Pioneers of television. Episode 2, Sitcom / produced by Boettcher Trinklein Television, Inc. ; directed and produced by Steven J. Boettcher ; written and produced by Michael J. Trinklein.

The second segment in a four-part series featuring archival clips to offer a fresh take on the first celebrities of television, including interviews with many of them. Sitcom focuses on the influential developers and actors in sitcoms that shaped the genre, including Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Jackie...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Boettcher/Trinklein Television, Inc
PBS Home Video
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Boettcher, Steven J.
Trinklein, Michael J.
Saperstein, Harlan
Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989
Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986
Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987
Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012
Van Dyke, Dick
Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-2017
Thomas, Danny
Reiner, Carl, 1922-2020
Leno, Jay
Diller, Phyllis
Hall, Arsenio
McMahon, Ed
White, Betty, 1922-2021
Downs, Hugh
Thomas, Marlo
Linkletter, Art, 1912-2010
Severinsen, Doc, 1927-
Eden, Barbara, 1934-
Randolph, Joyce, 1925-2024
Conway, Tim
Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-
Rose Marie, 1923-2017
Henderson, Florence
Stiller, Jerry
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], [2008], ©2008.
Edition:Widescreen version.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
I love Lucy (Television program)
Honeymooners (Television program)
Andy Griffith show (Television program)
Dick Van Dyke show (Television program)
Situation comedies (Television programs) > United States > History.
Television comedies > United States > History.
Television programs > United States > History.
Television actors and actresses > United States > History.
History.
Situation comedies (Television programs)
Television actors and actresses.
Television comedies.
Television programs.
United States.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Sit-coms.
Sitcom.
Format: Video DVD

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