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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 7 E8 ~ \- V0 y) |# x( O( `-From Hotel del Coronado to Key West to South Beach to Hawaii

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48) Youth and Extreme Sports 1 t- B3 U( z [/ Z8 B-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 3 K' `7 C" a9 O$ E& v-And What about the Department Store?

45) Self-Alterations 5 i; q* S3 h7 N+ R) ?3 ]% ~-From Tattoos (纹身）to Piercings to Plastic Surgery

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

43) CDs

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42) American International and Teen Pics

41) Surf Culture - X6 @5 @( y/ }. D. C) Q: _. X r. ~# j-From the Beach Boys to Annette

40) Film Noir 具有悲观(或宿命论)色彩的影片

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39) The Seattle Sound ; ?& U5 ^2 |# x9 w+ g. z3 f( t9 n-How Nirvana Changed Rock

38) The Workout Culture % U ~0 _$ d+ L- y& f. } t! H-Remember John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis in Perfect?

37) Video Games -The Road from Pinball

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36) The Musical Film -From the Golden Age of Hollywood to Moulin Rouge

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35) The Children＇s Book Serial 9 B- q5 @! h& F* x# J-From Dr. Suess to Harry Potter

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34) Cartoons (Print and Television) $ _/ S/ l0 N$ }-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

32) MTV and the Music Video

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31) The College Sports Phenomenon -Especially Saturday Football!

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30) Disney

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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 o4 }: D( H' {( J- B-From I Dream of Jeannie to The X Files

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

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

21) The Pop Music Star(s) -Who Could Ignore Madonna, Britney Spears, the Spice Girls, and the - h% R1 O) Y7 r! ?, ^5 X" @& r, JOmni-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 Z0 Y& V6 O( ~2 u& C! E. rChannels to the Japanese Marketing Explosion (Hello Kitty, Pokemon) -Remember Darren on Bewitched?

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19) Disco (The 1970s) -The Night Lifestyle -The Bee Gees 2 Y& T1 T$ a* E-Cocaine -Studio 54

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18) The Situation Comedy

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17) The Video Revolution (1970-2000)

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16) The Nickelodeon Boom (1905-7)

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15) The Culture/Class/Race/Sex Revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s -Civil Rights Movement -Feminist Movement ! Z3 C- t( n/ L' c+ x: C8 n1 @( q8 `-War Protests 9 |% V8 s$ @* _% K9 q4 {2 I, y-Marijuana -Long Hair

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 k: x9 {8 F w" Y-And What about the Ladies? Kay Starr? Jo Stafford? Doris Day?

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12) Fast-food Restaurants

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11) Cable Television . A1 q4 M# m7 L0 D- p0 W-The Channel Explosion of the 1990s ' Q$ P( L4 R* z( w-Satellite Dishes

10) The Jazz Age 1 r- G; ?3 |9 N-Jazz and Blues Influences on Music -Speakeasies and Gin Joints and Mobs and Prohibition % K# {8 @8 K9 v5 z-F. Scott Fitzgerald and, of course, Zelda 3 u l" r) ]9 B" z4 Y& J-The Harlem Renaissance

9) The Development of "Hollywood" and the "Cult" of the "Star" -Starting with the Silent Film p* z; G9 x) X& p, {-Polished Up in the Fifties with Figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn 9 q. ]# s0 ~1 ]" m: @2 ]6 N8 e1 pMonroe

8) The Love Affair with Cars 5 m, @) s+ F; p) i- P-What about That Man Named Ford and His Assembly Line?

7) The Proliferation of Professional Sports * B q/ f7 B. \. G1 T7 o-MLB, NBA, NFL, Wrestling, Nascar etc. - C2 U' Z$ Y2 Y& H' i-And Finally...Women＇s Professional Sports

6) The Personal Computer and the Internet

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5) The Rise of Radio -From Serials to Live Music Shows to Rock + P% u7 b/ @) P: _6 y-DJs!

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4) The Sexual Revolution $ ~+ X* k5 B7 a8 n* c-Mini Skirts -Helen Gurley Brown and Cosmopolitan -The Birth Control Pill " g; T7 O# z9 r6 a/ f; o-Pornography (Especially Playboy and Hustler) % f+ D' P! ?- S1 R) V-Boob Jobs -Strip Clubs

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

2) The Advent of Rock and Roll 8 ?' Y O9 w% z, b# p: `4 |-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. , S# g M, q5 h-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