"Something I can ignore" is what keeps the major networks in business! If people don't instinctively believe that almost a third of a standard broadcast hour is now commercials rather than content then it's probably because there's very little engagement difference between the two.
Just trying to imagine the thinking that went into this piece. Wow. Would love to know the idea came about and how she constructed the work. Damn brilliant.
My kids are teenagers, and they love Frasier. I turned them onto it. They even feel a little sad that so many of their friends have never heard of Frasier. I'm a proud dad.
These are great. I want to call out the webcomic XKCD - it does this sort of extremely-detailed thing on a regular basis. Strangely, today is an example, with "Calendar Facts". Make sure to hover your mouse over the picture; there's more text there.
This gives me hope for the new cartoon editor (a different, younger, filter for the same cartoonists).
Jabroniville and Gary scooped me: The cartoonist faces a hazard that was not in play twenty years ago - try an image search for Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell. Cute enough but holds no candle to Gilpin and Leeves.
1. If it's not that funny, or mostly not at all funny, then it's more than likely a poor sitcom.
2. If it uses canned laughter after every second line then, if it's not a poor sitcom already, it's probably on it's way to being so. BTW laughter tracks can be intensely irritating to viewers mostly especially when the lines are frequently not even slightly funny. Adding a canned laughter track does not make it funny.
There have been numerous poor and barely mediocre sitcoms out of Hollywood over the decades.
(PS. Mr Levine, your Podcasts are terrific. Got a big laugh out of Episode 21 (Crazy People I've Hired....). Just so well done.)
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"Something I can ignore" is what keeps the major networks in business! If people don't instinctively believe that almost a third of a standard broadcast hour is now commercials rather than content then it's probably because there's very little engagement difference between the two.
Just trying to imagine the thinking that went into this piece. Wow. Would love to know the idea came about and how she constructed the work. Damn brilliant.
Hilarious! But how many people can watch Frasier and think that Daphne is not more attractive than they are?
My kids are teenagers, and they love Frasier. I turned them onto it. They even feel a little sad that so many of their friends have never heard of Frasier. I'm a proud dad.
Best sitcom ever!
I'd have to mark the "funny enough I pee a little and don't tell anyone" box! And Netflix should totally work like this.
I would like to see something with 3 or more dogs, and lots of murder. What are my choices?
These are great. I want to call out the webcomic XKCD - it does this sort of extremely-detailed thing on a regular basis. Strangely, today is an example, with "Calendar Facts". Make sure to hover your mouse over the picture; there's more text there.
https://www.xkcd.com/
when I was in 7th grade (around 1998) my favorite show was Frasier. I would get so many damn cock-eyed looks in class when I dropped quotes
Thought of you: This live “A Christmas Story” is the worst thing that has ever been on TV, and I’m including “After M.A.S.H”
"No one more attractive than me"?
As someone who drools over Peri Gilpin the way you do over Natalie Wood, Ken, I'd like to see who drew this!
ha! This is great.
(and xkcd is awesome, up-there-fellow-commenter, I quite agree!)
This gives me hope for the new cartoon editor (a different, younger, filter for the same cartoonists).
Jabroniville and Gary scooped me: The cartoonist faces a hazard that was not in play twenty years ago - try an image search for Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell. Cute enough but holds no candle to Gilpin and Leeves.
Keep it simple.
1. If it's not that funny, or mostly not at all funny, then it's more than likely a poor sitcom.
2. If it uses canned laughter after every second line then, if it's not a poor sitcom already, it's probably on it's way to being so. BTW laughter tracks can be intensely irritating to viewers mostly especially when the lines are frequently not even slightly funny. Adding a canned laughter track does not make it funny.
There have been numerous poor and barely mediocre sitcoms out of Hollywood over the decades.
(PS. Mr Levine, your Podcasts are terrific. Got a big laugh out of Episode 21 (Crazy People I've Hired....). Just so well done.)
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