Tube Talk

BIG IDEAS IN TELEVISION

Reference list

Tube Talk

BIG IDEAS IN TELEVISION

Reference List

The Great Divide: Norman Lear, Archie Bunker, and the Rise of the Bad Fan 4

Emily Nussbaum

Us and Them 5David Sedaris

Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television 6George Carlin

The Amiable Madness of Green Acres 7Noel Murray

Brad Carrigan, American 8George Saunders

Empires of the New World (selection) 9Pamela Douglas, interview with Ted Sarandos

“Time to Go”: Dreaming of a Televised Future (selection) 10Dade Hayes

Hasta Siempre 11Jean Burnet

From “Lessons from Television” 12Susan Stewart

Pursuit of the Public Interest in the Vast Wasteland 13Walter J. Podrazik

The contents of this packet include proprietary trademarks and copyrighted materials, and may be used or quoted only with permission and appropriate credit to the Great Books Foundation.

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 3 –

tube talkWhat I Learned from Kristi Yamaguchi 14

Nicole Chung

Control (selection) 15Frank Rose

The Age of Show Business (selection) 16Neil Postman

Judge in Simpson Trial Allows TV Camera in Courtroom 17David Margolick

To Remember History You Have to Repeat It 18Tony Hoagland

The Moon Hours 19E. B. White and others

Getting Dirty 20Mark Crispin Miller

The First Presidential Debate (selection) 21Alan Schroeder

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 22Gil Scott-Heron

The Missing Remote 23Diane Lockward

Dolls and Feelings: Jill Soloway’s Post-Patriarchal Television (selection) 24

Ariel Levy

Pop History on an Epic Scale: Roots 25Donald Bogle

Desperately Selling Soda 29Leslie Savan

The TV 30Ben Loory

Television, Reality, and Cold War Citizenship (selection) 31Alan Nadel

In the End, They Were Born on tv 33Douglas Kearney

Why Is “Everyman” a White Guy? 34Aziz Ansari

Kim’s Fairytale Wedding (selection) 35Kate Durbin

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 4 –

tube talk

The Great Divide: Norman Lear, Archie Bunker, and the

Rise of the Bad FanEmily Nussbaum

All in the Family, showBewitched, showBonanza, showBreaking Bad, showArchie Bunker, character in All in the FamilyLena Dunham, actorGreen Acres, showThe Honeymooners, showThe Jeffersons, showLassie, showNorman Lear, writer and producerMaude, showCarroll O’Connor, actorMickey Rooney, actor“rural purge” of 1970, television network actionThe Sopranos, showStarsky and Hutch, characters in the show Starsky & HutchTill Death Us Do Part, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 5 –

tube talk

Us and ThemDavid Sedaris

Elmer Fudd, character in Looney Tunes cartoons“Warning, Will. Danger, danger” reference to the show Lost in Space

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 6 –

tube talk

Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television

George Carlin

Johnny Carson, television personalityEd McMahon, television personalityDoc Severinsen, bandleader and musicianThe Tonight Show, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 7 –

tube talk

The Amiable Madness of Green AcresNoel Murray

The Beverly Hillbillies, showGreen Acres, showPeanuts, comic strip and animated television showPetticoat Junction, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 8 –

tube talk

Brad Carrigan, AmericanGeorge Saunders

Thomas Paine, eighteenth-century political theoristCasey Stengel, baseball player and manager

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 9 –

tube talk

Empires of the New World (selection)Pamela Douglas, interview with Ted Sarandos

Arrested Development, showBreaking Bad, showGame of Thrones, showGoogle, search engineHouse of Cards, showMad Men, showNetflix, media platformTed Sarandos, Netflix executiveThe Sopranos, showFrancis “Frank” Underwood, character in the show House of Cards

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 10 –

tube talk

“Time to Go”: Dreaming of a Televised Future (selection)

Dade Hayes

Blue’s Clues, showCaptain Kangaroo, showDora the Explorer, showDerek Jacobi, actorIn the Night Garden, showLittle Einsteins, showMister Rogers’ Neighborhood, showMy Friends Tigger & Pooh, showNeil Postman, criticPBS [Public Broadcasting Service], networkSesame Street, showTeletubbies, showKurt Vonnegut, writerAnne Wood, producer

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 11 –

tube talk

Hasta SiempreJean Burnet

Don Francisco, variety show hostJerry Springer Show, showWalter Mercado, television personalitySábado Gigante, showSyFy, network

