Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion

by Aniko Bodroghkozy

Book Overview

Critics often claim that prime-time television seemed immune--or even willfully blind--to the landmark upheavals rocking American society during the 1960s. Groove Tube is Aniko Bodroghkozy's rebuttal of this claim. Filled with entertaining and enlightening discussions of popular shows of the time--such as The Monkees, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Mod Squad--this book challenges the assumption that TV programming failed to consider...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822326566
• ISBN13: 9780822326564
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Read

This book has some really interesting information on the evolution of culture in 60's television. I would say that the people who lived it as teenagers and adults might not benefit as much from reading it, but those who remember the shows as children will. Loved the Mod Squad? Maybe you'll wish you had had a stronger female figure on tv to model after when you read this educated walk through memory lane.