Word: sitcomming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ranges from Werewolf, an oddly morose horror series, to The Tracey Ullman Show, a quirky half-hour of comedy sketches that qualifies as TV's most interesting near-miss. Fox has also scored a coup by acquiring It's Garry Shandling's Show, the shrewdly self-parodying cable sitcom, which is running on Fox after its initial airings on Showtime. The network's highest-rated show, 21 Jump Street, happens to be its best. A well-crafted, surprisingly intelligent police drama about a band of youthful cops who work undercover in high schools, the series has come up with...
Though the plot may be trite, the vibrant cast turns this sitcom-like melodrama into an hour's worth of truly enjoyable entertainment. In organizing Project Space 6, Weiner and Hanning wanted to inject some raw and new energy into Harvard theater. They did this by enlisting the talents of students who have had little or no dramatic experience. Providing the actors with a skeletal script, Weiner and Hanning let the performers project themselves into their characters, bringing a ring of authenticity to their roles...
There was the standard "Lucy wants to be in show biz." episode, in which she would finagle her way into husband Ricky Ricardo's act at the Tropicana nightclub. The writers wrote half an episode of actual sitcom dialogue and left the rest up to the Vaudevillean song and dance talents of Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel. From The Dick Van Dyke Show to the Cosby Show to The Brady Bunch, the "cast puts on a show" episode has become a standard...
...Love Lucy was also innovative for the way in which it was broadcast. It was the first sitcom to be shot in California, and it was the first to be filmed ahead of time--most shows then were broadcast live from New York...
TAKING this all into account, Lucille Ball may not be such an untimely choice for Woman of the Year. The sitcom--the style that I Love Lucy virtually invented--is predominant in the '80's. So are reruns. And through rebroadcasts of her three hit series, 'round the clock, 'round the world and at half past midnight in Boston, Ball probably will be seen by more people this year than any of today's hottest stars. This year and any other year the TV shows are broadcast the way they are now, Lucille Ball is well-deserving of the honor...