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9780230103580

Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture From Chevy Chase to Tina Fey

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    9780230103580

  • ISBN10:

    0230103588

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-06-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This book addresses how Saturday Night Live's confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history.

Author Biography

Jim Whalley has a PhD in Film and Television Studies from the University of East Anglia. He has taught Film Studies at the University of Salford, Liverpool John Moores University, and the University of East Anglia.

Table of Contents

List of Figuresp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
"I'm Chevy Chase and You, You're Merely a Statistic": Self-reference and Stardom on Saturday Night Livep. 19
"I'll Write You a Note Saying You're Too Well to Attend": National Lampoon's Animal House Takes Saturday Night Live to Hollywoodp. 41
"But the Kids Love Us": The Development of Bill Murray's Star Persona from Saturday Night Live to Ghostbustersp. 63
"I Don't Even Like Myself": The Revision and Retreat of Saturday Night Live Stars after Ghostbustersp. 91
"Age Is a Tough One for Me": Selling Saturday Night Live in the 1980sp. 115
"I Still Know How to Party": Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, and Generational Change on Saturday Night Livep. 139
"A Colourful, Emotional, Working Class Hero"? The Development of Adam Sandler's Fictional and Extra-fictional Personasp. 161
Conclusionp. 187
Notesp. 197
Bibliographyp. 221
Indexp. 227
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