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“not that I’m saying it’s traditional”
--the stigma against the “traditional” in British sitcoms
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My last visit to Germany.
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FADE IN:
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INT. CHANNEL HQ. DAY.
• SHAUN and ALAN, writers, are talking about the pilot they have just delivered to the COMEDY COMMISSIONER, a pleasant man.
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COMMISSIONER (genially)
We’re looking at all our pilots, and working out the balance - how many traditional sitcoms we want-
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The COMMISSIONER stops in his tracks and looks apologetically at SHAUN and ALAN.
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COMMISSIONER (urgently)
Not that I’m saying your sitcom is traditional.
(pause) Sorry.
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(1) Why did the genial commissioner
apologise for calling the sitcom
“traditional”?
Two questions.
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(2) And what’s with all the rabbits?
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A traditional British sitcom.
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The traditional British sitcom.
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An archetypal moment
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An archetypal moment
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Our take on this
…of which more later
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Our take on this
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What’s wrong with this?
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• farcical plots
What’s wrong with this?
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• farcical plots• unnatural dialogue
What’s wrong with this?
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• farcical plots• unnatural dialogue• demonstrative acting
What’s wrong with this?
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• farcical plots• unnatural dialogue• demonstrative acting• studio shoot
What’s wrong with this?
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• farcical plots• unnatural dialogue• demonstrative acting• studio shoot• cosiness
What’s wrong with this?
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(A word about darkness)
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(A word about darkness)
…and back to the list
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• farcical plots• unnatural dialogue• demonstrative acting• studio shoot• cosiness• audience laughter
What’s wrong with this?
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The magic formula:
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• nothing happens
The magic formula:
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• nothing happens• no jokes
The magic formula:
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• nothing happens• no jokes• mumbling
The magic formula:
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• nothing happens• no jokes• mumbling• hand-held
The magic formula:
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• nothing happens• no jokes• mumbling• hand-held• cruelty
The magic formula:
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• nothing happens• no jokes• mumbling• hand-held• cruelty • no audience
The magic formula:
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In other words…
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In other words…
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In other words…
real life
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In other words…
real lifeboring
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Real life isn’t funny
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Real life isn’t funny
80-90% of laughs follow:
•“I know.”•“I’ll see you guys later.”
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Why the stigma against being funny?
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Why the stigma against being funny?
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Why the stigma against being funny?
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The Origin Of The Species
•music hall•farce•radio
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Technology has changed the possibilities
•portable cameras•multiple channels•digital editing
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Technology has changed the possibilities
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Technology has changed the possibilities
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But it is not evolution
music radio traditional modern hall sitcom comedy
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Different styles
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Different clusters of styles
darknaturalistic
niche
multi-camera
hand-held
edgy
experimental
farcical
audiencelaughter
studio
warm
demonstrative
familiar
linear
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Pick the bits that fit
darknaturalistic
niche
multi-camera
hand-held
edgy
experimental
farcical
audiencelaughter
studio
warm
demonstrative
familiar
linear
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Pick the bits that fit
experimental
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Pick the bits that fit
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Crawford Park: the page
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Crawford Park: the stage
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Get the audience laughter right…
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Get the audience laughter right…
…and you don’thear it.
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Get the audience laughter right…
…and you don’thear it.
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Get the audience laughter right…
…and you don’thear it.
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Get the audience laughter right…
…and you don’thear it.
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Get the audience laughter right…
“A lot of people said that we didn't have a laughter track. We went through this bizarre ritual of saying: ‘But it did!’ And they would say: ‘No it didn't!’ And we'd say: ‘Well it did!’”--Armando Iannucci
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The fashion changed.
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The fashion changed.
Also out of fashion: PUNS.
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The fashion changed.
Also out of fashion: PUNS.
An example pun:
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The fashion changed.
Also out of fashion: PUNS.
An example pun:
Q: According to Freud, what comes between fear and sex?
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The fashion changed.
Also out of fashion: PUNS.
An example pun:
Q: According to Freud, what comes between fear and sex?
A: Fünf.
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The fashion changed.
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The fashion changed.
hymns hers
Mars Pa’s Bars Bars
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The fashion changed.
It will change again.
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The fashion changed.
