You've written a sit-com?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:45, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

sort of
my friend and i are writing one. she's a tv producer, so has a fair few contacts. we've got one production company in NYC and one in london that want to see us, but now we're panicking that it's shit, so there's a lot of rewriting.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:48, Reply)

Ooo.
Is it lolwaki, or drizabone? Does it involve several young, dynamic 20-somethings misunderstanding each other's first world problems, with HILARIOUS consequences?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:51, Reply)

the problem is that it needs to be more lolwaki
it's fucking hard to be lolwaki.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:52, Reply)

have you thought about ironiclols, such as Monty Python references, Carry On, and Blackadder nods?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:54, Reply)

i think about nothing else
nobody expects fnar fnar queenie
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:56, Reply)

He's a very naughty boy!
lol!

I have a cunning plan!

lol!

Oo matron!

lol!

Why not turn it into a dark surrealist dystopian take on American society, paying particular attention to the increasing and unjustifiable gap between the rich and the poor, instead?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:00, Reply)

because "friends" has already been done

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:01, Reply)

You're no fun any more.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:03, Reply)

The problem is sitcoms are rarely funny.
Most seem to get commissioned on the strength of the 'sit' bit alone, then the same poor gags get recycled over and over.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:55, Reply)

oh get you mister blah blah blah I know everything about sitcoms fucking blah cunt

(Icky the bare bum firebobby oggglebogglehnnngagagawurrrr, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:58, Reply)

To be fair, aren't there only 7 types of joke or something?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:58, Reply)

the biggest problem is that it has to come from action/plot rather than dialogue
it's easy to write funny dialogue. plotting something that has A, B and C structures in just 24 mins is HARD. also i think the traditional models are a bit outdated now; there's a lot more of these comedy/drama hybrids around, and love them or hate them, they are v successful. but if you were pitching one, you'd really struggle, as it doesn't fit into anyone's niche.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:58, Reply)

blah fuckin blah, shut the fuck up about it now, no one cares

(Icky the bare bum firebobby oggglebogglehnnngagagawurrrr, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:59, Reply)

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( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:00, Reply)

Man is shaving. Opens mirrored bathroom cabinet to get something out, closes it ...
KENNETH WILLIAMS IS BEHIND HIM!
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:02, Reply)

Kenneth WIlliams and man share flat together....
with unfortunate results. For the man. Kenneth gets EXACTLY what he was after.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:04, Reply)

A corpse in the mirror is more horror than comedy

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:33, Reply)

ok then, write something funny here if it's so easy
go on

make us all laugh
(Icky the bare bum firebobby oggglebogglehnnngagagawurrrr, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 15:04, Reply)

I can reassure you that it really is shit

(Icky the bare bum firebobby oggglebogglehnnngagagawurrrr, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:51, Reply)

xxxxx

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 14 Aug 2013, 14:52, Reply)