Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century

by Tim Hollis

Overview

A hee-hawing history of comedic performers from the golden age of radio through The Dukes of Hazzard

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604739534
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	07/27/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Tim Hollis is the author of numerous books, including Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs and (with Greg Ehrbar) Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What This Book Ain't     3
Let's See What's Going on Down in Pine Ridge     7
Radio Rules the Roost     36
Hillbillies Go Hollywood     63
Feudin', Fussin', and A-Fightin'     94
Peace in the Valley     121
What It Was, Was the Fifties     143
The Country Broadcasting System     172
From Cartoon Alley to Kornfield Kounty     201
They're in a Heap o'Trouble     230
Still Fertile Ground     257
Bibliography     263
Index     267