Warmedy+(warm+family+comedy)+Cosby+Show,+Family+Ties--8th

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Task One **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.**  Warmedy’s, or Warm Family Comedies, are otherwise known as Sitcoms, or Situation Comedies existed since the late 1930s and still exist today bring together the family and creating those moments usually seen on TV. The Sitcom in 1979 to 1980, sitcoms were at its point, having the largest number of new programs ever, 30 shows of 45 (Public.wsu.edu). However shows didn’t last long, and most lasted but only weeks or one season. In the 1980s onward, shows were declining only few were hits, including Cheers, Family Ties, and The Cosby Show. Sitcoms though incredible comedies to keep you up at night were falling and if you think about today, many shows haven’t lasted and most lost the value they had before. In between the year of 1984 and 1985, was The Cosby show, which was the only real sitcom show that showed that the rumor of the situation comedies weren’t dead. The success of the Cosby and the rest of the Thursday night line-up including Family Ties, Cheers, and Night Court, brought the sitcom back in style and 22 new shows which eventually led the variety show to die in 1986- 1987 which eventually led the sitcom to continue through the 1990s. The Cosby Show lasted all through 1984 to 1992, focusing on the adventures of this upper middle class black family (museum.tv). This show sparked controversy about race and class in America too. The show shot top ratings almost immediately and finished third in its ratings its first season, it fell only after the sixth season incredibly. Bill Cosby dropped out of high school to join the US Navy after his tour of duty, he earned a track and field scholarship when he was 23 which got him into Temple University (NNDB.com). He was never much of an actor, but he was a comedian and that spread quickly through his career. His appearance in The Cosby Show was what had originally sold the show and it still has its re-runs today.  Work Cited: Television: 1970 - 1992." //Public.wsu.edu//. Richard F. Taflinger, 31 May 1996. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. . ||
 * < Taflinger, Richard F. "Sitcom: What It Is, How It Works A History of Comedy on

Communication, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. . || . ||
 * < Hunt, Darnell M. "The Cosby Show." //Museum.tv//. The Museum of Broadcast
 * < "Bill Cosby." //NNDB.com//. Soylent Communications, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.
 * Task One Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of  3  credible sources,
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">signed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Insert the Works Cited listing the three sources after the Third Task.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Post the paragraphs to the wiki March 12th. Timely posts of complete assign = 10 points. Task One = 50 points

