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The Fifty Most Important Phenomena in 3 B4 {! D: Y+ R# D1 j4 K3 m2 _Twentieth Century American Popular Culture History

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50) Camping Culture - [9 Z! j$ ?8 ^3 L-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 -From Skateboarding to Snowboarding

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

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

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

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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) |. N$ u4 r9 c0 U-How Nirvana Changed Rock

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

37) Video Games -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

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34) Cartoons (Print and Television) 4 S/ _; M; z0 d# A/ c-What Is American Popular Culture without Snoopy in Our Newspapers or the Roadrunner on Saturday Morning?

33) The Kid Show 3 y# X" M* ?/ ?& n/ R! G-From Sesame Street to Barney

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 -From The National Inquirer to USA Today

28) The Space Obsession . P/ R% h7 g# K- y3 u-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

26) The Western and the Cult of the Cowboy

25) The Soap Opera

24) Pop and Pulp Fiction Novels/Novelists

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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) 6 ?1 \1 R; t, a$ B-Who Could Ignore Madonna, Britney Spears, the Spice Girls, and the * e+ d/ q7 y2 \ k0 C. |Omni-present Boy Bands like N Sync?

20) The Explosion of Mass Advertising and Marketing , \% c" _' w }-From Major Labels (Coke and Levis) to Infomercials to Shopping 3 Q7 x) s6 b4 m7 k3 M6 l T1 tChannels to the Japanese Marketing Explosion (Hello Kitty, Pokemon) U5 S6 h; [: y-Remember Darren on Bewitched?

19) Disco (The 1970s) 8 f5 r6 B& j' `# d: Z! x$ m; w3 U+ P-The Night Lifestyle -The Bee Gees -Cocaine 8 H8 {! z& r" _5 Y! p$ n-Studio 54

18) The Situation Comedy

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17) The Video Revolution (1970-2000)

16) The Nickelodeon Boom (1905-7)

15) The Culture/Class/Race/Sex Revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s . @; t! S9 g8 S) h& w' l* |2 A-Civil Rights Movement -Feminist Movement -War Protests -Marijuana -Long Hair

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

13) Big Band and Swing -And the Crooners During That Time and Following…Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra -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 -Satellite Dishes

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10) The Jazz Age -Jazz and Blues Influences on Music % H, y; p E1 c6 J: S7 p5 U- e+ B-Speakeasies and Gin Joints and Mobs and Prohibition -F. Scott Fitzgerald and, of course, Zelda ; H* J2 [3 M: y/ A7 b; {% }-The Harlem Renaissance

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9) The Development of "Hollywood" and the "Cult" of the "Star" -Starting with the Silent Film -Polished Up in the Fifties with Figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe

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

7) The Proliferation of Professional Sports 1 R2 u; [) j$ y# f# r-MLB, NBA, NFL, Wrestling, Nascar etc. ) t, ^$ h! F, x4 r& C-And Finally...Women＇s Professional Sports

6) The Personal Computer and the Internet

5) The Rise of Radio 5 _. l% Q; V5 z: E7 U+ N-From Serials to Live Music Shows to Rock ! R% Q5 u3 W# m9 U% s" P-DJs!

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4) The Sexual Revolution -Mini Skirts -Helen Gurley Brown and Cosmopolitan ' B: I( B: H6 V* T. r8 m-The Birth Control Pill o: t' I {: P0 p; m, @-Pornography (Especially Playboy and Hustler) -Boob Jobs -Strip Clubs

3) Feature Length Films . O7 P) `* J% N& e1 [-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) -Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly etc. # h5 R6 x$ R* E2 O: p/ {: {% E4 \5 u& _-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 , Y- n2 S y% H9 I+ o6 b: I