tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5385794178682437299..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Your punch lines, my feebackBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1499808752970054362008-08-09T10:47:00.000-07:002008-08-09T10:47:00.000-07:00Great list!You can watch southpark here for free h...Great list!<BR/><BR/>You can watch southpark here for free http://www.southparkstudios.com<BR/><BR/>CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65290416620604835972007-09-27T04:50:00.000-07:002007-09-27T04:50:00.000-07:00Thanks for all that. It was good fun. I'm tickled ...Thanks for all that. It was good fun. I'm tickled pink my prosthetic leg joke caught you by surprise. <BR/><BR/>The teleseminar sounds hard to attend as I'm not US based but I do have one or two dumb questions. Can I sign up anyway and send them in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34081841776838013942007-09-25T19:06:00.000-07:002007-09-25T19:06:00.000-07:00This just in.... Helen Mirren has clinched the Ame...This just in.... Helen Mirren has clinched the American League West. <BR/><BR/>I refrained from writing one because my mind completely froze. I wanted to brilliant, and the only line I could think of was one for Peter Griffin.<BR/><BR/>"Holy crap! Where the hell am I."<BR/><BR/>That could explain why I work for an insurance company.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55511876701516486602007-09-25T16:23:00.000-07:002007-09-25T16:23:00.000-07:00Next time, how about using shows I watch: People's...Next time, how about using shows I watch: People's Court, Cops, Jeopardy!, and Eucharist For Shutins?Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3141444491921191282007-09-25T16:12:00.000-07:002007-09-25T16:12:00.000-07:00Thanks a lot for the exercise and the great feedba...Thanks a lot for the exercise and the great feedback.Bienvenidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12153295393088094177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6527089298948362622007-09-25T16:10:00.000-07:002007-09-25T16:10:00.000-07:00thanks, ken! this was a great exercise. thanks for...thanks, ken! this was a great exercise. thanks for giving us guidance and insight, as always. (thanks too for singling out my "tequila/star trek" earl line, and my "whorish wake-up call" liz line.) fun stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83246608557627967722007-09-25T12:59:00.000-07:002007-09-25T12:59:00.000-07:00Yeah this was fun, Ken. I'd love to do it again.Yeah this was fun, Ken. I'd love to do it again.sbehnkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14080548799414752981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44178728324780148272007-09-25T12:25:00.000-07:002007-09-25T12:25:00.000-07:00That was a good time. I'd definitely do it again. ...That was a good time. I'd definitely do it again. Thanks Ken!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69169319238341040052007-09-25T11:43:00.000-07:002007-09-25T11:43:00.000-07:00Thanks so much for doing this Ken. This was a lot...Thanks so much for doing this Ken. This was a lot of fun.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447739612072333635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28454930851433612072007-09-25T11:17:00.000-07:002007-09-25T11:17:00.000-07:00Interesting about the"room jokes" I'll be a man a...Interesting about the"room jokes" I'll be a man and take the hit (I submitted the "room joke" for 30 Rock about the Emmy. In writing it I knew that it totally broke Liz's character but thought it had some merit. But I definitely see what you mean about jokes only funny in the writer's room. I saw the post at the last minute and wanted to put in something, and just couldn't get the juices flowing for a well thought out punchline. Thanks for the feedback though, Ken. Much appreciated.Bradford Omanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089155455138163508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6593096353523752082007-09-25T10:29:00.000-07:002007-09-25T10:29:00.000-07:00Ken, I've no idea how this seminar thing would wor...Ken, I've no idea how this seminar thing would work, but is it possible you could offer it as an mp3 download after the event? Not being in the US I can't really phone in, but I'd love to hear your comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31476284752383445672007-09-25T06:45:00.000-07:002007-09-25T06:45:00.000-07:00"It took the South Park team three weeks instead o..."It took the South Park team three weeks instead of the regular one week to do that episode because they were inexperienced in the process. The budget this way must have increased to about three times of that of the normal episode."<BR/><BR/>Well, thank god they won the Emmy.<BR/><BR/>-NikkiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79322762359409505672007-09-25T06:24:00.000-07:002007-09-25T06:24:00.000-07:00Sure they do. There's a difference between animati...Sure they do. There's a difference between animating Peter himself just talking in front of a wall with a plant on a small table next to him (you most likely will only have to animate his mouth and maybe hands) and the opening sequence of "Blue Harvest" (the Star Wars Spoof from last Sunday).<BR/><BR/>There's always a difference when you employ different kinds of animation. You can read up on the "Make Love Not Warcraft" episode South Park did as the opening of the second part of season 10 last year. They use machinima (which means computer models based on a gaming engine I think, in this case the World of Warcraft game engine but it kind of is misleading because nowadays south park itself is created in Maya which is a 3D modeling computer-program).<BR/><BR/>It took the South Park team three weeks instead of the regular one week to do that episode because they were inexperienced in the process. The budget this way must have increased to about three times of that of the normal episode.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936042470523695383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60000451067988779962007-09-25T05:45:00.000-07:002007-09-25T05:45:00.000-07:00ken....I was wondering about budget in all of this...ken....I was wondering about budget in all of this. In the Family Guy joke room do the producers ever say "Sure, that's funny...but it'll cost too much or take too long to create the images" ???"The Book of Don"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16018703743469634410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90589355691464477552007-09-25T03:12:00.000-07:002007-09-25T03:12:00.000-07:00I liked this review :-) I get the feeling that thi...I liked this review :-) I get the feeling that this is how The Sitcom Room is like and it's pretty motivating because you always tell the reader what to avoid and pick the lines you liked without naming the people who wrote them - they know they did but all the others who didn't get mentioned don't feel as if they did something wrong :-)<BR/><BR/>I know I'm not a comedy writer but the past two days I felt like one. Sweet :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936042470523695383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71483862432959414142007-09-24T22:37:00.000-07:002007-09-24T22:37:00.000-07:00Ken,That WAS fun to read. Such a smörgåsbord of th...Ken,<BR/>That WAS fun to read. Such a smörgåsbord of the swell and the swill. I think it's strange how some lines read so differently the next day, which makes me wonder how much editing goes into a script once the first draft is completed in the writers' room? Additionally, I can see how the room would give you some useful instant feedback, rather than having to wait for notes or reader comments. I think a great prize would be an autographed page from a shooting script--and it would only cost you an envelope and a postage stamp to get it to the winner. Wait, that should be the prize for the losers, so send mine immediately, please. Ha!Richard Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094016831874148306noreply@blogger.com