It will change again.
But slowly.
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The fashion changed.
It will change again.
But slowly.
Why?
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Second guessing
writers
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
fashion
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
fashionproducers
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
fashionproducers
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
fashionproducers
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
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Second guessing
writers
audiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
schedulers
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Second guessing
writersaudiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
schedulers
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Second guessing
writersaudiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
schedulers
channelcontrollers
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Second guessing
writersaudiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
schedulers
channelcontrollers
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Second guessing
writersaudiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
schedulers
channelcontrollers
critics
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Second guessing
writersaudiences
fashionproducers
commissioning editors
schedulers
channelcontrollers
critics
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Who loses out?
audiences
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Who loses out?
audiences
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A writer wants:
AttentionMoneyLaughter
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A writer wants:
MoneyLaughterAttention
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A writer wants:
MoneyLAUGHTER FROM PEERSLAUGHTER FROM AUDIENCEAttention
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What makes your peers laugh…
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What makes your peers laugh…
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…is not what makes the audience laugh.
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…is not what makes the audience laugh.
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A neurobiologist has a formula:
((R x D + V) x F) + SA
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A neurobiologist has a formula:
((R x D + V) x F) + SA
where
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A neurobiologist has a formula:
((R x D + V) x F) + SA
whereR = recognisability of main character
D = delusions of grandeurV = verbal wit
F = no of times characters fall overS = difference in status between characters
A = success of characters’ stratagems
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A neurobiologist has a formula:
nonsense
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The range of sitcom is so broad…
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The range of sitcom is so broad…
…some don’t even have any jokes.
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The range of sitcom is so broad…
…some don’t even have any jokes.
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The range of sitcom is so broad…
…some don’t even have any jokes.
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The range of sitcom is so broad…
jokes
okay
Nighty Night
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The range of sitcom is so broad…
jokes
okay
Nighty Night
The ThickOf It
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The range of sitcom is so broad…
jokes
okay
Nighty Night
The ThickOf It
(down here is not okay)
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Jokes can be hidden…
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Jokes can be hidden…
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Playing with the timeline:
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Playing with the timeline:
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Playing with the timeline:
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Playing with the timeline:
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Playing with the timeline:
…when it’s right for the story.
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Mixing and matching:
•The Japanese businessman
•The long-suffering wife
•The sofa
•The dreadful dénouement
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Mixing and matching:
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Mixing and matching:
•Fulfill commissioners’ need to be “modern” &/or “edgy”
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Mixing and matching:
•Fulfill commissioners’ need to be “modern” &/or “edgy”
•Fit the budget
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Mixing and matching:
•Fulfill commissioners’ need to be “modern” &/or “edgy”
•Fit the budget
•Fit the tone
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Mixing and matching:
•Fulfill commissioners’ need to be “modern” &/or “edgy”
•Fit the budget
•Fit the tone
•Funny
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•Funny
IMPORTANT
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•Funny
IMPORTANTDanke Schön!
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SOURCES
•The Word Season 5 Episode ? [Channel Four, 1995]•"Wild Rabbit" photo by Joshua Davis [cc licence on Flickr]•Terry And June Season 3 Episode 3 [BBC1, 1981]•Father Ted Season 2 Episode 6 [Channel Four, 1996]•Respectable Season 1 Episodes 1& 6 [Five/Paramount, 2006]•Monkey Dust Season 3 Episode 1 [BBC3, 2005]•Laughter: A Scientific Investigation [Robert R. Provine, Faber, 2000]•Imagine: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Studio [BBC1, 2006]•"Drury Lane Theatre" engraving by Isaac Taylor [RCM Centre for Performance History, 88E2]•Fawlty Towers Season 1 Episode 5 [BBC1, 1975]•Extras Season 2 Episode 4 [BBC2, 2006]•Crawford Park pilot [Pozzitive Productions, 2007]•Heresy Show 4 [BBC Radio 4, 2004]•The Two Ronnies Series 8 [BBC1, 1971]•"Del Boy is top of the class, say sitcom scientists" [The Guardian, June 7, 2005]•The Thick Of It New Year Special [BBC4, 2007]•Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Popular Culture Is Making Us Smarter [Steven Johnson, Allen Lane, 2005]