TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hunt,Leon
TI  - Cult British TV comedy: from Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville 
SN  - 9781526102355
AV  - PN1992 .C858 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Manchester, UK, New York, NY
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Television comedies
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Cult films
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; From alternative to cult : mapping post-alternative comedy --; Britain's top light entertainer and singer : Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and the cultification of light entertainment --; 'Careful now' : Graham Linehan : a case study in post-alternative sitcom --; Patchy in places : developments in post-alternative sketch comedy --; Community and intimacy : from laugh track to commentary track --; The 'Zooniverse' and other (furnished) comic worlds --; Are you sitting uncomfortably? : from 'cringe' to 'dark' comedy --; Near the knuckle? It nearly took my arm off! : British comedy and the 'new offensiveness'; 2; b
N2  - This book is the first sustained critical analysis of cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura. It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan
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