It's OSD....Obsessive Sitcom Disorder. I suffer from it myself, continually laughing at my own jokes. I think it must be the early signs of madness
Obsession with Reading out Sitcoms? Page 3
people love sitcoms.
people think they can write.
people think they can write a brilliant sitcom.
loads of people write sitcoms.
I must say the cock a leekie soup from my work canteen today is really top-notch.
Quote: Trabs @ June 18 2010, 12:32 PM BSTpeople love sitcoms.
people think they can write.
people think they can write a brilliant sitcom.
loads of people write sitcoms.
I must say the cock a leekie soup from my work canteen today is really top-notch.
This may be the most insightful thing anyone has ever said on this forum. The bit about the soup anyway.
In recent years the BBC have subjected early drafts of pilot sitcoms to rehearsed readings in front of invited audiences of BBC executives, their friends, friends of the cast etc. The process allows writers to see what's not working at an early stage, and (the argument goes) will force us to go away and improve the script. It's also a hell of a lot cheaper than making a pilot, and gives executives another reason for saying 'maybe' instead of 'no'. It's helpful, and it keeps your hopes up that little bit longer, but it isn't obsessive.
What's also happened in recent years is that a number of companies have emerged with the aim of showcasing new sitcom writing - The Sitcom Trials, Sitcommission, and Saturday Sitcom, the latter of which involves actors performing with scripts. All of these developments can only be good for the aspiring sitcom writer. Gropwing in popularity, for sure, not yet quite enough of a craze to warrant the definition 'obsessive'.
I wasn't actually thinking about that, Anorak. I was thinking of groups who you would normally send sketches to wanting sitcoms (or should that be sitcom pilots?) Ones that probably won't become actual sitcoms...
Quote: Tim Azure @ June 18 2010, 6:58 PM BSTI wasn't actually thinking about that, Anorak. I was thinking of groups who you would normally send sketches to wanting sitcoms (or should that be sitcom pilots?) Ones that probably won't become actual sitcoms...
Have you had a bad experience with one?
Is that what this is all about? 
Surely it's always about trying to create the best work? Perhaps as a writer you need to have a good sitcom, but also you need to have good sketches, good radio plays, good screenplays, and so on.
It just seems unfairly balanced to reading out sitcoms...
Quote: Tim Azure @ June 18 2010, 11:17 PM BSTSurely it's always about trying to create the best work? Perhaps as a writer you need to have a good sitcom, but also you need to have good sketches, good radio plays, good screenplays, and so on.
It just seems unfairly balanced to reading out sitcoms...
Have a think about it and see if you can work out why it is.
I've still got no f**king clue what reading out sitcoms is.
I guess I never will.
Quote: zooo @ June 18 2010, 11:26 PM BSTI've still got no f**king clue what reading out sitcoms is.
I guess I never will.
Language Timothy! 
I've been driven to it!
Quote: zooo @ June 18 2010, 11:26 PM BSTI've still got no f**king clue what reading out sitcoms is.
I guess I never will.
You're not the only one zooo. This thread has me totally bamboozled.
I feel your pain! 
Maybe it's about gay people coming out of the closet in Reading. Or an obsession with getting people to leave Reading?
See, that would actually make sense!