Music in comedy television : notes on laughs / edited by Liz Giuffre, Philip Hayward.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giuffre, Liz, editor.

Hayward, Philip, editor.

Series:

Routledge music and screen media series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television music--History and criticism.

Television music.

Television comedies.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 204 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

The study of television and music has expanded greatly in recent years, yet to date no book has focused on the genre of comedy television as it relates to music. Music in Comedy Television: Notes on Laughs fills that gap, breaking new critical ground. With contributions from an array of established and emerging scholars representing a range of disciplines, the twelve essays included cover a wide variety of topics and television shows, spanning nearly fifty years across network, cable, and online structures and capturing the latest research in this growing area of study. From Sesame Street to Saturday Night Live, from Monty Python to Flight of the Conchords, this book offers the perfect introduction for students and scholars in music and media studies seeking to understand the role of music in comedy onscreen and how it relates to the wider culture. The Routledge Music and Screen Media Series offers edited collections of original essays on music in particular genres of cinema, television, video games, and new media. These edited essay collections are written for an interdisciplinary audience of students and scholars of music and film and media studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: music in comedy television / Liz Giuffre

Sesame Street as a musical comedy-variety show / Kathryn A. Ostrofsky

And now for something completely different (sounding): Monty Python's musical circus / Liz Giuffre and Demetrius Romeo

That junky funky folk vibe: Quincy Jones's title theme for Sanford and son / Amedeo D'Adamo

Once in a lifetime: music, parody and comical incongruity in the Young ones / Phillip Hayward and Matt Hill

The mockumentary sitcom: the discomfort of fake realism / Carlo Nardi

"Must hear TV": scrubs and the pop soundtrack / Alexander Koch

Music in comedy television from the composer's perspective: getting "the answers you're not looking for" in an interview with David Schwartz / Liz Giuffre

"I told you I was freaky": gender, genre and parody in the songs of Flight of the conchords / Kirsten Zemke

The Lonely island's "SNL digital short" as music video parody: building on Saturday night live's legacy / Penny Spirou

Sketching out Portlandia's musical layers / Emma Driver and Sarah Attfield

Inverting expectations: Mozart in the jungle and humor with classical musicians / Stan Beeler

Pure and simple: music as a personal and comedic resource in Car share / Brett Mills and Mark Rimmer.

ISBN:

9781138193567

1138193569

9781138193581

1138193585

OCLC:

959697530