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  Behind the Laughter Curtain: Image(in)ing Later Life Marriage through Comedy

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  Melissa Aleman James Madison University, School of Communication Studies

  March 25, 2009

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  Marie will not “let” Frank talk, Frank begins singing “I’m not listening anymore do-da, do-da.” Shortly ... thereafter Marie covers her ears, faces Frank, and begins singing “Frank Marone shut up...”, creating ...
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  Jack Black, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Kid-Cult Appeal

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  October 21, 2009

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  toddlers without real storylines or jokes. At least for me, I find this appeal harder to take for extended ...
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  The Rigidity of Seasonal Synergy

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  Myles McNutt University of Wisconsin - Madison

  July 15, 2010

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  The Rigidity of Seasonal Synergy television Summer scheduling ratings Curator's Note Whether due to a particularly breezy pace or a distinctly sunny setting, many summer series become permanently connected with the season in which they premiere. This ...
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  Dinner with Mavis: Reviewing The Tonight Show conflict

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  Tom Hallaq Idaho State University

  April 22, 2011

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  journey in time. The trip begins on September 27, 2004, the 50 th anniversary of The Tonight Show. Jay ...
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  Digital Labor in Participatory Television

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  Adam Fish Lancaster University, Sociology

  May 05, 2011

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  Digital Labor in Participatory Television work TV television Labor in the Media Industries labor immaterial gore fish ethnography digital current tv current culture convergence anthropology Al Gore adam fish adam Curator's Note From 2006-2009, while ...
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  President Bartlet's Bully Pulpit

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  Richard Newton Claremont Graduate University

  June 28, 2011

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  President Bartlet's Bully Pulpit twitter The West Wing television Sorkin religion politics fan fiction bible Bartlet America Aaron Sorkin Curator's Note In Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing, Josiah Bartlet holds the office of President of the United ...
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  Can TV See Class? Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Believe in the American Dream

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  Robert Cannon California State University, Los Angeles

  September 23, 2011

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  episode, at least one scene reminded viewers that, despite what the American dream implies, those born into ...
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  Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD

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  Chuck Tryon Fayetteville State University

  November 10, 2011

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  Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD television special effects panasonic james cameron avatar 3D Curator's Note  When James Cameron's 3D space epic, Avatar, was first being promoted, the movie was promoted as something that audiences had ...
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  Queer Jewish Difference

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  Rachel Silverman Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  March 20, 2012

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  beginning in the mid nineteenth century and continuing through the Second World War, attempts made to find ...
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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  March 22, 2012

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  especially in a country wary of atheism. But at least for twenty-two minutes of TV time, he (and ...

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