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Martin
Who Killed The Laugh Track?
youtube.comThe evolution of laughter and how TV, audience immersion, and shifting cultural norms have reshaped TV comedy.
The Rise of Prestige TV Impacted Comedy: (00:17:21) Prestige TV, starting with shows like The Sopranos, shifted the perception of television, allowing comedy to be more than just funny, incorporating elements of sadness, sincerity, darkness, and drama.
Laugh Tracks Can Hinder Immersion: (00:20:26) The presence of a studio audience or laugh track can act as a barrier to the suspension of disbelief, preventing viewers from becoming fully immersed in the story or characters, especially during serious or emotional moments.
Audience as a Character: (00:27:01) In live comedy, the audience and their laughter function as a character, influencing the timing and delivery of jokes.
Dramatic Irony and Audience Anticipation: (00:27:23) The concept of dramatic irony, where the audience knows more than the characters, enhances comedic impact. Similarly, in sketch comedy, predictable patterns allow the audience to anticipate jokes, making them funnier.
Limitations of Current Comedy Styles: (00:31:48) The transcript touches on the limitations of current comedy styles, such as the expense of sketch shows and the potential for "cringe comedy" to become repetitive.
Fresh and new can still appear when you make your mark on what’s already there.
Reinterpret, reignite, reframe.
Random and
June 04, 2025
Jacob Collier Full Masterclass - Mexico City, 11th April 2024
youtube.com“I know about the forces on my terms. The best I can do is just to say this is the best painting I can imagine that is making this song shine, and I discover how it feels as I'm painting it. And that's the thing that will eventually transmit. But it's kind of outside my control—I can't necessarily design what I want to say or what I like. I have to just let it come out and then we all learn what it was like.”
Sand painting, Tamsin Haggis (Art Pilgrim)
“Perfection is impossible. In the 1526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. Now, I have a question for you.
What percentage of points do you think I won in those matches? Only 54%.
In other words, even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on ... See more
What percentage of points do you think I won in those matches? Only 54%.
In other words, even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on ... See more
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
It turned out that it wasn’t about ‘knowing what to do’2, but something else, something intrinsically unnameable, fundamentally untrackable. I knew that I hadn’t made the shift happen, other than by showing up, day after day, and trying to open to the whole weird mess of feeling and desire, experience, instinct and memory.
How long does an idea take to birth?
Creativity just happens, even when meticulously planned and executed. Letting go of the process is sometimes the best way to control the situation.
An idea to introduce the accessibility of art to peeps.
Beth Spencer’s original “Created with Human Intelligence” badge.
The “golden pitch,” as she describes it, consists of a basic formula: brief greeting, introduction, story idea description, proof of credibility, a brief explanation of why the story should be published now, and the “ask:” Are you interested in commissioning the story and when would you like me to file?
“A pitch must be timely, have a unique angle,... See more
“A pitch must be timely, have a unique angle,... See more
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Natasha Tynes on pitching