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Tueth, Michael

The Author: Michael V. Tueth is Associate Professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University. He received his doctorate in American Studies from New York University and a master’s degree in divinity from Saint Louis University. Tueth has taught at Regis University in Denver, Georgetown University, Santa Clara University, Loyola University of Chicago, and the University of Maryland. He has published numerous articles and conducted workshops and seminars on comedy and its relationship to social change and religious attitudes.

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Laughter in the Living Room

For more than fifty years some very funny people have been entering American homes through television’s big picture window. From Lucy and Uncle Miltie, to Archie Bunker and Marge Simpson, certain comic stars of television history have become not just cultural icons, but friends of the family.