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Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!: Ed Sullivan´s America
Gerald Nachman
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Description for Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!: Ed Sullivan´s America
Paperback. Before the advent of cable and its hundreds of channels, before iPods and the Internet, three television networks ruled America's evenings. And for twenty-three years, Ed Sullivan, the Broadway gossip columnist turned awkward emcee, ruled Sunday nights. This title tells the saga of "The Ed Sullivan Show". Num Pages: 466 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 656.
Before the advent of cable and its hundreds of channels, before iPods and the Internet, three television networks ruled America's evenings. And for twenty-three years, Ed Sullivan, the Broadway gossip columnist turned awkward emcee, ruled Sunday nights. It was Sullivan's genius to take a worn-out stage genre-vaudeville - and transform it into the TV variety show, a format that was to dominate for decades. "Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!" tells the complete saga of "The Ed Sullivan Show" and, through the voices of some 60 stars interviewed for the book, brings to life the most beloved, diverse, multi-cultural, and ... Read more
Before the advent of cable and its hundreds of channels, before iPods and the Internet, three television networks ruled America's evenings. And for twenty-three years, Ed Sullivan, the Broadway gossip columnist turned awkward emcee, ruled Sunday nights. It was Sullivan's genius to take a worn-out stage genre-vaudeville - and transform it into the TV variety show, a format that was to dominate for decades. "Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!" tells the complete saga of "The Ed Sullivan Show" and, through the voices of some 60 stars interviewed for the book, brings to life the most beloved, diverse, multi-cultural, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
Number of Pages
466
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268012
SKU
V9780520268012
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About Gerald Nachman
Gerald Nachman is the author of Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 60s, Out on a Whim: Some Very Close Brushes with Life, The Fragile Bachelor, Playing House and Raised on Radio. He is also a contributor to Esquire, Newsweek, GQ, Cosmopolitan, and the New York Times.
Reviews for Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!: Ed Sullivan´s America
"A memory-lane extravaganza, smart, witty and finely researched."
Howard Rosenberg San Francisco Chronicle "A fun, affectionate portrayal of the showman. A long time in coming, it's the tome that Sullivan always deserved."
Harry Haun Playbill "A vivid, discerning portrayal of American history through the lens of popular culture." Publishers Weekly "This work is a 'don't miss' of nostalgia." ... Read more
Howard Rosenberg San Francisco Chronicle "A fun, affectionate portrayal of the showman. A long time in coming, it's the tome that Sullivan always deserved."
Harry Haun Playbill "A vivid, discerning portrayal of American history through the lens of popular culture." Publishers Weekly "This work is a 'don't miss' of nostalgia." ... Read more