TV

Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community by Saul Austerlitz is a well written look at the history of the sitcom as it progressed from fixed camera sets where husbands and wives couldn't mention the word pregnant to the boundary busting All in the Family which took on social issues and politics, to the multiple camera focus and live action of M*A*S*H (technically a sitcom but with deep undertones exposing darker themes).   What a long way we've gone from having spouses in twin beds (with one of the spouses always having at least one foot on the floor) to The Golden Girls who were surprisingly raunchy.  Take a walk down memory lane with The Dick Van Dyke Show, Cheers, Friends, and more and see American culture through the magic of television.  SG