LEADER 02889nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910459357203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-55563-4 010 $a9786612555633 010 $a1-60473-953-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019409 035 $a(EBL)534340 035 $a(OCoLC)630107739 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411479 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411479 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10354690 035 $a(PQKB)11646002 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534340 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13614 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534340 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389878 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019409 100 $a20070928d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAin't that a knee-slapper$b[electronic resource] $erural comedy in the twentieth century /$fTim Hollis 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-934110-73-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-266) and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction: What This Book Ain't; Chapter One: Let's See What's Going on Down in Pine Ridge; Chapter Two: Radio Rules the Roost; Chapter Three: Hillbillies Go Hollywood; Chapter Four: Feudin', Fussin', and A-Fightin'; Chapter Five: Peace in the Valley; Chapter Six: What It Was, Was the Fifties; Chapter Seven: The Country Broadcasting System; Chapter Eight: From Cartoon Alley to Kornfield Kounty; Chapter Nine: They're in a Heap o' Trouble; Chapter Ten: Still Fertile Ground; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThere was a time when rural comedians drew most of their humor from tales of farmers' daughters, hogs, hens, and hill country high jinks. Lum and Abner and Ma and Pa Kettle might not have toured happily under the ""Redneck"" marquee, but they were its precursors. In Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century , author Tim Hollis traces the evolution of this classic American form of humor in the mass media, beginning with the golden age of radio, when such comedians as Bob Burns, Judy Canova, and Lum and Abner kept listeners laughing. The book then moves into the motion pic 606 $aRural comedies$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRural comedies$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a891.4 700 $aHollis$b Tim$0982979 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459357203321 996 $aAin't that a knee-slapper$92243440 997 $aUNINA