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  • #241
    Originally posted by OzzyKP
    Sorry I missed ya AH. Deity and Raz kept me up late Sat. night. Too exhausted to make the haul down to Dupont. Not the best excuse, but I'm sticking to it.
    no problem
    Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

    Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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    • #242
      yeah aH too busy partying to miss ya ozzy LOL
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      • #243
        Originally posted by Hydey


        I wouldn't
        Trust me. You would in preference to writing American sitcoms.
        " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
        "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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        • #244
          aww gee finbar cant even you improve them
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          • #245
            hmmm, $10,000 a week to write US sitcoms versus cultural purity.
            Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

            Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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            • #246
              $10,000 a week and brain damage. The pressure within that system is mindboggling. Scripts can be completely rewritten two or three times between the first readthrough and taping five days later. The rewriting is done overnight. The constant, ongoing demand is to produce funny material under the direst circumstances. That's why, if you watch the credits on a show like "The Simpsons", you'll notice completely new Writer/Producer names every season. That's why they're paid so much - they burn out. That's why there are so many on-screen Producer credits at the start of American sitcoms, they're all mainly the writers who do all the rewriting. And if anything ever goes wrong, who gets shafted first? And if the star has a tantrum, who gets shafted? And if you get shafted, there are at least 3000 other aspiring types desperate for your job. There are 4000+ fully professional TV writers in LA alone, about 2500 on the East Coast. In this country, there are maybe 75 fully professional TV writers, and about half that number whom you can rely on to produce the goods.

              Case closed.
              " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
              "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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              • #247
                hmm no wonder aussie sitcoms so boring then, they ran out of ideas, need more writers... maybe those american ones should come here
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                • #248
                  brilliant!
                  Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                  Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                  • #249
                    The problem with sitcom writing in this country is that there's no history or culture of it. Added to which, there is absolutely no money invested in trying to develop same. Any sitcoms attempted here are expected to be developed in 3 weeks and written in 10 days. Added to which, our humour is entirely different from that of the Americans, so it's arguable that trying to write sitcoms - as the Americans have defined them - is a futile exercise anyway. Our strength is in the style of people like John Clarke, who did "The Games", et al.
                    " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                    "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                    • #250
                      yes the aussie sitcons like kingswood country and hey dad need to answer for a lot
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                      • #251
                        Have you ever considered a career as a talkback radio caller?
                        Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                        Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                        • #252
                          finbar the talkback caller!!!!!
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                          • #253
                            no, you
                            Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                            Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                            • #254
                              I might or might not be around tonight. We have a wedding to attend. Depends what time it wraps up. By which I mean the reception. I expect the marriage to wrap up within about six months.
                              " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                              "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                              • #255
                                Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                                Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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