At Vulture Brian Boone tagged
the fifteen best books about TV comedy shows.
Three of the titles are by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong:
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted,
Seinfeldia, and
Sex and the City and Us.
Here's Boone's take on
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show was arguably the first great, modern sitcom, a pioneering workplace comedy aimed squarely at adults, and not a broad family audience. Urbane, intelligent, and character-driven, it ushered TV comedy out of the hokey, Beverly Hillbillies and My Three Sons model and into a modern and sophisticated era. This 2013 book is a thorough, detailed, and nuanced look at the show, especially how tough it was to actually get on the air and to make consistently excellent for so long.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
My Book, The Movie: Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted.
The Page 99 Test: Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted.
The Page 99 Test: Seinfeldia.
The Page 99 Test: Sex and the City and Us.
--Marshal Zeringue
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