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4 Radio comedy

  • John Mundy und Glyn White
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Laughing matters
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Abstract

Just as silent film comedy developed in ways which overcame the absence of speech and other aural effects, radio comedy developed techniques which circumvented the medium's lack of pictures and which emphasised its own distinctive codes and conventions. Early radio comedy in Britain and America had relied on performers from vaudeville and music hall, not all of whom came to terms entirely with the demands of the new medium. While American radio comedy was increasingly influenced and perhaps diminished by Hollywood and the rapid development of television from the late 1940s, British radio comedy thrived throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The boom in internet provision and the relative ease with which audio material can be streamed has lead to significant developments in radio listening, including radio comedy.

Abstract

Just as silent film comedy developed in ways which overcame the absence of speech and other aural effects, radio comedy developed techniques which circumvented the medium's lack of pictures and which emphasised its own distinctive codes and conventions. Early radio comedy in Britain and America had relied on performers from vaudeville and music hall, not all of whom came to terms entirely with the demands of the new medium. While American radio comedy was increasingly influenced and perhaps diminished by Hollywood and the rapid development of television from the late 1940s, British radio comedy thrived throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The boom in internet provision and the relative ease with which audio material can be streamed has lead to significant developments in radio listening, including radio comedy.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of illustrations vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. Dedication viii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part I Comedy forms
  8. 1 Silent film comedy 23
  9. 2 Early sound film comedy 45
  10. 3 The romantic comedy film 65
  11. 4 Radio comedy 81
  12. 5 Television comedy 100
  13. 6 Comedy and genre boundaries 130
  14. 7 Animated comedy 149
  15. Part II Themes, effects and impact of comedy
  16. 8 Comedy, gender and sexuality 173
  17. 9 Comedy and cultural value 207
  18. 10 Comedy, race and ethnicity 231
  19. Conclusion 254
  20. Appendix 259
  21. Select bibliography 261
  22. Index 273
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526130525.00011

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of illustrations vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. Dedication viii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part I Comedy forms
  8. 1 Silent film comedy 23
  9. 2 Early sound film comedy 45
  10. 3 The romantic comedy film 65
  11. 4 Radio comedy 81
  12. 5 Television comedy 100
  13. 6 Comedy and genre boundaries 130
  14. 7 Animated comedy 149
  15. Part II Themes, effects and impact of comedy
  16. 8 Comedy, gender and sexuality 173
  17. 9 Comedy and cultural value 207
  18. 10 Comedy, race and ethnicity 231
  19. Conclusion 254
  20. Appendix 259
  21. Select bibliography 261
  22. Index 273
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