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The Fifty Most Important Phenomena in 7 t7 A8 }# i2 g+ s- ]Twentieth Century American Popular Culture History

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50) Camping Culture % h+ u$ K2 f$ w& R, h% u2 K-The Millions in Our National Parks

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49) The Resort Vacation Fantasy -From Hotel del Coronado to Key West to South Beach to Hawaii

48) Youth and Extreme Sports # T) s! k4 n3 p' r: C-From Skateboarding to Snowboarding

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47) Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Pop Art -Even the Desert Arts Communities Popularized by Georgia O＇Keefe

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46) The Mall * o) W' t. C" }; c. @-And What about the Department Store?

45) Self-Alterations -From Tattoos (纹身）to Piercings to Plastic Surgery

44) Talkies （有声电影） . |$ f% W) H8 L! v1 s1 E7 }-Who Could Forget Al Jolsen＇s Rendition of "Sonny Boy"?

43) CDs

42) American International and Teen Pics

41) Surf Culture ( M- l7 O( C+ r-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 / Y# K7 y F1 \( q; t-How Nirvana Changed Rock

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38) The Workout Culture + n, D5 G7 D }. V& S& C/ N-Remember John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis in Perfect?

37) Video Games -The Road from Pinball

36) The Musical Film 4 A! u+ _% a; |/ m* t: \/ [-From the Golden Age of Hollywood to Moulin Rouge

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35) The Children＇s Book Serial . C4 k1 [, {' j* d-From Dr. Suess to Harry Potter

34) Cartoons (Print and Television) / j# _$ o0 i6 z4 q9 {3 _& J-What Is American Popular Culture without Snoopy in Our Newspapers or the Roadrunner on Saturday Morning?

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33) The Kid Show -From Sesame Street to Barney

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 " K# O/ Y5 H, j& }# k6 B-From The National Inquirer to USA Today

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28) The Space Obsession -From the First Man on the Moon to UFOs -From I Dream of Jeannie to The X Files

27) The Super Hero -From Comic Books to Feature Film

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26) The Western and the Cult of the Cowboy

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25) The Soap Opera

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24) Pop and Pulp Fiction Novels/Novelists

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23) Max Factor and Make-up

22) The Television Talk Show 9 f; ^' x; ?5 h/ E4 J-From Phil Donahue to Jerry Springer to Oprah

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21) The Pop Music Star(s) ' z/ m: b' `& p8 x-Who Could Ignore Madonna, Britney Spears, the Spice Girls, and the 4 o6 i4 `$ x% M, Q% t+ ~5 U% a/ VOmni-present Boy Bands like N Sync?

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20) The Explosion of Mass Advertising and Marketing -From Major Labels (Coke and Levis) to Infomercials to Shopping Channels to the Japanese Marketing Explosion (Hello Kitty, Pokemon) ( e' S1 o( o" u3 M8 Q-Remember Darren on Bewitched?

19) Disco (The 1970s) 5 R* Q/ B9 u5 _, Y4 ?-The Night Lifestyle -The Bee Gees -Cocaine ' T' _3 f* p6 V6 T* I# S-Studio 54

18) The Situation Comedy

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17) The Video Revolution (1970-2000)

16) The Nickelodeon Boom (1905-7)

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15) The Culture/Class/Race/Sex Revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s & v; E3 S( r, Z: r* D# c-Civil Rights Movement -Feminist Movement -War Protests \% c" p: r1 V0 e-Marijuana # d, O+ n8 U' e! N# u-Long Hair

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

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13) Big Band and Swing 2 e2 f2 Q2 @- t" ~+ U( u) X$ I-And the Crooners During That Time and Following…Bing Crosby, ; A% p& O) X6 r6 \# `. h' v" x7 fDean Martin, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra -And What about the Ladies? Kay Starr? Jo Stafford? Doris Day?

12) Fast-food Restaurants

11) Cable Television 4 M. q0 y) j% J5 F# \# W! k-The Channel Explosion of the 1990s -Satellite Dishes

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10) The Jazz Age -Jazz and Blues Influences on Music + l5 G5 {; E4 \' V% g: { F2 a-Speakeasies and Gin Joints and Mobs and Prohibition 1 u2 M# m1 w0 L9 p, F7 ~1 x$ L-F. Scott Fitzgerald and, of course, Zelda , a' v9 X% v. V7 L& u4 B3 F& k-The Harlem Renaissance

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9) The Development of "Hollywood" and the "Cult" of the "Star" 2 o. i( Q) S+ X9 F+ |-Starting with the Silent Film * ^% R0 _5 g0 n/ a8 f2 _-Polished Up in the Fifties with Figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn ' ]* K3 P+ T6 C) H: UMonroe

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8) The Love Affair with Cars -What about That Man Named Ford and His Assembly Line?

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7) The Proliferation of Professional Sports . r3 p: J$ I( `% ^-MLB, NBA, NFL, Wrestling, Nascar etc. & y: P# X \: B; n# o y8 \* k4 }-And Finally...Women＇s Professional Sports

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6) The Personal Computer and the Internet

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5) The Rise of Radio 5 t( F" @8 N5 l-From Serials to Live Music Shows to Rock / X$ \/ ~/ G5 K* [$ j+ l% y-DJs!

4) The Sexual Revolution -Mini Skirts -Helen Gurley Brown and Cosmopolitan -The Birth Control Pill 8 s4 h8 o+ D3 x5 K-Pornography (Especially Playboy and Hustler) 5 L, k. T# h# A$ L7 r-Boob Jobs -Strip Clubs

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3) Feature Length Films -Who Was That D. W. Griffeth Anyway?

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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) -Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly etc. * r0 y) }6 @0 k2 f: p3 @ F; i-1960s British Invasion (From the Beatles to the Rolling Stones) -The American Counter with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock etc.

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

1) The Invention of Television