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The Fifty Most Important Phenomena in ! A9 I- }; j/ `; ~ @4 o" VTwentieth Century American Popular Culture History

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50) Camping Culture 3 N* ^" r: E1 r3 {. D, {-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

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48) Youth and Extreme Sports 3 _ H! y6 M9 U" k7 B: a# I-From Skateboarding to Snowboarding

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47) Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Pop Art 3 z' w c7 U/ @4 P5 R# \, p-Even the Desert Arts Communities Popularized by Georgia O＇Keefe

46) The Mall / z( V* \/ `$ B0 W$ {: @-And What about the Department Store?

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

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

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43) CDs

42) American International and Teen Pics

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41) Surf Culture -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 ( b7 A. j4 `% ^* g# \& \-How Nirvana Changed Rock

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

37) Video Games & x3 W0 J1 r+ [7 u% X8 E! I-The Road from Pinball

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

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35) The Children＇s Book Serial -From Dr. Suess to Harry Potter

34) Cartoons (Print and Television) 4 h* q" {0 K, o) N3 R# ?-What Is American Popular Culture without Snoopy in Our Newspapers or the Roadrunner on Saturday Morning?

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33) The Kid Show ' f. [1 v4 B/ j- T- z6 p-From Sesame Street to Barney

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32) MTV and the Music Video

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31) The College Sports Phenomenon -Especially Saturday Football!

30) Disney

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29) National Tabloids （小报）and Newspapers 6 ^2 z: g+ ~6 @7 s7 j-From The National Inquirer to USA Today

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 ' p$ z7 d1 W. G- X-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

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 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 Channels to the Japanese Marketing Explosion (Hello Kitty, Pokemon) -Remember Darren on Bewitched?

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19) Disco (The 1970s) -The Night Lifestyle 5 c8 y3 ~4 H% }6 y-The Bee Gees -Cocaine 4 o7 i$ L& P) ^. G( r" u! |. O& \-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)

15) The Culture/Class/Race/Sex Revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s 2 t& g8 ?# T7 U) D2 V+ L-Civil Rights Movement -Feminist Movement 6 K) v) Y2 Q5 x7 J* u+ E8 n4 X8 D-War Protests -Marijuana -Long Hair

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

13) Big Band and Swing 4 v6 {0 [, e- H! M: y-And the Crooners During That Time and Following…Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra ' I* S$ Q3 q# X \5 k- ~( |-And What about the Ladies? Kay Starr? Jo Stafford? Doris Day?

12) Fast-food Restaurants

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11) Cable Television -The Channel Explosion of the 1990s -Satellite Dishes

10) The Jazz Age -Jazz and Blues Influences on Music ; ], y g9 E7 x, k-Speakeasies and Gin Joints and Mobs and Prohibition -F. Scott Fitzgerald and, of course, Zelda , F; o# ?) T+ M, f! B+ b-The Harlem Renaissance

9) The Development of "Hollywood" and the "Cult" of the "Star" -Starting with the Silent Film & `; W# Z# i) D-Polished Up in the Fifties with Figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn 9 o# l3 H( U7 ^+ }Monroe

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

7) The Proliferation of Professional Sports |0 ? T1 |: I: k& }-MLB, NBA, NFL, Wrestling, Nascar etc. " o( B' t, J0 v0 |) `2 U/ K/ o-And Finally...Women＇s Professional Sports

6) The Personal Computer and the Internet

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5) The Rise of Radio & m# Q- [! p- m5 Y" E' s-From Serials to Live Music Shows to Rock % M( k4 `- F( i% \- ^ N* F/ e-DJs!

4) The Sexual Revolution & p5 z# O- W% x6 N6 ~- I V-Mini Skirts 2 y. @2 B# \% n8 Q x) F3 M2 F-Helen Gurley Brown and Cosmopolitan -The Birth Control Pill -Pornography (Especially Playboy and Hustler) -Boob Jobs + o+ [' }$ Z1 C7 v7 w0 b-Strip Clubs

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3) Feature Length Films 6 y' A% _1 r. b# q# W0 F. `-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) - J+ h- {3 V/ j& G3 h-Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly etc. ! ^7 {: s0 r/ J5 C, K-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)...

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1) The Invention of Television