1979’s Golden Age of Comedy and the Characters
1979’s Golden Age of Comedy and the Characters By the time 1979 rolled around, television comedy had already spent a decade in transformation. The innocent laugh tracks and wholesome families of the early ‘60s had given way to louder, bolder, more socially conscious voices. But just before the television landscape would explode with Reagan-era flash, a curious kind of brilliance emerged. It wasn’t about one star, one punchline, or one […]