The difficulty of breaking into TV comedy. Page 3

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 12, 2008, 5:29 PM

But I've heard of first hand accounts of ethnic minorty acts having to leave gigs after facing racial abuse. It doesn't happen very often and they can have great careers, but you can see why it might deter some people from carrying on.

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I reckon that as long as there's alcohol at comedy events, there'll be abuse, racial or otherwise. But comics would never allow alcohol to be taken from the audience 'cos if they weren't half-pissed, most modern acts would struggle to get a single laugh.

Sober stand-up. There's a (probably terrible) theme night in that.

Quote: Hennell @ March 12, 2008, 8:27 PM

Sober stand-up. There's a (probably terrible) theme night in that.

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People laugh less sober... It's a terrible fact.

I laugh all to frequently and can't remember the last time I had a drink...

Quote: Paul W @ March 12, 2008, 6:27 PM

It is a bad situation, I would ask you not to give up though, if you make it you won't meet tossers like that (unless you get interviewed by Jonathan Ross).

I guess I've been lucky, I of course have met tossers (fortunately not too much on stage) but I have sat with terrible hecklers and have felt like saying something rather than watching the comic die on his arse. Guess it has to happen to everyone though.

And if you're ever in the midlands, I'll give you a lift home from a gig

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I'll hold you to that lift

To be honest I haven't been heckled (yet). I've never been abused or harassed on stage - only on the street and on public transport. The bloke who tried to attack me many years ago came off worse . But the experience has made me realise it's not safe late at night.

I don't even want a career in stand-up, but I know it's good experience for a comedy writer/performer trying to breakthrough.

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Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 13, 2008, 9:39 AM

I'll hold you to that lift

To be honest I haven't been heckled (yet). I've never been abused or harassed on stage - only on the street and on public transport. The bloke who tried to attack me many years ago came off worse . But the experience has made me realise it's not safe late at night.

I don't even want a career in stand-up, but I know it's good experience for a comedy writer/performer trying to breakthrough.

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I'm kind of the same, I don't have the time to gig as much as I want and I have been on stage a fair few times (stand up and speeches ect ect) and all thought I can bring myself across in a confident manner, I never feel comfortable on stage.

I'm one of the producers of Every 1's a critic and we're looking for scripts for our run at London's Arts Theatre.

We had a meeting with the Theatre last night and we thrashed out a new starting time of Sept 24th, so we will be actively looking for sitcom scripts up to our revised deadline of July 15th.

I'm posting to something called 'The difficultly of breaking into TV comedy' because I believe we offer a way in. Last year's winner is in discussions with Geoff Posner right now.

We've had website problems so you may have tried to access it and failed. Sorry about that.

This link works and will tell you a lot more about the kind of sitcom scripts we're looking for:

http://web.mac.com/marmalade49/Every1sacritic/Guidelines_for_Writers.html

Simon Wright
for
Every 1's a critic

Thanks very much for coming on and posting that Simon.