Jo Coppola was a prominent 1950s columnist and television critic for Newsday and the New York Post.
In 1959 she wrote the script for the short film Summer of Decision, a 30 min long film produced by the Council on Social Work Education, directed by William A. Graham and starring Suzanne Pleshette, Kevin McCarthy and Nicholas Pryor.
Comedy is dying today because criticism is on its deathbed ... because telecasters, frightened by the threats and pressure of sponsors, blacklists and viewers, helped introduce conformity to this age...
[5]"Please be assured...of our continued efforts to avoid giving offense to any segment of our viewing public."
A comedian, for instance, could satirize war only if he didn't offend nuclear scientists, the Army, the Navy, the Marines, the State Department, certain businessmen and our veterans... true comedy... must induce self-laughter, which is nothing but mature criticism.