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 12 –

tube talk

From “Lessons from Television”Susan Stewart

No specific references

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 13 –

tube talk

Pursuit of the Public Interest in the Vast Wasteland

Walter J. Podrazik

Robert Altman, director, producer, and screenwriterThe Andy Griffith Show, showThe Atlantic, magazineBen Casey, showThe Bugs Bunny Show, showThe Dick Van Dyke Show, showDr. Kildare, showElizabeth R, showThe First Churchills, showFred W. Friendly, network executiveGilligan’s Island, showThe Hathaways, showJohn F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth president of the United StatesMasterpiece Theatre, showNewton Minow, FCC chairmanMonty Python’s Flying Circus, showSesame Street, showCharles Sopkin, writerThe Twilight Zone, showUpstairs, Downstairs, showThe Wonderful World of Color, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 14 –

tube talk

What I Learned from Kristi YamaguchiNicole Chung

Frank Deford, sportswriterMidori Ito, figure skaterClaudia Kishi, character in the Baby-Sitters Club book seriesMichelle Kwan, figure skaterJeremy Lin, basketball playerPower Rangers, showKristi Yamaguchi, figure skater

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 15 –

tube talk

Control (selection)Frank Rose

All in the Family, showAMC, networkAmerican Idol, showAvatar, filmArthur C. Clarke, writerCharles Dickens, nineteenth-century English writerBetty Draper, character in Mad MenDon Draper, character in Mad MenMad Men, showRupert Murdoch, network executivePeggy Olson, character in Mad MenStar Wars, film and film seriesTwitter, social media platformMatthew Weiner, writer

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 16 –

tube talk

The Age of Show Business (selection)Neil Postman

Bonanza, showWilliam Buckley, writer and political activistDallas, showThe Day After, showDynasty, showGunsmoke, showKojak, showTed Koppel, broadcast journalistMarshall McLuhan, criticMission: Impossible, showCarl Sagan, astronomer and writerStar Trek, show and film seriesElie Wiesel, writer and political activist

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 17 –

tube talk

Judge in Simpson Trial Allows TV Camera in Courtroom

David Margolick

American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU], organizationMarcia Clark, prosecutorCourt TV, networkBillie Sol Estes, businessman and convicted swindlerLance A. Ito, judge for Los Angeles County Superior CourtMike Royko, journalistSam Sheppard, physician and homicide suspectO. J. Simpson, actor, football player, and sportscaster

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 18 –

tube talk

To Remember History You Have to Repeat It

Tony Hoagland

No specific references

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 19 –

tube talk

The Moon HoursE. B. White and others

Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, astronautNeil Armstrong, astronaut“Blue Moon,” songJames Kitchell, producerJohn Lindsay, mayor of New York CityTony Messuri, television directorRichard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh president of the United States

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 20 –

tube talk

Getting DirtyMark Crispin Miller

Advertising Age, magazineFred Danzig, magazine columnist and editorShield, deodorant soap

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 21 –

tube talk

The First Presidential Debate (selection)Alan Schroeder

Archibald Cox, law professorWalter Cronkite, broadcast journalistLeonard Goldenson, network executiveJacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the United StatesJohn F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth president of the United StatesNikita Khrushchev, Soviet statesmanHenry Cabot Lodge, 1960 US vice presidential nomineeSig Mickelson, network executiveRichard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh president of the United StatesWilliam Paley, network executiveLee Radziwill, actor and sister of Jacqueline KennedyRobert Sarnoff, network executiveArthur Schlesinger Jr., critic and historianHoward K. Smith, journalistOliver Treyz, network executiveTheodore White, writer

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 22 –

tube talk

The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedGil Scott-Heron

Spiro Agnew, US vice president under Richard M. NixonThe Beverly Hillbillies, showBullwinkle, character in the cartoon show The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and FriendsGlen Campbell, musicianJohnny Cash, musicianGreen Acres, showHooterville Junction, fictional place in Petticoat JunctionEngelbert Humperdinck, musicianTom Jones, musicianJulia, character in the show JuliaFrancis Scott Key, songwriterWillie Mays, baseball playerSteve McQueen, actorJohn Mitchell, US attorney generalRichard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh president of the United StatesJacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United StatesRare Earth, bandSchaefer Award Theatre, showSearch for Tomorrow, showJim Webb, musicianRoy Wilkins, civil rights activistNatalie Wood, actorWhitney Young, civil rights activist

