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Has anyone on here set out to do this, and achieved their goal?

I remember hearing how the Father Ted writers started out, sending sketch ideas to Alas Smith and Jones, and Griff Rhys Jones ended up inviting them over from Ireland, and let them live in a fancy flat that he owned, in London.

Quote: catskillz @ October 11 2008, 7:23 PM BST

Has anyone on here set out to do this, and achieved their goal?

I remember hearing how the Father Ted writers started out, sending sketch ideas to Alas Smith and Jones, and Griff Rhys Jones ended up inviting them over from Ireland, and let them live in a fancy flat that he owned, in London.

Less likely to happen now, there are no big team written shows.

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