Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-309) and index.
Contents:
"Clarabell was the first yippie" : the television generation from Howdy Doody to McLuhan -- Plastic hippies : the counterculture on TV -- "Every revolutionary needs a color TV" : the yippies, media manipulation, and talk shows -- Smothering dissent : the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and the crisis of authority in entertainment television -- Negotiating the Mod : how the Mod Squad played the ideological balancing act in prime time -- Make it relevant : how youth rebellion captured prime time in 1970 and 1971 -- Conclusion : legacies.
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