book Review - Internet Bookwatch

Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large. The characters and motifs from such shows as The Flintstones and The Simpsons are among the best-known images in world popular culture; and tellingly, even series that have not done well in prime time—series like The Jetsons, for instance—have yielded similarly iconic images. The advent of cable and several new channels devoted exclusively to animated programming have brought old series back to life in syndication, while also providing new markets for additional, often more experimental animated series. Even on the conventional networks, programs such as The Flintstonesand The Simpsons, not to mention Family Guy and King of the Hill, have consistently shown a smartness and a satirical punch that goes well beyond the norm in network programming. Drawn to Television traces the history of prime-time animation from The Flintstones initial extension of Saturday mornings to Family Guy and South Park's late-night appeal in the 21st century. In the process, it sheds a surprising light on just how much the kid inside us all still has to say. Drawn to Television describes the content and style of all the major prime-time animated series, while also placing these series within their political and cultural contexts. It also tackles a number of important questions about animated programming, such as: how animated series differ from conventional series; why animated programming tends to be so effective as a vehicle for social and political satire; what makes animated characters so readily convertible into icons; and what the likely effects of new technologies (such as digital animation) will be on this genre in the future.
Les mer
<p>Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large.</p>
ContentsContentsContentsIntroduction: A Very Brief History of Prime-Time Animation ix1Animation Comes to Prime Time: The Case of The Flintstones 12The Sixties Animation Explosion: The Flintstones Fallout 213Animation's New Age: Meet The Simpsons 474Family Guys from King of the Hill to American Dad 695Beyond the Family Sitcom: Prime-Time Animation Seeks New Formats 1036You Can't Do That on Television: The Animated Satire of South Park 1257Pushing the Animated Envelope 157Postscript: Prime-Time Animation in American Culture 185Index 187
Les mer
"Drawn to Television is a highly articulate interpretation of the plots and wider implications of television animation. Anyone interested in the whole story--from the banal Flintstones, to the intellectually supercharged Rocky and His Friends, to the culture-critiquing Simpsons and beyond--will want to look here, and look closely."
Les mer
"Drawn to Television is a highly articulate interpretation of the plots and wider implications of television animation. Anyone interested in the whole story--from the banal Flintstones, to the intellectually supercharged Rocky and His Friends, to the culture-critiquing Simpsons and beyond--will want to look here, and look closely." -- Paul Buhle, Senior Lecturer, History and American Civilization, Brown University
Les mer
Americans have always had special affection for the genres of television that have survived and evolved over many decades. In the first-ever series to cover the history of television from this perspective, The Praeger Television Collection explores comedy, science fiction, reality television, and many others, offering a fascinating and entertaining look at the shows that have formed our real favorite pastime.
Les mer

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Booker provides a detailed description of animated television shows from the <i>The Flintstones</i> (which first aired in 1960) to <i>Family Guy</i> (which appeared 1999). He focuses on prime-time television but includes a history of all animated series, from morning shows to late-night cable. Primarily descriptive, the book includes every character, all the activities, and the history of the rise and fall of each series….Booker makes a good case for the appeal of animated television to viewers raised on animated programming and advertising. He also points out that the animation format allows for more critical irony and outrageous behavior than traditional prime-time broadcast series can offer….This is a book for those who need to know what happened in every animated series from 1960 to the present.

Choice

Booker has taken on an ambitious topic in this book. Exploring the progression of our most watched animated programs is a difficult task, but <i>Drawn to Television</i> does an admirable job of surveying the last 40 years or so of prime-time animation, while highlighting how these programs have served as sounding boards for their creators and reflections of society.

Frames Per Second

The history of prime-time animation from <i>Flintstones</i> to modern times examines not only individual shows and their evolution and influences, but the changing nature of childhood and the social and political influences of children's programming as a whole. From the technical specifications of how animated children's programming differs from others to how it's used to impart social commentary, this guide is key for university level Media Studies programs.

Midwest Book Review - Internet Bookwatch

Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large. The characters and motifs from such shows as The Flintstones and The Simpsons are among the best-known images in world popular culture; and tellingly, even series that have not done well in prime time—series like The Jetsons, for instance—have yielded similarly iconic images. The advent of cable and several new channels devoted exclusively to animated programming have brought old series back to life in syndication, while also providing new markets for additional, often more experimental animated series. Even on the conventional networks, programs such as The Flintstonesand The Simpsons, not to mention Family Guy and King of the Hill, have consistently shown a smartness and a satirical punch that goes well beyond the norm in network programming. Drawn to Television traces the history of prime-time animation from The Flintstones initial extension of Saturday mornings to Family Guy and South Park's late-night appeal in the 21st century. In the process, it sheds a surprising light on just how much the kid inside us all still has to say. Drawn to Television describes the content and style of all the major prime-time animated series, while also placing these series within their political and cultural contexts. It also tackles a number of important questions about animated programming, such as: how animated series differ from conventional series; why animated programming tends to be so effective as a vehicle for social and political satire; what makes animated characters so readily convertible into icons; and what the likely effects of new technologies (such as digital animation) will be on this genre in the future.
Les mer
<p>Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large.</p>
ContentsContentsContentsIntroduction: A Very Brief History of Prime-Time Animation ix1Animation Comes to Prime Time: The Case of The Flintstones 12The Sixties Animation Explosion: The Flintstones Fallout 213Animation's New Age: Meet The Simpsons 474Family Guys from King of the Hill to American Dad 695Beyond the Family Sitcom: Prime-Time Animation Seeks New Formats 1036You Can't Do That on Television: The Animated Satire of South Park 1257Pushing the Animated Envelope 157Postscript: Prime-Time Animation in American Culture 185Index 187
Les mer
"Drawn to Television is a highly articulate interpretation of the plots and wider implications of television animation. Anyone interested in the whole story--from the banal Flintstones, to the intellectually supercharged Rocky and His Friends, to the culture-critiquing Simpsons and beyond--will want to look here, and look closely."
Les mer
"Drawn to Television is a highly articulate interpretation of the plots and wider implications of television animation. Anyone interested in the whole story--from the banal Flintstones, to the intellectually supercharged Rocky and His Friends, to the culture-critiquing Simpsons and beyond--will want to look here, and look closely." -- Paul Buhle, Senior Lecturer, History and American Civilization, Brown University
Les mer
Americans have always had special affection for the genres of television that have survived and evolved over many decades. In the first-ever series to cover the history of television from this perspective, The Praeger Television Collection explores comedy, science fiction, reality television, and many others, offering a fascinating and entertaining look at the shows that have formed our real favorite pastime.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780275990190
Publisert
2006-08-30
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
208

Forfatter
Booker, M. Keith

Biografisk notat

M. Keith Booker is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of many Greenwood and Praeger volumes, including most recently Science Fiction Television (2004), Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture (2006) and From the Box Office to the Ballot Box: The American Political Film.

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