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The Fifty Most Important Phenomena in Twentieth Century American Popular Culture History

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50) Camping Culture -The Millions in Our National Parks

49) The Resort Vacation Fantasy / z% Q# h" q: F4 D-From Hotel del Coronado to Key West to South Beach to Hawaii

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48) Youth and Extreme Sports 2 W/ n& |0 y% G) t7 r/ B' ~$ B3 W-From Skateboarding to Snowboarding

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47) Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Pop Art ' m) c O0 g# i) @-Even the Desert Arts Communities Popularized by Georgia O＇Keefe

46) The Mall -And What about the Department Store?

45) Self-Alterations , S' q6 E3 Z7 n' ^( V-From Tattoos (纹身）to Piercings to Plastic Surgery

44) Talkies （有声电影） A7 ?) w9 e( z-Who Could Forget Al Jolsen＇s Rendition of "Sonny Boy"?

43) CDs

42) American International and Teen Pics

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41) Surf Culture -From the Beach Boys to Annette

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40) Film Noir 具有悲观(或宿命论)色彩的影片

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39) The Seattle Sound -How Nirvana Changed Rock

38) The Workout Culture -Remember John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis in Perfect?

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37) Video Games -The Road from Pinball

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36) The Musical Film - l1 P- g( D! |% [-From the Golden Age of Hollywood to Moulin Rouge

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35) The Children＇s Book Serial - d6 k$ l4 O- L' K7 O-From Dr. Suess to Harry Potter

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34) Cartoons (Print and Television) # C' ?' l* @: O4 F, q-What Is American Popular Culture without Snoopy in Our Newspapers or the Roadrunner on Saturday Morning?

33) The Kid Show -From Sesame Street to Barney

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32) MTV and the Music Video

31) The College Sports Phenomenon -Especially Saturday Football!

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30) Disney

29) National Tabloids （小报）and Newspapers -From The National Inquirer to USA Today

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28) The Space Obsession -From the First Man on the Moon to UFOs H4 o* I" I) ~6 P-From I Dream of Jeannie to The X Files

27) The Super Hero " V* S# W8 n1 o& d/ p-From Comic Books to Feature Film

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26) The Western and the Cult of the Cowboy

25) The Soap Opera

24) Pop and Pulp Fiction Novels/Novelists

23) Max Factor and Make-up

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22) The Television Talk Show -From Phil Donahue to Jerry Springer to Oprah

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21) The Pop Music Star(s) -Who Could Ignore Madonna, Britney Spears, the Spice Girls, and the Omni-present Boy Bands like N Sync?

20) The Explosion of Mass Advertising and Marketing -From Major Labels (Coke and Levis) to Infomercials to Shopping 5 j) f; Q0 @9 I% xChannels to the Japanese Marketing Explosion (Hello Kitty, Pokemon) ! K! t" d* _' M8 o8 m-Remember Darren on Bewitched?

19) Disco (The 1970s) ' ]+ e9 z. P8 @. H-The Night Lifestyle -The Bee Gees -Cocaine -Studio 54

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18) The Situation Comedy

17) The Video Revolution (1970-2000)

16) The Nickelodeon Boom (1905-7)

15) The Culture/Class/Race/Sex Revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s . V2 t) q4 N6 E' U0 M* l+ `-Civil Rights Movement -Feminist Movement -War Protests -Marijuana ( u8 n7 ?; F/ Q" B-Long Hair

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14) The Gramophone/Record Making/Tin Pan Alley Songwriters

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13) Big Band and Swing -And the Crooners During That Time and Following…Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra 3 m# f9 p: E- L# J9 T-And What about the Ladies? Kay Starr? Jo Stafford? Doris Day?

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12) Fast-food Restaurants

11) Cable Television -The Channel Explosion of the 1990s 8 s8 G/ N- S+ A# X-Satellite Dishes

10) The Jazz Age -Jazz and Blues Influences on Music / y- }" o Q# P& Q9 C-Speakeasies and Gin Joints and Mobs and Prohibition -F. Scott Fitzgerald and, of course, Zelda -The Harlem Renaissance

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9) The Development of "Hollywood" and the "Cult" of the "Star" 8 m# b' z9 j6 Z1 x, X* q-Starting with the Silent Film 3 q- g B. }* E( O: K-Polished Up in the Fifties with Figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn * k0 ^. s8 w, U' |Monroe

8) The Love Affair with Cars # S0 K& s; u( s) o-What about That Man Named Ford and His Assembly Line?

7) The Proliferation of Professional Sports ( ?9 i' E1 O! q# j-MLB, NBA, NFL, Wrestling, Nascar etc. -And Finally...Women＇s Professional Sports

6) The Personal Computer and the Internet

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5) The Rise of Radio $ F( z p, M0 K3 G) `& V-From Serials to Live Music Shows to Rock * ^" J3 s8 k o5 \& a-DJs!

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4) The Sexual Revolution -Mini Skirts -Helen Gurley Brown and Cosmopolitan / ]: K! X$ G4 E$ W" M: U-The Birth Control Pill 1 e8 S2 L: X; L! v* \; T9 A-Pornography (Especially Playboy and Hustler) -Boob Jobs $ K6 W( X* d( p6 D-Strip Clubs

3) Feature Length Films 6 Y, ~) q* [9 D: K, M-Who Was That D. W. Griffeth Anyway?

2) The Advent of Rock and Roll -1950s Motown...Chuck Berry, Little Richard (Black Impact on Music Still Lives Today with Rap and Hip-Hop) " g8 [& H9 O$ r: ]$ V! c4 T9 o6 ^-Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly etc. -1960s British Invasion (From the Beatles to the Rolling Stones) -The American Counter with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock etc.

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...And the Most Important Moment in Twentieth Century American Popular Culture History (Drumroll Please)...

1) The Invention of Television . u W" Q' [" P% @