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 23 –

tube talk

The Missing RemoteDiane Lockward

ER, showJudge Judy [Sheindlin], television personalityNYPD Blue, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 24 –

tube talk

Dolls and Feelings: Jill Soloway’s Post-Patriarchal Television (selection)

Ariel Levy

Amazon, multimedia companyCarrie Brownstein, actor, musician, and writerGlee, showGaby Hoffmann, actorJane Lynch, actorRyan Murphy, director, producer, and writerTransparent, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 25 –

tube talk

Pop History on an Epic Scale: RootsDonald Bogle

Muhammad Ali, boxerDebbie Allen, actorJohn Amos, actorMaya Angelou, writerEd Asner, actorThe Arthur Godfrey Show, showThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, novel by Ernest J. GainesBackstairs at the White House, showBever-Leigh Banfield, actorBilly: Portrait of a Street Kid, showClaire Bloom, actorThe Brady Bunch, showMarlon Brando, actor, civil rights activist, and directorJames Broderick, actorGeorg Stanford Brown, actor and directorLeVar Burton, actorGodfrey Cambridge, actorIrene Cara, actorDiahann Carroll, actor and singerBernie Casey, actorRosalind Cash, actorCeremonies in Dark Old Men, play by Lonne Elder III and showOlivia Cole, actorChuck Connors, actorScatman Crothers, actorOssie Davis, actorLynda Day George, actorRuby Dee, actorOlivia de Havilland, actorDummy, showSandy Duncan, actorThe Ed Sullivan Show, showLonne Elder III, playwrightEmmy AwardsFather Knows Best, showShirley Jo Finney, actor

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 26 –

tube talk

Pop History on an Epic Scale: Roots, continued

Henry Fonda, actor and producerRedd Foxx, actor and comedianFreedom Road, showAl Freeman Jr., actorThe Garry Moore Show, showGoldie and the Boxer, showGoldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood, showGone with the Wind, novel by Margaret Mitchell and filmGood Times, showLouis Gossett Jr., actorGreen Eyes, showLorne Greene, actorRosey Grier, actorMoses Gunn, actorAlex Haley, writerHallelujah, Baby!, Broadway showLynn Hamilton, actorDorian Harewood, actorFay Hauser, actorEileen Heckart, actorSherman Hemsley, actorHilly Hicks, actorThe Hollow Image, showRobert Hooks, actorI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, memoir by Maya Angelou and showThe Jack Paar Show, showLawrence-Hilton Jacobs, actorThe Jeffersons, showJim Crow lawsJames Earl Jones, actorGeorge Kennedy, actorThe Killing Affair, showKing, showCoretta Scott King, civil rights activistMartin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist, minister, and writerKunta Kinte, character in RootsCloris Leachman, actorThe Leslie Uggams Show, showAvon Long, actor

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 27 –

tube talk

Pop History on an Epic Scale: Roots, continued

Malcolm X, civil rights activistAbby Mann, director and writerStan Margulies, directorThe Minstrel Man, showElizabeth Montgomery, actorLynne Moody, actorDebbi Morgan, actorGilbert Moses, directorRoger Mosley, actorThad Mumford, director, producer, and writerNewsweek, magazineBrock Peters, actorThalmus Rasulala, actorRobert Reed, actorHari Rhodes, actor and writerBeah Richards, actorLloyd Richards, actor and directorRich Man, Poor Man, showGeorge Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi PartyEsther Rolle, actorRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, showRoots: The Next Generations, showRoots: The Saga of an American Family, showRichard Roundtree, actorLou Rudolph, network executiveWilma Rudolph, athleteSanford and Son, showStan Shaw, actorFred Silverman, network executiveNicole Brown Simpson, wife of O. J. SimpsonO. J. Simpson, actor, football player, and sportscasterMadge Sinclair, actorSing Along with Mitch, showSally Bedell Smith, broadcast journalistKristoff St. John, actorLarry Sullivan, network executiveBeverly Todd, actorCicely Tyson, actorLeslie Uggams, actor

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 28 –

tube talk

Pop History on an Epic Scale: Roots, continued

Ben Vereen, actorDouglas Turner Ward, actorThe Wedding Band, showFlip Wilson, actor and comedianPaul Winfield, actorDavid Wolper, producer and writerRen Woods, actor

