Situation comedy

It is horrifying to see people dumbstrucked watching television for hours and repeat the same absurd routine every day. The poet expresses his uneasiness with the situation in the poem. The Qur’an mentions about time management in Surah Al-‘Asr verses 1-3, “By time. Indeed mankind is in loss. Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience…

Although television (TV) was brought to the United States (US) in the 1950s, it did not become popular with the US public until the post World War II (WWII) era. This was from a variety of factors ranging from the popularity of radio and the cost of owning the technology. Importantly, in the early years of television, wide spread use of animation in TV shows did not exist. By 1960 however, Hanna-Barbara, a television animation studio, began to gain notoriety in the growing media market.…

Another 1970s show that was popular and was the longest-running sitcom in the history of television was The Jeffersons. The Jefferson family owned a chain of dry-cleaning businesses. From the help of their business, the African American family was able to “move on up” to a fancy uptown apartment. (Garrison- The Evolution) This show changed the stereotype that most Americans had that all African Americans were poor. The show not only proved to Americans that African Americans can be successful,…

This literature review explores television sitcom genre of the situation comedy or sitcom. It will look at the changes in style and sensibility since the 1950s, how it has evolved and also how it has stayed the same. It can be comfortably stated that the sitcom is ‘arguably the most durable genre’ on television (Edgerton and Ross, 2008, p9). Although there are arguments about the variations between different particular sitcoms themselves, Brett Mills (Mills, 2012) gives an example of a…

radio-and-television personality named Martin Payne". The Martin Show is one of the best sitcom because the humor was amazing and you could learn something. The Martin Show was on TV for five seasons. Some people can that The Martin Show is one of the best comedy shows of all-time. One of the many episodes that was on TV and that was good happen to be “Why Can’t We Be Friends”. This was a good episode because it shows you the importance of friendships, how you shouldn't get mad at someone over…

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…

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…

Jerry Springer Show “JERRY! JERRY!” A common chant on the set of the Jerry Springer Show. What could this crowd possibly be cheering for? Maybe Jerry performs dare-devil acts, or perhaps he is a talented athlete? Unfortunately that is not the case. Jerry is mediating a fiery argument between two conflicting parties. On the outside it might seem Jerry is doing something productive and positive but sadly, Jerry assists and advocates savage ways in solving conflicts. Most of these conflicts consist…

Seinfeld was a very popular sitcom that ran on NBC from 1989-1998. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, who played himself in the show, created it. It was quoted as being a “show about nothing”. Most episodes were about Jerry and his friend’s daily lives. Seinfeld has had a effect on many generations cultures, not just the generation of people that watched it in the eighties and ninety’s. Seinfeld was the first sitcom of its time. It was a sitcom about everyday life and the characters had a life of…

a figure of speech. It is known as an expression that uses language in a very funny way, such as alliteration or assonance, to achieve a rhetorical type of effect. Some examples of Fawlty towers’ language techniques include Absurdity which is a situation that more or less doesn’t follow logic, Bombast which is talking in a high flown, grandiloquent or rhetorical matter which best describes Basil, Chase is when someone is in the pursuit of something which is what Basil mostly does when Manuel…