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Sitcoms In moments when we need a distraction from reality or a voice of guidance. Television became a norm during the 1950’s and continues to be a part of the daily routine for a majority. Sitcoms in particular have taken a role in molding and influencing the public. It has greatly impacted our society for decades now. From the air of I Love Lucy to our current Modern Family, the shows have influenced our American society. The perspectives taken into consideration are the following: cultural,…

my own, I find that I can relate so much more with many of the messages each episode provides. At times I will catch myself laughing during an episode and saying “hey, I went through the same situation” or “my kid did the same thing”. It is interesting to see how other families handle different situations differently or similar to my own. In the end I would have to say that both sitcoms have more similarities than differences from one another, with the large generation gap between both being…

Battle of the Sitcoms The sitcom industry has been dominated by the British since 1946, when their first sitcom aired. Since then the empire of sitcom writing has been dominated by the British. British sitcoms, or Britcoms, have developed through every era since then; each one bringing new hit sitcoms and catchy, illustrious moments. Some of the more famous Britcoms include: Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, The Good Life (Good Neighbors) and Are You Being Served? Because…

A tinder date you will enjoy in New York City. Okay so you swipe right on tinder, now what? New York City has endless options for going on dates. Forget about a dinner and a movie, leave that for people in small towns. Make it a date you will remember. Dates should be fun while seeing if you have a connection. So why not do something different. Laughing in midtown west Magnet theater in manhattan is an improv comedy theater and school. It os a nice small intimate theater. They have drop-in…

Television has been around since the 1950s and has improved in many ways. Television transitioned slowly to reflect today life such as color, equipment, technology, and the way the characters are shown through the show and life. While The Brady Bunch and Modern Family are both tv sitcoms that featured a housewife, the ways in which appearance, chores, and roles that are portrayed are widely different. First in terms of appearance, both tv sitcoms The Brady Bunch and Modern Family have similar…

The Big Bang Theory: A View on the Modern “Nerdist” The Big Bang Theory is an extremely successful sitcom that airs Monday nights on CBS. It involves love, drama, comedy and many other elements into a single format. Some of the main characters are Leonard, Sheldon, Penny, Howard, Rajesh, Bernadette, and Amy. One of the reasons I am researching The Big Bang Theory or “TBBT” is because it is one of the most watched, successful, and highest rated sitcoms of all time. According to Winston, as of…

Title Television is a universal idea, for decades it has brought family, friends, and all sorts of relationships to come together. However, television can vary from country to country. What may be popular in one part of the world, might not even be aired on another. America and Britain are usually paired with one another when discussing ideas about the world, because they contain so many similarities. Throughout the course of my time here, I have discovered, although that is not the case when it…

Stand-up comedy is a form of comedy that, for the most part, is conveyed by a performance entertainer talking straightforwardly to the crowd in an unconstrained way. In stand-up comedy, the feedback of the audience is immediate and essential for the comedian’s performance. The gathering expects an exceptional act and a constant flow of snickers, and the entertainer is constantly under pressure to perform. Stand-up, in the structure it is known today, is an emphatically American creation, with…

In 2009, a show that would change the teenage tv show genre aired its pilot. Glee the first of its genre and the first of many other shows to come. Teenagers in the twenty-first century took a huge liking to shows that were either dramatic or comedic. Musical movies were making a boom in Hollywood. With this in mind, Ryan Murphy created a teenage musical dramedy (drama, comedy) that succeeded more than what colleagues had expected of the show. Glee took these three genres and combined them,…

Leave it to Beaver vs. Last Man Standing: A Compare and Contrast The structure and topic selected for this paper is a compare and contrast of two family sitcoms, “Leave it to Beaver”, from the 1950’s, and “Last Man Standing”, from present day. Throughout this paper we will compare the similarities and differences in the plot of the shows, the values they present, the structure of the families, and the roles they play. In addition, we will determine application of the sociological concepts of…