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# Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent history of sitcoms!
  

*by B***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2020*

Highly recommended and extremely well written. I really loved it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Sitcom is like a college course in, well, sitcoms
  

*by D***L on Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017*

Sitcom is an odd but entertaining semi-history of the Situation Comedy.  I say odd because each chapter is supposed to focus on a single episode of each of 24 classic sit-coms, but the attention span is erratic.  Sometimes it does explore that episode in some detail (the Mary Tyler Moore classic "Chuckles Bites the Dust") but other times it name checks the episode then talks more about other episodes or the show in general (it barely touches on the chosen Seinfeld episode "The Pitch", instead sensibly spending more time talking about the much superior "The Contest").It does a good job of discussing the strengths of each series, how it helped evolve the genre, and discuss what other shows at the time followed in ts footsteps.  At the end it provides a cohesive presentation of how an entertainment form as seemingly trivial as the sitcom has occasionally not just aspired to greatness, but reached it.  I had lots of good memories reading it, and some good Netflix suggestions as well.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Fairly Comprehensive Analysis
  

*by T***H on Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019*

The topic of this book is right there in the title: sitcoms.  Anyone looking for thoughts about Perry Mason, Hill Street Blues, or The Sopranos will have to search elsewhere.  On the other hand, this book is about as comprehensive on trends in the development of the sitcom as one could hope to find, as the subtitle suggests, from I Love Lucy to Community.The conceit of this book is that Mr. Austerlitz takes a key episode from 24 ground-breaking sitcoms and uses these as a guide.  The fact is, the choice of the particular episode isn’t very important.  As a rule, these are merely stepping stones into a wide-ranging discussion of themes and trends, going beyond not only the episode but also getting into other sitcoms related to the one being analyzed.For me, one of the most interesting, unintended aspects of reading this was how it pointed out the fracturing of TV viewing in the 21st century.  I had watched every sitcom he discusses—either in reruns as a kid or in first run during the 1980’s & ‘90’s—through Friends.  I knew well almost every show he mentions in the first 17 chapters.  From chapter 18 (Sex and the City) on, however, I was fortunate if I’d seen a single episode of the show under discussion.  I still watch sitcoms and I knew of the shows he discussed.  I knew better shows he mentions in passing.  But the proliferation of shows in the past 15 years with the expansion of cable and pay TV means that I miss more that I see.Of course, as with any book of criticism, I disagreed with some of his analysis.  For example, I have long thought that Seinfeld is highly over-rated and, therefore, I have also never had any interest in Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Also, I’m sure Bill Cosby’s recent troubles would have impacted his chapter on The Cosby Show (though perhaps it’s a good thing we have some pre-jail criticism of the show for a counterpoint).  Still, for the most part, I think Mr. Austerlitz hits the mark.  For anyone who enjoys a sitcom, this is a book for you.

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