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- catalog abstract "In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do twenty-five years later. Gerald Nachman, himself a product of the radio years - as a boy he did his homework to the sound of Jack Benny and Our Miss Brooks - takes us back to the heyday of radio, bringing to life the great performers and shows, as well as the not-so-great and not-great-at-all. Nachman analyzes the many genres that radio deployed or invented, from the soap opera to the sitcom to the quiz show, zooming in to study closely key performers like Benny, Bob Hope, and Fred Allen, while pulling back to an overview that manages to be both comprehensive and seductively specific.".
- catalog contributor b10964626.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do twenty-five years later. Gerald Nachman, himself a product of the radio years - as a boy he did his homework to the sound of Jack Benny and Our Miss Brooks - takes us back to the heyday of radio, bringing to life the great performers and shows, as well as the not-so-great and not-great-at-all. Nachman analyzes the many genres that radio deployed or invented, from the soap opera to the sitcom to the quiz show, zooming in to study closely key performers like Benny, Bob Hope, and Fred Allen, while pulling back to an overview that manages to be both comprehensive and seductively specific.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [506]-509) and index.".
- catalog description "Radio-free America -- Vaudio -- The Anticomedian -- Nesting instincts -- Treadmill to posterity -- Wise guys finish first -- Jokes, inc. -- For your listening and dancing pleasure -- The Children's hour -- Saddle sore -- Valued families -- No WASPs need apply -- We'll be back right after these words -- A voice of another color -- Radio noir -- cops and grave robbers -- Minds over matter -- Just folks -- The soap factory -- The royal family -- Meet the press -- Best seats in the house -- Crunch, creak, crash, whoosh, wham, and whoo-oooo -- The unseen audience -- We're a little late, folks, so good night.".
- catalog extent "ix, 535 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Raised on radio.".
- catalog identifier "037540287X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Raised on radio.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Raised on radio.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791.44/0973 21".
- catalog subject "PN1991.3.U6 N23 1998".
- catalog subject "Radio broadcasting United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Radio-free America -- Vaudio -- The Anticomedian -- Nesting instincts -- Treadmill to posterity -- Wise guys finish first -- Jokes, inc. -- For your listening and dancing pleasure -- The Children's hour -- Saddle sore -- Valued families -- No WASPs need apply -- We'll be back right after these words -- A voice of another color -- Radio noir -- cops and grave robbers -- Minds over matter -- Just folks -- The soap factory -- The royal family -- Meet the press -- Best seats in the house -- Crunch, creak, crash, whoosh, wham, and whoo-oooo -- The unseen audience -- We're a little late, folks, so good night.".
- catalog title "Raised on radio : in quest of the Lone Ranger, Jack Benny ... / Gerald Nachman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".