Mr Krinkle
Wednesday 23rd March 2011 12:24pm [Edited]
19 posts
Quote: Aaron @ March 23 2011, 11:58 AM GMT
More's the pity.
I wasn't having a pop at that particular brand of humour, just trying to illustrate that the same jokes and formats will eventually get stale.
A large part of comedy is about shock and surprise- if we don't expect a joke we will inevitably laugh the hardest. Of course, there is a flip side to that. People pay good money to go and watch Peter Kay say garlic bread, and talk about eighties television. There is a lot to be said for humour that we expect- in many ways it can be comforting. I still love to watch Monty Python, despite being able to quote most of the lines before they are said, and it's still enjoyable.
I do agree that the glut of reality and panel shows are killing the traditional sitcom though. However with the expansion of channels, television now, more than ever, is a business and it makes good business sense to produce those shows. The only thing that will change that is if the consumers vote with their feet and stop watching, which won't happen any time soon.