* Love the Monty Python story-and didn't they (as I think most comedy writers say) that they basically just kept stuff in that made them laugh?
The rule was that they ALL had to laugh. There's other great stories. For example, Eric Idle's famous "nudge nudge" man was originally written for another show in which he didn't perform, but no one got it, because it's all about the delivery. And all the animation Gilliam did was basically him frantically pulling stuff out of his picture files and slapping it in front of a camera.
I haven't been able to catch 30 Rock all the time, from what I've seen, they know at least how to portray comedy writers. There are other good models out there--The Dick Van Dyke Show and My Favorite Year come to mind. Both were based on the experiences of writing for the Sid Caesar show (on which Neil Simon and Woody Allen got their start as writers).
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Date: 2006-11-15 06:36 am (UTC)The rule was that they ALL had to laugh. There's other great stories. For example, Eric Idle's famous "nudge nudge" man was originally written for another show in which he didn't perform, but no one got it, because it's all about the delivery. And all the animation Gilliam did was basically him frantically pulling stuff out of his picture files and slapping it in front of a camera.
I haven't been able to catch 30 Rock all the time, from what I've seen, they know at least how to portray comedy writers. There are other good models out there--The Dick Van Dyke Show and My Favorite Year come to mind. Both were based on the experiences of writing for the Sid Caesar show (on which Neil Simon and Woody Allen got their start as writers).