[ Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen [ SITCOM QUEENS: DIVAS OF THE SMALL SCREEN BY Karol, Michael ( Author ) Jul-01-2006[ SITCOM QUEENS: DIVAS OF THE SMALL SCREEN [ SITCOM QUEENS: DIVAS OF THE SMALL SCREEN BY KAROL, MICHAEL ( AUTHOR ) JUL-01-2006...

by Michael Karol

Whether it was Lucy and Ethel (Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance) or Eve Arden as Miss Brooks, Gale Storm flaunting the conventions of 1950s female behavior as her dad's "little" Margie, or the more modern Bea Arthur as Maude, flaunting any conventions of how a woman was supposed to behave that got in her way, we all have our favorite funny ladies who brought us laughter every week, and, for a half hour at least, took us away from our daily problems. Classic TV expert Michael Karol, in a series of original essays, examines the roles these Sitcom Queens played on TV, and how they became the beloved icons of generation after generation of TV fans. With a sitcom timeline and biographies of the Top 10 Sitcom Queens (Eve Arden, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Bea Benaderet, Imogene Coca, Joan Davis, Audrey Meadows, Ann Sothern, Gale Storm, and Betty White); a forward by Gale Storm (My Little Margie, The Gale Storm Show) and an introduction by Doris Singleton (I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy); plus commentary by Larry Storch (F Troop).

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First published July 20, 2006