Prime Time Animation Television Animation and American Culture

Name: Prime Time Animation Television Animation and American Culture
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ISBN: 9780415283250

ISBN-10: 0415283256

ISBN-13: 9780415283250

Edition: 2003

Authors: Carol Stabile, Mark Harrison

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In September 1960 a television show emerged from the mists of prehistoric time to take its place as the mother of all animated sitcoms. The Flintstones spawned dozens of imitations, just as, two decades later, The Simpsons sparked a renaissance of primetime animation. This fascinating book explores the landscape of television animation, from Bedrock to Springfield, and beyond.The contributors critically examine the key issues and questions, including: How do we explain the animation explosion of the 1960s? Why did it take nearly twenty years following the cancellation of The Flintstones for animation to find its feet again as primetime fare? In addressing these questions, as well as many…

Book details

List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/27/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Table of Contents


Acknowledgements


List of Images


Introduction


Prime Time Animation


An Overview




Institutions



'Smarter than the Average Art Form': Animation in the Television Era Paul Wells



The Great Saturday Morning Exile: Scheduling Cartoons on Television's Periphery in the 1960s Jason Mittell



Re-Drawing the Bottom Line Allen Larson



Flintstones to Futurama: Networks and Prime Time Animation




Synergy Nirvana: Brand Equity, Television Animation, and Cartoon Network Kevin Sandler



The Digital Turn: Animation in the Age of Information Technologies




Readings



Back to the Drawing Board: The Family in Animated Television Comedy




From Fred and Wilma to Ren and Stimpy: What Makes a Cartoon Prime Time ?




'We Hardly Watch that Rude, Crude Show:' Class and Taste in The Simpsons



Misery Chick: Irony, Alienation, and Animation in MTV's




'What Are Those Little Girls Made Of?' The Power Puff Girls and Consumer Culture



'Oh My God, They Digitized Kenny!' Travels in the South Park Cybercommunity


List of Contributors