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A 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗-𝗧𝗛𝗘-𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦 LOOK AT OUR MOST POPULAR 𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗦 & HOW 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 THE AMERICAN SITCOM & CONTINUES TO TRANSFORM AMERICA TO THIS DAY.
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"𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘥 & 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴."
SUMMARY: 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 of the most popular 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝘀 of the 20th century, there was a hidden, 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 & a 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 was brewing. For decades, amidst the bright lights, studio-audience laughs & absurdly large apartment sets, the real-life story of American 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗤+ 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 unfolded in plain sight in front of 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀, most of whom were laughing too hard to mind.
This story of TV ranges from behind-the-scenes activism on the set of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨 to network-censor fights over 𝙎𝙤𝙖𝙥 & 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧, from 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣’s culture clash to a primetime power-kiss on 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚, and from closely-guarded secrets on 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 to flamboyant relatives on 𝘽𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙.
There is also 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 & 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚’s mixed reception to 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮’s primetime power-couple, and military secrets on 𝙈*𝘼*𝙎*𝙃 to a little-known man behind 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬. Accessible, entertaining & informative, the book is filled with exclusive commentary & interviews from celebrities, behind-the-scene creators & more.
This is the story not only of how 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙧 comedy 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 the American sitcom, from its inception through today, but how our favorite sitcoms transformed, & continue to transform, 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖.
- - Dan Savage, journalist & author on "Savage Lovecast" - -
"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙝 & 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵."
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