The Art

1. Details about the show
2. Introduction/It’s more than just getting a laugh/The secret of screwball is…
   
3. The greatest ensemble cast in history
   
            Dave Foley
            Maura Tierney
            Phil Hartman
            Stephen Root
            Vicki Lewis
            Khandi Alexander
            Joe Rogan
            Andy Dick
            Jon Lovitz
   
   
4. Masters of the mid-shot and the edit
   
5. Physical comedy and the visual gag
   
6. A singular idiom (or “Bitchcakes” and other mots justes)
   
7. Morally expressive art
   
8. The Family that plays together stays together
   
9. Comedy as means rather than end
   
10. Eighties Romanticism versus Nineties disillusionment
    
11. Mayhem!
    
12. Changes: Season Five
    
13. How it came to pass that true greatness was not recognized in its own time
    
14. Visions of the Third Cinema: An ‘open system’ of art
    
15. Conclusion

Appendix: Episode Guide with Commentaries

• The First Season
• The Second Season
• The Third Season
• The Fourth Season
• The Fifth Season
  

Comments from the Authors

        Adrian Foo
        Sebastian Alvarez
        Jennifer

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