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Task Two <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">In the early 1980s, most sitcoms were being cancelled, there were hardly any new shows, but that all changed later and that blew into the 90s through today. The society that was influenced, depended on the type of show it was and most were for families in contrast to those today that are directed to adults, teens or children(buzzle.com). There were those shows that were full of fun, adventure, mystery perhaps and with them accompanied real life messages. Sitcoms on television was decreasing but those shows that were influential to viewers lasted the rest of the decade. Most shows that were good were eventually pushed to Thursday night line-ups (public.wsu.edu). This was pertaining to shows such as Family Ties, and the Cosby Show which left legacies that have shifted incredibly today. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Sitcoms such as The Cosby Show left legacies that shifted today. The Cosby Show had painted the image of those of gender and race and showed how they lived, something very different to that of the perspectives of the sitcoms of the 1970s. "As a result, many sitcoms in the mainstream since The Cosby Show have been exploring a multitude of reflections of people of color on previously unseen social, economic and cultural levels" (grad.illinois.edu). The Cosby Show created the "black sitcom" and this was very transcending then. Although sitcoms since then reverted to "minstrel" images again and portrayed those characters with no other purpose but comedy. The revelations created by this show meant a lot, but of course those things don't always last, because if you really think about it, there are racist jokes that aren't intentionally offensive and that's just become part of everyday lifestyle's in society, not necessarily because of The Cosby Show, but it definitely started it. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Work Cited: //grad.illinois.edu//. N.p., 2002. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. <http://www.grad.illinois.edu/content/ america-and-huxtables-legacy-cosby-show>. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> Mar. 2012. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/sitcoms-of-the-80s.html>. || Television: 1970 - 1992." //Public.wsu.edu//. Richard F. Taflinger, 31 May 1996. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. <http://public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/ comhist2.html>. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">**Task Two Rubric** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">
 * < Wilson, Krystal R. "America and the Huxtables: The Legacy of 'The Cosby Show.'"
 * < Jadhav, Aparna. "Sitcoms of the '80s." //buzzle.com//. N.p., 22 Sept. 2011. Web. 13
 * Taflinger, Richard F. "Sitcom: What It Is, How It Works A History of Comedy on
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Task One. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced. If you credited the source in Task One, you do not need to reestablish credibility, only an internal citation is required.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 5 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Task Three <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">**PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and** **(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Sitcoms are very significant to our daily life style today because of the opinions and such that was open to society early in its time. This style of shows started back in the 1950s and have lasted to today. Sitcoms opened to the public a perspective of peoples lives in a lot more than just a general form, but giving an insight to the daily routines of a family (grad.illinois.edu). "Despite their idealized upper-class settings... programs... dealt with marital infidelity, incest, rape, alcoholism and a range of other issues that pictured the family as decidedly dysfunctional. Perhaps because these families were extremely wealthy, audiences could view their problems as a symptom of upper-crust decadence rather then a more general failure in American family life experienced by people of all social backgrounds." (Lynn Spigel). Shows have evolved incredibly since its beginning but today, many shows have lost the value they originally had and are mostly commercial depending on its audience (buzzle.com). <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Sitcoms were very big in their time but didn't last too long when in the 80s, the shows declined. Finally they came rushing back to the top thanks to shows such as The Cosby Show (Public.wsu.edu). These shows gave big perspectives on lives of the people in society but of course evolved today to a very fictional point of view almost exactly to the original fantasy style shows (museum.tv). Sitcoms or Warmedies I would say are in the range of Eventful Hero (Great Man Continuum). At some point T.V. would have created some sort of depicting show or movie showing perspective on society. Also shows lost value from then up to today, therefore it hasn't lasted as long as it did in its peak. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">
 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** ||  ||   || X ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** ||  ||   ||   ||   || X ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** ||  ||   || X ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** || X ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great --Event Making --Eventful -X-Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero--XDeterminism

2012. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. <http://www.museum.tv/ eotvsection.php?entrycode=familyontel>. ||
 * < Spigel, Lynn. "Family On Television." //Museum of Broadcast Communications//. MBC,


 * GreatManContinuum ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Task Three Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new expert opinion sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Tasks One or Two. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * ** Complete Great Man Continuum and Table and justify your placement using the evidence of the 4 criteria **
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 7 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 27px;">**Work Cited:**

<http://www.nndb.com/people/674/000022608/>. || Communication, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. <http://www.museum.tv/ eotvsection.php?entrycode=cosbyshowt>. || Mar. 2012. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/sitcoms-of-the-80s.html>. || 2012. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. <http://www.museum.tv/ eotvsection.php?entrycode=familyontel>. || Television: 1970 - 1992." //Public.wsu.edu//. Richard F. Taflinger, 31 May 1996. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. <http://public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/ comhist2.html>. || //grad.illinois.edu//. N.p., 2002. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. <http://www.grad.illinois.edu/content/ america-and-huxtables-legacy-cosby-show>. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**
 * "Bill Cosby." //NNDB.com//. Soylent Communications, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.
 * Great Man Continuum ||
 * Hunt, Darnell M. "The Cosby Show." //Museum.tv//. The Museum of Broadcast
 * Jadhav, Aparna. "Sitcoms of the '80s." //buzzle.com//. N.p., 22 Sept. 2011. Web. 13
 * Spigel, Lynn. "Family On Television." //Museum of Broadcast Communications//. MBC,
 * Taflinger, Richard F. "Sitcom: What It Is, How It Works A History of Comedy on
 * Wilson, Krystal R. "America and the Huxtables: The Legacy of 'The Cosby Show.'"

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Remove web address.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">J<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">ustify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly.