Honey, I'm Home!: Sitcoms, Selling the American Dream
- ISBN-10
- 0802113087
- ISBN-13
- 9780802113085
- Category
- Comedy programs
- Pages
- 291
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- Gerard Jones
Description
Traces the history of television sitcoms, discussing how such programs as I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and others have provided entertainment, defused social tensions, and sold products
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