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 29 –

tube talk

Desperately Selling SodaLeslie Savan

Woody Allen, actor, comedian, director, producer, and writerBenetton, brand of clothingBIC, brand of perfumeBillboard, magazineBuzz, showDavid Byrne, musicianEric Clapton, musicianCoke / Coca-Cola, brand of soft drinkAndraé Crouch, musicianWhitney Houston, actor, producer, and singerMichael Jackson, actor, dancer, producer, singer, and songwriterLevi’s, brand of jeans“Like a Prayer,” songMadonna, actor, dancer, producer, singer, and songwriterGeorge Michael, singerMTV, networkPaul Newman, activist, actor, director, and producerPepsi, brand of soft drinkRevolution, showRolling Stone, magazineRod Serling, television personality and writerSwatch, branch of watchWarner Brothers, entertainment companyNeil Young, musician

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 30 –

tube talk

The TVBen Loory

No specific references

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 31 –

tube talk

Television, Reality, and Cold War Citizenship (selection)

Alan Nadel

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, showThe Aldrich Family, showGracie Allen, actorJeanne Allen, writerAmos ’n’ Andy, showDesi Arnaz, actor and musicianRobert Alan Arthur, producer and writerAWARE, anticommunist organizationLucille Ball, actorThe Big Picture, documentary seriesRay Bolger, actorBonino, showChef Boyardee, brand of canned pasta productsGeorge Burns, actorThe Burns and Allen Show, showJames Caddigan, writerCaptain Midnight, showCaptain Video, showH. G. Christensen, journalistNat King Cole, bandleader, musician, singer, and television personalityDaily Worker, American Communist Party newspaperSammy Davis Jr., actor, comedian, dancer, and singerThomas Doherty, writerOrrin Dunlap, writerDwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth president of the United StatesPhilo Farnsworth, inventorFather Knows Best, showElla Fitzgerald, singerMary Gannon, writerThe Goldbergs, showVincent Hartnett, anticommunist activist and writerHouse Un-American Activities CommitteeI Love Lucy, showKraft Theater, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 32 –

tube talk

Television, Reality, and Cold War Citizenship (selection), continued

Peggy Lee, actor, composer, musician, and songwriterNina Leibman, writerPhilip Loeb, actorJ. Fred MacDonald, writerMake Room for Daddy, showMary Kay and Johnny, showJames Monaco, writerJeanne Muir, actorNational Association of Radio and Television BroadcastersThe Nat King Cole Show, showHarriet Nelson, actor and singerOzzie Nelson, actor, bandleader, director, and producerEzio Pinza, actor and opera singerPlayhouse 90, showRed Channels, anticommunist publicationRobin Hood, showRod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, showHazel Scott, actorRod Serling, television personality and writerBishop Fulton J. Sheen, broadcast evangelistSuperman, showtelevision production codeDanny Thomas, actor and musicianEmmett Till, fourteen-year-old African American boy murdered by lynching in Money, Mississippi,

in 1955Time, magazineToday, showMel Tormé, actor, composer, musician, and singerPat Weaver, advertising executiveWhere’s Raymond?, show

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 33 –

tube talk

In the End, They Were Born on tv

Douglas Kearney

No specific references

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 34 –

tube talk

Why Is “Everyman” a White Guy?Aziz Ansari

Black Mass, filmCasablanca, filmEmpire, showForrest Gump, filmFresh Off the Boat, showThe Guide, novel by R. K. NarayanLost, showThe Martian, novel by Andy Weir and filmMaster of None, showThe Notebook, filmParks and Recreation, showShort Circuit 2, filmSiddhartha, novel by Hermann HesseThe Social Network, filmThe Terminator, filmThe Walking Dead, showWhen Harry Met Sally, film

Cop

yrig

ht ©

201

8 T

he G

reat

Boo

ks F

ound

atio

n

– 35 –

tube talk

Kim’s Fairytale Wedding (selection)Kate Durbin

Scott Disick, media personalityKris Humphries, basketball playerBruce [now Caitlyn] Jenner, track and field athlete and media personalityKendall Jenner, media personalityKris Jenner, media personalityKylie Jenner, media personalityKhloe Kardashian, media personalityKim Kardashian, media personalityKourtney Kardashian, media personalityRob Kardashian, media personalityKeeping Up with the Kardashians, showAlexander McQueen, designerLamar Odom, basketball player